Boost Your Business Lappeenranta 2025
Together towards success stories!
Time: Friday 7.2.2025, beginning at 12:30 PM
Place: Viipuri-sali, LUT-yliopisto, Lappeenranta Campus, Yliopistonkatu 34, 53850 Lappeenranta
Dress Code: Business casual
The program is free of charge
Register by January 24th 2025.
The start of the year is the best time to come together and ignite the spark for action! The City of Lappeenranta and entrepreneur organizations are joining forces and invite you to the city’s largest business event at LUT University, where we’ll boost the operating conditions for companies and the region. Join us solo, with a partner, or bring your entire team, and kick off 2025 with passion and purpose!
Boost Your Business Lappeenranta 2025 gathers entrepreneurs, company representatives, students, and other drivers of vitality in our region. The event features speeches on developing business operations in the area and reveals what the City of Lappeenranta promises to do for companies in 2025!
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The event will be hosted by Eveliina Lohko.
✨EVENT PROGRAM✨
12:30 Guided tour of the Skinnarila campus area begins for pre-registered participants
13:00 Welcome! Participant registration and exhibitor stands open.
14:00 Event Opening
- Better Than Its Reputation – Our Region’s Potential
Tuomo Sallinen, Mayor of Lappeenranta - Growth or Just Talk About Growth?
Juha-Matti Saksa, Rector, LUT University
14:20 What Can We Achieve Together in 2025
Ding Ma, Director of Vitality, City of Lappeenranta
14:40 It’s Not the End of the World, but You Can See It From There
Kimmo Rauma, Business Executive and Board Professional
14:55 Three Keys to Success in a Tech Company: Business Idea, Team, and Sales
Markus Melander, Serial Entrepreneur
15:20 Driving Growth Through Sales: What Sales Management Should Plan, Measure, and How
Lauri Kurki, eMBA, MSc (Econ.), Sales Development Director, Twoday Oy
15:50 Coffee and Networking Break
16:50 Achieving Results Through Value-Based Leadership – A Journey From Struggles to Growth
Anniina Koskipalo, CEO, Siivous Lappee Oy
17:05 How to Succeed as an Entrepreneur in Finland?
Didar Hosain, CEO, Trektil
17:20 Nonverbal Behavior and Communication: How to Be Influential and Convincing, and What to Avoid
Seppo Naapila, MSc, PhD, Expert in Nonverbal Behavior
17:50 Panel Discussion: How to Succeed as an Entrepreneur?
Moderator: Markus Melander
Panelists:
- Satu Neuvonen, CEO, Satun Makiat
- Katja Ahola, CEO, Bellurum Oy
- Pia Heilmann, Adjunct Professor at LUT and University of Jyväskylä, Professor of Management, University of Eastern Finland
18:15 Dinner
21:00 Official After party at VENN Lappeenranta
Event is organized by:
Lappeenranta City, Business Services
Etelä-Karjalan Yrittäjänaiset ry
Etelä-Karjalan Yrittäjät Ry
Lappeenrannan Yrittäjät ry
Lappeenrannan PK-Yrittäjät ry
Ylämaan Yrittäjät ry
More information:
Eeva Pihlajaniemi, Lappeenrannan City, Business Services
eeva.pihlajaniemi@lappeenranta.fi
puh. 044 052 3056
Katja Lamminen, Etelä-Karjalan Yrittäjänaiset Ry
etela-karjalan@yrittajanaiset.fi
puh. 040 055 8106
Mia Hiltunen, Lappeenrannan yrittäjät ry
lappeenrannan@yrittajat.fi
puh. 044 980 1085
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