Annual Report 2008 - IVA

The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences 

Annual Report 2008 

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Preface 4 

A year at ivA 6 

education, research, innovation & entrepreneurship 8 

sustainable development 16 

globalisation & competitiveness 24 

ivA Business executives council 28 

distinctions, scholarships and awards 34 

iT, internet and Telecom development 36 

Annual meeting 42 

ivA documentation 2008 45 

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engineering sciences as 

a positive force for the future 

It’s an exciting time to be the new President of the Royal Swedish Academy 

of Engineering Sciences, IVA. When I took over in the summer of 2008, I knew 

that my tenure as President would involve great challenges – for me and the 

Academy. Here at the Academy we can do our part by taking on the challenges 

that exist in creating new energy systems and meeting the need for new solutions 

in the transportation sector. We can also play an active role in finding 

formulas to make the best possible use of Sweden’s strong position in IT and 

Internet services. We also need to help strengthen innovation in the growing 

global competition. 

But i couldn’t imagine as i took up my post that 

the changes in the global economy would be 

so swift and drastic. our Academy, however, 

has the potential to assist in the task of finding 

practical solutions to many of the challenges 

we face. 

if we look at past experiences – both in 

ancient and modern history – the engineering 

sciences have a very good track record in 

creating solutions to meet people’s needs in a 

growing world. when stockholm had 60,000 

residents in the mid-1700s, the city was viewed 

as over-populated and an unhealthy place to 

live. Today we have more than 10 times the 

number of people in the city and many times 

more in the region. now the biggest problem 

seems to be keeping up with construction of 

new housing for those who want to move 

here. Better communications, effective water 

purification and modern buildings have made 

this metropolis an attractive environment in 

which to live. 

engineers work in the service of mankind 

and the engineering sciences are therefore no 

better from a moral standpoint than humanity 

in general. This means that sometimes technologies 

are created that have unfortunate, even 

tragic consequences. we all have a responsibility 

to ensure that creativity and knowledge in 

our field contribute to sustainable and peaceful 

development. democracy and an open debate 

give us hope that this is possible. here, ivA can 

contribute by creating forums where people 

with different skills and opinions can discuss important 

issues affecting the future. within ivA it 

has always been permitted to question and put 

forward ideas and suggestions, even when they 

are not fully developed. This is and will remain 

one of the Academy’s important functions. 

in 2008 we were all affected by economic 

uncertainty and gloomy forecasts. for the engineering 

sciences and not least for ivA, this situation 

means that the demands on creativity are 

going to be tough. ivA will act on a broad front 

to meet these demands, both with traditional 

means and in entirely new ways. in two important 

areas – energy and transportation – ivA 

launched new, large and ambitious projects in 

autumn 2008 that will aim to create a strong 

foundation for sweden’s eu Presidency in Autumn 

2009. Thanks to the considerable trust 

that ivA has built up over the years, we have 

been able to attract people of excellence to 

this project, like many others. As a meeting 

place and catalyst for sweden’s leading engineers, 

economists and entrepreneurs, we have 

a unique ability to stimulate development in 

technology and the social sciences. These may 

be lofty words, and they mean we have an even 

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loftier responsibility. i can promise, however, that 

we will approach our duties with humility. 

in one particularly important area sweden 

needs to make a clear change if we are to 

build a creative future in the longer term. we 

need to find ways to improve recruitment to 

engineering education where application levels 

are alarmingly low. i am convinced that the 

engineering community needs to demonstrate 

good examples to attract young people who 

are thinking about their future. studies usually 

show that young people want to work with 

people, and this is expressed in particular by 

young women. Technical sciences and engineering 

are today marketed in such a way that they 

can easily be perceived as introverted or even 

problem creators. This is particularly true of iT, 

an area that needs to attract many more young 

people to its education programmes. we need 

to show the reality where engineers instead use 

their creativity and expertise to solve problems 

and improve the quality of life for people. if you 

want to save the world, become an engineer! 

development towards a creative future 

where engineering is a strong and positive force 

is what ivA wants to drive and market – not 

only to young people, but to all parts of society. 

This is a challenge, but a very stimulating one – 

both for me and for ivA. 

Professor Björn o. nilsson, 

President

A year at ivA 

in a year a lot happens at ivA. The calendar is filled with meetings, seminars, visits and trips. As always, the scope of both activities and 

participation is broad, not least within the Academy’s twelve subject-based divisions. each division holds four meetings a year. The Business 

executives council arranges a number of breakfast meetings and ivA’s projects arrange seminars, workshops and debates. each of these 

meetings provides a forum for the exchange of opinions and experiences and the development of ideas. They also help to build bridges 

between the academic, business and political spheres. most of ivA’s seminars are open to anyone wishing to attend. here are some 

highlights from the Academy’s activities in 2008. There is more to read on the pages that follow and on ivA’s website www.iva.se. 

At an extraordinary meeting of the Academy on 22 

january, Björn o. nilsson was elected as ivA’s new 

President. on 1 August he replaced lena Treschow 

Torell who took over as chairman of the Academy in 

january 2009. 

Pandemics, natural disasters and power failure – what 

will be the threats of tomorrow? This was one of the 

questions that ivA project emergency management 

foresight tried to answer at the concluding conference 

on 5 february. Read more on page 27. 

in April input was delivered from the 

ivA project aimed at influencing the 

research and innovation bill presented 

by the government in the autumn. 

Read more about the issues that were 

the focus of the project on page 10. 

ivA has the privilege of presenting 

scholarships and prizes on a number 

of occasions during the year. Read 

more about the winners of honours 

and awards on pages 34–35. 

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The project that has been highlighting 

factors crucial to sweden’s ability to 

be a leading internet nation was 

concluded in April. Read more about 

the project’s conclusions and how 

they will be implemented on page 40. 

The Business executives council’s 

breakfast meeting on 16 may was attended 

by minister for the environment 

Andreas carlgren. Read about this and 

other breakfast meetings on page 29. 

january february march april may june 

The winner of ivA’s mentor 

programme was presented at the 

concluding conference on 20 may. 

see who won and read more about 

the programme on page 14. 

is swedish management worth 

investing in? A seminar arranged by 

healthy successful companies (3f) 

tried to find the answer to this question 

on 10 june. Read more on page 26.

2 september was the kick-off date for 

energy crossroads, a project that will 

provide background for decisions to 

be made by our politicians by 

presenting energy choices, consequences 

and ideas on who needs to act to 

bring about change. Read more on 

page 22. 

integration and diversity for competitiveness 

was the theme on the Business 

executives council’s annual meeting 

on 12 november. Participants included 

sweden’s minister for integration and 

gender equality nyamko sabuni. Read 

more on page 28. 

energy efficiency was on the agenda 

for several of ivA’s divisions. division 

ii, for example, arranged a meeting 

on 4 september on the theme 

“cleaner, more economical and safer 

cars.” Read more about this and 

other meetings with energy and 

environmental themes on page 19. 

ivA’s industrial Research committee 

(ifg) exists to stimulate new ideas 

from its members on how research 

and development can and should be 

conducted. Read more about a trip 

to singapore on page 32. 

Are short-sightedness and underinvestment 

threatening the future of the 

swedish manufacturing industry? Read 

more about this and other events where 

globalisation and competitiveness were 

the topics discussed on page 33. 

in connection with ivA’s Annual 

meeting, the Academy traditionally 

gets foreign members engaged in the 

Academy’s topical issues. This year a 

colloquium was arranged to discuss 

priorities in research and innovation. 

Read more on page 11. 

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Activity within the framework for: 

• = Business executives council 

= ivA’s divisions i –xii 

• 

= ivA south and ivA west 

= interactivity with other organisations 

= international exchange 

= Programme activity 

= Assemblies of the Academy 

= Programme for scholarships and awards 

= industrial Research committee, ifg 

ivA’s 89th Annual meeting was held 

according to tradition in stockholm 

concert hall and was followed by a 

banquet in stockholm city hall. see 

who was there on pages 42–44. 

how is the financial crisis affecting 

swedish business? This highly topical 

issue was discussed at a seminar 

where the participants included 

minister for financial markets, mats 

odell. Read more on page 32. 

july august september october november december

education, research, innovation 

& entrepreneurship 

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sweden has a long tradition of innovation. 

According to the European Commission’s 

Innovation Index, Sweden is No. 1 in the world 

at innovation. However, the same study shows 

that we are not as good at commercialising 

innovations. 

As a result of the recession and the financial 

crisis, we are facing great challenges. Innovation, 

research and technological development are of 

utmost importance if we are to pull ourselves 

out of the tough situation that is affecting the 

entire world. Many of the solutions to environmental 

problems, energy efficiency and other 

great challenges will be found in our ability 

to believe and invest in innovations. Research 

grants and venture capital are essential in order 

for innovation to progress to entrepreneurship, 

commercialisation and businesses. 

During the year IVA ran and concluded several 

research and innovation projects. One major 

task was giving input to the Government’s 

research bill. The Academy’s divisions also 

arranged numerous seminars on the theme. 

In discussions within the framework of IVA’s 

projects, seminars and other meetings, we are 

continuing to seek innovative solutions in the 

interface between Academia and the business 

community.

esearch and innovation foresight: 

conclusions for sweden’s future 

research and innovation systems 

iva and vinnova concluded their joint 

Research and innovation foresight project 

in march 2008. winter 2008 was spent on 

drawing conclusions and drafting requirements 

for future swedish research and innovation 

systems in a final report based on the 

comprehensive materials generated in 2007. 

The most important considerations for 

sweden’s future research and innovation system 

were strongly emphasised in the final 

report and at the concluding conference on 

11 march. They were: autonomous universities, 

strategic investments in excellent research 

environ ments and financial structures 

for inter national competitiveness. 

The goal of ivA and vinnova for the Research 

and innovation foresight project was 

to create the best possible background and 

input for the government’s research bill. This 

bill was presented in october 2008 and contained 

several proposals in line with those 

drafted by the project. most notably the addition 

of “strategic investments” and greater 

longevity for important research environments. 

Another cornerstone in the requirements 

laid out in Research and innovation foresight 

was to make universities more autonomous; 

an issue recognised by the government 

through a commission that worked during the 

year and presented its report in december. 

The Research and innovation foresight 

project emphasised in its final report four 

concrete proposals for solutions to make 

sweden competitive globally in the future. The 

project’s chairman, jan-eric sundgren of volvo, 

presented these at the concluding conference 

in march. 

–The structure for the state funded research, 

development and innovation system 

should be long term, stable and sufficient to 

jan-eric sundgren, senior vP at AB volvo was the project’s chairman. Per eriksson, director general at 

vinnova was also a member of the steering committee. 

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maintain international competitiveness. The 

government’s portion of civil research funding 

must be at least one per cent of gnP. 

– universities need to be self-governed and 

exposed to competition, and there should be 

effective collaboration between the university 

system and society at large. financing systems 

need to be improved and renewed so that 

the new automous organisations can function. 

–stategic research areas, excellent research 

environments and individual eminent 

researchers and research leaders should be 

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development in the innovation system should 

be as beneficial as possible. The possibility 

of allowing tax breaks for donations for research 

and for companies conducting research 

should be reviewed. 

The project’s final report also included a 

general proposal that the government should 

use public procurement strategically to promote 

the development of innovations that 

solve society’s problems. such a strategy would 

give innovative companies permissable government 

support at the same time as it would 

address important societal issues. in order to 

implement this strategy, long-term changes are 

needed in both structures and attitudes.

RTf focusing on eu 

research programmes 

eu research provides important results, both 

in the form of knowledge and by enabling the 

participants to influence future standards. The 

eu’s programmes also make it easier from a 

financial standpoint to create demonstrations 

of new technical solutions, which is otherwise 

difficult for individual companies or research 

centres. The main problem is the slow processing 

of applications. This was expressed by participants in ivA’s Royal 

Technology forum 2008. small and medium-sized businesses have 

their own form of support within the eu’s framework Programmes, 

an opportunity that has increased their interest in becoming more 

research oriented. 

in 2008 iva launched a project to give 

sweden an opportunity to learn from processes 

used in other countries to prioritise 

strategic research areas and provide these 

with the appropriate resources. in order to 

document the processes in other countries 

an e-mail survey is being conducted during 

the winter. This will be followed up by three 

as a preliminary exercise for the project 

on prioritisation within research and innovation, 

ivA arranged a colloquium with national 

and international participation. The colloquium 

was organised to provide a forum 

for an international exchange of experiences 

and to generate ideas on how to structure 

the task of prioritisation. issues discussed 

were the structure of the research system, 

Priorities for research and innovation 

interviews per country. The aim is to learn 

how ministers and civil servants act on the 

recipient side and how research councils and 

institutes work to execute research strategies. 

As targets for the study ivA selected a 

number of countries with clear similarities to 

sweden: the netherlands, finland, switzer- 

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science and Technology 

for all, nTA is growing 

science and technology for all, nTA, 

is a project run jointly by ivA and the Royal 

swedish Academy of science (kvA). in 2008 

twelve new municipalities became members 

of nTA. Today there are 93 members, 84 of 

which are municipalities. The purpose of nTA 

is to spark curiosity and increase interest 

among both teachers and school children in 

science and technology. ivA and kvA are jointly responsible for the 

continuous development of the educational content in nTA. evaluations 

of the programme have shown that their efforts have been 

a success – school children who have worked with nTA themes 

know more about science and technology. 

international colloquium 

on research and innovation 

the need for financing for basic versus applied 

research and issues of particular importance 

for a small country like sweden. 

Participants in the programme included esko 

Aho, President of siTRA, finland; james A 

weyhenmeyer, the Research foundation of 

the state university of new york, usA; and 

magnus Breidne, sweden’s science & Technology 

Attaché to china. 

land, israel, and a few countries with high 

growth rates: singapore, Taiwan and south 

korea. 

The surveys and interviews will be concluded 

in february 2009. The results will then 

be compiled in a report to be presented in 

june 2009.

lena gustafsson, vinnova: 

collaboration – a key to success 

Sweden can bridge the gap between research and commercial success by coordinating 

initiatives from Vinnova (Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation 

Systems) and other agencies, both among the agencies and with independent 

organisations such as IVA. A key factor is greater collaboration between 

companies, research institutes and universities. Lena Gustafsson, acting Director 

General for Vinnova, believes Sweden has great potential to play a key role 

in the global conversion to new sustainable technology. 

“we are in a strong position in sweden; proof 

of this is us Ambassador michael woods’ efforts 

to gather up swedish know-how on renewable 

energy and green technology. sweden 

has considerable engineering expertise in 

these areas and has established an industry 

within the sector usually called cleantech. But 

there are many issues to resolve surrounding 

intellectual property rights, networking and 

other business-related challenges if this sector 

is to experience real growth. one problem is 

that small businesses often lack the resources 

to manage this on their own.” 

lena gustafsson talks of vinnova’s ability to 

help create networks and structures and provide 

support so that small swedish companies 

can also establish themselves in markets 

outside sweden and europe, while continuing 

their development in sweden. 

“our country must remain attractive for 

the growth of both swedish and foreign companies. 

one interesting example to watch is a 

collaborative effort to develop biofuel production 

in Piteå in sweden and michigan in 

the us. knowledge environments are being 

built in both countries, and this is enabling 

sweden to further develop its role as a technology 

exporter. if successful, this could be 

an interesting model. As a small country we 

are heavily dependent on both exporting and 

having access to capital from big nations.” 

lena gustafsson highlights the opportunities 

for parallel initiatives from vinnova and ivA. 

»IVA, which is an 

entirely independent 

organisation, can play a 

very important role in 

moulding public opinion 

and creating policy« 

“ivA, which is an entirely independent organisation, 

can play a very important role in 

moulding public opinion and creating policy. 

one of vinnova’s strengths is the resources 

we have to invest in research and innovation 

– almost sek 2 billion. our mission is to use 

these funds to develop the swedish innovation 

system, an important aspect of which is 

research that meets the needs of society and 

industry.” 

one example is a programme called 

Research&grow (forska&väx) that provides 

small and medium-sized companies with support 

to conduct R&d themselves or in cooperation 

with others. 

“most of vinnova’s programmes involve 

collaboration between researchers and entrepreneurs 

at universities, within companies, at 

research institutes and among other players 

in society. This fosters commercialisation of 

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research results. other important ventures 

that are in need of public funding include 

the production of demonstration and reference 

facilities or plants. vinnova has no resources 

specifically allocated for this, but it 

is an important need, particularly for small 

companies in the cleantech field,” says lena 

gustafsson. 

lena gustafsson has a background in 

biotech research and is a member of ivA’s 

division x: Biotechnology. she was executive 

vice President of chalmers university of 

Technology for just over three years and she 

noted that the fields in which the university 

excelled were often characterised by crossfertilisation, 

which she believes is important 

in order to meet important challenges. But 

fresh ideas are needed in technology education 

to bring in future technologies, researchers 

and entrepreneurs. 

“when we talk to young people they are 

very aware of the need for new solutions in 

society and that it’s important to think in an 

interdisciplinary way to meet the needs that 

people have. if we incorporate their attitudes 

into the process of changing education and 

research, we will surely be able to generate 

more interest in science and technology education.” 

one important task over the next few 

years will be to transform transportation 

systems. ivA is making a major investment in 

the new project “Transport 2030” in which 

lena gustafsson will participate. 

“we are facing great changes in community 

planning, fuel, vehicle technology and transport 

systems,” says lena gustafsson. “Perhaps 

a large portion of personal transportation 

will go to the service sector by people buying 

transportation solutions instead of their 

own cars.”

name: lena gustafsson 

family: married with two sons 

home: mölndal, sweden 

education: B.sc. science and Ph.d in microbiology 

career: Professor of biotechnology, executive vice President chalmers university of Technology and 

deputy director general for vinnova 

member of iva since: 2008 

most important role models: People who get involved to promote the sustainable development of 

society from all perspectives 

issue closest to her heart at iva: linking science and technology to the needs of society and industry 

favourite dish at grodan restaurant: fish 

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mentor programme: 

mentor4Research gives 

a broader perspective 

the mentor programme, mentor4Research, 

organised by ivA and innovation Bridge, was 

expanded in 2008 to include a centre in 

gothenburg. Previously stockholm, uppsala 

and linköping-norrköping have been centres 

for the programme. 

