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The State of the Icelandic Innovation Ecosystem: Results of an extensive Survey unveiled on Tuesday

Northstack, in collaboration with Gallup and Tækniþróunarsjóður (Technology and Development Fund) is unveiling the results of the first (at least in recent times) extensive survey on the status of innovation environment in Iceland, at an event – hosted in collaboration with Icelandic Startups – this Tuesday at Nauthóll. Information on the event is here.

The results of the survey, which was conducted early last summer, are now ready to be shared with the broader community.

The agenda is the following:
– Opening speech by Sigurður Björnsson at Tækniþróunarsjóður
– Introduction of the results by Kiddi at Northstack
– Panel discussions on the results by Kjartan Ólafsson, investor and founder of Volta, Ragnheiður H. Magnúsdóttir, CEO of Veitur, Salóme Guðmundsdóttir, CEO of Icelandic Startups and Guðmundur Kristjánsson, CEO and founder of Lucinity

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