Want to innovate and create a new business, but haven’t found a technology to do it with? No problem! AES is organizing a Safari together with the Technical Research Center of Finland (VTT – www.vtt.fi) and Aalto University. It’s an event where you can get in touch with research teams and their latest inventions.

Interested in fibre-based barrier materials or holographic effects for consumer goods? The theme for this year’s Safari is clean technology, so all the patents will be related to the rising cleantech industry. Come think about ways to commercialise these patents to make the world a cleaner place. Each idea is first presented individually to the audience. After the presentations Safari begins and all participants get access to the presenters.

What can you do?

1. Think of existing problems and challenges in the world related to waste, pollution, energy efficiency, etc.
2. Get familiar with the ideas in the Cleantech Safari presentation list:
- Fibre-based barrier materials for (consumer goods) packages
- Sustainable holographic effects for consumer goods
- Navigational information to electronic chart systems for visualization
- Lightweight context recognition platform for mobile devices
- Production and application of graphene and graphene-based hybrid materials for electronics
- Selecting an access network in a seamless and intelligent way
- Printed energy harvesting system for consumer appliances
- Reduction of CO2 emmissions from steel plants by using steelmaking slags
- Biological treatment of metal containing wastes

Don’t think too much of the technological details, you will be able to talk with the researchers at the Safari. Try to think about general concepts. Be innovative!

3. Get help and form a team with your friends. Search for information together.
4. Come to the Cleantech Safari and talk with the idea presenters. If you have good business ideas for the technology, try to arrange meetings with the presenter and develop the idea.
5. Create a good business concept for the idea. If the concept is good enough, you can get funding to get started. Come to pitch the idea at the next Aaltoes Pitch event.
6. Make the world a cleaner place with your new technology, team and business idea!

Schedule for the evening

17:00 Event Starts, open networking
17:30 Opening speech
- Welcome, Aaltoes
- VTT and VTT Ventures
- TULI-programme
18:00 Presentations of ideas: 5 min 5 slides
19:00 Safari starts – Networking
20:30 Results of the surve
21:00 End of the event

The startup season is kicking off big time. It’s going to be a busy fall for Aaltoes: we are covering everything from cleantech to jurisdiction, visiting Moscow and San Francisco as well as organizing pitching events and startup evenings. We are also thrilled to see how the entrepreneurial movement is taking off in several Finnish universities. You’ll hear about their plans later on.

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In addition to the Aaltoes Events, there’s a lot happening in Helsinki during the fall. This is only a small selection, if you have a great event in mind, please comment! Most of the events are free and many of them are held in English.

23.9 Venture Cup Pitch-työpaja IdeaForumia varten
Mahdollisuus työtää oma pitch kuntoon ennen seuraavan viikon IdeaForum-kilpailua.

24.9 Open Coffee
Open Coffee is Helsinki’s only regular networking event for those interested in entrepreneurship. Be you an entrepreneur, technologist, lawyer, angel, VC, accountant, salesman….

29.9 Mobile Monday Helsinki-Marseille
MobileMonday is a community of mobile professionals. The open community promotes the mobile industry and fosters cooperation and networking among industry people and their companies by providing opportunities for personal and virtual contacts.

30.9 Venture Cup IdeaForum-pitchkilpailu
Idea Forum on pitch-kilpailu ja cocktail-tilaisuus. Paras esitetty myynti- tai rahoittajapuhe voittaa 1000 euroa. Tuomaristo arvioi esiintymisen lisäksi liiketoiminallisuutta, uskottavuutta ja toteuttamiskelpoisuutta.

1-2.10 Mindtrek Launchpad
MindTrek is the leading Nordic digital media and business conference, focusing on social media & Web 2.0. At MindTrek you will see the newest trends, innovations, revolutionary business phenomena and hear insights from the most high-spirited visionaries.

5-6.10 Software Sales Camp
Haluatko vauhdittaa ohjelmistoyrityksesi myyntiä ja markkinointia? Tervetuloa Tekesin Verso- ja VAMOS-ohjelmien järjestämään Software Sales Campiin! Tapahtuma järjestetään yhteistyössä Ohjelmistoyrittäjät ry:n kanssa.

8.10 MoneyTalks
MoneyTalks™, the highly successful event in Otaniemi brings again together the rising stars of the Finnish knowledge-based industries – the growth-seeking high-tech start-ups – and the equity financiers from the business angels to the well-known venture capital investors.

31.10 BarCamp Helsinki
BarCamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos, and interaction from attendees.

22.10 TEDx Helsinki
TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience.

3-4.11 Slush Helsinki
An event for startups by startups. At Slush Helsinki we will provide you with a perfectly safe, guided tour to this amazing, cold and dark habitat of cool new startups.

14-15.11 Be A Change
AIESEC and Feelovation organize Be a Change, because we want to encourage people to use their entrepreneurial skills to make the world a better place.

26.11 Cleantech Venture Day 2009
Cleantech Venture Day 2009 – An excellent opportunity to learn and discuss on Clean Energy investment opportunities in the rapidly changing global market.

As you can see there’s events for everyone and more can be found here.  If you happen to know other upcoming remember to mention them in the comments.