The 2008–2009 programme is the fourth 

round for mentor4Research, the purpose of 

which is to increase cooperation between 

academia and the business community and 

improve the prospects for commercialising 

research results. The mentors are therefore 

business-minded individuals who have been 

hand-picked to provide optimal support for 

the researchers/business novices in capitalising 

on the commercial aspects of their research. 

in total the programme involves more 

than 35 researchers and as many mentors. 

This means the programme is four times 

the size of the first round in 2005–2006. 

åsa wheelock, ki, winner of a research scholarship of sek 100,000, with her mentor Bo möllstam. 

The third round, concluded in 2008, involved 

just over 20 researchers and as many mentors. 

At the concluding conference on 20 

may, åsa wheelock at karolinska institutet 

knowledge is good and necessary – 

but today it’s everywhere, and it’s cheaper 

in many other countries. This is why sweden 

needs to teach creativity and provide momentum 

for innovation. This realisation was 

a foundation for the work of ivA’s industrial 

Research committee (ifg) in 2008. 

“A new idea is knowledge which is combined 

with information in a new way,” said 

author and lecturer Teo härén at ifg’s seminar 

in conjunction with the annual Assembly 

of the Academy on 27 november. 

“we need to start teaching about this 

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was named the winner of the sek 100,000 

research grant. åsa wheelock’s mentor was 

Bo möllstam, a consultant in intellectual 

property law. 

ifg highlights innovation 

and creativity 

combination when we teach entrepreneurship. 

Today, it’s still the people who have a 

head full of facts and figures who are rewarded 

and admired; not those who think 

innovatively,” Teo härén pointed out. 

But the seminar included a presentation 

by a swede who did think innovatively and 

who was recognised for it. Professor gunnar 

Asplund discovered a method for more efficient 

electric power transmission, hvdc 

light. his innovation paved the way for ecofriendly 

energy production in the sahara and 

other locations far from the market.

division meetings 

on innovation 

Div.VII on 5 February: 

Changing places is creative 

creativity is fostered by greater mobility between leaders in industry and the public sector. 

This was the opinion voiced by many at a meeting held on february 5 by division vii: 

Basic and interdisciplinary engineering, about leaders who switch tracks during their 

career. By changing a few rules, such as public access to job openings in the public 

sector, we could boost mobility between the two sectors. changing work responsibilities 

within an organisation and promoting alternative career paths may also lead to a 

more creative environment. 

Div. V on 22 April: 

Basic industries’ contribution 

to innovation in society 

Basic industries in 

sweden are still 

successful across 

the board, from 

mining to steel and 

paper production. 

This proves that 

the basic industries 

have managed to 

deliver innovations 

to the market, according to ivA’s division v: 

mining and materials, which arranged a meeting 

on 22 April to look at innovation within 

the basic industries. how do the innovation 

systems in basic industry differ from those 

in other areas? The aim of the meeting was, 

among other things, to see what different basic 

industries can learn from each other and 

from other technology fields, and to discuss 

what an innovation system for basic industry 

should look like. 

Div. IV on 14 February: 

Research and development in the chemical industry 

Trends in the european chemical industry provided the theme for a division meeting on 14 february 

held by division iv: chemical engineering. Research director at BAsf, stefan marcinowski, described 

how his company is building up its R&d to handle the competition in the globalised chemical industry, 

which is already the arena for european companies. Representatives from swedish chemical companies 

participated in a discussion led by gunnar svedberg, chairman of division iv. 

Div. III on 5 November: 

Innovations – Why do some 

succeed while others don’t? 

is it possible to 

organise the 

introduction of new 

ideas, and are there 

strategies that make 

people accept a 

new work method 

or a new technology 

that becomes 

available? should we 

take radical steps or small ones in consultation 

with users? These questions were addressed 

at a meeting held by division iii: Building and 

construction, on 5 november. one goal for 

the meeting was to promote better communication 

between academia and industry 

to give the research community’s innovative 

ideas a greater chance of becoming successful 

products. As a starting point for discussion, 

examples were used from areas such as 

mobile iT use and construction planning. 

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Div. I on 11 November: 

Design for success – Innovative 

develop ment of products and services 

design improves 

functionality of 

goods and services. 

But it can do more 

than that. if successful, 

a good design 

can create “magical 

moments” that generate 

enthusiasm 

among customers 

and exceed their expectations. This opens the 

door for breakthroughs in new technology. At 

the meeting arranged by division i: mechanical 

engineering a series of skilled industrial designers 

explained the significance of design for 

how innovations are received by users. Apart 

from functionality, it is also important to send 

the right message about a product and a supplier. 

The choice of materials is a key issue for 

the designer; a choice that is greatly important 

for function ality, appearance and durability.

sustainable development 

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energy and environmental issues have been 

front and centre for IVA ever since the Academy 

was founded in 1919, and they remain so 

today. The energy supply issue will be a critical 

one for both Sweden and the rest of the world 

for the foreseeable future. Numerous environmental 

challenges need to be dealt with and 

there are still many problems to solve. IVA can 

help find solutions in various ways; for example, 

by assembling players who can influence 

development in this area. 

During the year the Academy arranged activities 

directly linked to environmental and energy 

issues. The Environmental Foresight project delivered 

its conclusions and ideas at a breakfast 

meeting attended by Minister for the Environment, 

Andreas Carlgren. The Energy Crossroads 

project, aimed at developing strategies for 

Sweden’s energy systems in a new climatic 

situation, was launched in September. A joint 

programme of IVA and the Chinese Academy 

of Engineering (CAE) for renewable energy 

research exchange has provided opportunities 

for a number of exchanges between Sweden 

and China. The Academy’s divisions have also 

arranged meetings and open seminars focusing 

on energy and the environment.

scientist exchange programme: 

Active collaboration with china 

iva is running a joint initiative with its 

chinese counterpart, the chinese Academy 

of engineering (cAe), in the form of a scientist 

exchange programme focusing on renewable 

energy and environmental work. The 

programme involves both short visits of 1–5 

weeks funded by sidA, and longer research 

exchanges lasting up to one year, where the 

swedish portion of the programme is funded 

by the swedish energy Agency. in 2008 ivA’s 

new President, Björn o. nilsson, and secretary 

to the Academy, Per ödling, visited cAe. 

during the year numerous scientists took 

part in this active and extensive programme. 

Two workshops were held in china and 

two in sweden during which field trips were 

made to generate more contact between 

swedish and chinese scientists. 

The first delegation, on the theme “energy 

and climate change”, headed to china 

in march with scientists from many swedish 

universities. 

sweden can continue to be a prominent 

nation in global environmental efforts. But 

for this we need strong leadership in both 

private and public organisations. 

The final report from the ivA project 

environ mental foresight presents a number 

of proposals for actions various players 

should take to help make sweden competitive 

in environmental initiatives and green 

technology. The project proposes a focus on 

a number of important areas: power trans- 

A chinese delegation visited sweden in june 

to discuss renewable energy and environmental 

issues with swedish scientists. The 

delegates came from universities, companies 

and research centres. 

Another visit to china, this time on the 

theme of “Bioenergy and environmental impact,” 

took place in september with delegates 

from kTh, chalmers university of Technology, 

lTu, lund university, sTfi-Packforsk AB, slu, 

umeå university and sP Technical Research 

institute of sweden. 

environmental foresight: 

“sweden can lead the green 

initiative if we are bold enough” 

in november ivA hosted a chinese delegation that visited the Bert Bolin centre for climate Research, 

among other venues. 

mission and energy efficiency, bioenergy, and 

building infrastructure and system solutions 

that are sustainable in the long term. 

The project emphasises the need for initiatives 

to promote both the supply and demand 

for green technology solutions. This in 

turn requires a clear distribution of responsibilities 

between industry and the government. 

The government and Parliament hold 

the master key for development; for example, 

the responsibility for creating long-term 

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in november a chinese delegation visited 

sweden focusing on the climate change 

theme. The delegates were from chinese universities 

and organisations within the fields of 

meteorology, climate and engineering sciences. 

in addition to visits by large delegations, 

a number of trips were made by individual 

scientists during the year. interest in contact 

and co-operation is high on both sides and 

collaboration between ivA and cAe will be 

at least as extensive in the future. 

DRIVKRAFTER FÖR 

MILJÖPROBLEMENS 

MARKNADSVÄRDE 

Miljöarbetets nya arena 

visions and incentives for green initiatives 

rests with our national politicians. equally 

important is effective cooperation between 

the government, industry and scientists. 

Andreas carlgren, minister for the environment, 

had the opportunity to address these 

ideas when he participated in a breakfast 

seminar at ivA. 

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division meetings on 

energy & environment theme 

Div. II on 7 February: 

The carbon issue 

sweden’s position 

on the carbon issue 

was the theme of 

a meeting held by 

division ii: electrical 

engineering, on 7 

february. The aim 

was to highlight 

trends and international 

agreements, 

discuss the significance of various types of 

legislation on industry and society and the 

effectiveness of various measures in reducing 

the climatic impact of carbon dioxide. one 

point of view was that sweden would 

perhaps do most good for the environment 

by exporting technology and knowledge to 

other countries within the eu. 

Div. XII on 23 April: IT – Threat or 

opportunity for the environment? 

iT can be used to 

save energy, for 

example by enabling 

people to exchange 

information and 

attend meetings 

online instead 

of using physical 

transportation, and 

through better 

travel planning. making iT technology itself 

more eco-friendly and climate smart to a 

large extent involves using common sense and 

simple measures, such as putting computers 

in standby mode when they are not in use. 

These were some of the ideas expressed at 

a meeting held by division xii: information 

Technology, on 23 April. 

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Div. II on 4 September: 

Cleaner, more economical 

and safer cars 

Better variables for the 

number of revolutions in 

automobile engines can 

make them more energy 

efficient. Better control of 

fuel injection using sensors in 

the cylinders can tell us what 

is really going on inside the 

engine. Another way of making 

automobile travel more 

efficient is to have models for 

continuous route planning. 

These were among the facts 

presented during a meeting 

held by division ii: electrical 

engineering, on 4 september. 

Div. II on 23 April: Lighting – Brighter 

times, economical times 

in 1854 watchmaker 

johann 

heinrich goebel 

invented the light 

bulb. 150 years 

later the technology 

of a filament in 

an evacuated glass 

container is still the 

most widespread 

in the world. in a light bulb 95 per cent of 

the energy is used for heat and only 5 per 

cent for light. during a seminar arranged by 

division ii on 23 April breakthroughs in new 

lighting technology were presented. one 

example is led bulbs that generate 95 per 

cent light and 5 per cent heat, which means 

significant potential for improved efficiency.

name: Tomas kåberger 

family: wife and two children 

home: house in mölndal and overnight flat in eskilstuna, sweden 

education: m.sc. engineering Physics, lic. eng. and Ph.d. in Physical Resource Theory, senior lecturer in environmental science, adjunct 

professor at the international institute for industrial environmental economics. 

career: Academic career, working chairman of ecotraffic, development director at Talloil, managing director at TPs thermal processes. 

energy secretary at the swedish society for nature conservation, member of and expert advisor for several government commissions. 

member of iva since: 2001 

most important role model: many 

issue closest to his heart at iva: increasing the number of active professionals! 

favourite dish at grodan restaurant: fish 

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tomas kåberger, swedish energy agency: 

huge potential to cut energy costs 

Tomas Kåberger has been involved in energy issues of an industrial and 

financial nature for many years, as a scientist, but also within the bioenergy 

industry. He has been Director General of the Swedish Energy Agency since 1 

March 2008. 

The swedish energy Agency supports a 

number of large projects and programmes 

to improve efficiency in energy consumption. 

Among other things, the agency is 

co-financing ivA’s energy crossroads, a 

project to develop strategies for sweden’s 

energy system in a new climatic situation. 

Tomas kåberger believes that sweden 

needs to produce more electricity and 

heat from renewable energy and at the 

same time work towards improving energy 

efficiency. investing to save energy cuts 

costs. 

“in the swedish energy Agency’s programme 

for energy efficiency in electricity 

intensive industries, companies are investing 

sek 1 billion to cut electricity consumption 

by one terawatt-hour per year. 

This is just one fifth of the investment to 

produce the same amount of energy with 

new nuclear or wind power. The potential 

is huge, especially for the housing sector. 

Tomas kåberger hopes that sweden 

can take the initiative at the political level 

as well. in 2009 sweden will take over 

the eu Presidency and the same year, the 

un’s climate conference will take place in 

copenhagen. 

“sweden has traditions and expertise 

that set us apart from other countries, including 

those within the eu. The bioenergy 

field is one example; sweden has been 

working for a long time with bi-products 

from forests and agriculture, while elsewhere 

in the eu, when they talk about 

more bioenergy they are usually referring 

»Sweden has traditions 

and expertise that set 

us apart from other 

countries« 

»IVA can be of benefit, 

with its ability to 

help create industrial 

constellations through 

its networks« 

to specially-cultivated crops. it’s important 

that sweden’s representatives manage to 

explain the strategy of our forest industry. 

Taxes on fossil fuels helped create a market 

for bioenergy in sweden earlier than in 

other countries. competition, rather than 

subsidies, encouraged companies to find 

bi-products instead of using energy crops,” 

says Tomas kåberger. 

“now we have the opportunity to develop 

wind and solar energy as well. Perhaps 

we can be even more successful in 

developing our manufacturing industries 

when the demand is growing globally.” 

a possible future scenario that Tomas 

kåberger sees is one in which sweden 

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expands, for example, its wind power production 

significantly and then sells energy 

to countries on the continent. 

“This would lower the price of electricity 

in sweden, provide climate benefits and 

at the same time be a boost for excellent 

swedish companies such as skf and ABB. 

But we need a combination of researchmarket-industry 

to bring about this development. 

only when all of these interact 

can positive things really start to happen.” 

Tomas kåberger believes sweden is in a 

strong position to take the lead in industrialisation 

projects within the energy sector. 

industrialisation opportunities are, according 

to Tomas kåberger, a key issue for 

successful development of the energy sector 

– and there is a central role for ivA to 

play here. 

“sweden has excellent researchers and 

technology suppliers within the energy 

sector, but we have not been as successful 

at exploiting this for industrialisation. This is 

where i believe ivA can be of benefit, with 

its ability to help create industrial constellations 

through its networks.” 

tomas kåberger also emphasises the 

importance of ivA involving professionals 

working in industry. 

“if ivA is to be able to make concrete 

contributions in the industrialisation of 

new technology, professionals working in 

industry need to be involved. in division 

iii: Building and construction, where i’m 

a member, we have worked hard to find 

themes for our meetings that can attract 

people working in industry to take the 

time to participate. we have also managed 

to raise the level of attendance at our 

meetings.”

energy crossroads: 

important choices based 

on knowledge and discussions 

sweden and the eu need to make some 

important decisions on energy in the near 

future. considerable knowledge on the subject 

exists and research is ongoing. however, 

coordination between researchers, decisionmakers 

and the market is not adequate. 

That is why ivA initiated a project called 

energy crossroads, launched in 2008 and 

continuing until autumn 2009. The aim of 

energy crossroads is to develop strategies 

for sweden’s energy system in a new climatic 

situation. The focus is on choices that 

various players will face, what drives these 

choices and what the consequences of different 

choices will be. The project will try to 

determine what needs to be done to bring 

about change, who is going to do it and what 

»Energy of the future 

is a major issue for our 

society and it needs to 

be addressed by our 

politicians« 

VÄGVAL 

ENERGI 

Marian Radetzki 

globala 

ENERGITRENDER 

och problem att tillgodose energibehoven 

VÄGVAL 

ENERGI 

incentives need to be created. The overall issue 

for the project is how we are going to 

solve the energy problem in the future while 

maintaining or increasing competitiveness and 

reducing emissions. 

The chairman of the energy crossroads 

project is Peter nygårds, swedbank. 

“energy of the future is a major issue for 

our society and it needs to be addressed by 

our politicians. energy crossroads will deliver 

a number of reports that will provide background 

for decisions by the national politicians. 

we also hope that the politicians will 

provide us with ideas of things they would 

like to know more about,” says Peter nygårds. 

most of the work within energy crossroads 

is being carried out by four panels: “energy 

consumers” will address the demands 

and needs of future energy consumers, with 

efficiency being an important consideration. 

The chairman of this panel is kenneth eriksson, 

scA. The “energy markets” panel will 

look at economic aspects, political structures 

and legal frameworks. The chairman is lars 

Bergman, stockholm school of economics. 

The “Technology development” panel will 

describe how knowledge on the subject is 

growing and should be developed. The chair- 

nordeuropeisk 

ENERGIKARTA 

Stefan Grönkvist 

medförfattare: 

Maria Stenkvist 

Hanna Paradis 

VÄGVAL 

ENERGI 

ENERGI- 

MARKNADER 

Niclas Damsgaard 

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Peter nygårds, director swedbank AB, is 

chairman of the energy crossroads project. 

man of this panel is lennart Billfalk, vattenfall. 

The “energy Policy” panel consists of members 

of all parties in Parliament, the idea being 

for politicians to participate throughout the 

project rather than merely reading the concluding 

reports. 

The project kick-off was in september when 

marian Radetzki’s essay on global energy 

trends and the problem of supplying energy 

needs was presented. The essay set the tone 

for the entire project and attracted a lot of 

media attention. in the autumn two additional 

factual essays were presented at the same 

time as the panels started work on their reports. 

ivA is running the project with financial 

support from the swedish energy Agency, 

formas, swedenergy, confederation of swedish 

enterprise and åforsk. The results will provide 

background to be used during sweden’s 

eu Presidency.

ulrika franke, ceo Tyréns AB, is chairman of the 

Transport 2030 project 

A fully charged year 

for Power Circle 

in 2008 Power circle continued to work on 

its message of the electric power industry’s 

importance for a sustainable energy system. 

in articles and lectures during the year, Power 

circle showed how sweden over the past 

few decades has succeeded in combining 

growth with reduced climatic impact by using 

more electricity produced from carbon-free 

sources and biofuels. 

Power circle has presented a future sustainable 

energy system of continued electrification 

based on carbon-free production. 

development of systems and technology will 

promote industry projects and new commercial 

opportunities. Power circle’s message 

is also the reason for more young people 

choosing an engineering career. 

