Young
Innovative Entrepreneurs (YIE) organized an enterprise visit to the LKAB mine
in Kiruna, Sweden. This was the first excursion and networking trip in the
project. The purpose was to promote cooperation and networking between
different sectors and between the people.
Entrepreneurs
who participated in the trip were from Rovaniemi, Ylitornio, Tornio-Haparanda
and Kemi. Most of the participants didn’t know each other beforehand so this
was also a great opportunity for entrepreneurs to network within region of
Lapland.
Small “get
to know”-play was in place at first to get familiar with each other. During the
long bus trip there was a lot of time to organize for example “speed dating”: the
aim was to innovate a new idea for company or a new project idea. The play
resulted plenty of new innovative ideas! YIE received valuable feedback for the
project.
During
the trip we also had workshops, which created a new business idea which of we
hopefully hear more about in the future. Amazing or what?! On the bus we also
created ideas for Matchmaking event from entrepreneurs perspective; for example
partner-network for a different business fields. All good and valuable ideas!
The
actual tour in the LKAB mine took three hours underground. During that time we
went through the mine’s history ending up to the present day. We got an
in-depth presentation about mining and how the main raw-material, iron ore, was
extracted and processed further. It means work for every
kind of businesses, especially in next year, when LKAB opens new base level for
an even deeper. This means also, that Kiruna city must be moved because of
collapse risk.
Overall a
successful trip! Now we’ll utilize this inspired mood and start planning a new
networking trip with enthusiasm. We have lots of new ideas, thanks for travellers
and great innovations!
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