2023 Program

Tuesday Nov 7th

11:00 – 11:30

Official Opening of the Pavilion with the Nordic & Baltic Ambassadors to Spain

MODERATOR

Magnus Agerström

Managing Director

AMBASSADOR

Nils Haugstveit

NORWAY

AMBASSADOR

Maris Klisans

LATVIA

AMBASSADOR

Sari Rautio

FINLAND

AMBASSADOR

Teppo Tauriainen

SWEDEN

VICE-MINISTER OF ECONOMY AND INNOVATION

Ms. Erika Kurockina

LITHUANIA

12:00 – 13:00

Six years to 2030: Accelerating Impact X3 to Reach Climate Neutrality

Opening Words

Lars Thunberg

DEPUTY MAYOR

City of Helsingborg

Climate neutrality in 6 years: How do the Nordic & Baltic cities plan to make it?

Lisa Enarsson

Karlis Beihmanis

Anniina Auterl

Jens Gille

Panel Discussion: What needs to be done in order to reach climate neutrality?

Karolina Ekelöw

ClimateView

Päovi Raivio

Parkly

Bjarte Falck

Innocode

Malin Hansen

DOGA

Albert Edman

Viable Cities

13:00 – 14:00

Innovating Procurement for Innovative Solutions in the Nordics & Baltics

Panel Discussion: Innovation Procurement: Connected Road Surface Monitoring

MODERATOR

Alfred Lindberg

Business Development Manager

Björn Zachrisson

Product Strategist

Adela Spulber

Business Development Manager Urban Mobility

David Lidström

Head of Commercial

Panel Discussion: Innovation in Cities: Challenges and Success Stories

MODERATOR

Emilie Martinsen Christensen

Funding & Internationalization Manager

David Eskilsson

CEO

Åsa Bjering

Change Agent
Innovation and Green Transition

Claus Oustrup

Director

Terje Rygh

Project Manager

14:00 – 15:00

Innovation for Resilience: Green Infrastructure and Nature-based Solutions

MODERATOR

Thomas B Johansen

Special Advisor

Tomasz Frelek

Special Advisor

Mikko Martikka

Senior Advisor

Peter Wiborn

Senior Project Manager

15:00 – 16:00

Towards Better Urban Infrastructure – Roads, Water, & Waste

Interview with an infrastructure investor

HOST

Magnus Agerström

Managing Director

Phoebe Smith

Senior Director

Pitching Session

Felicity

SIGNIFY

EDEVA

PLUTO

UNIVRSES

16:00 – 16:30

Helsingborgsfika – Meet the Helsingborg delegation

16:00 – 17:00

Building People-centric cities with the help of AI

Tampere opening presentation

Tiia Joki

Growth and Innovation

Teppo Rantanen

Smart City Executive Director

Panel discussion

Juha Lystilä

Vice President

Jenna-Riia Oldenburg

Senior Consultant

Mathias Andersson

Head of AI

Edgars Starkis

FITS product lead

Kristian Valkama

Director of Digital Transformation

Tampere partner company pitches

17:00 – 18:00

Reception Hosted by Tampere

Wednesday Nov 8th

09:30 - 11:30

Digital Twins for Smart Cities

Welcome

Tero Villman

Development Manager

Finland Futures Research Centre, Turku School of Economics, University of Turku

Exploring Smart City Digital Twins

Tero Villman

Development Manager

Finland Futures Research Centre, Turku School of Economics, University of Turku

Tolga Karayel

Project Researcher

City Deep Dive: Turku, Finland

Niko Kyynäräinen

Director of Economic Development

City model-based Digital Twins: Use cases for urban security and resilience

Jenna-Riia Oldenburg

Senior Consultant, Business Designer

Presentation

Christopher Petersson

Head of Smart City

City Deep Dive: Helsingborg, Sweden

Christopher Petersson

Head of Smart City

Digital Twin Enabled Metacities

Elīna Lidere

Innovation Lead

City Deep Dive: Riga, Latvia

Edgars Indriksons

Data Analytics Department

From Data to Decisions

Richard Adewale

Global Business Development Manager

Panel: What lies ahead for digital twins?

