At several locations across the country, AI Sweden's partners gathered to network and share knowledge and challenges during the Partner-to-Partner event on April 29th. With 150 scheduled one-on-one meetings, the atmosphere was filled with energy.
From left to right: Partner-to-Partner Meet up at AI Sweden in Gothenburg, Malmö and Stockholm.
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The power of meeting in person is hard to beat. The quality of the conversation improves, and it's very exciting to hear about the challenges other stakeholders have regarding AI.
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Karolina Ekerlund
Innovation Leader at the City of Helsingborg
New for this year was that the matchmaking was based on shared challenges, with the hope of creating deeper and more relevant connections, according to Alexander Brunner, Partner Manager and startup program manager at AI Sweden.
Alexander continues, "To accelerate the adoption of AI in Sweden, we must collaborate and share our challenges."
By asking all parties about the challenges they would like to discuss, AI has been used to analyze the responses and categorize the challenges into several areas. These include how to work with scaling and implementing AI solutions, competence and workflows with the help of AI, and regulations and how to measure value and ROI from AI investments.
Alexander Brunner, AI Sweden Stockholm
The event began with Peter Kurzwelly, Strategy Manager at AI Sweden, speaking about courageous leadership. Peter Kurzwelly emphasized that the change brought about by AI requires active leadership that focuses on identifying and implementing AI solutions to create tangible value for the organization.
Mikael Ljungblom, Director of Public Policy & International Relations at AI Sweden, then took the stage and presented the Nordic and Baltic AI Center as an important step in a broader strategy to position the Nordic and Baltic region as a leading and sustainable AI region, underscoring the need for cross-border collaboration to maximize the potential of AI.
The program on stage concluded with Patrik Kägu, Innovation Advisor at Almi, who shared his experiences regarding the AI Act and how to manage the frameworks that affect AI implementation.
The day ended with one-on-one meetings between partners and plenty of networking.
Partner-to-Partner takes place twice a year and occurs simultaneously at AI Sweden's offices in Malmö, Gothenburg, and Stockholm, as well as online.
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