Building Oslo's innovation ecosystem

All about the new Innovation District and what's to come!

Join us to explore Oslo's new innovation district on 4 April from 15:00 to 16:00 at Rebel. This physical event is co-hosted by Oslo Business Region and Oslo Metropolitan Area and it will be the first of a 3-part meeting series on IDS Innovation, Infrastructure and Identity.

Innovasjonsdistrikt Sentrum (IDS) is a defined area of Oslo's city center where knowledge institutions and knowledge-intensive businesses will gather and collaborate with entrepreneurs, incubators, investors and the public sector to promote innovation, creativity and commercialization of ideas.

With this session on Innovation, the aim is to spark dialogue across public and private sectors to ensure that IDS brings maximum value to Oslo and the startup ecosystem.

Program:

15:00 Welcome by Siw Andersen, Oslo Business Region
15:05 Keynote with Vice Mayor Victoria Evensen, City of Oslo
15:10 Intro to IDS by Lone Jessen, Innovasjonsdistrikt Sentrum (IDS)
15:20 Panel with:

Kim Lien, Founder and CEO at Nordic Neurotech
Kjartan Slette, Co-founder and COO at Unacast
Jørn Haanæs, Investment Director at Katapult

Co-moderated by Andrea Nylund, Oslo Business Region and
Gabriel Qvigstad, Kunnskapskompaniet

15:45 Q&A
15:55 Closing remarks by Christen Krogh, Rector, OsloMet

Curious about the IDS strategy and want to read up on it prior to the event? Find it here (in Norwegian): "Campus Oslo: Strategi for utvikling av kunnskapshovedstaden"