Maria 01 Morning Mixer: Unlock the Green behind the Cloud
Welcome to join us for a breakfast event about sustainability and green cloud
There’s a lot of buzz going around sustainability. Startups among any modern companies have to dive deeper into their individual choices to become more sustainable, and remain attractive towards their customers and stakeholders. This boils down to the core of digital operations. Moreover to the cloud operations.
We are thrilled to invite you to join us for a breakfast event inspired by two experts from the Maria 01 network, Accenture and AWS. Their experts will showcase insights to the current state of the green cloud and how startups can benefit from it on their pathway towards sustainability. You will learn why green cloud should be in startups’ core and how sustainability goals can be reached with green cloud activities. This is a free event, both Maria 01 members and non-members are welcomed to join, but remember to sign up in advance.
We welcome you to the Maria 01 Campus, Lars Sonck Venue (Lapinlahdenkatu 16 00180 Helsinki) where we will gather people safely together to enjoy breakfast while listening to the keynote speakers’ insights. If you cannot attend the event in-person, the discussion will also be streamed over Zoom. Please let us know whether you’re attending online or in-person when signing up.
What:
- Juha Takala will give the latest insights to green cloud and sustainability and why the topic is important just now, but moreover why it is important to startups.
- Ravin Mathoora will introduce AWS approach to sustainability goals and also showcase how a case startup improved their operations with AWS green cloud solutions.
- Joint Q&A after the keynote speakers.
Where:
- In-person at the Maria 01 Campus, Lars Sonck Venue (Lapinlahdenkatu 16, 00180 Helsinki)
- Online through Zoom
When:
- Wednesday 13.10.2021, 9:00-10:00 AM EEST
- Breakfast 8:30 (for the ones attending in-person)
- Event starts 9:00 (for everyone)
Speakers

Juha Takala – Technology Architecture Delivery Sr Manager at Accenture
Juha is a cloud enthusiast with more than 15 years of experience from the systems integration area. He has hands-on experience on both enterprise and SME scale business & technology transitions. As a father of two small children, Juha is very keen on building a greener future for the next generations. Juha will give the latest Accenture insights for green cloud optimization and sustainability and highlight the bigger picture behind the trend.

Ravin Mathoora – Solution Architect for Sustainability at AWS
Ravin has been working in IT for 25 years, Nordics for 10 years and he has since resided in Finland calling it his home. As the impact of making sustainable choices is becoming more part of our daily lives here in the Nordics, helping customers reach sustainability goals on cloud is what keeps me passionate about working in IT. Ravin will introduce AWS and their approach to sustainability and also give practical example of a startup case.