EUREKA Innovation Week
2016-01-26
The Swedish EUREKA Chairmanship and the EUREKA Secretariat are pleased to welcome you to the EUREKA Innovation Week 2016. The smart Cities --Sustainable and Attractive Communities which will be held in Stockholm on April 26 - 29.
The EUREKA Innovation Week 2016 combines the strategically important areas of the EUREKA network including international collaboration with a specific focus on Smart Cities with business to business meetings, high level key note speakers, EUREKA Innovation Award prize ceremony, exhibition and study visits.
The city is complex and many dimensions need to interact in order for the cities to be sustainable and attractive to residents and business. The key note speakers will highlight the Smart City and its interaction from different perspectives. Innovative concepts will be coupled with concrete solutions during parallel sessions on themes that are highly relevant to urban development around the world.
During EUREKA Innovation Week you will have the opportunity to meet, share ideas, interact and discuss with stakeholders from international and European industry, SMEs, the academic sector, policymakers, representatives from regional and local authorities and many more.
Among the speakers are:
- Dr. Charlotte Brogren, Director General Vinnova
- Lisa Enarsson, Project Manager, City of Stockholm
- Helen Goulden, Executive Director Innovation Lab, Nesta
- Mehmet Kaplan, Swedish Minister for Housing, Urban Development and Information Technology
- Sara Mazur, Vice President and Head of Ericsson Research
- Tina Saaby Madsen, City Architect, Copenhagen City Council
- Gabriel Marquette, General Manager, EUREKA Cluster EUROGIA
- Pedro de Sampaio Nunes, Head of EUREKA Secretariat
- Dr. Sylvia Schwaag Serger, Executive Director International Strategy and Networks, VINNOVA
- David Sonnek, Venture Capital Investor SEB & Board of Vinnova
- Per Tervahauta, Chairman of the EUREKA High Level Group
More information about the event and the draft program can be found on the event website. We look forward to welcome you to Stockholm and this major event during the Swedish EUREKA Chairmanship.
Welcome/Välkommen!