The creation of demonstration venues for 

electric vehicles at several locations around 

the country has been part of an active strategy 

to help sweden become a leader in 

launching electric vehicles. The vehicles, which 

run entirely or partially on electricity from 

the power grid, stand out today as an obvious 

element in a sustainable energy system. 

Transport 2030 to provide 

strategies for transportation 

sweden needs a transportation system 

for the future that will help industry compete 

and expand its markets. Transportation 

must be efficient, safe and flexible, while 

incorporating more stringent environmental 

requirements. ivA’s “Transport 2030” 

project was launched in 2008. The project 

will create a vision of the future transportation 

system in sweden and provide background 

for a national strategic platform in 

the area. 

europe, through the eu and an increasing 

number of common guidelines, is becoming 

an ever more important arena. if sweden is 

to have an impact on european transportation 

initiatives, we need to coordinate our 

These activities have led to new members 

for Power circle in the form of regional 

organisations and energy companies. 

At Power circle’s Annual meeting held at 

ivA on 9 may, jan-olaf willums, ceo of Think 

global, was in attendance to unveil the electric 

car called Think, as part of Power circle’s 

“vind i tankarna” (Running on wind) project. 

Also at the meeting was michael m. wood, us 

Ambassador to sweden, who shared his view 

on the swedish energy sector. he has been 

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efforts. Transport 2030 is focusing on the 

transportation of both goods and people. 

The timeframe is the situation in 2030 and 

the project’s starting point is transportation 

as an important factor, both for the sustainable 

development of society and for progress in 

the country’s various regions. 

Transport 2030 involves broad-scale collaboration 

between the swedish Rail and 

Road Administrations, the swedish civil 

Aviation Administration, the swedish maritime 

Administration, vinnova and ivA. The 

steering committee chairman is ulrika 

franke, managing director of Tyréns AB and 

member of ivA’s division iii: Building and 

construction. 

following the project with great interest for 

some time. The aim is to replace fossil fuels 

with electricity produced by wind power. 

“A number of municipalities have joined 

the queue to participate in the project since 

it was launched on the island of öland. we 

will purchase a thousand vehicles to distribute 

to the municipalities. michael m. wood’s 

involvement and participation from the start 

of this project makes us extra proud,” said Bo 

normark at the Annual meeting.

globalisation & competitiveness 

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sweden’s international competitiveness 

depends on our ability to adapt in a globalised 

world. For a number of years IVA has been running 

projects to examine Swedish strengths and 

weaknesses, and to propose measures to meet 

globalisation’s threats and opportunities. In analysis 

and conclusions from these bridge-building 

meetings between the business world, academia 

and the political sphere, IVA can also contribute 

valuable insight. 

During the year IVA has held seminars on the 

theme of globalisation and international competitiveness. 

Topics addressed include the effects 

of globalisation, the ability of the Swedish manufacturing 

industry to compete and the need for 

venture capital and entrepreneurship to help 

biotech companies grow. Under the heading “The 

Financial Crisis – How is Swedish business and 

industry affected?” IVA took the opportunity to 

look at the financial crisis from an angle that 

highlights the opportunities the crisis brings. 

Themes for analysis and discussion within IVA’s 

project activities included Swedish management, 

emergency management and quality issues. 

International outlook and perspectives have also 

provided material for further analysis. In cooperation 

with foreign members, through delegation 

trips and other forms of exchange, IVA can 

provide valuable input.

healthy successful companies: 

swedish leadership model gives 

competitive advantage 

iva’s project healthy successful companies 

(also called 3f) is a national programme for 

value-generating personnel development. 

Practical experience from companies is 

matched with research expertise in the field. 

The aim is to provide concrete results that 

show that personnel development measures 

are profitable, and to use networks to forge 

contacts between researchers and companies 

and among companies. This is done 

through knowledge exchange at national and 

regional seminars, in newsletters and reports, 

and especially through activities to bring people 

together within the three regional networks 

that have been formed in mälardalen, 

west sweden and south sweden. 

in june a national seminar took place called 

“swedish management – worth investing in?” 

The answer was that the swedish leadership 

model can absolutely provide an advantage 

in international competition, but that it needs 

to be marketed more successfully. 

“universities and the business world 

need to work together to develop strong 

and internationally attractive management 

programmes, and then market them. There 

is a risk that the swedish leadership model 

will be threatened and it’s therefore vital 

leif johansson, President and ceo of volvo group, is chairman of the steering committee of 3f. 

that we get together to demonstrate its 

benefits,” said christian Berggren, professor 

of industrial management at linköping 

university. 

he believes that one advantage with the 

swedish leadership culture is that successful 

companies have created a culture of openness; 

people can speak up when a project 

hits an obstacle. in more hierarchical cultures 

it is common to hide mistakes and companies 

therefore fail to learn the reason for a 

problem. 

Birgitta Johansson Hedberg, Chairman of Vinnova, was the keynote speaker at the seminar on Swedish 

management. Other participants included Niclas Adler, President of Jönköping International Business 

School, Mari-Ann Krantz, Chairman of Unionen, Ann-Charlotte Rosendahl, head of global marketing at 

AstraZeneca and Niklas Prager, CEO of Pfizer. 

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Birgitta johansson hedberg, chairman of vinnova, 

who has many years of leadership experience, 

believes that the strength of swedish 

management is characterised by sound analysis 

and a firm foundation among all parties 

in a company. it promotes participation and 

efficiency through dedicated employees and 

a climate of informal interaction. 

“The swedish management style today is 

more distinct and systematic than it was 25 

years ago – which is a good thing. But it 

has not been able to attract young women 

to positions such as managing director or 

board member,” Birgitta johansson hedberg 

said. 

mari-Ann krantz, chairman of unionen, 

pointed out that in order to attract women 

and young people to be leaders, we need to 

develop the leadership role. 

“we need more research on the leadership 

role and it’s important to be able to balance 

work and family,” said mari-Ann krantz. 

Project director gunn johansson, professor 

at stockholm university looks forward 

in 2009 to summarising and passing on the 

experiences gathered during the course of 

the 3f project since 2004.

Framsyn för krisberedskap 

KommuniKations- 

och inFormationsFlöden 


När kriseN kommer 

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Ett systEmpErspEktiv på 

samhällEts krishantEring 

och krisbErEdskap 

emergency management foresight 

wants a clear division of responsibilities 

a clear division of responsibilities, and 

a model for decisions before, during and 

following an emergency are fundamental 

requirements for emergency management. 

This was expressed in the concluding report 

from the ivA project emergency management 

foresight. The project, aiming to find 

a new approach to bring about concrete 

changes in sweden’s management of emergencies, 

has been under way since 2006 and 

the concluding report was issued in february 

2008. 

Market orientation 

– myths and opportunities 

with the support of iva and others, the mTc foundation 

(stiftelsen marknadstekniskt centrum) has produced a book 

on the myths and opportunities of market orientation. Professor 

lars-gunnar mattsson, stockholm school of economics 

and member of ivA’s division vi, is the book’s editor. The 

book’s main thesis is that companies must be market-oriented 

to be able to grow and be profitable. But market orientation 

requires an understanding of how markets work and change. in 

this book, leading swedish market and marketing researchers 

express their views on market orientation’s myths and opportunities. 

The book deals with how market orientation is affected 

by things like globalisation, information and production technology, 

service development, economic policy and the connection 

between cooperation and competition. 

important practical requirements include securing 

essential infrastructure through agreements 

with the owners, and developing procedures 

for emergency logistics, particularly 

for food and medicines. cooperation between 

players working with transport systems and 

within other sectors needs to be improved. 

Another important conclusion from the 

project is that sweden should invest in research 

and education for future emergency 

preparedness and management. society needs 

to invest in broad-scale communication initia- 


SamhällSkritiSka 

tranSporter 

tives for emergency management and create 

the necessary conditions for better evaluation 

and criticism of processes. in a crisis, public 

service announcements should be able to 

communicate independent and credible information, 

and mobile phones and Pcs should 

be used as receivers for important messages. 

At a concluding conference in february 

2008, sweden’s minister for defence, sten 

Tolgfors, announced that the new swedish 

emergency management Agency (msB) 

would be formed in 2009. 

Quality project will highlight 

Swedish quality 

sweden’s ability to be competitive is dependent on the 

constant improvement of goods, services and processes. in 

2008 ivA conducted a preliminary study in cooperation with 

the swedish institute for quality (siq) with chairman svenchrister 

nilsson taking the reins. The aim is to create a current 

picture of what quality stands for today, describe where 

sweden’s quality work stands in the world and 

what effect quality work can have on swedish 

competitiveness. The preliminary 

study consists of interviews, 

research and meetings.

the business executives council: 

Business gain from diversity and integration 

to be able to compete, sweden needs to 

be better at integrating its often well-educated 

immigrants. success means a significant 

advantage for sweden. This was expressed by 

many at the seminar in conjunction with the 

Annual meeting of ivA’s Business executives 

council on the theme “diversity for competitiveness.” 

“The problem of taxi-driving academics is 

a real one,” said university chancellor Anders 

flodström of the swedish national Agency 

for higher education. “we have managed to 

integrate physicians, but not engineers. we 

need to work together; the national Agency 

for higher education and the Public employment 

service need to coordinate their 

efforts with business and industry. we need 

diversity to meet our competency needs.” 

Anders flodström also talked about the 

need to attract overseas students to swedish 

universities. This requires high quality. 

“The problem is that our universities are 

not well-known. To attract students our programmes 

need to be of the highest quality; 

we have a problem here because our researchers 

and educators have become more 

and more separated.” 

entrepreneur hidayet Tercan came to 

sweden as a kurdish refugee at age 18 almost 

20 years ago. At the seminar, she talked 

about strict rules that hinder personal initiative 

and actually promote passivity. 

“i learned swedish quickly and read everything 

i could find about swedish society,” 

said hidayet Tercan. “But the authorities still 

wanted to force me to take the swedish 

for immigrants (sfi) course instead of getting 

a job as i wanted. sweden has fantastic 

resources; there is so much we can do if we 

change the system and improve cooperation 

between industry and the authorities.” 

sweden’s minister for integration and 

gender equality, nyamko sabuni, agreed that 

the system for receiving and integrating immigrants 

should be changed. The Public employment 

service and county administrative 

boards are among the agencies with new 

instructions from the government, including 

improving coordination of their resources. 

sfi follow-up should be improved; it should 

serve as the launching pad it was intended 

to be. 

»Business and industry 

have a lot to gain by 

supporting integration« 

“But the business world also needs to help 

more, not only by creating job opportunities, 

but also offering guidance and other support 

to enter the job market. And discrimination 

should cost more. Today it is too easy to just 

pay.” 

At the panel discussion several other participants 

pointed out that business and industry 

have a lot to gain by supporting integration. 

chairman of the swedish confederation 

of Professional Associations (saco), Anna 

ekström, described saco’s highly successful 

mentor programme. 

“expensive, but worth it,” said Anna 

ekström. 

Board professional marie ehrling perhaps 

put it best: 

“industry shouldn’t just help, we need to 

guide talent.” 

Nyamko Sabuni, Minister for Integration and 

Gender Equality, Anders Flodström, University 

Chancellor at the Swedish National Agency for 

Higher Education, Anna Ekström, Chairman of 

Saco, Lars Backsell, Chairman of IVA’s Business 

Executives Council, Hidayet Tercan, entrepreneur 

and Zanyar Adami, founder of Gringo. 

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Business executives council’s breakfast meetings 

during the year the Business executives council 

arranged breakfast meetings with a broad 

range of content and speakers (participants are 

pictured to the left in chronological order from 

left to right). 

growth in remote markets, such as kazakhstan, 

is one of Teliasonera’s best opportunities for 

growth, according to ceo lars nyberg at 

the breakfast meeting on 22 february. Another 

area of expansion could be wireless internet, 

which has grown fast since prices have become 

more attractive. According to lars nyberg, 

Teliasonera needs to develop its business model; 

in addition to being a network operator, the 

company also wants to package content. 

on 31 march christina salomonson took 

up the post as head of the new national crisis 

management centre within the government 

offices. At the breakfast meeting on 28 march, 

she talked about her work developing routines 

for this centre. The meeting was also attended 

by the head of the swedish emergency management 

Agency, helena lindberg, and erik 

lautmann, ceo of jetpak group, who is 

working with ivA’s emergency management 

foresight project. The participants expressed 

the importance of coordination between various 

public and private players. 

minister for the environment andreas carlgren 

and björn hägglund, chairman of ivA’s 

environmental foresight project, were the key 

guests at the breakfast meeting on 16 may. 

Björn hägglund argued that sweden is still in 

a strong position to take the lead in cleantech 

and green projects, but leadership is needed in 

industry and from the government and public 

organisations. At the meeting Andreas carlgren 

emphasised the importance of the government 

and industry working together to improve 

cleantech exports. 

on 10 september the Business executives 

council arranged a breakfast meeting in 

gothenburg in cooperation with ivA west. 

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Participants included ulrike rahe, professor 

of industrial design at chalmers university of 

Technology, who described how various factors 

have gained significance since industrialism’s 

breakthrough. Also at the meeting was aina 

nilsson ström, design director at AB volvo 

and recipient of ivA’s gold medal in 2002. 

At the breakfast meeting on 11 september, 

jan johansson, ceo of the paper group 

scA, pointed out that research and increased 

knowledge are crucial for the continued expansion 

of his company. The company is conducting 

research to develop new products to increase 

market potential and also to learn more about 

foreign markets. knowledge about consumers 

in regions such as the middle east and south 

America is necessary to succeed. 

on 8 october the Business executives council 

arranged a breakfast meeting at skf in 

gothenburg in cooperation with ivA west. The 

keynote speaker was tom johnstone. The 

meeting addressed, among other things, skf’s 

initiatives in the area of sustainable development 

and the company’s international distinctions 

and certificates in the field. 

jan lidén, President of swedbank, predicts 

greater use of iT in bank contacts in the future. 

online interactive communication will feel like 

communicating with a real person. jan lidén 

presented his visions of the future bank at the 

breakfast meeting on 10 october. Another 

trend is that bank customers will be increasingly 

international and, accordingly, banks are 

making international investments. 

on 11 december the Business executives 

council arranged a breakfast meeting on the 

opportunities that the recession may present 

to a large construction company like jm. johan 

skoglund, President & ceo of jm was the 

keynote speaker and addressed issues such 

as how jm is being affected by the financial 

crisis and the recession, jm’s commitment to 

the environ ment and homes of the future.

jonas wiström, åf: 

“we want to lead the change 

in our industry!” 

Jonas Wiström, CEO for the more than 100 year-old technical consulting company 

ÅF (Ångpanneföreningen) is convinced that with better marketing, different 

career options and a good corporate culture, it is possible to attract 

excellent recruits to work for engineering companies. If we show examples of 

successful technology companies, interest in becoming an engineer will grow 

and we will have an upward spiral. 

“sweden is facing great challenges in engineering 

sciences. companies and ivA alike 

have a great opportunity right now to raise 

the level of interest in and the status of the 

engineering profession.” 

»The most important 

thing for the company’s 

future is our ability 

to recruit the best 

engineers available« 

jonas wiström believes that it is important 

for the company he manages to offer 

its employees both an excellent work 

environment and opportunities to carve 

out a career for themselves. At åf jonas 

wistöm has introduced a number of initiatives 

to highlight the technical consulting 

company’s need for diverse expertise, for 

example through projects to broaden the 

recruitment base and integrate younger 

and female consultants into the business. 

jonas wiström had an opportunity to develop 

his thoughts and ideas about leadership 

when he participated in a seminar 

arranged by the ivA project “3f – healthy 

successful companies” in june 2008 on the 

theme “swedish management – worth investing 

in?” 

“within åf we try to lay out what we 

believe makes a good leader. in my experience, 

good leaders can have many different 

guises. But they all have something in 

common and that’s what we are trying to 

identify,” jonas wiström said at the seminar. 

one factor in being an attractive and 

creative workplace, according to jonas 

wiström, is equality. next year there will 

be an emphasis on recruiting more women. 

Accompanied by people such as swedish 

athlete susanna kallur, åf will travel around 

to universities of technology and present 

åf as an interesting workplace. 

“if we can increase the number of female 

employees we will become more attractive 

– not only to women, but also to the best 

male engineers. mixed workplaces are perceived 

as more enjoyable places to work. 

studies also show that this kind of workplace 

produces better results.” 

åf’s sports sponsorship has been questioned 

from time to time. can an engineering 

company that does not sell consumer 

products really benefit from exposure on 

Tv sports broadcasts? 

“for us it’s not about selling products, it’s 

about building up our brand as an employer,” 

says jonas wiström. “The most important 

thing for the company’s future is our 

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ability to recruit the best engineers available. 

Today we are the only company with 

fewer than 25,000 employees that is on 

the top ten list of companies young people 

prefer to work for.” 

jonas wiström believes that the sports 

world has a lot in common with an attractive 

company; equality and integration are 

examples he likes to highlight. 

”susanna kallur, for example, is as big a 

star as her male counterparts. zlatan ibrahimovic 

and henrik larsson, both with an 

immigrant background, have hero status 

in the football world. But success is not 

enough. when you represent a company, 

it’s important to stand for everything the 

brand stands for.” 

»But success is not 

enough. When you 

represent a company, 

it’s important to stand 

for everything the brand 

stands for.« 

in may 2008 jonas wiström was elected 

as a member of ivA’s division vi: management. 

“ivA is a fantastic venue for knowledge 

exchange and networking. People with different 

expertise and backgrounds meet and 

inspire each other. This is how we want our 

company to work as well.”

name: jonas wiström 

family: Three sons 19,14 and 10 years old 

home: djursholm, stockholm 

education: m.sc. engineering, Royal institute of Technology (kTh) 1983 

career: Philips, saab-scania, sun microsystems, Prevas, åf (ångpanneföreningen) 

member of iva since: 2008 

most important role model: has many 

issue closest to his heart at iva: The energy issue 

favourite dish at grodan restaurant: “i hope i get the opportunity to become more familiar with the menu!” 

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international outlook: 

Perspectives on the financial crisis 

in the autumn of 2008 the financial crisis was 

evident and a topic for concern and discussion 

throughout the world. To explore this issue, 

ivA’s division vi: management, and division ix: 

economics, arranged a meeting where swedish 

economists had the opportunity to examine 

the reasons for the financial crisis and its effects 

on swedish business. 

