Technical Session: Building Startup Infrastructure Without the Complexity

Event Info

Date: November 16, 2026
Time: 1:00-4:00 PM EET
Location: Maria 01, Classroom, Building 2
Address: Lapinlahdenkatu 16, 00180 Helsinki

Building a startup is hard enough. Your cloud infrastructure shouldn’t make it harder. Join our Solution Architects, Ivan Pranjić and Samu, on the Monday before Slush for a practical technical session on how to design and build cloud infrastructure that takes you from MVP to production and beyond, without overengineering, unpredictable costs, or vendor lock-in. We’ll walk through real-world architecture patterns, common infrastructure mistakes, and practical approaches to building scalable, secure, and sovereign applications. Expect architecture walkthroughs, a live technical demo, and an interactive Q&A.

​This session is especially relevant for startup CTOs, technical co-founders, lead developers, platform engineers, and anyone responsible for building or scaling cloud infrastructure.

Agenda

• 1:00–1:10 PM: Welcome and introductions
• 1:10–1:55 PM: Technical session, part 1
• 1:55–2:10 PM: Coffee break
• 2:10–3:00 PM: Technical session, part 2
• 3:00–3:30 PM: Q&A and networking

There is time for extended networking and chats, as the venue is booked until 4:00 PM.

During the actual technical session, expect to hear and see:

• ​Startup infrastructure challenges & common pitfalls
• ​From MVP to scale: making the right architecture decisions
• ​Live demo: building and evolving startup infrastructure on UpCloud
• ​Scalability, cost optimization & data sovereignty
• ​Architecture clinic / open Q&A
• ​Networking

No Slush ticket required to attend.