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🌟 NCSF Gothenburg's Annual Event Review 2022🌟

We are soon entering a new & exciting year and NCSF Gothenburg would like to thank the team, panelists, attendees and everyone involved in our events for a fantastic year. 2022 was an eventful year for NCSF Gothenburg, with events about the AI industry, young leadership and the Haishi Cup🥳 During this year, we have invited esteemed panelists from diverse backgrounds to share their insights and experience within the tech sector which have generated value to entrepreneurs and businesses around the world🌍 NCSF Gothenburg team would like to share a few of our successful events from 2022 with you, enjoy!🤩

1️⃣ AIm for the Future
The “AIm for the Future” event was focusing on the Artificial Intelligence (AI) industry regarding the topics of opportunities and challenges which AI technologies bring for businesses and the ways to make such technologies more accessible for SMEs, female leadership in the AI industry and the eco-environment for the R&D in this field. The event brings valuable insights from the impressive discussion among our knowledgeable panelists Daniel Gillblad, Hani Vahabi and Alva Markelius.

2️⃣ Haishi Cup
NCSF Gothenburg co-hosted the "Haishi Cup" Talent Innovation & Entrepreneurship Competition for European companies within the biomedicine industry and next generation electronic information industry with the Hebei EU Cooperation Centre. The aim of the competition was to improve the Shijiazhuang innovation ecosystem, attract talents globally and support local industry 4.0 sectors. We are glad to see that in total 162 projects from the European areas participated. Fifteen 1st, 2nd and 3rd place awards were given among all of the projects. We will follow up with the successful landing stories in the future, should there be any.

3️⃣ Called To Lead
The NCSF Gothenburg team hosted a leadership event “Called To Lead” focusing on the major challenges of young leadership. We invited next-generation leaders Dr. Yongmei Li, Sahng Ibrahim, Matias Otero and Annaam Butt with diverse backgrounds who shared their interesting journey and perspectives on state of the art leadership styles, various young leadership challenges and next-generation leadership opportunities in an inspiring and outcome-driven panel discussion.

We hope our events in 2022 have been insightful, interesting and valuable from both a business and personal perspective😍 Our aim is to bridge Nordic-China innovation and hi-tech systems by providing deep values to global innovation eco-systems through insightful projects, events and seminars. In 2023, we are excited to announce that we will host several insightful and interesting events for business and career developments👏 Our first event will follow the leadership theme, where we will deep dive into thought-provoking topics of challenges within modern leadership styles and leaders of diverse backgrounds. Stay tuned and follow us on our social media channels for more information!❤️

We wish you a wonderful Christmas & a happy New Year, and we will return the 13th of February 2023 after a short winter break🌟

🌟Called To Lead🌟

NCSF Gothenburg is thrilled to present highlights from our “Called To Lead” event!🥳

💡The world is changing fast, and so do the leadership styles. Leadership is a broad term and involves various dimensions ranging from team & project leadership, and being a leader in the business environment to academic leaders. However, there are many challenges for especially young leaders with modern leadership styles in all sectors.

💡Comparing the traditional leadership styles and the modern ones, there are considerable differences in how to manage the people in the team. If the traditional leadership style was based to a large extent on not questioning authority, the modern leadership style is more human centric, appreciates diversity and openness to different opinions and perspectives. One of the main responsibilities of the young leaders is to create a safe environment for the team and to prioritize the people, considering differences in their cultures and backgrounds. Although the leadership styles are dependent on the country, the fact that they are evolving is undoubtable.

💡Being a leader is not an easy task and a lot of leaders have mentors who support them on their leadership journey. However, since young leaders often start their leadership journey from scratch, they learn by doing and by making their own mistakes. This path is challenging. However, such challenges and approach leads to personal and professional growth and development.

💡Leaders are constantly facing various challenges and hardships during their leadership journey. For young leaders, it can be difficult to know how to properly manage these obstacles while simultaneously being grounded and keeping the motivation alive. To face these challenges, it is important to keep the passion for the idea and use it to motivate others. One should learn from its mistakes and grow from them, it is okay to not know everything.

💡Human centricity is the key in the next-generation leadership style. The majority of panelists highlighted that their biggest achievement in their leadership journey was the creation of a motivated and trustworthy team. Diversity and inclusion are of crucial importance where team members are welcome to speak out, share their perspectives and opinions.

📚Would you like to know more about leadership styles, teambuilding and leadership challenges?

