Worth rememberingIVA’s Annual Report 2011

The Academy’s mission is to promote the engineering and economic sciences and the development of industry for the benefit of society

Preface 4

Academy Staff 6

Four experts on the grand challenges 8

Goals for IVA’s activities 11

Rune Andersson, portrait 12

Projects at IVA 14

Innovation for Growth 16

Transport 2030 20

Internet of Things 20

Agenda for Research 21

Science and Technology for All (NTA) 22

An Energy Efficient Society. 22

Energy Book 22

Mentor4Research 23

Hans Rosling, portrait 24

IVA Across 27

IVA’s Royal Technology Tours 28

IVA-aktuellt 28

Lena Treschow Torell, retiring Chairman 29

IVA’s input for the research and innovation bill 30

Jan Björklund, column 31

Meetings at IVA 32

Division activities 34

Summer party 35

A selection of seminars arranged in 2011 36

Political week in Visby 38

Elisabeth Nilsson, portrait 42

Industrial Research Committee 44

IVA’s Business Executives Council 46

Breakfast meetings & Annual meeting 48

Björn Savén, portrait 50

Annual Meeting 52

Great Gold Medal 58

Gold Medals 59

Awards, Scholarships & Distinctions 61

IVA’s Conference Centre 62

IVA Documentation 2011 64

Contents.

4 | preface

There is a disconnect between our

actions and what we have learned

from research about what the

limits are, even if the research is

constantly giving us new models. According to

the scientists, the number of challenges we face

is unparalleled: the climate, food, water, provi-

sions, oil and phosphorous – the list goes on.

In the area of health too, there are numerous

challenges, not least the West’s greatly ageing

population as a result of which fewer will need

to feed more.

How should we solve these challenges? I’m

a technology optimist and maintain, with the

obstinacy of a fool, that new technology is an

important cornerstone – perhaps the most im-

portant one – in our search for future solutions

to global challenges. New technology will be

developed where the need for it arises. Some-

times international agreements are needed

to limit the use of resources. But new needs

unleash the important innovative capacity in

an effective market. Raw material shortages

and outdated technology both spawn new and

exciting ideas for which a demand is quickly

created in the market.

What do these global challenges mean for

IVA? Can we help make a difference in our day-

to-day work, and if so, how?

Firstly, we know that working to find long-

term solutions to global problems is important

and needs to be prioritised. Here, IVA can

highlight new areas. Secondly, IVA’s network is

helping to bring together the political, business

and academic communities so that Sweden

can have the best possible breeding ground for

new, innovative solutions that can reach new

markets and lead to sustainable development.

Thirdly, IVA wants to improve conditions for

people in developing countries, and the compe-

tence within the Academy in water and energy

etc. are playing an important role here.

Science and technology have solved most

of mankind’s problems over the years. Per

Anders Fogelström’s series of novels set in

Stockholm begin with the extreme poverty in

the 1700s when 50,000 Stockholmers had to

live in a small area without access to essential

solutions. Today 34 million people live in the

Greater Tokyo area which, despite its size, runs

efficiently in terms of transportation, logistics

and water and waste infrastructure. We can

often solve the problems we prioritise in soci-

ety, and technology is a cornerstone in finding

those solutions. Rather, it is our frequent in-

ability to understand the challenges that delays

the process.

2011 has been a very productive year at IVA.

Much of the focus has been on the Innovation

for Growth project. In October the Innovation

Plan Sweden report was presented as input for

a Swedish innovation strategy.

Innovation Plan Sweden summarises the

concrete proposals developed by the project to

support innovation development in Sweden.

The project has been well covered in the media

and I am happy to say that the political system

has recognised our efforts and has already

started implementing several of our proposals.

Another long-term project we are continu-

ing to work on is Science and Technology for

All (NTA). This education development pro-

gramme focusing on science, technology and

mathematics also has a long-term and clear

connection to innovation. Another project that

has attracted a lot of attention is Transport

2030, a collaborative project involving differ-

ent areas of the transport sector. The results

from the project were presented at a well-

attended seminar during the political week

in Visby, Gotland. Agenda for Research is a

project we have been working on that aims to

increase the focus on and energize the research

policy discourse in Sweden. Our efforts will

become even more visible in the year ahead.

IVA is making valuable contributions inter-

nationally as well. The EU is a big opportunity

for Sweden, and Brussels is an increasingly

important platform for IVA. To this end, IVA is

part of Euro-CASE with twenty-one other en-

gineering sciences academies in Europe. Right

now Euro-CASE is working with innovation is-

sues and IVA is coordinating these efforts with

our sister academy in Germany, Acatech.

Innovation has almost become a mantra – a

solution for everything. Is this an exaggerated

notion, do you think? I say emphatically no. Let

us unleash our innovative power so that we can

help solve the grand challenges. Innovation is

essential if we are to solve the problems of the

future. Research and legislation lead to renewal.

I hope you enjoy reading our annual report!

Björn O. Nilsson. Innovation is needed to meet the challenges of the futurefrom time to time mankind faces grand challenges that require new and powerful solutions. One such challenge is how to handle the prediction that the population around the year 2050 will pass the nine-billion mark. Based on our current consumption of resources, we will need another globe, because we’re putting too much strain on the one we have. That is not sustainable.

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6 | AcAdemy StAff

Ann Clauson, Conference Reservations

Markus Strömberg, Conference Service

Elin Vinger, Project Manager

Lotta Thörn, CFO

Kirsti Häcki, Project Assistant

Björn O. Nilsson, President

Malin Kratz, Conference Reservations Sheryhan Benzon,

Conference Service

Joakim Rådström, Head of Media Relations

Camilla Koebe, Communications Director

Johan Carlstedt, Project Manager

Östen Frånberg, Project Manager

Lennart Ohlsson, JanitorPär Rönnberg, Editor in Chief and legally responsible for publications

Jacob Bjarnason, Service Manager IT

Lars Fog, Property Manager

Ingrid Jansson, Division Coordinator

Marika Thunberg Petersson, Office Coordinator

Jan Westberg, Communications Officer

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Arvid Söderhäll,

Project Manager

Caroline Ankarcrona, Project Manager

Johan Persson, Project Manager

Jan Nordling,

Project Manager

Lena Anderson, Accountant

Staffan Eriksson, Project Manager

Marie Owe, Assistant to the President

Åsa Sjöberg, Conference Manager

Magnus Breidne, Project DirectorAnn-Margret Back, Assistant

Kenneth Leverbeck, Editor/Writer

Pär Ödling, Secretary to the Academy

Hampus Lindh, Project Manager

Barbara Eriksson,

HR Manager

Anna Lindberg, Communications Officer

Britta Aulio, Conference Reservations

Anna-Karin Friskopps,

Conference Reservations

Robert Bwomono, AV technician

Ulla Svantesson, International Coordinator

Henrik Lagerträd, Communications Officer

Ann-Margret Malmgren, Assistant

8 | grand challenges

From your perspective, what are the

biggest challenges we face?

Well, it’s difficult to pick one or two, but it’s

clear that constant strong democracy that

prevents us from ending up with a far too

technocratic form of government (the current

development in Europe is a concern), fighting

corruption, populism and xenophobia, and

striving for a just society with as much equality

as possible are all crucial.

In the international arena, it’s very im-

portant for us in the West to live up to our

promises on respect for human rights and for

us to sort out our budget deficits if we want

democracy to be an attractive model for the

world. (Note the discussion on how attrac-

tive the Chinese model is in large parts of the

world, e.g. In Beijing Consensus by S. Halper).

Greater efforts are needed to reduce poverty,

particularly in Africa. On the environment

front, the climate issue is important; converting

our energy systems for renewable energy, but

also reducing deforestation and the destruction

of valuable ecosystems. The challenge is huge.

In half a century we need to cut emissions by

50 percent and in the wealthy part of the world,

by close to 90 percent. That is a technological,

financial and political challenge that is mind-

boggling. But whoever is quick to find solutions

will make enormous gains from the conversion.

Today, net sales of wind and solar cells are

already in the region of SEK 1,000 billion a year

in the global market.

What are the solutions?

To give a complete but brief answer regarding

the world’s challenges is, of course, impossible.

But this is as brief as I can manage: When it

comes to the climate issue, it’s basically about

raising fees on carbon emissions and supporting

the development of new technologies, such as

various forms of solar energy. The big question

is naturally how to get political acceptance for

this, especially in the US where the Congress is

the big bottleneck at the moment. In terms of

democracy: openness, education and justice are

crucial in order to prevent growing isolation,

which can be kidnapped by populist and xeno-

phobic forces.

How can Sweden contribute to the solu-

tions?

Sweden is a small country and our main con-

tribution could be acting as a model country,

i.e. by demonstrating how a sound economy

and reduced carbon emissions are possible, by

pursuing policies that oppose xenophobia, and

by standing up for human rights.

Can we manage that?

History has been a long, eternal struggle between

opposing interests. That’s going to continue...

From your perspective, what are the

biggest challenges we face?

The biggest challenges in my opinion are

increasing global, sustainable economic growth.

Without growth it will be much more difficult

to solve our environmental problems, and to

raise standards for those sections of the world’s

population that have up to now been unable to

share in the increased prosperity of the last few

decades, particularly the 15 percent or so who

live in extreme poverty.

What are the solutions?

We talk today about the crisis of capitalism. But

the solution will not be found in more govern-

ment or international regulation and interven-

tion. Instead we need to improve conditions so

that the market economy can work. This will

involve deregulation and reregulation of certain

markets (e.g. parts of the infrastructure, transport

and finance markets), increased competition in

several areas and more opportunities for many

more people than today to participate in econom-

ic growth. In the case of the latter, the important

thing is to invest in education and competence

improvement, and to combine this with economic-

political systems that enable individuals to get a

job or get involved in building a business for the

benefit of both the individual and society.

How is Sweden helping to solve the grand challenges? Four experts’ prophecies of global challenges and possible solutions

Christian Azar. Professor of Sustainable Industrial Metabolism, Chalmers University of Technology

Pontus Braunerhjelm. Managing Director, Swedish Entrepreneurship Forum, Professor KTH, Stockholm

grand challenges | 9

Gustav Fridolin.

Pontus Braunerhjelm.

Christian Azar.Eric Giertz.

10 | grand challenges

How can Sweden contribute to the solu-

tions?

Sweden can contribute by working on making

changes according to these guidelines in the

international forums in which Sweden par-

ticipates, within the EU, and by being a model

country ourselves.

Can we manage that?

I’m a development optimist; despite all the

threats about the planet running out of re-

sources and destroying itself, I’m convinced that

our innovative capacity will solve our problems.

But this requires innovation, entrepreneurship

and growth to be prioritised in the international

frameworks that are now emerging.

From your perspective, what are the

biggest challenges we face?

The conditions upon which we have built our

economy – almost unlimited access to raw ma-

terials and energy – are fundamentally chang-

ing. The shortage of resources and the climate

challenge are driving this change. In future,

green technology will be part of the market; all

solutions and all technology must be green.

What are the solutions?

We need new ways of transporting ourselves

and our goods, more sensible ways of build-

ing cities, and more effective ways of using

and producing energy. Many of the solutions

already exist. What we need now is policies for

using them across a broad front.

How can Sweden contribute to the solu-

tions?

We have the ability to be at the forefront. This

will also allow new jobs to be created and new

industries to emerge in Sweden.

Can we manage that?

It depends on which policies we choose. In my

book “Maskiner och Människor” (Machines

and People), I’ve drafted a new industrial policy

with three clear goals:

1. Sweden should be the country in the

industrialised world with the highest per capita

investment in new, sustainable technology.

2. By having regulations with a long-term

perspective, Sweden will double private invest-

ment in new, sustainable technology.

3. The education system needs to produce an

educated workforce that can do the work that’s

needed when new industries emerge.

From your perspective, what are the

biggest challenges we face?

The biggest challenges include the challenging

environmental issues, such as access to water,

energy conversion and the climate issue, and

handling increasing urbanisation, getting to

grips with poverty, widespread diseases and

challenges relating to ageing populations in

developing countries.

What are the solutions?

For IVA, which is an academy of engineering

sciences, it’s important to focus on the possible

technological solutions to the major challenges.

This means a focus on technology, sciences and

medical research. But research is not a solution

unless new discoveries are converted into in-

novation and new products and services. That’s

why it’s important to emphasise what’s needed

politically and financially so that the new tech-

nological opportunities can come to practical

use in different types of companies – both new

and established ones, big and small, producing

goods and producing services. Development

often involves collaboration between many dif-

ferent companies that form natural clusters of

various kinds. Here, I think it’s more important

to focus on general measures to create a favour-

able innovation and business climate, as well as

an effective interplay between publically funded

companies and private interests, than to focus

on specifically targeted measures.

How can Sweden contribute to the solu-

tions?

If Sweden is really going to contribute to

development, we need policies that are adapted

to more specialised and internationalised trade

and industry. This means that Sweden needs to

attract both Swedish and foreign-owned busi-

nesses to establish R&D intensive enterprises

and companies with high value added per

employee in Sweden. It’s important to have the

appropriate competence and the right busi-

ness climate in Sweden, but also to be early

technology users, which is an important diver in

this context. Early technology use is extremely

important for the sustained competitiveness of

Swedish industry and for Sweden’s ability to

help solve the big challenges.

Some people probably look back nostalgi-

cally at the decades in the mid-1900s when

state-run enterprises worked closely with big

Swedish corporations in development partner-

ships, like Televerket and LM Ericsson or

Vattenfall and ASEA. The prevailing conditions

during those decades no longer exist today. It is

neither possible nor desirable to build the same

systematic national collaborations between

Swedish universities, government monopolies

and individual Swedish corporations. Still, it is

extremely important to take advantage of op-

portunities to improve important public sector

enterprises; to make them more efficient, and

to create the best possible breeding ground for

innovative (Swedish and foreign) companies

in our country. This is largely the case in, for

example, the ICT sector in Sweden, but hardly

in, for example, the medical technology sector,

which develops equipment and systems for

care.

Can we manage that?

As I see it, it’s a very big challenge for IVA to

adapt itself to the structural changes taking

place in industry. This transformation is result-

ing in more specialised global companies. If

IVA is to help increase innovation capacity and

promote growth in Swedish industry, the Acad-

emy’s focus needs to stretch beyond Swedish-

owned companies. That is a real challenge!

Eric Giertz. Visiting professor of Industrial Economics and Management (INDEK), KTH

Gustav Fridolin. Spokesperson, The Green Party

By global challenges – or as they are often called “the grand societal challenges” – we mean challenges associated with things like the climate, energy, the environment anddemographics; but they also include security, participation, good health and education for all people.

IVA believes there is much work to be done to make changes in society with a focus on these challenges, and the Academy has the ability to make valuable contributions to these important efforts.

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A positive attitude to economics, en-gineering and science, and in particu-lar a greater interest among young people in higher education in maths, natural sciences, IT and engineering.

Improve Sweden’s ability to influence at the European level.

Help meet the “Grand Socie-tal Challenges.”

More government research investment for growth and competitiveness.

Effective and efficient infrastruc-ture, trans-port systems and built environment.

Sweden as a world leader in energy technology, cleantech, biotech and IT.

Alleviate the problem of an inadequate supply of education, water, energy and food in developing countries.

Internationally com-petitive education programmes.

Guaranteed access to energy at competitive prices through the development of new, sus-tainable energy technology, while attaining the goals of more efficient energy consumption and reduced greenhouse gas emissions.

Improved climate for entrepreneurs and innovation.

Increased growth and inter-national competitiveness for knowledge-intensive companies.

Strategy work. Goals for IVA’s activities

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Rune Andersson’s past in-

cludes being president, CEO

and chairman of a number

of big corporations,

including Trelleborg AB, Electrolux and

Getinge. Today his role as Chairman of

the Mellby Gård Group takes up most

of his time. At IVA his next assignment

will be as chairman of the follow-up

to the Innovation for Growth project,

Innovation Powerhouse Sweden.

The export issue has always played

a central role in the companies he has

been involved with, but the develop-

ment of the Swedish market in differ-

ent areas has also held his attention.

“Our biggest challenge in Sweden is

to boost employment and this means

promoting growth primarily in the

service sector because it accounts for

80–85 percent of jobs compared to the

production industry which accounts for

15–20 percent,” says Rune Andersson.

According to Rune, the current

tax code is not always helpful to the

service sector. His knowledge of the

tax system is very current because he

was chairman of the panel within IVA’s

Innovation for Growth project that

analysed the Swedish tax system to

see how it is affecting the innovation

climate and growth in Sweden.

Payroll costs in the manufacturing

phase constitute one of the most impor-

tant parameters company’s need to take

into account when deciding where to

locate production facilities, particularly

if much of it is manual production.

“If payroll costs are less than 10

percent, it’s still feasible to keep pro-

duction in Sweden, but if payroll costs

rise to more than 20 percent, it’s diffi-

cult to motivate domestic production,”

he says, pointing out that it is hard

for Sweden to compete with Asia in

manual manufacturing. Sweden does,

however, compare favourably to other

European countries and even the US.

Rune Andersson believes that if

production involves limited manual

labour, there is no reason for it not

to take place in Sweden. The biggest

company in the Mellby Gård Group,

the SEK billion Roxtec in Karlskrona,

which develops, manufactures and

sells sealing solutions for cables and

pipes to protect people and equip-

ment from things like water, fire, gas,

sand, dirt, vibration, electromagnetic

disturbance and pests, manufactures

its products in Sweden. 97 percent of

the products are exported.

“The challenges in the export mar-

ket are not appreciably greater today

than in the past. It’s possible that the

manufacturing country is chosen with

even greater care bearing in mind pay-

roll costs,” says Rune Andersson.

Rune Anderson believes that IVA’s

role in helping to find solutions to

global challenges involves being a clear

opinion builder. It is about getting

important issues on the agenda; not

least of which is increasing interest in

an education in science and technology

subjects. Rune has a Masters degree

in civil engineering from Chalmers

University of Technology.

Despite the criticism of educa-

tion today – which Rune believes has

clear shortcomings – he believes that

Sweden has a reasonably good supply

of qualified people in the workforce.

However, he points out that most of

them live in big cities, which makes it

more difficult for companies with head

offices outside the Stockholm, Gothen-

burg and Malmö regions to find quali-

fied employees. Efficient infrastructure

is therefore crucial because it has a

major impact on the recruitment of

well-educated people.

Rune Andersson has a positive

view of the future despite the great

challenges.

“Sweden is doing well. I don’t think

that competition in the export market

is any tougher today than in the past.

But that being said, we clearly need to

address the problems that exist in edu-

cation and infrastructure, and focus

more on the service sector.”

Rune Andersson. Efficient domestic market is good for Sweden and promotes exportseducation, efficient infrastructure and more investment in the service sector are three important parameters to enable sweden to hold its own in international competition and boost employment. according to industrialist and iVa member rune andersson, payroll costs are a crucial aspect in determining where a company’s main manual production will take place.

name: Rune Andersson

home: In the Skåne countryside

family: Wife and three children

education: mSc civil engineering, chalmers University of technology

career: Various ceO and chair-manship assignments for big corporations. Has now been running his own busi-ness for 25 years

issue close to his heart at iva: Innovation issues, particularly relating to Smes

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14 | prOjecTs

Projects at IVA. An arena for discourse on developments in societyThe objective of iVa’s project activities is to create greater understanding about the significance of engineering and economics. The projects involve numerous decision-makers and experts from industry, the research community, government authorities and agencies, and politicians. The process whereby decision-makers and experts from different spheres come together is often just as important as the actual end results. Most of the projects focus on long-range issues relating to research and education, energy and the environment, innovation and enterprise, and communication and infrastructure. internationalisation and connections to the eU are important aspects in all projects.

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16 | innOVaTiOn fOr grOwTh

The key to Sweden’s future pros-

perity is renewal or innovation.

The intention of Innovation for

Growth has been to use concrete

proposals and a broad-based dialogue to

increase Sweden’s innovative power.

Many nations today are rallying to address

the issue of innovation. Innovation is an

important part of the solution to the major

societal challenges the world faces today; not

least in a situation plagued by an economic

crisis and a lack of confidence in the political

direction in Europe and the US. By developing

innovation strategies, nations want to strength-

en their comparative advantages to meet these

challenges, while at the same time creating the

right general conditions for growth in industry

and the rest of society.

