In the project InnoTech Task Force Nineteen Danish and Swedish partners will gather to discuss how to create a cross-regional arena — a Taskforce — to promote innovation in green transition, sustainable cities and rural areas. The project is led by Danish Street 21 And on the Swedish side there is Innovation Skåne. In the project, municipalities, regions, academia and companies will jointly test solutions where data and new technologies are the focus. Some of these solutions could be to optimise the flow in urban areas to create better space and conditions for cycling and walking, to make 3D models of the city to facilitate the placement of photovoltaic cells, for example, and creating a better management of properties that can be energy optimised through digital twins of buildings. The understanding of the data could also lead to action in the water area or could increase citizen influence along with the social network in villages.

The project had its kick-off in Lund in February 2023, and then the Danish-Swedish group took the opportunity to make a bus trip to Smart Villages in Veberöd. In Veberöd in the eastern part of Lund municipality, Smart Villages has as its mission to investigate what digital technology can do for a smaller society — in addition to the smart city.

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The InnoTech Taskforce Project

Financier: EU Interreg Öresund-Kattegat-Skagerrak 60%

Project Management: Lise Søderberg, Gate 21 supported by Innovation Skåne and Faelleskabet for dynamic data.

Partnerschappen: Gate 21, Innovation Skåne, Höje Taastrup, Fredriksberg, Aarhus, Guldborgsund, Region Sjaelland, We Build DK, Akilay, Tomelilla Municipality, Ängelholm Municipality, Gov Tech Midt, RUC, DTU, Zealand Academy, RISE, Halmstad University.

Project time, preliminary study: January — June 2022

Main projects: 2023 — 2025