Conference Programme

MAY 22 

09.00 Registration and mingle

09.45 Welcome to Skövde! Josef Adolfsson, ASSAR Industrial Innovation Arena & Welcome to the conference - Boel Wadman, RISE and Alf Andersson, Volvo Cars

09.55 Greetings from FFI Circularity Cecilia Warrol, Produktion 2030/FFI Circularity 

10.00 Keynote "Manufacturing process challenges in the design of a battery plant", Robert Gorner, Volvo Group

10.30 Coffe break / moving to parallel sessions

11.00–12.30 Parallel sessions (see details below)

11.00–12.45 Study visit - Volvo Group machining site

12.30 Lunch

13.30–15.00 Parallel sessions (see details below)

13.15–15.00 Study visit - Aurobay

15.00 Coffee break / moving to plenary session

15.30 Keynote "How can AI help in human-robot collaboration?", Professor Lihui Wang, KTH Royal Institute of Technology

16.00 Panel discussion "How to reach net zero with support of digital technologies and create value with AI in operations" Fredrik Någård, Volvo Cars, Staffan Viden, Volvo Group, Anna Olshäll, Scania, Peter Bryntesson, FKG. Moderated  by Jenny Bramell.  Input from PhD students Emma Lindahl, KTH - circular transformation in production, Arpita Chari, Chalmers - resilience and sustainability in manufacturing systems. 

17.00 Presentations: The Advanced Digitalisation Programme and the Impact Innovation programmes Metals and Minerals and Net Zero Industry Gert Nilson, Metals and Minerals, Mats Lundin, Net Zero Industry, and Nils Hertzberg, Advanced Digitalisation

17.15 Summary and closing of day 1

19.00: Social dinner


MAY 23

08.30 Registration and mingle

09.00 Welcome and introduction of the conference. Peter Bryntesson, FKG, Mahesh Gopalakrishnan, Scania.

09.05 Three Impact Innovation Programmes presentations: Mats Lundin, Net Zero Industry, Nils Hertzberg, Advanced Digitalisation, and Gert Nilson, Metals and Minerals 

09.20 Keynote "Supporting Human-Centric Production – Simulation, Optimization and Digitalization", Dan Högberg, Högskolan i Skövde

09.50 Keynote ”Empowering sustainable industrial growth with fast robot programming solutions" , Rasa Pamedytyte, Nordbo Robotics 

10.10 Coffe break / moving to parallel sessions

10.40–12.10 Parallel sessions (see details below)

10.15–12.10 Study visit - Aurobay

12.10 Lunch

13.10–14.40 Parallel sessions (see details below)

13.00–14.45 Study visit - Volvo Group

14.40 Coffe break / moving to plenary session

15.10 Keynote "Steel and Origami meets Sustainable Manufacturing", Jonas Nyvang, STILRIDE

15:25 Keynote "Customized quality inspection based on advanced image processing and AI", Henrik Arvsell, Gimic

15.40: Summary and closing

15.50: End of conference