What will help your company remain competitive five or ten years from now?
On 29 October, TalTech Entrepreneurship Day brings together entrepreneurs, business development managers, investors, researchers and public sector representatives to exchange experiences, build new connections and discover solutions that help organisations strengthen their competitiveness and operate more efficiently.
This year's central theme is Competitiveness and Efficiency. The programme focuses on solutions that strengthen business competitiveness, promote research collaboration and help innovative ideas reach practical application.
Key Tracks:
🤖 AI for Competitiveness
🏭 Industry – Smarter Manufacturing and Higher Productivity
🚀 Prototyping and Product Development – From Idea to Market
👥 Entrepreneur Development – People as the Drivers of Competitive Advantage
💰 Startups and Capital
Throughout the day, participants will discover TalTech's research and development capabilities, laboratories, collaboration opportunities and continuing education opportunities. The programme features company success stories, panel discussions, lab tours, hands-on workshops, and opportunities to meet researchers, entrepreneurs and investors, exchange ideas and build new partnerships.
The detailed programme and schedule will be announced soon.
📍 Venue: TalTech Main Building (Ehitajate tee 5, Tallinn)
🗓️ Date: 29 October, 09:30-17:30
PROGRAMME
09.30
ARRIVAL 📍 Main Building foyer and Assembly Hall
Welcome! Enjoy morning coffee and snacks before the programme begins.
10.00
INSPIRATIONAL TALK: COMPETITIVENESS AND EFFICIENCY 📍 Assembly Hall
10.30
OPENING REMARKS 📍 Assembly Hall
Vice-Rector for Entrepreneurship Erik Puura and Acting Head of Technology Transfer Office Barbara Agasild.
10.50
PANEL: DOES ESTONIA’S BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT SUPPORT ENTREPRENEURS – OR DOES TOO MUCH ENERGY GO INTO OVERCOMING OBSTACLES? 📍 Assembly Hall
The discussion draws on the latest findings from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) Estonia studies and expert insights. What really supports entrepreneurship in Estonia – and what holds it back?
11.30
LUNCH, MATCHMAKING AND EXPO 📍 Main Building foyer
12.30-15.15
PARALLEL TRACKS
- AI – artificial intelligence for competitiveness (in Estonian, with simultaneous interpretation into English)
- Entrepreneur development – people as drivers of competitive advantage (in Estonian)
- Industry – smarter production and higher productivity (in Estonian, with simultaneous interpretation into English)
- Prototyping and product development – from idea to market (in Estonian)
- Startups and capital (in English)
15.15
COFFEE BREAK 📍 Main Building foyer
15.30
FROM IDEA TO INVESTMENT: WHERE TO FIND FUNDING FOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT? 📍 Assembly Hall
Ivar Pae – Member of the Management Board for Service Development, Estonian Business and Innovation Agency (EIS)
16.15
PANEL: WHAT HAPPENS IF WE DON’T COLLABORATE? 📍 Assembly Hall
16.45
WRAP-UP 📍 Assembly Hall
Key takeaways and follow-up information.
TRACK PROGRAMMES
12:30-13:00 | AI in Estonian Companies: Where Are We and Where Are We Heading?
Sirli Männiksaar, Chair of the Management Board of Ericsson Estonia and member of the Eesti.ai Council
13:00-13:15 | The Noise Machine Experience: Can AI Recreate a Guitar Sound?
Jüri Bogatkin, CTO and Electronics Engineer at Noise Machine
13:15-13:30 | From a Business Challenge to an AI Solution: Collaboration with TalTech
Ago Luberg, Head of the Applied Artificial Intelligence Research Group and Senior Lecturer at TalTech
13:30-13:45 | AI in Healthcare: From Opportunity to Real-World Solution
Elli Valla, Researcher at TalTech’s Centre for Digital Health
13:45-14:00 | AI in Business: How to Make People and Technology Work Together?
Tarmo Koppel, Senior Lecturer in Organisation and Management at TalTech
14:00-15:00 | Workshop: From Bureaucracy to Better Services:
Designing AI-Powered Government (ENG)
Dr Eric Blake Jackson, Lecturer at TalTech’s Department of Software Science
The talks will be held in Estonian with simultaneous interpretation into English. The workshop will be held in English.
At Entrepreneurship Day, you can take part in one of five parallel tracks. Registration for the tracks OPENS ON 19 OCTOBER, when you can choose and register for the track you would like to attend.
Info coming soon
Info coming soon
Info coming soon
12:30-12:40 | From University to Startup: The TalTech Path
Rasmus Kalep, TalTech Startup Centre manager
12:40-13:30 | What Makes Investors Say Yes?
Investor panel discussion: Heidi Kakko (EBAN Business Angel of the Year 2024) and Jaan Kokk (Archangel Capital Partners & Superangel)
13:30-14:00 | From Pitch to Funding: How We Raised Capital
Kristjan Lind (DCR Technologies), Jekaterina Mažina-Sinkar (SafePas), and Karl-Gustav Tamberg (UP Catalyst)
14:00-14:30 | Pitch Session
Early-stage startups and teams will take the stage to present their business ideas and solutions. Want to pitch your idea too? Let us know you're interested – get in touch!
14:30-15:00 | Matchmaking & Networking
An opportunity to connect directly with investors and early-stage teams, share ideas, discuss potential investments, and build new connections.
The track will be held in English.
At Entrepreneurship Day, you can take part in one of five parallel tracks. Registration for the tracks OPENS ON 19 OCTOBER, when you can choose and register for the track you would like to attend.
REGISTRATION
Participation is free of charge and includes the full programme and catering. Advance registration is required. Register early, as places are limited. Registration is open until October 25.
🗣️ The event will be held primarily in Estonian. Selected sessions will feature simultaneous interpretation into English.
Until then, you can stay up to date with the latest entrepreneurship and research news through TalTech's business and research portal Trialoog
For further information: [email protected]
The organiser reserves the right to make changes to the programme if necessary.
TalTech Entrepreneurship Day is organised by the TalTech Technology Transfer Office. The event is carried out within the framework of the European Union co-funded ASTRA+ Activity 4 project "Enhancing TalTech's Knowledge Transfer Capacity" (Project No. 2021-2027.1.01.24-0811).
Please note that the event will be photographed and filmed. The materials may be used in Tallinn University of Technology's communication and marketing activities, including on social media channels.