The Swedish Government’s innovation

policy initiatives have been modest in recent

decades. But its innovation strategy, which

will be presented in 2012, offers hope. Sweden

needs a long-term and bipartisan policy that is

widely accepted.

We believe that the political leadership’s

mission is to present a vision and a strategy for

innovation that involves growth, a high em-

ployment rate and an inclusive society. Innova-

tion for Growth is contributing to this effort

by making concrete proposals and through a

nationwide, combined effort for innovation.

The Globalisation Council’s work, for

which a final report was presented in May

2009, has been an important starting point for

the project work. In a process at the national

and regional levels, a series of concrete propos-

als have been developed as a first step towards

a better innovation climate. This has involved

individuals from many parts of society, not

least from the business community.

Innovation Plan Sweden summarises the

work processes and proposals that the project

has developed to support innovation develop-

ment in Sweden. We greatly appreciate the fact

that the political system and public authori-

ties have paid attention to our work and have

started to implement several of our proposals.

The process has been characterised by

dialogue and various activities. Fifteen regions/

counties have been engaged in the Regional

Dialogue. Within the National Dialogue

we have held meetings with MPs and youth

politicians, politicians and civil servants in the

Government Offices, young innovators and

representatives from industry and the business

community. Eight work groups have developed

concrete proposals to strengthen innovation in

selected areas. Idea and analysis groups have

added their input to the process. Proposals

and analysis have been reviewed by the Science

Council. An Elected Council with representa-

tives from 35 organisations and agencies pro-

vided valuable input on a regular basis during

the Innovation for Growth project.

Many people have contributed to Innova-

tion for Growth. We would like to express

our deep gratitude for the strong commitment

we have encountered. We are convinced that

together we can help to increase Sweden’s in-

novative power. The work has only just begun!

Marcus Wallenberg, chairman, innovation

for growth, seB, Kristina Alsér, kronoberg

county, Lars Backsell, recipharm, Pontus

Braunerhjelm, swedish entrepreneurship forum,

Charlotte Brogren, VinnOVa, Anders

Ekblom, astraZeneca, Johan Hernmarck,

provider Ventures, Annika Lundius, confederation

of swedish enterprise, Christina Lugnet, swedish

agency for economic and regional growth, Stefan

Löfven, if Metall, Björn O. Nilsson, iVa, Göran

Sandberg, knut and alice wallenberg foundation

(kaw), Melker Schörling, Melker schörling aB

and Johan Carlstedt, innovation for growth.

Innovation for Growth. From words to deeds

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What were the foremost reasons for

launching this project?

“The innovation system is extremely fragmented.

We saw an opportunity to rally and gather re-

sources, and to build a lasting strategy that would

have a bigger impact than earlier initiatives. In

Sweden our problem is that not enough new

businesses are starting up, and the ones that exist

aren’t growing enough. Also, we are not good

enough at commercialising ideas from research.”

What challenges do we face in develop-

ing Sweden’s innovative capacity?

“We need to rally around the issue at both the

regional and national levels in order to succeed.

It’s important to create a sense of urgency – get

the ear of politicians and the Government, and

get them to be bold enough to address certain

issues and then feel confident making deci-

sions. It’s a lot about attitudes, knowledge and

leadership.”

The regional dialogue has been one of

the main themes throughout the project.

What experiences have you gained?

“There has been a lot of rallying here. The

regions and counties have evaluated and ana-

lysed their innovation policies and innovation

systems, including collaboration between dif-

ferent organisations, and what effects financial

subsidies actually have. Based on this analysis,

several regions have developed regional innova-

tion strategies and created strong leadership for

those strategies. Innovative power really exists,

and it is gratifying that 15 regions and counties

have been involved in the project and more are

starting to analyse their situations.”

Is it possible that Innovation Plan

Sweden is just a carefully crafted paper

tiger?

“The fact is that the political system and

government agencies have already started

implementing several of our proposals. Many

proposals require enduring processes and are

controversial in parts, so they are not imple-

mented in the blink of an eye. One example is

the requirement for cooperation across party

lines and ministries.”

What is needed for Sweden’s innovation

initiative to succeed?

“What’s needed is a clear and enduring process

for implementing a national innovation strat-

egy; clear political leadership and goal-setting.

Regular evaluation and transparency are two

other important criteria. In other words, the

Government needs to prove it’s up to the task!

Most countries are facing similar challenges

and finding recipes for solutions. Sweden needs

a new mindset in order to be attractive.”

How can IVA help in these efforts?

“We can help with implementation of in-

novation initiatives regionally, nationally and

internationally. We are going to continue to

support the Government, regional politicians

and national and regional industry. And we will

do this through the follow-up project, Innova-

tion Powerhouse Sweden.”

Project Director Johan Carlstedt. What do you think about Innovation for Growth?

More information. Please visit www.iva.se/innovation

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The Innovation Powerhouse

Sweden project is a natural

continuation of Innovation

for Growth. The project aims

to contribute to a long-term Swedish

national innovation policy, to encourage

work on regional innovation strategies

and to monitor international innovation

policies. The project is expected to run

from 2011 to 2013.

At the concluding conference

of the Innovation for Growth

project on 10 October the pro-

ject’s Chairman MArCuS WAL-

LENBErG handed the final report entitled

Innovation Plan Sweden over to Minister for

Enterprise ANNiE Lööf. The seminar was her

first appearance as Minister for Enterprise.

The concluding conference took place in a

packed Wallenberg Auditorium and other

speakers included iLJA BAtALJAN, ANGELES

BErMudEz-SvANKviSt, LiSA LiNdStröM,

PONtuS BrAuNErHJELM and ÅKE SvENSSON.

Innovation Plan Sweden is IVA’s input

for the Swedish innovation strategy being

prepared by the Government and to be

presented in 2012. In a process at both the

national and regional levels, the project has

produced a number of concrete proposals to

help improve the innovation climate.

New project. Innovation Powerhouse

Innovation for Growth. Innovation Plan Sweden handed over to Minister for Enterprise

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Sweden’s innovative capacity is the sum of that capacity in

all of the regions. Alongside the regional dialogue, the task

of drawing the national innovation map has started. Many

parts of Sweden have come a long way, but the dialogue

has also highlighted the fact that some regions are stronger than

others. Skåne and Västra Götaland stand out as positive examples.

Through seminars and workshops, the active regions have

shared their experiences, inspired and been inspired. How in-

novative Sweden will be in the future depends on the innovation

climate around the country, and many of the representatives for

the participating regions stressed the importance of continuing a

regional dialogue to keep the process that has started alive.

KriStiNA ALSér has been the county governor in kronoberg county

since 2007. she was a member of the steering committee for Innovation

for Growth and headed the project’s regional dialogue initiative. kristina

was previously ceO of the greentech company Mercatus engineering.

In Sweden we are good at patents but

weak at commercialisation. We need

to take this seriously and work actively

to find structures that reward com-

mercialisation so we can continue to be the

nation that is known for strong brands in

industry and the service sector.

Sweden, as a small country facing many

challenges, including our demography,

needs to be at the forefront and have an effi-

cient and innovative public sector. The work

group I headed prepared various proposals

for more efficient public administration and

our proposals have resulted in a committee

being appointed by the Government to pro-

duce clear and implementable proposals to

make public administration more efficient.

CHriStiNA LuGNEt has been director general

of the swedish agency for economic and regional

growth (Tillväxtverket) since 2009. she was

a member of the steering committee for the

Innovation for Growth project and served as chair-

man of the efficient government administration

work group. christina previously held the post as

municipal director in haparanda.

Kristina Alsér. The national innovation map shows big differences between the regions

Christina Lugnet. Strong Swedish brands give the country a boost

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The purpose of the Transport 2030

project is to establish a foundation

for continued cooperation between

the industry, academia and public

agencies in Sweden to create better conditions

for the sustainable development of the trans-

port system over the next twenty years.

The Transport 2030 project began two years

ago with the objective of developing the Swedish

and European transport system in a way that

contributes to the long-term positive develop-

ment of society, improved competitiveness in

industry and reduced environmental impact

from transportation, while increasing mobility

and accessibility for more people. This can be

achieved through broad collaboration between

the various players in the transport system with

a focus on long-term development issues relat-

ing to the entire transport system.

At the Nordic region’s most important

annual conference for the transport sector,

Transport Forum in Linköping in January

2011, Steering Committee Chairman, Ulrika

Francke, presented the results from the work

that has been carried since the start. A month

later the project’s concluding report, Trans-

port system for sustainable development and

competitiveness, was presented in IVA’s Wal-

lenberg Auditorium. The report emphasises the

value of large-scale demonstration projects as a

method of driving the necessary joint develop-

ment processes.

The project’s most important proposal is the

creation of a forum for strategic development

of the transport sector to drive development

towards sustainable mobility in the long term.

The forum will provide unique opportunities

to find transport solutions which, on a global

scale, can lead to a significant reduction in the

environmental threat, improvements to the lives

of individuals and more competitive industry.

Transport 2030 arranged one of IVA’s semi-

nars during the political week in Visby, Gotland,

with the participation of Charlotte Brogren, Di-

rector General of VINNOVA, Urban Karlström,

Pia Kinhult, deputy governor for the Skåne

region, Mikael Stöhr, CEO of Green Cargo,

Jan-Eric Sundgren Director AB Volvo and

Gunnar Malm, Director General of the Swedish

Transportation Administration. This was also

the venue for the forum’s formal launch.

“The seminar in Visby rounded off two

years of work within Transport 2030 and was

the formal starting shot for the new national

forum proposed by the project. The forum will

not be organised by IVA, but still has an IVA

connection because the forum’s chairman is

Urban Karlström, an IVA member,” says pro-

ject and communications manager,” Hampus

Lindh.

The Internet of Things (IoT) is

advancing in leaps and bounds.

Connections to wireless net-

works are increasing in number.

In the forest and mining industries the new

technology is attractive in areas such as

recycling, maintenance, logistics and safety.

These were some of the conclusions drawn

at a seminar entitled The Internet of Things

– from commercial benefits to sensors,

arranged by IVA in September.

The Internet of Things is the digitisation

of management and control of industrial

and social processes.

“Being at the forefront of IoT could lead

to improved competitiveness for Swedish

industry, which would raise the GDP and

create new jobs,” said Östen Frånberg,

Project Manager of IoT, a new sub-project

within IVA’s ICT for Sweden project.

IoT. From commercial benefits to sensors

Transport 2030. Transport issues resulted in national forum

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With the goal of highlighting and

energising the research policy

discourse in Sweden, IVA’s

Agenda for Research project

has now completed its second year. Two studies

have so far been reported; one on how to orga-

nise research with a practical orientation using

schools as an example, and one on the connec-

tion between education and research in higher

education. The studies were then presented and

discussed at well-attended seminars.

Starting in 2010, IVA has been running the

Agenda for Research project the goal of which

is to highlight and energise the research policy

discourse in Sweden. The project will run for

three years and is mainly in the form of studies

and dialogue. The dialogue involves elected

officials, research funders and researchers,

as well as those putting the research to use in

trade and industry, the public sector and vari-

ous organisations.

The project work is based on existing stud-

ies and aims to identify knowledge gaps. Based

on an inventory of needs identified among the

target groups, the project is initiating targeted

studies of the research and innovation system.

Through this process the project will generate

valuable input for the upcoming research and

innovation policy bill.

“We are in a good position to impact

research policy because the analysis is owned

and led by representatives from the big re-

search funders. This means that what we learn

during the project will go directly into the

research policy work,” says Anders Broström

who, alongside Elin Vinger, is a Project Man-

ager for Agenda for Research.

During the first year of the project, efforts

were focused on learning about the problems

and prioritising areas where the need for

fundamental analysis was the greatest. In 2011

the project launched a number of studies, the

first of which was presented in October on

how research on and for schools is organised.

In connection with this study, Agenda for

Research held a seminar entitled “Stronger

research for stronger schools.” The seminar

linked to the new Education Act and addressed

the need in the education system for a strong

research-based knowledge supply. The goal

was to initiate a discussion on how best to

organise the research that meets these needs.

“One of several prioritised issues within the

project is analysing the status of the research-

based knowledge supply in the important

sectors responsible for education, healthcare

and taking care of people,” says Arne Wittlöv,

Chairman of Agenda for Research.

In November the project’s study on “The

research connection in higher education” was

launched. The study revealed that only a third

of the instruction in Swedish higher education is

by educators with a connection to research. Two

thirds of students in higher education are taught

by educators with low or no research activity of

their own. When the results of the study were

presented, Agenda for Research was looking for

clearer definitions of what the “research con-

nection” actually means – and emphasised the

fact that it should be possible for the connection

between education and research to be different

for different university programmes.

In 2012 the project will present its propos-

als on how the research system should be

developed over the next decade to meet the

knowledge needs of the future.

CurrENt WOrKiNG GrOuPS

• Theresearchconnectioninhighereducation

• TheroleofPhDstudentsintheresearch

system

• Newwaysoforganisingresearchwitha

practical orientation

• Researchpolicyandtheglobalknowledge

economy

• Research-basedknowledgeinSwedish

administration

Agenda for Research. Research policy discourse on the agenda

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Energy supply, energy consumption

and energy dependence are crucial

issues for our prosperity. The com-

plexity of these issues and therefore

the need for assembled and especially objective

information are the reason for the Energy

Book’s existence. The first edition came out in

2007, and in 2011 a revision of the book began

and training days were held for teachers.

The Energy Book has now been around

for four years. The empty shelves after 19,000

copies have gone out and the numerous PDF

downloads are proof that the book is filling

an important function for decision-makers,

journalists and the general public, but most

importantly, for teachers and school children, in

both social science and natural science subjects.

The first revision was made in 2009 and in

2011 work on the second revision began – a

revision that will be more comprehensive than

the first. Apart from updating statistics, the

outdated examples and energy technologies

have been removed and replaced by new ones.

“We conducted thorough market research

before starting the revision work to get a more

accurate idea of which parts of the book are

actually being used. We’ve also received sug-

gestions for improvements,” says Elin Vinger,

Project Manager for the Energy Book.

Apart from the fact that at least 10,000 new

books will be printed, users will still be able to

download it as a PDF at IVA’s website or go to

the browsable website, energiboken.nu.

Alongside the revision work for the book, IVA

has worked with four of the country’s science

centres to develop and implement training days

for teachers. They were highly appreciated

and a follow-up is already being planned for

Stockholm in spring 2012. The plan is for a

training day to be held 6–8 times around the

country before the end of the year. The aim is

also for the training day to be offered by various

educational institutions around the country.

The purpose of the Energy Book is to pro-

vide a source of information and highlight the

great significance of energy issues in a way that

will encourage people to become more engaged,

while also explaining the challenges we face.

The ambition is for readers to gain a more nuan-

ced picture of the complexity of energy issues.

Energy Book. New information and education for teachers

NTA. New curriculum good for the project

New project. Energy efficiency in focus

IVA is continuing its long-standing com-

mitment to the school development

programme, Science and Technology for

All (NTA), in cooperation with the Royal

Swedish Academy of Sciences (KVA). The new

national school curriculum, which focuses

even more on science and technology subjects,

has increased demand for NTA in the munici-

palities and among independent schools.

NTA aims to inspire curiosity and increase

interest in science and technology among

schoolchildren and teachers in both preschools

and school years 1–9. NTA was initiated by IVA

and KVA and is based on an American concept.

“When we started our goal was to get a

hundred municipalities involved. The fact that

it has taken fourteen years to get there is due

to a number of factors, not least of which is

municipal finances. Today we are noticing a

greater demand from schools that need sup-

port to work with science and technology with

younger schoolchildren,” says Marja Anders-

son, head of NTA Production and Service.

In 2011 alone, six new municipalities and

seven other members, such as independent

schools, joined the programme. At NTA’s of-

fices they are noticing a difference after the

launch of the new Lgr 11 curriculum, which

emphasizes the importance of proficiency in

science and technology more than the previous

curriculum.

“Things have really picked up since Lgr

11 was released because NTA is well suited to

the new curriculum,” says Els-Britt Sellin, an

administrator at NTA Production and Service.

In 2011 IVA funded a process of documen-

ting the collaboration between schools and

workplaces within the NTA municipalities.

The purpose of this was to highlight good

examples and produce models to show other

municipalities how they can initiate similar

collaboration.

Also in 2011 NTA arranged a conference for

the municipalities’ development groups. The

idea behind the conferences is to discuss the

link between industry and schools, and to see

what synergies they can bring to each other.

“IVA is still very committed to NTA and is

working actively to upgrade and modernise

the NTA offering,” says Caroline Ankarcrona,

Project Manager at IVA.

In December IVA decided to launch a

project called An Energy Efficient

Society. The project will aim to reduce

the obstacles and increase incentives

for energy efficiency in the various sectors in

society. The technology is largely available

already – the obstacles are instead a combi-

nation of the lack of knowledge, a systematic

approach, and financial and administrative

resources.

The goal is to improve energy efficiency

by 50 percent by 2050 without this having a

negative impact on society. The project will

also work actively to identify new com-

mercial opportunities and business models

in the area of energy efficiency for Swedish

companies.

Chairman of the project is Professor Lars

Bergman, President, Stockholm School of

Economics.

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Ulrica Almhöjd, a cariology research-

er at the University of Gothenburg,

won this year’s Mentor4Research

scholarship of SEK 100,000. Men-

tor4Research puts promising researchers in con-

tact with the business community and supports

them in commercialising their research.

The Mentor4Research programme is run

and funded jointly by IVA and VINNOVA. This is

the programme’s sixth year providing talented

researchers with a better network of contacts in

the business world and helping them to recognise

the commercial potential of their own research.

The idea is that matchmaking between research-

ers and mentors will increase commercialisation

of Swedish research results. The researcher who

learns the most is rewarded with a research

scholarship of SEK 100,000. The business-

oriented mentors have many years of experience

in industry and are handpicked based on each

researcher’s individual situation and needs.

Ulrica Almhöjd was selected from among

60 participants from Stockholm, Uppsala,

Linköping and Gothenburg, the cities the re-

searchers could be active in to be eligible for the

programme. Eight of the 60 became finalists.

“There are applications and application areas

I had never even thought of,” said winner Ulrika

Almhöjd about her research. “I’ve now actively

started looking for new ones, and for commer-

cialisation opportunities for my research outside

the walls of the university as well.”

Ulrica Almhöjd mainly conducts research

on human dental care. However, when she was

accepted to the programme, she was paired with

a mentor who had worked with animal clinics,

Håkan Nyberg. Nyberg, who works with busi-

ness development around the country, quickly

pointed out that her best commercialisation

opportunity would probably be a product to

stop tooth loss in dogs and cats. Clinical studies

for this application have already started at Blå

Stjärnan in Gothenburg. It appears that her re-

search may also be important in improving the

dental hygiene of horses and fighting caries and

the so-called food impact. This may in turn lead

to additional forms of commercialisation.

“I think Ulrica was a strong candidate,” said

mentor Håkan Nyberg at the award ceremony.

“Her journey has been huge. She started with

a very vague idea about what she wanted to do

and now she has arrived at a finished product.”

tHE 2011 fiNALiStS:

Saad Haasan and Suparna Sanyal, Uppsala

University

Lisa Simonsson, Chalmers University of

Technology

Ulrica Almhöjd, University of Gothenburg

Eric Herlenius, Karolinska Institute

Johan Strömqvist, Royal Institute of Technology

Johan Åberg and Mikael Syväjärvi, Linköping

University

Mentor4Research. Winner preventing tooth loss in dogs

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When the US magazine

Foreign Policy listed

the 100 most impor-

tant thinkers whose

ideas shaped the world in 2009, Hans

Rosling, professor in public health sci-

ence, was in 96th place for “boggling

our minds with paradigm-shattering

statistics.” By showing time as motion,

he visualises statistics in a way that is

very easy to understand. The visualisa-

tion software he uses was developed

by Gapminder, a popular educational

organisation, for which Hans Rosling

works the majority of his time.