We highly recommend you to read these leadership books:
📕Permission to Screw Up: How I Learned to Lead by Doing (Almost) Everything Wrong by Kristen Hadeed
📗Feeling Smart: Why Our Emotions Are More Rational Than We Think by Eyal Winter
📘The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz
📙Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek

🌟Called To Lead🌟

What an insightful and inspiring event we had!😍
NCSF Gothenburg would like to thank everyone involved for a successful “Called To Lead” event!❤️ We hope that the panelists and attendees enjoyed the event and we are excited to host more inspiring events 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣3️⃣💡

A special thanks to our panelists Dr. Yongmei Li, Sahng Ibrahim, Matias Otero and Annaam Butt for sharing their interesting journeys and perspectives on state of the art leadership styles, next-generation leadership opportunities and overcoming young leadership challenges in an inspiring and outcome-driven panel discussion👏
We would also like to thank all members of the NCSF Gothenburg:

🌟 Linda Xiao Liang the Head & Founder of NCSF Gothenburg for her strong devotion and hard work.
🌟 Anastasiia Chernova the Event Manager for organizing the event together with Emily Heaven the Deputy Event Manager who was the brilliant moderator.
🌟 Matilda Lindblom the Marketing Manager for managing the social media and content creation together with Sueun Jeon, Maia Emmerö, and Ivy Loo the Marketing Associates.
🌟 Anton Johansson the Business Manager for contacting and managing the panelists together with Chen, Muizz O. & Javid Valiyev the Business Associates and Tommy Xingyu Xiang the Business Advisor.

📣 Did you miss the “Called To Lead” event? No worries, we got you! NCSF Gothenburg will post highlights from the event, so stay tuned!

🌟Called To Lead🌟

😍 NCSF Gothenburg’s last grand event of 2022 — “Call To Lead” is approaching! We are thrilled to introduce the agenda for this upcoming online event.

👉During the event, Emily Heaven who is the Deputy Event Manager at NCSF Gothenburg will take on the role of moderator to guide us to discover the world of next-generation leaders. The panelists consist of four young leaders of diverse backgrounds who will share their own stories and perspectives regarding topics of state of the art leadership styles, overcoming young leadership challenges and next-generation leadership opportunities💡 Additionally, we specially schedule a Q&A session for attendees to interact with the panelists. Sounds interesting? Don't miss this great opportunity to exchange your thoughts and get inspiration, we are looking forward to seeing you tomorrow!🥳

🗓Date: 12th of December 2022
⏰Time: 12:00 (CET)
🌟Venue: Online (Zoom link: https://chalmers.zoom.us/j/62712296845)
ℹ️Contact: [email protected]

🌟Called To Lead🌟

📣 It is finally time to announce our panelists for our upcoming event “Called To Lead”! Dr. Yongmei Li, Sahng Ibrahim, Matias Otero and Annaam Butt will share their interesting journeys and perspectives on state of the art leadership styles, next-generation leadership opportunities and overcoming young leadership challenges in an inspiring and outcome-driven panel discussion.

🎤Dr. Yongmei Li
Lecturer, Nanjing University of Science and Technology

Dr. Yongmei Li is a social scientist in governance and public service.
She has obtained her PhD degree in Politics in University of Southampton, UK. During her academic journey of 12 years, her research areas have covered urban community, collective actions, local government and governance, public service delivery for deprived groups, comparative political science and public policy and administration. Her PhD thesis has been recognised with great value and has been revised into a high education academic book, which is under review for being published. Yongmei has published a great number of articles in top journals and is on her way to her leadership in the academic sectors.

🎤 Sahng Ibrahim
CEO & Founder, EQL Global

Sahng Ibrahim is a founder, entrepreneur, and experienced trader & investor. He is the CEO and founder of EQL Global, a company which aims to simplify data related to stock market and companies for retail investors. Sahng has 5 years of experience within trading and investing. His goal is to give everyone a democratized platform to offer equal investment opportunities by simplifying information and data. EQL Global is actively approaching an international profile and Sahng is applying his modern leadership style to build and strengthen his team to overcome various challenges of a startup.

🎤 Matias Otero
Founder, Holosyn

Matias Otero is an entrepreneur, founder, and hardware & tech enthusiast. As a founder of Holosyn, Matias delivers tomorrow's electronic advertising, today, by providing holograms for the retail market and sourcing unique innovations from China’s manufacturing ecosystem. He is also a polsci major, sinophile, and passionate about bridging the east and west.

