24 Nov 2016
Coordinate
Last weekend The Great Northern was the venue for a different kind of hackathon: augmented reality apps aimed at refugees and newcomers to Sweden.
Augmented reality (AR) is live direct or indirect view of a physical, real-world environment whose elements are augmented (or supplemented) by computer-generated sensory input such as sound, video, graphics or GPS data.
03 Nov 2016
Johnny Högberg, CEO of Skellefteå Science City, has returned from a trip to Hong Kong with exciting news for Skellefteå small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and startups.
07 Sep 2016
Goranka Bjedov, Capacity & Performance Engineer at Facebook, is currently in Skellefteå, giving lectures to students on Skellefteå Campus. Speaking at a welcome event for international students at Skellefteå’s new start-up/innovation house The Great Northern on Wednesday, she offered some great advice for new companies but was also very complimentary about The Great Northern itself.
26 Jul 2016
To mark the first anniversary of the foundation of Skellefteå Science City, the CEO, Johnny Högberg, tells us about the challenges of the first year, his excitement as The Great Northern innovation house takes shape, and his determination to get Skellefteå’s old and new businesses working together.
10 Jul 2016
RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, a government-owned network of research and technology organisations, is to make Skellefteå its first regional office. It’s a significant development for Skellefteå Science City’s CEO, Johnny Högberg, who has been in discussions with RISE for several months.