Interested in expanding your business into Asia? This free webinar will give you an effective introduction to typical business practices within their local context.
Find out more about the market, culture, specific dos and don’ts in the country and other practical information that will help you expand your business into South Korea.
During the session, Vinnova will also share information on how to apply to Eurostars, an internationalization program for research-intensive SMEs.
This session is primarily aimed at startups who will participate in the European Startup Matchday but is open to anyone interested in the South Korean markets.
It is organized by Ignite Sweden, Vinnova, Business Sweden, Embassy of Sweden in Seoul and Korea Startup Center Stockholm as part of Vinnova’s Sweden-South Korea Innovation Initiative.
Date: October 26
Time: 08:00-09:00 CEST
Location: Online on Zoom
Agenda
- Introduction to Ignite Sweden, Vinnova and Business Sweden – 10 minutes
- Innovation in South Korea – 10 minutes
Anders Hektor, Innovation and Research Council, Embassy of Sweden in Seoul - Information about Eureka’s program Eurostars – 10 minutes
Kim Silvasti, Country Manager Korea, program manager and NPC for Eurostars, Vinnova - How to do business in Korea – 20 minutes
Johan Chun, Country Manager Korea, Business Sweden - Final words and next steps – 10 minutes
Are you thinking about joining Ignite Sweden and do you wonder if participating in the matchmaking program is something for your startups and scaleup? Have you already joined but you would like to better understand our matchmaking process and everything else that happens behind the scenes? Or you would simply like to learn how you can improve your chances of getting matched?
Welcome to Ignite Open Desk session on June 13 where our Head of Startup Relations, Cathrin Johansson will go through the following topics:
- How you create a profile on our platform Ignite Magic
- The process behind every match with a corporate or a public organization
- Practical things that you can do to improve your chances of getting a match
- What to expect from the corporates you have been matched with
- Which kind of startups are corporate looking for to initiate collaboration projects withTypes of opportunities for startups at every stage (from early stage to senior scaleups)
- The sales and piloting training sessions available for our startup and scaleup members
We will kick off the session with a short intro about Ignite Sweden and our mission to bring more business to more startups, followed by some helpful insights. There will be a Q&A during the second half of the session – all questions are welcome!
Interested in expanding your business throughout Europe? This hour long webinar will give you practical insights from a range of perspectives on how to collaborate effectively in both Germany and France.
Find out more about the market, culture, specific dos and don’ts in the country and other practical information that will help you expand your business into France and Germany. You will also have the opportunity to hear about the first-hand experiences of a startup who has been through the process before!
This session is primarily aimed at startups who will participate in the European Startup Matchday but is open to anyone interested in the French or German markets. Applications for the matchmaking are still open until May 13, find out more here.
It is organised in collaboration with Business Sweden, Ignite Sweden, appliedAI, Hub France IA, Things, the Swedish Embassies in France and Germany and funded by Vinnova Sweden’s Innovation Agency as part of the Swedish, French, German Innovation Initiative.
Date: June 7
Time: 14:00-15:00 CEST
Location: Online on Zoom
Agenda
14:00 Introduction to Event & Ignite Sweden
14:05 Doing Business in France – Business Sweden
14:25 Doing Business in Germany – Business Sweden
14:45 A startup perspective with Ekkono
14:55 Q&A
Interested in breaking into the Brazilian market? This hour long webinar will give you practical insights from a range of perspectives on how to collaborate effectively in the country.
Find out more about the market, culture, specific dos and don’ts in the country and other practical information that will help you expand your business into Brazil. There will also be a fantastic opportunity to hear about a startup’s collaboration experience in this South American country.
This session is primarily aimed at startups who will participate in the Sweden-Brazil Startup Matchday but is open to anyone interested in the Brazilian market.
It is organised in collaboration with Business Sweden, Ignite Sweden, CISB, the Swedish Embassy in Brazil, RISE and funded by Vinnova Sweden’s Innovation Agency as part of the Sweden Brazil Innovation Initiative.
