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‘‘The Academy’s mission is to promotethe engineering and economic sciencesand the development of industry forthe benefit of society’’

Preface 4

Projects at ivA 9

Anders ekblom, interview 15

royal Technology mission 20

marie ehrling, interview 22

events at ivA 25

ivA in Almedalen 30

cecilia schelin seidegård, interview 32

Business executives council 37

göran sandberg, interview 40

Awards, scholarships & distinctions 42

ivA’s goals 47

ivA's 91st Annual meeting 48

ivA documentation 2010 55

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The day after the 2010 parliamentary elec­tion a debate article from IVA was published in the daily newspaper Dagens Nyheter. In it we invite the Government to work with us to create a new innovation and growth policy. IVA’s Innovation for Growth project is one of the academy’s biggest projects ever and it has already generated knowledge and concrete proposals. The goal is for the proposals gener­ated by the project to be integrated into new systems and laws, instead of merely resulting in a traditional final report.

We need to move fast to improve the inno­vation system and to change attitudes to inno­vation. We believe the Government agrees with us; we gained this impression in conversations with the Minister for Enterprise and Energy and others, and it was confirmed when the Government, in its declaration on 5 October, said that a new innovation strategy must be developed.

A new innovation system should include new financial support for research, especially for small businesses. We should also greatly emphasise support for innovation procure­ment. By procuring according to indentified future needs instead of buying products that already exist, we will help speed up technology development. At the same time we will influ­ence attitudes as innovation procurement fo­cuses on new solutions that are better than the ones we have today. And we will show that we are assuming that these innovations can actu­ally be developed. Neither EU regulations nor laws on public procurement present any major obstacle for innovation procurement. But we

cannot insist that those responsible for public procurement have the technical and scientific competence to demand the right things from companies and researchers. An innovation sys­tem for the future needs to include instruments and resources that provide extensive knowl­edge support for innovation procurement.

I am convinced that good examples are cru­cial. Often Ericsson and other “old” companies are held up as good examples. And they have every right to be. But sometimes we overlook the fact that the reason certain companies en­joy lasting success is precisely because they have been able to create a spirit of innovation within their companies – they have had the courage to change. We seldom make progress by merely holding on to our traditions.

We should present positive examples as of­ten as possible of companies that have shown courage and that have achieved success in the end with a bold and innovative corporate pro­file. These days we focus too much on failure. Incompetent management must, of course, be criticised, but ambitious initiatives may de­serve praise even if they fail. Let’s not hang people out to dry just because they have been bold enough to try something new.

Another key factor if Sweden is to succeed in becoming the world’s best innovation en­vironment is increasing student enrolment in science and technology programmes. Today our engineering programmes are excellent – engineering graduates have never been more capable than they are today. Meanwhile, these programmes are receiving fewer applications than ever. Better instruction at the lower levels

of the education system is part of the solution. Here IVA and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (KVA) are doing important work to­gether in the joint project, Science and Tech-nology for All. Today almost a hundred muni­cipalities have joined the initiative, and many more schools. Creative course materials and methods are being distributed and the results clear and measureable.

But here too, we need positive role mod­els. Young people today don’t need to know WHAT they can become – but WHO they can become. Several EU nations have programmes where engineers and scientists are sent out to schools to talk about their work. We should do this in Sweden too. Engineers and scientists are doing exactly what many young people dream about – solving problems and saving the world. The image of an old man in a white coat read­ing formulas is still a deeply rooted one. We can change this by proving the opposite.

Sweden has a strong industrial tradition, good education and a stable democracy. This helps us make the right choices when we invest in innovation. But we need to invest more and be bolder. IVA offers a unique environment for cooperation between politicians and the public and private sectors. The discussions and projects at IVA are generating new knowledge and affecting attitudes. We hope that the Gov­ernment will make the most of IVA’s ambition and capacity to be a partner in creating a new innovation system.

Sweden can be the best environment in the world for innovation. And the boldest nation in the world.

BJÖRN O. NILSSONIVA’s President

Sweden needs a new innovation system with more support for innovation procurement and for small busi-ness R&D, as well as a favourable tax system for innovation. We also need new attitudes. Being innovative means regarding change as a natural and positive part of life. It also means being able to accept failure. More courage and a new innovation system are necessary pieces in the puzzle if Sweden is to be what we (IVA and I) have said it can be: the best environment in the world for innovation.

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hampus lindh

Björn o. nilssonthomas malmer

Caroline Ankarcrona

kenneth leverbeck

staffan erikssonted Fjällman

lars Fog

Camilla koebe

Patric holmströmAnn-margret malmgren

Åsa sjöberg

johan Carlstedt

Anna lindbergPer ödling

sherry BenzonAnn-margret Back

lena Anderson

Anna-karin Friskopps

johan Persson

lotta thörn

ingrid jansson

rickard olsson

henrik lagerträd

joakim rådström

Pär rönnberg

marika thunberg

Arvid söderhällulla svantesson

Barbara erikssonkirsti häckimarie owe

johan schuber

markus strömberg

lennart ohlsson

malin kratz

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Dialogue for increased innovative strength. workshop within the innovation for growth project, 18 november.

pROJEcTS AT IVACreate meetings between people

Much of IVA’s work is in the form of projects. The objective of the projects is to create greater understanding about the significance of technology and economics. IVA’s mission is to be an arena for discourse on developments in society. As an independent bridge builder with a network of experts, IVA mobilises and spreads new knowledge.

The projects usually run for one to two years and involve numerous deci­sion­makers and experts from industry, the research community, the authorities and the political sphere. In meetings, seminars, field trips and reports, the com­bined expertise and experience represented in the projects is utilised to create policy conclusions which are then shared with the relevant decision­makers or lead to concrete results that benefit participating companies and organisations. The process whereby decision­makers and experts from different spheres come together is often just as important as the actual end results.

Most of the projects focus on long­range 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 of the projects.

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2010 has been an intense year for IVA’s major Innovation for Growth project.

“The most important step has been that we have initiated regional dialogue,” says Project Director Johan Carlstedt. “During the year we managed to get 12 regions to specify what needs to be done to increase innovation and to form networks based on the triple helix principle. With IVA acting as matchmaker, these 12 regions have also started cooperating with ministries and gov­ernment agencies to find ways to promote new growth. Innovation for Growth aims to promote innovative strength, and this needs to start at the regional level.”

Johan Carlstedt is also very happy about the intense programme of activities in the

form of seminars and meetings during the year.

“The goal of Innovation for Growth has been to change attitudes and increase aware­ness during the course of the project. That’s why seminars and other types of meetings are more important than ever.”

The term “innovative strength” is at the core of the message that Johan Carlstedt wants to communicate.

“It’s the project’s most important goal. Increased awareness and better networks between the public and private sectors are important. But most important of all is to continue to increase commitment and to emphasise the sense of urgency. Sweden has great potential for innovation and so have

the regions. But things need to actually hap­pen – and happen fast.”

Another thing that has happened dur­ing the year is the creation of a number of work groups within the project. The groups consist of people with considerable expert knowledge in their group’s focus area. Their task is to study and prepare proposals for change in their respective areas. Several of the groups have already produced concrete proposals, such as the Attract foreign experts group, which has examined the so­called ex­pert tax and the consequences it has with respect to attracting key foreign experts to Sweden. Other work group focus areas are Effective public administration, Early stage competent capital, Public sector innova-

INNOVATION fOR gROwThFrom talk to action

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tion procurement and Stimulating R&D in SMEs.

According to the Project Director, con­tacts with all parts of society have been effective.

“In particular we have attracted a lot of attention in the media, which is important for our goal of changing attitudes.”

The project has focused on influencing the political sphere through, for example, debates and seminars on Innovation for Growth during Almedalen Week in the is­land of Gotland. Seminars were also held before the election at which both blocks had the opportunity to present their innovation policy platforms. After the election a semi­nar was arranged to discuss how the elec­tion results would affect Sweden’s innovative strength.

Increasing knowledge about innovation is necessary in order to bring about change.

In 2010 IVA commissioned a major attitude survey from Sifo in which people at dif­ferent levels in the private sector, politics, the media, industry associations and trade unions were asked about their views on inno vation. The attitudes were positive but knowledge was lacking, especially about the importance of innovation for growth and new jobs.

“Increased knowledge about the impor­tance of innovation and innovative strength is essential if politicians and the private and public sectors are to get involved,” says Johan Carlstedt. “New legislation and new types of financial and expert support are also very important. IVA has the capacity to bring different players together, which makes it easier to build new and better net­works.”

ELEcTION ANALYSIS fOR INNOVATION pOLIcY

Innovation Seminar Series

As part of the Innovation for Growth pro­ject, a series of seminars was arranged to shine a light on the responsibility of politi­cians to create a good innovation climate. A post­election debate was held on 29 Sep­tember to discuss whether the “right team won.”

A broad political agreement across po­litical blocks and mandate periods was the proposal recommended by Social Democrat Tomas Eneroth as a long­term and stable so­lution for innovation policy.

Chief political editor of the daily news­paper Svenska Dagbladet, PJ Anders Linder, was, however, sceptical about what politi­cians are capable of.

“There are many conflicts between the blocks,” he said

PJ also said that the attitudes of many poli­ticians to new enterprise as a solution for job creation are far too negative.

Economics columnist Ronald Fagerfjäll be­lieves that the “right team won” the Swedish election, if we look at business and innova­tion policy. The ruling Alliance has, for exam­ple, abolished the wealth tax.

“But the differences between the blocks are diminishing,” he said.

NEw fuNdS fOR gROwTh

Innovation Seminar Series

Venture capital can be difficult to obtain in the Swedish market, particularly when the economy is at a low ebb. To rectify this, a new type of fund should be created so that growth companies can quickly access capi­tal and invest in a multi­year perspective. This idea emerged at a breakfast meeting on 29 January within the framework of IVA’s Inno vation for Growth project. The idea was proposed by Johan Hernmarck of Pro­vider Venture and Chairman of the working committee in the Early Stages of Competent Capital, which is part of the Innovation for Growth project.

In the proposed fund, institutional and State capital would be managed collectively by expert investment managers. The State commitment would have a time limit. Ven­ture capital companies would be able to sup­plement a fund solution of this kind. Johan Hernmarck also believes that the first im­portant move is to update the legislation for start­ups.

“Our proposal is mainly a temporary measure to replace a broken venture capital market.”

Steering group Innovation for Growth

chairman: marcus wallenberg, seB kristina Alsér, kronobergs länlars Backsell, recipharm AB (div. x)Pontus Braunerhjelm, entreprenörskapsforum (Avd xi)charlotte Brogren, vinnovA (div. xi)Anders ekblom, Astrazeneca ABjohan hernmarck, Provider venture Partnerschristina lugnet, TillväxtverketAnnika lundius, svenskt näringslivstefan löfven, if metallBjörn o. nilsson, ivA (div. x)göran sandberg, knut och Alice wallenbergs stiftelse (div. viii)melker schörling, melker schörling AB

Key individuals in Innovation for Growth

chairman: marcus wallenbergProject director: johan carlstedtsenior Adviser: håkan gergilsProject coordinator: Ted fjällmanscience council coordinator: göran Arvidssondirector of communications: camilla koebe

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TOmAS ENEROTh

Social Democratic Party

1Good access to venture capital, coordi­nated advice and stable regulations for doing business.

2Substantial investment in research and development, more cooperation be­tween academia and industry, and a

significantly higher level of ambition in gov­ernmental and political commitment.

3Frequent dialogue and intense activ­ity – cooperation between the political, business and academic spheres is the

best way to make Sweden more competitive. The entire Government needs to take leader­

ship responsibility for innovation policy and preferably with broad support in Parliament. We need to stop analysing innovation policies and act now.

4Our innovation strategy highlights the need for cooperation with our most important industries and has

the courage to focus on strategic sector programmes. Proposals on venture capital funds, venture capital tax deductions and ambitious education and research initia­tives would give Sweden what it needs to be more competitive.

5Continue to provide detailed reports and information. Highlight the need for long­term strategies and create awareness that

investing in education and research leads to growth and a better innovation climate.

TOmAS TOBé

Moderaterna (conservative party)

1We need a world­class business climate. Sweden cannot continue to have taxes that are far too high and a prohibi­

tive bureaucracy. We need good incentives if entre preneurship is to thrive.

2We need to be better at taking advan­tage of new discoveries and turning them into new products and services.

A specific innovation strategy should be developed during the current mandate period.

3We need to continue to invest in research and innovation and make universities more independent from politics.

QUESTIONS

1what does sweden need to do in order for innovation and entrepre-neurship to flourish?

2how can sweden achieve the best innovation climate in the world?

3what are the responsibilities of politicians/industry in achieving this goal?

4why does the Alliance/ opposition have the best policies for innovation?

5what can ivA do to promote an innovation-friendly climate in sweden?

hOw cAN wE BE ThE wORLd LEAdER IN INNOVATION?

We asked Swedish politicians and innovators

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4We have increased research and develop­ment grants. Our last research bill con­tained more funding for research than the

previous three bills from the Social Democrats combined. The total investment in research and development amounts to almost 4 percent of GNP, which places Sweden at that top.

5We need to be even better at promoting engineering and economic sciences to develop business and industry.

chRISTINA LAmpE-ÖNNERud

Boston Power

1-2We need to reward those who have the courage to in­vest in new ideas and new

solutions and make sure that no one needs to be ashamed of an unsuccessful attempt. Let’s highlight the benefits of new ideas! Politicians need to find common solutions for innovation policy and business regulation, across party lines and mandate periods.

3-4The climate and resource issues present us with a big challenge. We all have

to do all we can to help find solutions. The public sector can increase its innovation procurement activity to stimulate technol­ogy development. Businesses can increase the intensity of their development work and launch new solutions faster. All of us, as consumers and voters, need to demand more and raise our expectations.

5IVA is an excellent example of the hard work that we all need to do to find common solutions without just

focusing on our own gain. We need to get more out of partnerships between different players, and IVA is a fantastic forum for making this happen. But we need even more debate and to get even more players involved in joint initiatives.

LARS BAckSELL

Recipharm

1Entrepreneurship and innovation are two sides of the same coin. They can flourish if there is broad public support

and awareness that this coin is the basis for growth and for our future prosperity.

2By changing attitudes towards entre­preneurship and adopting a long­term national strategy for innovation and

growth with universal support.

3The private sector is an important play­er, but the responsibility is shared with trade unions and politicians – basically

everyone who wants to help promote greater prosperity and to make Sweden a great coun­try in which to live and work.

4There’s still a lot more to wish for, but I hope that Business Plan Sweden, which is being developed as part of IVA’s Innova-

tion for Growth project, will be a foundation for bipartisan action for our common future.

5IVA can demonstrate the clear and strong link between investment in knowledge in the form of education

and development, and economic growth, e.g. in its Innovation for Growth project.

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name: Anders ekblomhome: stockholmfamily: wife, adult daughter and son, and a jack russel terriereducation: Qualified dentist and doctor at karolinska institutet, specialist in anaesthesiology and intensive carecareer: Dentist and doctor while also conducting clinical research. AstraZeneca since 1994, initially as medical advisor and today as executive vP global Drug Developmentissue close to his heart at iva: Creating innovative environments

»we need to make the inno-vator a hero«

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The markets are global today, and not least the job market. Anders Ekblom is on the Steering Committee for IVA’s Innovation for Growth project and is a member of the Busi-ness Executives Council. He has a firm opin­ion about what is needed for Sweden to be successful.

“Sweden needs to be the best immigrant nation for innovators. Creative people move to the most innovative environments. We need to make the research environments in Swedish companies and universities so attractive that the most creative people choose Sweden.”

As Executive VP Global Drug Development at AstraZeneca, part of Anders Ekblom’s job is to make sure that the people working for the company in project groups and research environments have the appropriate skills.