“Those of us who have studied

people saw what would happen in Asia

before those who based their predic-

tions on economics. If you just study

the markets you will be 10 – 20 year

behind. We, on the other hand, saw

infant mortality falling, two-children

families emerging and education im-

proving before the economic growth

came.”

HANS rOSLiNG BELiEvES that today

countries go through three phases in

order for their populations to do well:

first people become healthy and learn

to read and write; next small families

are created; then people get a good

education, and finally they become

wealthy. Primary school is needed to

become healthy; secondary school

to build a small family; and finally,

higher education to become rich. The

new order of development is evident in

Asia. However, Hans sees a discrep-

ancy between how Asia is perceived

by the general public and how it is

perceived by business leaders.

“The general public’s notion of Asia

today is that poorly paid workers make

shoes and clothes or furniture for Ikea,

while business leaders look at Asia and

think: ‘Wow! They are the best engi-

neers because they’ve studied so much

harder, and look at how many custom-

ers there are there.’ Both are right.”

According to Hans, Western

Europe and North America have

engineers that are just as talented, but

there are not as many that are good

anywhere else. Another change is the

big transformation, i.e. where just a

few years ago the big corporations

moved their manufacturing to Asia to

produce goods cheaply and sell them

in Western Europe and North Ameri-

ca. Today, companies are moving there

to sell in Asia because that’s where

the customers are. According to Hans

Rosling, Paul Krugman, winner of the

2008 Nobel Prize in Economics, said

it best: “What we called outsourcing

will in future be called insourcing,” in

other words, we are moving businesses

into the world.

iN 2011 tHE global population passed

the seven-billion mark. Of this

amount, a billion live in America, a

billion in Europe, a billion in Africa

and four billion in Asia. That means

we are already an Asian world. Within

the next forty years there will be two

billion more of us.

“We need to recognise that the UN’s

population division has never missed

the mark by more than 10 percent

in its forty years of projections. The

demographers are incredibly good

at predicting what will happen,”

exclaims Hans enthusiastically.

A billion will be added to the popu-

lation in Africa and a billion in Asia. If

we divide North and South America,

the breakdown is about 400 million

in North America and 600 million in

South America. Hans believes that the

old Cold War border will still have a

certain significance in 2050, and if we

divide up Eastern and Western Europe

at this border, it will be clear that what

we call the Western World will only be

one billion out of nine in 2050.

“That’s a ninth of the world. The

number of people alone is what is

making all of the big corporations

change their mindset. It is where the

people will be that is the deciding fac-

tor. I’ve come up with a different name

for what we usually call the develop-

ing world. I think we should call it

the World. Then it’s not a question of

how they will catch up, but how the

old world can integrate itself into the

modern world,” he says.

Hans Rosling believes that old

concepts of the world are an obstacle

Hans Rosling. Population growth now and in forty years

according to hans rosling, a professor in public health science, forecasts indicate that the human population will reach the nine-million mark in 2050. no one can say what the world will look like then, but from a population standpoint there are already clear indications of the global situation in forty years.

name: Hans Rosling

home: House in Uppsala

family: Wife, cat and three children who have left the nest

education: Statistics, medicine and international development

career: medical doctor in Hälsingland and moçambique, research in Uppsala and at Karolinksa Institute, and educator on youtube

issue close to his heart at iva: Spreading a fact-based world view

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for understanding it, and these obstacles need

to be removed. The idea of industrialised coun-

tries/developing countries is one such obstacle,

according to him. There are countries with all

income levels – from the Congo at the bottom

to Norway at the top, but there is no clear gap

anywhere.

HANS rOSLiNG iS extremely critical of how

people talk about us and them in the climate

debate; the way we claim that developing coun-

tries are not going to be allowed to make our

mistakes, that they must find a different way.

Hans shows a photo of a poor Indian woman

crouching next to a washtub.

“This is the women who is not supposed to

repeat our mistake, and she’s saying: ‘I would

gladly make the washing machine mistake

again.’ Lots of people imagine a developing

world where they play a flute and cook their

food over an open fire, or grind meal to make

flour in a mortal, and they compare this to an

industrialised world with all of its luxury. The

woman by the washtub in the photo is saying:

‘We have to calculate each person’s carbon

footprint.’ As I see it, the climate negotiators

from the richest countries want to remain

emissions exempt – just as noblemen were tax

exempt; OECD nations are giving themselves

the right to continue releasing more emissions

for many decades to come.”

“The fact that the poorest people will be

using the cheapest energy sources to operate

their washing machines is as obvious to me as

the fact that the poorest eat the cheapest bread.

The OECD nations currently derive about

one percent of their energy production from

the earth, sun and wind, while the absolute

poorest nations are expected to get the major-

ity of their energy from these sources. Coal

energy-based Germany, which decided to close

its nuclear power plants before its coal energy

plants, is like the nail in the coffin for the idea

that the poor should go first along a more

expensive path,” says Hans Rosling.

Hans Rosling believes that the OECD nations

that are ten times as rich have infinitely more

possibilities to reduce their emission levels

than the middle-income nations have to avoid

raising theirs with the absolute cheapest type

of energy.

The world is changing fast. Today every

Brazilian citizen is lending 1,000 dollars to

the US. Angola is covering Portugal’s budget

deficit. Angola owns 30 percent of Portugal’s

biggest bank. Another rapidly advancing na-

tion, according to Hans Rosling, is Tanzania.

Today, Tanzania’s economy, family size and

health are similar to those of Thailand in 1972.

Tanzania is enjoying faster economic growth

than Sweden, and infant mortality there is fall-

ing as fast as it did in the 1900s in Sweden.

iN HONG KONG the average birth rate is one

child per woman. In Japan and South Korea

women are giving birth to 1.3 children, while

the figure for Sweden is 1.9. Why is that?

According to Hans Rosling, the answer is

equality.

“In Sweden women can have children

and work. In the other countries they have

to choose. So if equality in Asia improves,

there will probably be more children over the

next few decades. We are used to saying that

increased equality for women means smaller

families, and that’s true to a certain extent.

When there is even more equality, the number

of children rises as equality increases. If the

Japanese women didn’t have to take care of

their parents-in-law; if the country intro-

duced other living options for the elderly, the

women would have more children. Greater

equality for women in Africa will reduce the

size of families, while increased equality in

large parts of Asia will increase the size of

families.”

Hans Rosling lectures all around the world.

After learning about his sometimes provoca-

tive methods of putting all the facts on the

table, many people in power as well as business

leaders have admitted that it’s a real eye-open-

er. Naturally Hans thinks that’s a good thing.

“I hear people saying they’re afraid to think

about the future of the planet. I’m afraid not to

think about it!”

In 2011 Hans Rosling was elected into

IVA’s Education and Research Policy division.

In 2010 he was presented with IVA’s Gold

Medal.

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IVA’s regional activities are mainly arranged

through IVA South and IVA West. These

groups consist of members of IVA and IVA’s

Business Executives Council who live in

southern or western Sweden.

The objective of IVA South and IVA West

is to bring IVA’s activities into the regions

and give IVA a regional presence by creating

meeting places – usually Lund or Gothenburg

– where members can follow the progress in

their home regions and provide input for IVA’s

work. They also bring an IVA perspective

to regional issues focusing on engineering,

economics and industry.

The main work of IVA South and IVA

West involves arranging seminars, visits to

companies and institutions, and work groups

to focus on specific issues.

Education and research are areas prioritised

by IVA. The Student Council exists so that IVA

can get current perspectives from students as

well as a good insight into higher education in

Sweden. The Student Council brings up impor-

tant issues for debate within and outside IVA

and promotes a knowledge exchange between

generations. The Council, which is a natural

reference resource for IVA’s projects and divi-

sions, meets twice a year.

Representatives from all of Sweden’s

M.Sc. engineering programmes, the Swedish

University of Agricultural Sciences, Stock-

holm School of Economics and the University

of Gothenburg’s School of Business serve as

liaisons between the academic institutions and

IVA and are council members for two years. The

Council’s activities are largely project based

and are run at both the national and regional

levels. Topics addressed by the Student Council

include collaboration between industry and

students, interest in engineering among young

people, higher education choices among upper

secondary students and entrepreneurship.

Eight out of ten people in the Swedish

workforce work with services of some kind.

A service can be fairly simple or extremely

knowledge-intensive and creative. It is neces-

sary to increase awareness of the importance

of service production and what it involves,

and this was the premise for IVA’s Service

Initiative which began in 2010. This past year

the network has, among other things, initiated

the production of an anthology on the Swedish

service sector and launched a series of study

visits to successful service companies.

Offerings where services are combined

with products are a cornerstone of Sweden’s

knowledge-intensive economy. Awareness of

the importance of service production needs to

be emphasised and be at the core of a com-

pany’s strategy, because even if the knowledge

exists, it is often not widespread.

One way of increasing awareness is to show

how some organisations are working with

services. In 2011 the Service Initiative, chaired

by Marie Ehrling, launched a series of study

visits, beginning with visits to three successful

service companies in completely different sec-

tors: Upplands Motor, Ongame and Ericsson.

“The study visits will help us understand

the critical factors behind the success of these

service companies. Upplands Motor made its

name by offering unexpected services, turning

aspects of the car industry upside down, like

offering massages while people wait to have

their car serviced. Swedish Ongame, which is

a world leader in developing IT solutions for

online poker, has net sales exceeding those

of OMX and higher IT security than insurance

companies. They are driving their industries

forward,” says Arvid Söderhall, Project Man-

ager for the Service Initiative.

The study visit to Ericsson has yet to take

place, but four success factors have already

been identified:

Leadership is crucial for the success of a ser-

vice company. Leaders need to have the ability

to effectively communicate their visions to the

employees who in turn need the ability to solve

problems.

The employees are the second important

success factor. All service companies need

employees who are prepared to solve problems

independently.

Creative business models that are chal-

lenging are the third success factor. Upplands

Motor is doing the opposite of its competitors

and selling car brands not normally sold under

the same roof.

Structure capital, i.e. the company’s work

processes and routines are a crucial success

factor.

A seminar that summarises the experiences

gained during the visits will be held in March

2012, and in connection with the Annual

Meeting in May, a final report summarising all

of the experiences will be presented.

In addition to the study visit series, the Ser-

vice Initiative initiated an anthology in 2011

on the Swedish service sector to be produced

in cooperation with the Research Institute of

Industrial Economics (IFN). The anthology will

be launched at the Annual Meeting in May

2012.

IVA Across. IVA South & West, Student Council & The Service Initiative

IVA South & West. IVA at two points of the compass

IVA’s Student Council. Student Council important for future development

The Service Initiative. Highlights good examples and initiates an anthology

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October saw the premiere of IVA’s

Royal Technology Tours. The idea

originated from a desire expressed

by His Majesty the King for IVA

to arrange an annual tour to various places in

Sweden with a link to IVA’s focus areas. The first

one was a two-day tour around Småland.

Marie Owe is Project Manager for IVA’s

Royal Technology Tours and worked with

the County Governor of Kronoberg County,

Kristina Alsér, to put together a comprehen-

sive programme that featured the famous

Småland spirit with visits to a number of the

region’s most successful companies and to Lin-

naeus University. A dinner at the Governor’s

residence in Växjö was the venue for continued

discussion between several representatives

from industry and academia in the region.

“We were very careful to point out that we

wanted to learn about the companies by visit-

ing their production facilities and not from

board room presentations,” says Marie Owe.

“The tour was extremely interactive and I

hope that, once the delegates got home, they

were able to implement what they learned in

Småland within their own areas.”

Småland-style entrepreneurship has a long

tradition, often passed down from genera-

tion to generation. As companies grow and in

some cases branch out into the international

market, there is a constant recruitment need.

According to LG Produktion in Hovmantorp

which produces aluminium chassis for mobile

computers, there is a shortage of students with

an engineering focus graduating from upper

secondary schools.

IVA’s activities and topics covered

within the Academy’s many divisions

spark interest far beyond the building

on Grev Turegatan in Stockholm.

An example of this is the subscribers to

IVA’s newspaper, IVA-aktuellt. In Sweden

they come from Kiruna in the far north

to Falsterbo in the far south. It could be

considered a nationwide newspaper, albeit

on a modest scale.

Not all copies of the paper stay in

Sweden. The last issue in 2011 reached

subscribers in 35 countries. There are read-

ers in Singapore, Japan, Peru, Oman and

China. Most of the overseas subscribers are,

of course, in the Nordic countries and ad-

dresses in Finland dominate.

In 2011 we added just over 200 new

subscribers. The circulation is essentially the

same: 6,400 for each issue. In total 57,557

copies were distributed in 2011. That’s

about 200 more than the year before.

Almost half of all articles originated from

IVA’s activities, which means the paper was

more IVA-focused than in previous years.

The paper covered and referred to 86 IVA

meetings of various kinds. Just under a third

of all articles described the Academy’s work.

Two out of ten were about IVA’s projects and

5 percent covered the Business Executives

Council.

The choice of subjects does not en-

tirely reflect IVA’s activities, which were

dominated by innovation in 2011. Instead

IVA-aktuellt paid more attention to enter-

prise. This is partly due to all the attention

given to IVA’s Service Initiative in the

paper’s columns. But energy, the environ-

ment, research/researchers and innovation

provided material for many of the articles

as well.

IVA’s Royal Technology Tours. The Småland spirit – a successful model for Swedish innovation

IVA-aktuellt. Wide reach

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After ten years at IVA, first as Presi-

dent and then as Chairman, Lena

Treschow Torell is saying goodbye.

She describes her decade at IVA as a

complete experience.

Lena Treschow Torell took up the post as

President of IVA in 2001. Seven years later she

handed over that role to our current President

Björn O. Nilsson and took over as Chairman

after Hans Dalborg.

”It’s hard to process all of the impressions

from ten years. Meetings with people, leaders,

researchers and politicians come to mind.

There has been a steady stream of people I’ve

learnt from or tried to influence. Combined

with all of IVA’s projects and missions, it has

been a complete experience,” says Lena Tre-

schow Torell, who is handing over the Chair-

man’s gavel to Leif Johansson.

Her ambition has always been for IVA to be

a real presence in the debate. She points out

that IVA is a unique meetingplace at the inter-

section of academia, politics and business.

“I have worked on forging strong ties be-

tween the political sphere and IVA. Politicians, or

ministry officials, have frequently participated

in our projects. It’s good to carry on a dialogue

while working on proposals for change.”

Both as President and Chairman, Lena Tre-

schow Torell has emphasised the importance

of an international perspective. Nine missions,

of which seven were to other countries, have

made an impression.

Lena Treschow Torell is convinced that IVA

has an important mission and that Sweden

needs all the help it can get in the great globali-

sation process.

“IVA should continue to be a door opener in

Brussels and China, and why not India as well?

We need to keep focusing on the international

arena,” says Lena Treschow Torell.

Lena Treschow Torell. Retiring Chairman

30 | prOjecTs

Establish strategic research and inno-

vation areas to meet the great chal-

lenges in society. Increase resources

to industrial research institutes and

give them a more clearly defined role in, for

example, EU programmes. And invest in strong

research teams. These are a few of the propos-

als from IVA’s input for the 2012 research and

innovation bill.

The government asked IVA for input as it

prepares its research and innovation policy bill

to be presented in autumn 2012.

“We essentially started from an innovation

perspective when preparing our input,” says

IVA’s President Björn O. Nilsson. “Academia

is certainly playing a very important role in

the ecosystem that is building up Sweden’s

innovation capacity by, for example, supplying

competence. But only a small percentage of in-

novations come directly from discoveries made

in academic research.”

Among other things, IVA is proposing that

the Government establishes strategic research

and innovation areas, rather than just the

strategic research areas introduced in the last

bill. Having strategic research and innovation

areas would facilitate government initiatives

and priorities in order to support the entire

research and innovation chain. The strategic

areas should focus mainly on finding concrete

solutions for global challenges.

IVA proposes introducing strategic research

and innovation areas to focus on developing

solutions in the following areas:

• Theagingpopulation

• Sustainableandattractivecities

• Healthcareofthefuture

• Competitiveproduction

• Informationsociety3.0

• Sustainableenergyproduction

and consumption

In addition to the strategic areas idea, IVA

is proposing that “free” research should be

concentrated to effective research teams

who should be given ample resources. The

universities should also, to a greater extent,

profile themselves based on their development

capacity and other strengths. Also, industrial

research institutes should be provided with

better resources in line with their counterparts

in other countries. Efforts should be made as

soon as possible to reach the one-percent goal

for state funded research (the current level

according to official statistics is 0.89 percent of

GDP). And collaboration between industry and

academia should be significantly increased.

“We are hoping that the Ministries of

Enterprise and Education will continue to be

interested in IVA’s opinions as they continue

their work on the bill,” says Björn O. Nilsson.

IVA’s Innovation for Growth and Agenda

for Research projects as well as all of the

Academy’s divisions contributed to IVA’s

input.

IVA’s input for the research and innovation bill. IVA proposes greater cooperation between industry and academia

prOjecTs | 31

The pace of change in global devel-

opment has increased dramatically

over the past decade. Globalisation

has been good for Sweden. We

are profiting from a world that is opening up.

When a large portion of the global population

is participating in the exchange of ideas, work,

goods and services, prosperity increases.

But globalisation has not only lifted people

out of poverty and created new business op-

portunities for Swedish export companies,

it is also changing the conditions for Sweden

in the world. Globalisation means we need

to improve our capacity to compete with the

world around us.

Right now Sweden is one of the strongest

economies in Europe. But that doesn’t mean we

can sit back and relax. Competition from new,

fast-growing economies is the biggest challenge

for both Sweden and Europe. Countries are

going from simple manufacturing to advanced

research. Sweden is being challenged.

Our most important task in handling the

growing competition is making Sweden a

stronger knowledge nation and I would like

to highlight some important reforms that will

make Sweden strong, with the best possible

education and research.

We need to improve the quality of our

schools and we are currently introducing a long

series of reforms to do that. One important

aspect of this is raising knowledge and interest

in maths and sciences. A special educational

initiative for teachers called Mattelyftet is

focusing on reading, writing and arithmetic in

the first years of primary school, more time for

maths instruction in the classroom, honours

courses and science centres to stimulate curios-

ity among school children in science. These

are some of the initiatives that are underway

to build an interest in science and thereby raise

results in Swedish schools.

But while schools are there to convey exist-

ing knowledge, universities have the unique

task of questioning what we already know and

developing new knowledge.

We have implemented a historic initiative in

Swedish research. Never before have research

grants increased so much in such a short

period of time as in connection with the 2008

Research Bill. We reached our goal for Sweden

of allocating one percent of GDP to publically

funded research.

Good quality in research makes us stronger, but

it is also finding solutions to challenges for man-

kind, such as the climate threat and antibiotic-

resistant diseases. And this can only be achieved

through knowledge and research.

Having a broad research policy is benefitting

Sweden, but we also need to be bold enough to

prioritise and invest in excellence. Our universi-

ties have a number of roles and the balance

between education and research varies. Most of

them need to embrace the important mission of

meeting regional education needs with a broad

range of programmes. I also feel that Sweden

needs a number of universities with the ambi-

tion to be top-class institutions internationally.

Some of the research environments at these

universities should be world leaders within

their niches. Along these lines, we are now

investing in very large science research facilities

in Lund (MAX IV and ESS) and in a new, leading

biomedical centre in Stockholm and Uppsala.

This is a step in the right direction for Sweden

to become a world leader.

In this context, I should also mention the

importance of a strengthened innovation pol-

icy. This is essential for our efforts to develop

and use our research results.

In today’s globalised world, knowledge

– both a high level of knowledge and new

knowledge results – is the most important tool

to make our country competitive.

Jan Björklund (liberal party)

Minister for education and research

Jan Björklund. Sweden’s chal-lenges in the globalisation era

32 | MeeTings

Meetings at IVA. Knowledge exchange for cross-fertilisation and networking

iVa is an independent arena for the exchange of knowledge. By initiating and stimulating contacts between experts from different disciplines and countries, the academy promotes cross-fertilisation and acts as a bridge builder between industry, the research community, public administration and various interest groups. iVa believes that meetings between people are important. One of the methods used by iVa to stimulate networking involves arranging lectures, conferences and seminars. when people come together, new ideas are generated and new knowledge emerges.

