For speakers

Hotel - To be confirmed#

We'll book four nights (plus extra night per workshop) at a nearby hotel (to be confirmed) based on your travel dates. This includes breakfast. The hotel will charge you for any extra nights. We'll query the dates separately and you won't receive a separate confirmation from the hotel as everything will be booked in bulk.

Note that we do not cover extras, like minibar, and it is up to you to take care of charges like this as you leave the hotel.

How to get to the hotel?#

Since we're located at Otaniemi, there are two good options:

Take a train to Helsinki main railway station and the jump to a subway headed to Kivenlahti (M1) or Tapiola (M2). You should leave at the stop Aalto-yliopisto (Aalto University). You'll need an ABC ticket (see HSL app) to complete this journey and it will cost roughly five euros. Expect the travel to take about one hour. There's a bus option too but most likely a combination of train and subway is more comfortable.
Take a taxi. The taxi trip takes around half an hour minutes. Take care when choosing a taxi, though, as some are considerably more expensive than others and it may make sense to negotiate the price beforehand. Good companies to choose from are Taksi Helsinki (not Taksi Heslinki), Kovanen, and Lähitaksi. Expect the taxi to cost roughly 50 €.

In either case, keep the receipts so we can refund you after the conference.

Workshops#

The workshops are distributed around Helsinki to office spaces and you can find the exact addresses on the workshop page.

If you want to send specific information to workshop attendees, let me (Juho) know through conference email or Slack and I'll do it through the ticket platform.

Giving the talk#

We've prepared a simple yet effective process for the talks. It works as follows:

Show up at the speakers' room about half an hour before the session of your talk. The speakers' room is close to the main hall and it's impossible to miss. It also doubles as our technical room.
We'll guide you shortly before the session from the speakers' room to the main hall and do a quick tech check. If you want, you can also do this on some break before your talk and it's a good idea especially if you have audio or video elements in your presentation.
During the session, you'll give your performance. I expect you to pair with your session partner to ensure the talks flow well to each other.
After the session, there will be an option for you to get a photo done. We offer this as a service to our speakers as often people have poor social media photos and it's nice to have one that's not bad. We will also produce video interviews (3-5 minutes) to give you additional coverage.

Note that we'll capture audience questions for you using Slido. Using the service allows moderation and ranking while being fun to the audience.

We can also do physical setup for you in case you need chairs etc. on the stage. For any physical setup, let us know beforehand.

Speakers' dinner - 26.5 18:30-21:00 at mystery location#

The speakers' dinner location will be held at a location to be decided later.

Afterparty - 28.5 18:00-21:00 at Poliisien kesäkoti#