World-leading ICT cluster - Kista Science City

Building Blocks to Innovation and Growth

Stockholm, with Kista Science City as its ICT business and innovation epicenter, has a historical track record of positioning itself as a world leader when it comes to ICT innovations and growth. Kista Science City is historically particularly prominent in mobile and wireless communication, multimedia and broadband systems. Today this is complemented by strong growth in several IT-intensive business and technology fields, like biomedical engineering (Medtech) and environmental engineering (Cleantech).

Today there is strong global demand for solutions that don’t contribute to global warming or the ongoing degradation of our ecosystems. A sector that caters to this demand has emerged, providing systems, solutions and technologies that improve welfare without burdening ecosystems. The most commonly used term for this sector is “Cleantech.”

Sweden and especially the Stockholm region have been, and remain, on the cutting edge of this sector when it comes to the research and development of sustainable solutions. Intelligent integrated urban management systems and political stimulus of research and deployment of innovation are giving the ICT and Cleantech sectors strong impetus and helping to exploit their societal potential.

  • Learn about the Triple Helix cooperation for growth that made Kista Science City a world leading business cluster, and get insights into factors that stimulate innovation in ICT, necessary to meet increasing global demands for regional development and competitiveness.
  • Hear why Stockholm became Intelligent Community of the Year 2009 and the ICT solutions behind it.
  •  Experience cutting edge new mobile technology in the “Wireless Tour” - a guided tour in a real time environment.
  •  Meet entrepreneurs and professionals in Cleantech and discuss the developing solutions that help fight global warming and will support future sustainable regional development. 
  •  Meet Dave Carter, Head of the Manchester Digital Development Agency (MDDA) who will launch the Green Digital Charter. This is a proposal from the Green Shift Europe initiative within the EUROCITIES Knowledge Society Forum where the ways in which ICT can be part of innovative solutions to combating climate change are explored. A discussion on this will follow.
  • Meet Georgios Tselentis,  from the Information Society and Media Directorate-General of the European Commission who will discuss EU funding Information and Communication Technologies for research and innovation. T,heir role is to support innovation and competitiveness in Europe through excellence in  ICT research and development.  He will discuss the basic funding structure and mechanisms and give examples of how policy goals are translated to research priorities that are expected to shape our future societies.

Your host for this deep dive is Anette Scheibe.

Programme:

 

11:30

Bus transfer. Kista Science City from above. Tour of the top of Kista Science Tower. (Annica Englund - Information director Electrum Foundation and Kista Science City AB)

12:00

Welcome by Kista Science City AB, light lunch and presentation of
the region. (Anette Scheibe - CEO Electrum Foundation and Kista Science City AB)

12:25

 "EU funding Information and Communication Technologies for research and innovation" (Georgios Tselentis, European Commission)

12:35

Presentation of Kista Mobile & Multimedia Network and guided tour -“Mobile Experience” in real environment. (Tomas Bennich, Project Manager Kista Mobile)

13:15

Dave Carter (Manchester) presents the proposal for the Green Digital Charter followed by a discussion.

14:00

Cleantech - Sweden’s new export industry - challenges and benefits, innovation and business. Stockholm’s future position. the climate deal, First European Green Capital 2010 and effects on business and innovation. (Aaron Kaplan, Project Manager Stockholm Cleantech Business Network)

14:30

Cleantech and Mobile entrepreneur demonstrations and discussions

15:00

Bus transfer back to Clarion Sign Hotel

 

Contact details:

anette.scheibe@kista.com
annica.englund@kista.com
georgios.TSELENTIS@ec.europa.eu
tomas.bennich@kista.com
d.carter@manchesterdda.com
aaron.kaplan@kista.com