Case: Wärtsilä – WISE Annual Event
How Wärtsilä brought their ecosystem together at Maria 01 to network, gain new insights and accelerate wise ideas.
The WISE Annual Event 2025 brought the WISE Ecosystem together in an energising, in-person gathering to accelerate the transformation of energy for tomorrow. The day combined expert insights, inspiring keynotes, and hands-on workshops, enabling participants to collaborate and ideate in focused small groups.
Organisational Objectives
Gain insights & ignite inspiration:
Expert keynotes to spark new thinking
Ecosystem networking:
Bring together businesses, startups, academia, and research
institutes
Accelerate & innovate:
Hackathon with cross-functional teams developing and
pitching ideas
Solutions – The Delivery Package
Agenda Co-Creation:
Designing the program and schedule together
Scouting the external keynote speakers:
Startup founder & ecosystem experts
End-to-end support:
planning, facilitation and delivery of the workshop
Communications:
supporting materials and documentation throughout
Full-day session at Maria 01:
catering, tech support, setup & cleaning
Results
Around 70 participants—including businesses, startups, academia, and research institutes—came together, fostering meaningful connections across the ecosystem.
Maria 01 facilitated the hackathon end-to-end, providing guidance, materials, and documentation. A Maria 01 startup founder delivered a keynote on “How to Tackle Problems Like a Startup”, sharing practical approaches to rapid problem-solving and a mindset shift emphasising agility, experimentation, and bold thinking.
“We are thrilled that the WISE Annual Event was successful. Participants shared that they felt inspired, engaging in meaningful workshops on topics of mutual interest.”
Eleonor Hedström, Director of Next Business Lab and WISE Ecosystem Lead at Wärtsilä
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