“One of the things that has fascinated me right from the time I started working here is how people with very different skills can still work towards the same goal. There is always a patient we want to cure but who can’t be cured with today’s medicines. Thinking about that patient is what brings everyone involved in a drug project together. There are, of course, practical goals such as profitability and market share, but think­ing about the patient is what makes me and my colleagues want to get out of bed in the morning.”

Anders is involved in IVA’s Innovation for Growth project. He feels that the project hits just the right note in its programme descrip­tion.

“It expands the concept of innovation. I feel that many people still think about a man in a white coat discovering a new chemical or new mobile phone. But IVA and Mar­cus Wallenberg, who is heading Innovation

for Growth, have taken the concept further and stress that innovation is above all about thinking and acting in a new way.”

New ways of working are what Anders wants to use at AstraZeneca to make the de­velopment process more effective.

“Developing new medicines takes a long time – that’s unavoidable. Working on differ­ent stages simultaneously makes it faster, but doing this with numerous projects is too ex­pensive. If we can learn to screen out projects at an early stage that don’t have the potential to succeed, we will be able to afford to work on the remaining ones simultaneously. This will shorten development times. If we can also find ‘winners’ earlier in the process, our suc­cess will be complete.”

Anders is hoping for new genetic and phys­iological knowledge that will make it easier to identify the ideas that have a reasonable chance of working. He believes the best way to do this is by developing so­called transla­tional research. He is also trying to develop a method where researches would have a longer perspective that just their own part of a project.

According to Anders, if Sweden is to be the best country for innovators, we need to think in broader terms. He is working with one piece of the puzzle in Innovation for Growth, namely the expert tax law. But to attract world­leading talent, the tax laws need to be simplified much more.

“Creative work environments and reason­able terms and conditions are crucial. Here the Expert Tax Law plays a small role. Other factors are schools, good housing and other practical considerations for the families we want to attract to Sweden. But the most im­portant thing is perhaps the issue of whether

society in general has a positive attitude to innovation. Are new ideas and new technolo­gies welcomed and utilised, or are we merely conducting research because it’s considered an eminent profession? Society’s attitude to innovation in society is perhaps the single most important factor affecting how attrac­tive it is to work with development issues. We need to make the innovator a hero.

Recently AstraZeneca decided to discon­tinue its research in Lund. This was obvi­ously a difficult decision, but Anders Ekblom stresses that it is part of the effort to create attractive research environments.

“We have strengthened the research envi­ronments that are the main focus in Sweden, namely Mölndal and Södertälje. We need to attract Swedish researchers as well as people from the UK, the US and Asia to these facili­ties. We need to gather and focus the compe­tence of talented people who are capable of identifying the good ideas and projects that exist at universities, within small businesses and of course in their own companies as well. But most ideas and knowledge is to be found outside our own companies – everyone needs to be aware of that today. Success is created by the companies and individuals who can build networks and cooperate with the right partners, and who are good at running joint projects.”

Anders Ekblom believes that Sweden can be successful by working in this way.

“We are a small country, about the size of half a major Chinese city. That’s why we have always had a tradition of keeping our ears open and finding good ideas, and we are good at working together and building networks. Today many Swedes are working in the global workplace and are finding good ideas.”

ANdERS EkBLOmHow Sweden will beat the world at innovation

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AgENdA fOR RESEARch

IVA creates research dialogue

In 2010 IVA started a three­year project called Agenda for Research. By creating an effective forum for dialogue between politi­cians, researchers, users and research funders, IVA wants to move research policy issues higher up on the political agenda.

“Making the research system as effective as possible is not just about resources, it’s also about cooperation and finding a balance between different types of research,” said Arne Wittlöv, the project’s Chairman, at a seminar entitled Creative Research Environ-ments – Expectations and visions for the fu-ture arranged by IVA on 31 May.

One of the goals of Agenda for Research is to build a strong basis for the Government’s next research and innovation policy bill. The project will promote dialogue based on what we know today and will initiate targeted studies of the research and innovation system in order to close the knowledge gaps. As part of the project, round table meetings, seminars and other activities will be organised to com­municate the project’s results and messages.

The Creative Research Environments semi­nar in May 2010 was aimed at allowing play­ers from different parts of society to describe how they think such environments can be created. Peter Honeth, State Secretary at the Ministry of Education and Research empha­sised the importance of increasing cooperation between humanities and social science scholars and science and medical scholars. He believes Sweden lacks a strong tradition in this type of cooperation. Peter Honeth also wants to see more unearmarked funds for universities.

Agneta Richter­Dalfors is a professor of

cellular microbiology at Karolinska Insti­tute. At the seminar she expressed the con­cern that researchers in strategic research environments risk being locked into their net­works. Lars Rask, Executive Director of the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research stressed that in order for strategic initiatives to succeed, they need to be run by research­ers who take their networking ambitions seri­ously and do not merely share out the money. Pontus Braunerhjelm, Managing Director of the Swedish Entrepreneurship Forum, expressed his opinion that there are too many focus areas for strategic initiatives and lamented that there is too much meddling from politicians.

AmBIENT SwEdEN

Sweden can be the Internet leader

Sweden should be better at high­speed broad­band and at developing services. The poten­tial also exists for more effective use of the Internet in education and healthcare. New services could make Sweden more efficient

and lead to export opportunities for new ser­vices and systems. But in general we are very good at using the Internet effectively – this was the conclusion from IVA’s Ambient Sweden project which was concluded in 2010.

At Ambient Sweden’s concluding confer­ence on 24 March the project’s final report entitled ICT for Sweden was presented. The optimism was clear, but there was also some criticism. Apart from the service development and broadband issue, the report pointed out that it is still difficult to develop and launch operator­independent Internet services and that access to public e­services is inconsistent.

Sweden is increasing investment in Inter­net infrastructure at a slower pace than other leading Internet nations and this is one of the reasons for the inadequate access to high­speed broadband highlighted by the project.

A few of the proposals presented by Ambient Sweden:• The Internet shouldbe integrated in all

subjects in schools. IT education should be introduced into the curriculum.

• Better rules and laws to improve confi­dence in and use of the Internet.

• SwedenshouldinvestaggressivelyinInter­net infrastructure

• Themarketshouldmakeiteasyforbusi­nesses to produce good, operator­inde­pendent technology solutions.

pROJEcTS AT IVA

Steering group Agenda for Research

chairman: Arne wittlöv (div. i)lars Anell, swedish research councilrolf Annerberg, swedish research council formascharlotte Brogren, vinnovA (div. xi)lars-erik liljelund, mistraerland hjelmquist, swedish council for working life and social researchhasse johansson, formerly at scania (div. i)karin markides, chalmers (div. iv)Björn o. nilsson, ivA (div. x)lars rask, swedish foundation for strategic researchmadelene sandström, knowledge foundation (div. xi)gunnar svedberg, innventia (div. iv)daniel Tarschys, riksbankens jubileumsfondPer unckel, governor of stockholm county Project manager: Anders Broström

Steering group Ambient Sweden

chairman: staffan Truvé, sics (div. xii)Peder ramel, Tremarianne Treschow (div. vii)ulf wahlberg, ericsson ABlars stugemo, hiqösten mäkitalo, kTh (div. xii)Anders Bruse, Teliasoneraösten frånberg, ivAProject manager: staffan eriksson, ivA

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ASpEcTS Of ENERgY

Energy book spawns a website and teacher training days

The book entitled Energy – Possibilities and Predicaments has now been printed in two editions and 14,300 copies are in print. The first edition was published in 2009. The tar­get group is primarily schoolchildren, teach­ers, MPs, journalists and stakeholder organi­sations, as well as an interested public. The Energy Book has received a very positive re­sponse, especially among teachers at the pri­mary, secondary and upper secondary levels.

The Energy Book, or Aspects of Energy – the project’s actual name – is a joint project of IVA and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sci­ences (KVA). Its purpose is to spread knowl­edge about energy issues.

The project is continuing to spread knowl­edge. The book is available as a PDF online in Swedish and the project is launching a web­site called energiboken.nu where visitors can search the book for information and use it as an interactive learning tool. It will also be filled with good examples, news and updates of the latest energy statistics.

In 2010 the project’s Steering Committee planned a continuation and expansion of the Energy Book project. In spring 2011 training days for teachers will be held at four loca­tions around the country in cooperation with the four science centres: House of Science in Stockholm, Universeum in Gothenburg, Ume­vatoriet in Umeå and Vattenhallen Science Center in Lund. The purpose of the train­ing days is to give teachers information and learning tools to enable them to feel confident in their own knowledge of energy.

Aspects of Energy is led by a Steering

Committee with Bengt Kasemo as Chair­man. A work group is attached to the project consisting of representatives from the four science centres.

ENERgY cROSSROAdS

Swedish-Finnish resolution for new energy systems

A joint resolution on a proposal for new en­ergy systems was signed by IVA and its Finn­ish sister organisation, the Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (STV), on 27 August 2010 in Mariehamn on the island of Åland. Both academies have recently concluded major energy projects and they wanted to show that they have drawn many of the same conclu­sions.

IVA’s Energy Crossroads project and its Åland­based equivalent both highlighted the urgent need for a restructuring of the en­ergy system. Their joint proposal contained the following focus areas: Save energy, Low percentage of fossil fuel­based energy, Trans­portation, Technical/financial life, Research, development and demonstration and Nordic and international cooperation.

The resolution states that joint expertise can form a strong foundation from which to create a more efficient energy system and

to develop products that can be sold in an international market. The resolution estab­lishes that public funding should be provided to support the six areas listed above and that this support should be transparent and har­monised within the EU. The support mecha­nisms should focus entirely on promoting a faster transition to more sustainable energy systems. New types of energy should be able to compete without support with the fossil­based solutions used today.

More information about Energy Cross-roads is available in the project’s main report from 2009 and on IVA’s website. The project also produced numerous reports and fact studies on various themes in 2008 and 2009. In 2010 Energy Crossroads also made a field trip to Japan

mENTOR4RESEARch

Matchmaking increase commer-cialisation of research results

The purpose of Mentor4Research is to pro­vide talented researchers with a better net­work of contacts in the business community.

pROJEcTS AT IVA

Steering group Aspects of Energy

chairman: Bengt kasemo, chalmers (div. vii)dick hedberg, kvAharry frank, kvA (div. ii)gerd Bergman, kvA och nTAchrister sjölin, ivA (div. iv)eric giertz, ivA (div. vi)Project managers: elin vinger & Anna lindberg, ivA

Steering group Energy Crossroads

chairman: Peter nygårds, swedbankhelén Biström, vattenfall norden Björn carlsson, Ackkärrs Bruk michael g:son löw, Preem (div. ix) Tomas hallén, Akademiska hus kjell jansson, svensk energi Thomas korsfeldt, energimyndigheten erik lautmann, jetpak group (div. vi)Thomas malmer, ivA elisabeth nilsson, jernkontoret (div. v)Birgitta Palmberger, energimyndighetenProject manager: staffan eriksson, ivA

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They are also given an opportunity to evalu­ate the commercial potential of their research. The idea is that matchmaking between re­searchers and mentors will increase commer­cialisation of Swedish research results.

A select group of qualified researchers at universities and research institutes are ac­cepted into this exclusive mentor programme. The programme is open to researchers in all research fields. The business­oriented mentors have many years of industry experience and are hand picked based on each researcher’s individual situation and needs.

The programme is run jointly by IVA, VIN­NOVA and Innovation Bridge. In 2010 forty researchers participated in Mentor4Research. Each year a research scholarship of SEK 100,000 is awarded. In 2010 the scholar­ship went to Lars Sävendahl, a professor at Karolinska Institute. His mentor was Sverker Ljunghall.

NTA

NTA, Science and Technology for all

NTA, Science and Technology for all, is a pro­gramme run jointly by the Royal Swedish Acad­emy of Sciences (KVA) and IVA. The project

originated from a joint conviction that Sweden needs to focus on schoolchildren to ensure that more of them choose science and technology programmes later on in their education.

The NTA model is based on getting every­one – schoolchildren, teachers, school admin­istrators, politicians, academy members – in­volved in an ongoing process of development. At the national level NTA develops and offers products in the form of themes and services to support development at schools at the gen­eral municipal level, among school principals and in individual teams.

Since the start, NTA has been growing steadily as new municipalities and schools join the programme. In 2010 ten new munici­palities became members. Today 98 munici­palities, more than 10 independent schools and the National Agency for Special Needs Education and Schools are members. This means that well over 5,000 teachers and around 75,000 schoolchildren are currently involved in NTA­based learning.

NTA has been in existence for 13 years. Old themes are constantly being revised and new ones initiated. In 2010 two themes were introduced aimed in particular at preschools – Theme Air and Theme Water. Energy & Sus­tainable Development is a new theme being developed for years 8 – 9 that offers interdis­ciplinary learning involving natural sciences, social sciences and technology. The following existing themes are also being revised: Move­ment and Construction, Magnets and Mo­tors, and Food Chemistry.

In cooperation with the Children Look to the Future project and CETIS (Centre for School Technology Education), NTA is also developing additional technology assign­ments that can be used as a continuation of the five NTA themes. These assignments are currently in progress and include the history

of technology development, a look at the current situation and a creative “Future As­signment” where children can develop their own ideas about technology of the future. NTA is also involved in an EU project to de­velop question­based investigative learning methods.

Advanced courses for NTA teachers were launched back in autumn 2009 in coopera­tion with the preschool and elementary school administration in Umeå and Umeå University. The main idea behind this project is to find new types of advanced training so that NTA teachers can enhance their subject knowledge while focusing on the impact of their teaching on the way in which children learn.

ScOREcARd.SE

Measures Sweden’s IT competitivenesst

After many years of falling numbers, more young people today are choosing to study IT. An attitude survey carried out as part of the Scorecard.se project shows that Swedes in general continue to have a very positive view of IT. Scorecard.se has identified five measur­able success factors to ensure that Sweden de­velops into a leading IT player in the world. The five factors are:

pROJEcTS AT IVA

Steering group Mentor4Research

chairman: rolf skoglund (div. xii) kerstin sirvell (div. x)Annika espanderhans sievertsson (div. x)elisabeth lindner (div. x)jan AnderssonBo möllstamPer-erik sandlundProject manager: Anders gezelius

Steering group NTA

Björn o. nilsson, ivA (div. x)staffan normark, kvA (div. x)sven-olof holmgren, kvA/nTA utvecklingAnnabella kraft, södertälje municipalitygillis Persson, nTA Produktion och service ekon. för.Project manager: caroline Ankarcrona, ivA

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1. Sweden’s relative efficiency advantages2. IT in products and processes3. The research and innovation system4. Talent supply5. Attitudes to Swedish IT capacity

The increasing interest in IT education has helped increase the supply of IT talent. But since the population of young people will decline in the future, the situation is still not satisfactory. Attitudes to IT have also changed in a positive direction, which means there is hope that more people will choose to study IT.

“Scorecard.se is a way to measure Swe­den’s IT competitiveness,” said Anne­Marie Fransson, Director of Swedish IT & Telecom Industries, when the project’s most recent sur­vey was presented at an IVA meeting in Feb­ruary. This was the third consecutive year that Scorecard.se has measured IT success factors and development.

TRANSpORT 2030

Strategic research agenda for more efficient transportation

The focus of IVA’s Transport 2030 project is to provide a clear picture of how we can cre­ate the transportation system of the future, to help ensure greater consensus and to promote

cooperation between different players in stra­tegic development issues.

“We are hoping for a strategic research agenda with a national and international per­spective,” said Project Director Jonas Sundberg of Sweco at a workshop on 29 April 2010.

“The goal of the workshop was to describe ways in which we can develop good forms of cooperation for transportation development. From presentations given by the Swedish Transport Administration, the industry and the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), workshop participants learned of examples of research cooperation that are working and ideas about how they can be developed at the Swedish and international level.”

There was also a discussion at the work­shop about the Government report entitled Strategy for cooperation in R&I (research and innovation) for an efficient and sustain-able transport system. Proposals in the report include more money for VINNOVA to fund an entrepreneur­oriented programme and an initiative to increase mobility between the public and private sectors and academia.

