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Big Science Sweden (BiSS) has a government assignment to strengthen the opportunities of Swedish companies, universities and institutes to deliver components and services to thirteen large-scale in- ternational research facilities. The focus of our support is high-tech deliveries that, in addition to the business opportunity, contribute to strengthened research environments in Sweden, that drive in- novation and that expand international collaborations. Currently, hundreds of companies are active members of the BiSS network. BiSS also works to ensure that more people from Sweden discover career opportunities at the Big Science facilities through outreach activities aimed mainly at students.
Over the last few years, BiSS has actively worked to support Swedish deliveries to SKAO. Thanks to leading Swedish research and long-term industrial collaborations at Chalmers and Onsala Space Observatory, Sweden has been exceptionally successful in this regard. Sweden is estimated to receive an industrial return from SKAO of at least EUR 31 million, which far exceeds the guaranteed return.
In this talk, I will describe how BiSS works to support Swedish universities, institutes and com- panies to contribute to large-scale research facilities in general, and SKAO in particular.
