From Science Park to Science City: How Mjärdevi Science Park gets to the next conceptual level

This presentation describes how the well-established Mjärdevi Science Park in Linköping, Sweden, is evolving from being a strictly geographical phenomenon to becoming a science park function for a significantly larger area than the original science park zone. Mjärdevi Science Park AB, the management company owned by Linköping Municipality that handles development activities in the park, is now implementing the park's "soft values" in the neighbouring innovation environments. This is initially intended to strengthen the cluster and the potential for the various development companies to recruit new talent and maintain their level of expertise for future development. The students at Linköping University are a key target group in this context and internationalisation is a key tool.