Anders nyrén, ceo of investment firm 

industrivärlden, described how the order intake 

for swedish export companies had all but disappeared 

during the autumn. 

According to mats dillén, ceo of the swedish 

national institute of economic Research, 

sweden needs a palette of measures, including 

tax breaks for repairs, maintenance and extension 

of homes and for infrastructure investments. 

This requires stimulus measures beyond 

the usual ones to counteract the effects of the 

disappearance of at least 100,000 jobs and the 

ifg to singapore 

iva’s industrial research committee 

(ifg) chose singapore as the destination for 

its field trip in 2008. The trip was made by 

eleven delegates in mid-october. 

sweden and singapore have many common 

interests and forms of cooperation, es- 

lena westerlund, division head at eoA within lo, Anders nyrén, ceo of industrivärlden, mats dillén, ceo 

of the swedish national institute of economic Research and mats odell, minister for financial markets. 

anticipated weak growth in productivity. 

minister for financial markets, mats odell, 

was also at the meeting and described the 

most acute issue at this time: that companies 

and private individuals are not getting the credit 

they need for necessary investments. The mar- 

pecially through swedish companies having 

regional offices in the country. singapore is becoming 

more and more interesting to sweden 

as a gateway to both china and india, and the 

country in turn is interested in increasing its 

cooperation and contacts with sweden, par- 

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ket needs the banks to act, but the uncertainty 

and the crisis are making banks afraid to extend 

credit. The debate about a guarantee package 

and the participation of all swedish banks in 

such a package was a major topic the day before 

the meeting. 

ticularly in the area of education and research. 

The ifg delegation visited a number of 

universities, companies and research funding 

organisations. These included nanyang Technological 

university, sim university, A-star*, 

Agency for science, Technology & Research 

and ericsson Telecommunications. The trip 

was filled with interesting meetings and the 

delegates were also introduced to life in singapore 

by a number of swedes who work in 

the region. 

Standing from the left in the photo: Freddy Soon, 

Senior Vice President; Jaume Rius i Riu, Ericsson; 

Fredrik Lagergren, KTH Executive School; Raoul 

Stubbe, STING; Mårten Lindström, Chairman. 

IFG; Carl During, Micronic Laser Systems; Mats 

Engwall, Royal Institute of Technology; Ingrid 

Jansson, IVA; Jesper Ederth, Sandvik; Thomas 

Lundbäck, GE Healthcare, (formerly with Biovitrum). 

Sitting from the left: Joakim Carlén, Eka 

Chemicals; Per Ödling, IVA.

IVA South 

ivA south is a central node for the activities in southern sweden. 

in 2008 issues addressed by ivA south included innovation and 

the innovative climate, nanotechnology and human capital’s effects 

on a company’s brand equity. energy and materials technology 

were the focus of ivA west on a visit to the new öresundsverket 

power plant and the höganäs AB metal powders company. 

Is short-sightedness threatening the 

future of the Swedish manufacturing 

industry? 

globalisation, 

fund capital and 

internationalisation 

of ownership of 

swedish industry 

have fundamentally 

raised expectations 

of company boards 

and management. 

The risk of shortsightedness 

has increased. sustainable profitability 

requires constant renewal, but the question 

is if companies today can really make the 

long-term investments in radical innovations 

that will form the basis for the next generation 

of the swedish processing and manufacturing 

industry. have we got the right information, 

methods and tools to determine if we are 

investing enough in business renewal, or are 

there some unpleasant surprises in store? 

These questions were the topic of lively discussion 

when ivA’s chairman hans dalborg, 

mats qviberg of hq and others debated the 

issues at a meeting at ivA on 8 october. 

Venture capital and entrepreneurship 

in biotechnology 

Biotech companies 

need more than a 

promising idea to 

gain momentum 

to develop into 

listed companies; 

they also need 

long-term support 

from financial backers. 

development 

times are long and not all ideas become 

profitable products. it takes time to plough 

through the rules and regulations that often 

exist in biotech contexts. when the results 

are in, it is important to decide how to use 

them. license the technology or develop it 

yourself? generate revenues from your own 

production or through royalties from other 

companies? 

At a meeting held by division x: Biotechnology, 

on 16 september various examples 

were presented of how biotech companies 

can be developed and what sort of support 

they need from backers. 

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IVA West 

ivA west is the node for the activities in western sweden. nanotechnology, 

energy technology, design and innovation have all been 

on the agenda there; for example, when ivA west focused on 

electrical energy from the perspective of sweden and western 

sweden. infrastructure issues were also explored as they relate to 

western sweden. 

Common diseases give Sweden 

a unique opportunity to become a 

leading research nation 

Potential for preventive 

measures 

for both physiological 

and psychiatric 

diseases may 

increase drastically 

thanks to the 

lifegene project 

at karolinska 

institute. As this 

project combines national registration data 

with numerous clinical studies and research 

projects, scientists are hoping to be able to 

document how genetics and the environment 

impact the development of our most 

common diseases. The project, which aims 

to determine the causes of common diseases 

such as cancer and psychiatric illness, 

was presented at a meeting held by division 

vii: Basic and interdisciplinary engineering 

sciences, on 10 november.

distinctions, scholarships 

and awards 

professor torvard c. laurent, one of sweden’s 

leading biophysical chemists, received the 

2008 great gold medal for his hyaluronan 

research. Professor laurant has published 230 

scientific articles in international journals. his 

research involves “understanding the environment 

in which cells live,” i.e. pure basic research. 

his research has had unexpected practical significance, 

for example in cataract operations. 

Today 70,000 such procedures are carried out 

in sweden alone every year. he is most proud 

of the success of his younger colleagues. in the 

1970s he convinced the swedish medical Research 

council to introduce recruitment services 

for young researchers. he is still in contact 

with many of them today. he is driven by the 

excitement of unexpected discoveries in research. 

Acquiring new knowledge is something 

he particularly enjoys. Torvald c. laurent is also 

an important figure in both swedish and international 

rheumatology, and his lab has been an 

important link between research and medical 

practitioners. 

dr. carl bennet received an ivA gold medal 

in 2008 for his contributions as an entrepreneur 

and leader in industry with a leadership 

style characterised by imagination and responsibility. 

carl Bennet is driven by his interest in 

people, society and industrial development, 

which he says provide insight and knowledge. 

he believes that sweden has a clear advantage 

in the way we organise ourselves and 

work in a decentralised way. in line with his 

motto, “you cannot be better than your environment, 

that’s why it’s important to develop 

it,” he sees himself as a team player who thinks 

it’s rewarding to work with and be inspired by 

other people to achieve improvement. 

“good leadership is recognising potential 

in others and having good judgement. This 

generates energy and promotes balance,” 

says carl Bennet. 

professor sten bergström received an ivA 

gold medal in 2008 for his considerable contribution 

to hydrologic engineering and hydrologic 

modelling. The discovery of the link between 

weather and water, i.e. predicting how 

much water is running through a watercourse, 

is the most important result of his research. 

The technique is used by the hydroelectric 

power industry and the swedish meteorological 

and hydrological institute (smhi). 

sten Bergström’s main driving force has always 

been working with information that will 

benefit society. his motto is: “Ruining the future 

for our children is altogether too cheap.” 

Relating to various climatic and vulnerability 

perspectives, his research is of great significance 

nationally and internationally. 

“water circulation is the earth’s bloodstream. 

it’s greatly affected by climate change. 

The climate is also a major lifestyle issue. we 

need to reduce emissions while adapting to a 

changed climate,” says sten Bergström. 

science journalist dr. annagreta dyring 

received an ivA gold medal in 2008 for her 

outstanding informative writing on research 

and popular science. her motto is: “The serious 

and the enjoyable belong together,” and 

she regards her achievements as a service to 

democracy, which is also what drives her. 

“i see myself as a person who wants to 

build bridges between the community of experts 

and ordinary people. it would be a disaster 

if that connection were severed. i have 

trained and encouraged researchers to express 

themselves in everyday language about 

their areas of expertise to inspire and entertain,” 

says Annagreta dyring. 

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young academics received 

werthen’s scholarships 

in 2008 23 swedish academics shared sek 3 

million from the hans werthén scholarship 

fund. The money will allow the recipients to 

study and conduct research at top universities 

around the world. 

The fund was established in 1990 by ericsson 

and electrolux to honour hans werthén’s 

Professor of human ecology was awarded 

John and Margaretha Aspegren Scholarship 

emin Tengström, professor of human ecology, was awarded the scholarship 

for his great commitment to interdisciplinary issues relating to 

the development of society. The john and margaretha Aspegren memorial 

foundation is based on a donation from john Aspegren and his 

wife margaretha. The purpose is to promote greater understanding 

between engineering sciences and the humanities. A scholarship of 

sek 100,000 is awarded alternate years to an engineer and a humanist. 

achievements and is administered by ivA 

which also selects the recipients. The recipients 

must hold at least a Bachelor’s degree 

in engineering/natural sciences or economics/ 

law/behavioural science, and preferably have 

conducted research or gained industry work 

experience over a number of years. 

winners of the 2008 carl mannerfelt Prize was Rikard eduards, marcus fransson, Torsten mattsson, 

nils nilsson and Bengt steneby. 

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ester herlin-kernell, winner of the 2008 scholarship. 

Carl Mannerfelt Prize 

for solar technology 

An invention that enables sunlight to power 

indoor light fittings with the help of fibre optics 

won the 2008 carl mannerfelt Prize. The 

Prize is awarded by ivA in cooperation with 

the world wildlife fund and the confederation 

of swedish enterprise. The 2008 recipients 

were three engineers and two architects 

from the green technology company Parans 

solar lighting. 

The winning technology has already been 

installed in some fifty buildings around the 

world. 

Medical entrepreneur centre receives support from the 

Sten Gustafsson Foundation 

A new medical entrepreneurship centre at the university of gothenburg 

and an intellectual property rights office received grants from the 

sten gustafsson foundation in 2008. The foundation was established 

by Astra and is administered by ivA. 

The grants go to Thomas hedner for setting up the medical centre 

and to Peter A. jörgensen for establishing the iPR office through the 

swedish inventors’ Association.

iT, internet and Telecom development 

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issues concerning it, the internet and 

telecom development have long been an important 

focus for IVA’s activities. IT is of utmost 

importance for Sweden’s growth and competitiveness 

– this is an assertion that IVA shares 

with the Swedish people; in a survey, 9 out of 

10 agreed with the statement. 

The Internet plays an important role in our 

lives. Today, private individuals, companies 

and organisations depend on the Internet for 

multiple functions, and the need for Internet 

infrastructure and services is growing rapidly. In 

many respects, Sweden is already at the forefront, 

but if we are to maintain this position, it 

is essential that we as a nation actively participate 

in driving development. 

In 2008 IVA managed a number of projects 

focusing on this area. Scorecard is currently 

assessing how well Sweden is performing in the 

IT field. Internet Foresight, concluded in 2008, 

worked on the premise that Sweden will be 

a leading Internet nation in 2015. To achieve 

the project’s goals, the Ambient Sweden programme 

was established in 2008. Division XII: 

Information Technology, is also helping to spotlight 

these issues.

name: jan uddenfeldt 

family: wife sylvia, 2 children ages 23 and 20 

home: silicon valley, usA 

education: m.sc. engineering Royal institute of Technology (kTh) 1973, Ph.d. kTh 1978, honorary doctorate lund 1997. 

career: ericsson from 1978, Research director and Technology director at ericsson Radio 1985–1998, Technology director ericsson 

group 1998–2004, vP Technology strategy 2004. guest professor kTh 2004. member of kTh’s Board 

and vice chairman of ivA. 

member of iva since: 1989 

most important role model: looks up to åke lundquist, managing director of ericsson Radio and the person who built up the mobile 

telephony business from scratch to be no. 1 in the world. 

issue closest to his heart at iva: making sweden a world leader in its strongest sectors through productive collaboration between 

government agencies, universities and companies. The work on internet foresight is a good example. 

favourite dish at grodan restaurant: Biff Rydberg (steak) 

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jan uddenfeldt, ericsson: 

Ambient sweden can speed up 

iT development 

Jan Uddenfeldt, head of Technology Strategy at Ericsson, is convinced that 

Sweden has a bright future as a technology producer within Internet and 

mobile communication. IVA’s project “Ambient Sweden” can provide ideas 

and networks that will give us successful constellations within the area of new 

Internet services. 

“sweden’s main strength in telecom and internet 

contexts is that we are way ahead in 

technical expertise within mobile communication,” 

says jan uddenfeldt. “Today almost all 

major players are working on mobile applications 

for the web, and mobile broadband 

is growing rapidly in sweden. new services 

within e-government and the care sector will 

emerge and sweden was one of the first to 

develop these services. But the level of interest 

in this area is high throughout the world. 

The usA are behind right now but can, with 

Barack obama in the white house, utilise 

more modern technology to develop services 

and make significant progress quickly. if 

sweden wants to be involved, we need to 

act now. The industry should be able to seize 

more of the existing opportunities.” 

»Our expertise in 

telephony and mobile 

communication makes 

us an interesting partner 

for all companies« 

Today jan uddenfeldt is working in silicon 

valley in california. it’s no coincidence of 

course; this is where many of the major players 

that ericsson is studying and – most im- 

portantly – wants to forge partnerships and 

alliances with are found. And this is one of jan 

uddenfeldt’s most important tasks. 

“Recently, for example, i was discussing cooperation 

on new platforms with google,” 

says jan uddenfeldt. “if you are from ericsson 

you are in a strong position; our expertise in 

telephony and mobile communication makes 

us an interesting partner for all companies 

looking to develop their services and technology 

for the internet of the future. 

mobile broadband and advanced mobile 

phones are the foundation for services of the 

future. The new mobile phones make the internet 

accessible in an entirely different way. 

“People are embracing the concept of a 

portable platform for almost every type of 

service. The purpose of ‘Ambient sweden’ is 

for the internet to be ubiquitous, and this is 

becoming a reality. within the medical field, 

image transfer technology will lead to new 

services, for example enabling a home carer 

to discuss patient care with an expert.” 

jan uddenfeldt points out that ivA should 

also develop the new opportunities. 

“i understand that this is one of the areas 

our new president Björn o. nilsson has embraced 

since he started. That’s great; a knowledge 

communicator like ivA has everything to 

gain by using iT as much as possible.” 

According to jan uddenfeldt, in order for 

sweden and europe to keep up with or even 

lead development, a lot needs to happen at 

the european level. 

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“i am very happy that the eu has acted in 

such a powerful way, especially with respect 

to large research projects.” 

jan uddenfeldt is hoping that ivA in cooperation 

with other players, such as vinnova, 

will be able to help create strong research 

programmes in sweden. But we may have a 

problem with research capacity. 

“The iT crisis at the beginning of this century 

impacted research a few years later, 

around 2004–2005. many researchers 

switched to other fields, such as the motor 

vehicle industry. 

jan uddenfeldt wants to see more support 

for small businesses that can build applications. 

»Sweden needs to 

create better systems for 

supporting innovation« 

“venture capital, including government risk 

money, needs to come in at an earlier stage 

than has been the case up to now. it’s the 

really small companies that often have ideas 

that can be developed, but they are very 

limited in their ability to develop their business. 

Today, other countries – most notably 

finland – are better at supporting businesses 

in this critical phase. sweden needs to create 

better systems for supporting innovation. The 

business community can make an important 

contribution by being present at universities 

and encouraging researchers and students 

by showing them that commercialisation is 

possible.

internet & it: 

internet foresight gives sweden 

a platform to take the lead 

iva’s internet foresight project was concluded 

in 2008. The aim of the project was 

for sweden to be a leading internet nation in 

2015. 

The project showed that sweden has what 

it takes to lead the field in development but 

that we need to invest more resources to 

seize that role. 

“in terms of broadband use and access, 

we are already one of the leading nations,” 

said project chairman jan uddenfeldt at the 

concluding conference. “But today we are not 

driving development.” 

work on internet foresight was carried 

out by highly qualified panels, each focusing 

on a key perspective: user, infrastructure, 

and security and legal. The panel members 

were representatives from sweden’s leading 

companies, organisations and research centres 

working in the field. 

during the spring of 2008 all three panels 

presented their final reports. The project held 

a concluding conference on 10 April 2008 

attended by minister for communications åsa 

Torstensson, who had the opportunity to react 

to the project proposals. 

one of the messages conveyed by the 

project was that targeted investment in infrastructure 

is needed to accommodate a flourishing 

range of services. in 2015 this structure 

should be open and exposed to competition. 

users should be able to access all services 

regardless of which equipment or carrier network 

they are using. At the same time, users 

should be able to take internet security for 

granted, and this requires robust infrastructure 

and secure systems for all types of services. 

one advantage sweden has as an aspiring 

leading internet nation is that we already hold 

a strong position in mobile telephony. According 

to jan uddenfeldt, the wireless internet will 

dominate the future. 

“development will be driven by small 

entrepreneurial businesses. That’s why it’s 

important for these to receive development 

support, particularly in the form of seed capital. 

we also need to simplify the rules for overseas 

experts who want to work in sweden.” 

scorecard.se 

low interest in iT a problem! 

interest in it education is low – this 

has been known for some time, especially 

within ivA’s scorecard project. At the 2008 

Annual meeting, several participants talked 

about the problems with the way iT education 

is marketed. The high level of interest in 

using iT is well documented, but education 

programmes are described in technocratic 

terms giving the impression that they lead 

to narrow programming jobs. 

“we need to show that iT jobs are 

about working with users,” said Annemarie 

fransson, director at the indus- 

try organisation iT&Telekomföretagen at 

Almega and member of the scorecard 

steering committee. 

young women in particular say they want 

to work with people, which is precisely 

what iT is all about; meeting people’s needs 

with the help of information technology. iT 

also offers opportunities to work in a global 

workplace. 

other changes needed are improving 

knowledge among career guidance counselors 

and making the structure of education 

programmes easier to understand. 

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minister for communications åsa Torstensson 

participated and commented on the proposals 

from the internet foresight project. The minister 

also attended the scorecard’s annual meeting. 

iT and the internet should be part of the curriculum 

in schools; not only to improve iT 

knowledge, but also to make better use of the 

teaching and learning benefits these tools offer 

in all instruction. sweden should invest in 

both research and education in new teaching 

methods. new ideas, such as “computer studies” 

and “the digital ladder,” were established. 

