Events

Silicon Vikings hosts events in Silicon Valley and the regional Nodes throughout the year meant to help US and Nordic/Baltic companies looking for startups to partner with or potentially invest in. Our events include pitch nights for visiting Nordic & Baltic accelerator and incubator programs to pitch to a panel of local Silicon Valley venture capitalists, panel discussions, interviews with tech leaders, as well as our annual State of Nordic Tech event which showcases the full spectrum of Nordic technology in Silicon Valley/San Francisco.

Upcoming Events:

October 23, 2024  - New Nordics Pitch Competition: Finland Final

Location: Stream Connect at Platform6 + live stream via Platform6 YouTube channel

Organized once again by the Tampere-based Platform6 startup house, the competition welcomes all growth companies with the Finnish business ID that are currently fundraising and want to enter the US market.

October 24, 2024  - New Nordics Pitch Competition: Sweden Final

Location: Digitalist, Götgatan 55, Stockholm

This event gathers the finest Swedish startups to compete to represent Sweden in the Grand Final, where only the crème de la crème of startups from the regional finals will compete for the prestigious title of New Nordics Grand Champion.

Special thanks to our local collaborators: Butterfly and Digitalist

PREVIOUS EVENTS:

JUNE 1, 2023 - ChatGPT and foundation models: the need, the infrastructure and privacy

Join us for a panel discussion featuring experts in the field of AI, large language models, and privacy regulation, as we explore the need for foundation models like ChatGPT, their infrastructure requirements, and the critical role privacy plays in their development and implementation from both EU and US perspectives.​​​​​​​
SIGN UP HERE:
Gothenburg (In-person): https://www.eventbrite.com/e/627709545147
Thursday, June 1 | 5:00 - 6:30pm CEST

Palo Alto (In-person): https://www.eventbrite.com/e/632928976607
Thursday, June 1 | 8:15 - 9:30am PDT

Online: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/632584355837

SATURDAY March 18, 2023, 1 PM to 4 PM PST - When Sweden and America Meet: A Seminar in San Francisco South Bay on Swedish Identity in the the USA

Location: Los Altos Lutheran Church, 460 S El Monte Ave, Los Altos, CA 94022
Panel: Lars Johansson, Mats Andersson, Kristina Bünger, John Houghton, and Mimmi Skoglund
Schedule:
1:00 PM Panel discussion moderated by Joakim Schröder (in English)
2:15 PM Mingel and light refreshments
3:00 PM Swedish church service (in Swedish and English)
3.30 PM - 4:00 PM Fika/Coffee
Cost: $20
Sign up: Please register by emailing [email protected]
In partnership with Swedish Church San Francisco, Los Altos Lutheran Church, SWEA San Francisco, Swedish American Chamber of Commerce San Francisco, Consulate General of Sweden, San Francisco, The Scandinavian School & Cultural Center, and Swedish Club of San Francisco and Bay Area.
There is plenty of parking and a playground for children by the church.

JUNE 15, 2022 - NEW NORDICS PITCH COMPETITION - FINLAND COMPETITION

Location: Arctic15 x Tampere Startup Conference, part of DigITre and Tampere Smart City Week Conference & Expo, Tampere, Finland
For more information and sign up, click here

JUNE 6, 2022 - Nordic Silicon Valley Academic Meetup: AI for solving Global Challenges

This event is hosted by Nordic Innovation House in collaboration with FARIA Network, and Linköping University. The evening will start with some inspiring words and a panel discussion around the potential, challenges, and ethical considerations for AI to address global challenges, followed by time for drinks and networking.
Location: Nordic Innovation House in Palo Alto 
For more information and sign up, click here.

