Nordic Innovation

An eventful week is coming to an end! 🎉 🎈 This week Nordic Innovation held its board meeting in Helsinki, and we were enriched by a program filled with interesting visits around the city. 😊 First, we want to thank our board members for a really good meeting: Kasper Søgaard, Freyr Friðfinnsson, Cecilia Sjöberg, Mathea Hilduberg, Eva Camerer, Berglind Hallgrímsdóttir, Dan Koivulaakso, Jenny Valind, Peter Munch-Madsen and Sindre Stemshaug Bornstein. 🙏 Staying in Helsinki we had the opportunity to visit Business Finland and talk to Arto Pussinen and Anna-Maija Sunnanmark about #AI activities, quantum technology and dual use. Reijo Kangas shared insights about #Nordic value chains and Ukraine. We also had a chat with Mailiina Turanlahti, Risto Vuohelainen and Antti Rahikka about access to financing, internationalization, Nordic Innovation Houses and trade promotion collaboration. Also a big thanks to Kari Herlevi for welcoming us at Sitra and for sharing your great thoughts about #circular economy. The big question is - how can we finance the green transition? We had really good discussions with the #Nordic financing institutions: Nordic Investment Bank, Nefco - the Nordic Green Bank and Nopef - the Nordic Project Fund. Thanks for hosting us, André Küüsvek, Trond Moe, Mikael Reims and Satu Santala. Finland and Åland have the co-presidency of the The Nordic Council of Ministers in 2025 and Mia Hurtta invited us to fruitful discussions at the Työ- ja elinkeinoministeriö – Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment (Finland). We talked about #AI and #quantum strategy, #space technology and #Nordic resilience with Teija Palko, Lasse Laitinen, Nathalie Dahl, Tero Vihavainen, Mia Hurtta, Maija Lönnqvist, and Janne Peltola. We also got to visit VTT and see with our own eyes what #quantum technology can be. We want to extend our thanks to each organization for their warm welcome and our insightful discussions. Special thanks to our chairman of board Heikki Uusi-Honko and Business Finland for arranging and hosting the Nordic Innovation's board meeting and for connecting us with the other organizations. We are looking forward to staying connected and exploring future collaborations. Ville Mäkinen Hanna Törmänen

Do you want to become our new crew member? 🙏 Do you have a curious mindset and a desire to work with emerging technologies and topics critical to business development on the path toward 2030 and 2050? 👉 Nordic Innovation is now offering two exiting positions at the intersection of business and central innovation ecosystems in the #Nordic region and internationally. 🌍 You will become part of a dynamic work environment with colleagues from all the #Nordic countries. Read more and apply: https://lnkd.in/dguQ5ufs We are looking forward to welcoming you to team-Nordic Innovation 😊 Kristine Janjak Høydahl Sindre Stemshaug Bornstein Peter Munch-Madsen Sarah Hitz Nils Arne Haagensen Lena Henriksson Olivia Rekman Nina Egeli Håkan Lind Emil Gejrot Marthe Haugland Ville Mäkinen Thordur Reynisson Jens Oldgard Hanna Törmänen Stian Bergeland Hege Louise Guttormsen The Nordic Council of Ministers

As a part of our new program launch we are looking for project outlines for the two innovation programs: 👉 Innovative Solutions for 2030 👉 Nordic Forward: Resilience and Competitiveness for 2050 If you are interested and want to learn more about this funding opportunity, please join our call-webinar: ⏲️ 23. April, 13.00-14.00 CET Read more and register: https://lnkd.in/dXa5yuhc Let's together make the Nordics the world's most sustainable and integrated region! 🌍 Sindre Stemshaug Bornstein Nina Egeli Håkan Lind Emil Gejrot Marthe Haugland Ville Mäkinen Thordur Reynisson Jens Oldgard Hanna Törmänen Stian Bergeland Hege Louise Guttormsen Peter Munch-Madsen Sarah Hitz Nils Arne Haagensen Lena Henriksson Olivia Rekman The Nordic Council of Ministers

The preparatory work for a Nordic-Baltic AI Center has now been finalized including recommendations for financing models, budget and governance. 🎤 "This project delivery marks a crucial step towards a Nordic-Baltic AI Center. Nordic Innovation’s role is that of a catalyst to scale proven national success stories and ecosystem initiatives, like AI Sweden, to a Nordic-Baltic level. With a consortium representing four #Nordic countries, the project has built strong momentum in a fast-moving and complex landscape with many stakeholders. The journey now rapidly continues towards establishment of a Nordic Baltic AI Center," says Sindre Stemshaug Bornstein, Managing Director at Nordic Innovation The Nordic-Baltic AI Center is one of the five recommendations developed by our Nordic Ethical AI Expert Group. 👉 Read more: https://lnkd.in/d4szHJm5 Thanks a lot to the project partners: AI Sweden IKT-Norge AI Finland Digital Dogme Olivia Rekman Ville Mäkinen Mikael Ljungblom Martin Svensson

GREAT NEWS! After months of preparations we are exited to finally launch our three new programs for 2025-2027! 🎉 🎈 👉 Innovative Solutions for 2030 👉 Nordic Forward: Resilience and Competitiveness for 2050 👉 Nordic Growth and Capital Attraction Check out this film where our Managing Director Sindre Stemshaug Bornstein gives a short introduction to the programs and our current funding opportunities 👇 You can also read more here: https://lnkd.in/dgr_r4Ah As a catalyst and enabler in the Nordic Prime Ministers’ vision of making the Nordics the world’s most sustainable and integrated region in the world by 2030 we are looking forward to develop new initiatives and partnerships with you! 🙏 From team-Nordic Innovation Sindre Stemshaug Bornstein Lena Henriksson Stian Bergeland Hege Louise Guttormsen Peter Munch-Madsen Sarah Hitz Nils Arne Haagensen Olivia Rekman Nina Egeli Håkan Lind Emil Gejrot Marthe Haugland Ville Mäkinen Thordur Reynisson Jens Oldgard Hanna Törmänen The Nordic Council of Ministers

