Programs & events | Networking | Lidkoping

Programs and events that move ideas into places and partnerships

This is the shared home for the calendar, longer-running initiatives, and open moments where companies, schools, cultural groups, and associations shape Lidkoping’s next steps together.

Calendar

Next open deadline

Expressions of interest for the May partnership lab and summer centre activations are open until April 19. Priority goes to collaborations involving at least two local actors.

Register interest

Program overview

Four recurring tracks that shape the rhythm of the year

Networking | Growth | Business

Morning Forum

A recurring series of short stage sessions, rapid introductions, and clear next steps for decision-makers, founders, and organizations looking for new shared initiatives.

Skills | Schools | Future

Young Innovation

Site visits, mini-projects, and mentoring that connect students with local companies and show how ideas can turn into real assignments, career paths, and new ventures.

Retail | Culture | City life

Living Centre

A platform for late-open evenings, temporary formats, public installations, and shared promotion that gives more reasons to stay longer, explore, and shop locally.

Partnerships | Inclusion | Collaboration

Open Spaces

A working model for opening more space for new voices, smaller organizations, and entrepreneurs who need a clearer route into the city’s established networks.

Calendar focus

Upcoming dates to plan around

Season anchor

The summer route is built from smaller events that work together

This year’s format links breakfast meetings, pop-up moments, cultural evenings, and family-friendly stations into one connected experience where every participating actor is more visible than it would be on its own.

The goal is not just to fill the calendar, but to make different times of day and different audiences overlap more intelligently. That creates longer visits, more encounters, and a stronger sense of a living centre.

Become a co-host

Impact and follow-up

What the combined efforts actually do

This year’s direction

12 Calendar anchors
30+ Co-creating partners
4 Program tracks

The combined setup makes it easier to coordinate resources, give more actors a clear role, and build continuity between one-off events and longer-running programs.

Practical effect

Clearer entry points for new participants

When a new actor comes in through an event, the next step already exists through mentoring, network sessions, or a collaboration space. That reduces the drop-off between inspiration and action.

City life

More visibility when multiple actors share the same stage

When retail, education, culture, and civic groups coordinate messaging and timing, they create a stronger public presence. Visitors experience a whole rather than a set of disconnected parts.

Take part

Several ways to step into programs and events

Every activation becomes stronger when more people contribute venue access, knowledge, audiences, or delivery capacity. Choose the role that fits your organization and step into a format already in motion.

Co-host

Open your venue

Offer a shop, studio, school, or venue as part of a shared city route or public program.

Mentor

Share experience

Lead a short session in a forum or take a longer role in Young Innovation to guide the next generation and new initiatives.

Partner

Build a shared format

Contribute resources, staff time, or communications support to an initiative that already has an audience and a clear purpose.

Participant

Start with an open session

Join a breakfast meeting, lab, or public evening and see where your organization fits best in the network.