“The trend is for theorists and practition­ers to learn from each other. This further consolidates the established positions,” said Jan Nylander who was involved in preparing the report. “The proposal’s goal is increased mobility to promote knowledge exchange between people with different backgrounds and areas of expertise.”

Transport 2030 arranged two more meet­ings during the summer. On 19 May a semi­nar was held called Sustainable Mobility 2030, where people with differing opinions from various parts of society discussed the report of the same name which was produced as part of the project. On 15 November a workshop entitled Sustainable Corridors for Freight Transportation was held for the

purpose of preparing a larger programme to demonstrate sustainable freight transporta­tion of the future. A broad range of stake­holders was invited representing all means of transportation as well as government agen­cies, transportation buyers, shipping agents, operators, vehicle and craft manufacturers, hauliers and fuel and service suppliers.

Transport 2030 arranged a debate at the beginning of the year on express trains in Sweden.

pROJEcTS AT IVA

Steering group Scorecard.se

chairman: dan jangblad, saabAnders flodström (div. vii)Ann-marie fransson, iT&Telekomföretagen ABulf wahlberg, ericsson ABjonas wallberg, vinnovABjörn o. nilsson, ivA (div. x)Project manager: staffan eriksson, ivA

Steering group Transport 2030

ordförande: ulrika francke, Tyréns AB (div. iii)minoo Akhtarzand, länsstyrelsen i jönköpings läncharlotte Brogren, vinnovAstaffan håkanson, swedtrain (div. vi)håkan larsson, schenker ABerik lautmann, jetpak group (div. vi)dan lundvall, luftfartsverketkent eric lång, mecel ABThomas malmer, ivAåke niklasson, volvo logistics ABlars-göran rosengren, AB volvo (div. xi)elisabet salander Björklund, Bergvik skog (div. viii)lars stenqvist, scania cv ABTorbjörn suneson, vägverketProject manager: jonas sundberg, sweco

RTm IN chINAThe King opens doors

Since 1984 IVA, at the initiative of H.M. the King, has organised a Royal Technology Mission (RTM) almost every year. The RTMs take place with the participation and oversight of H.M. the King and under the leadership of IVA’s Chairman.

RTMs are arranged for a delegation of top Swedish business leaders and high­level representatives from the public sector and universities. The purpose of the missions is to forge new contacts that can lead to a greater exchange of ideas and commercial opportunities.

In 2010 the RTM went to China with visits to Beijing, Hangzhou and Shanghai. Space, pharmaceuticals and the railway were the themes. Prominent individuals from IVA and the Swedish scientific and business communities visited scientific and commercial centres in China.

“Thanks to the King’s participation, we were able to visit research centres where almost no one is allowed in and to meet prominent individuals in the science and business communities in China,” said Project Manager Marie Owe.

The delegates were leaders in both the science and business spheres in Sweden. The RTM offered a unique opportunity to find new ideas and forge contacts, both in China and with the other delegates on the trip.

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royal technology mission 2010 in Beijing

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Development in the service sector has brought big changes over the past year and the importance of services continues to grow. Marie Ehrling is a member of IVA’s Division VI Management, chair of IVA’s new Service Initiative and an active member of the Busi-ness Executives Council. She sees the need to increase awareness about the new opportuni­ties that exist and the changes that are called for. Fresh ideas and new attitudes are needed. Business leaders need to act differently and laws and contracts need to be revised. The focus is on the customer’s needs and proxim­ity to the customer.

Marie has a very solid background in ser­vice companies, including 20 years at SAS and several years as CEO of TeliaSonera Sweden. She notes that service innovations are emerg­ing in every sector of the economy. Cross­fertilization between service companies and traditional industries are helping to grow the entire Swedish economy.

“The importance of services is growing, especially with the increase in the range of e­services. There is great potential for Swe­den here. We have a unique maturity level in the e­sector and solid infrastructure. Swedish service companies are on the whole highly competent, technically advanced and run­ning operations involving great responsibil­ity – particularly in the care sector. Political decisions, such as the ‘RUT’ deduction (tax deduction for household services), have in­creased what consumers are able to pay for services and this has increased demand,” says Marie.

While the number of service companies has been growing, we have also seen a higher level of service in traditional industrial com­panies for some time.

“Take Ericsson for example. Today they not only have extensive service agreements for their customers’ networks, but also for facili­ties and networks that Ericsson has not deliv­ered. The significance of services is growing in almost all sectors. Companies are expanding their business concepts and advancing in the value chain. Instead of just manufacturing products, they want to create overall solutions tailored to customer needs.”

This “servicification” is potentially very profitable, but is also very demanding.

“Service innovation often affects the whole company. New services need to be developed in close consultation with the customer, and innovation must lead to new ways of thinking and working. This holistic approach brings special responsibilities, especially in terms of leadership. As a leader of a service company it’s important to work closely with everyone involved – customers as well as employees and clients,” says Marie. “Delivering services is a dynamic process which must involve as many people as possible.”

At the end of 2009 a meeting was held at IVA to determine the needs and possible methods for activating service companies. The result was IVA’s Service Initiative. In May 2010 Marie Ehrling was appointed to chair the initiative.

“We are a hybrid within IVA,” says Marie. “We are neither a project nor a division.

From now until 2012 we are going to test different things to find ways of working with service companies and service innovation within IVA in the future. The initiative may transition into a project, and if so, it would start in 2012.”

Fully in line with Marie Ehrling's basic approach, the initiative has so far involved increasing awareness and creating dialogue, both internally and externally.

“We have, for example, held round­table meetings with representatives from various service companies and with researchers. We are also working on spreading information about the initiative internally within IVA and externally through contacts with, for exam­ple, the Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications.”

Marie notes that services are required all the time, any day of the week and any time of the year. Stipulations on working hours and other conditions in contracts may need to be adapted accordingly.

“IVA can help here as well. We can help to increase awareness about the need for chang­es in the job market to adapt to the special requirements of service companies.”

Marie is also Vice Chairman of IVA’s Busi-ness Executives Council.

“I’ve been active within IVA for a number of years, mainly as a member of the Business Executives Council. IVA is a unique meet­ing place that unites academia, business and politics. We would like to see more companies getting involved in the Business Executives Council!”

mARIE EhRLINgService-driven companies are revolutionising the market

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name: marie ehrlingfamily: husband and one adult sonhome: jarlaplan in central stockholmeducation: m.sc. Business and economics, stockholm school of economicscareer: Financial analyst, Fourth swedish national Pension Fund (AP4); information secretary, ministries of Finance and education; vice President, sAs; Ceo, teliasonera. member of the boards of several companies, including nordea Bank, securitas, schibsted and oriflameissue close to her heart at iva: getting more companies to become active members of ivA’s Business executives Council, especially service companies!

»Instead of just manufacturing products, they want to create overall solutions tailored to customer needs«

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seminar in the wallenberg Auditorium, ivA's Conference Centre

EVENTS AT IVASeminars & Division Meetings

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. IVA’s network consists of distinguished engineers and economists from business and industry, academia and public administration. With close to 1,000 Swedish and foreign members elected to the Academy by their peers and around 250 members in IVA’s Business Executives Council, the Academy constitutes a highly competent knowledge bank.

IVA’s members are assigned to one of the Academy’s twelve divisions. The divisions hold regular meetings and have their own programme of activities. IVA also has regional chapters in western and southern Sweden where IVA West and IVA South have an extensive programme of meetings. The Business Executives Council arranges its own meetings and its members are also invited to other Academy activities. Furthermore, numerous seminars and meetings are arranged within the framework of IVA’s projects.

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dAmS ARE kEY IN A chANgINg cLImATE

January 27

Building new dams and modifying existing ones are essential measures to protect Swedish cities and infrastructure from floods related to climate change. A seminar was arranged by IVA’s Division III, Building and Construction, to discuss how the infrastructure for water systems, such as dams and banks, needs to be renewed and maintained.

Another important measure, in addition to the modification of dams, is constructing barriers along waterways like the Göta Älv river to protect against raised water levels. Calculations show that levels may rise by up to 1.5 metres.

At the seminar Hans Hansson of Lund University talked about experience gained from the floods in New Orleans in 2005. An important lesson was that infrastructure work needs to be coordinated and meas­ures systematised. Hans also emphasised the impor tance of research and risk analysis.

ELEcTRIc VEhIcLES wITh BETTER BATTERIES

February 4

Many manufacturers will soon be launching electric vehicles. Electric car sales may domi­nate relatively soon, which makes develop­ing batteries for these cars a more attractive prospect than ever. This was the theme of a meeting of IVA’s Division II, Electrical Engi­neering.

“Sweden is an ideal country for electric vehicles,” says Bo Normark, CEO of the Power Circle organisation. “We have an environmen­tally conscious population, committed energy companies, a good power system and a strong

industrial foundation. And Volvo and Saab have plans to develop new electric vehicles.”

There are Swedish battery ventures as well. Pär Önnerud spoke at the meeting about Bos­ton Power, the company that he and his wife Christina Lampe­Önnerud started. Both of them are chemists from Uppsala University. The company produces lithium batteries for cars and other devices. Alelion Batteries, a company located outside Gothenburg, is also producing lithium­based batteries for a car from Fiat.

uSE ThE fOREST, hELp ThE cLImATE

February 9

The best way to use the forest to help the cli­mate is to fell and use the trees before they get old. This was the message put forward by Marie S. Arwidsson, Managing Director of the Swedish Forest Industries Federation, at a seminar arranged by IVA’s Division VIII, Forest Technology. Marie believes that a new climate agreement should include provisions to encourage the use of wood products.

Felling of forests in Sweden today is approach ing a sustainable level, but the amount of wood being utilized could be in­creased by making better use of branches and tops to produce biofuel.

EffEcTIVE ELEcTRIcITY pROducTION EVALuATEd

March 11

Biofuel plants would be 60 – 70 percent more efficient if they were equipped with the Top­cycle thermal process. This was the message when IVA’s Energy Crossroads project, Divi­sion I, Mechanical Engineering, and Division

II, Electrical Engineering, arranged a seminar. Vattenfall has been evaluating Topcycle

for six years. The process can be used with energy sources such as biofuel, gas and coal. Efficiency is 2–3 times higher than with a gas turbine and CO2 separation is also improved. The total efficiency level is higher than in a combiplant for combined power and heat production. The plants can also be made more compact because the process requires much less air compared to a combiplant with a gas turbine.

The principle for this technology is basi­cally a gas turbine process with a mixture of steam and air as the production medium.

TImE fOR pIONEERS

April 14

The time for new electric power pioneers in now – and the result will be growth. This was the assertion of Stig Göthe, Chairman of Power Circle, at a meeting arranged by IVA’s Division II, Electrical Engineering.

With the increased use of IT and further development in electric power technology, we can reduce the energy losses that are una­voidable with the type of intermittent energy production that is becoming increasingly common, such as wind power. Intelligent technology is also making it easier to impact consumption.

“We are in an innovation phase where the climate issue is driving development” said Stig Göthe.

Cooperation between electrical energy researchers is increasing in the EU. Recently a consortium including the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) and Uppsala University was given responsibility for one of the big­gest innovation projects in EU history. This means that the consortium now has a central role in EU research on smart grids and storing electrical energy.

EVENTS AT IVA

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SpAcE? TImE fOR RELAuNch!

May 12

There is a lot to gain from a Swedish space initi­ative, according to the participants in a meeting of IVA’s Division VII, Basic and Inter disciplinary Engineering Sciences. The backdrop of the meeting was the widespread notion in society that there has been a decline in space research initiatives. We have been to the moon and the technology for placing satellites around the earth for communication and intelligence are well established. On the other hand, there is development under way in which Swedish industry and research can play a significant role.

One of the participants in the division meet­ing was Swedish astronaut Christer Fuglesang. As head of ESA’s Science and Application Di­vision, he is currently coordinating research at the ISS space station. Christophe Lasseur also works at ESA as head of development for the Melissa project – Micro­Ecological Life Support System Alternative.

TEchNOLOgY ANd INNO-VATION IN ThE fuTuRE

August 29

The Tällberg Foundation organised a one­day event on the future on Skeppsholmen island in Stockholm. At the event, IVA and the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) arranged a dis­cussion about what technology development might look like over the next 50 years. An expert panel that included IVA’s President Björn O. Nilsson, KTH’s Deputy President Eva Malmström Jonsson and Anna Bondesson from Ericsson discussed how technology de­velopment can be influenced and how we can promote an innovation process that leads to

green enterprise, jobs for young people and a stable economy. The panel also discussed the future of leadership in the business, aca­demic and political spheres.

cOOpERATION wILL STOp pANdEmIcS

September 2

Aid organisations, industry and researchers are currently working together to develop new vaccines. Innovation in the immuniza­tion field is often found in new companies. These ideas were discussed at a seminar on 2 September arranged by IVA’s Division X, Biotechnology.

Alexander von Gabain, head of research at biotech company, Intercell AG, pointed out that many of the current vaccines are anti­quated. They have unacceptable side­effects and inadequate effectiveness. More and more research is being conducted today in immu­nology, molecular biology and genetics and this is driving the development of new vac­cines. New methods of producing vaccines, involving improved cell culture techniques and purification methods, as well as develop­ment in protein engineering, are providing scientists with new options.

dEVELOpmENT IN RESEARch & EducATION

September 7

Industry and academia need to come closer together, particularly in terms of mobility between the two spheres. Several of the strategic research areas mentioned in the Research Bill are appropriate for collabora­tive projects involving academia and industry.

At a seminar entitled Research for Sweden

arranged by IVA’s Division XI, Education and Research Policy, the Industry Commit­tee (Industrikommitén) presented its analysis of development in research and education since 2004. The Industry Committee has been working on sustaining investment in strategic R&D programmes linked to the EU’s Frame­work Programme, giving a leading planning role to industry.

“Industry should be involved in shap­ing, steering and implementing these pro­grammes,” said Ola Asplund, IF Metall (met­al workers union) and Industry Committee member.

Other topics discussed at the seminar included how to shape strategic research of the future and how to get young researchers to remain in the academic research world.

cApITAL fROm AN AcTIVE BONd mARkET

September 7

An active Swedish bond market could help generate capital for the major change pro­cesses the Swedish economy will be facing in the next few years. This was the conclusion of a unanimous panel after discussing the issue at a meeting arranged by Division VI, Management, and Division IX, Economics. The panel members were Johan Bygge, CFO Investor; Lars Nyberg, Deputy Governor of the Riksbank (Sweden’s central bank); Daniel Sachs, Proventus and Erik Thedéen, Presi­dent of Nasdaq OMX in Stockholm.

According to Lars Nyberg, good access to bank loans has resulted in the lack of an active bond market in Sweden. Another reason for this is that there is no efficient second­hand market. The panel also stated that efforts are under way to create a more active corporate bond market, an initiative that Proventus and Nasdaq OMX are be­hind.

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ThE INduSTRY wANTS TOughER STANdARdS

September 15

Division III Building and Construction held a seminar about the environmental work of the major construction companies. At the seminar Skanska and NCC talked about their future plans to be “greener.” Both companies described how they are working systematical­ly on environmental adaptation and how they are both dissatisfied with what politicians and government agencies have done to help.

“I have personally brought this up with leading politicians in the field,” said Johan Karlström, President & CEO of Skanska. “We already have much of the technology and knowledge we need and investors are becom­ing increasingly aware of the benefits of hav­ing a ‘green’ product to sell in the market.”

According to Olle Ehrlén, President & CEO of NCC, with today’s insulation and building technology we can get close to our zero vision for energy consumption, and we are already using a higher percentage of recycled materials.

“The cold weather in Sweden forces us to heat our homes in winter, so if we are to reach our zero goal for energy consumption, we need to actually produce energy. It will be more and more common for homes of the future to have wind turbines and other energy­producing technologies.”

