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📢 SAVE THE DATE 📆 | 10th Nordic - Baltic Sustainable Business Summit | November 23, 2023 This year, we're diving deep into the intersection of Artificial Intelligence and Sustainability under the theme "Artificial Intelligence and Sustainability: Taking Care of Tomorrow." Our mission is to showcase how AI can be a game-changer in advancing sustainability within companies and fostering collaborative efforts for a sustainable future. The Summit will feature leading businesses from the Nordic and Baltic regions, highlighting sustainable solutions that can revolutionize productivity and boost sustainability across industries. We've gathered an impressive lineup of speakers from Finland, Norway, Sweden, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania who will explore AI's potential to drive positive environmental impacts while also addressing potential challenges. 📅 Date: November 23, 2023 🕒 Time: 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. (EET) 🏢 Venue: Litexpo, Laivės ave. 5, Vilnius The Summit is brought to you by the Finnish-Lithuanian Chamber of Commerce and the Embassy of Finland, in collaboration with the Norwegian - Lithuanian Chamber of Commerce, Swedish Chamber of Commerce in Lithuania, Estonian Chamber of Commerce in Lithuania, Latvian Chamber of Commerce in Lithuania, Lithuanian Responsible Business Association (LAVA), and the Nordic Council of Ministers Office in Lithuania. Stay tuned for program details, and registration link! #NordicBalticSummit #AI #Sustainability #SustainableBusiness #SaveTheDate

It is a great honor for us at Bliksund to take the stage at the Innovation Speech 2024, especially considering the wealth of innovative companies in Norway. This year's theme of the speech is Europe, and there are several compelling reasons for this focus: - With Europe serving as our largest market, it is imperative to grasp and actively engage with the dynamics and opportunities it presents. For Bliksund, Europe stands as our most important growth market. - Europe wields significant influence over global standards, regulations, and trade agreements. We need to remain cognizant of and actively participate in these processes to shape our own success. - The EU has set ambitious goals regarding climate and the environment, making collaboration with them essential for addressing pressing global challenges such as climate change and sustainability. Therefore, it is important to spotlight Europe and deliberate on its profound significance and influence in the contemporary world. Minister of Trade and Industries, Cecilie T. Myrseth, acting on behalf of the Parliament, will receive innovation policy advice from Innovation Norway and extend invitations to guests. #innovasjonstalen2024 #europe

Join the Finnish-Estonian Business Forum for a collaborative event organized by the FECC - Finnish-Estonian Chamber of Commerce, the Embassy of Finland in Estonia, and Enterprise Estonia EASi ja KredExi ühendasutus. This year’s business forum focuses on two major themes: 📈 Artificial intelligence and opportunities it creates between two neighbouring countries. 📽 Film and entertainment industry where cooperation is done, but more business opportunities await discovery. Read more and register below! https://lnkd.in/eUHuR2GS

The Nordic nations and the Pacific Northwest are home to some of the most innovative companies and policymakers anywhere in the world. The Nordic Innovation Summit brought together leaders from the Nordic countries, in #innovation and #technology to exchange ideas, discuss issues, and explore opportunities of mutual concern. Check out some of the highlights from #NIS2024 below 👇 #PioneerthePossible

📢 The European Innovation Scoreboard 2024 has been published today! Here are a few key highlights from this year's edition: 🌟 Denmark remains the most innovative EU country, with Sweden following closely behind. 📈 The European Union's innovation performance continues to rise steadily, showing a 10% increase since 2017. 🌐 Geographic differences in innovation performance persist in the EU, with Innovation Leaders and Strong Innovators mainly located in Northern and Western Europe, while many Moderate and Emerging Innovators are found in Southern and Eastern Europe. 🌍 Switzerland leads as the most innovative country among EU and neighboring European countries, while South Korea remains the top global competitor in innovation. China has now surpassed Japan and is progressively closing the gap with the EU. 🔗 Learn more about the report: Report: https://europa.eu/!xbYfY4 Press release: https://europa.eu/!bggdDf Interactive tool: https://europa.eu/!8HnNKC Happy to have contributed to this work with Athina KARVOUNARAKI, Gaelle Debree, Xosé-Luís Varela-Irimia, Erik Canton, Román Arjona, Alexandr Hobza, Alasdair Reid, Paresa Markianidou, David Rosenfeld, Maria Mecenero, Bianca Cavicchi, Katrina Barkane, Lucien Schreiber, Gauthier Bas, Giorgia Gasperini, Victor Pascual Cid, Hannah Bernard, Hélène Pétré, Owen Mc Colgan, Lyudmyla Tautiyeva, Adriana Rantcheva, William Becker and many more from EFIS, Technopolis, Old Continent and the European Commission.👏 #EUInnovation #InnovationPerformance

If you run any event to show off solutions, the content strategy is key for those who visit who want more than demos... they want networking and technology/business briefings and commentary.

