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OPENLAB

Do first – Think –Do it again

6th University Business ForumIvar Björkman Executive Director

OUR LAB IS STOCKHOLM

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FOUNDING PARTNERS

-City of Stockholm-Stockholm County Council-Stockholm County Administrative Board-Karolinska Institutet-Stockholm University-Royal Institute of Technology

-Södertörn University 

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OUR MISSION

We create conditions for societal innovations

trhough WEQ processes

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CHALLENGES

• Ageing population

• Future Healthcare

• Sustainable city planning

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KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATOR

4 out of 12 solutions has been implemented in our partner organizations.

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HOW DO WE TACKLECHALLENGES?

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“We are not students of some subject matter, but students of problems. And problems may

cut right across the borders of any subject matter or discipline” Karl Popper

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OUR METHODS

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WHO WE ENGAGE

• Students• Researchers• Startups• The public sector• Civic society• Citizens• Companies

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WHAT WE OFFER

• Courses master level • Professional education• Membership Makerspace/projectspace• Key Partnerships/ flexible workingspace • Competition platform• Interdisciplinary workshops-exhibitions• Food seminars/workshops • Booking space

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CHALLENGES • How to improve public space initiatives by neighbours

in their area• How to reduce food waste in schools and hospitals• How to reduce traffic density in the city• How to make it attractive for companies to move to

less attractive suburbs• How to create a coherent nursing chain among

elderly patients• How can public libraries attract youths with low

reading comprehension • How to make nurse jobs more attractive

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READING POD

DIAGRAM CARE

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OUR SPACES

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THANK YOU