We would like to thank all delegates and partners for sharing your ideas and experiences around sustainable development at this year Globe Forum in Stockholm.

 During the day we tried to clarify how partners of Globe Forum can join forces to drive sustainable innovations to the market faster. Working through the program seven keys to create a win-win partnership became more obvious: Education, Entrepreneurship, Ecosystem of Partners, Employment, Environment, Energy and Eco-Innovation. All of these were discussed and moved forward during Globe Forum Stockholm.

Since over 50% of humanity now lives in urban areas, cities are at the centre of being able to drive sustainable innovations. During the headline session: The cities as solution to the sustainable future, it was concluded that sustainability offers cities the opportunity to succeed economically while providing better and more productive places to live for their residents. This conclusion was emphasized even more when The South Korean district Songpa entered the stage to receive the Globe Sustainable City Award 2011. 

Another interesting aspect during the day was the discussions around Globe Forum marketplace.  The idea of Globe Forum marketplace is to create a thriving innovation ecosystem oriented toward entrepreneurship, commercialization and collaboration on the parts of government, industry, not-for-profits, academia and investors, this to find new ways to broker fund excellent solutions and crowdsource the intelligence needed to bring these solutions to the market.

Throughout the day 10 cleantech companies was partaking in the organized matchmaking consisting of 45 meetings with investors/buyers from Europe and South America, which resulted in several leads and established business contacts.

The day ended on a very positive note with The way ahead lecture held by Patrick Svenburg Director Government Platform Strategy Microsoft Corporation. Along with the exciting innovators contest won by Bokashi I believe that all of us left Globe Forum assured that the scale of the challenge we face in moving towards sustainability is matched by the scale of the opportunities available to us.

The forum in numbers:
630 participants
19 exhibitors
36 speakers
45 investors/buyers from Europe, Asia and South America 
10 Cleantech Companies for the matchmaking 
45 Matchmaking meetings 
40 journalists
6 new companies enrolled to Globe Forum Accelerator Program