China Connect Oslo: Inside China's Innovation Stack
China Connect Oslo: Inside China's Innovation Stack
A side event of Oslo Innovation Week 2026.
Join us in Norway to welcome leading Chinese tech enterprises and venture investors. This event explores the rapidly evolving global tech landscape, emerging breakthroughs, and industry trajectories in China.
One evening, the full China innovation stack — from large language models down to the metal: AI and LLMs, robotics, hardware, the physical AI stack, and autonomous driving.
🎯 Audience
Family offices & HNWIs
Institutional Investors & LPs
European Venture Capital & Private Equity
Asset and Wealth Managers
Deep tech, AI, and Robotics Founders
Corporate Executives & Strategic Partners
🗓️ Program
17:30 – 18:00 Registration & Welcome
18:00 – 18:10 Opening Keynote: Welcome to Oslo Innovation Week and why the China–Nordic tech dialogue matters now.
18:10 – 18:55 China Innovation & Tech Landscape, with Danchun Chen, Founder at Varen Partners. A guided tour of the stack China is building, and what it means for European investors and founders:
AI & Robotics: the frontier labs behind China’s LLMs, the embodied AI and humanoid wave, and the full physical AI chain from data and foundation models to hands, hardware, and autonomous driving.
Venture Funding & Exits: where capital is flowing, which next-generation VC managers are leading, and how the Hong Kong and STAR Market IPO window is reshaping exits.
Europe’s Opportunity: how European tech companies can use China’s speed in hardware, supply chains, and AI deployment to build a global advantage, and how European capital can access it.
18:55 – 19:10 Q&A
19:10 – 19:20 AI Tour China: Seeing It Firsthand. What professionals find when they visit China’s AI and robotics ecosystem in person, from the labs and factories to the founders, and how to join an upcoming tour.
19:20 – 19:30 Techstone: Live Demo of the AGIBOT X2 Humanoid. A live demonstration of AGIBOT’s X2 humanoid robot, plus a short perspective on bringing Chinese robotics into the Nordic market.
19:30 – 20:30 Networking Drinks
🌏 About the Host
Varen Partners is a specialized investment firm dedicated to navigating China's evolving investment landscape, investing directly in Chinese growth-stage companies and next-gen venture funds. With on-the-ground presence across Europe and China, Varen gives global institutions, family offices, and sophisticated investors a high-conviction gateway into China — while building the trust and cross-border dialogue needed to sustain it.
AI Tour China, tech tours to visit China. The mission is to connect and educate professionals about China's fast-moving AI and robotics ecosystem, creating opportunities for learning, partnerships, and lasting friendships through firsthand experiences in China.
During the event you will also be able to see a live demo of AGIBOT X2 Humanoid(www.agibot.com) organized by Techstone, a specialist in guiding businesses through successful market entry and expansion in the Nordic region.
More details to be announced soon.
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