THINGS 11 Year Anniversary

Stockholm March 25, 13:00 - 20:00

Deeptech - a Springboard for Europe

Time flies, and THINGS is now turning 11. We’re marking more than a decade of turning deeptech into business — and of doing things that truly make a difference. 

This Anniversary will focus on our recent years focusing on Deeptech in Europe, not the least our five years with  DeepTech Alliance as members and since 2024 operations partner. We concluded that deeptech is too big for Sweden but a fantastic technology wave for Europe to gain competitiveness and in many important domains, take position and defend it. The theme "Deeptech - a Springboard for Europe” frame that opportunity and we will present cases and insights to support it. 

Join us for an afternoon packed with inspiration, insights, and celebration — featuring our signature Executive Summit™, Wall of Fame™, and a look at what’s next for THINGS and our community.

This year, we’re hosting a members- and partners-only on-site celebration at AWL THINGS on KTH Campus in Stockholm, together with a few special friends from our extended network. Book your Member or Partner seat using the Promo Code MEMBER. Speakers and VIP guests will receive their own codes.

For members unable to join us in Stockholm — or those who aren’t (yet) part of our community — we plan to record the presentations for you to share on our YouTube Channel: THINGS - Innovation Growhouse. 

Speakers

Magnus Melander
Evangelist & Co-Founder at THINGS

Jakob Heiberg
Partner, THINGS

Linda Krondahl
CEO & Co-Founder at THINGS

Natalia Alvarez Liebana
Corporate Partnerships at THINGS

Jonas Genchel
CEO at Zparq AB

Executive Summit™

Take part in our Executive Summit™ where we present a marathon of nine real-life cases with our sharpest deeptech members and friends.

Find out how significant problems are bing solved, what the results will be  and what has been learned so far in an inspiring, interesting and thought provoking event!

Cases are carefully mixed with three Insights on important technologies and concepts for Executives to be aware of and bring home to ensure that strategies and plans are kept up to date.

This year's topic is Deeptech in Action to underline that the deeptech wave of innovation has started to deliver and deeptech is here now. We will continuously update the event site with insight speakers and cases as they are confirmed and with practical details about the event. 

    Wall Of Fame™ 2026

    THINGS Wall of Fame™ entrepreneurs are carefully selected and revealed on our anniversary each year. The award goes to an exceptional and inspirational role model within the community of entrepreneurs; someone who has built a successful business empire based on pioneering innovative technology. 

    Now it is time for #12 - join us to see who it is, and hear the story behind the success!

    THINGS Wall Of Fame™ Stars

    WOF 2015
    Martin Gren, Axis Communication

    Co-Founder and director of the board. Chairman of Axis Communications AB

    WOF 2016
    John Elvesjö, Tobii

    WOF 2017
    Nicolas Hassbjer, HMS

    WOF 2018
    Stina Ehrensvärd, Yubico

    WOF 2019
    Sven Lindström, Midsummer

    WOF 2020
    Thomas Öström, Climeon

    WOF 2021
    Björn Jernström, Ferroamp

    WOF 2022
    Ulrika Nordén, IRNova

    WOF 2023
    Stefan Jansson, Polarium

    WOF 2024
    Pär Hedberg, Sting

    ”As an advice from my side to other startups, I would only say that starting at THINGS in Stockholm, and following with every single meeting we participated in, we got so much from you, your team, and from the amazing network you already created. The way the events are organized, the mood you generate, the level of the partners, the meeting structure and how you lead the occasions in every single detail, makes it natural to be open minded, and helps the open conversation and exchange of information. It is not only very efficient and useful, but also enjoyable” 

    David Callejo, CEO & Co-founder Resilco 🇮🇹

    Join us!


    On-site attendance is available to current THINGS members & partners (1 ticket per organisation) and specially invited VIPs only. We have set aside a limited number of VIP  seats for our friends, which are available on a first come, first serve basis.

    To find out more about THINGS Memberships and Partnerships, contact Linda Krondahl on linda@thingstockholm.com. 

    No-show fee: Please note that we apply a No-show fee of 100€ for on-site tickets that are not used. As we have a limited number of physical seats, booking a ticket and not using it stops another person from attending. If your plans change, please cancel your ticket by March 23 to allow someone else to enjoy the event and avoid a no-show fee.

    About THINGS: 
    THINGS was established in 2014 to learn how to transform innovation in small innovative deeptech companies to value creation in large companies through collaboration. With the mantra ”hands on and business first” THINGS has developed a community of some 100 member companies, 50/50 tech companies and corporates from Japan to the US. The objective is to enable sustainable business relationships for our members and we focus on deeptech in Industry, Infrastructure, Utilities, Space and Defence. THINGS' partners in key domains and geographies enable THINGS to deliver high quality cross-border services to our members - form scouting and events to classic and "catapult" challenges. THINGS has been representing Sweden in DeepTech Alliance since 2021 and from 2024 THINGS is the exclusive operations partner to the alliance. We also participate in several European consortia and arrange events on our own or with partners like, including  Nordic Space & Defence Summit, Stockholm Climate Leadership Forum, Stockholm Climate Tech Summit, Startup4Climate and DeepTech Alliance Explore. 

    THINGS members include Alfa Laval, SAAB, Scania, Repsol, Akademiska Hus, IHI Corporation, Teledyne Flir, Bosch, TechnipFMC, OrbitMI, MTEK, Ekkono, Resilco, iPercept, TEGnology and Calumino and many more. For more information please visit www.thingstockholm.com

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