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34 | MeeTings

Founded in 1919, IVA is the world’s

first and thereby its oldest academy of

engineering sciences. It is often used as

a model when other countries establish

their own engineering sciences academies. The

Academy’s linchpins and tradition bearers are

the divisions and all of their activities.

IVA’s Swedish members are assigned to one

of twelve subject-based divisions. The Divi-

sions function as committees and have a chair-

man and a secretary. In 2011 there were 877

Swedish members and 269 foreign members.

Division activities form an important foun-

dation. Ingrid Jansson has worked as a division

coordinator since 2007.

“IVA’s role as a tradition bearer is an

important one; partly because the members

appreciate the traditions, but also because it

distinguishes us from other organisations. The

things that set us apart, not least of which is

our Annual Meeting and banquet, are highly

valued and serve as a link with history.”

The idea is for IVA to be an attractive

meeting place for all of its members. The fact

that the members are active in a wide range of

areas means that meetings between them are

dynamic and interesting.

“An important role of the divisions is to pro-

vide for the interests of the members so they see

the value in coming here. I also believe the mem-

bers appreciate the opportunity of impacting

the public discourse through their involvement

in IVA. The social aspect in the form of delicious

dinners and pleasant company should not be

underestimated either,” says Ingrid Jansson.

IVA’s Divisions. Proud tradition bearers and linchpins

MeeTings | 35

A couple of years ago IVA started

the tradition of inviting Academy

members and members of IVA’s

Business Executives Council, Stu-

dent Council, Industrial Research Committee

and associated organisations to an early sum-

mer party in IVA’s verdant garden in conjunc-

tion with the Academy Meeting in June.

The summer party allows people in IVA’s

network to meet each other in an informal

setting where they can engage in interesting

conversation and knowledge exchange. During

the gathering the guests are also given the op-

portunity to provide suggestions and input on

the Academy’s projects and other activities. The

theme for discussion in 2011 was the Govern-

ment’s upcoming research and innovation bill.

Four times a year academy meetings are

held at which a number of new members are

elected. Altogether IVA has 877 Swedish and

269 foreign members.

“The cutting edge expertise that the

members bring makes IVA a very broad and

powerful network,” says IVA’s President Björn

O. Nilsson, who was elected into the Academy

fifteen years ago.

Summer party. Get-together and sunshine in IVA’s garden

Tor Bonnier & Håkan Gergils.

Saeid Esmaeilzadeh.

Birgit Erngren-Wohlin.Björn Savén & Lotta Thörn.

The world was shocked when the

news came about an earthquake

off the coast of Japan leading to

an enormous tsunami washing

over the country’s east coast.

The volume of water not only

took thousands of human lives

and caused enormous damage,

it also impacted the electricity

supply when all of the nuclear

power plants were shut down. The

tsunami also took out the power

supply to the Fukushima nuclear

power plants, which stopped the

reactors being cooled with melt

down as the result. Radioactive

emissions were measured in both

air and water.

Many important details about

the course of events are still un-

clear. An early analysis of the situ-

ation was carried out by German

VGB Power Tech and presented

at a very well-attended seminar

arranged by IVA. In addition to a

presentation by technical advisor

at VGB Power Tech, Thomas Lin-

nermann, the scientific attaché

at the Japanese Embassy, Ryuma

Ohora, gave the audience an

insight into the disaster and its

consequences. The Swedish nu-

clear power companies Vattenfall

and E.ON added their perspectives

on the accident through Magnus

Reinsjö and Per Lindell. Lennart

Carlsson of the Swedish Radiation

Safety Authority said that we can

learn a lot from Fukushima and

that it will affect safety work at

Swedish nuclear power plants as

well. Among other things, it has

resulted in a requirement for stress

tests at all nuclear power plants in

the EU.

One of the EU goals is a two-fold

increase in the volume of energy

from biomass by 2020. But it’s a

long time until then and opinions

differ on how biomass should be

used to reduce emissions.

IVA’s Energy and Environment

Council and IVA’s Electrical En-

gineering and Forest Technology

divisions came together to arrange

a seminar in November on the

theme “Bioenergy in the EU’s 2020

goals.” According to these goals,

emissions of greenhouse gases

are to be reduced by 20 percent,

renewable energy sources are to

account for 20 percent of Europe’s

final energy consumption and

energy efficiency is to increase by

20 percent.

Various players gave their views

on how biomass is the very best

alternative to reduce carbon levels

in the atmosphere. One proposed

solution was to replace coal with

biopellets. The challenge there is

refining biomass so that it can be

burned in the same way as coal.

Another proposal for reaching the

EU goals was better use of the for-

est for high value-added products.

The last link in the production

chain should involve producing

energy. Producing biodiesel from

tall oil was one proposal that was

highlighted. In this context the

lack of a long-term perspective in

the regulations was brought up and

consequently the difficulty imple-

menting large investments in fuel

development. The last area that

was addressed was food produc-

tion that uses substantial amounts

of fossil fuels. Today 30 percent of

the food produced is scrapped and

if that can be reduced the climate

will be the winner.

The seminar was based on a

study entitled Biomass for Heat

and Power– opportunities and

economics.

Few topics have been discussed

with such intensity as the price of

electricity. The efficiency of the

electricity market is constantly

being discussed as well, and it is

obvious that the energy compa-

nies, basic industry and consumers

have very different opinions.

Swedes spend about 3 percent

of their income on electricity – the

second highest percentage in Eu-

rope after Bulgaria. The average

for a European household is 1.4

percent. Swedish electricity prices

have increased by 80 percent since

1999, the second highest increase

in Europe after Ireland. So it is

hardly surprising that studies

show that the price of electricity

is one of the issues Swedes worry

about the most.

IVA’s Electrical Engineering

division arranged a seminar in

April to try to provide an objective

picture of the background and

structure of today’s electricity

market and to stimulate an open

discussion on possible improve-

ments to the market. The panel of

experts consisted of Holmen’s CEO

Magnus Hall, Svensk Energi’s CEO

Kjell Jansson, Director General

of the Energy Markets Inspector-

ate, Yvonne Fredriksson, State

Secretary Daniel Johansson and

Urban Kärrmarck of the Swedish

Energy Agency.

The electricity market was

deregulated to promote a more

efficient use of invested funds. A

common view at the seminar was

that this goal has been reached,

but that the profits have stayed

with the producers and the

Government. Consumers have

only been able to share in a small

portion of the profits. The fact

that electricity taxation is good

business for the Government was

a particular point of discussion at

the seminar. SEK 47 billion a year

goes to the Government’s coffers.

That is more than the national

income tax brings in.

Events at IVA. A selection of seminars arranged in 2011 by IVA’s Divisions and projects

Seminar on 9 May. Lessons from the Fuku-shima nuclear disaster

Seminar on 16 November. Bioenergy in the EU’s 2020 goals

Seminar on 18 April. Can the electricity market be more efficient?

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From 1960 until the mid 1990s

the municipalities and country

councils accounted for the entire

net increase in jobs in the welfare

sector. Private entrepreneurs were

almost completely excluded from

healthcare, schools and care. Since

then many publicly financed ser-

vices have been exposed to com-

petition – most recently thanks to

the Act on Free Choice Systems.

But one challenge that remains is

how to ensure that funding keeps

up with public demand, which, for

these services, tends to increase

faster than income growth.

Many public services are well

suited for private production, even

though the difficulty involved in

writing quality contracts poses

problems in some areas. Private

service production is usually

cheaper than public sector service

production. Another consequence

of letting private companies into

the welfare sector is that news

about successful examples can

spread further, and peripheral

services and associated business

areas are stimulated.

In connection with the annual

meeting in June, IVA’s Service

Initiative arranged a seminar

led by Chairman Marie Ehrling

on privatisation of the welfare

sector. The seminar was kicked

off by Eric Giertz, professor of

industrial economics and or-

ganisation at KTH, who described

business development and busi-

ness innovation in commercial

service markets. He was followed

by Henrik Jordahl, a researcher

at the Research Institute of

Industrial Economics (IFN), who

described the privatisation of the

welfare sector in theory and in

practice.

Rare earth metals are essential

raw materials for nearly all mod-

ern products: hybrid and electric

cars, wind power stations, solar

cells and mobile devices, to name

but a few. Almost all extraction of

these coveted metals takes place in

China and prospecting is increas-

ing rapidly. In Sweden too, several

companies are searching for these

expensive metals.

The consumption of metals has

increased by 5–10 percent a year

over the past decade. The predic-

tions for the next decade indicate

continued strong growth. Against

the backdrop of this growing

demand, IVA’s Mining and Materi-

als division arranged a lecture

in April aimed at highlighting

issues and promoting discussion

about the world’s supply of raw

materials.

Magnus Ericsson, senior part-

ner at the Raw Materials Group

and member of IVA’s Mining and

Materials division, and Mugdim

Slamovic, programme director at

the Geological Survey of Sweden

(SGU), shared their experiences

regarding the extraction of earth

metals. One of the conclusions

was that these materials are, in

fact, not all that rare.

Gouzhu Ye is a senior research-

er at the Swerea research group

and is working on a project aimed

at separating the element vanadin

from, among other sources, LKAB

pellets, pig iron and slag. Vanadin

is used in alloys.

“My idea is to separate slag into

vanadin and a residual product

that could be used as filling in

walls etc.” he said in his speech.

Norrbotten faces both major

challenges and new opportunities.

Examples include the supply of

competence to the growing high-

tech basic industry, developing

e-health and moving the city of

Kiruna. To meet these challenges,

a long-term regional strategy is in

order.

At a seminar in Luleå on 14

November, IVA, the Swedish min-

ing company LKAB and Luleå Uni-

versity of Technology discussed

regional innovation capacity. At

the seminar, various regional

initiatives were presented and a

workshop was arranged on the

topic of working with regional,

national and international innova-

tion strategies.

Presentations of the Gov-

ernment’s national innovation

strategy work, IVA’s contribution

in the form of the Innovation Plan

Sweden report and how Värmland

created its own innovation strat-

egy, were all sources of inspiration

at the workshop.

LKAB talked about its new

academy which is a strategic tool

to meet the company’s need for

qualified employees. Facebook’s

placement of server halls in Luleå

has attracted a lot of international

attention. Seminar participants

were given an informed descrip-

tion of the work of setting them

up, where a concentrated effort

based on a collaborative platform

was crucial.

Better and cheaper products from

more Chinese companies – that’s

what the global market can look

forward to. The Chinese strategy

is currently to prioritise innovation

and sustainability over low wages.

This emerged at IVA’s Royal Tech-

nology Forum in October.

The theme was “Successful

International Innovation Practices”

and it was linked to the Innovation

for Growth project. One of the

speakers was Professor XUE Lan,

dean of the School of Public Policy

and Management at Tsinghua

University in China. He told the

audience about China’s new strate-

gies for both research and growth.

“We are in the process of

establishing an integrated policy

for innovation. The focus is shift-

ing from GNP-oriented growth to

more coordinated growth,” said

XUE Lan.

The country’s large trade surplus

has up to now come from multina-

tional companies and joint ventures.

“In the future more Chinese

companies will be competing in-

ternationally with their own better

and cheaper products,” he says.

Since 2006 China’s global

integration has been reinforced by

changes at home. This develop-

ment is continuing. The goal is to

create an innovation-based China

by 2020. This is being done by

investing in a number of priori-

tised industries: biotech, produc-

tion equipment for cutting edge

products, IT, alternative energy,

new materials and green cars.

In addition to the Chinese in-

novation initiatives, the audience

heard about innovation efforts in

the Baltic region and France from

Professor Christian Ketels, Princi-

pal Associate at Harvard Business

School in the US, and from one

of IVA’s foreign members, Laure

Rein hart, Deputy General Man-

ager of Innovation and Technol-

ogy at OSEO in France.

The role of universities in

innovation success was also high-

lighted at the forum.

IVA’s Service Initiative. Threats and opportunities with welfare privatisation

Seminar on 12 April. Raw material supply

Seminar on 14 November.New innovation strategy and new investment for Norrbotten

Seminar on 27 October.IVA’s Royal Technology Forum

38 | POlItIcAl WeeK In VISby

IVA in Almedalen. Focusing on innovation and transport sector challengesin 2011 iVa took a very active part in the political week in Visby, gotland, arranging three seminars, an energy-themed reception and a dinner for interesting guests. and there were also many exciting encounters at meetings arranged by iVa and other organisations. Two of iVa’s seminars during the 2011 political week focused on innovation and the third on the challenges in the transport sector. The moderator for all of the seminars was sharon jåma.

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40 | pOliTical week in VisBy

tHE firSt SEMiNAr, a part of the Innovation

for Growth project, was held on 4 July to lay

the foundation for Innovation Plan Sweden.

The need for a national innovation strat-

egy was discussed, and the need for a good

regulatory framework and a reasonable tax

system was highlighted. The seminar filled

County Governor’s garden and the guests

included KriStiNA ALSér, Kronoberg County

Governor, PONtuS BrAuNErHJELM, KTH,

CHArLOttE BrOGrEN, Vinnova, CHriStiNA

LuGNEt, Swedish Agency for Economic

and Regional Growth, CECiLiA SCHELiN

SEidEGÅrd, Gotland County Governor, ÅKE

SvENSSON, Teknikföretagen, SuSANNE ÅS

SivBOrG, Swedish Patent and Registration

Office (PRV), JOHAN CArLStEdt, Innovation

for Growth and BJörN O. NiLSSON, IVA.

Innovation for the future I. How Sweden can achieve the world’s best innovation climate

pOliTical week in VisBy | 41

tHE SECONd tHEME for this year’s polit-

cal week was challenges in the transport

sector, as highlighted in the Transport

2030 project. The topics were the climate,

environment, EU and globalisation. The

seminar marked the conclusion of Trans-

port 2030 and was the formal starting shot

for the new national forum proposed by

the project. The forum will not be run by

IVA, but will still have an IVA connection

through the forum’s chairman who is an

IVA member.

Participants were: CHArLOttE BrOGrEN,

VINNOVA, urBAN KArLStröM & PiA

KiNHuLt, Region Skåne, MiKAEL StöHr,

Green Cargo, JAN-EriC SuNdGrEN, AB Volvo,

GuNNAr MALM, Swedish Transportation

Administration, JONAS SuNdBErG, Transport

2030 and BJörN O. NiLSSON, IVA. The seminar

took place at Payex Tryckeri on 5 July.

tHE iNNOvAtiON fOr GrOWtH

project’s second seminar focused

on young politicians and entrepre-

neurs. What changes do entre-

preneurs believe are necessary

for Sweden to become the world’s

best innovation nation? What do

political youth leagues want to do

to promote innovation? What are

the visions of young politicians and

entrepreneurs and how will they

reach their goals? These were ques-

tions that came up in the innovation

debate with representatives from

political youth leagues and young

entrepreneurs.

The seminar included: JOHAN

CArLStEdt, Innovation for Growth,

HENriK ArWidSSON, Ung Innova-

tionskraft, CHArLiE HANSSON, Chas

Visual Management, CHriStiNA

LAMPE-öNNErud, Boston Power,

OSCAr LuNdiN, Young Care in

Sweden, EriK BEGtzBOE, Moderate

Party youth league, rEBECKA CArLS-

SON, Green Party youth league,

ArON MOdiG, Christian Democratic

party youth league, LiNdA NOrd-

LuNd, Liberal Party youth league,

HANNA WAGENiuS, Centre Party

Youth, ELLiNOr EriKSSON, Swedish

Social Democratic Youth League och

CLArA LiNdBLOM, Young Left.

Transport 2030. Challenges and proposed solutions

Innovation for the future II. Innovation by young politicians and entrepreneurs

42 | pOrTraiT

The energy issue plays an

extremely important role

in the energy-intensive

steel industry in which

Elisabeth Nilsson has spent most of

her working life. For many years she

worked within SSAB. She was also

President of the Swedish Steel Produc-

ers’ Association. In addition to her

current role as County Governor of

Östergötland Country, she is on the

boards of the Finnish steel company

Outokumpus and the Swedish forestry

company Sveaskog. Based on her expe-

riences, she stresses the importance of

taking a less ideological view of the en-

ergy supply issue and instead applying

more science and technology expertise.

The fact that the energy issue is highly

political – and needs to be high up on

the political agenda – is obvious ac-

cording to Elisabeth Nilsson, because

of its significance in areas such as

security of supply, security in society,

climate policy, economic policy and

competition.

“It’s not about preferring or ‘loving’

any particular form of energy produc-

tion more or less, but really working

out what the different types of energy

involve from different perspectives,”

says Elisabeth Nilsson.

ELiSABEtH MENtiONS CLiMAtE change

and the rising carbon dioxide levels in

the atmosphere as the main challenges

for the planet. Unfortunately, ac-

cording to Elisabeth, despite our awa-

reness and active measures within the

EU, carbon dioxide levels are going to

continue to rise because it takes time

to bring down emission levels, and this

is largely due to the current political

interests in many countries. Coal

will continue to be the biggest energy

resource for many nations, and more

and more coal power plants are being

opened around the world. Other fossil

fuel sources such as oil and gas also

affect the climate. As we know, access

to oil was one of the most important

factors in the rapid economic growth

in the 1900s, but the consequences for

the climate have been a point of discu-

ssion since the late 20th century.

“Two big challenges where

engineering expertise will play an

important role are how to develop a

sustainable energy system with mini-

mal carbon emissions, and one that

can produce energy for a reasonable

price,” says Elisabeth.

Costly energy may seem attractive

from a number of perspectives, but

rising energy prices lead, for example,

to rising food prices.

“When you think about what’s ac-

ceptable, it’s easy for us to think of the

issue from a Western perspective and

say: ‘We can probably tolerate a small

increase in energy prices; we’ll just

have to cut back on something else.’

But lots of people can’t do that because

it means higher food prices, which in

turn leads to famine in the poorest

countries,” says Elisabeth. “’Energy

poverty’ is a term used in many coun-

tries where electricity bills are rising to

a level that is more than poor house-

holds can manage. Industries that are

exposed to international competition

will become less competitive when the

Swedish energy prices rise more than

in our biggest competitor countries.”

When ethanol entered the energy

market, it was considered a very suc-

cessful solution by many. Today we

know that it has a less positive, dark

side.

“When we look at various types of

biofuel we need to look at the whole

chain. We need to take into account

how it is produced and transported.

Are we using land where rain forests

once grew? On paper it might look as

if biofuel has zero emissions, but in

reality cultivating crops for biofuel can

force out other crops. The conse-

quence is deforestation of rain forests

and the reduction of carbon dioxide

binding, which means we end up with

a negative calculation which at first

glance looked good,” says Elisabeth.

rENEWABLE ENErGy SOurCES are

important for the planet. Sweden has

a good supply of hydropower, and

compared to many other countries,

we have a good supply of biofuel as

well, which is used in particular in

district heating, as well as in energy

Elisabeth Nilsson. Energy – an important global challenge

after a long career in the steel industry, elisabeth nilsson became county governor of Östergötland county last year. in 2007 she was elected as a member of iVa, a membership that elisabeth believes offers many opportunities to participate and contribute to solutions to the big global challenges.

name: elisabeth nilsson

home: linköping castle

family: Husband Arne, siblings and their families

education: mining engineer

career: SSAb, various senior posi-tions, incl. ceO of merox, member of executive management for SSAb Oxelösund, ceO of jern-kontoret 2005–2010

issue close to her heart at iva: Participating in the public discourse, showing devel-opments in technology and impacting develop-ment in society in areas where the engineering sciences can make a big difference, e.g. in energy and climate, transport, medical technology

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production. Elisabeth also believes that

Sweden has many areas that are favourable

for wind power. Nuclear power will also play

an important role in the future, according

to Elisabeth. She points out that she is fully

aware of its inherent risks, but that research

and technological development indicate that

we will most likely be able to build a safer

system in the future to help reduce global

carbon emissions and produce electricity for a

competitive cost.

Cost-effective energy solutions are not just

for the electricity supply for homes and indus-

trial production, they are very important for

the transport sector as well.