🎤 Annaam Butt
Scrum Master & Agile Leader, Sigma Technology Insight Solutions

Annaam Butt is a passionate servant leader who advocates for diversity, equality and inclusion. She is an enthusiastic leader and strong communicator who loves working with innovative ideas and leading initiatives focused on humanitarian aid. As a servant leader, Annaam prioritizes her team's needs, well-being and growth.

👉See you at the event - Called To Lead!👈

🗓Date: 12th of December 2022
⏰Time: 12:00 (CET)
🌟Venue: Online (Zoom link: https://chalmers.zoom.us/j/62712296845)
ℹ️Contact: [email protected]

🌟Called To Lead🌟

💡Are you interested in next-generation leadership opportunities? Or how young leaders overcome various challenges? Would you like to know more about thought provoking stories of state of the art leadership styles?🏆🙌

Come and join our “Called To Lead” event on the 12th of December 2022 where next-generation leaders with diverse backgrounds will share their journey and perspectives on various young leadership challenges in an inspiring and outcome-driven panel discussion. You will also have the great opportunity to ask questions and share your thoughts during the Q&A session. We are looking forward to seeing you at the event!😍

🗓Date: 12th of December 2022
⏰Time: 12:00 (CET)
🌟Venue: Online (Zoom link: https://chalmers.zoom.us/j/62712296845)
ℹ️Contact: [email protected]

NCSF GBG is excited to announce that we will host an inspiring leadership discussion in December!🙌

💥We will invite knowledgeable and experienced leaders with diverse backgrounds to share their journey and perspectives on overcoming challenges, managing projects/stakeholders and achieving their goals in an inspiring and outcome-driven panel discussion.

💥What does “next generation leadership” mean? How will the next generation leaders differ from the previous generation? What are the biggest challenges and opportunities for young leaders? These are only a few questions that the panelists will discuss during an intense panel discussion and YOU have the great opportunity to ask questions and share your thoughts during the Q&A session.

👉Sounds interesting? Stay tuned on our social media and we will soon provide you with more details regarding this upcoming event.

We are looking forward to seeing you in December!😍

Dear friends and partners in our community,

We hope you are having a great summer! We are enjoying the break and will come back in September again. Stay tuned for our exciting upcoming events and more updates of the Haishi Cup Competition.

Yours NCSF,
From Gothenburg

🌟 AIm for the Future together with NCSF Gothenburg🌟

NCSF Gothenburg team would like to thank everyone involved for a successful AIm for the Future event!❤️ We had a great time hosting this event and we hope that the panelists and the audience found the event both insightful and interesting💡

We would like to give a special thanks to our knowledgeable panelists Daniel Gillblad, Hani Vahabi and Alva Markelius for sharing their insights in this interesting and important discussion about AI trends, opportunities and challenges of AI technologies, female leadership in the AI industry, the eco-environment for the R&D in this field and the ways to make such technologies more accessible for SMEs🤖

We would also like to thank all members of the NCSF Gothenburg team for their hard work:
🌟 Linda Liang the Head & Founder of NCSF Gothenburg for her strong dedication.
🌟 Anastasiia Chernova the Event Manager for organizing the event together with Emily Heaven the Deputy Event Manager and Tove Bremholt the Event Associates. Anastasiia and Tove were excellent moderators!
🌟 Matilda Lindblom the Marketing Manager for managing the social media and content creation together with Charlotte Johansson the Deputy Marketing Manager, Sueun Jeon and Ivy Loo the Marketing Associates
🌟 Tommy Xingyu Xiang the Business Manager for contacting and managing the panelists together with Chen the Deputy Business Manager, Sumit, Muizz O. and Javid Valiyev the Business Associates.

Did you miss the “AIm for the future” event? No worries, we got you! NCSF Gothenburg will post highlights from the event next week, so keep your eyes open!👏

🌟Haishi Cup🌟
Talent Innovation & Entrepreneurship Competition

NCSF Gothenburg honorably presents the "Haishi Cup" Talent Innovation & Entrepreneurship competition🥳 Co-hosting with the Hebei EU Cooperation Centre, the goal is to improve the Shijiazhuang innovation ecosystem, attract talents globally and support local industry 4.0 sectors🌏💡

Are you a European company within the Biomedicine and Next Generation Electronic Information industry*? Register today and win up to €13800 for the initial round investment and 3 Million to 5 Million RMB R&D support funding after the competition**🏆

