Future. That is the word to describe the ethos behind Balticlab. From the very beginning, Balticlab to us has meant potential, exploring possibilities and asking “What if?”.
Balticlab brings entrepreneurs and creatives in the Baltic Sea region together to prototype the future and build a community of talented individuals, who through collaboration empower the region to become more innovative, creative and prosperous.
For this reason Balticlab consists of two complementary parts: a yearly large networking weekend, curated through a region-wide open call, and a more concentrated three-module ideation programme for approximately 30 participants, selected from the networking weekend each year.
The yearly networking weekend in Stockholm is an opportunity for the participants to get to know their peers across the Balticlab countries and get a glimpse into the Balticlab workshops. The Balticlab Ideation is designed for a smaller curated group of participants from the Balticlab Networking Weekend and provides space for building innovative ideas and project prototypes, which span across disciplines, countries and gender. The Ideation gives the participants a chance to expand their personal skillset, as well as explore the potential of the region.
During its 4 years, the Balticlab Ideation has had modules in Gothenburg, Malmö, Tallinn, Moscow, Kaliningrad, Riga, Nida (Lithuania), Vilnius, Warsaw and Kiev. Each programme consists of three interlinked modules, during with the participants form teams, build on each others ideas and formulate a final idea prototypes, which are presented at the end of each programme. Each module various experts from the fields of communication, entreprenurship, innovation, group dynamics, public relations, business modelling and public presenting join the groups to guide them in their ideation process.
Read more about each Balticlab programme year below:
Balticlab Surprise Weekend (December 2016)
Reunion of all Balticlab participants from Sweden, Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Poland and Germany.
Location: Stockholm
Read more about the programme here.
Balticlab 4.0 (2015-2016)
Participants from Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Poland and Germany
Balticlab Ideation programme locations: Vilnius, Kiev & Moscow
Read more about the programme year here.
The last module of the Balticlab 4.0 Ideation was organized in collaboration with the Strelka Institute of Media & Architecture in Moscow. Read about the collaboration here.
Balticlab 3.0 (2014-2015)
Participants from Norway, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus & Poland
Balticlab Ideation programme locations: Riga, Warsaw & Gothenburg
Read more about the programme year here.
Balticlab 2.0 (2013-2014)
Participants from Sweden, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia & Poland
Balticlab Ideation programme locations: Riga, Tallinn & Warsaw
Read more about the programme year here.
Balticlab pilot year (2012-2013)
Participants from Sweden, Russia, Lithuania & Poland.
Balticlab Ideation prorgamme locations: Malmö, Nida (Lithuania) & Kaliningrad
See more from the Balticlab pilot programme here.