Pekka Roine has a long term experience as a top executive in the venture capital business. He has run several mostly IT sector investment companies in Finland, USA, Israel, France and Switzerland. In addition to his other executive positions, Mr Roine is a partner in a Finnish think-tank Boardman and a consultancy company InnoSpa.

In his presentation “The Only Obstacle to Innovation Is Wrong Policy Chosen by the State” Mr Roine will describe, based on his extensive experience in business management spanning from Helsinki to Silicon Valley, how countries as well as enterprises will get better results with the help of innovation. How to find new winners? Mr Roine will introduce fine examples from Israel and elsewhere, how innovative decisions in public policy can bring success to a small country.