Tech Junction VI: An open talk with Peter Vesterbacka on games, apps, and startup life
How much time have you spent playing Angry Birds?
Angry birds has been arguably the most successful mobile gaming phenomenon in the world. Angry Birds has been downloaded more than three billion times, according to Forbes. The games have been adapted into a dizzying array of spinoffs and merchandise, including TV series, a movie, toys, drinks, and even a cook book.
Peter Vesterbacka was the former “Mighty Eagle” of Angry Birds, driving much of the franchise’s success. He was also the founder of Slush, a massive annual tech event in Helsinki, and the tech network MobileMonday.
He has recently quit Rovio, the parent company of Angry Birds, to “go back to his startup roots”. The details of his newest plans aren’t public, but he’s mentioned his passion for education.
Join us for a public discussion with Peter Vesterbacka, the “Mighty Eagle” of Angry Birds, who will take us diving deep into his insights into games, apps, and startup life.
Speaker: Peter Vesterbacka, Creator of Angry Birds
Peter is the founder of Slush and MobileMonday. Most recently he was the Mighty Eagle at Rovio, creator of Angry Birds. Time Magazine once named Peter one of the 100 most influential people on the planet. Currently Peter is learning Chinese and kicking off some amazing new startups that aim to transform education and entertainment globally.
Host: Wu Nan, CEO and Editor-in-Chief of AllChinaTech
Nan is an award-winning journalist with honors from the Foreign Press Association in New York and the Hong Kong Journalists Association. For years she worked for top-notch media outlets, including the South China Morning Post and the Wall Street Journal. She co-founded the NetEase Annual Economist Conference (NAEC), a leading economic forum in China.
Where: DayDayUp, 22nd Floor, Office Building C, Sanlitun SOHO, Chaoyang District, Beijing
When: Sept 8, 7:30-9pm.
Cost: 30 RMB
Register: Register here.
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What is Tech Junction?
A meetup group in Beijing with a stated goal of exchanging ideas in short, sharp dialogues among startups, tech and media professionals, in order to shed light on the tech scene in China. Our goal is to establish a tech community to connect with thinkers and dealmakers around the world.
What do we do at Tech Junction?
A 30-minute Q&A with a well-known startup founder hosted monthly, each time with an appealing topic, followed by 20 minutes of open discussion with attendees and flexible networking time. Apart from offline events, we will publish online videos of dialogue highlights from our events on popular social networks.
Find out what we discussed at our last Tech Junction here
