Swedish-Hungarian Innovation Forum in Budapest

The Embassy of Sweden, the Swedish Trade Council and leading Swedish companies are organizing a Swedish-Hungarian Innovation Forum on October 4, 2012. The key note address will be held by Swedish Foreign Minister, Carl Bildt.

The governments of Sweden and Hungary are currently preparing new national innovation strategies. Promoting innovation is essential for the development of competitive products and services, technologies and organizations, which in turn are engines of the economy. A key factor is close collaboration between research institutes and the private and public sectors.

The Swedish-Hungarian Innovation Forum in Budapest is aimed at promoting the exchange of ideas and practices between decision makers and experts of the public and private sectors of Sweden and Hungary. The Innovation Forum is followed by a Student Day on 5 October.

The Forum will be opened at the R&D center of Ericsson Magyarország in Budapest by the Swedish Ambassador to Hungary, Karin Olofsdotter, and a State Secretary in the Ministry of National Economy, Zoltán Cséfalvay.