This presentation was presented at Durbin Labs to share my experiences of Slush 2017. It highlights my observations of the technology trends, exhibits and talks of Slush 2017.

1. Experiencing Slush 2017
Mostafiz Rahman
http://mostafiz.net
Nov 29 ~ Dec 1, Helsinki

2. Vinod Khosla
Indian American
engineer and
billionaire
businessman. Co-
founder and founding
CEO of Sun
Microsystems
Martin Lau Adena Friedman
Billionaire Electrical
Engineer, currently
the President of
Tancent Holdings
which is worth
some 277 Bn USD.
Adena T. Friedman
is an American
businessperson.
She currently serves
as the president and
CEO of NASDAQ.
Al Gore
Nobel Peace
Laureate of 2007.
He served as the
45th Vice President
of United States of
America
Notable Presence
Prince William
Duke of Cambridge,
member of British
Royal Family, second
in the line of
succession to the
British throne, after
his father

3. Talks

4. Artificial Intelligence
Blockchain
Tech Trend
Internet of Things
AR - VR
Cloud & Cloud Native Big Data

5. Tech Giants in Slush

6. AI in Automobile Industry

7. Pitching for Startups

8. Matchmaking between Startups & Investors

9. Slush 2017 in Number
130
Countries
130
600
Journalist
600
1500
Investors
1500
2400
Volunteers
2400
Start Ups
2600
Attendees
20,000
2600
20,000

10. Comparison with Slush 2016

11. Interesting Facts
● Nerd Bird, a Airbus340 flew 100 Silicon Valley investors to Helsinki
● Oura brings an advance wearable ring that can track Sleep and Activity precisely
● Varjo Technologies launched their VR named Bionic Eye which they claim to be
70 times higher resolution than the existing VR glasses like Oculus Rift or HTC
Vine
● Iris AI looks like Your Personal Research Assistant
● Diwala, a digital economy platform powered by blockchain enables refugees to
actively build their identity & skills