October 20, 2026

Helsingborg Testbed Forum – test environments, collaboration, and the solutions of the future

Date and time

20 October

20 October 2026 kl. 13:00-16:00Outlook / iOS Google

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Venue:

Parken- Center for innovation

Henckels torg 3,

Helsingborg

Fully Booked

Event details

Language:

Swedish And English

Fully booked! To sign up for the waiting list, please send an email to innovation@helsingborg.se.

Do you work with establishing and providing fit-for-purpose and safe environments for research, development and innovation? Then this is the day for you!

Welcome to Helsingborg Innovation Forum 2026 – a meeting place for dialogue and knowledge exchange on how testbeds, living labs and sandboxes can be powerful tools for development in cities and regions.

In Helsingborg, we are moving from individual initiatives towards a coordinated approach – where testbeds and other innovation environments are not separate from, but rather an integral part of, the collective innovation capacity of the city, the region, Sweden and the Nordic countries. You can therefore expect both local insights and broader perspectives, opportunities to expand your knowledge, and interactive discussions!

The forum will be held in both English and Swedish.

Time: 13:00–16:00 (lunch from 12:30 for those who have registered for lunch)

Programme

13:00–14:30

Onboarding │ Peter Ekström and Tanja Ståhle, City of Helsingborg

Cities and regions as open innovation environments – methodology, development and practice │ Tamara Carleton, Global Innovation Expert (US/SE)*

Testbeds for transformation and circularity │ Lucia Mortensen, Head of Research and Education, GreenLab (DK)

Creating space for renewal and innovation │ Panel discussion featuring various initiatives from across Skåne and the surrounding areas

14:30–15:30

Facilitated experience sharing on initiating, establishing and operating testbeds, living labs and other open innovation environments (in smaller groups)

What have we learned, and what do we do next?

15:30–16:00

Soft drop-out and continued networking

*Tamara Carleton, PhD/Professor, industry advisor and author, will share her extensive international expertise in leading the development of innovation and test environments.

“Tamara Carleton, PhD, is an international expert in radical innovation. She is the CEO of Innovation Leadership Group, teaches at several business schools and technical universities worldwide, and has written several seminal books, including Building Moonshots.”

Read more about Tamara on her website: Tamara Carleton, PhD

**Lucia Mortensen, PhD/Head of Research and Education at GreenLab in Skive, Denmark, will talk about GreenLab as a nexus for industrial symbiosis, testbeds and research.

“Lucia has facilitated cross-sector collaboration and developed strategies for sustainable business development. In addition, she has worked extensively with EU-funded projects and international research initiatives, and was a co-founder of Symbiose Netværk Danmark (SND), together with, among others, Kalundborg Symbiose.”

Read more about Lucia on GreenLab’s website: New Head of Research and Education at GreenLab | GreenLab

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