Experience the potential of twin transition in city development
On April 15–16 (lunch to lunch), you are invited to a two-day Smart Communities Tour in Stockholm/Nacka, exploring how the twin transition – digital and green – can accelerate smarter and more sustainable urban development.
On April 15, we join electriCITY’s Innovation Day, co-organised with UTTC – Urban Twin Transition Centre, led by the Swedish Internet Foundation (Internetstiftelsen). Together with municipalities, companies, researchers and innovation actors, we explore real cases, digital enablers and collaborative models driving the twin transition in cities and districts. As co-organisers, BJØRK contributes to the programme and bring a Nordic municipal perspective into the dialogue.
On April 16, we continue with our dedicated Smart Communities Tour programme, focusing on how Nacka municipality works strategically with digitalisation, IoT and collaboration to accelerate sustainable urban development.
Through site-based learning, peer exchange and concrete cases, participants gain practical insights into how to move from strategy to implementation – and how digital tools can support measurable climate impact, resource efficiency and citizen engagement.
Gathering top managers and decision-makers from Nordic municipalities, we aim to provide inspiration, practical knowledge and a trusted peer network that will make your journey towards smart, sustainable urban development both faster and more impactful.
Together, we explore success factors behind some of the most forward-looking digitalisation and sustainability initiatives shaping the public sector today.
The event is free of charge for registered and confirmed participants representing the public sector. Confirmed participants arrange their own travel and accommodation at their own expense.
This is the second time that the Smart Communities Tour visits Stockholm. In 2026, our destinations are
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Nordic Edge Expo (Stavanger, 5-6 May)
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e-Estonia (Digital Public Sector, Tallinn, mid Sep)
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Smart City Expo World Congress (Barcelona, 4-6 Nov)
The Smart Communities Tour is arranged by BJØRK Innovation in collaboration with AugmentCity, ElectriCITY, Enterprise Estonia, Nordic Edge, Osloregionen, Fyrbodal, Internetstiftelsen and Äventyret.
Images below from previous Smart Communites Tour events.
It happened again! I've had the privilege to go to both Ålesund, Hammarby Sjöstad in Stockholm and Tallinn in the first round of the Smart Communities Tour. Smart cities and innovation in the public sector. Highly impactful and inspiring!
- Martin Andersson, Future Accelerator, Österåker municipality
Who's invited?
This event is designed for leaders within the public sector, who are in the driving seat for smart and sustainable city development:
- Municipal directors
- Mayors
- Heads of publicly owned companies
- Public IT/digitalization directors
Main takeaways
- You will have a better foundation to choose direction and strategy.
- You will be able to set strategic goals and sub-goals for forward-looking society development.
- You will aquire tools to work strategically with sustainable society development.
Program
April 15th
Location: Internetstiftelsen (see info below)
11.00 Coffee and welcome to Stockholm
11.10 Introduction to Smart Communities Tour, BJØRK Innovation
11.30 Presentation round
12.00 LUNCH and start of ElectriCITY Innovation Day
Introduction and Opening
Good Examples of Procurements Together with Adda
Innovation Pitches – Energy Communities, Smart Buildings, Waste and Co-financing
Innovation Pitches – Water, Food, Transport and Recycling
Innovation Funders
Innovation Leaders – Bjørk Innovation
Export Platform for Innovations
Guided Tour – Showcase of Innovations in Hammarby Sjöstad
17:00 End of the Innovation Day & mingle at Unity in Hammarby Sjöstad
18.30 Networking dinner
April 16th
Location: Nacka Vatten & Avfall, Ryssviksvägen 2B, 131 36 Nacka
(bus stop Finntorp at sl.se, 5 min walk)
09.00 Morning coffee
09.30 Smart City Nacka - innovation through digitalization & collaboration
10.00 Nacka IoT-network - Smart Water and other use cases
10.30 Rewarding re-use - using AI to calculate local CO2-savings through the Tiptapp app.
11.00 Nacka municipality - What's next for one of "Sweden's most Digitalized Municipalities" (TBC)
11.30 Collaboration opportunities and next steps - interactive discussion
12.00 LUNCH - Thank you for your participation
Location
We will meet you at the Internetstiftelsen office at 11.00 on April 15th.
Address: Hammarby kaj 10D (floor 5), 120 07 Stockholm
How to get there
Take the subway (any green line, southbound) from the Central Station to Skanstull or Gullmarsplan. Walk from there (10 min from each), or take the tram (Tvärbanan) from Gullmarsplan one stop to Mårtensdal, just a few blocks away from the venue.
You can use any credit card to pay for the subway. Receipts can be found here.
Accommodation
We recommend all participants to book accommodation somewhere in Hammarby Sjöstad or close to Skanstull on the neighbouring island of Södermalm, as we would like to keep the group together as much as possible during the event.
Networking dinner
On the night of the 15th, all participants are invited to join an informal networking dinner at your own expense.
Useful info
The event is free of charge for registered and confirmed participants representing the public sector. A no-show fee of 500 SEK will be charged if you haven't cancelled your particiation by April 13th.
Included: Lunch, coffee/fika both days.
Confirmed participants arrange their own travel and accommodation at their own expense.
Registration deadline is April 13th, 2024
The latest updated program will be shared through this website.
Sign up today and feel free to spread the invitation to others who may be interested.
We look forward to meeting you in Stockholm!
If you have any questions, please contact Thor Moen: +47 90773339
Organized by
Hosting Partners
(Ålesund - Stockholm - Tallinn)
Networking Partners
Smart Communities Tour
by BJØRK Innovation
Contact Thor Moen:
+47 90773339
thor.moen@bjorkinnovation.org