SwEdISh-JApANESE ENERgY SEmINAR

September 29

In the autumn of 2010 leading energy experts from the Engineering Academy of Japan (EAJ) arranged a meeting on the theme of en­ergy in cooperation with IVA and the Swedish Embassy in Tokyo. The seminar took place at

the Swedish Embassy. The goal was to use the collective knowledge in Japan and Sweden to highlight the need for and the possibility of creating a renewed and sustainable energy system to meet future needs.

The participants were members and en­ergy experts from IVA, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (KVA), EAJ and EU’s Innoenergy initiative. The representatives from IVA included Academy President Björn O. Nilsson and Peter Nygårds, former Chair­man of IVA’s Energy Crossroads project.

cAN wE cALcuLATE ThE cLImATE Of ThE fuTuRE?

October 6

How well can we predict the future climate using today’s knowledge and models? This was the question asked at a seminar arranged by KVA’s Environment Committee and IVA’s Energy and Environment Council. Partici­pants included professors Lennart Bengtsson and Helge Drange, experts in various aspects of climate modelling. They believe that cur­rent models have shortcomings.

“The calculations constitute risk analysis, not forecasts,” said Lennart Bengtsson, point­ing out that the research needs to continue.

One of the problems with the climate mod­els is that they do not show what will happen regionally. Roughly speaking, there will be more rain in the northern hemisphere and less precipitation in a band around the equator.

fuNcTIONAL IT

October 28

IT should make people’s lives easier. This premise has helped promote a development in Estonia that enables people to identify

themselves with the same card in a number of contexts – from paying on the bus or at the library, to voting in general elections.

This innovation was the topic for the Royal Technology Forum, RTF, arranged by IVA in cooperation with the Swedish Institute, SI.

The purpose of the meeting was to strengthen cooperation between organisa­tions, institutions and authorities. The 2010 topic was ICT, information and communica­tion technology.

The keynote speaker was Ene Ergma, Speaker of the Parliament of Estonia, mem­ber of the Estonian Academy of Sciences and formerly a professor of astronomy.

ThE wOOd INduSTRY cAN LEARN fROm cARS

November 15

The percentage of houses constructed with wood as the load­bearing material has in­creased in recent years. In 2009 10 per­cent of structures had wooden frames. But researchers are expecting that percentage to rise so that more than 50 percent of the houses constructed between now and 2020 will have wooden frames. This was the main message at a meeting of IVA’s Division VIII, Forest Technology.

A trend where wooden materials are used in much of home production requires more industrial construction with wood, where more the manufacturing process takes place in factories and where the manufacturer is part of the entire construction process.

“This requires more cooperation in the industry, a broader range of products and a greater focus on quality assurance,” said Tomas Nord, Linköping University.

Lars Eliasson of Linnæus University stressed that a platform approach is needed, similar to the one that exists in the motor vehicle industry. Charlotte Bengtsson of SP

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Trätek pointed out that wood needs to be more of an engineered material – more pre­dictable and effective.

OpEN INNOVATION AT IVA

November 17

A combination of carefully considered pat­ents and open innovation strategies involv­ing external players – this is a policy that is becoming increasingly common in industry. This emerged at a seminar organised by IVA’s Division IV, Chemical Engineering.

Eka Chemicals is a Swedish company that is focusing on open innovation. At the semi­nar, head of research, Maria Norell, talked about how five years ago the company launched an innovation programme with, among others, the Internet service Nine­sigma.

“We float ideas on the Internet and wait for responses,” says Maria Norell. “Open inno vation has produced some good results so far. It’s a powerful tool and one that we recommend.”

Caroline Pamp, legal counsel at Encubator, pointed out the importance of establishing the rights to research results so that coopera­tion between universities and businesses can be effective.

“Universities need to put themselves in a good negotiating position.”

INNOVATION ANd INSpI-RATIONAL LEAdERShIp

November 18

IVA’s Industrial Research Committee (IRC) arranged a symposium to discuss how in­spirational leadership can create innovative

environments. What can leaders do to build creative environments? Do Sweden’s leader­ship traditions give us an advantage in the increasing global competition?

The symposium was attended by IVA Chair­man Lena Treschow Torell, Mårten Lindström, Chairman of the Industrial Research Commit-tee, Charlotte Brogren, DG of VINNOVA, Sofia Börjesson, a professor at Chalmers Busi­ness Innovation and Donnie Lygonis, business coach at KTH Innovation. A summary of the symposium was provided by Björn O. Nilsson, President of IVA.

RESEARch mEANS JOBS fOR SwEdEN

November 24

Sweden is good at turning research into commercial products and new jobs. There is no Swedish paradox where commercialisa­tion disappears out of the country. This was the opinion put forth by Eric Giertz, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), at a meeting of IVA’s Division VI, Management.

Eric pointed out that the studies showing that the dividends from research are poor in terms of jobs and new products are often based on results from start­up companies, while Swedish research results are often used and generate jobs in other ways. This is also evidenced in various productivity and devel­opment rankings.

“Regardless of what type of ranking you look at, Sweden and Stockholm are always high up on the list,” says Eric.

KTH has shown in its own analysis that 3–4 growth companies emerge from each bil­lion kronor invested in research. And many times more jobs are generated by research in other ways.

According to Eric: “New enterprise is no panacea for getting research results out into the world.”

ThE cROwN Of kNOwLEdgE

November 24–25

The TV series called “Kunskapens krona” (The Crown of Knowledge) is broadcast on SVT’s “Kunskapskanalen” (Knowledge Chan­nel). The King is the host of this discussion series that was filmed at the Royal Palace in Stockholm on 24 and 25 November 2010.

Under the heading “The Good Science?” many of Sweden’s most prominent scientists took part in four seminar­type programmes.

The themes for the four programmes in 2010 were:

• Scienceintheinformationage–Adiscus­sion about science and pseudoscience. Today, ideas and opinions can quickly spread globally.

• Ourresourcesforsurvival:energy,waterand food – A discussion about how sci­ence can solve issues involving water, food and energy, and how a shortage of these natural resources could result in conflicts within and between countries in the future.

• Survivingtogether:meetingsbetweensci­ence and culture

• Goodquality:Culturethatsurvives–Adiscussion on the issue of quality in cul­ture.

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IVA IN ALmEdALEN

Innovation on the agenda

In election year 2010, IVA took an active part in the traditional and popular Almedal Week in July. The Academy arranged a number of seminars with the goal of putting innovation on the agenda. IVA’s Innovation for Growth project was responsible for these well­attended seminars.

IVA’s President, Björn O. Nilsson, believes that innovation issues are already being raised by the political blocks.

“Both sides are showing great enthusiasm and promise to make innovation a high priority in the upcoming mandate period,” said Björn O. Nilsson in Visby.

Innovation for the future

To stimulate innovation and growth, Sweden needs to adopt a national business plan as soon as possible under the leadership of the Prime Minister. This was one of the main conclusions from the Innovation for Growth seminar in Almedalen on 5 July at which Sweden’s innovation climate was compared to the climate in a number of other countries. The seminar was held in the garden of the Gover­nor’s residence. IVA’s President Björn O. Nilsson, Minister for Trade Ewa Björling (Moderate Party) and MP Luciano Astudillo (Social Democratic Party) all spoke about Sweden’s innovation climate at the seminar. Other participants included Lisa Lindström, Managing Director of Doberman, Anders Ekblom, EVP Global Medicines Development at Astra Zeneca, Charlotte Brogren, Director General of VINNOVA and Cecilia Schelin Seidegård, Governor of Gotland County.

Sweden’s future – policies for innovation

The report produced by IVA and the Innovation for Growth project was pre­sented at a seminar on 7 July. The report dealt with the attitudes and promises of the two political blocks with respect to innovation policy. At the meeting IVA’s President Björn O Nilsson stated that both sides showed great enthusiasm and promised to make innovation a high priority in the upcoming mandate period.

The seminar was in the form of a debate between the two blocks. In the Red­Green corner were Stefan Löfven (Social Democratic Party), Tomas Eneroth (Social Democratic Party), Per Bolund (Green Party) and Kent Persson (Left Party). In the blue corner were their opponents Tomas Tobé (Moderate Party), Mikael Oscarsson (Christian Democrats), Agneta Berliner (Liberal Party) and Catrin Mattsson (Centre Party). Other speakers include IVA’s President Björn O Nilsson, VINNOVA's Director General Charlotte Brogren and Kristina Alsér, Governor of Kronoberg County.

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Gotland’s new governor believes strongly in an open and innovative attitude. Gotland’s future is full of possibilities. Most notably, its international networks are growing.

“We Gotlanders are quite popular right now,” says Cecilia Schelin Seidegård. “We are looking to expand cooperation around the Baltic Sea. Meanwhile China has contacted us to discuss joint development initiatives. New cooperation and new communications may play a large role in Gotland’s development.

Cecilia has been a member of IVA’s Divi­sion VI Management since 2007. Innovation within organisations has been an important part of her career. As CEO of Huddinge Hos­pital, she was responsible for the merger with Karolinska Hospital in 2004, and as the first CEO of Karolinska University Hospital, she was in charge of bringing two organisations together to form one united and efficient entity.

Cecilia has had one foot in the academic world for all of her professional career – from the time when she was Vice President of the Swedish National Union of Students (SFS) until she became the Chairman of the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in 2004. She has been involved in IVA since 2005 when she worked on the important University of the Future project. She was in charge of the panel that studied the respective roles of big, well­known research universities and the smaller, more specialised ones.

As Governor of Gotland, she sees great

poten tial for innovation in the island’s two main industries: tourism and agriculture.

“We have a unique advantage here in our natural environment and rich cultural heritage. Combined with tourism, these present us with both opportunities and a constant need to make the right choices. We have a lot to gain from trends like ecotourism, where the aim is to get close to nature without disturbing it more than necessary. In agriculture too, we can gain from new approaches such as locally grown produce and organic farming. We are good at this and development is going our way.”

The key issue for an island like Gotland is transportation – for both goods and people. Here too, Cecilia is hoping for innovation.

“With the ferries we have today, it’s a lot faster than before, which is good and impor­tant. But it may be worse from an environ­mental perspective with the higher emission levels. We are hoping for help from new tech­nology, such as gas­driven ferries. Soon we’ll be working on procuring ferry services for a new period. Let’s see how we can combine fast service with protecting the environment.”

Cecilia believes that Gotland needs brand new ferry lines in the future.

“We need new partnerships with our neigh­bours to the east and south. We have a lot to learn from each other around the Baltic Sea, and there are markets for both of our main industries in countries like Germany, Estonia and Latvia.”

During the 2010 Almedal Week, IVA held a seminar about its Innovation for Growth project at which Cecilia as Governor was the host “in my garden which is also Sweden’s garden,” as she put it in her opening speech.

“IVA is a great tool for building networks and combining knowledge from different directions, different disciplines and different geographical areas,” says Cecilia. “Here on the island of Gotland we have a lot to learn from other regions and vice versa – and not only within Sweden. Besides the Baltics, our new relationship with China is very excit­ing. The Chinese want to develop the island of Hainan, south of mainland China. It’s ten times the size of Gotland, but agriculture and ecotourism are the main industries there as well. Gotland also has relationships with many other islands around the world, includ­ing the island nation of Indonesia.

“The issues are always a little different where islands are concerned,” says Cecilia. “We have to solve specific problems and take advantage of the benefits that exist. Devel­oping the experience industry allows us to be very creative. Who would have thought ten years ago that truffle hunting would be something to base a business on? We need to support these kinds of fresh ideas. Gotland is lucky to have only one municipality. It makes it easier for the county administrative board and the municipality to work closely with each other.”

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name: Cecilia schelin seidegårdfamily: two sons, 23 and 19home: governor’s residence in visby and a pied-à-terre in central stockholmeducation: graduated from upper secondary school on gotland, PhD Biochemistry, uppsala universitycareer: researcher and research director at AstraZeneca for 14 years, President of karolinska university hospital Chairman of the royal institute of technology (kth) and systembolaget, governor of gotland

»who would have thought ten years ago that truffle hunting would be something to base a business on?«

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The Industrial Research Committee (IRC) visited São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro in Bra­zil in October 2010. The choice of destina­tion was based on discussions about research environ ments, economic development and research financing in various countries. Brazil is in an exciting development phase, which is why IRC decided to go there.

After many years of runaway inflation, considerable poverty and a high crime rate, Brazil has in recent years been experiencing economic growth and seems to have over­come many of its past problems. There are still divides and contrasts, but a fairly pros­perous middle class has emerged. IRC visited Brazil at an exciting time. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, “Lula” for short, cannot be re­

elected for another term and just over a week after the visit, the second round of the presi­dential election was to take place. The final spurt in the election campaign started on 23 October when it was time for the IRC delega­tion to leave Rio de Janeiro. Lula’s own can­didate, Dilma Rouseff of the Workers Party, won a clear victory over the Social Democrat candidate José Serra. Many are now expect­ing a continuation of the positive develop­ment that Lula started.

There are high expectations for the major oil find in the ocean about 200 km off the shores of Rio de Janeiro in spring 2010. The find more than doubles the nation’s oil re­serves. The oil company Petrobras has imple­mented a gigantic new issue of shares and is

expected to drive development of new deep sea oil extraction methods. Hosting two ma­jor events – the Football World Cup in twelve Brazilian cities in 2014, and the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in 2016 – will lead to large investment volumes.

Delegates on the IRC trip visited São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro – two interesting major cit­ies with completely different characteristics. Field trips were made during the week to the Swedish Trade Council Brazil, The Federation of Industries of the State of São Paulo (Fiesp), manufacturing companies Braskem PVC, Em­braer, Suzano Papel e Celulose and ABB, and research centres CTA­EAv (Institute for Ad­vanced Studies), Cetem (Centre for Mineral Technology), COPPE / UFRJ and Inmetro.

IRc VISITEd BRAzILThe Industrial Research Committee (IRC)

the industrial research Committee (irC) in Brazil.

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IVA SOuTh & IVA wEST

Regional activities

IVA South and IVA West are two groups of members of IVA and the Business Executives Council who live or work 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 and Gothenburg – where members can follow the progress of and provide input for IVA’s im­portant projects in their home regions, and where they can focus on engineering, econo­mic and industry issues specific to southern or western Sweden with an IVA perspective.

The main activities of IVA South and IVA West are seminars arranged in the form of information and discussion meetings, project presentations, visits to companies and institu­tions and work groups organised to focus on specific issues.

STudENT cOuNcIL

An important group for the future of IVA

Education and research are areas that are prio­ritised by IVA. The Student Council exists to provide IVA with a student perspective and a good overview of what is happening in hig­her education in Sweden today. The Student Council meets twice a term and in between is involved in projects, seminars, workshops and study visits. Representatives from all of the engineering programmes at Swedish uni­versities, as well as the Swedish University of

Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Stockholm School of Economics and University of Gothenburg School of Business act as links to IVA and ser­ve a term of two years on the Council. A sum­mer get­together in IVA’s garden on June 10 provided an excellent opportunity for mem­bers of the Student Council to forge new con­tacts. Members of IVA, the Business Executives Council, the Industrial Research (IRC) and the Student Council were all invited.

ThE SERVIcE INITIATIVE

Important future market

Services constitute a growing sector in the Swedish economy, made up of both specific service companies and traditional manufac­turing companies where services are now an increasingly important part of their produc­tion operations. This trend means that there is great potential for Swedish businesses to grow and increase their profitability. But developing services poses new challenges. To increase and spread knowledge about services, IVA deci­ded at the beginning of the year to create the Service Initiative. The initiative is a network consisting of IVA members and members of the Business Executives Council. The goal is to create new networks and increase dialogue about services between the private and public sectors and the research community.

A first open meeting was held at the end of 2009. Members of IVA and the Business Executives Council and other people with an interest in the initiative were invited. The con­clusion from the meeting was that the initiative is needed and that IVA is the natural platform. On 25 February, IVA’s Executive Committee formally established the Service Initiative for

a three­year period from 2010–2012. On 27 May the Service Initiative convened a statu­tory annual meeting to establish the aims and focus of the initiative and to appoint a Steering Committee. Marie Ehrling was appointed as Chairman.

