We create knowledge and contacts
for future business opportunities
better business
through knowledge and contacts
Strengthening the
Øresund ICT cluster
Our History
Øresund IT was initiated in November 1999 by Øresund University and Øresund Business Council. The founding marked a strong belief in the Øresund Region as a leading Scandinavian ICT region.
The organization, named IT-Øresund, came about to further increase the collaboration between industry and university in the Øresund Region. The initiative was funded by Danish and Swedish public authorities and EU grants.
With the construction of the Øresund Bridge between Sweden and Denmark, business and contacts across borders were expected to rise. To further this development, we took on a role as cluster facilitator within the ICT-sector.
In 2001 we joined Øresund Science Region, an alliance between regional platforms within life science, food, environment and IT. In doing so, cross-disciplinary cooperation became an important part of our agenda. The Bio+IT Post Doc program, started in 2002, is an example of collaboration with MVA, a sister organization within life science.
A marketing initiative, Øresund IT Update, was launched in 2002 in collaboration with Copenhagen Capacity and Region Skåne.
Øresund IT became a member-based organization as of 2005. Public institutions, private companies and universities from the Danish and the Swedish side of the Sound joined the organization to actively influence and participate in a leading ICT cluster.
In the spring of 2010 while celebrating the 10-year anniversary of the Øresund Bridge, the two legal entities Øresund Science Region and the Øresund University gathered under a joint brand; Øresund Org. Thereby the industry specific platforms as Øresund IT, Øresund Logistics, Øresund Food are now all part of the Øresund Org family working with the triple-helix model of combining public, private and academic stakeholders. Please visit Øresund Org for more information about the umbrella organization.
