Our keynotes and workshops are designed to energize, enlighten, and empower participants with fresh perspectives and practical insights. Each session, typically 45 to 90 minutes, dives into some of the most dynamic and relevant themes shaping today’s business and innovation landscapes. We offer deep explorations into Stockholm’s innovation ecosystem, showcasing how the city, and in particular the Hagastaden district, has become a global hub for life science and tech.
We also provide tailored sessions focused on Sweden’s global strengths in entrepreneurship, sustainability, and digital transformation. From growth hacking techniques that drive scale to the latest digital marketing tools, our workshops are hands-on and inspiring. These sessions are perfect for executive visits, leadership offsites, accelerator programs, and international delegations.
Whether you’re hosting a session at Forskaren, our flagship location at the heart of Hagastaden, or at another inspiring venue, our experienced speakers and facilitators ensure that the experience is both educational and energizing. Every session is adaptable to your audience, be it a corporate leadership team, a government delegation, or a startup cohort.
Our three-day masterclasses are immersive learning journeys designed to challenge perspectives, build cohesion, and create breakthroughs. Structured around a mix of team-building activities, thought-provoking keynotes, interactive workshops, and guided reflections, each masterclass delivers both intellectual stimulation and personal development.
Participants explore major themes such as the Swedish life science ecosystem, cutting-edge biotech, and the evolution of innovation districts like Hagastaden. We also cover digital and business transformation, equipping teams with the mindset and tools required to drive change in a fast-moving world. Practical exercises on growth hacking, business model innovation, and digital marketing help participants turn insights into action.
Held either at The Park or carefully selected retreat-style venues, our masterclasses promote collaboration, creativity, and clarity. The experience goes beyond content delivery, it’s about shared discovery, meaningful conversations, and building new pathways forward together. These are transformational moments designed to inspire long-term impact, both for individuals and organizations.
Our Innovation Days are full-day experiences crafted to ignite creativity, provoke reflection, and drive real-world impact. Blending inspiration with practical exploration, each day is curated to focus on key areas such as life science breakthroughs, the vitality of Sweden’s startup culture, and the ever-evolving Nordic innovation ecosystem.
Participants engage in hands-on workshops, listen to inspiring case studies, and reflect on global trends in digital and business transformation. The format encourages fresh thinking, with interactive group challenges and facilitated discussions that lead to real insights and takeaways.
Whether your goal is to kick off a strategic transformation journey, energize a leadership team, or explore new opportunities in innovation, the Innovation Day format is flexible and high-impact. Hosted at The Park or at external venues, these days are ideal for companies, public agencies, academic networks, and international delegations looking for meaningful and engaging content rooted in real Nordic innovation experience.
Our Leadership and Innovation Programs span 6 to 12 months, offering a deep, structured journey for leaders seeking personal growth, team excellence, and organizational transformation. Built around monthly activities, these programs combine high-level input with grounded, real-world applications. Participants meet regularly in curated cohorts to explore leadership challenges, share experiences, and support one another’s development.
Each program includes inspirational keynote sessions, executive workshops, mentoring circles, and hands-on project work tailored to participants’ unique contexts. Whether tackling internal innovation challenges, scaling startups, or navigating digital disruption, participants benefit from an environment of trust, collaboration, and critical thinking.
Designed for C-level leaders, scale-up founders, and transformation managers, these programs foster not just learning, but lasting change. Participants leave with a renewed sense of purpose, a powerful peer network, and concrete strategies to lead through uncertainty with clarity and confidence.
The Executive Network at The Park Academy is an exclusive forum for CEOs, founders, and senior executives to connect, reflect, and grow together. We gather ten times per year in a blend of structured speaker sessions, roundtable conversations, and social dinners, creating a rhythm of meaningful engagement and leadership exchange.
Each gathering is designed around a timely theme, from global innovation trends to leadership under pressure, digital ethics, or organizational renewal. We feature a combination of world-class speakers and peer-driven dialogue, allowing members to gain insight from both experts and fellow leaders.
