Welcome to the new tech community
In the spotlight
Impact Loop BUILD
Sweden’s sharpest minds in impact entrepreneurship, climate tech, and investment are gathering in Stockholm for BUILD 2026. Tech Forward is live on site to capture the conversations, ideas, and solutions shaping the next generation of impact.
Making energy flexibility work
Advanced Focus Talks is a podcast series with the research and innovation program Advanced Digitalisation. Each episode explores technologies, innovations emerging from their projects, and collaborations shaping the future of digital transformation.
Meetup in Linköping: Which decisions can you delegate to AI – and when do you need to step in?
This session is part of our meetup in Linköping on April 21, where we explored how AI is reshaping technology companies in practice, hosted by Impact Loop and Teknikföretagen.
Latest events
Impact Loop BUILD
Sweden’s sharpest minds in impact entrepreneurship, climate tech, and investment are gathering in Stockholm for BUILD 2026. Tech Forward is live on site to capture the conversations, ideas, and solutions shaping the next generation of impact.
Zero emissions, zero collisions, zero friction: rethinking the future of transport
In this conversation, representatives from Scania, Zenseact, Teknikföretagen and Elonroad explore how electrification, autonomy, and connectivity are converging to reshape heavy transport and logistics.
Meetup in Linköping: Which decisions can you delegate to AI – and when do you need to step in?
This session is part of our meetup in Linköping on April 21, where we explored how AI is reshaping technology companies in practice, hosted by Impact Loop and Teknikföretagen.
Collaborators and Contributors
Tech Forward is about lowering the barriers between startups and established companies. By sharing knowledge and creating the right connections, we can turn collaboration into real action and strengthen the Swedish tech industry together.
Tobias Hansson
Country Managing Director
Hitachi Energy Sweden
Tech Forward fills a critical gap as a forum that are willing to honestly confront current perceptions. Meaningful change requires uncomfortable conversations and Tech Forward is one of the few forums in Sweden that is genuinely willing to enable them.
Aaron Dinardi
Space Tech Consultant
Aarospace Solutions
För mig handlar Tech Forward om att ta ansvar för framtiden. Att inte bara prata om teknikens potential, utan att tillsammans se till att den gör skillnad, på riktigt!
Marie Sandin
VD
Tetra Pak
The future of Swedish industry depends on strong collaboration between large companies and smaller innovative businesses. When established industry leaders and agile entrepreneurs come together, we accelerate innovation, share knowledge and create solutions that drive both competitiveness and sustainable growth. Tech Forward is an important platform for making those connections happen.
Åsa Granli
Business Area Manager
ABB Sweden
The single most important factor in the Swedish innovation system is that large companies talk to each other and learn best practices on how to best collaborate with startups and SMEs
Karoly Szipka
CEO and Founder
IPercept
Tech Forward is about lowering the barriers between startups and established companies. By sharing knowledge and creating the right connections, we can turn collaboration into real action and strengthen the Swedish tech industry together.
Tobias Hansson
Country Managing Director
Hitachi Energy Sweden
Tech Forward fills a critical gap as a forum that are willing to honestly confront current perceptions. Meaningful change requires uncomfortable conversations and Tech Forward is one of the few forums in Sweden that is genuinely willing to enable them.
Aaron Dinardi
Space Tech Consultant
Aarospace Solutions
För mig handlar Tech Forward om att ta ansvar för framtiden. Att inte bara prata om teknikens potential, utan att tillsammans se till att den gör skillnad, på riktigt!
Marie Sandin
VD
Tetra Pak
The future of Swedish industry depends on strong collaboration between large companies and smaller innovative businesses. When established industry leaders and agile entrepreneurs come together, we accelerate innovation, share knowledge and create solutions that drive both competitiveness and sustainable growth. Tech Forward is an important platform for making those connections happen.
Åsa Granli
Business Area Manager
ABB Sweden
The single most important factor in the Swedish innovation system is that large companies talk to each other and learn best practices on how to best collaborate with startups and SMEs
Karoly Szipka
CEO and Founder
IPercept
Tech Forward is about lowering the barriers between startups and established companies. By sharing knowledge and creating the right connections, we can turn collaboration into real action and strengthen the Swedish tech industry together.
Tobias Hansson
Country Managing Director
Hitachi Energy Sweden
Tech Forward fills a critical gap as a forum that are willing to honestly confront current perceptions. Meaningful change requires uncomfortable conversations and Tech Forward is one of the few forums in Sweden that is genuinely willing to enable them.
Aaron Dinardi
Space Tech Consultant
Aarospace Solutions
För mig handlar Tech Forward om att ta ansvar för framtiden. Att inte bara prata om teknikens potential, utan att tillsammans se till att den gör skillnad, på riktigt!
Marie Sandin
VD
Tetra Pak
The future of Swedish industry depends on strong collaboration between large companies and smaller innovative businesses. When established industry leaders and agile entrepreneurs come together, we accelerate innovation, share knowledge and create solutions that drive both competitiveness and sustainable growth. Tech Forward is an important platform for making those connections happen.
Åsa Granli
Business Area Manager
ABB Sweden
The single most important factor in the Swedish innovation system is that large companies talk to each other and learn best practices on how to best collaborate with startups and SMEs
Karoly Szipka
CEO and Founder
IPercept
Key ingredients for positive change
Share actionable insights
What's your biggest challenge? Chances are your colleagues in other sectors have faced it before. We are lowering the barriers for sharing insights worth acting upon.
Connect with peers
When tech experts from different industries meet, magic happens. We're here to help you find others facing similar challenges – and work together to unlock new possibilities.
Act beyond the silos
Be part of a community of likeminded "tech doers" who work in a cross-industry fashion and collaborate across silos to advance the Swedish tech industry and beyond.
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