Cross-Border Growth Forum

How can Nordic-Baltic companies enter fast-growing global markets together, instead of alone?

On 4 June 2026, companies, market experts and ecosystem partners from Finland, Sweden, Estonia and Latvia will gather in Helsinki for the Cross-Border Growth Forum, a practical business event focused on international growth opportunities in Singapore, the Philippines and Saudi Arabia.

The event is designed for companies looking to expand beyond their home markets and explore new business opportunities in areas such as:

• Smart and sustainable cities
• Urban infrastructure and mobility
• Energy transition and circular economy
• Digital and public services

These rapidly developing markets are actively investing in large-scale urban and infrastructure projects — creating strong opportunities for Nordic-Baltic companies with innovative solutions and export ambitions.

Unlike a traditional seminar, the Cross-Border Growth Forum combines:

✔ market insights
✔ real business cases
✔ collaborative workshops
✔ cross-border networking

Participants will work in market-focused groups to identify collaboration opportunities, develop joint solution ideas and explore practical market-entry approaches together.

The event programme includes:

• Inspiring company cases from ICC target markets
• Business opportunities in Singapore, the Philippines and Saudi Arabia
• Interactive workshops and group work
• Networking lunch and after-event mingling

The goal is to help companies move from interest to action and from individual capabilities to shared export-ready solutions.

Who should join? The event is aimed at SMEs and growth companies that:

• Have a proven product or service
• Are ready for international growth
• Operate in smart city, digital, sustainability, energy or infrastructure sectors
• Are interested in building partnerships across borders

Younger companies can also benefit from collaborating with more experienced companies and ecosystem partners.

Event information

• Date: 4 June 2026
• Location: Keskuskauppakamari, Helsinki
• Participants: Nordic-Baltic SMEs, market experts and ecosystem stakeholders

Participation is free, but You’ll have to register. Please register until May 27th here.

About the ICC initiative: The event is organized as part of the Intelligent Connected Cities (ICC) initiative, supporting SMEs from the Central Baltic region in entering high-potential international markets. The project is co-funded by the Interreg Central Baltic Programme of the European Union and implemented together with: Business Tampere (Finland), Norrköping Science Park (Sweden), Latvian IT Cluster (Latvia) and Estonian Association of Information Technology and Telecommunications (ITL, Estonia).

Together, the partners are carrying out export support activities during 2025–2027 to help SMEs build partnerships, enter new markets and generate international business opportunities.