International Business: Learning journeys – what have we learnt.

To create a world-class innovation system, it is important to keep an eye on international trends and make international contacts to develop and collaborate with.

Therefore, in 2023-2024, a number of learning journeys to countries such as the United States, France and Germany have been organised with delegations from different parts of the innovation system.

This session is about sharing learning from these journeys. Programme managers and delegates will share experiences and lessons learned with the rest of the innovation system. The meeting is relevant to many groups within the innovation system, but perhaps most importantly to business developers and business managers, but also to board members who can gain an external perspective.

AGENDA 3 MAY
09.00-09.25 UK and Germany
Annica Grimberg Lignell and Emma Hallenberg from Sahlgrenska SP share experiences from UK and Germany after delegations with West Swedish incubators.

09.25-09.50 Germany / France “AI special”
Petrus Ekblad and Simon Sleman from Jönköping SP talk about their lessons learnt from the SISP / Vinnova learning trip to Germany and France focusing on AI. Stops on the trip included UnternehmerTUM (number one in the Financial Times ranking of startup hubs in Europe 2024) and the famous Station F in Paris.

09.50-10.00 Break

10.00-10.20 South Korea – second time around – Startup: My Vox
SISP / Ignite organised a second trip to South Korea to really make sure that startups would get deals and pilots. The lesson learnt from the first trip was that business must be done on the ground in South Korea. Louise Ribrant from the startup My Vox talks about her experience of doing business in Seoul.

10.20-10.35 Sharing experiences in groups

10.35-10.55 Next steps: Exciting international initiatives to get involved in
SISP receives many requests from external organisations that want to reach out to SISP members and startups. In this case, we have gathered some exciting initiatives with a focus on internationalisation that can be a form of call to action for internationalisation of the Swedish innovation system.
Business Sweden’s Export Advisory/ Catalyst programme – Per Jansson
Swedish Institute Impact programme – Filippa Malmegård
SACCNY accelerator programme New York – Alexandra Hillström / Kajsa Thorselius

10.55-11.00 Closure