At the annual meeting the Ministry of Enter­prise, Energy and Communications presented a national services innovation strategy. The Ministry invited the Service Initiative to help with this strategy and IVA has had an ongo­ing dialogue with the Ministry throughout the spring. Among other things, the Ministry pre­sented a series of successful Swedish companies working with services. The purpose of presen­ting these good examples was to demonstrate what services and service innovation mean in practice for businesses operating in Sweden. In the longer term the aim is to illustrate what services mean for the Swedish economy and to further stimulate the service economy.

In 2010 the Service Initiative has focused on intensive efforts to build networks and gather points of view and questions. The Service Initia-tive has met with representatives from a num­ber of companies, worked with the Ministry of Enterprise and held discussions with resear­chers and different departments within IVA.

“Our aim is to see how the increasing signi­ficance of services is affecting politics; in other words, what legislative changes are needed. We will also look at issues such as education and international cooperation,” says Marie Ehrling.

IVA AcROSSIVA South & West, Student Council & The Service Initiative

Steering Committee IVA’s Service Initiative

marie ehrling (div. vi)sven-christer nilsson (div. vi)maria Anvret (div. x)karl-olof hammarkvist (div. ix)magnus henreksson (div. ix)erik lautmann (div. vi)Project manager: Arvid söderhäll, ivA

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BuSINESS ExEcuTIVES

cOuNcILDialogue and cooperation in focus

IVA’s Business Executives Council (BEC) had an intense year in 2010. A series of meetings and seminars were held at the same time as the Council’s role within IVA was re­examined and a business plan for the future drawn up.

“A lot of IVA’s work involves being an arena for the force field between business, research and politics,” said Business Executives Council Chairman Erik Lautmann of Jetpak. “The Council can help make this arena attractive for businesses.”

To further adapt the Council to the needs of the future, its board was expanded in 2010. “I believe we now have a good balance between the different compe­tences represented on the board and this will enable us to successfully launch new projects,” says Erik Lautmann.

Something he would like to focus more on is holding more meetings outside Stockholm.

“We are getting better at this, but we need to do even more. Our breakfast meetings with interesting guest speakers were a great success in 2010 and we want to continue with them.”

One important mission of the Business Executives Council is to attract more companies to participate and also to engage them in IVA as a whole.

“One strategic issue we discussed during the year was how to bring the vari­ous divisions within IVA and our new members together.”

An important initiative in 2010 which is in a way related to attracting new companies is the Services Initiatives.

“Many new members are companies with a strong connection to services, such as IT companies and consulting firms.”

Annual meeting with a great discussion

The Business Executives Council’s Annual Meeting on 25 November focused on how the political and business spheres can work together to create a good innovation climate.

“It was like a post­election debate,” said Erik Lautmann. “We had a great dis­cussion with participants such as Anna Kinberg Batra, Moderaterna (Conserva­tive Party), Chairman of the Finance Committee.

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michael wolf

mIchAEL wOLf

Stronger stock exchanges needed

“One of the problems in the Baltic countries is that their stock exchanges are weak. Banks are the only ones that can provide businesses with capital. This situation prompted Swed­bank to enter into discussions with the gov­ernments of these countries on how the stock exchanges can strengthen their position.” This was what Michael Wolf, Swedbank’s President, said at the Business Executives Council’s breakfast meeting on 6 October.

Michael pointed out that the Baltic countries have been forced to implement a series of meas­ures to prevent an economic collapse. Their EU membership has also helped bolster their econ­omies. Michael believes that the immediate risk is now over for the Baltic economies.

EVA hAmILTON

Free TV important for debate

Thanks to public service and TV licences there is less risk of political control over pro­gramming and greater opportunities for open debate. This was the message put forward by Eva Hamilton of SVT (Swedish Television) at a breakfast meeting organised by IVA’s Busi-ness Executives Council on 17 February.

“Would we dare to criticise the Minister for Finance if we were funded with tax rev­enue?” Eva Hamilton asked.

SVT’s CEO also pointed out that the impor­tance of public service is increasing as news­paper circulation declines.

mIchAEL TRESchOw

More discussion needed at Swedish board meetings

“My impression is that too much board time is spent on PowerPoint presentations and too little on discussion.”

This was what Michael Treschow, chairman of the boards of Ericsson and Unilever, said at a breakfast meeting arranged by the Busi-ness Executives Council. Michael Treschow stressed that it is the responsibility of a board member to know just as much about the com­pany’s business concept as its finances.

“If the CEO doesn’t present adequate pro­posals, the board members need to ask for more and better ones.”

Michael Treschow gave several examples to support his conviction that Swedish regu­lations and traditions are sound. One good

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eva hamilton

example is the way in which committees are appointed to nominate board members. In Sweden they are appointed by the general meeting of shareholders, and Michael Tre­schow likes that.

“But it means that the committee members need to be very familiar with the criteria that candidates need to fulfil.”

Michael Treschow also believes that it’s good that Swedish companies, unlike US ones, don’t often have several members of executive management on the board, which brings a risk of dual loyalty.

ANTTI hERLIN & TuuLA TEERI

Research, business and society working together

Finland is known for good cooperation be­tween research, business and society. Now

they are working hard to make it even better.This was the message at a breakfast meet­

ing organised by IVA’s Business Executives Council on 26 November.

Antti Herlin, Chairman of both Finnish lift giant Kone and the Finnish equivalent of the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise, talked about his work in creating the new Alvar Aalto University. The new university combines the University of Technology, the School of Art and Design and School of Economics.

Alvar Aalto University is organised as a foundation and the Finnish Government has undertaken to donate the equivalent of SEK 4.5 billion a year if industry donates 40 per­cent of that figure.

The President of the new university is Tuula Teeri, formerly a researcher and Deputy Presi­dent of the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm (KTH).

“We are focusing on basic research and undergraduate programmes. But knowledge exchange and cooperation with industry are equally important to us,” says Tuula Teeri.

Alvar Aalto University is divided into a Design Factory, Media Factory and Service Factory. Companies help to fund projects and act as partners. The idea is to encourage entre preneurship by creating platforms to provide opportunities for projects that do not initially have a commercial recipient.

Other meetings arranged by IVA’s Business Executives Council

2/2: Meeting in Lund, Göran Harrysson, AB Tetra Pak and Per Eriksson, Lund University

9/3: Magnus Brännström, Oriflame, “Direct selling success in new markets”

2/6: Björn Savén, “Venture capital in the future”

16/12: Magdalena Gerger, Systembolaget (Swedish Alcohol Retail Monopoly), “Systembolaget – a different mission”

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Excellent environments with creative talent at the core and with big resources for research. It’s in environments like these that research generates innovation and growth. Göran Sandberg, member of the Steering Committee for IVA’s major Innovation for Growth initia­tive, is convinced of this. Göran is an execu­tive member of the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation (KAW) which donates around SEK 1 million a year to Swedish research.

“Right now KAW is now planning its big­gest initiative ever in Sweden involving young scientists,” says Göran. “The details will hope­fully be presented in the spring. The founda­tion’s board and I are convinced that this is the best thing to do for Sweden’s future.”

According to Göran, the pattern is the same throughout the world. Successful inno­vation is built around creative individuals and excellent research environments. Combining good research with innovative creation leads to new enterprise and jobs with a high knowl­edge content. That’s how to create lasting prosperity.

“It has to happen in these environments,” says Göran. “That’s why we need to learn to find the most creative young researchers and build excellent environments that attract more creative researchers and innovators. The con­struction of Max IV in Lund is an example of a project that will attract creative researchers from all around the world.”

Göran believes that his work at KAW is the first job he has had where scientific excellence is the only decisive factor.

“Often you have to take other factors into consideration. But at KAW we are entirely free to support the researchers and the environ­ments we believe will succeed.”

Göran believes that prioritising research projects is crucial.

“My sense is that there is quite a lot of money in Swedish research today, but that it’s being spread too thinly. Sweden is facing enor­mous competition. We need to have the cour­age to invest in the big talents and prioritise the most promising projects and environments.”

And it’s important to start by getting the most creative individuals to choose a career in research.

“It’s about having the same drive as people who choose to study design or become elite chefs or musicians. We need to convince them that they can find an outlet for their creativity by focusing on science.”

Göran points out that in order to attract and inspire young people to become scientists, we need to focus on school teachers. He is happy that teacher training programmes are now focusing more on proficiency in different subjects and that the teacher training require­ments have become more stringent. He also wants to see more PhDs teaching at the upper secondary level.

“I had a biology teacher with a PhD who was a strong source of inspiration for me in my career choice. That’s probably the case for a lot of students. I think that the Government proposal for head teachers to have PhDs is a promising idea.”

Another important factor in promoting creativity is to give it freedom.

“I believe that some scientists leave Sweden because they feel trapped by the administra­tive requirements. They’re expected to manage finan ces and they’re pressured into applying for senior administrative positions. This fac­tor is probably just as significant as individ­ual project finances in a scientist’s decision to move to the US.”

Göran believes that this may also be an obstacle that is preventing knowledge compa­nies from growing.

“We need to guarantee our supply of excel­lence in economics, marketing and administra­tion so that creative and talented people can spend more time on what they do best – both at universities and within new knowledge companies.”

Göran Sandberg is involved in IVA’s Inno-vation for Growth project – one of the most important projects he has been a part of.

“It’s clear that there’s a strong response from both leading politicians and from the media, which shows that more people are recognising the importance of innovation. We also see this at universities where many students are now focusing on innovation and entrepreneurship. Ten years ago almost no one was talking about these issues at Swedish uni­versities, nor in other places around the world. IVA is an excellent network that can support development towards greater knowledge and network building

gÖRAN SANdBERgCreative environments attract top researchers

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name: göran sandbergfamily: wife and five adult childrenhome: kungsholmen in central stockholmeducation: Biology and chemistry at umeå university, PhD at slu in umeåcareer: Professor at slu and initiator of umeå Plant science Center, President of umeå university, Ceo of the knut and Alice wallenberg Foundation. member of ivA, kvA and kslAissue close to his heart at iva: the connection between basic research and innovation

»It’s about having the same drive as people who choose to study design or become elite chefs or musicians«

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SuNE SVANBERg

Great Gold Medal to laser pioneer

Sune Svanberg received IVA’s Great Gold Medal for his pioneering work in laser spec­troscopy and for his ability to turn the results of his research into technical applications of great benefit to society. By varying the colour of laser light, it is possible to identify atoms and molecules and thus analyse the material with high precision.

For 30 years Sune Svanberg has been head

of the atomic physics department at Lund University’s Faculty of Engineering (LTH). He has conducted research at Columbia Univer­sity in New York and at the University of Gothen burg, where he was awarded a PhD and became an associate professor in 1972.

Sune Svanberg has published around 600 scientific articles. In addition to his own re­search, he has arranged international confer­

ences and supervised doctoral candidates and young scientists. He has also been entrusted with numerous assignments for the Swedish Research Council, the Swedish Natural Science and Engineering Science Research Councils, the Swedish National Space Board, the Swed­ish Energy Agency and the Nobel Committee. He has also worked as a scientific advisor for companies such as Volvo and TetraPak.

2010 AwARd wINNERSGold Medals

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SVEN-ERIk JOhANSSON

Gold medal for profitable accounting

Professor emeritus Sven­Erik Johansson received IVA’s Gold medal in 2010 for his unique contribution to the development of accounting in both academia and the busi­ness world. One of Sven­Erik’s most impor­tant contributions was raising awareness of the connections between a company’s growth, profitability and financial risk. This has enhan ced the discourse, both in industry and in the public debate.

Sven­Erik Johansson was a professor of business economics for 30 years at Stockholm School of Economics. At the same time he had auditing assignments for companies such as ASEA, ASTRA, Fläkt and Handelsbanken.

Sven­Erik Johansson graduated in econom­ics at the University of Gothenburg School of Business, conducted research at University of California, Berkeley, USA and completed his Licentiate degree at the Stockholm School of Economics.

LAuRENT LEkSELL

Gold Medal for global entrepreneur

Laurent Leksell was awarded IVA’s Gold Medal in 2010 for his contributions as co­founder and principal owner of the medical technology company Elektra AB. The com­pany is a world leader in image guided and stereotactic clinical solutions for radiosurgery. The technology makes it possible to treat brain tumours and functional diseases with high pre­cision without damaging healthy tissue.

Laurent Leksell has a degree in econom­ics and a PhD in International Business and Finance from Stockholm School of Econom­ics. He has conducted research both there and at Harvard Business School in Boston, and has been a guest professor at Insead’s Euro­pean campus in Fontainbleau, France.

Laurent Leksell has been a member of Elekta’s board since the start in 1972. The company was founded by his father, Lars Leksell who invented the gamma knife. In 1986 Laurent Leksell took over as President & CEO.

hANS ROSLINg

Gold medal for health researcher

Hans Rosling received IVA’s Gold Medal in 2010 for his fundamental and educa­tional achievement in finding a simple way to explain global development in the area of health. According to Hans Rosling, the unusual aspect of his success is that he used animation software developed by his son and daughter­in­law to “amaze the world with the help of statistics that have existed in UN pub­lications for years.”

Hans Rosling is a professor of internation­al health at Karolinska Institute. He received his medical degree in 1986 and became an associate professor of internal medicine in 1990. Hans Rosling is also the initiator of the Swedish section of Doctors without Borders.

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ALBERT mIhRANYAN

The Chester Carlsson Award

In 2010 Chester Carlsson Award went to Albert Mihranyan, a researcher at the Ångström Labo­ratory at Uppsala University. Albert Mihranyan won the prize for developing a paper­based battery. The battery can help to make elec­tronics less harmful to the environment. It may also lead to new products, such as smart packaging.

The award was established in 1985 in memory of Chester Carlsson, a man of Swed­ish descent who invented the copy machine. The winner is chosen by Xerox and IVA.

ThE SVEdBERg

2010 Commemorative Booklet

Theodor “The” Svedberg, Swedish chem­ist and Nobel Prize winner, was honoured in IVA’s 2010 Commemorative Booklet. The booklet was presented by Professor Björn Lindman (Div. IV) at the Annual Meeting of the Academy on 29 October.

Theodor Svedberg came to Uppsala Uni­versity in 1904 intent on studying botany. He soon switched to chemistry and in 1910 he published a paper entitled “About new proof of the existence of molecules.” This was a con­troversial issue in 1910, but Theodor Svedberg

was able to present conclusive evidence from his colloid chemistry research. He proved the existence of macromolecules, which laid the foundation for molecular biology.

phNOm pENh wATER SuppLY AuThORITY

Stockholm Industry Water Award

The 2010 Stockholm Industry Water Award went to the Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA) in Cambodia under the leadership of Ek Sonn Chan. From the jury’s motivation: “Working with his colleagues,

he succeeded in improving the entire water supply system and introduced cost­effective invoicing and payment methods. ...essentially all of the city’s inhabitants now have access to water.”

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 Development. It is administered by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI).

LARS SäVENdAhL

Mentor4Research scholarship for research

The Mentor4Research scholarship of SEK 100,000 is awarded annually to one of the researchers participating in the programme. In 2010 seven researchers reached the final round of the scholarship competition. The jury’s choice of winner is based on a short presentation and an assessment of which of the finalists has improved the most in terms of commercialising their research. The winner was Lars Sävendahl, a professor at Karolinska Institute and senior physician at Astrid Lind­gren Children’s Hospital in Solna.

The goal of Lars Sävendahl’s research is to develop preparations to prevent serious

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OVER A mILLION fOR SchOLARShIp REcIpIENTS

The Hans Werthén Foundation

IVA distributed SEK 1.1 million from the Hans Werthén Foundation in 2010. Twelve young 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 Eric sson and Electrolux. These two companies donated the initial capital for the foundation.