Niko Kyynäräinen

Director of Economic Development

Christopher Petersson

Head of Smart City

Edgars Indriksons

Data Analytics Department

Viesturs Celmins

Managing Director

Closing remarks

Viesturs Celmins

Managing Director

11:30 - 12:30

Energy-resilient Buildings and Districts

Introduction and welcome

Andro Lindsay

Carbon Neutral Solution

Pitch#1 Energy-resilient buildings

Tuija Pakkanen

Sustainable built environment

Pitch#2 Eqon

Mikal Lovik

Managing director

Pitch#3 City of Helsingborg

Mattias Rundberg

Project Manager

Pitch#4 Tallin Strategy Center

Mark-Emil Talivere

Innovation expert

Tallinn Strategic Management Office

Pitch#5 Qheat

Erika Salmenvaara

CEO

Pitch#6 make a BIM

Leo Salomaa

Founder

Panel discussion and closing remarks

Andro Lindsay

Carbon Neutral Solution

12:30 - 13:30

Proptech's Role in Smart City Development

Proptech intro: A relatively new industry, that will be responsible for the digital disruption in the Real Estate market globally. What is it there for Proptech in Lithuania, the Baltics and globally? Seeking to become the greatest Proptech and Smart City sandbox in the region

Mr. Martinas Eitmonas

President

Proptech Lithuania

Panel Discussion:

VICE MINISTER OF ECONOMY AND INNOVATION

Ms. Erika Kuročkina

Mr. Tomas Meižys

Co-founder and CPO

Ms. Emilie Martinsen Christensen

Funding and Internationalisation Manager

Mr. Martinas Eitmonas

President

13:30 - 14:30

Rethink, don't Build? Challenge of the Growing Nordic Capitals

Opening Words

Mira Jarkko

Project Manager

Panel Discussion

MODERATOR

Mira Jarkko

Project Manager

Sofia Johansson

Chief of Staff

Amin Haddadi

Sustainability and Innovation Advisor

Company Pitches

Hilda Rantanen

Ole Johan A. Bjerke

Closing remarks

Lisa Enarsson

Project Manager

14:30 - 15:30

Is the Nordics in the forefront of impact investments?

Welcome

Ms. Emilie Martinsen Christensen

Funding and Internationalisation Manager

The State of Nordic Impact Investments

Staffan Ingvarsson

CEO

The Startup Opportunity behind carbon neutral cities – An introduction to Urban Living Labs for a VC Perspective 🇩🇪🇳🇴

Florian Fischer

Partner at STYX Urban Investments

Panel Discussion – Why invest in the Nordics?

Staffan Ingvarsson

CEO

Florian Fischer

Partner at STYX Urban Investments

Åsa Bjering

Innovation Programme Manager, Climate and Green Transition

Jakob Norman-Hansen

Head of Global Networks

Emilie Christensen

Funding & Internationalization Manager

A small surprise from Nordic Edge

Reception to follow at the Nordic Edge stand

16:00 - 16:30

Helsingborgsfika – Meet the Helsingborg delegation

15:30 - 16:30

Sustainable Mobility & Electrification

Panel Discussion: Nordic city challenges and solutions in the mobility sector

Stockholm

Helsingborg

Sara Bergendorff

Head of Traffic Planning Department

Lucas Uhlen

IoT lead

Karin Wiklund

Market & Communications

Linda Bermin

Traffic Planner

Alfred Lindberg

Business Development Manager

16:30 - 17:30

Optimizing the Use of Urban Space and Logistics with data & IOT

Introducing the Urban Space Dilemma

Catrin Ditz

Program Director

Panel discussion

MODERATOR

Catrin Ditz

Program Director

Sophia Sundberg

CEO

Lars Olov Andersson

Technical coordinator, Stockholm Water and Waste

Robert Lann

Smart Society Lead, Sensative

Knut Johansen

Sales Director

Therese Balksjö

Smart City Lab

Jari Kuusisto

Product manager IoT for Smart Cities

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