Meet research and innovation in Almedalen

Under Almedalsveckan 2025 we focus on how innovation and research can contribute to solving our greatest societal challenges.

- Almedalen is a completely unique place where people from all over society meet to talk about things we have in common. How together we make Sweden competitive, safe and sustainable and how we make a difference far beyond Sweden's borders, because that has always been the basis for our own prosperity. It's about the future, says Darja Isaksson, director general of Vinnova.

I Framtidens Garden, Vinnova and our partners are organizing a large number of talks and activities. There, we want to share and spread different perspectives on how collaboration, internationalisation and investments in research and innovation can meet our common global challenges.

Here our director general Darja Isaksson tells us more about the program:

Themes during Almedalen 2025

Here we discuss, among other things:

• Civil-military synergies in innovation
• How we implement the research and innovation bill
• Clusters of excellence as an opportunity to strengthen Sweden's position in strategic technology areas
• Long-term power gatherings like Impact Innovation
• International cooperation and the roles of Sweden and the EU in a changing world

Visit us or participate digitally

Welcome to the Garden of the Future! We are located at Klosterbrunnsgatan 5, near Stora torget. You can also follow our seminars digitally via YouTube and LinkedIn.

Streaming

Watch our live broadcasts here:

Seminars in the Garden of the Future

• June 24 at 8:00: How can an innovation program strengthen Sweden's defense
• June 24 at 1 p.m.: Innovation determines Europe's future – how do we make it happen?
• June 25 at 9:00: How do we strengthen society through research and innovation in a changing world?
• June 25 at 11: Forsight wednesday in Almedalen, mingle with protypes at 10
• June 26 at 9:00 AM: Gathering of forces for groundbreaking technology – join us and secure
  Sweden's competitiveness

Impact Innovation June 26

• 1:00 PM: A mission to the moon – why it is necessary to do the impossible
• 1:30 p.m.: In a fickle world – how does Sweden boost its international innovation collaborations?
• 2:20 p.m.: The hunt for talent – how Sweden will become the world's best at system transformation
• 3:10 p.m.: Workshop: How do we build a continued successful and stable Sweden together?
• 4:30 p.m.: Mingle with Impact Innovation

More about the program

You can read Vinnova's entire programme here:

• Vinnova in Almedalen 2025

Our partners

The Garden of the Future program is created together with other financiers and some of Sweden's major innovation initiatives. Partners in Garden of the Future 2025 are: the Swedish Energy Agency, Formas, the Swedish National Space Agency, the Swedish Research Council, Avancerad Digitalisering, Impact Innovation and Vinnova.

We look forward to meeting you and sharing your thoughts on important future issues!