Idag är Sverige världsledande inom it 

– men vi missar att bygga för framtiden 

Scorecard.se 

2008/2009 

Årsmöte 11 nov kl 13–16 

MEDVERKANDE: INFRASTRUKTURMINISTER ÅSA TORSTENSSON, JOHAN STAËL VON HOLSTEIN, 

PER ERIKSSON, HÅKAN ERIKSSON, ANDERS FLODSTRÖM, ANNE-MARIE FRANSSON, JOHAN HALLSENIUS, 

SOFIA HEDEVÅG, MAGNUS HÖIJ, DAN JANGBLAD, BIRGITTA MANNFELT, MAGNUS MÄHRING & BJÖRN O. NILSSON. 

during the year scorecard worked on 

assessing iT investments to get a better idea 

of the impact the investments are having. 

“All companies invest in iT, but their 

ability to utilise the investments for new 

services or to develop their business varies 

greatly,” said dan jangblad, saab’s senior 

vice President, strategy and Business development, 

and member of the scorecard 

steering committee.

Ambient Sweden 

internetframsyn – så blir Sverige 

en ledande internetnation 

år 2015 


internetframsyn ur ett säkerhets- 

och juridikperspektiv 

iva is currently driving internet development 

forward through the Ambient 

sweden project. The word “ambient” 

is often used to describe quiet music or 

background lighting, and that is how the 

the development of mobile telephony 

is one of sweden’s greatest industrial success 

stories in modern times, in terms of 

sales, employment and export revenues. 

in september ivA arranged a seminar 

to highlight a study of mobile telephony 

develop ment in sweden and to show how 

the success can be linked to publicly financed 

research. The study, conducted by 

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internetframsyn ur ett användarperspektiv 

internet will work in the future according 

to the people who headed ivA’s internet 

foresight project. The internet will be a 

resource that is constantly available and 

we will regard it in a similar way to elec- 

Technopolis, is based on an extensive body 

of material, including interviews with 70 

people who played a crucial role in the 

development. 

The results show that public financing 

of research and development in sweden is 

part of the reason for the enormous success 

of ericsson and the swedish mobile 

telephony industry. 


internetframsyn ur ett infrastrukturperspektiv 

Ambient sweden – driving internet development 

at the end of 2008 ivA’s website was 

given a new look. ivA intends to use the 

website more and more for its external 

communication. The aim is to make it 

easier for people visiting ivA’s website to 

find information and materials, and to learn 

about what is happening at ivA. during 

gsm – A good example 

of industrial success 

trical current. Ambient sweden is building 

on the proposals put forward by internet 

foresight. The goal is to provide a basis for 

concrete discussion ahead of sweden’s eu 

Presidency in autumn 2008. 

welcome to www.iva.se 

the year several of ivA’s meetings were 

streamed online and the number of online 

meetings will increase in the future. The 

web calendar enables people to see what 

is happening at ivA and register for the 

activities they are interested in. welcome to 

www.iva.se!

iva’s 89th annual meeting was attended by around 700 guests. in the stockholm concert 

hall HRH Prince Carl Philip presented ivA’s gold medals. svante Arrhenius was remembered 

in the 2008 commemorative booklet and in a speech by Professor Karin Caldwell, his granddaughter. 

for ivA’s President Björn O. Nilsson, this was his first time delivering the speech in honour of the 

occasion on progress in engineering over the past year. in his speech ivA’s President highlighted 

the importance of a good innovative climate to promote strong growth in innovation and 

entrepreneurship. 

chairman Hans Dalborg presented the results of the Academy’s project activities and also 

recognised the members who passed away during the year. The meeting in the concert hall 

was followed by a banquet, entertainment and dancing in stockholm city hall. 

hRh Prince carl Philip, representing the Royal family, arrives at the Annual meeting in stockholm concert hall with ivA’s chairman hans dalborg. ivA’s previous President 

lena Treschow Torell arrives at the concert hall with her husband board chairman michael Treschow. President Björn o. nilsson and vice chairman jan uddenfeldt, 

ericsson AB, welcome the speaker of the swedish Parliament Per westerberg and recipient of ivA’s great gold medal Professor Torvard c. laurent. 

ericsson’s general manager, Research and development håkan eriksson arrives with kate eriksson, and chairman of the Business executives council lars Backsell 

arrives with his wife carina Backsell. There to receive awards were ivA gold medal recipients Professor sten Bergström, business leader carl Bennet and science journalist 

Annagreta dyring as well as the recipient of ivA’s great gold medal Professor Torvard c. laurent. A large audience filled stockholm concert hall to listen as new ivA 

President Björn o. nilsson gave his first technology speech at the Academy’s 89th Annual meeting. 

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entrepreneurs Ashkan Pouya and saeid esmaeilzadeh, whose accomplishments include founding the companies serendipity innovations and diamorph AB, participated in 

the technology speech. speaker of the swedish Parliament Per westerberg was accompanied by the speaker of the estonian Parliament ene ergma, who is one of ivA’s 

foreign members. director general of PTs marianne Treschow arrives at the banquet in stockholm city hall with ivan öfverholm, chairman of ivA west. Among the 

guests in the golden hall were Professor gunn johansson with kenneth Abrahamsson, Programme director, fAs. Anna ekström, chairman of saco, here with dr östen 

mäkitalo, industrial Research committee member lina Bertling and jan wallenius, Tomas kåberger, director general of the swedish energy Agency with his wife lena 

kåberger, Ann-marie nilsson, director, Proment and the knowledge foundation’s ceo madeleine caesar, foreign member Alain honnart with his wife Anne, and Bruno 

jarry, secretary general of euro-cAse with his wife sylvie, director sven christer nilsson accompanied by his wife Anne and Torgny wännström, former ceo of AfA 

försäkring. dr Peter wallenberg and signhild Arnegård hansen, chairman of the confederation of swedish enterprise took their seats at the banquet. 

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seated at the banquet are lena gustafsson, deputy director general vinnova with leif johansson, President & ceo AB volvo. hRh Prince carl Philip was seated with 

karin markides, President of chalmers university of Technology. Professor Anne-marie hermansson, sik, sat with foreign member Alain honnart. Professor karin caldwell, 

who held a speech in the concert hall in memory of svante Arrhenius, was seated with Professor erland källén, stockholm university. in his speech, minister for 

education and Research lars leijonborg expressed appreciation for the Academy’s involvement in the preparation of the government’s research and innovation bill. ivA 

member lars-gunnar larsson was seated with Agneta laurent. christer Asplund, Power circle Project manager sat with journalist lisa Bergström. Ted fjällman, Project 

manager at ivA, here accompanied by christine Ambell, President of student union, Ths. ivA’s vice chairman karl-olof hammarkvist accompanied his dinner partner, 

director ingrid Andersson, to the dance that followed in the golden hall. Pictured on the dance floor are Per storm, secretary to the Academy until 1 August 2008 and 

now ceo of Raw materials group, with his wife minna storm, åke svensson, President sAAB and helena stålnert, executive vP communications at ssAB. The evening’s 

guests included board chairman marie ehrling and hans stråberg, ceo of AB elektrolux. 

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ivA documentation 2008 

THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 

chairman hans dalborg (div ix) chairman of the Academy 2005–2008 

Professor lena Treschow Torell (div v) 

President of the Academy 2001-08-01–2008-07-31 

Professor Björn o. nilsson (div x) 

President of the Academy 2008-08-01–2014-07-31 

dr Björn hägglund (div viii) vice chairman 2006–2008 

Professor erik sandewall (div ii) vice chairman 2006–2008 

director jan uddenfeldt (div xii) vice chairman 2007–2009 

Adjunct professor karl-olof hammarkvist (div ix) vice chairman 2008–2010 

director lars Backsell chairman of the Business executives council 2007– 

2009 

THE ADVISORY COUNCIL 

The Advisory council includes the chairman of the Academy or vice chairmen 

of the Academy’s divisions, chairmen of regional chapters and the President. 

The executive committee’s other members are entitled to be present at the 

Advisory council’s meetings. The chairmen of ivA’s Business executives council 

and committees may also be called to the meetings. 

chairman hans dalborg (div ix) chairman of the Academy 2005–2008 

Professor lena Treschow Torell (div v) ceo 2001-08-01–2008-07-31 

Professor Björn o. nilsson (div x) ceo 2008-08-01–2014-07-31 

Professor margareta norell Bergendahl, chairman div i 2008–2010 

Ph.d lennart Billfalk chairman div ii 2007–2009 

Professor örjan wikforss chairman div iii 2007–2009 

Professor gunnar svedberg chairman div iv 2008–2010 

Professor Thomas johannesson chairman div v 2008–2010 

director sven-christer nilsson chairman div vi 2007–2009 

Professor erland källén chairman div vi 2008–2010 

director eva färnstrand chairman div viii 2006–2008 

Professor ulf jakobsson chairman div ix 2007–2009 

Professor staffan josephson chairman div x 2008–2010 

Rector ingegerd Palmér chairman div xi 2006–2008 

chief information security officer ingrid mogensen 

chairman div xii 2008–2010 

director lars Backsell chairman of the Business executives 

council 2007–2009 

m.sc.eng. mårten lindström (div iii) chairman ifg 2008–2010 

Professor jan-eric ståhl (div i) chairman ivA south 2008–2010 

m.sc.eng. ivan öfverholm (div ii) chairman ivA west 2004–2009 

MEMBERS 

details about the Academy’s members are included in the 2008 ivA register of 

members. As of 31 december 2008, ivA had 819 swedish members and 258 

foreign members. membership changes in 2008 are noted below. 

The number of swedish members below the age of 65 is limited to 385, including 

not more than 35 supernumeraries. There were 356 swedish members 

below the age of 65 at the beginning of the year and 350 at the end. 

Elected Swedish members 

director monica Bellgran (div i) 

Adjunct professor Tord cedell (div i) 

Professor Per lundqvist (div i) 

design director Aina nilsson ström (div i) 

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m.sc.eng. eva wigren (div i) 

Professor Bo egardt (div ii) 

ceo Bo normark (div ii) 

vice President ingrid skogsmo (div ii) 

Ph.d Anna kadefors (div iii) 

ceo johan karlström (div iii) 

cTo Per-erik Petersson (div iii) 

Professor Bengt Andersson (div iv) 

dr Torbjörn Brorson (div iv) 

Professor Anders hagfeldt (div iv) 

m.sc.eng. göran Bäckblom (div v) 

Partner magnus ericsson (div v) 

Professor lars hultman (div v) 

Professor Börje johansson (div v) 

Professor lars nyborg (div v) 

ceo Bill Brox (div vi) 

director Bjarne holmqvist (div vi) 

ceo Arne karlsson (div vi) 

ceo sven löfquist (div vi) 

mr göran s. malm (div vi) 

ceo jonas wiström (div vi) 

head of Research Bengt-olof elfström (div vii) 

Professor hans hertz (div vii) 

Professor imre Pázsit (div vii) 

Professor Anders Rantzer (div vii) 

Professor carl-johan johansson (div viii) 

ceo michael g:son löw (div ix) 

ceo lars g nordström (div ix) 

Rector Rolf wolff (div ix) 

Ph.d jan olof lidefelt (div x) 

ceo martin nicklasson (div x) 

dr Björn odlander (div x) 

Professor gunnar Bjursell (div xi) 

Rector Pam fredman (div xi) 

Professor Thorsten nybom (div xi) 

ceo johan ekesiöö (div xii) 

Assistant Professor viiveke fåk (div xii) 

state secretary urban karlström (div xii) 

Professor Anders lansner (div xii) 

Elected foreign members 

Professor carlos Augusto lira Aguiar, Brazil 

Professor Arogyaswami Paulraj, usA 

dr sachio semmoto, japan 

Professor Padma kant shukla, germany 

chairman Tom von weymarn, finland 

President matti vuoria, finland 

Deceased members 

nils Björk (div vii) 

karl-erik l eriksson (div viii) 

olle franzén (div ii) 

lennart johansson (div i) 

Bengt lagercrantz (div ix) 

gunnar lindh (div iii) 

Arne s lundberg (div vi) 

nils lundqvist (div vi) 

lars malmros (div i)

Rutger martin-löf (div viii) 

Bo oscarsson (div vi) 

Per-oskar Persson (div i) 

Per sköld (div vi) 

ulf sundberg (div x) 

kristian von sydow (div ix) 

ACADEMY MEETINGS 

22 January: extraordinary meeting – election of the President. 

1 April: collaboration between the business community and students – what’s 

the best way to make it work? 

The seminar was arranged by ivA’s student council, represented at the 

seminar by marlene Areskog, swedish university of Agricultural scientists, 

jonatan freilich, Royal institute of Technology, Rickard frithiof, Royal institute 

of Technology. moderator Anton nitzsche, faculty of engineering at lund 

university (lTh), and Anna Peterson, chalmers university of Technology. 

other participants included sten ekman, university lecturer at mälardalen 

university, eric giertz, (div. vi) vice chancellor at Royal institute of Technology, 

Thommy haglund, hR director at holmen AB, and åke Plyhm, vice President 

at Tietoenator AB. 

29 May: sweden needs a research and innovation system that is first rate 

internationally. This was one of the conclusions from Research and innovation 

foresight. issues were discussed at the meeting under the heading ”how 

do we secure long-term and increased resources for research?” magnus 

henrekson (div. ix), director at the Research institute of industrial economics, 

shared some of this thoughts on the issues from an economic perspective, and 

esko-olavi seppälä, secretary general at the science and Technology council 

of finland spoke about the importance of research for finland’s economy. 

Participating in the discussion that followed were erika färnstrand damsgaard, 

institute for international economic studies at stockholm university, maria Anvret, 

research expert at the confederation of swedish enterprise, and Thomas 

Andersson (div. xi), President of jönköping university. The moderator was 

Pontus Braunerhjelm, Professor at Royal institute of Technology and Principal 

secretary of the government’s globalisation council. 

24 September: humanities and the environment – important perspectives for ivA. 

Three engineers and two architects from the greentech company Parans solar 

lighting were awarded the 2008 wwf carl mannerfelt Prize of sek 300,000 

for developing a technology to bring natural sunlight indoors. The prize is 

based on a donation from carl mannerfelt to a foundation administered by 

the world wildlife fund. The prizegiving alternates between the wwf, ivA 

and the confederation of swedish enterprise. Torsten mattsson and marcus 

fransson from Parans solar lighting talked about their project under the 

heading ”sunlight through a cable – a brilliant idea.” The prize was presented 

by ocke mannerfelt. A q&A was moderated by the jury’s chairman, lars g 

larsson (div.vii). 

Also presented at the seminar was the john and margareta Aspegren memorial 

foundation scholarship to promote better understanding between 

engineering sciences and humanities. emin Tengström, professor emeritus of 

human ecology at gothenburg university, received the 2008 scholarship of 

sek 100,000 for his great commitment to interdisciplinary issues relating to the 

development of society. under the heading ”from text critic to tech critic – a 

humanists intellectual obeisance,” emin Tengström shared some of his thoughts. 

The award was presented by the chairman of the jury, sture Allén (div. xi), 

who also moderated the q&A. 

27 November: innovation, research and a sustainable society 

The seminar was arranged by ivA industrial Research committee (ifg) and 

was opened by chairman mårten lindström (div. iii). gunnar Asplund of ABB 

Power systems AB and recipient of an ivA gold medal in 2000 spoke on the 

theme of how to solve the energy supply problem by expanding solar energy 

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in Africa. Teo härén, spoke about creativity and Raoul stubbe of stockholm 

innovation and growth AB and a member of ifg, led the discussion under the 

heading ”The innovation climate – what’s the situation, what are we doing?” 

IVA DIVISION ACTIVITIES 

Division I: Mechanical Engineering 

chairman: Professor margareta norell Bergendahl (2008–2010) 

vice chairman: licenciate of Technology hans folkesson (2008–2010) 

vice chairman: Professor Bengt lindberg (2004–2009) 

secretary: Anders johansson/ingrid jansson 

number of members 2008-12-31: 81 of whom 34 below the age of 65. 

Meetings 

12 February: energi – tillförsel och användning, klimat och konkurrenskraft. 

study visit at Royal institute of Technology. opening speaker: Torsten fransson, 

magnus von Bonsdorff, lg larsson, Per lundqvist, Peter nygårds. 

23 April: study visit at ericsson in kista. utveckling av avancerade segelbåtar till 

volvo ocean Race. opening speaker: Richard Brisius (ericsson), johan Bergendahl 

(ericsson). 

4 September: internal meeting. 

11 November: design för framgång – innovativ utveckling av produkter och 

tjänster. opening speaker: margareta norell Bergendahl (chairman div i), Bicky 

chakraborty (elite hotels), sara ilstedt hjelm (Royal institute of Technology), 

Aina nilsson ström (AB volvo), sofia Ritzén, (Piep). 

Division II: Electrical Engineering 

chairman: exec. vice President lennart Billfalk (2007–2009) 

vice chairman: director Bo källstrand (2008–2010) 

vice chairman: Professor lennart ljung (2008–2010) 

secretary: staffan eriksson 


Meetings 

7 February: koldioxidsaxen 

opening speaker: lennart Billfalk (chairman div ii), harry frank (ABB sverige), 

Bo källstrand (svensk energi), Birgitta Resvik (svenskt näringsliv). 

23 April: Belysning – ljusare tider, snålare tider 

opening speaker: lennart Billfalk (chairman div ii), Peter Bennich (energimyndigheten), 

egil öfverholm (energimyndigheten), nils svendenius 

(jönköpings tekniska högskola), Bo Pedersen (qunano AB and glo AB). 

4 September: Renare, snålare och säkrare bilar 

opening speaker: lars nielsen (linköpings tekniska högskola), Bo egardt 

(chalmers university of Technology), fredrik gustafsson (linköpings tekniska 

högskola). 

10 November: internal meeting with programme: 

sveriges framtida elsystem. hur bör och kan det utvecklas? 

Division III: Building and Construction 

chairman: Professor örjan wikforss (2007–2009) 

vice chairman: head of departement marianne grauers (2008–2010) 

vice chairman: Teknisk direktör Tomas hallén (2007–2009) 

secretary: eva stattin/Ted fjällman 

number of members 2008-12-31: 68 of whom 31 below the age of 65.

