30 contestants have now been selected to continue their journey to the 2022 Speaker Contest Semifinals!
Business Forum Group is on the lookout for an aspiring business speaker who would wow the crowds at Helsinki, Oslo, and Amsterdam in September this year. The applications for the Speaker Contest were open to everyone until the 6th of February. Altogether 301 applications came in and our team has now selected those 30 contestants who will continue to the semifinal rounds.
With excitement we present to you the lineup of the 2022 Speaker Contest Semifinals:
Helsinki Semifinal – 10 March 2022
- Hery Henry – Sustainability
- Ingrid Tappin – Future of Work
- Jukka Aalho – Future of Work
- Mariska Kesteloo – Future of Work
- Petri Rajaniemi – Culture
- Suvi Auvinen – Sustainability
Stockholm Semifinal – 17 March 2022
- Aina Thunem – Culture
- Fiona English – Culture
- Duncan Wardle – Culture
- Friederike Fabritius – Future of Work
- Jef Staes – Culture
- Nicholas Fernholm – Future of Work
Tallinn Semifinal – 24 March 2022
- Agnis Stibe – Future of Work
- Enni-Kukka Tuomala – Culture
- Harald Lepisk – Future of Work
- Karoli Hindriks – Future of Work
- Marcus John Henry Brown – Culture
- Ville Houttu – Culture
Amsterdam Semifinal – 31 March 2022
- Chantal Schinkels – Culture
- Emilia Bunea – Future of Work
- Mark Tigchelaar – Future of Work
- Mark Robinson – Sustainability
- Pep Rosenfeld – Culture
- Raymond Hofmann – Culture
Oslo Semifinal – 4 April 2022
- Elin Hauge – Sustainability
- Kevin Cottam – Future of Work
- Simone Heng – Culture
- Stefan Hyttfors – Sustainability
- Susanne Grant – Future of Work
- Unni Turrettini – Culture
These 30 contestants will speak online at five semifinal rounds during March and April. The winner of each semifinal will continue to the final, where our jury will pick a winner. The winner of the entire contest gets to give a keynote to thousands of business leaders at Nordic Business Forum 2022, Oslo Business Forum 2022, and Amsterdam Business Forum 2022 and is paid 70,000€ for the three keynotes.
The theme of our 2022 events is Future-Focused Leadership, and in the Speaker Contest, the semifinalists will share their ideas on Future of Work, Culture, and Sustainability. Each of the semifinals will be live-streamed for free. You can join the semifinals through these LinkedIn events or by signing up for the audience on our website.
Don't miss Oslo Business Forum 2022: Future-Focused Leadership, 21-22. September, 2022! Sign up now to secure your spot!