Preliminary Agenda
Introduction – 5 minutes
CISB – 10 minutes
Business Sweden – 20-25 minutes
Viking Analytics – A startup perspective – 10 minutes
Q&A – 10 minutes
Are you thinking about joining Ignite Sweden and do you wonder if participating in the matchmaking program is something for your startups and scaleup? Have you already joined but you would like to better understand our matchmaking process and everything else that happens behind the scenes? Or you would simply like to learn how you can improve your chances of getting matched?
Welcome to the first Ignite Open Desk session on March 3 where our Head of Startup Relations, Cathrin Johansson will go through the following topics:
- How you create a profile on our platform Ignite Magic
- The process behind every match with a corporate or a public organization
- Practical things that you can do to improve your chances of getting a match
- What to expect from the corporates you have been matched with
- Which kind of startups are corporate looking for to initiate collaboration projects withTypes of opportunities for startups at every stage (from early stage to senior scaleups)
- The sales and piloting training sessions available for our startup and scaleup members
We will kick off the session with a short intro about Ignite Sweden and our mission to bring more business to more startups, followed by some helpful insights. There will be a Q&A during the second half of the session – all questions are welcome!
Welcome to the first session of this series where Gisele Fidelis from Suzano (Brazil) will share her learnings of implementing successful innovation strategies in collaboration with startups.
Fridays with Ignite is our brand new series of sessions to share knowledge, tools and methods on how corporations implement innovation together with startups. Every month a new corporate guest will come on stage to inspire us with their stories.
Our first guest is Gisele Fidelis, New Business Executive Manager at the Brazilian pulp & paper multinational Suzano, who will share her learnings of implementing successful innovation strategies in collaboration with startups.
During the one-hour digital session, you will learn:
- how Suzano works with open innovation both in Brazil and globally
- how they work with startups towards innovation
- the key factors of their collaboration success
- the do’s and don’ts of working with innovation and startups
- why Sweden is an attractive country in terms of startups and innovation
Her presentation will be followed by a fire-side chat moderated by Sasan Shaba (Ignite Sweden) where you will be able to make your own questions to our guest.
En introduktion till LOU för dig som vill göra affärer med offentlig sektor. Arrangeras av Ignite Sweden tillsammans med upphandlingsjurist Amar Al Djaber.
Välkommen till en introduktion till LOU (Lagen om offentlig upphandling) för dig som vill göra affärer med offentlig sektor med Amar Al Djaber, upphandlingsjurist på Zian.
Ta första steget och lär dig förstå lagen och hur du ska förbereda dig för att lämna anbud och ingå kontrakt. Lär dig använda direktupphandling som ett första steg till den offentliga sektorn så undviker du vanliga misstag i anbudsprocessen!
Under seminariet får du svar på följande:
- Offentlig sektor omsätter 800 miljarder. Hur kan du konkurrera om att vinna offentliga kontrakt?
- Kan du sälja till myndigheter utan upphandling? Vad säger regelverket?
- Hur kan du använda LOU som verktyg för merförsäljning mot offentlig sektor?
- Hur kan du bäst föra dialog med upphandlande myndigheter? Kan du göra det innan och under en upphandling?
- Hur ska du tänka för att inte hamna i en jävsituation?
- Hur skyddar du dina företagshemligheter vid försäljning mot offentliga kunder som omfattas av offentlighetsprincipen?
Her presentation will be followed by a fire-side chat moderated by Sasan Shaba (Ignite Sweden) where you will be Under seminariet finns möjlighet att ställa frågor.
This free webinar on Doing Business in India is an introduction to typical business practices within their local context.
The webinar is aimed to prepare startups for their upcoming matchmaking meetings with Indian corporates at the Sweden-India Startup Matchday on October 12, but is also open to anyone interested in the Indian market.
Interested in participating? Click on the button below and register for the session.
This webinar is organized by Ignite Sweden in collaboration with Business Sweden, the Confederation of Indian Industry, the Embassy of Sweden in New Delhi, Invest India, NASSCOM Center of Excellence, the Sweden-India Business Council, the Sweden-India Innovation Partnership, and the Swedish Institute. It is part of Vinnova’s Sweden-India Innovation Initiative.