“The big challenge is how we are going to

fuel our vehicles, and that’s where research, in-

novations and engineering expertise play a big

role. We’ve been talking about various forms

of hybrid technology, battery technology and

fuel cells for a long time, as well as different

types of liquid fuels. There is also discussion

about electric coils in roads as ‘enablers’ for

greener heavy goods traffic. Here, IVA can

contribute to an interesting debate on how to

find intelligent and cost-effective solutions,”

says Elisabeth Nilsson.

Elisabeth Nilsson was a member of the Steering

Committee for IVA’s Energy Crossroads project

which concluded in 2009 with the much talked

about report “The Five Directions.” The report

was actually produced to support politicians

with decisions on the issue of how to secure our

energy supply in the future with competitive

prices and without increasing emissions.

“Working on Energy Crossroads was

incredibly interesting. We looked at the whole

picture without any ideological blinkers.

That’s important if we are going to solve the

issue of our future energy supply – not just in

Sweden, but the whole world. We need to look

carefully at all possible solutions so that we

don’t get stuck in an old debate for and against

something. If we talk about the most contro-

versial issue, namely nuclear power, the impor-

tant thing is to look at safety systems and what

improvements are needed so that people living

close to nuclear power plants can feel safe, and

so that politicians aren’t afraid of taking such

decisions,” says Elisabeth Nilsson.

ANOtHEr CHALLENGE WitHOut the same con-

nection to IVA but that is science-related, is the

growing resistance to antibiotics.

“One of the biggest threats to public health is

the dangerous misuse and overprescribing of

antibiotics. We currently have the problem of

diseases that in the past could easily be cured

with antibiotics but that we can’t handle now.

Here too, science can enable us to find new

solutions,” says Elisabeth.

Elisabeth believes that new government

research funding is needed to overcome this

problem. Collaboration between universities,

university hospitals and the private sector is

essential. Elisabeth believes that vigorous joint

efforts in the EU and the WHO are absolutely

necessary.

Another important challenge, according

to Elisabeth, is turning around the negative

trend among today’s young people of a lack

of interest in studying science and technology.

This was discussed within the Government’s

Globalisation Council, in which Elisabeth

Nilsson was a member.

“I believe we sometimes make the mis-

take of talking about how engineering and

mathematics are so difficult, and that frightens

people away. Instead we need to emphasise the

positive aspects of engineering, maths and sci-

ences,” concludes Elisabeth Nilsson.

Industrial Research Committee. Study Trip to San Francisco

The Industrial Research Committee (IFG) is a forum

where each individual member represents a unique

subject field within the group, and together the

members form an interdisciplinary assembly that

covers the areas considered of strategic importance for the

future of Swedish industry.

The main purpose of IFG is to stimulate new ideas among

its members on how research and development can and should

be conducted. The main vehicle for knowledge transfer is the

extensive programme of study tours that IFG arranges to R&D

intensive companies around the country. This often involves

visits to IFG member companies and always spawns lively and

constructive discussion.

This year’s programme involved six visits or meetings

around the country and a study tour to San Francisco.

“This year’s IFG tour was to San Francisco in California. We

all thought that San Francisco, with its successful big corpora-

tions, numerous start-ups, dynamic venture capital companies

and world-class universities, would give us inspiration and

ideas that we could bring home to our own businesses. We felt

that we would all be able to put something of what we saw and

learned on the tour into practice at home,” said IFG’s Chairman

Eva Wigren.

Industrial Research Committee. Study Trip to San Francisco

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IVA’s Business Executives Council. New types of meetings and themes are a success for the Business Executives CouncilOne of the main missions of iVa is to offer a meeting place for the political, academic and business communities. The most important mission of iVa’s Business executives council (nr) is to attract companies to this arena.

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Much of IVA’s work involves

being a meeting place for the

political, academic and busi-

ness communities. The most

important mission of IVA’s Business Executives

Council (NR) is to attract companies to this

arena.

In 2012 NR reached out to both younger

business executives and companies that are

not necessarily linked with IVA in a traditional

sense. Most of them, however, have in common

that they are service-dominated businesses.

What attracts them is offering them contacts

with politicians, academia and colleagues in

the business world, and in return IVA can learn

about their experiences and involvement in

various projects.

“The theme for our annual meeting, CSR

as Part of the Business, was a good topic and

considered to be even more important for these

types of companies. In order to reach younger

target groups in particular it’s important to

highlight issues that they relate to and feel they

can benefit from,” says NR’s Chairman Erik

Lautmann.

This year NR has focused on activities

outside Stockholm by arranging two breakfast

meetings – one in Luleå and one in Gothen-

burg. There was also a meeting in Ludvika ar-

ranged in cooperation with member company

Samarkand.

“These activities were highly appreciated

and are a good example of how we are moving

IVA out into the regions,” said Erik, adding

that the number of member companies went up

to 197 in 2011.

Erik highlighted the success of the two min-

ister dinners held by NR in 2011. One was with

the Minister for Enterprise and Energy at that

time, Maud Olofsson, and focused on innova-

tion and the other with Minister for Education

Jan Björklund focusing on competence.

“Inviting a limited number of business

executives to a more intimate meeting focusing

on areas they are really interested in proved to

be highly appreciated,” says Erik Lautmann.

The board was expanded during the year to

include two new members: Saeid Esmaelzadeh,

CEO of Serendipity Innovations and SVT’s CEO

Eva Hamilton.

The international economic situ-

ation is serious but not hopeless

according to SEB’s CEO Annika

Falkengren who spoke at a

packed breakfast meeting arranged by IVA’s

Business Executives Council in September.

When IVA’s Business Executives Council

held a breakfast meeting on the theme The

Banking Sector in the Nordic Region, Eu-

rope and the World with SEB’s CEO Annika

Falkengren as the guest speaker, the chairs

quickly filled up. Annika Falkengren man-

aged to shed light on the European debt cri-

sis and to compare today’s banking system

with the financial crisis in 2008. She pointed

out that there are many differences. This

time, for instance, according to Annika,

companies have good access to the credit

markets if they are in need of capital.

SEB’s CEO expressed some doubt as to

whether even the strong Asian economies have

the muscle to handle the debt mountain built

up in other places around the world. She also

expressed the opinion that euro cooperation

was not as successful as it could have been.

Regional activities. New types of meetings and themes for the Business Executives Council

Breakfast meeting. Insights into the banking sector

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Corporate social responsibility (CSR)

has become an obvious strategy for

most companies and brands. Good

business requires good behaviour.

Good relationships with the surrounding com-

munity build confidence in a company.

IVA’s Business Executives Council and IVA’s

Management division arranged a popular

seminar on the theme of The Sustainable soci-

ety – Is CSR profitable? in connection with the

Business Executives Council’s annual meeting.

A number of companies that have CSR high up

on their agenda presented their methods and

discussed what running a sustainable business

involves.

Mining company Semafo, which has 3,000

employees, operates gold mines in three coun-

tries in Western Africa. The company’s CEO

Benoit La Salle was one of the speakers. He ex-

pressed that the company’s social commitment

was beneficial to the local communities and his

own company.

Anders Furbäck is a director at Swedish min-

ing company LKAB. According to Anders the

company’s relationship with Kiruna is impor-

tant – and mutual. His point was that without

an attractive society LKAB cannot be attractive

either. Accordingly, LKAB is taking a big share

of the responsibility when the city is moved.

Clas Ohlson’s CEO Klas Balkow told the

audience about his company’s work in this

area. He believes that CSR provides long-term

growth and that it can be integrated into all of

his operations.

Anna Gustafsson of Amnesty International

is responsible for the organisation’s work for hu-

man rights in industry. She pointed out that all

companies need to analyse and take responsibil-

ity for the effects that their business have. They

are also responsible for respecting human rights.

Ikea’s COO for global sustainability, Steve

Howard, emphasised how multifaceted CSR

is; it’s not just about the products but all of a

company’s processes as well. Håkan Wirtén

at WWF pointed out that the responsibility is

not only with companies, but that consumers

also have a responsibility to demand products

that have been produced from a sustainability

perspective.

As a way of bringing IVA’s Business

Executives Council to West Sweden,

the Council held its first breakfast

meeting in Lindholmen, Gothen-

burg. The guest of honour at this premiere event

was AB Volvo’s new President, Olof Persson,

and it would have been hard to find a more

appropriate person at that time. Olof Persson

had just completed his first 100 days on his new

job, and the previous week he had presented an

entirely new organisation. It contained quite a

few radical changes and many new challenges

for the company’s executives. It was described

in the media as the biggest reorganisation in the

country’s history. Attendance was high, with

around 70 people there to listen and of course

mingle with the other guests.

BEC Annual Meeting. Corporate social responsibility can give a company gold

Breakfast meeting. Volvo in focus

breAKFASt meetingS 2011

4 February: CArL-HENriC SvANBErG, BP

17 February: HÅKAN BuSKHE, Saab

23 March: öyStEiN LöSEtH, Vattenfall

13 April: ANdErS NyréN, Industrivärden

13 April: SAMArKANd (Ludvika)

29 September: ANNiKA fALKENGrEN, SEB

12 October, rONNiE LEtEN, Atlas Copco

15 November, OLOf PErSSON, Volvo AB

(Gothenburg)

18 November: KEitH MCLOuGHLiN,

Electrolux

1 December: LArS-EriC AArO, LKAB

(Luleå)

8 December: riCKArd GuStAfSON, SAS

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Economics and innovation

are two issues close to Björn

Savén’s heart. As CEO and

founder of the private equity

firm IK Investment Partners, he has

been involved in making investments

in mature industries with significant

underlying growth. Growth, and in

particular the ability to increase the

growth rate, should be at the top of

the agenda for politicians and business

executives according to Björn Savén,

who gives his view of the global chal-

lenges from an economics and innova-

tion perspective.

“The best solution for Sweden and

most other countries, particularly in

Southern Europe, is to speed up the

growth rate. That’s the smart way to

solve the big debt problems affecting

Southern Europe in particular. But

for Sweden too, a higher growth rate

would go a long way to help solve the

financial challenges we are facing so

that we can afford better healthcare,

schools and care as well as other

public spending. A faster growth rate

would also increase living standards,”

says Björn.

BJörN SAvéN rEfErS to IVA’s Innova-

tion for Growth project and points to a

number of opportunities for improved

growth. He also believes that a good

starting point is the Lisbon Agenda,

which, in his opinion, was established

largely to increase growth rates. Björn

identifies three main areas to focus on:

The first is creating the right condi-

tions so that new ideas can flourish

by supporting the segment of the

venture capital sector that focuses on

investment in new technology and to a

certain extent in smaller businesses.

The second is the need for deregula-

tion to promote start-ups. According

to Björn, each deregulation leads to an

opportunity for new enterprise.

“I believe we can trim more state

holdings in companies not involved

in public-sector activity to further

lower the national debt. Many of these

companies were in the alliance govern-

ment’s manifesto, but no parliamenta-

ry majority has been reached so far to

continue along that path,” says Björn.

The third area is a clearly-defined

tax code to ensure there is no doubt

about the public’s attitudes and legisla-

tion on things like interest deduction

and taxation of venture capital funds.

“I think we need a general overhaul

of and possibly an amendment or

removal of the so-called 3:12 rules,

which I believe are doing more harm

than good,” he says.

The 3:12 rules regulate the taxation

of closely held companies, often family

businesses, so that closely held com-

panies can take out larger dividends

for which the tax rate is significantly

lower than income tax.

All of these recipes could be applied in

varying degrees by most EU nations,

according to Björn, commenting that

Sweden’s challenges are less balance

sheet-oriented, i.e. debt reduction is

not as important as in many other EU

countries.

“Here it’s more important to speed

up growth, and for that I think we

need to find a path that makes it pos-

sible to introduce more competitive

pressure in Sweden’s public sector,”

he says.

In Björn Savén’s opinion, competi-

tion within the public sector needs to

be as tough as in the private sector in

order to improve productivity. Other-

wise it will be hard to have sufficient

funding for development and improv-

ing healthcare, schools and care, and

still have room for increased private

consumption. To guarantee good

quality in the future, it is important

to establish national, independ-

ent healthcare and school quality

oversight bodies with a bipartisan

composition, so that private players

can reliably prove they are providing

good quality.

Since 2003 Björn Savén has been a

member of IVA’s Economics division

and in 2011 he was elected as Vice

Chairman until 2013. Another impor-

tant IVA role was serving as a member

of the Investment Council from 2004

to 2010.

Björn Savén. Increased competition and clearer rules provide much-needed growthBjörn savén was the first to start a venture capital fund focusing on the nordic region and continental europe when he founded industri kapital, now ik investment partners, at the end of the 1980s. since 2003 Björn has been a member of iVa’s economics division and in 2011 he was elected as Vice chairman until 2013.

name: björn Savén

family: married, three grown children

education: mSc business & econo-mics. Stockholm School of economics ’72 mbA Harvard ’76

career: founder of enskilda Ventures limited 1989, which became Industri Kapital, now IK Invest-ment Partners. today björn is the chairman of IK Investment Partners ltd. before this he spent many years within the esselte group, including as divisional manager and finance director. björn has a Phd econ. h. c. from Stockholm School of economics and Swedish School of economics and business in Helsinki.

issue close to his heart at iva: new investment and restructuring for faster growth in industry and all sectors of society

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Annual Meeting. Royalty at IVA’s annual meetingThe annual Meeting of the academy was arranged for the 92nd time. in the stockholm concert hall the 700 or so festively attired guests listened to what iVa’s president Björn O. nilsson had to say on topics such as the possibilities of the life sciences and the technological advances of the past year. from the same stage the guests also heard from iVa’s chairman, lena Treschow Torell about the academy’s various activities. four people were presented with medals by his Majesty the king carl xVi gustaf. a banquet and dancing followed in stockholm city hall.

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02 lena gudmundson & peter gudmundson03 anette kark & jan-Åke kark04 gunilla Bergström05 camilla koebe & karl-Olof hammarkvist06 Minna storm & per storm07 ann-Margret Back08 hans g forsberg & ingegerd forsberg09 lennart nilsson10 nina Trozell svensson & kurt svensson11 anders ynnerman & elsa hambraeus12 lena ek13 Osamu Motojima, kaorn Motojima,

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& eva gidlöf21 joakim rådström & emma rådström22 Outi löw & Michael g:son löw23 cecilia schelin seidegård & peter gudmundson24 sarah dawn finer25 eva johansson & leif johansson26 helena stålnert & Åke svensson27 Marie ehrling & lars Mydland28 Maria strømme & christer fuglesang29 karin Markides30 anna hamilton & staffan eriksson31 Marie landfors & johan landfors32 annika Bjursell & gunnar Bjursell

58 | greaT gOld Medal

Every year IVA awards a number of

Gold Medals to highly deserving

individuals in the research or busi-

ness worlds. The highest honour,

the Great Gold Medal, was awarded for the

first time in 1924 to Johannes Ruths D.Eng.

for inventing the steam accumulator. In 2011

the Great Gold Medal went to Leif Johans-

son, Chairman of the Board of Ericsson and

former CEO of AB Volvo, who is also IVA’s new

Chairman.

Leif Johansson is one of Sweden’s most suc-

cessful business executives and one of the most

prominent figures in Swedish industry. This year

he was honoured with IVA’s highest distinction,

the Great Gold Medal, for “his extraordinary

achievements in developing and profiling great

Swedish companies such as Electrolux and

Volvo with technology and marketing as the

drivers for business in a global arena in the face

of very strong competition.”

“In my world IVA’s awards are among the

absolute finest ones you can receive. People

who have received Gold Medals over the years

make up quite an impressive group, so I only

hope I can slip in amongst them,” answers Leif

Johansson

LEif HAS BEEN involved with IVA since 1994

when he was elected as a member of the divi-

sion for enterprise and working life. Since that

time he has been very involved in various pro-

ject activities, including conducting a review

of the statutes during Chairman Stig Hag-

strömer’s tenure. From the beginning of 2012 it

is Leif’s turn to take on the role as Chairman.

“IVA to me is an organisation which, on intel-

lectual, sound and scientific foundations, both

shapes and participates in the public debate.

IVA also has a credibility and effectiveness that

I admire and want to be a part of,” he says,

emphasising that he sees the role as Chairman

as an important task and an honour.

Leif Johansson is looking forward to the

work ahead and says that he has always ap-

preciated the interface between academia,

industry and politics.

“Some people call me Leif-everything-is-

connected-Johansson because I usually give

speeches on the theme of everything being con-

nected. In Sweden for decades we have had this

idea that there should be watertight barriers

between the academic, political and business

worlds. People have even been sceptical when

anyone has suggested crossing these barriers.

I’ve wanted to do that all my life; I even think

that it’s natural to do that. If you want to cross

barriers – at least these three dimensions – the

role as Chairman of IVA is an excellent one to

have,” says Leif Johansson.

iN 2012 ivA will be focusing more on the great

global challenges. There are some important

areas that will affect IVA’s projects in one way

or another. One is the issue of energy.

“The questions surrounding energy and the

climate are linked and crucial because they es-

tablish boundary conditions. When I talk about

boundary conditions, I mean in a mathematical

sense. In other words, we need to start with the

boundaries of what we can achieve and in bet-

ween them, we can build,” says Leif Johansson.

He sees himself as a technology optimist

because his experience tells him it’s beneficial

to be that way.

“There are intellectually sound reasons for

being a technology optimist. Also, I should

add, it’s much more enjoyable to think in a

positive and constructive way. On the other

hand, I’m not a passive optimist; I see myself

instead as an activist-optimist. There are two

types of optimists: those who lean back and

say ’It will all work out.’ I’m not one of those. I

belong to those who say ’It will probably work

out if we do this or try that, and bring these

things together’,”

One issue that interests Leif Johansson and

that he worked with during his Volvo years,

but which is also important at Ericsson, is the

Great Gold Medal. To IVA’s new Chairman Leif Johansson

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In 2011 IVA’s Gold Medals went to indus-

trial heritage researcher Marie Nisser,

to visualisation pioneer Anders Ynner-

man and to Hans Wallstén, an inventor

whose inventions include the stent.

Professor emeritus Marie Nisser was

awarded IVA’s Gold Medal for “most outstand-

ing work in preserving, and in new contexts,

using milieus of great value from an industrial

history perspective, and for establishing indus-

trial heritage research as an academic discipline

in Sweden and internationally.”

In 1992 Marie Nisser was appointed

as the world’s first professor in industrial

heritage research – a research council chair

at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH).

Nisser established an extensive research and

educational organisation and headed several

international collaborations and pioneering

research projects.

As Professor emeritus Marie Nisser passed

away on 10 August 2011, her Gold Medal

was awarded posthumously at the Annual

Meeting of the Academy on 28 October.

Another of the medallists, Professor An-

ders Ynnerman, created a top international

centre to combine basic research with profit-

able industrial applications. Visualisation

technology developed by Anders Ynnerman’s

team can be used in a number of areas –

from forensic autopsies to visualising a time

lapse in astrophysics, to air traffic decision

support.

Back in 2007 Anders Ynnerman received

IVA’s and Akzo Nobel’s Akzo Nobel Science

Award Sweden and at which time he provided

examples of some of the possibilities afforded

by the technology he had created. “Our

students have worked on numerous new films

in the adventure and fairy tale genres. These

growth of cities. How do we create a physical

infrastructure, a communication infrastructure

and an intellectual infrastructure so that cities

are good places for people to work and come to?

“There are lots of cities around the world that

will have populations in excess of 50 million.

These cities need urban planning to ensure they

become feasible environments for people. The

combination of technology, politics and urban

planning, as well as enterprise and an entrepre-

neurial spirit are all connected in a city,” he says.

tHE dEBAtE ABOut the need for planning for

the post-industrial society sometimes gives

Leif an allergic reaction. According to Leif,

we have the wrong idea that everything should

be handed over to low cost countries in Asia.

Instead we should steer the debate to discuss

how we can re-industrialise our society. And

linked to this is the question of how we can get

our young people interested in science, maths

and engineering. Leif was chairman of the

government-appointed Technology Delegation

which addressed issues like this one.

“When my generation of engineers retires

we will be replaced by a significantly smaller

generation and the percentage of that genera-

tion with degrees in engineering, maths and

sciences is too small. We will have a shortage

of engineers in the order of 350 to 400 thou-

sand or even close to a million in Europe if we

do nothing about it,” he says.

