Min­gle Evening + Movie Night in Osa­ka (June 3, 2025)

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City of Oulu is an offi­cial part­ner of Fin­land at the Nordic Pavil­ion.

 Side Event at JAM BASE, Osa­ka

City of Oulu will hold a side event at the JAM BASE, Osa­ka, Japan

“Min­gle Evening Oulu-Fin­land x Osa­ka-Kan­sai” + “Movie Night” (feat. HEAVIER TRIP).

We offer a unique oppor­tu­ni­ty to con­nect between Oulu, Fin­land and Japan, espe­cial­ly Osa­ka, Kan­sai under the theme of “Fun x Tech­nol­o­gy x Cul­ture”. This event will show­case Oulu’s strengths in ICT, health­care, and cul­ture, and star­tups in a relaxed and engag­ing atmos­phere in coop­er­a­tion with the Osa­ka Inno­va­tion Hub and Osa­ka Inter­na­tion­al Busi­ness Pro­mo­tion Cen­ter. Fol­low­ing the Min­gle Evening, we will host a movie night fea­tur­ing the Finnish film “HEAVIER TRIP”.

Come join us for a time of laugh­ter and mem­o­rable moments!

Oulu region is locat­ed in north­ern Fin­land just below the Arc­tic Cir­cle. Oulu is the fifth largest city in Fin­land, one of the coun­try’s fastest grow­ing cities, and the cen­tre of inno­va­tion, busi­ness, cul­ture, and edu­ca­tion in the North. It is also one of the major tech­no­log­i­cal hubs and R&D liv­ing labs in Europe, espe­cial­ly when it comes to world-class wire­less excel­lence. Oulu is often called the Sil­i­con Val­ley of North­ern Europe.

Oulu is the Euro­pean Cap­i­tal of Cul­ture in 2026.

Event details

Date & Time:
Tues­day, June 3, 2025
14:20–18:00 (Doors open at 14:00)
18:00–20:00 (Movie night)

Place:
JAM BASE 6th floor, Con­fer­ence 6–4&5, Gran Green Osa­ka North Build­ing, 6–38, Ofuka­cho, Kita-ku, Osa­ka, 530‑0011 Japan (Access to JAM BASE Con­fer­ence) (6F floor map) **  Go direct­ly to the 6th floor by ele­va­tor

Par­tic­i­pa­tion:
Free of charge (You may par­tic­i­pate either ful­ly or par­tial­ly)

Lan­guage:
Eng­lish (No inter­preter)

Dress Code:
Busi­ness casu­al, Casu­al

Coop­er­a­tor:
Osa­ka Inno­va­tion Hub, Osa­ka Inter­na­tion­al Busi­ness Pro­mo­tion Cen­ter (IBPC Osa­ka)

Nom­i­nal sup­port by the Embassy of Fin­land, Japan

How to Join

Please reg­is­ter via the fol­low­ing link.

Reg­is­tra­tion to the Min­gle Evening and Movie Night

Reg­is­tra­tion will close once capac­i­ty is reached.

Pre­lim­i­nary Pro­gramme

 (to be updat­ed with fur­ther details & sub­ject to change):

14:20 Wel­come words & Intro­duc­tion to the City of Oulu by BusinessOulu/City of Oulu

14:35 Partner’s pre­sen­ta­tions

15:15 Short break

15:25 Com­pa­ny pitch­ing

15:25 Open­ing pre­sen­ta­tion by Osa­ka Inno­va­tion Hub pre­sen­ta­tion (Start­up com­mu­ni­ty by Osa­ka City)

15:35 Pitch­ing starts

From Oulu, Fin­land:

From Osa­ka, Kan­sai:

16:15 Clos­ing words by BusinessOulu/City of Oulu

(Prepa­ra­tion for Min­gle)

16:45–18:00 Min­gle & Mini fair & VR Demo expe­ri­ence (Min­gle foods and drinks will be served)

18:00–20:00 Movie night

Host/Modetor

Simo Kekäläi­nen

For inquiries, please con­tact:

Takako UCHIDA（内田貴子）

Senior Advi­sor, Inter­na­tion­al Affairs (Japan)
Business­Oulu
(takako.uchida@businessoulu.com)