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side­effects caused by medicines. Cortisone can, for example, causes brittle bones. Lars Sävendahl has discovered a protein that can prevent this.

ThREE IT pROfILES wIN AwARdS

Ambient Sweden Awards

The Ambient Sweden project, which was concluded in 2010, presented the Ambient Sweden Award on 24 March. The award has three categories and is bestowed upon to peo­ple who have helped position Sweden as a leading Internet nation.

Public Sector Profile of the Year: Danny Aerts, CEO of stiftelsen .SE.

The award goes to a person who has helped develop easily accessible and effec­tive Internet services. Danny and .SE conduct research and development based on the idea that everyone should have the courage, desire and ability to use the Internet.

Private Sector Profile of the Year: Måns Adler, founder of the company Bambuser which offers live video streaming to an un­limited audience from a mobile phone or webcam.

Education Profile of the Year: Anders Andersson, head of the children and youth depart ment in Gothenburg City. Anders has been working to ensure that IT is used as a natural tool in schools and preschools.

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IVA-AkTuELLTReached more people than ever

IVA­aktuellt is no internal magazine. Rather, we apply the same journalistic principles as any other newspaper or magazine. In other words, the editorial staff are independent in relation to IVA’s other activities. Naturally, this is a prerequisite in order for us to produce a credible product. It is also natural that the topics dealt with on our pages fall within the broad focus area of the Academy.

The work of the Academy and the projects, as well as the activities of the Business Executi­ves Council are, of course, the most important news sources for us. Our editorial approach has led to an increase in circulation every year

since 1998. At the end of 2010 we had just over 6,400 subscribers. This shows that IVA­aktuellt reaches far beyond the Academy’s inner network. Geographically as well. We have subscribers in around 30 countries. Out­side Sweden, interest is greatest in Finland. But we also have subscribers with addresses in Singapore and Peru. A total of just over 57,000 copies of the nine issues in 2010 were distributed. This is the highest circulation to date. The magazine also had more pages than in the past. A majority of the new subscribers chose to have the magazine delivered to their home address instead of their place of work.

This indicates a genuine interest in following what IVA and the editors are doing.

In 2010 the magazine contained 200 long articles and 230 short paragraphs. About four out of ten articles originated from IVA’s activi­ties. We covered 78 IVA meetings of different types. The choice of topics covered reflects IVA’s activities. Innovation and enterprise as well as research and energy generated a total of more than 54 percent of our articles. The magazine provides a platform for spreading knowledge about topics that are important to IVA to a broader audience of interested indi­viduals.

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IVA’S gOALSIVA’s strategy work

A positive attitude to economics, engineering and science, and in particular a greater interest among young people in pursuing higher education in maths, natural sciences, iT and engineering.

utilise ivA’s network to help identify solutions to meet the “grand societal challenges.”

more govern-ment funding for research for growth and competitive-ness.

effective and efficient infrastructure, transport sys-tems and built environment.

sweden as a world leader in the sectors of the future: energy technology, clean-tech, biotech and iT.

To participate in international networks to help solve the problems of inadequate education and water, energy and food supplies in developing nations.

internationally com-petitive education programmes in sweden.

secure access to energy at competitive prices for industry while attaining the goal of reduced emissions of greenhouse gases.

Better climate for entrepreneurs and innovation.

Better growth and international competitiveness for knowledge-intensive companies.

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IVA dOcumENTATION 2010

THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Professor lena Treschow Torell (div. v), chairman 2009–2011Adjunct professor karl-olof hammarkvist (div. ix) vice chairman 2008–2010director general charlotte Brogren (div. xi), vice chairman 2009–2011President Peter gudmundson (div. i), vice chairman 2009–2011Professor staffan josephson (div. x), vice chairman 2010–2012erik lautmann (div. vi), chairman Business executives council 2010–2012Professor Björn o. nilsson (div. x), President 2008 –2014

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 committee’s other members are entitled to be present at the Advisory council’s meetings. The chairman of ivA’s Business executives council and committees may also be called to the meetings.

Professor lena Treschow Torell, chairman 2009–2011Professor Björn o. nilsson, ivA’s President 2008– 2014Professor margareta norell Bergendahl, chairman div. i, 2008–2010managing director Bo normark chairman div. ii 2010–2012research director kyösti Tuutti chairman div. iii 2010–2012director gunnar svedberg chairman div. iv 2008–2010Professor Thomas johannesson chairman div. v 2008–2010director staffan håkanson chairman div. vi 2010–2012general manager Thomas laurell chairman div. vii 2010 director johan lindman chairman div. viii 2009–2011Board chairman gabriel urwitz chairman div. ix 2010–2012Professor staffan josephson chairman div. x 2008–2010director general madelene sandström chairman div. xi 2009–2011ciso ingrid mogensen chairman div. xii 2008–2010Professor jan-eric ståhl chairman ivA south 2008–2010Anna nilsson-ehle Phd chairman ivA west 2010mårten lindström m.sc. chairman industrial research committee 2008–2010ceo erik lautmann chairman Business executives council 2010–2012

THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEEstanding: karl-olof hammarkvist & staffan josephson sitting: Peter gudmundson, Charlotte Brogren, lena treschow torell, Björn o. nilsson & erik lautmann

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MEMBERSdetails about the Academy’s members are included in the 2010 ivA register of members. As of 31 december 2010 , ivA had 870 swedish members and 264 foreign members. membership changes in 2010 are noted below.

Elected Swedish membersProfessor lennart karlsson (div. i)director henrik Tengstrand (div. i)ceo Peter holmstedt (div. i)senior vice President katarina lindström (div. i)ceo christel Armstrong-darvik (div. iii)Professor sten Bergström (div. iii)President eva nygren (div. iii)ceo erik lautmann (div. vi)mr. malcolm norlin (div. vi)Professor kerstin sahlin (div. vi)Professor lennart schön (div. vi)Professor erik Bohlin (div. vi)Professor mats engwall (div. vi)ceo carola lemne (div. vi)Alexandra waluszewski (div. vi)Professor hjalmar Brismar (div. vii)Professor olle häggström (div. vii)Professor sven lidin (div. vii)university lecturer jonas nycander (div. vii)Professor Paul gatenholm (div. viii)ceo Per lindberg (div. viii)Professor lars stehn (div. viii)President and ceo Börje ekholm (div. ix)Professor Ann-sofie sandberg (div. x)Administrative director lennart Persson (div. x)Professor jens nielsen (div. x)

editor jan-olof johansson (div. xi)director karin forseke (div. xii)deputy managing director nicklas lundblad (div. xii)

Elected foreign membersmanaging director ron long, united kingdomdr ing e h Bernd Pischetsrieder, germanyProfessor emeritus Arthur Bienenstock, usAsecretary general hamadoun i Touré, maliProfessor dr ing hans jörg Bullinger, germanydoctor christina lampe-önnerud, usAPresident Binglin gu, chinaAssistant President siegfried zhiqiang wu, chinaPresident zhou ji, chinaProfessor vytautas ostasevicius, lithuania

Deceased membersm.sc. Bo Abrahamsson (div. vi) 1986Professor emeritus hans Andersin utl 1987Phd christopher i Byrnes utl 2001dr. lars ekman (div. x) 1985m.sc. olof hörmander (div. iv) 1971Professor emeritus simo karttunen utl 1993dr. nils landqvist (div. xi) 1980dr. karl-Axel melkersson (div. iv) 1972dr. jan s nilsson (div. xi) 1993m.sc jan r schnittger (div. i) 1971dr. Pekka Tarjanne utl 1986m.sc. welvyn ward utl 1990hans wohlin licentiate in engineering (div. iii) 1999karl wärnberg m.sc. (div. ix) 1977dr. carl johan åberg (div. ix) 1988

THE ADVISORY COUNCILstanding: lennart Fredenberg, Bo normark, rolf Andersson, kyösti tuutti, thomas laurell, Björn o. nilsson, staffan josephson, thomas johannesson, mårten lindström, sven-Christer nilsson & gabriel urwitz. sitting: margareta norell Bergendahl, madelene sandström, lena treschow torell, marie ehrling, Anna nilsson-ehle & ingrid jansson.

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ACADEMY MEETINGS

24 March 2010concluding conference for the Ambient sweden project. lena Treschow Torell, ivA’s chairman, welcomed the guests. staffan Truvé (div. xii) and chairman of the project presented Ambient sweden’s proposals for how sweden can be-come a leading internet nation. urban karlström, state secretary at the ministry of finance (div. xii), spoke under the heading “The next steps for better e-services for the public. “what are the responsibilities of the government, county councils and municipalities?” A panel consisting of Peder ramel, ceo 3, håkan dahlström, Telia sonera Broadband services, Tomas franzén, ceo comhem, lars åke norling, ceo Telenor sverige, and erik heilborn, ceo Tdc sverige, debated what operators are doing to make sweden a leading internet nation. The moderator was karin Adelsköld.

The seminar concluded with presentations of the Ambient sweden Awards. Public sector Profile of the year award went to danny Aerts, ceo of stiftelsen.se, Private sector Profile of the year award went to måns Adler, founder of Bambuser, and education Profile of the year Award went to Anders Andersson, head of the älvsborg children and youth department, gothenburg city. Björn o. nilsson provided a summary.

10 June 2010summer get-together in ivA’s garden for ivA members, members of the Business executives council, irc and ivA’s student council. The programme in-cluded information on various ivA projects, the activities of the student council, presentations from the Technology delegation, Power circle and some of ivA’s associated organisations such as the swedish-german research Association, swedish-french research Association, swedish-japanese foundation, sweden-America foundation and Public & science.

23 September 2010A seminar within the framework of the innovation for growth project under the heading “innovation for growth – at full speed”(”innovation för tillväxt – så det knakar”). President Björn o. nilsson described the project, its structure and purpose. A few of the proposals from the different work groups were then pre-sented: Arvid söderhäll, project manager for the innovation Procurement work group, johan hernmarck, chairman of the competent capital work group, and Björn o. nilsson, chairman of the r&d in smes work group. Project director johan carlstedt provided information under the heading “This is the future – Business Plan sweden.” A panel discussion followed with a panel consisting of the above-mentions and Ted fjällman, Project coordinator, and johan schuber, project manager of the regional dialogue work group. The moderator was ca-milla koebe, ivA’s director of communications. ivA chairman lena Treschow Torell summarised and reflected on the discussion.

18 November 2010irc (industrial research committee) held its annual seminar. The theme this time was “innovation and inspirational leadership.” ivA chairman lena Treschow Torell welcomed the participants. irc chairman mårten lindström (div. iii), provided a general introduction. charlotte Brogren (div. xi), director general of vinnovA, raised the issue of how we can get more innovation out of the innovation system and sofia Börjesson, professor of innovation technology at chalmers university of Technology, talked about how we can research innovation processes to actual renewal. sven löfquist (div. vi) talked about his experiences in innovation and development processes and donny lygonis, business coach at kTh innovation, entrepreneur, company founder etc. chose the heading “why are we stuck in our old ways? for his speech. The floor was opened to questions under the moderation of fredrik lagergren, ceo of kTh executive school. Björn o. nilsson, President of ivA, summarised the seminar and discussion.

IVA DIVISION ACTIVITIES

Division I: Mechanical Engineeringchairman: Professor margareta norell Bergendahl (2008–2010)vice chairman: hans folkesson licentiate in engineering (2008–2010)vice chairman: ulf södergren (2010–2012)secretary: ingrid jansson

number of members as of 31 december 2010: 86, of whom 32 below the age of 65.

Meetings4 February: field trip lund university faculty of engineering (lTh) and Alfalaval, lund opening speaker: jan-eric ståhl (div. i) chairman ivA south, lTh, Tord cedell, magnetic components AB, mats Andersson, lTh, lars wetterberg, Alfalaval, Per efvergren, Alfalaval

19 April: field trip to elekta AB, stockholm host/opening speaker: Tomas Puusepp, åsa hedin, Per nylund, Per carlsson, måns Barsne

8 September: internal discussion meeting followed by a seminar on the theme of innovation for growth opening speaker: charlotte Brogren, vinnovA, johan hernmarck, Provider venture Partners AB

16 November: study visit to åf AB host: jonas wiström, åf

Division II: Electrical Engineeringchairman: managing director Bo normark (2010–2012)vice chairman: director Bo källstrand (2008–2010)vice chairman: Professor lennart ljung (2008–2010)secretary: staffan eriksson

number of members as of 31 january 2010: 41 of whom 19 under the age of 65.

Meetings4 February: Batteries for electric vehicles – what’s happening internationally? And where does sweden stand in this area of the future? opening speaker: Bo normark, chairman div. ii, Power circle, magnus dahlén, intertek semco AB , kristina edström, ångström laboratory, uppsala university, Per önnerud, Boston-Power, Torbjörn sundström, Alelion Batteries.

14 April: smart electricity consumption! how smart are we in sweden?opening speaker: Bo normark, ceo Power circle and chairman div. ii, stig göthe, Power circle, mikael syväjärvi, linköping university, jan-erik nowacki, värmepumps-föreningen, lars nordström, elkraftcentrum kTh, eu expert smart grids.

9 September: european institute of innovation and Technology (eiT). (Arranged jointly with div. xii information Technology)opening speaker: Bo normark, chairman div. ii and chairman of Power circle, Anders flodström, member of the board eiT, gunnar landgren, vice President kTh, coordinator for eiT icT labs Professor ramon wyss, vice President kTh, coordinator innoenergy.

Division III: Building and Constructionchairman: director kyösti Tuutti (2010–2012)vice chairman: head of division marianne grauers (2008–2010)vice chairman: Professor georgia destouni (2010–2012)secretary: Anna lindberg

number of members as of 31 december 2010: 73 of whom 31 under 65.

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Meetings27 January: exploring the frontiers of the possible – adapting old water in-frastructure systems to manage future problemsopening speaker: claes-olof Brandesten (vattenfall AB), ulf moback (goth-enburg city), hans hanson (lund university), sten Bergström (smhi), des hartford (Bc hydro, canada), Andy Tagg (hr wallingford), marius Tremblay (sgi), Bengt rydell (sig), ulf Bjurman (srsA) and klas cederwall (div. iii).

28 April: swedish construction research and the innovation environment of the public sectoropening speaker: ove lagerqvist (lTu), rolf Annerberg (formas), ronny An-dersson (cementa), charlotte Brogren (vinnovA), ruben Aronsson (svenska Byggbranschens utvecklingsfond).

9 September: green visions and ambitions at ncc and skanskaopening speaker: johan karlström (skanska), olle ehrlén (ncc), lena neij (international institute for industrial environmental economics, lund university), Arne elmroth (faculty of engineering, lund university).

11 November: internal meeting

Division IV: Chemical Engineeringchairman: director gunnar svedberg (2008–2010)vice chairman: research director rolf Andersson (2010–2012) vice chairman: Professor Anne-marie hermansson (2009–2011)secretary: Ted fjällman

number of members as of 31 december 2010: 66 of whom 30 under 65. Meetings11 February: internal meeting with presentations by new members

27 April: food – a project on our swedish lips – everyday! meeting in göteborg.opening speaker: Anne-marie hermansson (div. iv), lars Bäckström, governor of västra götaland country, klas hesselman, sik, johan wiklund, ulf sonesson, frederike ziegler, sik gunnar hall, sik, lilia Ahrné. discussion facilitator : klas hesselman, sik, and (div. x). moderator: Anne-marie hermansson

21 September: internal meeting

17 November: open innovation patent management – important issues for the chemicals industry)opening speaker: maria norell, ekachemicals AB, caroline Pamp, encubator AB, christer wahlström, Astrazeneca AB.

Division V: Minding and Materialschairman: Professor Thomas johannesson (2008–2010)vice chairman: director elisabeth nilsson (2008–2010)vice chairman: ceo göran carlsson (2009–2011)secretary: ulla svantesson

number of members as of 31 december 2010: 65 of whom 25 under 65.