Leif believes that there are far too many fine

words being spoken about the development of

the knowledge society and far too few concrete

ideas and structures telling us how to achieve it.

“The main problem is not the low wages in

Asia. It’s that there are so many people there

and they are talented. We need to think about

how we can become at least as talented and

perhaps eventually, how we can open up. We

are facing a major challenge that I believe IVA

can address: we need immigration into Europe

of highly educated people who want to come

here to build their lives and contribute to the

success of Sweden and Europe, in the same way

as other nations have managed this. Perhaps

we could have a European Blue Card instead

of an American Green Card. There are lots

of aspects that are linked and that I believe

will be future challenges for Europe. This is

where I believe IVA can contribute to the public

debate,” concludes Leif Johansson.

Gold Medal. Anders Ynnerman

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films need the latest visualisation technology

and computer graphics to create the special

effects the film industry has made the public

accustomed to.”

A third Gold Medal went to Hans Wallstén,

inventor and serial entrepreneur. Among Wall-

stén’s inventions is the stent, or “Wallstent,”

used to open narrowings in the body, e.g. in

blood vessels, without open surgery.

In addition to the Wallstent, Hans Wallstén

invested in and led the commercialisation

process for the Billblade (a unique method

for coating paper), Duroblade (a method for

ceramic coating of cold-rolled steel strips to

reduce wear and tear in the paper and graphics

industries) and Cavaterm (to treat certain types

of haemorrhaging in women).

“Inventing something that is different and

better, combined with my broad interest in

research and new technology, has driven me all

my life,” says Wallstén, as an explanation of

why he has invented processes and products in

so many different areas.

Gold Medal. Marie Nisser

Gold Medal. Hans Wallstén

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2011 is the twentieth year that Stora Fonden

(The Big Fund) is supporting the National Mu-

seum of Science and Technology (Tekniska mu-

seet). The fund, which was created and is still

administered by IVA, has distributed a total of

SEK 100 million to the museum, enabling the

museum to renew its exhibitions and develop

its activities.

“Stora Fonden helped in the past with the

construction of Teknorama, the museum’s

science centre, which has been greatly appreci-

ated by hundreds of thousands of children and

adults over the years,” says Museum Director

Ann Follin. “The fund is making an important

contribution to the museum’s new science

centre planned for 2013/2014.”

“By supporting the museum, Stora Fonden

can actively help to promote interest among

children and young people in engineering and

natural sciences. We think that is money very

well invested,” says the fund’s chairman Jan

Moritz.

Rüdiger Lincke of Linneaus University was the

winner of the 2011 Chester Carlson Research

Award for his research in industrial informa-

tion systems. The Research Award, which is

administered by IVA, is awarded to individuals

in the field of information science. 2011 was

the twentieth year for the SEK 150,000 research

award.

Rüdiger Lincke was presented with the

award for developing methods and tools to

visualise the internal quality in industrial

information systems and making them compre-

hensible for non-experts as well. This enables

project managers and buyers to control and

assess the quality of software solutions.

Chester Carlson, who is of Swedish descent,

secured the patent for the first dry copying

process called the xerography method, the

basis for all modern copiers. He also founded

the Xerox company which funds the research

award through the Xerox Foundation’s Swed-

ish fund for information science research.

Sonya Kovalevsky was born in 1850 in Russia

but moved abroad to study mathematics be-

cause at the time women were not permitted to

study at Russian universities. In Berlin she met

her lifelong friend and mentor, Gösta Mittag-

Leffler, who managed to secure a chair for her

at the new university, Stockholms högskola.

This made Sonya Kovalevsky Sweden’s first

formal professor and the world’s first female

mathematics professor.

In 1888 she won the prestigious Prix Bordin

for her mathematics paper entitled Rotation of

a rigid body around a fixed point. She was also

an author of fiction. In 1887 she wrote a book

with Anne Charlotte Leffler, sister of Gösta

Mittag-Leffler, called The Struggle for Happi-

ness, and in 1889 her autobiographical novel

From a Russian Life: The Rayevski Sisters was

published. She died from complications follow-

ing pneumonia at just 41 years of age.

Ingegerd Palmér PhD presented the com-

memorative booklet at the Annual Meeting of

the Academy.

Awards, Scholarships & Distinctions. Support for research and science centre

Stora Fonden (The Big Fund). Long-term millions for the National Museum of Science and Technology

Chester Carlson Research Award. Award for visual and comprehensible information systems

In 2011 IVA distributed just over SEK 3 million from the Hans Werthén Foundation. 25 young academics received the scholarships for study or work abroad. The Hans Werthén Foundation was established in 1990 in honour of Hans Werthén, an engineer and business leader, chiefly for Ericsson and Electrolux.

2011 Commemorative Booklet. Sonya Kovalevsky

Hans Werthén Foundation. Scholarships 2011

IVA’s Conference Centre. Right in the heart of Stockholm

Year 2011 has been great year for IVA’s Conference

Centre with plenty of reservations and a strong

position in the day conference market. IVA’s strong

brand and the central location, as well as the Con-

ference Centre’s well-equipped rooms and professional staff are

behind our success.

The Rausing Room, one of our medium-sized conference

rooms, underwent a total renovation in 2011. The room has a

brand new interior and advanced but very user-friendly technol-

ogy. Presentations can now be held in two directions with a new

antiglare projector, the e-beam system that allows work on a

computer to go directly onto a digital whiteboard and a 55-inch

3D TV for the best possible picture. Both light and audio are

of the highest class and the entire system is controlled by very

simple and intuitive technology. The room can now hold up to

40 people depending on the furniture configuration.

In 2011 planning for a new Wallenberg Auditorium picked

up speed. Opened in 1983, the Wallenberg Auditorium has,

through its distinctive style, become one of Stockholm’s most

popular and well-attended auditoriums. It is now about to go

through a much needed and comprehensive process of renewal.

The Auditorium will be closed in June/July 2012 and re-opened

on 22 February 2013 on the 30th anniversary of its original

opening.

fACtS ABOut ivA’S CONfErENCE CENtrETen conference rooms for up to 175 guests. Four event spaces.

Food and beverages provided by Restaurant Grodan. Around

1,700 conferences and gatherings a year attended by some

35,000 guests. Awarded five crowns by Svenska Möten.

IVA’s Conference Centre. Right in the heart of Stockholm

professor lena Treschow Torell (div V), chair-man 2009–2011director general charlotte Brogren (div xi), Vice chairman 2009–2011president peter gudmundson, (div i), Vice chair-man 2009–2011professor staffan josephson, (div x), Vice chair-man 2010–2012Board chairman erik lautmann, (div Vi), chair-man Business executives council 2010–2012professor Björn O. nilsson (div x), president 2008 –2014Björn savén phd economics (div ix), Vice chair-man 2011–2013

tHE AdviSOry COuNCiL

The advisory council includes the chairman of the academy, the chairmen or vice chairmen of the academy’s divisions, chairmen of the regional chapters and the president. The executive com-mittee’s other members are entitled to be present at the advisory council’s meetings. The chairman of iVa’s Business executives council and commit-tees may also be called to the meetings.

professor lena Treschow Torell, chairman 2009–2011professor Björn O. nilsson, president 2008- 2014professor Margareta norell Bergendahl, chairman div. i, 2011Managing director Bo normark chairman div. ii 2010–2012research director kyösti Tuutti chairman div. iii 2010–2012Owe fredholm phd chairman div. iV 2011–2013county governor elisabeth nilsson chairman div. V 2011–2013director staffan håkansonchairman div. Vi 2010–2012general Manager Thomas laurell chairman div. Vii 2011–2013

director johan lindmanchairman div. Viii 2009–2011Board chairman gabriel Urwitz chairman div. ix 2010–2012consultant annika Åhnberg chairman div. x 2011–2013director general Madelene sandström chairman div. xi 2009–2011Vice president gösta lemnechairman div. xii 2011–2013director lennart fredenberg chairman iVa south 2011–2013anna nilsson-ehle phd chairman iVa west 2011–2013Msc eng and econ eva wigrenchairman industrial research committee 2011–2013ceO erik lautmannchairman Business executives council 2010–2012

MEMBErS

details about the academy’s members are included in the 2011 iVa register of members. as of 31 december 2011, iVa had 877 swedish members and 270 foreign members. Membership changes in 2011 are noted below.

Elected Swedish membersceO per grunewald div. iexecutive Vice president per hallberg div. icounty governor kristina alsér div. iprofessor erik dahlquist div. iiresearch director karl Bergman div. iiBank director, senior advisor peter nygårds div. iiiprofessor Mats andersson div. iVceO fredrik Tiberg div. iVTechnical director gert nilson div. VceO per storm div. Vprofessor gunilla Borgefors div. Viidirector research karin ljungström div. ViiceO yvonne Mårtensson div. Vii

professor Maria strömme div. ViiceO claes Thegerström div. Viipresident & ceO annika falkengren div. ixdirector Tomas nicolin div. ixceO anders nyrén div. ixexecutive Vice president anders ekblom div. xprofessor stefan ståhl div. xprofessor lars Börjesson div. xipresident & ceO Maria khorsand div. xiprofessor hans rosling div. xiceO Marin persson div. xiassociate professor carl johan sundberg div. xiVice president Ulf wahlberg div. xiiprofessor claes wohlin div. xii

Elected foreign membersdr kristjan haller, estoniaBoard chairman antti herlin, finlandchairman Tapani järvinen, finlanddeputy director general laure reinhart, francechairman louis schweitzer, franceMr. jean-pierre Birat, francedr. hans wijers, netherlandspresident herbert wirth, polandprovost Bertil andersson, singaporeprof. dr. dr.h.c.mult wolfgang herrman, germanydirector subra suresh, Usaprofessor Tryphon georgiou, Usa

deceased membersprofessor emeritus arne Bjerhammar Vii 1975professor emeritus Øyvind Bjørke foreign member 1984professor emeritus david dyrssen iV 1976professor emeritus john Olof edström V 1968professor gunnar gustafson iii 1999professor emeritus stig hagström ii 1983, xi 1992, honorary member 1999.professor emeritus Björn linn iii 1983, xi 1998lic eng einar Mattsson iV 1975lic eng Östen Mäkitalo ii 1993, xii 2007lic eng Bengt Oom iV 1971professor emeritus lennart philipson x 1977professor emeritus sven sahlin iii 1984

Mining engineer Boris serning V 1964professor emeritus nils starfelt Vii 1976professor lars sødahl foreign member 1984Msc engineering gunnar Tedestål ii 1986ph d Martin Tveit foreign member 1960professor emeritus Bertil Törnell iV 1981professor emeritus clas wahlbin Vi 1991professor douglas wahren Viii 1990Msc engineering Urban wehtje Viii 1969professor hans wilhelmsson Vii 1978lic eng hans wohlin iii 1986

ACAdEMy MEEtiNGS

23 Marchfollowing a welcome address by chairman lena Treschow Torell the akzonobel science award sweden (ansas) was awarded to professor jonas frisén for his pioneering and boundary-breaching work in regenerative medicine. jonas frisén is a professor of stem cell research at the department of cellular and Molecular Biology at the karolinska institute. he lectured under the heading new nerve cells in Old Brains. professor anders Blom, permanent member of the ansas jury and member of iVa’s div. i, presented the jury’s motivation and leif dar-mer, member of the executive management of akzonobel, netherlands, presented the award. Björn O. nilsson, iVa’s president, offered a few reflections and invited the participants to the dinner that followed.

15 Junejust over 200 guests gathered after the meeting for iVa’s summer get-together. in addition to members from iVa’s twelve divisions and members of the Business executives council, there were representatives from iVa’s associated organisations the industrial research committee, the student council, the swedish parliament and ministries etc.

IVA Documentation 2011. Elected members, seminars, events etc

The Advisory Council 2011.

The Executive Committee 2011.

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29 SeptemberThe theme for the seminar following the meeting was the government’s innovation policy bill 2012. state secretary catharina håkansson Boman from the Ministry of enterprise and state secretary peter honeth of the Ministry of educa-tion and research both participated. The panel discussion was opened with short addresses from göran sandberg, executive director of the knut and alice wallenberg foundation, Madelene sandström, ceO knowledge foundation, anders ekblom, head of science & Technology integra-tion Office, astra Zeneca and arne wittlöv, chairman agenda for research. The moderator was Björn O. nilsson.

17 NovemberThe seminar following the meeting with the theme “competence supply in a long perspective – roles and responsibilities of industry,” was arranged by iVa’s industrial research council (irc). after a welcome address by chairman lena Treschow Torell, eva wigren, head of engineering and environment at Teknikföretagen and chairman of irc opened the seminar. Other participants were ewa Beskow, director human relations nynas aB, ingrid petersson, director science relations astraZeneca, Maria nohlström, Vp doberman, Margareta krabbe, lecturer at Uppsala University and Margareta lantz, Manager corporate com-munications & investor relations axis com-munications aB. The moderator was per wiklund, nynas aB and member of irc. Björn O. nilsson offered some summarising comments.

diviSiON ACtivitiES

division i – Mechanical Engineeringchairman professor Margareta norell Bergen-dahl (2011)Vice chairman: Msc eng inken faber (2011–2013)Vice chairman: chief Technology Officer Ulf södergren (2010–2012)secretary: ingrid jansson

number of members as of 31 december 2011: 89 of whom 35 below the age of 65.

Meetings2 February: field trip to Visualisation centre c, norrköpingOpening speaker: professor anders ynnerman, linköping University, norrköping campus5 april: field trip to Bombardier aB, Västerås host: pro-rector henrik Tengstrand, linnaeus University

7 September : how is swedish research being positioned in the eU’s framework programmes?Opening speaker: Margareta norell Bergendahl, chairman, kTh, anders Blom, fOi, henrik runnemalm, Volvo aero, giovanni fili, nlab solar, hans hansson, swerea sicOMp

29 November : Va identifies future innovators at the dopexpo exhibition at kTh

division ii – Electrical Engineeringchairman: Managing director Bo normark (2010–2012)Vice chairman: professor lars nielsen (2010–2012)Vice chairman: gunnar holmberg phd eng (2010–2013)secretary: jan nordling

number of members as of 31 december 2011: 42 of whom 18 under the age of 65.

Meetings3 February: norra djurgårdsstaden – a new district of stockholm takes shapeOpening speaker: Bo normark, chairman iVa’s div. ii and ceO of powercircle, daniel carlsson-Mård, stockholm city, Mats nissling, ncc, sven-Åke eriksson, sl, per ling-Vannerus, ports of stockholm, Birgitta resvik and jenny dahlberg, fortum.

18 April: can the electricity market be more efficient?Opening speaker: Bo normark, chairman iVa’s div. ii and ceO of powercircle, Urban kärrmarck, swedish energy agency, niclas damsgaard, pöyry Management consulting, yvonne fredriksson, energy Markets inspector-ate, kjell jansson, swedenergy, Magnus hall, hol-men, per forsling, swedish property federation, state secretary daniel johansson, department of enterprise, participated with other speakers. Moderator: Bo normark

6 September : internal meeting

2 November : field trip to Ångström laboratory in UppsalaOpening speaker: professor Mats leijon, Uppsala University

division iii – Building and Constructionchairman: director kyösti Tuutti (2010–2012)Vice chairman: phd eng per-erik petersson (2011–2013)Vice chairman: professor georgia destouni (2010–2012)secretary: anna lindberg/staffan eriksson

number of members as of 31 december 2011: 72 of whom 48 under the age of 65.

Meetings8 February: The city in focus – strategies for sustainable urban planningOpening speaker: Moderator Örjan wikforss, professor kTh, stefan attefall, Minister for public administration and housing, kristina grange, phd eng kTh, head secretary city in focus, Ulrika francke, ceO Tyréns and Örjan wikforss, steering committee city in focus and commen-tators karolina keyzer, city architect, stockholm city and göran cars, professor kTh

12 April: internal meeting

7 September : The main challenges for the con-struction industry – competence liftOpening speaker: Mårten lindström, iVa’s div. iii, More10 aB, per-erik petersson, sp Technical research institute of sweden anna sander, iQ samhällsbyggnad, lars-erik liljelund, Mistra and chairman of formas, ruben aronsson, sBUf, development fund of the swedish construction industry, Tony andersson, imtech nordic and chairman of Bygginnovationen.

3 November : field trip to citybananOpening speaker: director kyösti Tuutti, chair-man div. iii, jan Molander, ncc

division iv – Chemical Engineeringchairman: Owe fredholm phd (2011–2013)Vice chairman: research director rolf anders-son (2010–2012) Vice chairman: professor anne-Marie hermans-son (2009–2011)secretary: Ted fjällman/janwestberg

number of members as of 31 december 2011: 63 of whom 27 under the age of 65.

Meetings22 February: The significance of new biobased materials and chemicals for the forest and chemicals industriesOpening speaker: Ola hildingsson, domsjö fabriker, hans norrström, nippe hylander, lars wågberg, wwsc, gisle lohr johansen, Borregaard (norway), Markku karlsson, UpM (finland), jon haag, Billerud, Tomas hjertberg, Borealis, claes annerstedt, Volvo cars, karin emilsson, södra, robert Onsander, kemiföreta-gen, stenungssund, Tom lindström, kTh, Björn O. nilsson, iVa and representatives from Vin-nova. (Organised in cooperation with div. V iii)

13 April: The importance of chemistry for batter-ies of the futureOpening speaker: dr helena Berg, Volvo, profes-sor kristina edström, Uppsala University, docent Torbjörn gustafsson, Uppsala University, dr annika ahlberg Tidblad, lutab, dr carl-johan rydh, eTc aB

8 September : chemistry – The limitless scienceOpening speaker: christina Moberg, kTh, div. iV 7 November : field trip to The nobel Museum in karlskogaOpening speaker: alf rosberg, hans johansson, henrik Östmark, Ulf sjöstrand, lennart johans-son, Ulf nordzell.

division v – Mining and Materialschairman: county governor elisabeth nilsson (2011–2013)Vice chairman: ceO göran carlsson (2009–2011)Vice chairman: jan Tengzelius phd eng (2011–2013)secretary: Ulla svantesson

number of members as of 31 december 2011: 65 of whom 23 under the age of 65.

Meetings16 February: Materials for future energy produc-tionOpening speaker: alan Begg, skf, jesper petters-son, hTc/chalmers, lars hultman, höganäs aB, iVa’s div. V, peter szakalos, kTh

13 April: The importance of chemistry for batter-ies of the futureOpening speaker: dr helena Berg, Volvo, profes-sor kristina edström, Uppsala University, docent Torbjörn gustafsson, Uppsala University, dr annika ahlberg Tidblad, lutab, dr carl-johan rydh, eTc aB.

13 September : Materials science and nanotechnol-ogy for functional materialsOpening speaker: professor lars hultman, ifM, linköping University, div. V, professor Magnus Berggren, iTn, linköping University

8 November : impervious materialsOpening speaker: sven Bengtsson, höganäs aB, anders eklund, aVUre aB, christer Åslund, Metec powder Metal aB, Olle wijk, sandvik aB.

division vi – Managementchairman: director staffan håkanson (2010–2012)Vice chairman: chairman anna ekström (2010–2012)Vice chairman: Vice-provost eric giertz (2010–2012)secretary: lotta Thörn

number of members as lf 31 december 2011: 117 if whom 37 under the age of 65.

Meetings15 February: The function of wage structuresOpening speaker: staffan håkanson, chairman div. Vi, juhana Vartiainen, national institute of economic research, göran Trogen, former ceO almega, eric giertz, kTh, Vice chairman div. Vi, håkan regnér, saco economist, sara göransson, psychologist. Moderator: anna ekström, chair-man saco, Vice chairman div. Vi.

14 April: future direction of the division – internal discussion.

21 September : incentive programmes and ceO compensationOpening speaker: Tomas nicolin, Börje ekholm, investor, hans de geer, stockholm school of economics. Moderator gabriel Urwitz (arranged in cooperation with div. ix).