June 2, 2022 - Nordic Breakfast Meetup AWE hosted by Nordic Innovation House, Ericsson, Spatial8, and Silicon Vikings and meet global companies across the XR indsutry

Location: Ericsson Studio in Santa Clara
For more information and sign up, click here

MAY 20, 2022 - NEW NORDICS PITCH COMPETITION - ICELAND COMPETITION

Location: Iceland Innovation Week, at Groska, Reykjavik, Iceland
For more information and sign up, click here

MAY 20, 2022 - NEW NORDICS PITCH COMPETITION - BALTICS COMPETITION

Location: Latitude59, Tallinn, Estonia
For more information and sign up, click here

MAY 11, 2022 - NEW NORDICS PITCH COMPETITION - SWEDEN COMPETITION

Location: Stockholm Tech Live, Kistamässan, Sweden
For more information and sign up, click here

MARCH 17, 2022 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM PDT - CAN AI BE USED AS AN ENABLER FOR MORE  SUSTAINABILE INDUSTRIES AND ORGANIZATIONS? AND WHAT EFFECTS WILL IT HAVE ON DEMOCRACY AND EQUALITY?

About this event

Welcome to our first physical Silicon Valley event in our series of events about how AI can be a Sustainability Enabler, and what effects that have on industries and on our society. The event serie is organized by Automation Region, PiiA, AI Sweden, Silicon Vikings, and Nordic Innovation House Silicon Valley.

About the event series - AI as a Sustainability Enabler

Can AI be used as an enabler for more sustainable industries and organizations? How can this be achieved and when? To what cost? What are the opportunities today and how ready are we to make the changes needed? We invite great speakers with experience from different fields to share their insights and knowledge on making these changes and working with AI in their field.

This episode -AI as a Sustainability Enabler and its effects on Democracy and Equality

In this event we look at AI as a sustainability enabler from a democratic perspective looking at its impact on society. We have invited a panel of experts in their respective fields, to share their view on this.

After this you are welcome to stay and mingle with the panel and enjoy some food and beverages!

Location

Nordic Innovation House-Silicon Valley
470 Ramona Street
Palo Alto, CA 94301
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Register here

NOVEMBER 20, 2021 10 AM - 11.15 AM PT - SCANDINAVIAN WEBINAR ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH

The Swedish Church in San Francisco, SWEA San Francisco, the Swedish Consulate General in San Francisco, SACC-SF/SV, and Silicon Vikings are hosting a webinar (in Swedish) about how to move on from the turbulent time of the pandemic, towards a healthy body & soul.

Topics of discussion include how we can support each other when crisis strikes, experiences from children & young adults, lessons from therapy & pastoral care, and isolation/activation of the elderly. Take the chance to learn about & discuss these important topics with fellow Nordics on November 20th, 10 AM - 11.15 AM (PT).

Read more about the webinar and sign up for free here.

NOVEMBER 16, 2021 8:00 AM PT = 17:00 CET - SILICON VIKINGS STOCKHOLM NODE AND MICROSOFT: TALENT BEYOND BORDERS

Everybody is talking about getting back to work. Managers have an urge to become relevant again, lacking behind in the new online leadership. The world is no longer based on physical values. Without asking their employees, companies try to form employees back into the shape they had before the Pandemic. This is especially challenging for a group of people, those who deliver all their value through a keyboard.

Let’s hear it from them, what are their thoughts and how do they reason?

How will this implicate the world in the bigger perspective?

We’ll touch on the subject of the driving of the importance of Nations, tax politics and also ”living the dream”

This is a remote event with limited capacity for physical attendance in Stockholm.

This will be a series of events (3-4 episodes) with different focus areas. 

LEARN MORE HERE.

Nov 8 thru DEC 16, 2021 - hACTathon - AI to promote Gender Equality

Learn more here.

OCTOBER 13, 2021, 8:00 am pt / 17:00 cet - AI as a sustainability enabler

Welcome to the first AI Sustainability Talk Grab your favorite cup of coffee, or tea and enjoy listening in to a keynote and a fireside chat with AI and sustainability experts from the Nordics and Silicon Valley moderated by Silicon Vikings discussing how AI can be a driving force in transforming towards a more sustainable society. For more information click here.

May 6, 2021 8:00 am PT/17:00 CET

Silicon Vikings and AI Sweden live Podcast with MIT legend Bryan Reimer on the future of human centric development of AI and autonomous systems. Rewatch the podcast on Youtube here