Meetings25 February: The frontline of materials science in 2010 opening speaker: lars hultman, linköping university, Börje johansson, uppsala university, karin larsson, uppsala university, lars nyborg, chalmers university of Technology

21 April: material for the vehicles of the future opening speaker: gunnar Tornmalm, scania cv AB, jonas edvardsson mistra project e4, volvo Technology, lars hultman, höganäs AB.

22 September: material development – where is the frontline of research and the opportunities beyond?

9 November: research policy: opinion ahead of the next research bill – internal division meeting

Division VI: Managementchairman: director staffan håkanson chairman (2010–2012)vice chairman: chairman Anna ekström (2010–2012)vice chairman: vice President eric giertz (2010–2012)secretary: caroline Ankarcrona/lotta Thörn

number of members as of 31 december 2010: 118 of whom 48 under 65.

Meetings16 February: what should new financial legislation, regulation and supervision look like to reduce the risk of future financial meltdowns.opening speaker: martin Andersson, Phd economics and director general of the swedish financial supervisory Authority. jointly arranged with div. ix, economics.

13 April: youth unemployment – causes and opportunitiesopening speaker: oskar nordström skans, associate profession of economics and researchers at the institute for labour market Policy evaluation (ifAu), ire-ne wennemo, division head, working life division, lo and head of government inquiry for Apprentice jobs, lena liljebäck, Assistant director general, swedish Public employment service, gabriella sebardt, llB in employment law, legal counsel, Bemanningsföretagen, Almega. jointly arranged with div. ix, economics.

7 September: why is sweden lacking an active bond market?opening speaker: johan Bygge, cfo investor, deputy governor the riksbank, daniel sachs, ceo Proventus and erik Thedéen, ceo nasdaq omx stockholm. jointly arranged with div. ix, economics

24 November: commercialisation of technical researchopening speaker: eric giertz, professor of industrial economics and organisa-tion at kTh and founder of kTh executive school, göran stemme, professor of microsystems engineering at kTh, harald hermansson, ceo efield, marianne hansson, ceo Atlas Antibodies. jointly arranged with innovation for growth.

Division VII: Basic and Interdisciplinary Engineering Scienceschairman: Professor Thomas laurell (2010–2013)vice chairman: Professor ewert Bengtsson (2010–2012)vice chairman: marianne Treschow Phd (2010–2012)secretary: johan Persson

number of members as of 31 december 2010: 85 of whom 34 under 65.

Meetings17 February: internal meeting with presentationsopening speaker: Anders lindroth, lunds university.

12 May: space? Time for relaunch! – an inspirational journey into sweden’s growth potential opening speaker: Björn o. nilsson (ivA), christer fuglesang (european space Agen-cy, esA), christophe lasseur (esA life support r&d, melissA – micro-ecological life support system Alternative), sven grahn (swedish space corporation).

20 September: BioimAging – from tomorrow’ diagnostics and treatments to molecular imaging.opening speaker: freddy ståhlberg (lund Bioimaging centre), Tomas jansson (lTh), kalle åström (mathematics centre, lund university), györgy marko-varga (div. clinical Protein science, Bmc lu), sara fredriksson (genovis AB), nils-erik sahlin.

23 november: Breakthroughs and trends in the x-ray field.opening speaker: hans hertz (kTh/Albanova), janos hajdu (uppsala uni-versity), mikael eriksson (mAx-lab, lund university), ulrich vogt (kTh), oscar hemberg (excillum AB), Prof. mats danielsson (kTh).

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Division VIII: Forest Technologychairman: director johan lindman (2009–2011)vice chairman: Professor carl-johan johansson (2010–2012)vice chairman: lars wågberg (2009–2010)secretary: joakim rådström

number of members as of 31 december 2010: 52 of whom 24 under 65.

Meetings9 February: The forest industry in a sustainable societyopening speaker: johan lindman, chairman div. viii, hans nilsagård, ministry for rural Affairs, forest industry, marie Arwidsson, swedish forest industries federation, svante claesson, swedish forest Agency, karin emilsson, södra, kaj rosén, eforwood, skogforsk. moderators: stina Blombäck, Billerud, hans Brännström, kährs AB.

22 April: The quality of forests of the future – which raw material properties will customers demand in the future and what can the forest deliver? (jointly arranged with royal swedish Academy of Agriculture and forestry, stockholm)opening speaker: åke Barklund, Academy secretary, ceo, kslA, Björn o. nils-son, Professor, ceo, ivA, erik serrano, linnaeus university, växjö, lars wågberg, kTh, Pedro fardim, åbo Academy, lars wilhelmsson, skogforsk, ove nilsson, umeå Plant science centre, Pelle gemmel, scA skog AB.

20 September: internal meeting

15 November: industrial construction – a challenge for the wood engineering sectoropening speaker: Tomas nord, linköping university, lars eliasson, linnaeus university, charlotte Bengtsson, sP Trätek, Thomas Thörnqvist, linnaeus univer-sity, håkan lindh, holmen Timber, johan j möller, skogforsk, daniel stridsman, holmen skog, åke wikström (div. viii).

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 2010: 91 of whom 38 under 65.

Meetings16 February: what should new financial legislation, regulation and supervision look like to reduce the risk of future financial meltdowns. (jointly arranged with div. vi, management)opening speaker: martin Andersson, director general of the swedish financial supervisory Authority.

13 April: youth unemployment – problem or opportunity? (jointly arranged with div. vi, management) opening speaker: oskar nordström skans, institute for labour market Policy evaluation (ifAu), irene wennemo, division head, working life division, lo and head of government inquiry for Apprentice jobs, lena liljebäck, Assistant director general, swedish Public employment service, gabriella sebardt, , legal counsel, Bemanningsföretagen, Almega, a representative from ivA’s student council.

7 September: why is sweden lacking an active bond market?opening speaker: johan Bygge, cfo investor, deputy governor the riksbank, daniel sachs, ceo Proventus and erik Thedéen, ceo nasdaq omx stockholm. (jointly arranged with div. iv, management)

2 December: modern asset management and risk managementinternal visit to Brummer & Partners.

Division X: Biotechnologychairman: Professor staffan josephson (2008–2010)vice chairman: docent maris hartmanis (2010–2012)vice chairman: consultant Annika åhnberg (2009–2011)secretary: Arvid söderhäll

number of members as of 31 december 2010: 61 of whom 25 under 65.

Meetings18 February: internal meeting

13 April: drug discovery and modern genetic researchopening speaker: martin nicklasson, Biovitrum, Anders karlén, uppsala univer-sity, martin norin, inovacia, Björn wallmark, Astrazeneca

2 September: when the next pandemic comes – challenges and possibilities in viral vaccine developmentopening speaker: Alexander von gabain, intercell Ag, gunilla karlsson hede-stam, department of microbiology, Tumor and cell Biology, karolinska institute, Pontus nauclér, department of microbiology, Tumor and cell Biology, karolinska institute. moderator: hans wigzell

3 November: metagenomics – finger print of an ecosystemopening speaker : siv Andersson, uppsala university, sara sjöling, södertörn university, Björn Andersson, viral metagemonics, karolinska institute, lars engstrand, swedish institute for communicable disease control, gunnar von heijne.

Division XI: Education and Research Policychairman: director general madelene sandström (2009–2011)vice chairman: Associate Professor hans Bergström (2009–2010)vice chairman: President Thomas Andersson (2009–2011)secretary: Bengt A mölleryd

number of members as of 31 december 2010: 73 of whom 30 under 65.

Meetings23 February: denmark’s research and research policy – success and model?opening speaker: Professor klaus Bock, danish Academy of Technical sciences (ATv) and carlsberg research, professor mats Benner, lund university, President harriet wallberg-henriksson, karolinska institute, professor christer karlsson copenhagen Business school.

7 April: research policy in swedenopening speaker: mP lars hjälmered, moderate Party, mP Amineh kakabaveh, left Party, mP yvonne Andersson, christian democrats, state secretary Peter honeth, liberal Party, mP lage rahm, green Party, Per lodenius, centre Party, mP marie granlund, social democratic Party. moderator: madelene sandström, chairman.

7 September: research for swedenopening speaker: greta fossum, ola Asplund

25 November: what’s wrong with maths education in schools?opening speaker: jesper Boesen at the national centre for mathematics educa-tion (ncm), university of gothenburg, Arne engström, karlstad university.

Division XII – Information Technologychairman: ciso ingrid mogensen (2008–2010)vice chairman: vice President gösta lemne (2008–2010)vice chairman: Professor erik hagersten (2009–2011)secretary: marie owe

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

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Meetings25 February: gold mouse gala 2009 in cooperation with ivA scorecard.se – a seminar and presentation of awards for iT Person of the year, iT company of the year and iT entrepreneur of the year.

29 April: field trip to nAsdAq omx – presentation of the new exchange system etc., which iT solutions are needed, development in sweden. ope-ning speaker : carl-magnus hallberg, senior vice President of global iT services.

9 September: european institute of innovation and Technology (eiT). (jointly ar-ranged with division ii electrical engineering). opening speaker: opening spea-ker : Bo normark, chairman div. ii and ceo of Powercircle, Anders flodström, member of the board eiT, gunnar landgren, vice President kTh, coordinator for eiT icT labs

2 November: found or stolen – round table on current iT issues. opening spea-ker. lucas cardholm, ernst &young, ewa Thorslund, iT/Telekomföretagen.

IVA West chairman: Anna nilsson-ehle Phd h.c. (div. vi) 2010–2012vice chairman: svante svensson Phd (div. x) 2010–2011vice chairman: Anders Brännström Phd (div. vi) 2010–2011secretary: åsa valadi/linda vidén ljungars, ivA

Meetings/Study visits 201027 January: exploring the frontiers of the possible – Adapting old water infrastructure systems to manage future problems. jointly arranged with division iii Building and construction. opening speaker: claes-olof Brandesten, head of dams & dam safety, vattenfall AB, ulf moback, city of gothenburg, hans han-son, professor, water resource engineering, lund university, sten Bergström, professor, swedish meteorological and hydrological institute, des hartford, scientific Advisor – safety and risk Assessment, Bc hydro, canada, Andy Tagg, Principal engineer, hr wallingford, marius Tremblay and Bengt rydell, swedish geotechnical institute, ulf Bjurman, independent expert, previously srsA, klas cederwall, professor.

9 February: ivA’s strategy – internal meeting. opening speaker: Anna nilsson ehle, chairman of ivA west, svante svensson, vice chairman of ivA west, folke hjalmers (div. xi), and sven olving (div. xi).

24 March: Academy meeting – Ambient sweden. video link

27 April: food – a product on our swedish lips – everyday! jointly arranged with division iv chemical engineering and division x Biotechnology. opening speaker: Anne-marie hermansson (div. iv), lars Bäckström, governor of västra götaland county, klas hesselman, President of sik – swedish institute for food and Biotechnology AB, johan wiklund, sik – structure and material design division, ulf sonesson, sik – sustainable food Production division, frederike ziegler, sik – sustainable food Production division, gunnar hall, sik – sensory and flavour science division, lilia Ahrné, director sik – Process and Technology development division

4 May: That’s how healthy successful companies are created. opening speaker: gunn johansson, Product director, professor emeritus of work life psychology at stockholm university (div. vi) and Project manager johan schuber, ivA.

19 May: from crisis to new opportunities – The role of production in regional growth. opening speaker: monica Bellgran, haldex AB, hasse johansson, lind-holmen science Park, lennart olausson, Business region gothenburg, hans-olov olsson, chalmers university of Technology, niklas wahlberg, lindholmen science Park

10 June: Academy meeting, video link

16 June: focus innovation 2010. opening speaker: Arranged by innovationsbron in cooperation with vinnovA, västra götaland region, Business region goth-enburg, the hinT project. ivA members were welcome to attend

23 September: Academy meeting – innovation for growth – at full speed”(”innovation för tillväxt – så det knakar”). video link

29 September: study visit to Alelion Batteries AB. opening speaker: ceo Tor-björn sundström and his colleagues present Alelion Batteries AB

6 October: climate of the future – how well can it be predicted with today’s knowledge and models? video link. opening speaker: Professor lennart Bengts-sons university of reading, uk, international institute for space science in Bern, switzerland, helge drangeProfessor of oceanography, university of Bergen, school of geophysics and researcher at Bjerknes centre for climate research in Bergen. kevin noone professor of chemical meteorology at the department of Applied environme-ntal science and stockholm resilience centre, stockholm university; director, swedish secretariat for environmental earth system sciences (sseess), royal swedish Academy of sciences and executive director, international geosphere-Biosphere Programme (igBP) 2004 – 2008.

28 October: royal Technology forum. innovative icT – networking in the Baltic region. video link opening speaker: Prof. lena Treschow Torell, chairman ivA, ms. Annika rembe, director general si, Prof. Björn o. nilsson, President ivA, Prof. ene ergma, Phd, dsc in mathematical and Physical sciences, Professor in Astrophysics, member of estonian Academy of sciences, President of estonian Parliament and foreign member of the royal swedish Academy of engineering sciences, Prof. cecilia magnusson sjöberg, Professor, ll.d. director of the swedish law & informatics research institute (iri) faculty of law, stockholm university, Prof. james A weyhenmeyer, senior vice President and senior vice Provost at research foundation of state university of new york, Phd, erwin laure, director, center for high Performance computing at the royal institute of Technology (kTh), mr. Per Axbom, web strategist and user experience designer

18 November: Academy meeting – innovation and inspirational leadership. video link. opening speaker: lena Treschow Torell, ivA’s chairman, mårten lindström m.sc. engineering, chairman irc, charlotte Brogren, vinnovA, vice chair-man and member of the steering committee for ivA’s project innovation for growth, sofia Börjesson, professor, director center for Business innovation chalmers university of Technology, sven löfquist, senior Advisor (div. vi), don-nie lygonis, Business coach kTh innovation, entrepreneur, company founder, fredrik lagergren, kTh executive school, member of irc, Björn o. nilsson, President ivA

29 November: Annual meeting and Technology evening – Progress in research and technology 2010: opening speaker: Björn o. nilsson, President ivA

15 December: Transport 2030. opening speaker: Arvid söderhäll, ivA, lars-gö-ran rosengren, volvo AB, johan Trouvé, west sweden chamber of commerce and industry, Bengt wennerberg, Business region gothenburg, Anna dubois, chalmers university of Technology

IVA Southchairman: Professor jan-eric ståhl (div. i) 2008–2010vice chairman: director lennart fredenberg (div. i) 2010–2012 vice chairman: vice President cristina glad (div. xi) 2009–2011secretary: ulla svantesson, ivA

Meetings/Study visits 201024 February: That’s how healthy successful companies are created. Participants: johansson, gunn (div. vi) and johan schuber, Project manager ivA.

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hybrid systems for energy conversion. Participants: jan Tengzelius (div. v), Tord cedell (div. i) and mats Andersson, lTh.

6 september: study visit to Axis communications. Participants: ray mauritsson, ceo.

20 September: Bioimaging – from diagnostics and treatments of tomorrow to molecular imaging. jointly arranged with division vii Basic and interdisciplinary engineering sciences. Participants: freddy ståhlberg, lu, Tomas jansson, lTh, kalle åström, lu, györgy marko-varga, lu, sara fredriksson, genovis AB and nils-eric sahlin, lu.

22 September: Batteries for electric vehicles – what’s happening internationally? And where does sweden stand in this sector of the future ? Participants: Bo normark (div. ii), Annika Ahlberg Tidblad, intertek semco AB, kristina edström (div. ii), eric carlsson, Boston-Power inc, Anneli hansson, Alelion Batteries.

19 October: data security and cryptology research leads to technologies for reliable solutions. Participants: Ben smeets, lTh.

