Final Conference 2020!
Have there ever been more need for sustainable and innovative solutions - or for transnational collaborations in order to enable a greener common future for all of us? The Northern Connection has commenced this important process and has for the last four years gathered 21 project partners including cities, clusters, regions and knowledge institutions, in order to create innovative connections between enterprises and clusters in the energy sector. In September 2020, the project period culminated, when the spectacular Final Conference was held online with more than 150 participants, and where great cases from the several Living Lab Events were presented.
"As project partners in the Northern Connections we have learned a lot from each other about the whole process from identification to alignment with challenge owners, inviting SME’s and organising these events. In the end, we have been very successful with seven Living Lab Events, where over 700 participated from 13 different countries of whom 200 SME’s, almost 300 meetings were pre-arranged, 100 pitches given and almost 20 new international collaborations have been initiated."
- says Jannes Kalfsbeek, WP6 Lead in the Northern Connections project.
The advantages and appreciations of the Northern Connections project have been the unique opportunities created in which supply of innovation and solutions was provided based on clearly formulated demand through innovation challenges in real life energy demonstration - and investment projects.
👉 Download the Final Report 2020.
Are we done? Almost yes - but we are excited to inform you that we are conducting one more - and very last Living Lab Event, which will be held as an online version in Sweden. Read more about the challenges and how to sign up here.
Did you not catch the Final Conference? Do not worry!
You can watch the whole online final conference underneath👇
Presentations from the Final Conference 2020
- Northern Connections Results by Alex Moreno
- Anders Hall - Living Lab Hoppet Results
- Pål Samuelsen - Living Lab Økern Sentrum Results
- Peter Simões - Living Lab Alkmaar Results
- Keynote Speech By Fredrik Hörstedt, Ph.D.
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