Oslo Innovation Week 2026

Start your morning with ocean innovation on the fjord. Join Katapult Ocean and Nor-Shipping for the blue-economy moment of Oslo Innovation Week: a curated breakfast gathering aboard MS Brisen, Brim Explorer’s 100% electric catamaran. A short program will explore what it takes to move ocean innovation from promising ideas to real-world scale, followed by time to connect with those building, backing, and enabling the next generation of ocean solutions. Experience a silent cruise aboard a vessel where zero-emission maritime technology is already at work. With the Oslo Fjord as the backdrop, the morning brings together international and Norwegian perspectives on the ideas, partnerships, and capital needed to accelerate maritime innovation and advance a more regenerative blue economy. Speakers • Invention — Jonas Skattum Svegaarden, CEO, Katapult Ocean • Deployment — Christian Dechsling, General Manager, MOL Shipping Norway (Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd.) • Adoption — Jens Eirik Hagen, Head of Energy Transition, Port of Oslo • Next steps — Sidsel Norvik, Director, Nor-Shipping One shared question: How do we engage with innovation today to help it scale tomorrow? Apply to attend We’re bringing together corporate innovation leaders, investors, founders, and public-sector stakeholders who shape what gets adopted. This is a curated gathering with limited capacity. Please apply to attend, and we will confirm places on a rolling basis.

International Entrepreneurial Exchange Summit @ An official Oslo Innovation Week event, organised by NorBAN with the Norwegian Barents Secretariat, Gründergarasjen, the Norwegian School of Entrepreneurship at the University of Oslo, and the European Commission’s Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs programme. The summit looks at exchange programmes that place founders with experienced entrepreneurs abroad: lightning talks, founders describing their own exchanges, and time to meet the organisations behind the programmes. The focus is cross-border mobility for startups in Northern Europe. Seats are limited and registration is subject to approval. Register on Luma Add to calendar Google Calendar iCalendar Outlook 365 Outlook Live

You will hear from Bodil Holst, CEO & Co-Founder of Lace Lithography, and founding partner at World Fund, Craig Douglas. What are the barriers behind Europe’s missing Series B rounds? What can European deep tech achieve with the right tools?

This is where industrial tech gets built, and Oslo Innovation Week is where we open the doors. RunwayFBU connects founders, industry, and capital to turn hard industrial problems into scalable companies. At Industrial Tech Summit, that community comes alive. Corporates bring real challenges, founders bring working solutions, and investors back what's next. Apply to join.

What if the next big innovation is simply not yet legal? Join us at Oslo Innovation Week for a discussion on how governments can turn regulation into a driver of innovation and help new ideas reach the market faster. The conversation will highlight Accelerate Estonia, Estonia's governmental innovation lab that works with entrepreneurs, companies and the public sector to identify and remove regulatory barriers and enable innovative solutions. A panel of Norwegian innovation industry leaders will discuss how the Nordic-Baltic region can rethink regulation to create an environment in which new ideas can become scalable businesses. Together with Estonian and Nordic entrepreneurs, investors and innovators, we'll explore: How can regulation support innovation rather than slow it down? How can governments enable experimentation while maintaining safety and trust? What Norway and the wider Nordic region can learn from Estonia's testbed approach? Are some ideas "illegal" simply because regulations have not yet caught up? Program: 17.00 Arrival, registration and welcome drinks 17.30 Welcome remarks by Estonian Ambassador Piia Mathisen 17.40–17.50 Keynote: Why Estonia as a testbed? Oliver Rätsep, Head of Business Development, Accelerate Estonia 17.50–18.20 Panel discussion: From Innovation to Action - Can Estonia’s Testbed Model Accelerate the Future? Participants: Linn-Cecilie Linnemann, Senior Partner Nordics&Baltics, Lumolabs Birger Steen, CEO, NORSAR Emil Gejrot, Senior Advisor, Nordic Innovation Olari Püvi, Head of Accelerate Estonia Jon Kåre Stene, Co-founder and partner, Skyfall Ventures Moderator Tarje Bjørgum, Head of Sustainability and Future Health, Abelia 18.25–18.40 Q&A 18.40–20.00 Networking The registration deadline is 16 October 2026.

Tech Hugs is a main event at Oslo Innovation Week! Tech, Hugs & Rock'n'roll is Norway's long-running afterwork party for the startup and tech community, hosted by 6AM together with Snartup and Gründergarasjen. We're inviting techies, founders, investors, partners, and other troublemakers for a supercharged evening at Mesh Youngstorget to celebrate everything happening in the ecosystem right now. The evening kicks off with Snartup (18-19, register here: Event link), followed by an informal stage segment at 19:30 with highlights from Norwegian startups, an open mic where anyone can share something they're proud of, and, of course, music! Everyone's welcome, no membership required. Your ticket converts into a drink voucher at the bar when you arrive! 💃 Speakers: Håvard Lystrup - CEO & Co-founder @Bev/Art Julian Alexander Hahn - CEO & Co-founder @Wybe Lars Planke - CEO & Co-founder @Peers Katrina Thunem - CEO & Co-founder @Clarvia 🎤 Live music alert: we're thrilled to have Jesper Jenset taking the stage at Tech Hugs & Rock'n Roll! He's the guy behind songs like "Seint i September", "Bad Vibrations", and "High". Come sing along! About Oslo Innovation Week Oslo Innovation Week is Norway's leading innovation event and a key meeting place for startups, investors and industry leaders. Join us 19–22 October 2026. In 2025, OIW brought together 15,000 participants from 40 countries, including 404 VCs. Powered by Oslo&Co.