09:00

Registration coffee and mingle

09:30

Opening of the Swedish Manufacturing Conference

09:45

Keynote: Julia Mörtberg, Managing Director, Cummins Scania XPI Manufacturing 

From Research to Resilience: How to Strengthen Swedish Manufacturing Industry

10:05

Keynote: Elin Haapaniemi, Head of Sustainability Sweden and Nordics, Siemens 

10:30

Break with coffee and moving to the sessions

11:00

Parallel sessions 

Session 1 – Digital Manufacturing Cluster: AI for Resilience – From Predictive Maintenance to Data Ecosystems and Cyber-Secure OT

Session leader: Sten Grahn

Session 2 – Forming & Joining Cluster:
Joining technologies as enablers of competitiveness and resilience

Session leader: Joakim Hedegård and Klara Trydell, Swerim

Session 3 – Surface Treatment Cluster: Sustainable and robust surface treatments for a competitive Swedish industry 

Session leader: Charlotte Ireholm

Study visit at Scania Smart Factory 

Limit: 25 people

The bus leaves the hotel at 11:00 and returns at 12:30.  

1. From Active Resilience to Autonomous Operations: AI, Knowledge Graphs, and Human-Centred Frameworks for Future-Ready Manufacturing
Speakers: Arpita Chari, Chalmers, Magnus Wahlgård, SKF  

1. Large scale remanufacturing and reuse of cast & forged components
Speakers: Alexander Lundstjälk, Joakim Hedegård, Swerim & Asun Valiente, University West

1. AI-Boosted Automated Painting – Autopaint
Speaker: Fredrik Edelvik, Fraunhofer Chalmers-Centre 

2. Creating Digital Value in Manufacturing: Insights from the STRIDE Collaboration – Skultuna Induflex’s journey toward reinventing Quality Inspectio
Speakers: Daniel Flemström and Niclas Ericsson, RISE and Mohsin Saleemi, Skultuna Induflex

2. Characterizing, optimising, and repairing electrically conductive joints in EV battery applications
Speakers: Ethan Sullivan, Swerim & Oscar Andersson, RISE

2. PFAS and PFOS – the eternal chemicals
Speaker: Fredrik Hedman, IVL 

3. Human-Machine Co-Learning for Sustainable and Resilient Decision Making in the AI Era
Speaker: Amos Ng, University of Skövde  

3. Machine Vision-Based Real-Time Quality Monitoring in Friction Stir Welding
Speaker: Naveen Loganathan, University West

3. Robust electrical contacts – Surfaces of importance
Speaker: Jan Skogsmo, RISE

12:30

Lunch

13:30

Presentation of the Net Zero Industry Innovation Program
Sofia Wieselfors and Cecilia Ramberg, Net Zero Industry

Presentation of the report Manufacturing Outlook: An overview of the Swedish manufacturing industry – economic development, greenhouse gas emissions, the companies and their employees
Klas Cullbrand, Innovation Strategist, Net Zero Industry 

Panel discussion: From outlook to action – Building a competitive net zero industry
Elin Haapaniemi, Head of Sustainability Sweden and Nordics, Siemens
Johan Svenningstorp, Head of Research and Development Operations, Volvo Group
Björn Johansson, Professor (Chair) Sustainable Production, Chalmers
Klas Cullbrand, Innovation Strategist, Net Zero Industry 

14:15

Short break for moving to the sessions

Workshop with Net Zero Industry: How do we accelerate the transformation towards a net zero industry?

Session leader: The Net Zero Industry team

Forming & Joining Cluster: Forming
technologies as enablers of competitiveness and resilience

Session leader: Oscar Andersson, RISE

Study visit at Scania Chassis Assembly  

Limit: 30 people

The bus leaves the hotel at 14:15 and returns at 16:15.

