SMHI at Hannover Messe, Germany

SMHI’s experts are attending the industry´s global hotspot the 1 – 5 April. Hannover Messe in Germany the world's largest trade fair and conference for digital applications and industrial technology. SMHI is a partner in the Sweden Co-Lab initiative where we showcase co-creation for innovation with over 100 Swedish companies and authorities.

Climate change in combination with growing populations, urbanization and changing lifestyles are together driving the need for reduction of fossil resource use. To respond to these megatrends we need our future economy to be increasingly based on renewable resources.

As part of the Sweden Co-Lab Pavilion, companies like Stora Enso, ABB and SMHI (Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute) will showcase innovations, sprung from co-creation, which contribute to an accelerated shift into a sustainable bio-economy. Guests will learn how new digital services drive sustainable forestry into the future and how innovative technologies help to reduce the carbon footprint through energy efficient operations.

Hannover-mässan - exempel från svenska montern

SMHI will demonstrate sustainable solutions for bio-economy in co-operation with industry and academia and participate in business networking activities as part of the official business delegation from Sweden. SMHIs specific showcase is a service for the forestry area.