Workshop Venue: Room D002, the University Building

Address: Universitätsplatz 1 – piazza Università, 1, Bozen-Bolzano

9:00-10:30 Session 1: Software Startup Challenges and Solutions

• Welcome by the organizers
• Workshop keynote: Innovation and the Innovator’s Dilemma
  Mark Harris, CEO and Founder of Innovaventures
• Presentation of Initial Roadmap of Software Startup Research
  Michael Unterkalmsteiner, Blekinge Institute of Technology
• Paper presentation and discussion:
  • Ways to Cross the Rubicon: Pivoting in Software Startups
    Presenter: Henri Terho, Aleksi Karisalo, Tampere university of technology
    Reflector: Sohaib Bajwa, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
  • On the feasibility of startup models as a framework for research on competence needs in software startups
    Presenter: Pertti Seppänen, University of Oulu
    Reflector: Henri Terho, Tampere University of Technology

10:30-11:00 coffee break

11:00-12:30 Session 2: New Perspectives on Software Startup

• Paper presentation and discussion:
  • Towards a Software Tool Portal to Support Startup Process
    Presenter: Sohaib Bajwa, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
    Reflector: Syed Shah, Swedish Institute of Computer Science
  • What can software startuppers learn from the artistic design flow? Experiences, reflections and future avenues
    Presenter: Juhani Risku and Pekka Abrahamsson, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
    Reflector: Fabio Kon, University of São Paulo
  • Designing a Maturity Model for Software Startup Ecosystems
    Presenter: Fabio Kon, University of São Paulo
    Reflector: Henry Edison, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
  • A Conceptual Framework of Lean Startup Enabled Internal Corporate Venture
    Presenter: Henry Edison, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
    Reflector: Pertti Seppänen, University of Oulu

12:30-14:00 lunch

14:00-15:30 Session 3: Completing Roadmap of Software Startup Research

• Discussion and completing the roadmap regarding the software startup research
• Short presentation on the 2nd edition of Software Startup Research Workshop
  Pekka Abrahamsson, Norwegian University of Science and Technology

15:30-16:00 coffee break

16:00-17:30 Session 4: User Experience (UX) and Software Startups

Presenters: Stefan Hellweger, Autonomous Province of Bozen-Bolzano
Laura Hokkanen, Tampere university of technology

19:15: Social Dinner at Paulaner (getting together outside the main university building at 19:10 and walk to the restaurant.)