Nykarleby Business Pulse

Duration: 2 hours
Date & Time: 9th October 18:00 ~ 20:00
Location: NIC
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Hosts:
Frank Sandqvist: operations manager at NIC
Prasanna Kumar: experienced project manager, PhD in Business Management

🇬🇧 The event is in English.

Objective:
To identify key challenges, resources, in opportunities, in the Nykarleby business ecosystem through a dialogue with stakeholders. The outcome will inform an actionable roadmap for local business development, tailor-made programs for business needs. Part of the discussion is also whether Nykarleby could host actual programs for innovations or entrepreneurship.

Everyone is welcome!

Agenda:
👋 Welcome & opening remarks
- Welcome greetings

🙋 Introductory round
- Each participant introduces themselves

✴️ Panel Kickoff
- 3–4 invited speakers share 3-minute insights on what’s working, what’s missing, and future aspirations in their business

💬 Roundtable discussion
- Moderated group conversation with guiding questions like:
- What are the current barriers to business growth in Nykarleby?
- What resources or support structures are lacking?
- How can the business ecosystem be strengthened?
- Do we have enough human/ material resources for business?
- Could Nykarleby host an academic or non-academic program specifically in Innovation and/ or Entrepreneurship?

☕️ Coffee or tea break

📝 Summary & key takeaways
- The moderator summarizes key points and preliminary themes emerging from the discussion.
- Participants are invited to validate or add missing elements.

⏭️ Next steps & closing
- Outline plan for developing the action report.
- Invitation to contribute further ideas post-event.
- Networking & mingle