Meetings 

6 February: en ny branschlogik 

opening speaker: eric giertz (Royal institute of Technology ), fredrik friblick 

(Prolog Bygglogistik), fredrik Anheim (ncc). 

16 April: naturen som vägvisare för samhällsbyggnad 

– tre nya ledamöter talar över ämnet 

opening speaker: ulla Antonsson (white arkitekter and chalmers university 

of Technology), marianne grauers (vTi, statens väg- och Transportinstitut), Per 

fahlén (chalmers university of Technology). 

3 September: Region i balans? 

opening speaker: sven-inge nylund (sll Regionplane- och Trafikkontor), carl 

cederschiöld, ingela lindh (stockholms stadsbyggnadskontor). moderators: 

ulrika francke (Tyréns), hans wohlin. 

11 November: innovationer – varför lyckas vissa och andra inte 

opening speaker: inger Boivie (guide konsult), Barbara Rubino (chalmers 

university of Technology), Alexander löfgren (Royal institute of Technology), 

moderator: marianne grauers (div iii). 

Division IV: Chemical Engineering 

chairman: director gunnar svedberg (2008–2010) 

vice chairman: Professor christina moberg (2006–2008) 

vice chairman: vice President Tord svedberg (2007–2009) 

secretary: Thomas malmer 


Meetings 

14 February: Research and development as a key to future development in the 

european chemical industry 

opening speaker: gunnar svedberg, stefan marcinowski (BAsf), owe fredholm 

(swedish Plastics and chemicals federation), christina moberg (Royal 

institute of Technology ), Peter wållberg (Bim kemi AB). 

24 April: mat, mediciner och kemi i hälsosamt samspel, study visit in gothenburg. 

opening speaker: stefan lange (sahlgrenska Akademin), Ann-marie 

hermansson (sik and chalmers university of Technology), Anders högberg 

(orkla), hans lingnert (sik). 

8 September: internal meeting 

19 November: Biomimetics – new products for the changing forest industries. 

opening speaker: kent kirk, carl kempe (kempe foundation), karin emilsson 

(södra cell), Pia wågberg (sTfi-Packforsk), Tuula Teeri (Royal institute of Technology) 

Arranged jointly by div iv and div viii. 

Division V: Mining and Materials 

chairman: Professor Thomas johannesson (2008–2010) 

vice chairman: Professor christofer leygraf (2006–2008) 

vice chairman: director elisabeth nilsson (2008–2010) 

secretary: Per storm/henrik lagerträd 


Meetings 

12 February: energi för basindustri – hur får vi en långsiktig och uthållig energiförsörjning 

för basindustrin? opening speaker: elisabeth nilsson (jernkontoret), 

johan lundquist (ssAB oxelösund), Birgitta lindblad (jernkontoret), Anders 

heldemar, (sToRA-enso). 

22 April: Basindustrins bidrag till samhällets innovationer 

opening speaker: Per storm (ivA), Thomas lager (Blinab/univ. grenoble), 

göran marklund (vinnova), olle wijk, (sandvik). 

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8 October: kortsiktighet och underinvestering 

– ett hot mot den svenska tillverkningsindustrins framtid? 

opening speaker: madelen nilsson (naturvetareförbundet inom sAco), erik 

ottosson (ottoinnovation), fredrik weissenrieder (weissenrieder consulting), 

magnus hall (holmen), carl Bennet (carl Bennet AB), Panel debate: Björn 

fransson (former 4:e AP-fonden), mats qviberg (hq), hans dalborg (chairman 

ivA) moderators: gunnar svedberg and eva färnstrand. 

12 November: material möter människa 

opening speaker: Anna hultin stigenberg (sandvik), jan huldt. 

Division VI: Management 

chairman: director sven-christer nilsson (2007–2009) 

vice chairman: director Anders Brännström (2007–2009) 

vice chairman: Professor olof Arwidi (2007–2009) 

secretary: caroline Ankarcrona 


Meetings 

13 February: Riksbankens historia – work in progress 

opening speaker: ulf olsson (div ix). Arranged jointly by div vi and div ix. 

17 April: näringslivets behov av utbildad arbetskraft 

– från grundskolan till universitet 

opening speaker: Peter honeth (ministry of education and Research), dan 

Brändström (div xi). Panel: carl-henric svanberg (ericsson), christian w. jansson 

(kapp Ahl). 

10 September: står vi inför en svensk ägarkris? 

opening speaker: magnus henrekson, (institutet för näringslivsforskning, ifn 

and stockholm school of economics), gabriel urwitz, (former professor 

stockholm school of economics). Arranged jointly by div vi and div ix. 

5 November: kluster för innovation och konkurrenskraft 

– skånes livsmedelsakademi och den framtida livsmedelsnäringen. 

opening speaker: olof Arwidi, (ivA), göran Tunhammar, Rolf Bjerndell, lotta 

Törner, magnus lagnevik. Arranged jointly by div vi and div ix. 

Division VII: Basic and Interdisciplinary Engineering Sciences 

chairman: Professor erland källén (2008–2010) 

vice chairman: docent Andras gedeon (2006–2008) 

vice chairman: docent margareta Törnqvist (2007–2009) 

secretary: johan schuber 


Meetings 

5 February: ledare som växlar spår utvecklar karriären 

– vad finns att vinna på att byta mellan näringsliv och offentlig sektor? 

opening speaker: erland källén (chairman div vii), jan-eric sundgren (AB volvo), 

chairman of the project. diskussion: michaël Berglund (michaël Berglund 

executive search), jan nygren (isAk), marianne Treschow (PTs). moderator: 

mats g. Ringesten (neuman & nydahl). 

10 April: datoriserad bildanalys och visualisering. study visit at centrum för 

bildanalys, cBA, uppsala. opening speaker: ewert Bengtsson, gunilla Borgefors, 

joakim lindblad, stina svensson, carolina wählby, ingela nyström, catherine 

östlund, stefan seipel. 

16 September: nanoteknik – snabbt avancemang från grundforskning till nya 

produkter. (study visit to gothenburg with ivA west) 

opening speaker: eva olsson, Per delsing, Bengt kasemo, Anders Palmqvist, 

julie gold, lars samuelson, owe orwar, martin Andersson, hans glimell, 

nils-eric sahlin.

10 November: våra folksjukdomar ger sverige en unik möjlighet att ta täten 

som ledande forskningsnation 

opening speaker: juni Palmgren (ki/su), nancy Pedersen (karolinska institutet), 

Thomas ekström (karolinska university hospital), mathias uhlén (Royal institute 

of Technology/Albanova), henrik grönberg (karolinska institutet), marie åsberg 

(karolinska university hospital), martin ingvar (karolinska university hospital). 

Division VIII: Forest Technology 

chairman: director eva färnstrand (2006–2008) 

vice chairman: director johan lindman (2008–2010) 

vice chairman: director marie schrewelius Arwidson (2007–2009) 

secretary: Teresa jonek 


Meetings 

11 February: framsyn för krisberedskap 

– några tankar ur näringslivsperspektiv 

opening speaker: lg larsson (siP consulting), marie s Arwidson (skogsindustrierna), 

hans norrström (åf). 

24 April: svensk skogsindustris framtid och konkurrenskraft. Arranged jointly by 

div viii and kslA. opening speaker: sören wibe, Tommy sundin (scA), Tomas 

Thuresson (häradsskog), sture karlsson, (sture karlsson konsult), mette loyche 

wilkie (fAo Rome), minister for Agriculture eskil erlandsson. moderator: jan fryk. 

8 September: internal meeting. 

19 November: Biomimetics – new products for the changing forest industries. 

opening speaker: kent kirk, carl kempe (kempe foundation), karin emilsson 

(södra cell), Pia wågberg (sTfi-Packforsk), Tuula Teeri (Royal institute of Technology). 

Arranged jointly by div viii and div iv. 

Division IX: Economics 

chairman: Professor ulf jakobsson (2007–2009) 

vice chairman: chairman lars Bertmar (2006–2008) 

vice chairman: Professor clas Bergström (2006–2008) 

secretary: hampus lindh 


Meetings 

13 February: Riksbankens historia – work in progress 

opening speaker: ulf olsson (div ix). 

6 May: Principerna för försäljningen av de statliga företagen. 

opening speaker: minister for local government and financial markets mats odell. 

10 September: står vi inför en svensk ägarkris? 

opening speaker: magnus henrekson (institutet för näringslivsforskning, ifn 

and stockholm school of economics), gabriel urwitz (former professor 

stockholm school of economics). Arranged jointly by div ix and div vi. 

5 November: kluster för innovation och konkurrenskraft 

– skånes livsmedelsakademi och den framtida livsmedelsnäringen. 

opening speaker: olof Arwidi (ivA), göran Tunhammar, Rolf Bjerndell, 

lotta Törner, magnus lagnevik. Arranged jointly by div ix and div vi. 

Division X: Biotechnology 

chairman: Professor staffan josephson (2008–2010) 

vice chairman: Ph.d svante svensson (2006–2008) 

vice chairman: Professor staffan normark (2007–2009) 

secretary: åsa valadi 


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Meetings 

29 January: systembiologi 

– nästa biologiska revolution eller kejsarens nya kläder? 

opening speaker: siv Andersson (uppsala university), stefan hohmann 

(university of gothenburg), måns ehrenberg (uppsala university), jen nielsen 

(danmarks Tekniske universitet and chalmers university of Technology), 

hugh salter (Astrazeneca and uppsala university). 

22 April: husdjur – en guldgruva för att studera sambanden mellan gener, 

egenskaper och sjukdomar 

opening speaker: Annika åhnberg (Tankeföda AB), leif Andersson (uppsala 

university), Per jensen (linköpings university), olle kämpe (uppsala university), 

kerstin lindblad-Toh (uppsala university and Broad institute). 

16 September: Riskkapital och entreprenörskap inom biotekniken 

opening speaker: sir gregory winter, (uk), mathias uhlén, (Royal institute of 

Technology ), Björn odlander (healthcap). 

18 November: vad händer på Biovitrum? martin nicklasson berättar om den 

senaste utvecklingen (internal meeting) opening speaker: martin nicklasson 

(Biovitrum AB). 

Division XI: Education and Research Policy 

chairman: university Rector ingegerd Palmér (2006–2008) 

vice chairman: cTo håkan eriksson (2006–2008) 

vice chairman: executive vice President jan nygren (2006–2008) 

secretary: Bengt A mölleryd 


Meetings 

30 januari: internal meeting. Trender och tendenser inom avdelningsledamöternas 

verksamhetsområden. 

15 April: Presentation of the sten gustafsson scholarship for academic 

entrepreneurship followed by a lecture: ”utvärdering och översyn av statliga 

myndigheter för forskningsfinansiering” opening speaker: mats Benner 

(forsknings politiska institutet, fPi, lund university). 

2 September: internal meeting. hur kan svensk industri vidmakthålla och 

utveckla teknisk internationell konkurrenskraft? 

opening speaker: håkan eriksson (ericsson), jan m lundgren (Astrazeneca), 

lars-göran moberg (volvo group). 

25 November: internal meeting. svensk forsknings- och innovationspolitik i 

utveckling. opening speaker: state secretary Peter honeth. 

Division XII: InformationTechnology 

chairman: ciso ingrid mogensen (2008–2010) 

vice chairman: vice President gösta lemne (2008–2010) 

vice chairman: Professor sture hägglund (2006–2008) 

secretary: camilla koebe 


Meetings 

5 February: nytt spektrum – för tv eller för mobilt bredband? 

opening speaker: johan mårtensson (PTs), jens zander (Royal institute of 

Technology), Peder Ramel (Tre), erik ekudden (ericsson), Bertil Thorngren 

(stockholm school of economics), Per Björkman (svT), lars Backlund (Teracom). 

23 April: it – hot eller möjlighet för miljön? 

opening speaker: ingrid mogensen (chairman div xii), ewa Thorslund 

(iT&Telekomföretagen), niklas zandelin (exido), staffan Truvé (sics), jan 

zakariasson (sweco Position), sofia holmgren.

4 September: integritet – trygghet eller övervakning? 

opening speaker: ingrid mogensen (chairman div xii), kia höök (mobile 

life), staffan Truvé (sics), marianne Treschow (PTs), Bo dahlbom (interaktiva 

institutet). Panel discussion: markus Bylund (sics), Peter seipel (stockholm 

university), ewa Thorslund. 

11 November: scorecards årsmöte 

opening speaker: infrastrukturminister åsa Torstensson, håkan eriksson 

(ordf scorecard.se, ericsson), dan jangblad (saab AB), johan staël von holstein 

(iqube), Per eriksson (vinnova), Ann-marie fransson (iT&Telekomföretagen), 

Birgitta mannfelt (scB). 

IVA West 

chairman: m.sc.eng. ivan öfverholm (div ii) 2004–2009 

vice chairman: Tekn dr h c Anna nilsson-ehle (div vi) 2008–2010 

secretary: åsa valadi, ivA 

Meetings/Study visits 

4 February: framsyn västsverige. Participants: Anna nilsson-ehle (div vi), 

ulf olsson (div i), mauritz sahlin (div vi). 

11 March: forsknings- och innovationsframsyn. video conference from 

wallenberg Auditorium at ivA. moderator gothenburg: ulf gustafsson (nR). 

21 April: infrastruktur och transporter i västsverige 

Participants: kent johansson, regionråd i västra götaland, eric nilsson 

(göteborgs hamn), helena wiberg (göteborg-landvetter Airport), 

Bengt wennerberg (Business Region göteborg). 

24 April: mat, mediciner och kemi i hälsosamt samspel. 

Arranged jointly by ivA west and div iv. Participants: stefan lange (sahlgrenska 

Akademin), Ann-marie hermansson (div iv), sik and chalmers university of 

Technology, Anders högberg, (orkla) och hans lingnert (sik). 

15 May: framgångsrika friska företag, 3f. 

Participants: Teresa jonek (ivA), lotta dellve (sahlgrenska akademien), 

kjell svensson (AB volvo), Peter ågren (volvo logistics corporation). 

8 September: elenergi ur ett svenskt och västsvenskt perspektiv. 

Participants: harry frank (div ii), kvA, imre Pazsit (chalmers university of 

Technology), ola carlson (chalmers university of Technology), lars Bergdahl 

(chalmers university of Technology), carl hägglund (chalmers university of 

Technology), jan weiland (chalmers university of Technology). 

10 September: Teknisk design för varumärket sverige. Breakfast meeting with 

ivA’s Business executives council. 

Participants: ulrike Rahe (chalmers university of Technology), Aina nilsson 

ström (volvo). 

16 September: nanoteknik – snabbt avancemang från grundfroskning till färdiga 

produkter. Arranged jointly by ivA west and div vii. Participants: eva olsson, 

Per delsing, Bengt kasemo (div vii), Anders Palmqvist, julie gold, lars samuelson, 

owe orwar, martin Andersson, hans glimell and nils-eric sahlin. 

8 October: hållbar utveckling för skf. Breakfast meeting with ivA’s Business 

executives council. 

Participant: Tom johnstone (skf). 

29 October: infrastrukturpropositionen– hur påverkar den oss? 

Participant: christina Rogestam. 

24 November: ivA west Annual meeting. 

24 November: Technology evening with ivA west. 

Participant: Björn o. nilsson (div x), ivA’s president. 

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IVA South 

chairman: Professor jan-eric ståhl (div i) 2008–2010 

vice chairman: Professor marcus Aldén (div vii) 2006–2009 

vice chairman: Professor cristina glad (div xi) 2009–2011 

secretary: ulla svantesson, ivA 

Meetings/Study visits 

11 February: företagsstrategi och disruptiva innovationer – om nya teknologier 

som kan stöpa om hela branscher. Participants: stefan kröll, lTh, carl fredrik 

leandersson, sony ericsson, Allan T. malm (div xi), sten stymne, slu. 

6 May: hur påverkar nanotekniken vår vardag? Participants: lars montelius, 

lTh, lars samuelsson (div vii), Bo Pedersen, qunano, glo & sol voltaics, 

stephanie Reimann, lTh, Reine wallenberg, lTh, lars-erik wernersson, lTh. 

16 September: study visit at höganäs AB. Participants: hans söderhjelm, vice 

President, global market/development, jan Tengzelius (div v). 

7 October: humankapitalet och dess effekter på företagets varumärkeskapital. 

Presentation of the project 3f. Participants: Boel lagerwall, AwApatent AB, 

johan Anselmsson, lund university and Transvector, eva stattin, ivA. 

11 November: energipolitik och verklighet – seminar and study visit at 

öresunds verket. Participants: lennart fredenberg (div i), carl-gunnar holm, 

e.on sverige AB. 

25 November: ivA south Annual meeting. 

25 November: Technology evening with ivA south. 

Participant Björn o. nilsson (div x), ivA’s president. 

ACTIVITIES OF THE BUSINESS EXECUTIVES COUNCIL 

Governing Body 

chairman lars Backsell, Recipharm 2007–2009 

vice chairman erik lautmann, jetpak group 2007–2009 

vice chairman lotta stalin, kuusakoski 2005–2008 

magnus groth, studsvik (2007–2009) 

lena gustafsson, vinnova (2007–2009) 

hans karlander, Procuritas Partners kB (2007–2009) 

åke Plyhm, Tietoenator (2007–2009) 

Birgitta gunneflo, kronans droghandel (2008–2010) 

jens Bengtsson, Roschier Advokatbyrå (2008–2010) 

Numbers of members and contact persons 

At the end of 2008, the Business executives council consisted of around 185 

enterprises, national government agencies and other organizations that carry 

out, utilize, or fund technical research and development. 

These were represented by 185 members, 86 substitutes and 298 contact persons. 

Annual Meeting 12 November 2008 

mångfald för konkurrenskraft. opening speakers: nyamko sabuni, minister for 

integration and gender equality, Anders flodström, university chancellor at the 

swedish national Agency for higher education, Anna ekström, chairman of saco, 

lars Backsell, chairman of ivA’s Business executives council, hidayet Tercan, 

entrepreneur and zanyar Adami, founder of gringo. moderator: lars Adaktusson. 

Breakfast Meetings 

22 February: Teliasonera – idag och i morgon 

opening speaker: lars nyberg, ceo Teliasonera. 

