Stockholm – the force of innovation®
our services include
Lectures and Seminars
AN INTRODUCTION TO KISTA SCIENCE CITY
MATCHMAKING AND TAILOR-MADE/CUSTOMIZED WORKSHOPS
KNOWLEDGE-SHARING AND COLLABORATION: BUSINESS/ACADEMIA
Stockholm – the force of innovation®
What are the driving forces behind Sweden’s unicorn companies? How has Sweden managed to become a global leader in sustainable development? And what actually is the Swedish model?
Welcome to Stockholm, the Force of Innovation®!
Stockholm Discovery has long and wide-ranging experience of many different kinds of study visits to Stockholm for business people. Our first-hand knowledge of the Swedish culture of innovation, Swedish history and politics and our broad network of experts in business and academia, combined with a good portion of sensitivity and flexibility, allows us to offer specially customized solutions for all wishes and occasions.
City of Innovation and sustainability
Today, Stockholm is one of Europe’s most rapidly growing cities and is renowned as a world leader in the field of innovation and sustainable climate-smart solutions. Sweden, with Stockholm as its engine, ranks in first place in the world when it comes to the UN’s 17 Sustainability Development Goals. Stockholm also occupies an exceptionally positive position in its creation of unicorn companies, that is privately owned tech companies with a valuation of more than 1 billion dollars, such as Spotify, Skype, iZettle and Minecraft. Sweden also ranks as a leading hub for the music-tech industry.
WHAT WE OFFER YOU
At Stockholm Discovery, we are passionate about spreading knowledge about Stockholm and about the driving forces that have made Stockholm so successful in the fields of innovation and sustainability. Based in Kista Science City – the world’s third largest ICT cluster – Stockholm Discovery offers seminars, inspirational lectures and in-depth workshops to which we can invite guest speakers from the business sector who have expertise that matches your specific interests.
Would you like to know more about our services and what we can do for you and your company?
Why not take the chance and let us customize your visit to Stockholm? We look forward to welcoming you to Stockholm and to Kista Science City.
Our services
We offer a broad range of exclusive experiences, unique tours, customized meetings and seminars for private and company groups, delegations and educational institutions.
Introduction to Kista Science City
We will introduce you to and explore what is behind the triple helix collaboration model that has shaped the ICT cluster in Kista and made it into the third largest of its kind world-wide. The introduction will cover topics such as:
History of Kista Science City, how it all started.
The triple/quadruple helix cooperation structure;
Business-, Academic and Public sector cooperation.Presentation of Urban ICT Arena and the STING incubator.
Seminars and lectures
We offer a broad range of seminars and lectures including topics such as:
The Urban ICT Arena – an open co-creation arena and test-bed in Kista.
What are the aims of the arena and how does it work?For most Swedes today, sustainability is a way of life.
Why is Sweden at the forefront of sustainable development?Stockholm occupies an exceptionally positive position when it comes to creating unicorn companies, that is privately owned companies with a valuation of more than 1 billion dollars.
What are the driving forces behind Swedish unicorn companies?
MINI-WORKSHOP IN HORIZONtAL ECO GOVERNANCE
More and more our environmental and societal challenges become increasingly complex. Collaborative, holistic approaches and horizontal management skills across organizational and sometimes even national borders are needed to handle a growing complexity, with less resources and making full use of the potential in new technology development.
This workshop provides a first introduction to the governance of cross-disciplinary processes, working in teams in order to develop a strategy for defined societal challenges. The workshop takes 4 hours and the preferred number of participants is 4-25.
Knowledge-sharing and collaboration:
Business/Academia
We can act as a facilitator in connecting academic institutions, research institutes and businesses.
Contact us so that we can help you explore possible opportunities for collaboration.
Kista - Birthplace of the Swedish IT wonder
Kista has been home to one of the leading ICT clusters in the world since it introduced triple helix collaboration some years back, allowing academia, industry and the public sector to join forces here. Kista is a unique example of successful cross-disciplinary urban planning, and is today teeming with creative and competent actors in many growing start-ups and SMEs that are developing innovative products and services. Several large, international companies in the IT and telecom sectors have chosen to place their headquarters and regional offices here, for example Ericsson and IBM.
At Stockholm Discovery, we are passionate about spreading knowledge about successful and sustainable innovations and we would like to serve as inspiration for the construction of responsible and inclusive urban environments. Since 2015, we have been a partner of Kista Science City. In this way, we offer a unique opportunity to invite guest speakers with the expertise to match your specific interests. Our services include seminars, inspirational lectures, in-depth workshops and events.
We look forward to welcoming you to Kista Science City!
ACTORS in Kista Science City
Kista Science City is the largest Information and Communication Technology (ICT) cluster in Europe and the third largest ICT cluster in the world.
The Urban ICT Arena was created by the Electrum Foundation with the aim to future-proof and grow Kista’s ICT cluster with the help of several projects, collaborations and partners in an urban environment.
Urban ICT Arena in Kista is developing sustainable cities, boosting innovation and securing the jobs of tomorrow.
Business visits & lectures
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