Coming Together To Build a More Sustainable Future

During the event, co-hosted by Ignite Sweden and the city of Uppsala, we dove into the topic of how to build a sustainable future together with startups.

The two-day program showcased a range of success cases between Toyota Material Handling Europe & Kairos Logic, Ekkono Solutions & Nederman, Alfa Laval & Reliefed Technologies, Rexel Sverige & SustainLab, the Swedish Waste Management & the startups Parlametric and Brighteco, and Umeå kommun & Uminova Innovation together with the startups Bufferleaf, The Fine Arc Nordic AB & Oterlu AI.

The fifth edition of the Summit also included a range of keynotes, sessions and panel discussions deep diving into how to measure impact, scale climate solutions, driving an innovation strategy with startups and the future of corporate innovation accelerators, among other topics.

The event also included the possibility to visit three of the many innovation hubs located in the city of Uppsala: Base 10, Testa Center and Green Innovation Park.

The speakers that took to the stage to share their knowledge and experiences regarding innovation and collaboration included Erik Pelling, Charlotte Skott, Monica Söderström & Annika Remaeus (Uppsala kommun), Jonas Klang, (Toyota Material Handling Europe), Anders Alneng (Ekkono), Lina Svansberg (Compare), Anders Nyander (Alfa Laval), Catharina Sandberg (LEAD), Céline Farcet (L’Oréal), Eliran Elimelech (Start up Nation Israel), Faisa Abdi (QC Renewable Energy), Frida Hedström, Mikaela Färnqvist, Stina Lantz, Sara Hamlin, & Sasan Shaba (Ignite Sweden), Jenny Elfsberg (Vinnova), Gunnar Fredriksson, Swedish Waste Management, Humaira Baneryd, Rexel, Karin Ruiz, Sting, Karin Bengtsson (Kista Science City), Katarina Blomkvist (Daily Innovation), Le Anh Ma (Altris), Lauri Lehtovuori (Combient Foundry), Lovisa Högberg (Reliefed), Mala Valroy, (Industrifonden), Mamoun Taher (Graphmatech), Maria Svantemark (Sustainlab), Matts Nyman (BizMaker), Noah Öberg (Bufferleaf), Olle Gelin (AirForestry), Fredrik Röst (Umeå kommun), Salomon Abresparr, (Borlänge Municipality), Urban Roth (IBM) and Örjan Jansson (WWF). The event was moderated by Maria Olofsson (Ignite & Uminova) and Thomas Frostberg (Sydsvenskan, HD & DagensIndustri).