Cecilia Johansson presented on smart specialization strategies in Sweden on a national and regional level. The key points are: 1. Regions in Sweden each identified their own priority areas of strength rather than having areas predefined nationally. 2. Collaboration between clusters from different regions in priority areas was encouraged to stimulate cross-regional cooperation, support the development of Swedish strengths, and complement ongoing cluster activities. 3. Several cross-regional collaboration projects were highlighted representing priority areas like health, aerospace, life sciences, materials, offshore, and food. 4. Dialogues with Swedish regions found that S3 has increased focus and knowledge of prioritization. Regions requested easier international and regional cooperation, and