28 March: krisberedskap – näringslivets ansvar? 

opening speaker: christina salomonsson, director-general, Regeringskansliet 

and erik lautmann, ceo jetpak group.

16 May: miljöproblemens marknadsvärde – en ledarskapsfråga? 

opening speaker: Andreas carlgren, minister for the environment and dr 

Björn hägglund, chairman of environmental foresight and ivA’s vice chairman. 

10 September: design stärker varumärket sverige 

opening speaker: Aina nilsson ström, design director, volvo and professor 

ulrike Rahe, chalmers university of Technology. 

11 September: från skog till konsument 

opening speaker: jan johansson, ceo scA. 

8 October: hållbar utveckling för skf 

opening speaker: Tom johnstone, ceo skf. 

10 October: från sparbank till swedbank 

opening speaker: jan lidén, ceo swedbank. 

11 December: lågkonjunktur – en möjlighet 

opening speaker: johan skoglund, ceo jm. 

INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH COMMITTEE (IFG) 

ivA’s industrial Research committee (ifg) builds networks between young 

decision makers in industry and research in the academic world. ifg has fifteen 

members each with a three-year mandate. The ifg Alumni comprises 130 

former members. 

The annual overseas trip Singapore 12–18 October 

Participants 

m.sc.eng. mårten lindström, chairman ifg, more10 AB, (div iii) 

Professor Per ödling, secretary to the Academy, ivA 

head of departement joakim carlén, eka chemicals AB 

docent carl during, micronic laser systems AB 

Ph.d jesper ederth, sandvik materials Technology 

Professor mats engwall, Royal institute of Technology 

ceo fredrik lagergren, kTh executive school 

Project manager Thomas lundbäck, Biovitrum AB, discovery Research 

Ph.d jaume Rius i Riu, ericsson AB 

Ph.d Raoul stubbe, stockholm innovation and growth AB, sTing 

ifg-secretary ingrid jansson, ivA 

Organisation visits in Singapore 

nanyang Technological university, (nTu) 

sveriges Ambassad 

edB (economic development Board) 

A*star 

qian hu fish farm 

sT Asset management ltd 

ngee An Polytechnic 

ericsson Telecommunications Pte ltd 

ncc subway Project 

sim university 

singapore Business federation 

hyflux 

OTHER IVA ACTIVITIES 

5 February: concluding conference for emergency management foresight 

Pandemics, natural disasters, power failure – what will be the threats of 

tomorrow? how vulnerable will we be? And how can the business community 

and society work together for emergency preparedness? These were some 

of the questions to which ivA’s emergency management foresight project 

wanted answers at the concluding conference. Participants: ivA chairman lena 

Treschow Torell, ylva hambraeus Björling, project chairman, lars-gunnar larsson, 

project manager and member of ivA’s div. vii, sten Tolgfors, minister for 

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defence, helena lindberg, director general of the swedish emergency management 

Agency, christina jutterström, formerly with sveriges Television and 

chairman of the communication and information flows panel, christel wiman, 

ceo Ports of stockholm and chairman of the critical Transport systems panel, 

staffan näsström, military expert at the ministry of defence and chairman of 

the panel providing a system perspective on society’s emergency management 

and emergency preparedness. 

2 April: Research and innovation systems in the nordic region – where do we 

stand? 

As part of ivA’s and vinnova’s joint research policy initiative, a seminar was held 

on 2 April at which representatives from five nordic countries gathered to 

discuss and share their experiences in research and innovation policy in their 

own countries. Participants: lauritz B holm-nielsen, President Aarhus university, 

denmark, jan-erik karlsen, professor at stavanger university, norway, erik 

överland, ministry for education and Research, norway, vilhjálmur ludviksson, 

ministry for education, science and culture, iceland, Per eriksson, director 

general vinnova, esko Aho, sitra, finland, klaus Bock, carlsbergs forskningscenter, 

denmark, hans Bergström, moderator for the day. 

9 April: hearing on biofuels: ”is vehicle fuel from farms and forests the solution 

to the transport sector’s greenhouse gas emissions?” 

kslA, kvA and ivA arranged a hearing to examine the pros and cons of 

biofuel and the potential for improving energy efficiency, provide an overview 

of the origins of the various biofuels and the theoretical possibilities, look at 

access to raw materials, engine development as well as policy and control 

issues . Participants: harry frank, member of ivA’s div. ii, nippe hylander, åf, 

olle hådell, national Road Administration, Alarik sandrup, lRf and johan 

Rockström, stockholm environment institute, kenth johansson, gm Powertrain. 

10 April: internet foresight – making sweden a leading internet nation 

The concluding conference for internet foresight, the project run by ivA in 

2007/2008 and central internet players to identify important future issues and 

develop proposals for solutions so that sweden can be a prominent internet 

nation in 2015. The project involved three expert panels and the conclusions 

of the panels and steering committees were presented at the seminar. Participants: 

ivA chairman lena Treschow Torell, jan uddenfeldt, chairman internet 

foresight, åsa Torstensson, minister for communications, marianne Treschow, 

director general PTs, Peder Ramel, ceo Tre, lars nyberg, ceo Teliasonera, 

johan lindgren, ceo Telenor, ulf Baggström, ceo Tdc, kristoffer Arwin, founder 

of Pricerunner and an entrepreneur, staffan Truvé, ceo sics+interactive institute, 

mats sjöstrand, director general skatteverket, Björn johansson, strategy 

svTi (interactivity), staffan eriksson, östen frånberg, Bo Boivie, olle viktorsson 

and henrik nilsson, moderator: Anna lindmarker, Tv4. 

6–9 May: Technology days 

ivA and the swedish Association of graduate engineers, technology newspaper 

ny Teknik, vinnova and others all participated in Technology days – an activity 

involving seminars on interest in technology, growth and global challenges. 

9 May: open annual meeting with Power circle on the theme of obtaining 

environmental goals through advanced electric power technology and profitable 

investments 

Participants: stig göthe, chairman Power circle, Anders nyberg, policy 

expert at the ministry of enterprise, energy and communications, jan-olaf 

willums, ceo Th!nk global, johan Tollin, project manager vattenfall AB, minoo 

Akhtarzand, directory general national Rail Administration, Tomas kåberger, 

director general swedish energy Agency, michael m. wood, us Ambassador 

to sweden, harry frank, member of ivA and kvA, sture larsson, Technical 

director svenska kraftnät, Peter nygårds, director swedBank and chairman of 

energy crossroads, Bo normark, President Power circle. 

26 May: ivA’s division xii: information technology and the swedish Ai 

society, in conjunction with the swedish Ai society’s 25th anniversary and 

the scandinavian Ai conference scAi ’08, arranged a seminar on artificial

intelligence today. The seminar looked back at the past year and into the 

future. Participants included professors Patrick doherty, carl gustaf jansson 

and erik sandewall, and from the business community, marcus Bjäreland, 

Astrazeneca, nicklas lundblad, google, lars mollberg, ericsson and Bengt 

österlund, consultant, ge healthcare. 

20 May: concluding conference – mentor4Research 

Award presentation to the winner of the 2008 mentor programme, åsa 

wheelock, karolinska institute with mentor Bo möllstam, a consultant in 

intellectual property rights issues. Presentations by Anders gezelius, national 

Project director, mentor4Research and the finalists in the research scholarship 

competition, Anna fogdell-hahn, olle ericsson, Patrik ståhl, Pierre flener and 

åsa wheelock. 

10 June: swedish management – worth investing in? 

A national seminar arranged by ivA’s Business executives council, the ivA 

project healthy successful companies and vinnova on the swedish model for 

leadership skills and organisational governance systems. discussions at the seminar 

involved the swedish management culture and whether it is a competitive 

factor in increasing productivity. if this is the case, how can the Academy, trade 

unions and the business community jointly support the development of ideas? 

Participant: lars Backsell, chairman of ivA’s Business executives council, chairman 

of the Board Recipharm, Birgitta johansson hedberg, chairman vinnova, 

fredrik von schantz, ceo mPs sverige AB, christian Berggren, professor, industrial 

organisation, linköping university, Ann-charlotte Rosendahl, global head 

of marketing Astrazeneca, jonas wiström, ceo åf, mari-Ann krantz, chairman 

unionen, niclas Adler, President jönköping international Business school, niklas 

Prager, ceo Pfizer and gunn johansson, Project director, 3f. 

25 August: Book release – Researchers sound the alarm – flawed view of the 

market 

in 2006–2008 31 prominent marketing experts joined forces to take an overall 

look at what is being said in marketing contexts about today’s economy. The 

project resulted in a book on the myths and opportunities of market orientation 

presenting researchers’ thoughts on a number of myths about customers, 

suppliers, industries and competition. The book was presented at a seminar at 

ivA. 

2 September: lifestyle in the west a good example 

The biggest health and fitness initiative so far in sweden is called lifestyle in 

the west. The purpose of the seminar arranged by healthy successful companies 

(3f) was to inspire more companies and local authorities to launch similar 

initiatives. The participants were lena larsson, hR director västra götalandsregionen, 

kjell svenson, director AB volvo, stig lindholm, director västra 

götalandsregionen and leif friis, project manager at AB volvo for lifestyle in 

the west. 

23 October: The ivA Royal Technology forum 2008: enhancing european 

competitiveness 

Participants: deputy director general Antti Peltomäki, dg information society 

and media, minister for eu Affairs cecilia malmström, director Brendan 

hawdon, interinstitutional relations and coordination of the framework 

Programme, dg Research, director general Per eriksson, vinnova, senior vice 

President & chief Technology officer håkan eriksson, Telefon AB lm ericsson 

vice President, innovation strategy, lars-göran Rosengren, AB volvo group 

senior vice President, strategy and Business development, dan jangblad, sAAB 

AB managing director sven lindström, midsummer AB President gunnar 

svedberg, sTfi-Packforsk AB, minister, Research, Bjarne kirsebom, Permanent 

Representation of sweden to the european union, Research director henrik 

Runnemalm, volvo Aero corporation. 

24 October: colloquium on Priorities in research and national research policy 

This meeting was a prelude for the ivA task force on priorities in national 

research policy. Participants: lars-göran Rosengren, chairman of the ivA task 

force on priorities, esko Aho, President siTRA, the finnish innovation fund, 

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gerhard kreysa, dechemA, society for chemical engineering and Biotechnology, 

james A. weyhenmeyer, the Research foundation of state university of 

new york, magnus Breidne, swedish science technology attaché in china and 

ulla-Britt fräjdin-hellqvist, member of ivA’s div. xi. 

11 November: Annual meeting for scorecard.se on the theme: Today sweden is 

a world leader in iT – but we are not building for the future 

Participants: minister for communications åsa Trorstensson, johan staël von 

holstein, Per eriksson, håkan eriksson, Anders flodström, Ann-marie fransson, 

johan hallsenius, sofia hedevåg, magnus höij, dan jangblad, Birgitta mannfelt, 

magnus mähring and Björn o. nilsson. 

13–14 November: knowledge crown 

”our natural environment in transition” was the title of a series of four 

seminars at the Royal Palace involving ten royal academies including ivA. The 

seminars will be broadcast on channel svT24. 

20 November financial crisis – how is it affecting swedish business? 

The opportunities presented by the financial crisis and how swedish business 

can use them were discussed at a seminar arranged by ivA’s div. vi and div. 

ix. Participants: mats odell, Anders nyrén, industrivärlden investment firm, 

mats dillén, ceo of the swedish national institute of economic Research, 

lars nyberg, deputy governor of the Riksbank and lena westerlund, chief 

economist, lo. 

STEERING COMMITTEES FOR IVA PROJECTS 

Research and Innovation Foresight 

senior vice President jan-eric sundgren, volvo AB (div vii) (chairman) 

vice President charlotte Brogren, ABB Robotics (div xi) 

ceo Birgitta Böhlin, samhall 

director-general Per eriksson, vinnova (div xi) 

ceo Peter holmstedt, ireco 

ceo Anders narvinger, Teknikföretagen (div ii) 

Rector göran sandberg, umeå university (div viii) 

Rector harriet wallberg-henriksson, karolinska institutet (div x) 

Rector Pia sandvik wiklund, luleå tekniska högskola 

Professor lena Treschow Torell (div v), ivA 

head Project manager: head of programmes Thomas malmer, ivA and 

director göran marklund, vinnova 

Healthy Successful Companies 

ceo leif johansson (div vi) (chairman) 

Personaldirektör kjell svenson, (vice chairman), volvo 

Professor mats engwall, indek, Royal institute of Technology 

Professor olle isaksson, sahlgrenska sjukhuset 

handläggare Pär larsson, Avd för kompetensområden, vinnova 

ceo Patrik Tigerschiöld, skanditek industriförvaltning 

ceo Björn o. nilsson, ivA 

marie gothin, chef, marknadsansvar, Alecta 

ex ceo Torgny wännström, AfA 

head Project manager: Professor gunn johansson (div vi) 

Emergency Management Foresight 

ceo ylva hambraeus Björling (div xii) (chairman) 

director måns collin (div iv) 

ceo Agneta dreber, livsmedelsföretagen 

director lars hedström, krisberedskapsmyndigheten (kBm) 

landshövding Bo källstrand (div ii) 

ceo erik lautmann, jetpak group 

director evert lindholm, fd vd, kommunförbundet 

ciso ingrid udén mogensen, AB electrolux (div xii) 

executive vice President jan nygren (div xi) 

executive Bank manager Peter nygårds, swedbank 

Professor kurt Petersen, lund university

dr Tomas Ries, utrikespolitiska institutet 

director-general madelene sandström, foi (div xi) 

Biskop claes-Bertil ytterberg, svenska kyrkan 

head Project manager: licenciate of Technology lars g larsson (div vii) 

Internet Foresight 

Ph.d jan uddenfeldt, ericsson group (div ii) (chairman) 

director-general marianne Treschow, PTs (div xii) 

ceo Peder Ramel, Tre 

ceo lars stugemo, hiq 

ceo östen mäkitalo, Royal institute of Technology (div xii) 

ceo staffan Truvé, sics (div xii) 

Project manager: östen frånberg, ivA 

head Project manager: staffan eriksson, ivA 

Mentor4Research 

director Rolf skoglund (div xii) (chairman) 

director kerstin sirvell (div x) 

director Annika espander 

Professor hans sievertsson (div x) 

director elisabeth lindner (div x) 

styrelseledamot jan Andersson 

konsult Bo möllstam 

director-general Per-erik sandlund 

Project manager: Anders gezelius, strategize 

Environmental Foresight 

Björn hägglund (div viii) (chairman) 

director-general lars-erik liljelund, naturvårdsverket 

ceo ola engelmark, misTRA 

chef kvalitetssystem charlotta källbeck, volvo Pv 

ceo lars gunnarsson (div iii) 

ceo magnus grill, öresundskraft 

director finn Rausing, Tetra laval 

ceo lotta stalin, kuusakoski 

director Peter Augustsson (div i), 

Panel chairman environmental driven structural change 

director-general lena johansson, kommerskollegium, 

Panel chairman environmental work in public sector 

Project manager: eva stattin, ivA 

head Project manager: head of programmes Thomas malmer, ivA 

Scorecard.se 

cTo håkan eriksson (div xi) (chairman) 

director-general Per eriksson (div xi) 

university chancellor Anders flodström (div vii) 

director dan jangblad, saab 

minister of communications åsa Torstensson, ministry of enterprise, energy 

and communications (represented by staffan jonson) 

Professor lena Treschow Torell (div v), ivA’s President 

Project manager: staffan eriksson, ivA 

The Future Railway Infrastructure 

director staffan håkansson, vinnova (chairman) 

head of Research nils edström, Banverket 

Professor stefan östlund, Royal institute of Technology 

second Parliamentary undersecretary håkan jansson, 

ministry of enterprise, energy and communications 

Project manager henrik Tengstrand, Bombardier Transportation sweden 

secretary general Roger kristenson, järnvägsforum 

ceo Peder wadman, Tågoperatörerna 

docent staffan hultén, stockholm school of economics 

Program manager carl naumburg, vinnova 

Post-graduate gunnar Alexandersson, stockholm school of economics 

Project manager: hampus lindh, ivA 

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Energy Crossroads 

executive Bank manager Peter nygårds, swedbank (chairman) 

vice President hélène Biström, vattenfall AB 

mr Björn carlsson, Ackkärrs Bruk 

cTo Tomas hallén (div iii), Akademiska hus AB 

ceo kjell jansson, svensk energi 

former director-general Thomas korsfeldt, energimyndigheten 

ceo erik lautmann, jetpak group 

ceo michael g:son löw (div ix), Preem AB 

head of programmes Thomas malmer, ivA 

ceo elisabeth nilsson (div v), jernkontoret 

head of departement Birgitta Palmberger, energimyndigheten 



ceo staffan Truvé, sics (div xii), (chairman) 

director-general marianne Treschow, PTs (div xii) 

ceo Peder Ramel, Tre 

ceo lars stugemo, hiq 

ceo östen mäkitalo, Royal institute of Technology (div xii) 

vice President ulf wahlberg, ericsson AB 

Project manager östen frånberg, ivA 


Power Circle 

stig göthe 

johan söderbom, vattenfall 

kjell frank, Bombardier 

lars nordström, Royal institute of Technology 

morgan Andersson, elforsk 

sture larsson, svenska kraftnät 

håkan Brynielsson, Regionförbundet kalmar 

Thomas malmer, ivA 

Science and technology for all, NTA 

Tf verksamhetsledare gerd Bergman 

verksamhetsledare karin Bårman 

Professor ove eriksson 

Project manager mats granbom 

Professor emeritus göran grimvall 

Professor sven-olof holmgren 

Professor Töive kivikas 

head of programmes Thomas malmer 

chairman gillis Persson 

Per-olof wickman 

DISTINCTIONS, SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS 

The Great Gold Medal 

Professor Torvard c. laurent received the great gold medal for his scientific 

activities focusing on hyaluronan, a complex carbohydrate. An important 

objective of early hyaluronan research was to understand the properties of 

the substance and laurent was one of the first researchers in this field. he also 

became one of sweden’s leading biophysical chemists and was dedicated to 

finding the potential of using hyaluronan as a medicine, which led to a highly 

successful eye surgery drug called healon®. 