This winter we welcomed Stian Bergeland as a new member of team-Nordic Innovation. Stian Bergeland began his position as Senior Innovation Advisor at Nordic Innovation in January. In his first months, much of his work has focused on developing new innovation programs for 2025-2027. These programs will be launched on 3. April, and Bergeland will be part of a program dedicated to accelerating the green transition. But during his first months at Nordic Innovation, Stian has also discovered a new passion..... Learn what that is in the full story: https://lnkd.in/dQJQHdyy And please help us to welcome Stian to our team! 🙏 🎉🎈 The Nordic Council of Ministers

Yesterday, we were pleased to welcome Ville Tavio, Finnish Minister for Foreign Trade and Development, accompanied by Teemu Tanner, Finland's Ambassador to Norway; Anna Merrifield, Director of the Unit for Climate and Environmental Diplomacy and Tuomas Tähti, Special Advisor, to #Nordic Center in Oslo. The delegation was first introduced to Nordic Innovation's new programs followed by discussions on AI, quantum technology and critical technologies/Dual Use. Thanks a lot to Ville Tavio and the Finnish delegation for visiting us - you are always welcome at #Nordic Center. We are launching our three new programs on April 3. In the meantime, you can read about the focus areas that form the basis for the new programs here: https://lnkd.in/dZWiUQmK Sindre Stemshaug Bornstein Olivia Rekman Ville Mäkinen Nils Arne Haagensen

”Erhvervslivet spiller en afgørende rolle for vores beredskab og krisehåndtering! Alene i Norge er 80% af al kritisk infrastruktur ejet af private aktører. Samarbejde mellem myndigheder og erhvervslivet er derfor essentielt, når vi skal opbygge forsvar og ruste os mod kriser.” Anniken Hauglie fra NHO bidrog med interessante perspektiver om erhvervslivets rolle og tilgang til beredskab i en diskussion på Stortinget tidligere i dag. I dag markerede vi ’Nordens Dag’ i Oslo med et arrangement om beredskab og samfundssikkerhed. Det store spørgsmål er: er vi beredt i #Norden, og hvordan ruster vi os til at møde trusler og kriser? Har vi det nødvendige beredskab? Den 23. marts 1962 blev Helsingforsaftalen indgået – også kaldet det nordiske samarbejdes grundlov. ’Nordens Dag’ er en fejring af Helsingforsaftalen og markeres med arrangementer på tværs af #Norden i den her uge. Tusind tak til The Nordic Council of Ministers, NordForsk, Stortinget og UiO:Demokrati for et spændende arrangement og for at inddrage perspektiver fra erhvervslivet i diskussionen. Sindre Stemshaug Bornstein Klaus Skytte Mari Bangstad Mikael Eriksson Louise Bang Jespersen Teemu Tanner

- "Especially in the light of Mario Draghi's report on #EU competitiveness, which highlights that Europe must significantly improve its innovation capacity, speed and competitiveness. As the entire EU moves from words to action, the #Nordic voice will be crucial." - Jessica Rosencrantz, Minister of EU Affairs and Nordic Cooperation, Sweden. She talks among others about the role of #Nordic cooperation as an accelerator for innovation, how we can collaborate to promote #Nordic green solutions and our way towards 2030. She also highlights the #Nordic participation at the World Expo 2025 as an example of a succesful joint #Nordic promotion initiative. Read the full interview in our annual report 2024 (page 14-15): https://lnkd.in/dyjDv9JT The Nordic Council of Ministers

The #Nordic mineral industry is important for Europe’s competitiveness! The message from Jessika Roswall, EU Commissioner for Environment, Water Resilience and Competitive Circular Economy, was clear when she spoke at the #Nordic Forum on Raw Materials Summit in Oslo this week. 🎤 “The world around us is changing rapidly. Old certainties are replaced with new realities. Your industries have a clear role to play for our competitiveness and for our security. You are important in making Europe competitive again.” She also underscored the importance of collaboration: 🎤 “It is also extremely important that we stick together. It has never been so important as it is now.” Collaboration and the #Nordic mineral industry are the two main components of the #Nordic Forum on Raw Materials. 👉 Through knowledge, networking and news, the forum brings together professionals in the mining and minerals sector, in business, academia, politics and finance, and this week, the second Summit took place. The Summit discussed topics such as #Nordic mineral export opportunities, how #AI can develop the mineral industry and how to attract #capital to mineral projects. By the end, Bo Lidegaard gave insight into the geopolitical landscape around critical minerals and highlighted the importance of de-risking supply chains with a focus on the Greenlandic-European perspective.    Thanks a lot for a successful summit: Norsk Bergindustri, Svemin, FinnMin - Kaivosteollisuus ry - we are looking forward to Helsinki next year! 🙏 If you want to be a part of the forum, sign up here: https://lnkd.in/dAdsTyMC Nordic Forum on Raw Materials (open page) Peter Munch-Madsen Håkan Lind Sindre Stemshaug Bornstein Anita Helene Hall Maria Sunér Pekka Suomela