Clusters Meet Regions Copenhagen

3–4 Dec 2025 | Copenhagen, Denmark

Wednesday, 3 December 2025 | 14:35 - 16:40

Afternoon Session

14.35 - 15.20 Health & MedTech Innovation 

Sectoral focus: Health, MedTech, biotech, digital health.

This session will showcase how the Danish life sciences ecosystem connects research, industry, and startups to accelerate innovation in health and MedTech. Afterwards, EU clusters from other Member States will contribute their perspectives, fostering cross-border R&I partnerships and opportunities to scale health innovation at the European level.

Fireside Chat: Co-Creating Health Innovation

  • Christian Hassager, TTUH Academic Leader, Professor, Hjertecentret, Rigshospitalet, the Technical University Hospital

  • Frederik Hedelund, Director, Business Development, Teton.ai

  • Stamatiki Kritas, Managing Director, CEBR

Moderation: Kirsten Danielsen, Senior Manager, Danish Life Science Cluster (DLSC)

Denmark’s Health Innovation Ecosystem & Cross-Border Collaboration

  • Karen Lindegaard, International Manager, Danish Life Science Cluster (DLSC)

Partnership Model: Success Stories and Collaboration for Impact

  • Kirsten Danielsen, Senior Manager, Danish Life Science Cluster (DLSC)

  • Frederik Hedelund, Director, Business Development, Teton.ai

Moderation of the Session: Karen Lindegaard, International Manager, Danish Life Science Cluster (DLSC)

15.20 - 15.40 Start-up driven Innovation

  • Simon Schou, Co-founder and Chief Innovation Officer, Copenhagen Fintech

Q&A

15.40 - 16.25 Green Transition & Energy Leadership

Presentation of the Energy Cluster Denmark

  • Glenda Napier, CEO, Energy Cluster Denmark

Horizon Europe project 2nd Life for Power Plants (2LiPP)

  • Jakob Falk, International Project Manager, Energy Cluster Denmark

Q&A

16.25 - 16.40 Wrap up Day 1 and intro to Day 2

Teodora Jilkova, Veritas Cluster, ECCP Team Member