Swiss-Swedish Innovation Initiative 2024 in Partnership with Austria and Germany
TRANSFORMATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR NET ZERO SOCIETIES
An exclusive industrial R&D partnering program with focus on Transformational Technologies. SWII 2024 was organised in cooperation with leading tech clusters and gathered best in class within the Transformational Technologies scene in Switzerland, Sweden, Germany and Austria. The conference took place in Dübendorf, Switzerland on December 11, 2024.
Swiss Nordic Bio 2024
Swiss Nordic Bio is organized by the Nordic countries in co-operation with Swiss partners. During this high-level partnering and investor conference, Swiss and Nordic biotech, pharmaceutical and MedTech companies as well as investors meet in one-to-one meetings and present themselves in plenum. The goal of the conference and the Swiss-Nordic focus is to establish new contacts and networks. The conference took place in Zürich, Switzerland on March 7, 2024.
The Swiss Nordic Bio is held annually and will take place again in March 2025.
TESTIMONIALS ON HOW SWII SUPPORTS INNOVATION AND R&D COLLABORATION
Swiss-Swedish Innovation Initiative
Switzerland and Sweden face common challenges in our high-tech industries. Both countries need to be constantly innovative and improve their production systems to maintain a high degree of domestic industrial base. Being two of the world leaders in innovation, Switzerland and Sweden form natural partners in tackling these tasks.
SWII is a joint bilateral initiative with the overall objective to increase market oriented high-technology R&D projects between Switzerland and Sweden. Issuing bilateral calls for R&D project proposals and organizing networking conferences, SWII has catalyzed the creation of bilateral R&D consortia conducting close-to-market projects.
Until today, more than 59 projects with a total project value of some 85 million Euros have formed in connection to the SWII activities.
The initiative is a result of the good bilateral relations between Swiss and Swedish research organizations and academia, companies and innovation agencies. It is also a direct spin off to the four Research and Technology Workshops conducted in 2009 and 2010 arranged by Business Sweden and Saab in co-operation with Swiss partners.
The steering group behind the initiative consists of the Swedish Innovation Promotion Agency Vinnova, Innosuisse, The Swedish Embassy and Business Sweden.
Upcoming events
March 13, 2025
Swiss Nordic Bio
Read more here.
September (TBC) 2025,
Swiss-Swedish
Innovation Initiative
More information coming soon.
Call for Projects 2024/2025
The Eureka Smart Cluster Call is Open. Submission of the Project Outline by 16 January, 2025.
More information can be found here.
Previous events
23 March 2022
Swiss Nordic Bio
High level partnering & investor Event
9 November 2021
Additive Manufacturing and Lightweight Technologies
Exclusive Swiss- Swedish R&D Networking Conference.
7 February 2021
Swiss Nordic Bio
High level partnering & investor Event
3 December 2020
Big Data, IoT, AI & XR/VR/AR
Exclusive Swiss- Swedish R&D Networking Conference.
6 February 2020
Swiss Nordic Bio
High level partnering & investor Event
26 September 2019
AI, Big Data & XR
Exclusive Swiss- Swedish R&D Networking Conference.
7 February 2019
Swiss Nordic Bio
High level partnering & investor event.
25 September 2018
Additive Manufacturing & Lightweight Technologies
Exclusive Swiss- Swedish R&D Networking Conference.
8 February 2018
Swiss Nordic Bio
High level partnering & investor event.
28 September 2017
Additive Manufacturing Partnering Program
Exclusive Swiss-Swedish R&D Networking Conference.
28 September 2016
Smart Products for Automated Transportation
Exclusive Swiss-Swedish R&D Networking Conference.
26-28 April 2016
EUREKA Innovation Event 2016, Stockholm
Under the Swedish EUREKA Chairmanship: Exclusive close to market R&D networking and partnering conference.
10 February 2016
Swiss-Scandinavian Bio-Business Seminar 2016, Zurich
An exclusive partnering and investor conference.
23 September 2015
Innovative Smart Factory Networking Conference, Baden-Dättwil
Exclusive industrial networking conference.
9-10 September 2015
Nordic Life Science Days, Stockholm
Investor pitches, matchmaking & networking with the most innovative life science companies.
5 February 2015
9th Swiss-Scandinavian Bio-Business-Seminar, Zurich
Exclusive B2B investment & partnering conference.
19 November 2014
EUREKA Innovation Event, Basel
Exclusive industrial networking conference.
Watch the inspiring movie clip from the event.
2 October 2014
Innovative Smart Materials Networking Conference 2014, Lausanne
Exclusive industrial networking conference.
8-9 September 2014
Nordic Life Science Days, Stockholm
Workshops, matchmaking & networking with the most innovative life science companies.
1 April 2014
Innovative Smart Systems Networking Conference 2014, Neuchatel
Exclusive B2B investment and networking conference.
12 Feb 2014
8th Swiss-Scandinavian Bio-Business Seminar 2014, Zurich
Exclusive B2B investment and networking conference.
25 Sept 2013
Innovative Manufacturing Networking Conference 2013, Dübendorf
Exclusive B2B investment and networking conference.
21-22 Aug 2013
Digital Health Days Stockholm 2013
An arena for setting the future healthcare agenda.
18 Apr 2013
Swiss-Swedish Innovation Initiative, Information Session, Stockholm
Joint seminar by VINNOVA and the Swiss Embassy in Sweden.
21 Feb 2013
Innovative Software Networking Conference 2013, Winterthur
Funding and B2B networking conference at ZHAW in Winterthur.
12 Feb 2013
7th Swiss-Scandinavian Bio-Business Seminar 2013, Zürich
Exclusive B2B investment and networking conference.
14 Nov 2012
Swiss Pavillion @ MEDICA, Düsseldorf
Swiss-Swedish Innovation Initiatie (SWII) presented a networking aperitif and information session.
15 Nov 2012
Sweden Boat @ MEDICA, Düsseldorf
Swiss-Swedish Innovation Initiative (SWII) invited to a presentation about funding opportunities for industrial, close-to-market R&D projects.
Contact person:
Ms. Viktoria Pletikos, Senior Consultant,
Business Sweden Switzerland
Direct phone: +43 660 215 77 10
E-Mail: viktoria.pletikos@business-sweden.se