Are you a European company within aforementioned industries? Would you like to gain valuable feedback from esteemed experts within the industry? Do you want to expand your global network and business opportunities by listening to other innovative companies’ projects within the industry? Does the opportunity to win valuable prize money to invest in your project sound interesting?🤩

❗️The registration to the Haishi Cup competition is open NOW! Do not miss this amazing opportunity & register NOW❗️

👉Registration Procedure: https://www.hbeucc.org/registration 👈
Fill out the competition entry from, entry form attachments (applicant & team member identification documents and educational certificates) & the project proposal and send it to [email protected]

ℹ️Information link: https://www.hbeucc.org/haishicup
🗓Deadline: 14th of Mars 2022 at 6pm UTC+2
✉️Registration email: [email protected]



* Call for companies in:
Biomedicine: Biopharmaceutical, high-end pharmaceutical preparations, high-end medical devices, brain science, gene editing, precision medicine, cell therapy, intelligent medicine, telemedicine, rehabilitation devices, in vitro diagnosis, biological diagnosis, modernization of traditional Chinese medicine, medical food, new crown vaccine, testing and treatment and other related fields.
Next Generation Electronic Information: Big data, cloud computing, blockchain technology, cyberspace security, industrial Internet, intelligent control, integrated circuit and chip design, new generation information communication, artificial intelligence, quantum technology, 5g technology, smart city, Internet of things, virtual reality and integration with the real economy.
Other Industries: Projects not specifically related to Biomedicine Industry and Next Generation Electronic Information however are important to other industries in Shijiazhuang are also welcome to compete.

**For more information please refer to the competition official website https://www.hbeucc.org/haishicup. Register closes at early March or when applications filled in all the pitch dock places, whichever occurs first.

🌟AIm For The Future - Agenda🌟

We are very excited to share our agenda for tomorrow's AIm For The Future event!🤖🥳

The moderators for this event are Anastasiia Chernova who is the Event Manager at NCSF Gothenburg and Tove Bremholt who is an Event Associate at NSCF Gothenburg.

Three knowledgeable panelists within the AI sector will share their insightful ideas to help SMEs discover future business opportunities in the AI industry 💡

👉Don't miss such a great chance to get to know more about future trends in the AI industry, opportunities and challenges for AI businesses, female leadership in the AI sector and the eco-environment for the R&D in this field.

🗓Date: 15th of February 2022
⏰Time: 18:00 (CET)
ℹ️Contact: [email protected]
🌟Venue:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86281652757?pwd=ZForNGRtYmpac1c2NjJHb0hXM1p0QT0
Meeting ID: 862 8165 2757
Passcode: 907037

🌟AIm for the Future together with NCSF Gothenburg🌟

📣 NCSF Gothenburg is proudly introducing our knowledgeable and experienced panelists who will discuss AI trends, opportunities and challenges AI technologies bring for businesses and the ways to make such technologies more accessible for SMEs. We will also look into the female leadership in the AI industry and the eco-environment for the R&D in this field🤖

🎤 Daniel Gillblad
Co-Director of Scientific Vision for AI Sweden & Director of the Chalmers AI Research Center
Daniel Gillblad is co-Director of Scientific Vision for AI Sweden and Director of the Chalmers AI Research Center (CHAIR). He holds a PhD in Computer Science from the Royal Institute of Technology, has led development efforts and worked on strategy development for Swedish companies, has been part of setting up several AI startups, and serves as an appointed member of the Swedish Government collaboration program on digitalisation and as an appointed expert in the Global Partnership on AI (GPAI). His interests are focused around Machine Learning, large-scale Data Mining and their practical applications.

🎤 Hani Vahabi
CEO at DefaultAI
Hani is a serial entrepreneur and business architect who leads different tech start-ups in Sweden and has been selected to be a business mentor at Founder Institue, the world's largest pre-seed startup accelerator. Hani has deep interdisciplinary academic knowledge, studied Master's programs in Swedish universities in different fields: software engineering & management, IT, humanities, social and cultural sciences with the focus on gender studies, diversity, and migration studies. Hani is a member of different international AI-related advisory boards, and she is the managing director of AICenter Sweden, a global business ecosystem that is present in more than 10 countries on 4 continents.

