Check-in
The check-in will open at 09:30 AM, and the conference will begin at 10:00 AM. Upon check-in, please present your personal QR code, which you received in your confirmation when you registered for the event.
Nametag
All participants will receive a name tag, and for safety reasons, we kindly ask that you wear it throughout all conference days. The name tag also serves as your ticket to the conference dinner if you have registered for it.
Program
09:30 – Registration and coffee
10:00 – Welcome
Magnus Berggren and Olle Eriksson
10:10 – Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation (KAW): Ecosystem of research programs
Sara Mazur, Executive Director, KAW
10:40 – Ongoing and future materials research for sustainability within Sandvik
Susanne Norgren, Head of Sandvik Scientific Council
11:10 – Coffee break
Block 1: Materials science and academic collaborations from a large business perspective
11:45 – IKEA
Linda Wilkens
12:00 – Alfa Laval
Magnus Fredriksson
12:15 – Volvo Cars
Maria Bernander
12:30 – Lunch
Block 1 continued: Materials science and academic collaborations from a large business perspective
13:30 – Scania
Ingegerd Annergren
13:45 – Husqvarna
Per Orestig
14:00 – Tetra Pak
Marie Bengtsson
14:15 – Hitachi Energy
Francisco Penayo
14:30 – Coffee break
Block 2: Entrepreneurship, materials science and academic collaborations in small business perspectives
15:00 – A journey from research to scale-up: LigniCore
Pierre Munier
15:30 – Graphmatec/UU
Cecilia Århammar
15:45 – Retein/CTH
Simon Isaksson and Martin Andersson
16:00 – MoRe/LTU
Sara Wallsten
16:15 – Short break
Block 4: Collaboration platforms and EU initiatives
16:30 – WIRA SuPRA
Lars Jerpdal
16:45 – Vinnova
Lena Killander
17:00 – WIRA SET
Liam Carroll
17:15 – MAX IV
Olof “Charlie” Karis
17:30 – Wrap-up and mingle
18:00 – Dinner
N.B Poster exhibition (WISE postdocs and PhDs about to ending their WISE projects) and company exhibition in all breaks