Sweden’s Innovation Riksdag and Science Week 2025 merged and moved to October

Sweden’s Innovation Riksdag and Science Week 2025 will take place in Södertälje on 7-9 October and together will be bigger than ever before. The aim is to discuss Sweden’s competitiveness and what is needed to remain a leading innovation country. Together we will focus on innovation and take the temperature of Sweden’s innovation policy – what is happening, what will happen and what needs to happen?

The 2025 merger will bring the entire Swedish innovation ecosystem under one roof. Swedish Incubators & Science Parks (SISP) and Södertälje Science Park are organising this together to rally the forces ahead of the elections, which are only a year away in October. It will be a unique opportunity in 2025. From 2026 onwards, they will again be held as separate events.

As in previous years, Sweden’s Innovation Riksdag is aimed at actors working to promote, strengthen and develop innovation and business, and Science Week is aimed at a broad target group with an interest in sustainability and innovation.

Continued focus on sustainable production and skills supply
Combining Sweden’s Innovation Riksdag with Science Week in 2025 will create even better conditions for an event that can make a difference. There will be a continued focus on important future issues such as sustainable production and skills supply, but also a focus on gathering strength ahead of the election. The event will highlight concrete examples of current initiatives and future opportunities, as well as how Sweden can take a leading role in Europe’s innovation cooperation.

– “Combining Science Week with Sweden’s Innovation Riksdag is a fantastic step forward. It gives us a unique opportunity to gather the most innovative and forward-looking actors in Sweden under one roof,” says Robert Kingfors, CEO of Södertälje Science Park.

– We look forward to creating an event that not only inspires but also drives real change in sustainability and innovation.

One year to the election
The theme is “One year to the election”, where Sweden’s Innovation Riksdag and Science Week focus on Sweden’s innovation policy and take stock of the current situation.

– In fact, in October 2025, the elections are barely a year away. Unfortunately, we see that Sweden is lagging behind in innovation compared to our European neighbours. We look forward to welcoming national politicians to Sweden’s Innovation Riksdag and Science Week to jointly set the direction for Sweden’s future innovation policy,” says Stina Lantz, CEO of Swedish Incubators & Science Parks (SISP).

Registration will open in spring 2025. If you are interested, you can already leave your email address to receive advance information about when registration opens. Submit your expression of interest here.