Gold Medal 

dr. carl Bennet (div. xi) received a gold medal for his considerable contributions 

as an entrepreneur and leader in industry with a leadership style 

characterised by imagination and responsibility. carl Bennet has also shown 

great commitment and courage in debate and initiatives involving several issues 

of importance for society, where education has played a particularly important 

role.

Professor sten Bergström received a gold medal for his considerable contributions 

within hydrologic engineering and hydrologic modelling. his research and 

development work relating to various perspectives on the climate and vulnerability 

has had a major impact nationally and internationally. sten Bergström’s 

warm personality combined with his enthusiasm for solving various water 

resource problems has helped to spark interest in the subject of how we 

should develop a sustainable and robust society. 

science journalist dr. Annagreta dyring received a gold medal for her outstanding 

and sustained contribution in the area of research information and 

her considerable body of writing on popular science. 

Commemorative booklet 

svante Arrhenius (1859–1927) was honoured for his outstanding contributions 

to physics and chemistry. Authors: gustaf Arrhenius, karin caldwell, svante 

wold (div. iv). 

The Hans Werthén Scholarship Fund 

For post-doc studies: martin Bring and Rikard larsson for studies in germany. 

Ather gattami and Richard holm for studies in the usA. johan glimming for 

studies in england. 

For post-graduate studies: johanna möllerström, michael engman and ester 

herlin-karnell for studies in england. helena wedin for studies in Portugal. 

maciej zurawski for studies in scotland. 

For MBA-studies: Tomas Bäckman and Antonio Ricci for studies in spain. marion 

enander for studies in england. sophie hoas and Pål mannerheim for studies in 

france. carl johan Renström for studies in the usA. 

For other studies: leif holmberg, Andreas nilsson, Anna Thomsen and jon 

westberg for studies in the usA. Andrey schukin for studies in england. 

For LL.M Master of Laws: Anna johansson and kennedi samuel for studies in 

the usA. 

The World Wildlife Fund Carl Mannerfelt Prize 

Awarded to Torsten mattsson, Bengt steneby, nils nilsson, marcus fransson and 

Rikard edvards from Parans daylight AB for their success in utilising modern 

technology to bring natural light into dark areas of buildings. The prizewinners 

have developed components in a system that captures sunlight in a solar panel 

and then uses optical fibre cables to bring it to light fittings. The system results 

in a healthier indoor environment and is an excellent example of the efficient 

use of resources. Around 50 systems have been installed in various parts of the 

world. 

The carl mannerfelt Prize is awarded by ivA in cooperation with the world 

wildlife fund (wwf). The prize is based on a donation by carl mannerfelt, 

who has combined holding leading positions in industry with a commitment to 

environmental conservation and physical geography research. The idea behind 

the prize is to inspire people to find solutions that combine the sustainable 

use of natural resources with developments in technology and economics. The 

motto is ”conservation and development.” The jury consists of representatives 

from the wwf, the confederation of swedish enterprise and ivA. 

Sten Gustafssons Fond 

on 15 April 2008 scholarships were awarded to: 

Professor Thomas hedner for establishing a centre for medical entrepreneurship 

at the sahlgrenska Academy at gothenburg university. 

Peter A. jörgensen for establishing the iPR office through the swedish inventors’ 

Association. The centre works with intellectual property issues as they 

relate to individual inventors, researchers and small businesses. 

John och Margaretha Aspegrens stipendium 

emin Tengström, professor of human ecology, was awarded the scholarship 

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for his great commitment to interdisciplinary issues relating to the development 

of society. The john and margaretha Aspegren memorial foundation 

is based on a donation from john Aspegren and his wife margaretha. The 

foundation’s funds are administered by ivA. The purpose of the scholarship 

is to promote greater understanding between engineering sciences and the 

humanities. A scholarship of sek 100,000 is awarded alternate years to an 

engineer and a humanist. 

OFFICIAL STATEMENTS 2008 

IVA’s statement 28 January: kunskaps- och forskningsstrategi som underlag till 

den forskningspolitiska propositionen 

IVA’s statement 25 March: Resurser för kvalitet sou 2007:81 

IVA’s statement 20 May: eu-kommissionens förslag om ändring av direktiv 

2003/87/eg från miljödepartementet 

IVA’s statement 20 May: yttrande angående nytt kärnkraftverk i finland 

IVA’s statement 2 June: ivAs yttrande över forskningsfinansiering – kvalitet och 

relevans (sou 2008:30) 

IVA’s statement 17 June: ivA om klimatberedningens betänkande svensk klimatpolitik 

(sou 2008:24) 

IVA’s statement 14 August: Remissyttrande beträffande Rapport från Rådet för 

arkitektur, form och design (2008:1) 

IVA’s statement 3 December: ivAs yttrande om utredningen framtidens svenska 

e-legitimation (fi2006/6773, (delvis) fi2006/967) 

PUBLICATIONS 

IVA-aktuellt 2008 

in 2008 nine issues of this news magazine were published. Total distribution 

was close to 56,000 copies. ivA-aktuellt reaches readers in more than thirty 

countries. The circulation has remained constant for each publication date at 

over 6,100. more than 260 new subscribers were added in 2008 via the web 

and e-mail. 

forty percent of all articles are generated directly by ivA’s activities. just over 

60 meetings have been covered and several members have been interviewed. 

Research and iTc, the environment, climate and energy as well as enterprise 

and industry were the front-page topics in 2007. in total, around 60 per cent 

of all articles dealt with these themes. 

IVA-M-series 

ivA-m 374 samhällskritiska transporter, panelrapport från Transportpanelen 

inom ramen för projektet framsyn för krisberedskap, january 2008, 38 pp. 

(in swedish only) 

ivA-m 375 kommunikations- och informationsflöden, panelrapport från 

informationspanelen inom ramen för projektet framsyn för krisberedskap, 

january 2008, 38 pp. (in swedish only) 

ivA-m 376 ett systemperspektiv på samhällets krishantering, panelrapport från 

systempanelen inom ramen för projektet framsyn för krisberedskap, 

january 2008, 34 pp. (in swedish only) 

ivA-m 377 när krisen kommer! syntesrapport från projektet framsyn för 

krisberedskap, january 2008, 46 pp. (in swedish only) 

ivA-m 378 forskning och utveckling av innovationer gör sverige till europas 

mest attraktiva land – slutsatser från ivAs och vinnovas framsyn för forskning 

och innovation, march 2008, 30 pp. (in swedish only) 

ivA-m 379 forskningsprioriteringar; hur, vem och vad? – exempel från danmark, 

storbritannien och österrike, delrapport inom ramen för projektet 

forskning och innovationsframsyn, march 2008, 34 pp. (in swedish only) 

ivA-m 380 mål och medel för forskning och innovation – Analys av webbenkät 

om mål och medel i forsknings- och innovationspolitiken, delrapport inom 

ramen för projektet forskning och innovationsframsyn, march 2008, 14 pp. 

(in swedish only) 

ivA-m 381 nationell policy för forskning och innovation – en framtidsinriktad 

omvärldsanalys, delrapport inom ramen för projektet forskning och 

innovationsframsyn, march 2008, 50 pp. (in swedish only)

ivA-m 382 forskning och innovation i sverige – en internationell jämförelse, 

delrapport inom ramen för projektet forskning och innovationsframsyn, 

march 2008, 76 pp. (in swedish only) 

ivA-m 383 starka forsknings- och innovationsmiljöer i sverige – utmaningar 

för sverige i en globaliserad värld, delrapport inom ramen för projektet 

forskning och innovationsframsyn, march 2008, 32 pp. (in swedish only) 

ivA-m 384 forsknings- och innovationsframsyn – delrapport från referensgrupp 

Akademi inom ramen för projektet forskning och innovationsframsyn, 



samhälle inom ramen för projektet forskning och innovationsframsyn, 



näringsliv inom ramen för projektet forskning och innovationsframsyn, 


ivA-m 387 Ambient sweden – internetframsyn ur ett användarperspektiv, delrapport 

från Användarpanelen inom ramen för projektet internetframsyn, 

April 2008, 54 pp. (in swedish only) 

ivA-m 388 Ambient sweden – internetframsyn ur ett infrastrukturperspektiv, 

delrapport från infrastrukturpanelen inom ramen för projektet internetframsyn, 

April 2008, 30 pp. (in swedish only) 

ivA-m 389 Ambient sweden – internetframsyn ur ett säkerhets- och juridikperspektiv, 

delrapport från säkerhets- och juridikpanelen inom ramen för 

projektet internetframsyn, April 2008, 42 pp. (in swedish only) 

ivA-m 390 Ambient sweden – internetframsyn – så blir sverige en ledande 

internetnation år 2015, syntesrapport från projektet internetframsyn, April 

2008, 58 pp. (in swedish only) 

ivA-m 391 framsyn västsverige – västra sverige som en kunskapsregion, june 

2008, 28 pp. (in swedish only) 

ivA-m 392 stadgar och arbetsordning 2008, August 2008, 24 pp. (in swedish only) 

ivA-m 393 statutes and Rules of Procedure 2008, August 2008, 24 pp. 

ivA-m 394 globala energitrender – och problem att tillgodose energibehoven, 

delrapport inom ramen för projektet vägval energi, september 2008, 24 

pp. (in swedish only) 

ivA-m 395 A tribute to the memory of svante Arrhenius – a scientist ahead of 

his time, october 2008, 45 pp. 

OMBUDSMAN 

justice of the supreme Administrative marianne eliason. 

© Royal swedish Academy of engineering sciences, 2009 

P.o. Box 5073, se-102 42 stockholm 

Tfn: + 46 (0)8 791 29 00 fax: +46 (0)8 611 56 23 

e-mail: info@iva.se 

web: www.iva.se 

issn: 1100-5645 

isBn: 978-91-7082-800-3 

project management: eva stattin 

layout: Pelle isaksson, henrik lagerträd & eva stattin 

design: Pelle isaksson 

production management: henrik lagerträd 

texts: henrik lagerträd, nils lindstrand & eva stattin 

translation: diane högsta 

printed by: Alfaprint AB 

AUDITORS 

justice of the supreme court Bo svensson 

Professor lars-gunnar mattsson (div vi) 

Authorised Public Accountant jan larsson 

Alternates 

msc. econ Bertil edlund (div vi) 

Authorised Public Accountant jan Palmqvist 

IVAs INVESTMENT COMMITTEE 

Anne-marie Pålsson (chairman) 

carl wilhelm Ros 

Björn savén 

kerstin hessius 

FUNDING FOR IVA’S ACTIVITIES 

The academy received external grants for specific project that would not 

other wise have been possible. we would therefore particularly like to express 

our gratitude for this funding. Below is a list of donors who contributed 

amounts in excess of sek 500,000. 

ABB 

AfA 

Alecta 

emergency management Agency 

innovationsbron 

ministry of enterprise, energy and communications 

stiftelsen marcus och Amalia wallenbergs minnesfond 

svenska kraftnät 

swedenergy 

swedish energy Agency 

swedish environmental Protection Agency 

swedish governmental Agency for innovation systems, vinnova 

swedish institute 

swedish international development cooperation Agency 

swedish national Rail Administration 

The confederation of swedish enterprise 

The foundation for strategic environmental Research, mistra 

The swedish Agency for economic and Regional growth, nutek 

The swedish Road Administration 

vattenfall 

ångpanneföreningens forskningsstiftelse 

photos/illustrations: Pär Rönnberg, Anders malmströmer, Pawel flato, 

chinese Academy of engineering (cAe), Anette Andersson, Airi iliste, 

melker dahlstrand, Ann ek, Bertil Björk, sören Andersson, Timm Rautert, 

Rikard orell, skf, juliana yonst, sune fridell, fredrik Persson, Peter nerström, 

Anders kollberg, henrik witt, kenneth leverbeck, magnus fröderberg, 

Torbjörn zadig, image vision

iva’s conference centre: 

Right at the heart of stockholm... 

...you will find iva’s conference centre, 

which has been appreciated for many 

years as a centrally located meeting place 

for businesses, organisations and, of course, 

ivA’s own meetings. The spacious reception 

area, with room for mingling and coffee 

breaks, is the heart of our conference centre 

and is the perfect place for follow-up 

discussion, brainstorming and encounters 

between people. 

in 2008 more than 1,300 meetings were 

held at our facility, making it one of the 

leading conference centres in stockholm. 

The central location, modern technology 

and professional and helpful staff make this 

an excellent meeting place. welcome! 

facts on iva’s conference centre: 

Ten conference rooms for 4 to 175 people. 

food provided by the well-known Restaurant 

grodan. several attractive banquet halls 

with space for up to 175 people (the largest 

is 140 m 2 ). 

visiting address: grev Turegatan 16 

Telephone: +46-8-791 30 00 

fax: +46-8-791 30 59 

Read more on our website: 

www.ivaskonferens.se

executive committee & staff 

the academy’s activities are directed by an executive committee, 

which is the governing body of both the Acad emy itself 

and the ivA foundation. The chairman of the Academy chairs 

the Academy’s assemblies and meetings of the executive committee. 

The members of the executive committee in 2007 were 

as follows: 

chairman dr hans dalborg 

vice chairman dr Björn hägglund 

vice chairman Professor erik sandewall 

vice chairman dr jan uddenfeldt 

vice chairman Adjunct professor karl-olof hammarkvist 

chairman bec ceo lars Backsell 

president Professor lena Treschow Torell 20010801–20080731 

president Professor Björn o. nilsson 20080801–20140731 

the business executives council has its own governing body, 

which appoints the chairman and vice chairman.The chairman 

is also a member of ivA’s governing body, the executive 

committee. in 2007 the members of the Business executives 

council’s governing body were as follows: 

chairman lars Backsell, Recipharm 

vice chairman erik lautmann, jetpak group 

vice chairman lotta stalin, kuusakoski 

member magnus groth, studsvik 

member lena gustafsson, vinnova 

member hans karlander, Procuritas Partners kB 

member åke Plyhm, Tietoenator 

member Birgitta gunneflo, kronans droghandel 

member jens Bengtsson, Roschier Advokatbyrå 

the advisory council includes the chairman of the Academy 

or vice chairmen of the Academy’s divisions, chairmen of regional 

chapters and the President. The executive committee’s other 

members are entitled to be present at the Advisory council’s 

meetings. The chairmen of ivA’s Business executives council and 

committees may also be called to the meetings. 

chairman hans dalborg (div ix) chairman of the Academy 

Professor lena Treschow Torell (div v) 

ceo 2001-08-01–2008-07-31 

Professor Björn o. nilsson (div x) 

ceo 2008-08-01–2014-07-31 

Professor margareta norell Bergendahl, chairman div i 

Ph.d lennart Billfalk chairman div ii 

Professor örjan wikforss chairman div iii 

Professor gunnar svedberg chairman div iv 

Professor Thomas johannesson chairman div v 

director sven-christer nilsson chairman div vi 

Professor erland källén chairman div vi 

director eva färnstrand chairman div viii 

Professor ulf jakobsson chairman div ix 

Professor staffan josephson chairman div x 

Rector ingegerd Palmér chairman div xi 

chief information security officer ingrid mogensen 

chairman div xii 

director lars Backsell chairman of the Business executives 

council 

m.sc.eng. mårten lindström (div iii) chairman ifg 

Professor jan-eric ståhl (div i) chairman ivA south 

m.sc.eng. ivan öfverholm (div ii) chairman ivA west 

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iva management group consists of the President 

of the Academy and the heads of the Academy’s 

administrative departments. The management group 

is responsible for managing the Academy’s activities 

and programmes in line with the Academy’s goals and 

objectives. 

iva’s offices are located on grev Turegatan in stockholm. here there are several departments that help to run and serve 

the Academy in various ways. within the offices are ivA’s management group and teams working with project and academy 

business, communication, finance and hR, property, iT and copying, an editorial office for ivA’s newsletter and ivA’s conference 

centre. 

ivA’s staff 2008: 

liz Adamsson, Project manager 

caroline Ankarcrona, Project manager 

christer Asplund, Project manager 

Ann-margret Back, Assistant 

sheryhan Benzon, conference hostess 

Björkskär Birgitta, Press officer 

sofia Bjöns, communications Assistant 

ebba Blomberg, Receptionist 

maria Brogren, Project manager 

Torbjörn Brown, manager ivA’s 

conference centre 

Paulina cewe jönsson, Receptionist 

siv engelmark, speechwriter 

Barbara eriksson, hR 

staffan eriksson, Project manager 

Ted fjällman, Project manager 

lars fog, Property manager 

Anna-karin friskopps, conference hostess 

östen frånberg, Project manager 

stig göthe, Project manager 

kirsti häcki, Project Assistant 

diana höglund, conference hostess 

president Professor Björn o. nilsson 

property manager lars fog 

communications director camilla koebe 

head of programmes Thomas malmer 

assistant to the president marie owe 

cfo lotta Thörn 

secretary to the academy Per ödling 

Per isaksson, information officer 

ingrid jansson, Academy division 

coordinator 

gunn johansson, Project manager 

marie johansson, economy Assistant 

Teresa jonek, Project manager 

camilla koebe, communications director 

malin kratz, conference hostess 

cecilia kågemark, economy Assistant 

henrik lagerträd, communications 

Assistant 

Andreas larsson, conference Technician 

lars-gunnar larsson, Project manager 

niklas lenner, conference host 

kenneth leverbeck, editor 

hampus lindh, information officer, 

Project manager 

Thomas malmer, head of Programmes 

Ann-margret malmgren, Assistant 

johan mellnäs, Project manager 

Bengt mölleryd, Project manager 

Björn o. nilsson, President 

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Bo normark, Project manager 

Anders nylander, conference market 

officer 

lennart ohlsson, janitor 

Rickard olsson, iT officer 

marie owe, Assistant to the President 

Pär Rönnberg, editor-in-chief 

johan schuber, Project manager 

leif sjöström, secretary general sTyff 

Björn stattin, Project manager 

eva stattin, information officer, 

Project manager 

Per storm, secretary to the Academy 

markus strömberg, conference host 

ulla svantesson, international coordinator 

marika Thunberg, office coordinator 

lotta Thörn, cfo 

lena Treschow Torell, President 

åsa valadi, Project manager 

sara åkerlind, Receptionist 

Per ödling, secretary to the Academy

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