CEO of GCE NODE, Knut Mjåland, in discussion with Espen Schou-Nilsen (Innovation Norway). All photos: Fotograf Wittrup

Invited by Innovation Norway, leaders of 44 Norwegian business clusters gathered in Trondheim last week.

For 20 years, the Norwegian cluster program and the individual clusters have been important catalysts for cooperation and value creation in the Norwegian business sector.

Today, more than 3,000 businesses are part of one of the cluster organizations that operate across numerous industries and in all parts of Norway.

Cooperation and innovation are key for the clusters, which in general focus more on SMEs and knowledge-savvy enterprises.

CEO of GCE NODE, Knut Mjåland (left) and Bjørn Arne Skogstad, Program Manager at SIVA during the event in Trondheim.