Germany-Sweden Collaboration Days

Collaboration and innovation are the keys to success in the transition towards the industry 4.0. The Germany-Sweden Collaboration Days is a two-day event where large companies established in those countries will explore the possibilities of collaborating with almost 40 of the most innovative Swedish startups. 

BD Rowa, cSO (VW Group), Porsche, SAP, Siemens, SICK, Siemens Energy and Vattenfall are the corporations that will take part in the event hosted by Ignite Sweden and  Linköping Science Park, in collaboration with Tysk-Svenska Handelskammaren, LEAD, the City of Linköping, the City of Norrköping, Norröping Science Park, Swedish Scaleups and Visual Sweden.FOLLOW THE EVENT ON OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL

Agenda for Wednesday, 16 September

13:00 Introduction to Germany-Sweden Collaboration Days by Lena Miranda, CEO at Linköping Science Park.
Followed by presentations from: 

• Anna Prinz, German Ambassador in Sweden
• Louise Felldin, Head of Business of the City of Linköping
• Pontus Lindblom, Head of Business of the City of Norrköping
• Ninni Löwgren, The German-Swedish Chamber of Commerce

13:40 Pitches by 3 of the most innovative startups from the region of Östergötland

• Kristoffer Skyttner, Skymaker
• Jörgen Remmelg, XMReality
• Jörgen Ahlberg, Glana

14:10 Clusters that gather expertise and companies to strengthen the region

• Anders Carlsson, Visual Sweden
• Ulrika Johansson, IoT World
• Pia Lindström, Innovative material arena, IMA
• Karin Ackerholm, AI Sweden

14:40 Break

15:00 Pre-booked matchmaking session between corporates and startups*

17:45 Conclusions and online After Work

Agenda for Thursday, 17 September

9:00 Introduction to Day 2

9:10 Keynote presentation on collaboration practices between corporates and startups together with Siemens and SICK

9:50 Break

10:00 Pre-booked matchmaking session between corporates and startups *

12:30 Event conclusions

* The matchmaking session will not be livestreamed.