Beyond professional growth, the network offers a space for personal connection. The relaxed, high-trust setting fosters genuine relationships and cross-industry learning. Whether you’re exploring new business opportunities or seeking fresh leadership inspiration, the Executive Network is a space where challenges are shared, ideas are sparked, and transformation is supported.
Our Discovery Visits are expertly curated learning journeys, designed for international delegations, leadership teams, and innovation clusters seeking inspiration and real-world insights. Each visit offers a rich combination of site tours, meetings with industry pioneers, keynote sessions, and interactive reflections.
Participants explore cutting-edge environments, from life science labs to tech startups, research parks, and coworking hubs, while gaining direct access to the people and ideas shaping Sweden’s innovation success. Discovery visits can be themed around specific sectors such as health tech, AI, sustainability, or entrepreneurial ecosystems, and typically include both preparatory and follow-up sessions to deepen learning.
Our team handles every detail, from logistics to content curation, ensuring each visit is smooth, impactful, and tailored to your needs. Whether you’re visiting from abroad or discovering what Stockholm has to offer, these experiences leave lasting impressions and spark valuable collaborations.
Our tailored innovation hackathons are high-energy events that bring together diverse minds to solve pressing challenges. Whether focused on sustainability, life science, future mobility, or digital transformation, each hackathon is structured to deliver actionable outcomes and spark breakthrough thinking.
We start by working with your team to identify critical challenges and then design a compelling format where interdisciplinary teams co-create solutions. Through ideation sessions, design sprints, and coaching, participants rapidly move from insight to concept, ultimately presenting ready-made solutions in inspiring final pitches.
Hackathons can run as standalone events or be integrated into broader programs. They foster team-building, creative problem-solving, and cross-functional learning, ideal for companies, public agencies, universities, or accelerators looking to tap into collective intelligence and energize their communities.
The Park Academy offers a wide range of content and expertise that spans multiple industries and disciplines, always grounded in real-world relevance and delivered through engaging formats.
We focus on life science and its many dimensions, from clinical innovation and biotech to digital health and patient-centric design. We explore how AI, automation, and data science are transforming these fields, creating new opportunities at the intersection of science and technology.
Our digital and business transformation content helps teams understand the shifts reshaping industries today. We guide leaders through innovation models, platform strategies, digital marketing trends, and agile working methods.
Leadership development is a cornerstone of our programs. We offer sessions on inclusive leadership, purpose-driven organizations, team dynamics, and the future of work. We also provide insight into Nordic business culture, startup ecosystems, and the unique ingredients that fuel innovation in the region, from policy frameworks to trust-based collaboration.
These themes are delivered across all formats, from keynotes and workshops to masterclasses and innovation days, and are always tailored to your audience, context, and goals.
The Park Academy is guided by a senior team with broad experience from Sweden’s startup ecosystem, life science, tech, and leadership development. Our core team combines practical knowledge with a strong understanding of how to build innovative and collaborative environments.
Mikael Ahlström, founder of The Park and longtime partner of Hyper Island, has worked with startups, scaleups, and large organizations to create learning experiences and community-driven growth. He brings long-standing experience in entrepreneurship and innovation strategy. Armando Cázares-Körner, with a background from Karolinska Institutet and previous leadership roles in community building at Akademiska Hus, now focuses on learning programs and community development at The Park. His experience bridges life science, research environments, and team engagement.
We also collaborate closely with Roger Sjögren and Åsa Norell, both of whom have been central to developing leadership programs at Hyper Island. They have worked extensively with government agencies, corporates, and international teams, helping organizations strengthen leadership and teamwork through well-grounded approaches. Their work often integrates insights from behavioral science and neuroscience to support change and development in teams and individuals.
In addition to our core team, we regularly bring in expert speakers, facilitators, and coaches from a range of organizations, depending on the focus of each program.
The Park is a place where your network grows. By joining our Business Network, you become part of a vibrant community of 900+ members from over 250 companies spanning life science, tech, and innovation.
With 100+ events per year, from breakfast seminars and fikas to industry mingles and global delegations, you’ll have countless opportunities to connect, collaborate, and grow. This will help you to build meaningful relationships, gain insights from experts, and find your next opportunity to grow.
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