24 November : The sustainable company – is csr profitableOpening speaker: Benoit la salle, president and ceO semafo, canadian mining company active in west africa, lars-eric aaro, ceO lkaB, klas Balkow, ceO clas Ohlson, steve howard, chief sustainability Officer ikea group, anna gustafsson, responsible for the Business sector and human rights, amnesty international, håkan wirtén, secretary general wwf sweden, erik lautmann, chairman of iVa’s Business executives council. (arranged in cooperation with the Busi-ness executives council)

division vii – Basic and interdisciplinary Engineering Scienceschairman: professor Thomas laurell (2010–2013)Vice chairman: professor ewert Bengtsson (2010–2012)Vice chairman: generaldirektör Marianne Treschow (2010–2011)secretary: johan persson

number of members as of 31 december 2011: 87 of whom 33 under the age of 65.

Meetings17 February: handling spent nuclear fuelOpening speaker: claes Thegerström, ceO skB swedish nuclear fuel and waste Manage-ment co, Olle Olsson, head of the nuclear fuel project at skB swedish nuclear fuel and waste Management co, waclaw gudowski, professor, international Technology centre, Moscow, hans forsström, for director of fuel cycle and waste at iaea, now skB international and sven Ove hansson, philosophy professor, kTh.

26 April: what is technology general knowledge?Opening speaker: göran grimvall, kTh, Ulrika Björkstén, Vetenskapsradion (science radio), Åke ingerman, gothenburg University, judith Melin, swedish coast guard, gunnar edwall, formerly with ericsson research

15 September : Thermoelectrics for future energy managementOpening speaker: sven lidin, professor of inorganic chemistry at lund University, heiner linke, professor of nanophysics and deputy director of nanometer structure consortium at lund University, anders palmqvist, professor of materials chemistry, chalmers University of Technology, dr. elis carlström, department Manager Materials applications, swerea iVf, associate professor Muhammet Toprak, division of functional Materials, kTh and associate professor xavier crispin, Organic electronics, linköping University.

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15 November: The ocean circulation and the arctic ice capOpening speaker: jonas nycander, stockholm Uni-versity, johan nilsson, stockholm University, göran Björk, University of gothenburg, Martin jakobsson, stockholm University.

division viii – forest technologychairman: director johan lindman (2009–2011)Vice chairman: professor carl-johan johansson (2010–2012)Vice chairman: director stina Blombäck (2011–2013)secretary: Magnus Breidne

number of members as of 31 december 2011: 51 of whom 23 under the age of 65.

Meetings22 February: The significance of new biobased materials and chemicals for the forest and chemicals industriesOpening speaker: Ola hildingsson, domsjö fabriker, hans norrström, nippe hylander, lars wågberg, wwsc, gisle lohr johansen, Borregaard (norway), Markku karlsson, UpM (finland), jon haag, Billerud, Tomas hjertberg, Borealis, claes annerstedt, Volvo cars, karin emilsson, södra, robert Onsander, kemiföretagen, stenungssund, Tom lindström, kTh, Björn O. nilsson, iVa and representatives from Vinnova. (Organised in cooperation with div. iV)

14 April: new products from the forest: Timber, pulpwood, fuel wood and porridge – is there anything else?Opening speaker: Moderator: johan lindman, ceO stora enso skog, chairman div. Viii, Magnus Brei-dne, iVa, Åke Barklund, royal swedish academy of agriculture and forestry (ksla), Magnus wålinder, ecoBuild, sp Trätek/kTh, kristina wickholm, innventia, Ola hildingsson, domsjö fabriker, lars wågberg, kTh.

20 September: internal meeting.

16 November: internal meeting.

division iX – Economicschairman: Board chairman gabriel Urwitz (2010–2012)Vice chairman: director peggy Bruzelius (2009–2011)Vice chairman: professor Magnus henrekson (2009–2011)secretary: hampus lindh

number of members as of 31 december 2011: 94 of whom 37 under the age of 65.

Meetings21 February: The deindustrialisation of sweden: Myth or reality?Opening speaker: daniel lind, Unionen, lena hag-man, almega and henrik jordahl, research institute of industrial economics, ifn. 27 April: The declining significance of the swedish stock exchange for the swedish economy: what can be done?Opening speaker: Magnus henrekson, research institute of industrial economics, ifn, Ulf jakobs-son, ifn. Opponents: ramsay Brufer, alecta and kerstin hermansson, swedish securities dealers association

21 September: incentive programmes and ceO compensationOpening speaker: Tomas nicolin, Börje ekholm,

investor, hans de geer, stockholm school of economics. Moderator gabriel Urwitz (arranged in cooperation with div. Vi. ix organiser)

15 November : how shall we solve the european debt crisis?Opening speaker: harry flam, department of international economics, stockholm University, Bo lundgren, director general swedish national debt Office

division X – Biotechnologychairman: consultant annika Åhnberg (2011–2013)Vice chairman: docent Maris hartmanis (2010–2012)Vice chairman: director general inger andersson (2011–2013)secretary: arvid söderhäll

number of members as of 31 december 2011: 62 of whom 29 under the age of 65.

Meetings1 February: cancer – problem area in pharmaceu-tical developmentOpening speaker: kjell strandberg, Mef nilbert, lund University and skåne University hospital, carl Borrebaeck, creaTe health Translational cancer center, lund University, peter nygren, Uppsala University and academic hospital, Mona ridderheim, skåne University hospital, Modera-tors: carl Borrebaeck and peter nygren

28 April: genetic engineering on our plate – obsta-cles and opportunitiesOpening speaker: annika Åhnberg, chairman iVa’s div. x, jens sundström, swedish University of engineering sciences, Uppsala, ivar Virgin, stockholm environment institute, sten stymne, swedish University of engineering sciences, alnarp. prepared comments by Bo gertsson, lantmännen seed and peter sylwan

19 September : why and where? strategy meeting and discussion Opening speaker: Björn O. nilsson, president iVa, svante svensson, Orkla asa, Ulf lundqvist, an-nika Åhnberg, Tankeföda aB, chairman div. x

14 November : clinical pharmaceutical develop-mentOpening speaker: internal workshop

division Xi – Education and research Policychairman: director general Madelene sandström (2009–2011)Vice chairman: University president Thomas andersson (2009–2011)Vice chairman: head of research and statistics Ola asplund (2011–2013)secretary: Bengt a Mölleryd

number of meetings as of 31 december 2011: 76 of whom 30 under the age of 65.

Meetings22 February: areas to focus on – strategic research in sweden.Opening speaker: peter honeth, Ministry of energy and research, Maria dahl Torgerson, Vinnova, pam fredman, gothenburg University, Åke svensson, Teknikföretagen, göran sandberg, kaw foundation, johan carlstedt, innovation for growth.

6 April: with an eye to the 2012 research and innovation policy Bill

Opening speaker: Ola asplund if-Metall, jenni nordborg VinnOVa, hans hentzell member div. xi, lennart Ohlsson member div. xi, arne wittlöv steering group chairman agenda for research, member div. i.

5 September : advanced education and compe-tence supply in the knowledge society Opening speaker: University chancellor lars haikola, Tobias krantz, confederation of swedish enterprise, eva wigren, Teknikföretagen, Teresa jonek, almega, Ursula hass, Blekinge institute of Technology, sven engström, chalmers University of Technology and members of iVa’s student council.

30 November : research funding in the casting ladle – the importance of qualityOpening speaker: anders flodström.

division Xii – information technologychairman: Vice president gösta lemne (2011–2013)Vice chairman: professor kristina höök (2011–2013)Vice chairman: professor erik hagersten (2009–2011)secretary: Marie Owe

number of members as of 31 december 2011: 59 of whom 28 under the age of 65.

Meetings24 February: internal meeting with programme itemsOpening speaker: christer Bengtsson, swedsoft

13 April: internal meeting

6 September : Mobile health – care and wellbeing in a wired societyOpening speaker: gösta lemne, chairman div. xii, sture hägglund, programme Manager div. xii, daniel forslund, strategist ehälsa, Vinnova (for-merly Ministry of health and social affairs), nina lundberg, stockholm county council, peter hå-kansson, ericsson research, Ulf palmgren, swedish association of local authorities and regions

15 November : internal meeting

ivA West chairman: anna nilsson-ehle phd eng h. c. (div. Vi) 2011–2013Vice chairman: svante svensson phd eng (div. x) 2010–2011Vice chairman: anders Brännström phd eng (div. Vi) 2010–2011professor Bo egardt (div. ii) 2009–2011rolf andersson phd, associate professor (div. iV) 2011–2013lennart Olausson, Business executives council member 2009–2011Malin persson, Business executives council member 2011–2013håkan simonsen, Business executives council adj. member 2011secretary: linda Vidén ljungars, iVa

Meetings/field trips 7 February: Technology delegation – Turning point sweden

22 March: stem cells in clinical applications – advantage gothenburg

23 March (via link): new nerve cells in old brains. academy Meeting and presentation of the akzo-nobel science award sweden

13 April: The importance of chemistry for batteries of the future

4 May: from crisis to new opportunities – china, our challenge20 September : chemistry shaping our future daily life

29 September (via link): The government’s re-search and innovation policy bill 2012 – academy Meeting

4 October : electricity supply – which energy sources can replace nuclear power?

11 October : sustainable chemistry 2030

13–14 October : jsps sweden-japan joint collo-quium: nuclear energy and nuclear applications

15 November : Business executives council break-fast with Olof persson17 November (via link): competence supply in a long perspective – roles and responsibilities of industry. academy Meeting

5 December : annual Meeting and Technology evening

ivA Southchairman: director lennart fredenberg (div. i) 2011–2013Vice chairman: senior advisor claes-göran Beckeman (div. x), 2011–2013Vice chairman: executive Vice president cristina glad (div. xi) 2009–2011

Meetings/field trips:9 February: field trip to Välinge innovation aB. participants: darko pervan, ceO, niclas håkans-son, dir. r&d surface Technology, per nygren, dir. fold down system and svante Bernow, communications Manager.

12 May: Transport 2030 – presentation of the iVa project. participants: jonas sundberg, project director and stefan gustafsson, regional Man-ager sweco infrastructure.

18 August: Breakfast meeting at procordia food aB – arranged in cooperation with iVa’s Busi-ness executives council and iVa south. partici-pants: eystein Mitsem, production director and göran sajland, Quality Manager.

20 September : Mobile phone development in lund – who is doing what and what is in the pipeline? seminar at sTericsson. participants: joakim nelsson, head of industry collaboration and asset Management, sony ericsson, Björn ekelund, head of ecosystems and research, sTericsson sven Mattisson, senior expert ericsson.

11 October : development and challenges in the broadband industry with per Ödling, secretary to the academy, iVa.

6 December : annual Meeting with iVa south

6 December : Technology evening with iVa south with Björn O. nilsson (div. x), president iVa.

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BuSiNESS EXECutivES COuNCiL

chairman: director erik lautmann (div. Vi) (2010–2012)Vice chairman: Board member Marie ehrling, nordea etc. (div. Vi) (2009–2011)Vice chairman. Bank director peter nygårds, swedbank, (2010–2012)ceO pia sandvik-wiklund, länsförsäkringar jämtland (2010–2012)director kjell johansson, aB recipharm (2010–2011)chairman of the Board peter wallenberg, faM – foundation asset Management (2011–2013)ceO lars-eric aaro, lkaB (2011–2013)ceO Åke svensson, Teknikföretagen (2010–2012)senior partner annette Brodin rampe, Brunswick group (2011–2013)

number of members and contact personsat the end of 2011 the Business executives council consisted of 190 enterprises, national government agencies and organisations that carry out, utilise or fund technical research and development. These were represented by194 members, 85 alternates and 254 contact persons.

Business Executives Council’s Annual Meeting on 24 November 2011The sustainable company – is csr profitable?Opening speaker: erik lautmann, chairman of iVa’s Business executives councilinternational expertise human advocacy Benoit la salle, president and ceO semafo, a canadian mining company active in west africa.commentanders furbeck, director Urban Transforma-tion, lkaBThe csr agenda of two swedish companies klas Balkow, ceO clas Ohlson steve howard, chief sustainability Officer ikea groupwhat is of most importance of the companies’ engagement in csr?anna gustafsson, responsible for the Business sector and human rights, amnesty internationalhåkan wirtén, secretary general wwf sweden

Business Executives Council Breakfast Meetings 20114 February: carl-henric svanberg, Bp17 February: håkan Buskhe, saab23 March: Öystein löseth, Vattenfall13 April: anders nyrén, industrivärden13 April: samarkand (ludvika)29 September : annika falkengren, seB12 October, ronnie leten, atlas copco15 November, Olof persson, Volvo aB (gothen-burg)18 November : keith Mcloughlin, electrolux1 December : lars-eric aaro, lkaB (luleå)8 December : rickard gustafson, sas

iNduStriAL rESEArCH COMMittEE, ifG

iVa’s industrial research committee (ifg) builds networks between young decision-makers in industry and research in the academic world. The irc has fifteen members each with a three-year mandate. The irc alumni network has around one hundred former members.

delegates on the Committee’s trip to San francisco 15–22 October 2011

chairman Msc engineering, Msc econ head of engineering and environment Member of

iVa’s div. i Mechanical engineering eva wigren, Teknikföretagenassociate professor, phd eng, Technology area leader alf andersson, Volvo cars aBassociate professor, Business area directorpatrik andreasson, Vattenfall research & develop-ment aBMsc engineering, MBa, ceO ruben aronsson, sBUfphd econ niclas damsgaard, sweco energuide aBMsc engineering, head of product Management pia falk, saab electronic defence systemsphd engineering Torbjörn keisu, ericsson aBphd engineering, research engineer anna körner, sca global hygiene categoryphd engineering, researcher, product managerMikael larsson, swerea MefOs aBphd engineering, head of r&d, innovation jan lif, stora enso packagingMd, associate professor, professor, Vice president johan lund, astraZeneca r&dMsc engineering, deputy assistant undersecretary sofia Medin, Ministry of enterprise, energy and communicationspartner, Msc. engineering daniel ringheim, Merinigh aBMsc engineering, MBa, head of strategy, service and education johan Tiberg, Bombardier Trans-portationphd, portfolio owner protein analysis susanne wal-lenborg, ge healthcare life sciencesphd eng, technical coordinator per wiklund, nynas aBdivision Manager for working life development, phd annika Zika-Viktorsson, Vinnova (agency for innovation systems)

irC Secretaryingrid janssson, iVa

Places visitedMumm napa, rutherfordexport council in san francisco - swedish Trade council sfMeeting with consul general Barbro OsherVMware incparsons BrinkerhoffBombardierBechtellockheed Martin, san joseUniversity of california, Berkeleystanford University, stanford, cachevron headquarters, san ramongoogle incericsson inc.

OtHEr ACtivitiES

12 January Transport 2030 – proposal for a forum for strategic development in the transport sectorspeakers: Ulrika francke, Tyréns aB, Torbjörn suneson, swedish Transport administration, Ove pettersson, Vinnova, lars-göran rosengren, Volvo Technology aB, annika stensson-Trigell, kTh, jan nylander, Transport research commission

18 Januaryesbri arrangement: intellectual assess –¬ how to build a company in a knowledge-based economyspeaker: professor Ulf petrusson, school of Busi-ness, economics and law at gothenburg University

2 Februaryconcluding seminar: Transport systems for sustain-able development and competitivenessspeaker: Björn O nilsson, president iVa, jonas sundberg, project director, arne kaijser, kTh,

samuel henningsson, netport karlshamn, Ove pettersson, Vinnova / agneta wargsjö, swedish Transport administration, Ulrika francke, Tyréns aB, steering committee chairman, staffan hå-kanson, steering committee member, Transport 2030, chairman iVa’s div. Vi, Ulrika francke, steering committee chairman Transport 2030, Marina fransson, Ministry of enterprise, energy and communication, Transport section.

7 FebruaryTechnology delegation – Turning point sweden. presentation of the Technology delegation’s re-port for iVa west which also assembled some of west sweden’s key players to join the delegation chairman in highlighting challenges and options for action.

14 Februarya stronger service sector – consequences for industry, leadership and politicsspeaker: catharina håkansson Boman, state secretary Ministry of enterprise, energy and com-munications, eva gidlöf, executive Vice president scandinavia, Tieto, Thomas Berglund, ceO capio, Magnus henrekson, ceO research institute of industrial economics, Michael wolf, president and ceO swedbank, Mats Tystrup, postgraduate student at stockholm school of economics.

22 Februaryinnovate or stagnate - how do we promote, incentivize and reward innovation? The swedish innovation climate in a global context. iVa and ge arranged a seminar with invited guests to discuss the innovation climate in sweden. speakers: Björn O. nilsson, president iVa, anders nyberg, political expert, Ministry of enterprise, energy and communications antoine harary director strat-egyOne, Magnus Breidne, iVa, panel debate with representatives from iVa, the swedish energy agency, Volvo, ge, and climatewell

24 February how can more efficient public management contribute to a better innovation climate?Breakfast meeting with innovation for growthspeakers: christina lugnet, director general Tillväxtverket, kristina alsér, county governor kronoberg county, göran arvidsson associate professor, yvonne gustafsson, swedish agency for public Management, Måns collin, iVa’s div. iV chemical engineering, petter hallman, Mckinsey & company

17 Marchgrowth days in gothenburginnovation for growth participated in a debate on: innovation policy that leads to innovation that leads to new jobs, with sven-Otto littorin and others.

21 Marchdialogue for strong innovative powerworkshop with innovation for growth and reglabparticipants: kristina alsér, county governor kronoberg county, chairman for regional dialogue, Mats granér, chairman reglab, antti Valle, head of division, innovation department, finnish Ministry of employment and the economy, Vesa kojola, head of unit, centre for economic development, Transport and environment, Tekes, finland, Thomas alslev christensen, head of divi-sion for innovation policy, research and innovation Board, denmark, Bent Mikkelsen, head of division Business and competence development regional development, region Midtjylland, denmark. Moderator: peter kempinsky, kontig.

22 Marchhow can we increase innovative capacity in swedish research?iVa’s president Björn O. nilsson participated in a seminar arranged by VinnOVa and at luleå University of Technology.speakers: hasse johansson, chairman VinnOVa, Björn O. nilsson, president iVa, ann-Marie hermansson, Vice president chalmers University of Technology, Ulf lindberg, Vd enhancer, kajsa Björn, epsilon formerly fastelaboratoriet at luleå Univer-sity of Technology, Magnus karlberg, fastelaborato-riet vid luleå University of Technologyjennie nordborg, VinnOVa

23 Marchnew nerve cells in old brains. academy Meeting and presentation of the akzonobel science award swedenspeakers: professor lena Treschow Torell, chair-man iVa, professor anders ynnerman, chairman of the jury, leif darner, member of executive manage-ment, akzonobel, amsterdam, netherlands, pro-fessor jonas frisén, karolinska institute department of cellular and Molecular Biologyprofessor Björn O. nilsson, president iVa.

30 Marchclimate change and economic growthspeakers: economics professors john hassler, per krusell and Torsten persson

14 Aprilnew products from the forestseminar arranged by ksla and iVaspeakers: Magnus Breidne, project Manager, iVa, Åke Barklund, president, royal swedish academy of agriculture and forestry (ksla), Magnus wålinder, centre manager ecoBuild, sp Trätek/kT, kristina wickholm, research manager, innventia, Ola hildingsson, Vd, domsjö fabriker,lars wågberg, professor, kTh. Moderator: johan lindman, ceO, stora enso skog

15 Aprilpriorities in the innovation system - necessary? how? By who?Breakfast meeting with innovation for growthspeakers: Björn O. nilsson, president iVa, Ola asplund, if Metall, Maria dahl-Torgersson, VinnO-Va, Ulla-Britt fräjdin hellqvist, fräjdin & hellqvist aB, håkan gergils, iVa, göran sandberg, knut and alice wallenberg foundation, sverker sörlin, kTh, Ted fjällman, iVa

9 MayThe nuclear accident in fukushimaspeakers: Björn O. nilsson, president iVa, dr. Thomas linnemann, Technical advisor at VgB powerTech’s nuclear power plants competence centre, ryuma Ohora, first secretary, science attache, embassy of japan in stockholm, lennart carlsson, director of nuclear power plant safety, swedish radiation safety authority, per lindell, senior advisor, e.On, Magnus reinsjö, head of systems intelligence, production nuclear Vattenfall aB. Moderator: lars gunnar larsson, sip nuclear consulting.

