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Driving the future: cooperation opportunities between Sweden and Japan in semiconductors, 6G and connectivity

Organised by: Vinnova
Digitally Tue 11 Nov 2025 at 09:00-10:20

Are you interested in collaboration opportunities between Sweden and Japan in semiconductors, 6G and connectivity? Welcome to a digital event to be inspired, gain insights, tips and information about funding.

This web page has been machine translated. If there are any uncertainties, please refer to the Swedish text.

Japan-Sverige

Programme

Opportunities in Sweden and Japan

  • Lars Hammarström, Innovation and Research Council, Embassy of Sweden in Tokyo
  • Carl Lindwall, Senior Manager & Asia-Pacific Sustainability Lead, and Selma Örtqvist, Consultant, Business Sweden Japan
  • Maria Huffman, Director, Swedish Chips Competence Centre (SCCC)

Panel - Added value of collaboration and tips and tricks

  • Adela Saavedra Granholm, Vice-chairman of Chips Joint Undertaking Public Authorities Board (PAB) and Sweden's main delegate to PAB, Vinnova
  • Fredrik Tillman, Research Manager, Ericsson AB
  • Rob Cadman, Business Developer, AlixLabs

Funding of R&D project in 6G, connectivity, open high-performance programmable networks and Open RAN

  • Malin Petersen, country manager for Japan, Vinnova
  • ISHIBIKI Yukio, Director, Startup Support Department, New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)

Find partners

  • Elisabet Österlund, Project manager, Sweden Semicon
  • Ryohei Gamada, Deputy Director General, Director for Innovation Strategy in EMEA, Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) London
  • Stijn Lambrecht, EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation
  • Malin Petersen, B2Match and the LinkedIn group Sweden Japan Innovation Initiative

Moderators: Malin Petersen and Jeannette Spühler, programme manager for EU affairs, Vinnova

Practical information

  • The meeting will be held in English.
  • Link to the meeting (Teams) will be sent upon registration.
  • The meeting will take place on November 11th at 09:00–10:20 (CET) Swedish time, which corresponds to 17:00–18:20 (JST) Japanese time.

Stay updated

Welcome to join our Linkedin group for Japan to find partner organizations in both Sweden and Japan. Through the group you can also stay updated on upcoming funding offers and activities.

Funding for collaboration with Japan in 6G, connectivity, open high-performance programmable networks and open RAN is available for multilateral collaboration. Consortia with at least one Swedish and one Japanese participating organization can also include partners in 14 additional countries, such as Canada and France.

Therefore, please join our other Linkedin groups to get in touch with others who are interested in international innovation collaboration.

Sometimes we photograph or video record our activities. If you don't want to participate in photos or videos, please let us know when you arrive.

Questions?

Malin Petersen

Programme Manager

+46 8 473 31 31

Last updated 10 November 2025