📢 SeaBot Maritime selected to present at the UK-Be Maritime Innovation Day in Antwerp, Belgium.   In an era marked by scarcity of skilled labour and growing digital dominance, automation emerges as a compelling remedy. While the automation of port activities is both crucial and compelling, the prospect of a ship embarking on its voyage with reduced crew or without human presence onboard presents its challenges.   To try to answer these questions, the Maritime Innovation event is convening experts from both the UK and Belgium. The objective is to strengthen partnerships and alliances to direct policy and shape emerging technology adoption going forward.   To showcase the innovation in the UK on this topic, 8 UK Companies have been chosen to present their solutions in front of an audience of Belgian stakeholders. SeaBot Maritime is thrilled to announce that we have been selected as 1 of the 8 UK Companies.   🌍 Port of Antwerp-Bruges, Belgium 📆 4 March 2024

The city of Bilbao will host the European SME Week from 13 to 17 November 2023. During this week, three events will be held at Bilbao Exhibition Centre (BEC): Basque Open Industry, the SME Assembly and the Enterprise Europe Network Annual Conference.   Basque Open Industry 2023, the meeting of the Basque smart industry, is an event organized by Grupo SPRI and Ekonomiaren Garapena - Desarrollo Económico [EJ-GV] to highlight the maturity of the Basque advanced manufacturing ecosystem. The event will be held on 13 and 14 November in Hall 2 of BEC. It brings together strategy, opinions, technology, experiences, speakers and workshops, and fosters relations around technological expertise based on production. More information: https://lnkd.in/dCGUVPRV   The 2023 SME Assembly, the most significant event for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Europe, will take place from 13 to 15 November 2023, hosted in conjunction with the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union. The Assembly will feature high-level panels and interviews, expert round tables, interactive workshops, informative masterclasses and numerous networking opportunities. These will help stimulate Europe's enterprises and equip them with the right tools for the transition towards sustainability and digitalisation. The event will take place in Bilbao, with the option for additional delegates to attend online. More information: https://lnkd.in/d6N3uPGn   The SME Week closes with the celebration of the Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) Annual Conference, the EEN flagship event, from 15 to 17 November. Under the theme ‘The EEN at 15: showing the way forward for SMEs’, the conference will celebrate the 15th anniversary of the network and bring together network partners, representatives of EU institutions, and key external stakeholders to discuss how the network’s business support services can best meet the evolving needs of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). More information: https://lnkd.in/dfaHajH9    #SMEWeek #BasqueOpenIndustry #SMEAssembly #EEN2023 #EEncanHelp #EENis15 #internationalization #innovation

#Regulation favours incumbents and status quo, this includes today's Tech giants, whose brand still benefits from their startup days, but don't be mistaken, their lobbying for regulation is as strong as in other industries! Europe's "celebrating" it's leadership in regulation, harming #innovation! ... while EU is busy trying to push AI regulation through commission, what they don't realise is that it even further destroys the opportunity for European startups to innovate and grow. Converting Europe in an amusement park that people like to visit, its most promising future industry: tourism! Yes, Europe's universities produces smart people and papers, but in order to build companies and create jobs, entrepreneurs have to leave to capture capital and freedom to explore, USA, Dubai, Singapore ... If you still haven't seen it, I highly recommend to watch Bill Gurley's talk at All-In Summit,very direct and outspoken, about the "corruption", sorry lobbying of democratic governments. https://lnkd.in/d9-aC-yD #truth Entrepreneurs

Last week I had an opportunity to join the national conference of Stowarzyszenie Organizatorów Ośrodków Innowacji i Przedsiębiorczości w Polsce and participate in the panel on Innovative business models and business transformation. During the session together with other panelists we had an intense discussion about the transformation of the Polish economy and more and more essential need to speed up changes in the most crucial areas such as digital transformation, automation & robotics, and energy transformation but first of all mass and substantial education/upskilling of the working population in Poland. As the current economic model of Poland is a major European supplier of everything becomes obsolete we need to focus on areas that may drive growth, productivity, and innovation and take strategic decisions on sectors that are to be specializations of Poland in the upcoming decade. That stage is not as easy as the previous one where cost arbitrage and geographic proximity to European markets were the the drivers of investments and economic growth, but I believe that there is still huge potential to increase the competitiveness of Poland. Furthermore I do not doubt that business services need to remain one of the key sectors driving the future growth of Poland. I would like to thank other panelists - Agata Wancio, Andrzej Domański, Marcin Urban, Mikołaj Ruta and moderator Michał Karbowiak for an excellent discussion. Kudos to all organizers - Piotr Kubiński and Małgosia Krzeszowska and big thanks for all the panelists from member companies of ABSL Poland who joined all the sessions.