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OpenUp4Innovation 2026

Open up for Innovation 2026

Thu
26
Mar
Time Thursday 26 March, 2026 at 11:00 - 16:40
Place Rotundan, Umeå University

Time for the third edition of Open up for Innovation – the event that showcases great examples of how academia and industry can collaborate to create win-win situations for the parties and greater value for society.

We expect around 70 researchers and 30 industry representatives to gather and connect – to learn more about the potential in mutual collaborations and be inspired by those who already work in partnerships.

PS. This event is directed to researchers within Life Sciences working at Umeå University and SLU, and companies within Life Science connected to Umeå and Norrland. If you are not one of these categories and still believe you can contribute during this day – please reach out to Umeå Biotech Incubator, and we can let you know if you can join.

Preliminary programme:

•  11.00   Intro

•  11:10   Umeå University Vision 2035 & the Regional Life Science Strategy 2026 onwards

•  11.40   Fireside chat: Umeå Life Science companies on stage – what is cooking?

• 12.00  LUNCH

•  13.00   SciLifeLab – collaboration with Industry including case

•  13.40   UmU collaboration case (TBD)

•  14.00   UiT Norges arktiske universitet | UiT and ArcticZymes Technologies | The Enzyme Experts

•  14.30   FIKA

•  15.00   Large corp: Olink® — Part of Thermo Fisher Scientific

•  15.40   Kenynote speaker TBD

•  16.10   Panel debate and audience Q&A

•  16.40   END

Conference website

Open up for Innovation

Registration

Registration opens 22 January

Organiser: Umeå University
Event type: Conference