Agenda
11:00 – 11:03 Introduction
Sasan Shaba, Ignite Sweden
11:03 – 11:05 Introduction to the Sweden-India Innovation Initiative
Malin Petersen, Vinnova
11:05-11:25 India as a Potential Market
An overview of the Indian market: how to establish a business, do’s and dont’s, and some other practical information. Business Sweden’s offer in India.
Mr. Shubhang Vikas, Business Development & Delivery Lead, India & APAC, Business Sweden
Mr. Rahul Misra, Business Development & Delivery Lead, Business Sweden
Ms. Harika Garapati, Project Manager, Business Sweden
11:25-11:45 Introduction to Indian Business Culture
An introduction to the Indian business culture and learnings from Swedish Startups in India.
Cecilia Oldne, Senior Vice President, Sweden-India Business Council & Head of Sweden India Tech Community
11:45-12:05 An Overview of the Indian Economy and Industry
Ms Bidisha Ganguly, Confederation of Indian Industry
The Startup Ecosystem in India
Mr Varun Akhnoor, CII Centre of Excellence for Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Start-ups
12:05-12:15 Introduction to the NASSCOM Center of Excellence’s offer
Navratan Katariya, NASSCOM Center of Excellence
12:15-12:25 Introduction to Invest India
Himani Goel, Invest India
12:25-12:30 Closing remarks
Sasan Shaba, Ignite Sweden
Sveriges startups är i framkant när det gäller att skapa innovativa lösningar för att möta stora samhällsutmaningar såsom miljö och energi, en åldrande befolkning, cirkulära kretslopp och integration, därför är det viktigt för vår framtid att de utgör en självklar del av de offentliga aktörernas leverantörsnätverk.
SKR – Sveriges Kommuner och Regioner och SISP – Swedish Incubators and Science Parks, tillsammans med Ignite, bjuder in i syfte att sätta ljuset på hur Sveriges kommuner och regioner kan samarbeta med små innovativa bolag.
Arrangemanget vänder sig till dig som jobbar i offentlig sektor, till dig som vill göra affärer med offentlig sektor, till dig som jobbar i en inkubator eller Science Park, och till dig som är intresserad och nyfiken av att veta mer om hur kommuner och regioner kan samarbeta med startups.
Agenda
- SKR och SISP hälsar välkomna
- Introduktion Ignite Public
- Upphandlingsmyndigheten sätter den nationella scenen för upphandling
- Case Umeå kommun
- Lansering av handbok i pilotprocessen
- Frågor och avslut
Inbjudna gäster och talare
- Klas Danerlöv, samordnare innovation SKR
- Johan Ödmark, vd SISP
- Mikaela Färnqvist, projektledare Ignite Public
- Johanna Enberg, strateg med inriktning innovation Upphandlingsmyndigheten
- Thomas Molen, digitaliseringschef Umeå kommun
- Kerstin Svensson, upphandlingschef Järfälla kommun
- Karin Peduu,upphandlingsstrateg SKR
- Startups
Moderator
Maria Olofsson, verksamhetsledare Uminova innovation, kommer leda eventet genom ett öppet och ärligt samtal med målet att du ska gå därifrån med handfasta tips på vad som krävs för ett lyckat samarbete mellan offentlig sektor och startups.
This free webinar on Doing Business in South Korea is an introduction to typical business practices within their local context.
This digital webinar is open to anyone interested in the Korean market.
During the session, Vinnova will also share information on how to apply to Eurostars, an internationalization program for research-intensive SMEs.
Interested in participating? Click on the button below and register for the session.
This webinar is organized by Ignite Sweden, Vinnova, Business Sweden, Embassy of Sweden in Seoul and Korea Startup Center Stockholm. It is part of Vinnova’s Sweden-South Korea Innovation Initiative.
Agenda
13.00 Introduction to Ignite Sweden, Vinnova and Korea Startup Center Stockholm
13:15 Innovation in South Korea
Anders Hektor
Science and Innovation Counsellor
Office of Science and Innovation at the Embassy of Sweden in Seoul
13:30 Information about Eureka program’s Eurostars
Annie Lindmark
Program Director & Deputy NPC for Eurostars at Vinnova
13:45 How to do business in Korea
Johan Chun
Country Manager Korea at Business Sweden
14:00 Closing remarks and next steps
14:15 End of the session