• It was totally Texas in Texas!
  • It was totally Texas in Texas!
  • It was totally Texas in Texas!
  • Learned from the best and showed Agenda

    Learned from the best and showed Agenda

    Last week's inspiration and partner trip to SXSW provided many useful reflections. We are very impressed by the technology, music and film festival SXSW and the way it is organized. The festival, which was started in 1987, is one of the most important in its genre internationally and attracts people from all over the world. Then we at Kongsberg Agenda thought that one of the smartest things we could do was to spend 1 week in Austin Texas together with some of our partners.

  • We experienced this

    We experienced this

    What impressed us most was the size but at the same time the compact arena, the number of events, the diverse program, the people and the tech celebrity factor. In addition, the way the festival was organized with digital information, signage, profiling of the arena and the number of people in motion from the organizer was very impressive. SXSW is extremely good at commercialization, and here we can learn a lot even though Kongsberg Agenda today has a completely different business model where everything is open and free to the public.

  • Kongsberg Agenda - Europe's most important technology festival?

    Kongsberg Agenda - Europe's most important technology festival?

    Nothing that we experienced at SXSW is unattainable, in fact we learned that in many areas Kongsberg Agenda is fully up to par and perhaps even surpasses in quality some. There is no reason why Kongsberg Agenda cannot become one of the most important technology festivals in Europe.

    The value of traveling with partners to one of the world's leading technology festivals is high. You share positive experiences together and open your eyes to what is possible, both in terms of Kongsberg Agenda in week 25, but also the way we as Norwegian businesses make ourselves visible abroad and build relationships with the world. So thank you to Teknisk Ukeblad, Kongsberg Gruppen, Kongsberg Municipality and DayTwo who were with us on this first trip. Together we will build Kongsberg Agenda.

  • Austin and Kongsberg - both are technology cities and both are growing

    Austin and Kongsberg - both are technology cities and both are growing

    The tech city of Austin and the technology city of Kongsberg have many things in common. In Austin, there has been a rapid growth and development in technology and business in recent years, which Kongsberg has also had. Austin has become a place where many people move to, so they are extremely good at urban development. There is a lot to learn from the Americans here. Both cities have a strong technology environment, and both are student cities.

    Thanks to IKT Norge for connecting us on a common program and network of Norwegian companies. There is great potential here to do even more next time. We look forward to the continuation