30 May to 2 June Nordic Innovation co-hosted the World Circular Economy Forum, together with the Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra. With help from different Nordic organization we put Nordic Circular Solutions on the agenda.
Three intense days in Lisbon show that the Nordic region is on the right track, but we still face significant challenges in the mobility sector. A fragmented sector and data sharing pose the biggest obstacles to smart connectivity in the Nordics.
A new study reveals that tender requirements, long procurement processes and lack of mutual knowledge and common understanding are among the challenges faced by startups in collaborating with the public sector.
The seventh World Circular Economy Forum (WCEF) shows how to create a new economy, businesses and jobs, by leveraging circular solutions to solve the planetary crises.
The Catalyst project, which aims to position younger employees and students as the driving force in the transition to a circular economy, ran from 2020 until autumn 2022.
Nordic Innovation is teaming up with Accenture and Silo AI to coordinate a project for mobilizing the Nordic ecosystem for ethical AI and responsible use of data.
As a result of the Ocean Biomass call Nordic Innovation has signed contract with Lava Seaweed as main partner to carry out the CircleFeed project. The project aims to reduce reduce the greenhouse gas emissions from dairy cattle with seaweed based feed.
From 44 nominations last year to 140 nominations this year the interest for highlighting scaleups is growing. The Icelandic company Kerecis won the award and the companies Einride, Gelato and IQM got special recognitions.
The struggle for dominance in outer space has traditionally been a race between major powers. While others competed to be the first to explore new planets, the Nordic countries needed satellites to fulfill their desire to watch each other's TV broadcasts.