🎤 Alva Markelius
Student in Cognitive Science at Seoul National University & University of Gothenburg
Alva Markelius has a background in Cognitive Science at University of Gothenburg and is right now studying Artificial Intelligence at Seoul National University in South Korea. She is also a human/AI interaction research assistant at Human Factors Psychology Lab at Seoul National University and teaches AI and machine learning at University of Gothenburg. Her main interests lie in explainable AI, affective computing, human-AI/robot interaction and fair and ethical AI. She is passionate about developing and working with “AI for good” such as utilizing AI for social, economic and ecological sustainable development. She is currently researching the use of humanoid robots as assistants for memory training for patients with dementia as a collaboration with Koc University in Turkey and the Furhat Robot developed at KTH.

✔️Are you interested in gaining deeper insights into the latest AI trends?
✔️Would you like to learn about the opportunities & challenges regarding AI technologies?
👉Then do not miss out on our upcoming event - AIm for the Future!👈

🗓Date: 15th of February 2022
⏰Time: 18:00 (CET)
🌟Venue: Online, Zoom (The link will be shared on Monday, 14th of February)
ℹ️Contact: [email protected]

🌟Happy Lunar New Year🌟

On behalf of the entire NCSF Gothenburg’s team, we wish you, your family and your loved ones a happy, healthy and successful Lunar New Year! 🐯🧧🥳

🌟 AIm for the Future together with NCSF Gothenburg🌟

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is an interdisciplinary science with multiple approaches, but advancements in machine learning and deep learning enables more and more companies to increase their productivity and efficiency in their daily activities. Such technologies open new opportunities for companies operating in different fields 🤖

Come and join our “AIm for the Future” event which is taking place online on 15th of February 2022. In this event, you will learn how AI industrial experts define future trends in the AI industry, discussing what are the opportunities and challenges such technologies bring for businesses and the ways to make such technologies more accessible for SMEs. We will also look into the female leadership in the AI industry and the eco-environment for the R&D in this field 💡🦾

🗓Date: 15th of February 2022
⏰Time: 18:00 (CET)
🌟Venue: Online, Zoom (The link will be shared on Monday, 14th of February)
ℹ️Contact: [email protected]

🌟 NCSF Gothenburg's Annual Event Review 2021🌟

2021 was a fruitful year for NCSF, with a Chinese newsletter release and green tech series launch🥳 We have invited many esteemed panelists/experts to share their knowledge and experience within the tech sector and we have helped several companies in their business journey🌍 Additionally, we have hosted events to empower female entrepreneurship and discussed the importance of hybrid identity💡 NCSF Gothenburg team wants to share a few of our successful events from 2021 with you, enjoy!🤩

1️⃣ Hi-Tech Weeks
Nordic-China Hi-Tech Weeks is the largest European-Chinese Tech-Scaleup Market Event Platform. It is an annual Tech-Scaleup Market and Matchmaking Exploration program for Nordic B2B tech-scaleup companies looking to scale their business and technology to China and Asia. During the event, knowledgeable and experienced experts gave valuable feedback to interesting company pitches that wanted to expand their business to China.

2️⃣ Hybrid Identity
NCSF Gothenburg and NCSF Helsinki teams co-organized an online panel discussion event focusing on hybrid cultural identities, living in-between cultures. The aim was to bring more information about the topic, share experiences and show support to people who identify themselves somewhere in-between cultures. We invited researchers to share their insights and individuals who live a life in-between cultures to share their stories and experiences.

3️⃣ She Business
The NCSF Gothenburg team hosted a Zoom panel discussion event focusing on the major challenges of female entrepreneurship. The aim was to raise awareness about the contemporary challenges that are likely to arise as a result of being a female entrepreneur. We invited female founders, investors, entrepreneurs and leaders who are experts in the Tech/STEM sectors for this insightful panel discussion.

4️⃣ She Loves Tech
NCSF Gothenburg and NCSF Helsinki in collaboration with the EU Tech Chamber were the Nordic local organizing partners of She Loves Tech, representing the five Nordics countries to operate the local round of the 2021 SLT competition. She Loves Tech is the world's largest startup competition for women and technology. By participating in the SLT Competition, startups have the opportunity to win up to US$50,000 investment and cash prizes.

We hope that you enjoyed our events during 2021 and that you found them both interesting and valuable from both a business and personal perspective😍 Our aim is to bridge Nordic-China innovation and hi-tech system by providing deep values to global innovation eco-systems through insightful hi-tech projects, events and seminars. In 2022, the NCSF Gothenburg team has planned even more exciting and insightful hi-tech events for you and your business to look forward to👏 Stay tuned and follow us on our social media channels for more information!❤️