1. Forming of scrap-based aluminium sheet – evaluation of formability and modelling
Speakers: Yusuf Kucukyavuz, AP&T and Peter Ottosson, RISE

2. Towards zero emission vehicles using composites with recycled thermoplastics
Speaker: Yvonne Aitomäki, RISE

15:15

Break with coffee 

15:45

Workshop with Net Zero Industry: Part 2

Session leader: The Net Zero Industry team

Digital Manufacturing
Cluster: AI Enablement Support to Industry: Cases, Coaching, and Computation (AI ShiftLabs and  MIMER)

Session leader: Per Gullander and Sten Grahn, RISE

Continuation of study visit

1. From idea to industrial impact: MIMER makes AI accessible for Swedish industry
Speaker: Benedict Neyses, MIMER-Materials

2.From Drawings to Data with AI-ShiftLabs: Template Generation and Tolerance Validation using Machine Learning at Gaston Components
Speakers: Peter Anderson, RISE and Peter Weisheit, Gaston Components

16:30

16:40

Keynote: Johan Svenningstorp, Head of Research and Development, 
Volvo Group and Sten Grahn, Senior Researcher, RISE

Sense of Emergency – We Do Have the Tools to Solve It

17:20

Summary and closing of the first day

19:00

Mingle, followed by dinner

Welcome and introduction 

Keynote: Björn Langbeck, Industrial Expert, Tillväxtverket 

Keynote: Linda Fransson, CEO, Gnosjö Automatsvarvning AB 

Session 1 – Logistics Cluster: Production logistics in uncertain just-in-time

Session leader: Martin Kurdve 

Session 2 – Production Management Cluster: Towards resilient and sustainable production systems

Session leaders: Camilla Munther and Ulrika Harlin, RISE

Session 3 – Component Manufacturing Cluster: Towards Net Zero component manufacturing

Session leaders: Goran Ljustina, HORSE Powertrain and Eva Troell, RISE

Study visit at Scania Smart Factory 

Limit: 25 people

The bus leaves the hotel at 10:20 and returns at 11:50.

1. Low CO2 emission aluminium alloy battery cells produced from scrap (BAALSCRAP)
Speaker: Shirin Nouhi, Swerim

1. Complexities in managing the digital transformation
Speakers: Anna Granlund, MDU och Marc Weber, Volvo GTO

1. Advanced Manufacturing Solutions for Next Generation Powertrain (Centre X)
Speaker: Andreas Archenti, KTH

2. Planning and Controlling LIB Cell Manufacturing at Scale
Speaker: Johan Olofsson, NorthVolt & Siemens

2. Industrialization and Green Design
Speaker: Monica Bellgran, MDU  and Malin Elvin, MDU

2. Anferra transforms "slitpmull" into resources for critical water treatment
Speaker: Ebba Adolfsson, Anferra

3. Delivery capability for organizations in an unsecure world
Speaker: Emma Mattisson, RISE

3. How can AI support process planning?
Speaker: Peter Almström, Chalmers and Anton Berce, Industrial Path Solutions Sweden AB

3. AI-based decision support for managing fluctuating scrap supply at Swedish foundries
Speaker: Lennart Elmquist, RISE 

Session 1 – Assembly Cluster: Innovative assembly in a changing world

Session leaders: Robert Wester, Volvo Trucks and Björn Backman, RISE  

Session 2 – Geometry Cluster: Building a competitive and resilient manufacturing industry

Session leader: Helena Björk, RISE

Session 3 – Workshop: Towards Successful Mission-driven Research Applications

Session leaders: Per Gullander, RISE and Ulrika Harlin, RISE

Study visit: Scania Chassis Assembly 

Limit: 20 people

The bus leaves the hotel at 13:00 and returns at 14:45.

1. Scheduling of Assembly and Logistics Systems with AI (SALSA) 
Speakers: Erik Flores Garcia and Yongkuk Jeong, KTH

1. Uncertainties in point clouds
Speaker: Martin Sandfridsson RISE

1. Future scenarios in practice
Julia Carlsson and Erik Moritz, Scania

2. PLENary multi-User developMent arena for industrial workspace – Practical results (PLENUM)
Speaker: Björn Johansson, Chalmers

2. The role of National Material Institute within RISE
Speaker: Sten Bergstrand RISE

2. Success factors, difficulties and support needed in R&D application processes: Results from an interview study
Per Gullander and Ulrika Harlin, RISE

3. Assessing the use of work instructions: An eye-tracking-based method
Speaker: Erik Billing, Skövde University 

3. From Nominal Surface to Real Surface – Why Surface Texture Matters in Manufacturing
Speaker: Stefan Rosén, Toponova

3. What extra support can resolve the challenges, and who can provide it?
Group discussion

Peter Bryntesson, CEO, FKG and Adam Hedström, Head of Purchasing in Europe, Volvo Group