Cluster Summit Finland 2025 & Cluster Collaboration Lab (C2Lab) Kuopio, Finland

The European Cluster Collaboration Platform, in collaboration with Kuopio Water Cluster, Comprehensive Security Cluster North Savo, SuperEcosystem, BoostECO, Savonia University of Applied Sciences, and North Savo Regional Council, invites you to join the Cluster Summit Finland 2025 on 28 October and the next edition of the Cluster Collaboration Labs (C2Lab) on 29-30 October 2025. The events will take place in Kuopio, Finland, and are a great opportunity to meet, discuss cluster policies, and develop new projects.

On 28 October, cluster representatives will be joined by key public authorities, academia, and companies at the Cluster Summit Finland 2025 to explore cooperation opportunities and build a robust RDI landscape for the future. The inspiring day offers engaging workshops and keynote speeches illustrating regional cluster success stories and describing collaboration with businesses from start-ups to SMEs to multinationals. The Cluster Summit Finland 2025 will be held in English. All C2Lab participants are warmly invited to join the Summit, immerse into discussions on cluster policy, and learn about Finnish good practices.

The C2Lab itself is a hands-on workshop where you will have the opportunity to meet new collaboration partners, discuss project ideas, and initiate partnerships – for example, to apply together for a European call. Participants could either join with a concrete project proposal or offer their expertise and knowledge by joining forces with others.

Who can attend?

The C2Lab is for companies, cluster organisations, research organisations, actors from the civil society, and other interested entities who want to join European project consortia. It is open to participants from the European Union and the SMP/COSME countries.

What are the topics of the C2Lab? 

At the C2Lab, any topic is welcome and can be proposed during the registration. Given the expertise of the hosts, this edition of the C2Lab has already identified the following topics for discussion:
- Water resilience
- Comprehensive security
- Critical Raw Materials
- Agrifood and food security
- Digital and AI
- Other / Project ideas submitted by participants.

These focus areas serve as starting points for those participants without any concrete proposals. However, they are not exclusive. The C2Lab welcomes any project idea, indifferent to its focus area. During the registration, participants can submit their ideas and express other topics of interest.  

Check out all the details

More details about the event, including info sessions and preparatory activities, can be found here.