ORGANIZERS &
KEY-NOTE JAMMERS.
(DEVELOPING)
​PHUONG H.
NGUYEN
MENTOR
Phuong moved to Stavanger, after finishing her MSc in Service Systems Design, to work in www.halogen.no. She recently took on new challenges at www.laerdal.com focusing on how to help you save lives. Her favourite design-mantra is "fail early, succeed earlier".
Service & Interaction Designer (Laerdal Medical)
SEAN PAUL
SHANOR
MENTOR & JURY
Sean is a Norwegian American early-stage startup facilitator, pitch coach, mentor and blockchain evangelist at heart. He spent years running operations for professional sports events, until an off-chance Startup Weekend years ago sparked his entrepreneurial spirit, to which he never looked back.
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CEO & Cofounder (SynergySpace)
​INGER HANNE
VIKSHÅLAND
MENTOR
Inger Hanne works with communication and branding at Smart City Stavanger. She has extensive experience working with business models, marketing, and strategic innovation. Inger Hanne has also been a part of Startup Weekend and co-founded X2 Labs – a startup factory.
Communication & Branding
(Smart City Stavanger)
SANNA
NORDIN
MENTOR
Sanna has a BFA in Design & Sustainability and a MSc Business & Design, HDK & Handels School of Economics in Gothenburg. She has experience at IKEA and as part of EGGS, she collaborates with clients such as Kolombus and Bufdir. Sanna loves designing for positive change, either big or small.
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Service Designer (EGGS Design)
KARL-OTTO SAARMAN
MENTOR
Karl-Otto is a designer at Laerdal Global Health, working with maternal and newborn health in low-resource settings. He has experience from consultancies in both Germany and China and loves the physical hands-on approach of the design process - If there is thoughtful meaning behind the object.
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Product Designer (Laerdal Medical)
​PHIL
DURNFORD
JURY
Phil has led projects over three decades across three continents, in diverse product- and service development- and so-called "knowledge management" projects. Back in Stavanger, he's leading an EU project pitch to digitize wind farm operations. "Whatever it's for", he says, "it's all about relationships"
Project Manager
(Windmaster Technologies AS)
HARALD
SÆVAREID
JURY
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Service Designer & Project Manager
(Smart City Stavanger)
​MAGNUS Ø.
MEISAL
JURY
Magnus is an energetic entrepreneur and co-founder of Innovation Dock, the leading acceleration community in the region. He spend his time helping other like-minded to exploit their potential and turn dreams into reality.
Founder and Startup Coach
(Innovation Dock)
​VANESSA
WONG
JAM DOCTOR
Vanessa is dedicated to integrating yoga, life wisdom and mindfulness practices. As a register Yoga & Mindfulness teacher, she offers classes which emphasize on creating space to body and mind, emotional balance and self-discovery. She also works with nonprofit organizations to promote peace and healing in the community.
Founder & Yoga Teacher (Yoga Lotus)
​VARI
O'NEILL
ORGANIZER
Vari is an enthusiastic and creative marketing and communications professional from Glasgow. She maintains an analytical, detail oriented and aesthetically focused attitude based on her education and work experience in diverse industries, including medical and FMCG.
​PAMELA LEON
LORETO
FACILITATOR
Maker at heart, Product Designer by profession. Originally from Mexico, she enjoys meeting new people and experimenting with new forms of collaborating across disciplines. After participating last year in Rotterdam she believes Stavanger has the right energy to host this global initiative.
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Product Designer (Laerdal Medical)
​TODOR
KESAROVSKI
ORGANIZER
Todor is an all-around specialist in the field of Urbanism including both Research and Design. Educated in urban design and social sciences, he has a strong interest in exploring the processes of multidisciplinary design thinking, creative problem solving and service design.