18 Maycompetence supply for innovation and growthBreakfast meeting with innovation for growthspeakers: annika lundius, leona achtenhagen, jönköping international Business school, frida andersson, Tillväxtverket, johan Blom, swedish national agency for higher Vocational educa-tion, svante Bylund, if Metall, stefan Bengtsson, chalmers University of Technology, eva-lisa höglund, arbetsförmedlingen, nils karlson, ratio,

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håkan larsson, astraZeneca, Thomas Malmer, naturvetarna

8 Juneprivatisation of the welfare sector – threats and opportunities. annual meeting and seminar with the service initiative.speaker: Marie ehrling, service initiative chairman, henrik jordahl, researcher at the research institute of industrial economics (ifn), eric giertz, Vice chancellor kTh

4 Julyinnovation for the future iinnovation for growth arranged a seminar during the almedal week.speakers: cecilia schelin seidegård, county gover-nor gotland , Björn O. nilsson, president iVa, johan carlstedt, project director innovation for growth susanne Ås sivborg, dg prV, Åke svensson, ceO Teknikföretagen, pontus Braunerhjelm, professor kTh, christina lugnet, director gen-eral Tillväxtverket, charlotte Brogren, director general Vinnova, kristina alsér, county governor kronoberg, cecilia schelin seidegård, county governor gotland

5 JulyThe road to sustainable mobilityTransport 2030 arranged a seminar during the almedal week.speakers: charlotte Brogren, director general VinnOVa, Urban karlström, deputy governor region skåne, pia kunhult, deputy governor region skåne, Mikael stöhr, ceO green cargo, jan-eric sundgren, director aB Volvo, gunnar Malm, director general Trafikverket, jonas sundberg, project director Transport 2030, Björn O. nilsson, president iVa. Moderator: sharon jåma

6 Julyinnovation for the future iiinnovation for growth arranged a seminar during the almedal week.speakers: johan carlstedt, project director in-novation for growth, iVa, henrik arwidsson, Ung innovationskraft – an advisory board within Vin-nOVa and Tillväxtverket, charlie hansson, ceO chas, christina lampe-Önnerud, ceO Boston power, Oscar lundin, Ung Omsorg, erik Begtzboe, chairman Moderate party youth league, rebecka carlsson, spokesperson green party youth league, aron Modig, chairman christian democratic party youth league, linda nordlund, first Vice chairman liberal party youth league, representatives from the centre party youth league, social democratic party youth league and left party youth league. Moderator: sharon jåma

26 Septemberinternet of Things (ioT) – from commercial benefits to sensorsspeakers: Magnus Breidne, project Manager iVa, Östen frånberg, project Manager iVa, anders Oe johansson, processiT innovations lTU, Åke kru-ukka, Manager new Technologies lkaB, Markus Bylund, phd sics, Bo normark, ceO powercircle, Mikael gidlund, aBB corporate research area co-ordinator, per-Åke Olsson, Vd Viktoria institutet, Bo raattamaa, ceO gs1, christer norström, Vd sics, Mattias O´nils, professor Mid sweden Uni-versity, per gunningberg, professor Uppsala Univer-sity, andreas hessler, program director, ericsson, hans dahlberg, Business development Teliasonera, adam dunkels, phd senior scientist sics

3 Octoberstronger research for stronger schoolsseminar with iVa’s agenda for research project

speakers: erland hjelmquist, steering committee member agenda for research and head secretary fas, gunnar svedberg, steering committee member agenda for research and former ceO innventia, Tomas kroksmark, professor in peda-gogic work, jönköping University, anna ekström, director general swedish national agency for education, Bertil Östberg, state secretary Ministry of education and research, Tomas kroksmark, professor in pedagogic work, jönköping University, anna ekström, director general swedish national agency for education, Bertil Östberg, state sec-retary Ministry for education and research, peter fredriksson, professor in economics, stockholm University, per-arne andersson, head of education and labour Market division, swedish association of local authorities and regions. Moderator: johannes hylander

10 Octoberhanding over of innovation plan swedenconcluding seminar for iVa’s innovation for growth projectspeakers: lena Treschow Torell, chairman iVa, Björn O. nilsson, president iVa, Marcus wal-lenberg, chairman seB, chairman innovation for growth johan carlstedt, project director innovation for growth ilija Bataljan, dombron aB, angeles Bermudez-svankvist, arbetsförmedlingen, pontus Braunerhjelm, swedish entrepreneurship forum, lisa lindström, doberman, Åke svensson, Teknikföretagen, annie lööf, Minister for enter-prise. Moderator: sharon jåma

18 OctoberMentor4research concluding conference speakers: Björn O. nilsson, president iVa, nils-robert persson, entrepreneur, anders gezelius, national project Manager Mentor4research. Moderator: henrik frenkel

27 Octoberinnovation for growth - successful international innovation practicesiVa’s royal Technology forum 2011speakers: annika rembe, director general si, Björn O. nilsson, president iVa, professor christian ketels, principal associate, institute for strategy and competitiveness, harvard Business school, Usa, professor xUe lan, dean of school of public policy and Management, Tsinghua Univer-sity, china, Ms. laure reinhart, deputy general Manager innovation and Technology, OseO, france, dr subra suresh, director, national science foundation, Mr. siimon Vaske, Technology Transfer Manager, kTh innovation, kTh – royal institute of Technology, erik Odén, ceO Mantex aB. Moderator: dr Magnus Breidne, executive director of projects, iVa

16 Novemberchester carlson research awardxerox presented the chester carlson research award established in 1985 and administered by iVa.speakers: johannes karlsson, conducting postgradu-ate research at Umeå University, rüdiger lincke, conducting postgraduate research at linnaeus University, lena-Maria Öberg, conducting post-graduate research at Mid sweden University, Björn O. nilsson, president iVa

30 NovemberUniversities with or without research connection?Breakfast seminar with iVa’s agenda for research projectspeakers: lars anell, steering committee member agenda for research, anders Broström, chairman swedish research council and project Manager agenda for research, lars haikola, University

chancellor swedish national agency for higher education, helen dannetun, president linköping University. Moderator: joakim rådström, iVa

12 Decembersee Ongame! field trip with iVa’s service initiativespeaker: peter Bertilsson, ceO Ongame

14 Decembernew innovation strategy and new initiatives for norrbotten – seminar arranged jointly by iVa, lkaB and luleå University of Technologyspeakers: per Ödling, secretary to the academy iVa, lars-eric aaro, president and ceO lkaB, lena liljebäck, follow-up manager, arbetsförm-edlingen, johan sterte, president luleå University of Technology, anders granberg, north sweden data center location, johan carlstedt, project Manager iVa, staffan Bjurulf, region Värmland, sara Modig, Ministry of enterprise, energy and communica-tions. Moderator: håkan alfon, framtidslyftet

StEEriNG COMMittEES fOr ivA PrOJECtS

research Agendachairman: arne wittlöv phd h.c. (div. i) lars anell, chairman swedish research councilrolf annerberg, director general formascharlotte Brogren, director general VinnOVa (div. xi)professor erland hjelmquist, fashasse johansson, M.sc. formerly scania (div. i)lars-erik liljelund, ceO Mistrakarin Markides, president chalmers University of Technology (div. iV)Björn O. nilsson, president iVa (div. x)lars rask, executive director ssfMadelene sandström, ceO knowledge foundation (div. xi)gunnar svedberg, president innventia aB (div. iV)daniel Tarschys, chairman riksbankens jubile-umsfondproject Managers; elin Vinger, iVa anders Broström phd eng, iVa

Mentor4research (Project Group)chairman: rolf skoglund (div. xii) johan ahlström, regional project ManagerMats espander, regional project Managerjan-erik gustavsson, regional project Manageranders nordström, regional project ManagerBjörn sjöholm, regional project ManagerMagnus Breidne, project Manager iVakirsti häcki, project assistant iVa project Manager: anders gezelius, strategize

NtA – Science and technology for Allpresident Björn O. nilsson, iVa (div. x)education director annabella kraft, södertälje Municipalityprofessor sven-Olof holmgren, kVa/nTa developmentprofessor Ulf lindahl, Uppsala University, kVagillis persson, nTa production and service

innovation for Growthchairman: chairman of the Board, Marcus wal-lenberg, chairman seB county governor kristina alsér, jönköping countychairman of the Board lars Backsell, recipharm (div. x)professor pontus Braunerhjelm, swedish entrepre-neurship forum (div. xi)director general charlotte Brogren, VinnOVa (div. xi)executive Vice president anders ekblom, astra-Zeneca

ceO johan hernmarck, provider Venture partnersdirector general christina lugnet, swedish agency for economic and regional growthexecutive Vice president annika lundius, confed-eration of swedish enterprisechairman stefan löfven, if Metallpresident Björn O. nilsson, iVa (div. x)executive director göran sandberg, knut and alice wallenberg foundation (div. Viii)chairman of the Board Melker schörling, Melker schörling project Manager: johan carlstedt, iVa

transport 2030chairman: ceO Ulrika francke, Tyréns aB (div. iii)county governor Minoo akhtarzand, county administrative Board jönköping countydirector general charlotte Brogren, VinnOVastaffan håkanson, swedtrain (div. Vi)chairman of the Board håkan larsson, schenker aBceO erik lautmann, jetpak group (div. Vi)director dan lundvall, lfVceO kent eric lång, Mecel aBproject Manager Thomas Malmer, iVaceO Åke niklasson, Volvo logistics aBlars-göran rosengren phd eng, aB Volvo (div. xi)ceO elisabet salander Björklund, Bergvik skog (div.Viii)senior Vice president lars stenqvist, scania cV aBstrategy director Torbjörn suneson, swedish road administrationproject Manager: jonas sundberg, sweco

Energy Book/Aspects of Energyprofessor Bengt kasemo, div. ii head of development gerd Bergman, nTa professor eric giertz, div. Vi project Manager dick hedberg, energy commit-tee, kVa director christer sjölin, div. iVprofessor harry frank, div. ii project Managers elin Vinger and anna lindberg

diStiNCtiONS, SCHOLArSHiPS ANd AWArdS

Great Gold Medaldirector leif johansson was awarded iVa’s great gold Medal in 2001 for his extraordinary achieve-ments in developing and profiling great swedish companies such as electrolux and Volvo with tech-nology and marketing as the drivers for business in a global arena in the face of very strong competition.

Gold Medals 2011professor emeritus Marie nisser for most outstanding achievement in preserving, and in new contexts, using milieus of great value from an industrial history perspective, and for establishing industrial heritage research as an aca-demic discipline in sweden and internationally.

hans wallstén phd eng h.c.for outstanding achievement as an inventor and entrepreneur. hans wallstén identified the need for new development in many different areas and turned his own ideas into finished products that have been of great significance to both society and individuals.

professor anders ynnerman for boundary-breaching achievement in visualisation and physical simulation for computer graphics and for innovative leadership.

the 2011 Commemorative Booklet hon-oured Sofia Kovalevskaja (1850–1891) sofia kovalevskaja was honoured in the

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2011 commemorative Booklet for her great significance in the field of mathematics – the foundation for all engineering. despite strong opposition from the academic world of the day, she managed to become sweden’s first female professor and the world’s first professor of mathematics.author: ingegerd palmér.

AkzoNobel Science Award SwedenTo encourage and reward boundary-breaching research, iVa presented for the seventh time an award based on a donation from akzo nobel. The award was presented at iVa’s annual Meet-ing on 23 March.

The 2011 winner is professor jonas frisén who received the award for pioneering and bound-ary-breaching work in regenerative medicine. jonas frisén is a professor of stem cell research at the department of cellular and Molecular Biology at the karolinska institute.

Chester Carlson research AwardThe chester carlson research award 2011 went to rüdiger lincke of linnaeus University. rüdiger lincke received the award for his research in the field of industrial information systems.

The award was established in 1985 in memory of chester carlson who is of swedish descent and invented the copying machine. The winner is chosen jointly by xerox and iVa.

Stockholm industry Water Award The 2011 stockholm industry water award went to nestlé. The company was chosen to receive the stockholm industry water award for its efforts to improve water management in both the company’s internal activity and throughout the logistics chain.

The award goes to an enterprise that contributes to sustainable water management by reducing consumption and environmental impact. The award was established in 2000 by the stockholm water foundation in cooperation with iVa and the world Business council for sustainable de-velopment. it is administered by the stockholm international water institute (siwi)

Mentor4researchUlrica almhöjd a researcher in cariology at the sahlgrenska academy; department of Odontol-ogy at the University of gothenburg, received the Mentor4research scholarship for research of sek 100,000.

The Mentor4research programme is run and funded jointly by iVa and VinnOVa. The pro-ject is intended to provide talented researchers with a better network of contacts in the business world and helping them to recognise the com-mercial potential of their own research.

Over a million for Hans Werthén scholar-ship recipientsiVa distributed just over sek 3 million from the hans werthén foundation in 2011. Twenty-five academics received the scholarships for study or work abroad. The scholarships are aimed at Master’s students and researchers at universities and in industry with a main focus on natural sciences, engineering, economics and law. The scholarship recipients’ work should be able to lead to industrial benefits.The hans werthén foundation was established in 1990 in honour of hans werthén, an engineer and business leader chiefly with ericsson and electrolux.

These two companies donated the initial capital for the foundation.

rESPONSES tO PrOPOSALS

iVa’s opinion on the european commission’s proposal for a research and innovation framework programme 2014–2020 (U2011/661/f)

iVa’s opinion on e-identification Board and swedish e-identification (sOU 2010:104)

iVa’s opinion on Better rules for electronic com-munication (ds 2010:19)

iVa’s opinion on Overhaul of government agency structures for sweden, promoting trade and invest-ment (ds 2022:29)

PuBLiCAtiONS

ivA-aktuellt 2011in 2011 nine issues of iVa’s news magazine were published. Total distribution was just over 57,557 copies. iVa-aktuellt reaches readers in 35 countries. The circulation has remained constant for each publication date at just over 6,300. More than 200 new subscribers were added via the web and e-mail.

half of the articles are generated directly by iVa’s activities. 86 of iVa’s meetings (academy, project and Business executives council) have been covered. several members have been interviewed. enterprise, energy, environment, research and innovation have been the topics that been given the most coverage. in total, iVa- aktuellt contained 203 long articles and 285 short paragraphs. The editors have also published around 40 short news articles at iva.se.

iVa’s service initiative has received special cover-age, partly in account of its seminars, and partly in interviews with relevant individuals.

ivA-M-seriesiVa-M 422 innovationsmagasinet – från jordbruk till spetsigaste spetsteknik, 2011, 40 pp. (in swedish only) iVa-M 423 innOVaTiOnsplan sVerige – underlag till en svensk innovationsstrategi, 2011, 48 pp. (in swedish only) iVa-M 424 Minnesskrift, a Tribute to the Memory of sonya kovalevsky (1850–1891), 2011, 44 pp. (in swedish only)

iVa-M 425 strategic performance assessment for esa’s Melissa project, 2011, 24 pp. (in swedish only)

iVa-M 426 immateriella rättigheter och ekonomiska incitament– en kortfattad översikt av kunskapsläget, 2011, 40 pp. (in swedish only)

OMBudSMAN

justice of the supreme administrative court erik nymansson from 10 May 2011, previously Marianne eliason

AuditOrS

county governor per-Ola eriksson from 15 november 2011, previously former justice of the

supreme count Bo svenssonprofessor lars-gunnar Mattsson (div. Vi)jan larsson, authorised public accountant

AlternatesBertil edlund, Msc econ (div. Vi)jan palmqvist, authorised public accountant

ivA’s iNvEStMENt COMMittEE

anne-Marie pålsson (chairman)kerstin hessiusBörje ekholmBjörn O. nilssonlotta Thörn

fuNdiNG fOr ivA’S ACtivitiES

The academy receives external funds for specific projects that would not otherwise have been pos-sible and for which we are especially grateful. Below is a list of donors who contributed to iVa’s projects in amounts in excess of sek 500,000.

swedish energy agencyerik johan ljungberg’s education fundswedish council for working life and social researchswedish research council formasknut and alice wallenberg foundationMarianne and Marcus wallenberg foundationMinistry of enterprise, energy and communicationsriksbankens jubileumsfondsidaThe knowledge foundationMistra – foundation for strategic environmental researchswedish foundation for strategic researchMarcus and amalia wallenberg foundationThe swedish instituteconfederation of swedish enterpriseswedish agency for economic and regional growthVinnovaÅngpanneföreningens forskningsstiftelse

OffiCE Of tHE ACAdEMy

lena anderson, accountantcaroline ankarcrona, project ManagerBritta aulio, conference reservations

ann-Margret Back, assistantsheryhan Benzon, conference servicejacob Bjarnason, service Manager iTrobert Bwomono, aV technicianjohan carlstedt, project Managerann clauson, conference reservationsBarbara eriksson, hr Managerstaffan eriksson, project ManagerTed fjällman, project Manageranna-karin friskopps, conference reservationsÖsten frånberg, project Managerpatric holmström, service Manager iTkirsti häcki, project assistantper isaksson, communications Officeringrid jansson, division coordinatorMalin kratz, conference reservationshenrik lagerträd, communications Officerjacob lehmann, conference servicekenneth leverbeck, editor/writeranna lindberg, communications Officerhampus lindh, project Managerann-Margret Malmgren, assistantjan nordling, project Managerlennart Ohlsson, janitorrickard Olsson, Operations Manager iTjohan persson, project Managerjoakim rådström, head of Media relationspär rönnberg, editor in chief and legally respon-sible for publicationsjohan schuber, project ManagerÅsa sjöberg, conference ManagerMarkus strömberg, conference serviceUlla svantesson, international coordinatorarvid söderhäll, project ManagerMarika Thunberg petersson, Office coordinatorelin Vinger, project Managerjan westberg, communications Officer

ivA’S MANAGEMENt GrOuP

professor Björn O. nilsson, presidentMagnus Breidne, head of programmeslars fog, property Managercamilla koebe, communications directorMarie Owe, assistant to the presidentlotta Thörn, cfOper Ödling, secretary to the academy

IVA’s Management Group 2011.

The theme for IVA’s 2011 Annual Report is the Grand Chal-

lenges we are faced with. More and more people are sharing

smaller areas as urbanisation increases and populations grow.

Climate challenges, demographic changes and greater technol-

ogy development needs are what we are facing. In this context

we feel that Jacob Felländer’s image from the project entitled

“I Want to Live Close to You” is a good choice for our cover

photo. Jacob describes it like this:

I made a journey around the world, visiting its most

densely populated cities. An analog experiment with

the intent to capture the entire world in one image. The

whole world on a single, multi-exposed negative.

As places and people merged before me, I grew

increasingly fascinated at how close together we all live.

For the first time in the history of mankind, more of

us live in cities than in the country, and we have spent

fortunes building the most amazingly infra-structured

conurbations.

These creations continue to fascinate me. Our habitat

in these places may seem grotesque but we actually get

along surprisingly well in our cities. We may think that

we are different, we may think we like or dislike each

other. But still, we choose to live extremely close to one

another: next to, underneath, on top of.

Close.

Close together.

jacob felländer, April 2011

© Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, 2012P.O. Box 5073, SE-102 42 StockholmTfn: + 46 (0)8 791 29 00Fax: +46 (0)8 611 56 23E-mail: info@iva.seWeb: www.iva.se

ISSN: 1100-5645ISBN: 978-91-7082-839-3

project management: Anna Lindberglayout: Pelle Isaksson & Anna Lindbergdesign: Pelle Isakssontexts: Cecilia Borglin & Anna Lindbergtranslation: Diane Högstaprinted by: Edita Västra Aros

photos: Erik Cronberg, Cia Österberg (Exray), Jan-Olof Yxell (Chalmers), Kristian Pohl, Pär Rönnberg, Kenneth Leverbeck, Stefan Nilsson, Lennart Wennberg, Jann Lipka, Göran Billeson, Ingrid Jansson, Anders Olsson, Peter Ringström, Sofia Andersson, Sarah Wiklund, Anders Nylander & Torbjörn Zadig.