Validé is partner with six clusters

Innovation is increasingly taking place in collaboration between companies, customers, suppliers and knowledge communities. Validé is hosting the healthcluster, and is partner with five others. That´s valuable network.
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Validé is hosting the health cluster

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Norwegian Smart Care Cluster

NSCC is a cluster with more than 280 members, mostly private companies but also municipalities/government institutions as participants. The cluster has it´s origins in the Stavanger region, but our members are now from all over Norway and internationally. In November 2019 NSCC became an AranePro-cluster with five more years of work and mission.

NSCC established offices in Bergen (VIS) and Agder in 2019. The cluster's mission is to facilitate members to work together so that they can better and faster succeed in commercializing new solutions and selling healthcare and welfare technology solutions and services both for the private and public market, in Norway, the Nordic countries and internationally.

The cluster and Validé runs together the Living Lab test facilities: Norwegian Smart Care Lab

Read more: Norwegian Smart Care Cluster

The cluster is run by: Arild Kristensen

Validé is partner with five other clusters

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Smart City Innovation Cluster

With the new Arena status, Stavanger-based Smart City Innovation Cluster aims to be a driving force for the development of smarter cities and communities, and to become the leading player in the Nordic region by 2021.

The Nordic Edge Smart City Innovation Cluster pursue project success in 5 key Smart City areas:

• Mobility
• Transformation
• Democracy
• Open data
• Sustainability

Read more: Nordic Edge Smart City Innovation Cluster
The cluster is run by:
Trygve Meyer

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Stiim Aqua Cluster

Stiim Aqua Cluster leads a national innovation ecosystem for aquaculture-related businesses, based in Stavanger. The cluster differs from other aquaculture clusters by having an arena where strong technology environments within oil and gas, automation and electronics, robotics, maritime advanced mechanical industry and IT collaborate closely with the established aquaculture industry. This is done to speed up growth globally, and develop a sustainable industry.


Read more
: Stiim Aqua Cluster/Blue Planet
The cluster is run by: Trine Danielsen


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Energy Transition Norway
Networks. Projects. Innovation. Funding. The competent and innovative players of the oil and gas industry in the Stavanger region join forces with companies from other industry sectors, start-ups, investors, authorities and academia to develop new low emission and sustainable energy solutions.

Our focus areas

  • Generate zero-emission value chain
  • Place Norway on the map for development of renewable energy
  • Promote local innovation and technology development
  • Export innovative technologies and services
  • Reduce emission from production of hydrocarbons
  • Develop new value chains within the energy sector
  • Connect with other clusters working on renwables

Read more: Norwegian Energy Solutions

The cluster i run by: Egil Aanestad

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Norwegian Offshore Wind Cluster

The vision of the cluster is to be a preferred global, total supplier within floating offshore wind farms. With many years of experience from oil and gas, the cluster has a unique expertise when it comes to building more and more installations further offshore. Located at Karmøy, nearby the only testing center for full-scale floating wind turbines in Norway, the focus is on increased knowledge, increased innovation in order to increase competitiveness on the international market.

Read more: Norwegian Offshore Wind Cluster

The cluster is run by: Arvid Nesse

Vital infrastruktur arena

Vital infrastruktur arena

Vital infrastruktur arena is a cluster based in Rogaland, aiming at facilitating the creation of safer tunnels and fewer accidents. Drivers, rescue services, the transportation industry, and local communities are all parties that will benefit and contribute to our work. By working across sectors.

Read more: Via cluster

The cluster is run by: Helen Roth