11 November: visit to Trelleborg AB. Arranged jointly with skånska ingenjörsklub-ben (engineers club).

22 November: Annual meeting, ivA south.

22 November: Technology evening, ivA south. Participants: Björn o. nilsson (div. x), President of ivA.

BUSINESS EXECUTIVES COUNCIL

chairman: ceo erik lautmann, jetpak group (div. vi) (2010–2012)vice chairman: Board member marie ehrling, nordea et al (div. vi) (2009–2011)vice chairman. director Peter nygårds, swedbank (2010–2012)director åke Plyhm (2010)Birgitta gunneflo m.sc. Business, stockholms Borgerskap (2008–2010)jens Bengtsson llB, roschier Advokatbyrå AB (2008–2010)Pia sandvik-wiklund, executive director länsförsäkringar jämtland (2010–2012)kjell johansson, director AB recipharm (2010–2012)vacancy (2010–2012)

Number of members and contact personsAt the end of 2010, the Business executives council consisted of around 180 enterprises, national government agencies and organisations that carry out, utilise or fund technical research and development.

Business Executives Council’s Annual Meeting on 25 November 2010A new relationship between the political and business spheres for innovationopening speaker: erik lautmann, President jetpak group, marie ehrling, mem-ber of the Board of nordea et al, Alf göransson, ceo securitas AB, Per hallius, ceo Boston consulting group sverige, Anna kinberg Batra, group leader for the moderate Party in parliament and chairman of the finance committee, carola lemne, President Praktikertjänst, stefan löfven, if metall union, Björn o. nilsson, President of ivA, shori zand, founder of Avesina. moderator: Peter nygårds, director, swedbank

Business Executives Council Breakfast Meetings 20102 February: meeting in lundceo göran harrysson, AB Tetra Pak and vice-chancellor Per eriksson, lund university

17 February: Public service and 200 other Tv channels ceo eva hamilton, svT

9 March: direct selling success in new markets

ceo magnus Brännström, oriflame 1 June: venture capital in the future Björn savén, chairman ik investment Partners

1 September, corporate governance in sweden and the worldchairman michael Treschow, ericsson & unilever

20 October: swedbank after the financial crisisPresident michael wolf, swedbank

26 November: cooperation in finland between Business and Academia – kone in focus ceo Antti herlin, kone and President Tuula Teeri, Aalto university

16 December: systembolaget – A different missionceo magdalena gerger, systembolaget

INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH COMMITTEE, IRCivA’s industrial research committee (irc) 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 Brazil (São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro) 18–23 October 2010mårten lindström, more10 AB, chairman irceva wigren, Teknikföretagen, irc chairman from 2011Alf Andersson volvo car corporationPatrik Andreasson, vattenfall research & development ABruben Aronssson, sBuf (svenska Byggbranschens utvecklingsfond)niclas damsgaard, Pöyry management consulting (sweden) ABjesper ederth, sandvik materials TechnologyPia falk, saab electronic defence systemsTorbjörn keisu, ericsson ABAnna körner, scA hygiene Products ABfredrik lagergren, kTh executive schoolThomas lundbäck, karolinska institutejaume rius i riu, ericsson ABcamilla rööst, södra innovationPer wiklund, nynas ABAnnika zika-viktorsson, vinnovAingrid jansson, irc secretary, ivA

Places visitedsão Paulo export councilBraskem PvcfiesP – federation of industries of the state of são PauloembraercTA – ieAv (institute for Advanced studies)suzano Papel e celuloseABBceTem – centre for mineral TechnologycoPPe / ufrj (Alberto luiz coimbra institute for graduate studies and research in engineering, federal university of rio de janeiro)inmeTro (national institute of metrology, standardisation, and industrial quality)

OTHER IVA ACTIVITIES13 January: Transport 2030 participated in an opening ceremony for Transport fo-rum 2010 in linköping. Theme: “Transport of the future.” The project presented a vision on the future developed by the project’s work groups. Participants from the project were: chairman ulrika francke, Thyréns (div. iii), elisabeth hörnfeldt, scania, charlotte wäreborn schultz, swedish Public Transport Association, john hultén, swedish road Administration, erica kronhöffer, Posten. moderator: eric Blix.

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29 January: early stage competent capital – Breakfast meeting within the innovation for growth project. opening speaker: johan hernmarck, member of the steering group for innovation for growth project och founder of Provider venture Partners.

1 February: debate on express trains in sweden – seminar within the Transport 2030 project. opening speaker: Arne kaijser, professor kTh, sören Belin, future rail sweden, Per kågeson, Phd environment and energy system analysis. debate with erik g. nilsson, senior advisor, Anders ehrling, former President of sAs sweden and above mentioned opening speaker.

3 February: innovation for growth visited small Business days. ivA’s President Björn o nilsson attended the opening session for innovation for growth, with christina lugnet, director general of swedish Agency for economic and regional growth. innovation for growth arranged two workshops: early stage competent capital and stimulating growth in smes.

11 February: oecd’s innovation strategy – lessons for sverige. Breakfast meeting within the innovation for growth project. At this meeting the oecd’s innovation strategy work was presented by dirk Pilat head of the science & Technology Policy division of oecd directorate for science, innovation & industry. Pontus Braunerhjelm, formerly on the globalisation council, put the strategy in a swedish perspective. moderator: Thomas malmer, Project manager ivA.

25 February: The scorecard.se project held its annual meeting at the gold mou-se gala (guldmusengalan). opening speaker: Björn o. nilsson, President of ivA (div. x), Anne-marie fransson, director iT&Telekomföretagen, kalyan dasgupta, managing consultant lecg ltd, eva listi, cio ericsson, Pontus de laval, cTo saab AB, Anders flodström, university chancellor national swedish Agency for higher education. moderator: magnus höij, editor in chief, internet world.

11 March: Topcycle – a new thermal process for more efficient electricity pro-duction. A seminar within the energy crossroads project in cooperation with the mechanical and electrical engineering divisions. opening speaker: staffan eriksson, Project director energy crossroads ivA, lars strömberg, Adj. profes-sor chalmers university of Technology (div. i), hans levander, euroturbine AB (div. i), michael Barlett, senior r&d engineer vattenfall, carl-johan fogelholm, professor Aalto university, jan-erik ryden, siemens.

24 March: Ambient sweden and Ambient sweden Award. Participants: urban karlström, finansdepartementet, Peder ramel, 3, håkan dahlström, Teliasonera, Tomas franzén, comhem, lars-åke norling, Telenor sweden, erik heilborn, Tdc sverige, staffan Truvé, Ambient sweden, sics, Björn o. nilsson, ivA and lena Treschow Torell, ivA. moderator: karin Adelsköld.

31 March: electricity meters and Business opportunities – a future scenario. A seminar within the energy crossroads project. opening speaker: staffan eriksson, Project director energy crossroads, ivA, gina fontér and maria wiberg, kTh, markus hökfelt, new Business, fortum Power & heat, Patrik nilsson, ceo sust.

22 April: The quality of the forest on the future. A seminar arranged by the royal swedish Academy of Agriculture and forestry (kslA) with ivA. opening spea-ker : åke Barklund, President of kslA, Björn o. nilsson, President of ivA, erik serrano, professor linnaeus university, lars wågberg, professor kTh, Pedro fardim, professor åbo Akademi, lars wilhelmsson, forest director skogforsk, Björn sundberg, professor umeå Plant science center, Pelle gemmel, chief forester scA skog AB.

29 April: cooperation in swedish Transport research. A workshop within the Transport 2030 project in cooperation with the Transport research committee

7 May: how should sweden improve the expert Tax? Breakfast meeting within the innovation for growth project. opening speaker: Anders ekblom, Astra zeneca. Participants: johan sander, deloitte and lennart Tottie, forskarskattenämnden.

12 May: stimulating r&d in smes. Breakfast meeting within the innovation for growth project. opening speaker: Björn o. nilsson, President of ivA, sven-olof lodin, professor, Aud helen Alming, special advisor from the research council of norway.

17 May: concluding conference for mentor4research. The year’s 40 researchers were present to present their research. Presentation of the research scholar-ship. opening speaker: Björn o. nilsson, President of ivA, Babak sadighi, ceo Axiomatics, rolf skoglund, chairman of the Advisory Board. moderator: henrik frenkel.

19 May: sustainable mobility 2030. seminar within the Transport 2030 project. opening speaker: ulrika francke, ceo Thyréns, karin svensson-smith, magnus nilsson, jan-evert rådhström, Anna wärsell, Anders Berntsson, gunnar Ahldén, mats lönnroth, charlotte hansson, jonas sundberg and leif zetterberg.

25 May: sweden’s future – policy for innovation: the red/greens. meeting within the innovation for growth project. opening speaker: Thomas eneroth (social democratic Party), stefan löfven (social democratic Party), Per Bolund (green Party) and kent Persson (left Party). Panel: Pontus Braunerhjelm, ma-naging director, swedish entrepreneurship forum, Pia sandvik wiklund, county councillor jämtland, lars Backsell, chairman recipharm, and gunilla von Platen, entrepreneur and ceo of exzakt kundrelation. moderator: sharon jåma.

27 May: Annual meeting of ivA’s service initiativeofferings where services are combined with projects are a cornerstone of sweden’s knowledge intensive industry.

27 May: sweden’s future – policy for innovation: The alliance. meeting within the innovation for growth project. opening speaker: Tomas Tobé (moderate Party), jöran hägglund (centre Party), Agneta Berliner (liberal Party) and mikael oscarsson (christian democrats). Panel: Pontus Braunerhjelm, managing director, swedish entrepreneurship forum, Pia sandvik wiklund, county councillor jämtland, lars Backsell, chairman recipharm, and gunilla von Platen, entrepreneur and ceo of exzakt kundrelation. moderator: sharon jåma.

31 May: creative research environments – expectations and future visits. workshop and seminar within the research Agenda project opening speaker: Björn o. nilsson, President of ivA, kaianders sempler, journalist ny Teknik, gunnar Törnqvist, professor emeritus lund university, Peter honeth, state secretary ministry of education and research, maureen mckelvey, professor university of gothenburg school of Business, Agneta richter dahlfors, professor karolinska institute, Bengt kasemo, professor chalmers university of Technology, Pontus Braunerhjelm, managing director swedish entrepreneurship forum, Pam fredman, President university of gothenburg, lars rask, exec. dir of swedish foundation for strategic research. moderator: Arne wittlöv.

3 June: innovation for growth – Business Plan sweden. meeting within the innovation for growth project. opening speaker: maud olofsson, minister for enterprise (centre Party), luciano Astudillo, mP (social democratic Party), marcus wallenberg, chairman innovation of innovation for growth, charlie hansson, entrepreneur, kristina Alsér, governor of kronoberg county, Anna-stina normark, President of företagarna, Björn o. nilsson, President of ivA, lars Backsell, innovator/business owner, carola lemne, President Praktikertjänst, Anders ekblom, evP global medicines development Astrazeneca and Alaksan-der zuza, metall.

10 June: The enterprising economy. Breakfast meeting with esbri and the innova-tion for growth project. Amar Bhidé, guest professor at harvard university, summarized the book “The venturesome economy – how innovation sustains Prosperity in a more connected world".

17 June: The will to grow increases in clusters. meeting within the innovation for growth project. opening speaker: Thomas malmer, Project manager ivA, staffan Bjurulf, ola odebäck, ramböll, göran österman, compare, Patrik Bångerius,

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karlstad university, göran carlsson, regional director region dalarna, mats Törnqvist, regional director region gävleborg, göran nilsson, regional coun-cillor region värmland.

22 June: demonstration and test projects. workshop within the Transport 2030 project. opening speaker: jonas sundberg, Project director Transport 2030, christer löfving, swedish Transport Administration, lars källström, Transport matters, helene niklasson, volvo, mats Abrahamsson, linköping university, Patrik wirsenius, södertälje municipality, laurent colpier/niclas wahlberg, volvo, åsa dahl, jernhusen, samuel henningsson, netport. karlshamn, åke lindström, kista science city, mats rosenquist, volvo, inger gustafsson, vinnovA. moderator: lars-göran rosengren, ivA (div. xi).

5 July: innovation for the future. seminar in Almedalen with the innovation for growth project. opening speaker: ewa Björling minister for Trade (moderate Party), luciano Astudillo, mP (social democratic Party), cecilia schelin seidegård, governor of gotland, charlotte Brogren, director general vinnovA, Anders ekblom, evP global medicines development Astra zeneca, lisa lindström, ceo doberman, mathias uhlén, researcher and entrepreneur, Thomas malmer, Project manager ivA and Björn o. nilsson, President of ivA. moderator: sharon jåma.

7 July: sweden’s future – Politics for innovation: The red/greens versus the Alliance. meeting within innovation for growth in Almedalen. opening speaker: Tomas eneroth (social democratic Party), stefan löfven (social democratic Party), Per Bolund (green Party), kent Persson (left Party), Tomas Tobé (mode-rate Party), mikael oscarsson (christian democrats), Agneta Berliner (liberal Party), catrin mattsson (centre Party), Björn o. nilsson, President of ivA, Pontus Braunerhjelm, managing director, swedish entrepreneurship forum swe, charlotte Brogren, director general vinnovA and kristina Alsér, governor of kronoberg county. moderator: sharon jåma.

29 August: Technology and innovation in the future – who will drive technology development? A seminar arranged by ivA and kTh. opening speaker: Björn o. nilsson, President of ivA, robert lyngman, student, Anna Bondesson, ericsson, eva malmström jonsson, deputy President kTh, mats magnusson, director imiT, professor of product innovation technology at kTh.

29 September: sweden-japan energy seminar – choices at the energy crossroad. seminar arranged by ivA in cooperation with the engineering Academy of japan and the svenska embassy in japan. opening speaker: Björn o. nilsson, President of ivA, harry frank, Professor kvA, Peter nygårds, director swedbank, ramon wyss, professor kTh, makoto misono, vice President eAj, Professor emeritus, university of Tokyo, yoichi kaya, eAj; senior vice President, research institute of innovative Technology for the earth (riTe), Professor emeritus, university of Tokyo, michio yamawaki, chair, nuclear engineering Task force, eAj, Professor emeritus, university of Tokyo.

29 September: how will the election result affect sweden’s innovative strength? seminar within the for growth project. opening speaker: Per ödling, secretary to the Academy, ivA, ronlad fagerfjäll, writer, Pontus Braunerhjelm, managing director, swedish entrepreneurship forum, Thomas eneroth, industry policy spokesperson (social democratic Party), Tomas Tobé, industry policy spokes-person (m), ursula Berge, head of social policy ssr, Pj Anders linder, editorial writer svd. moderator: sharon jåma.

6 October: regional leadership for innovation – example: västmanland. workshop within the innovation for growth project. opening speaker: johan carlstedt, Project director ivA, ingemar skogö, governor västmanland county, magnus månson, Planning director länsstyrelsen västmanland county, erik oja, division head, ABB Process Automation, christer gerdtman, ceo motion con-trol, daniel hallencreutz, kontigo AB, göran cars, professor kTh. moderator: Ted fjällman, Project coordinator ivA.

6 October: climate of the future – how well can it be predicted with today’s knowledge and models? seminar arranged by ivA’s energy and environment

council, kvA’s environment committee. opening speaker: lennart Billfalk, chairman ivA’s energy and environment council, lennart Bengtsson, professor university of reading, helge drange, professor university of Bergen, kevin noone, professor stockholm university.

28 October: innovative icT – networking in the Baltic region. royal Technology forum, arranged in cooperation with the swedish institute, si. opening speaker: lena Treschow Torell, chairman of ivA, Annika rembe, director general si, Björn o. nilsson, President of ivA, ene ergma, President of estonian Parliament, cecilia magnusson sjöberg, professor stockholm university, james A wey-henmeyer, senior vice President state university of new york, erwin laure, director kTh, Per Axbom, web strategist.

15 November: sustainable corridors for goods Transport – from vision to demonstration. workshop within the Transport 2030 project. opening speaker: jonas sundberg, ivA, jerker sjögren, ministry of enterprise, kenneth wålberg, swedish Transport Administration, jan Tore Pedersen, marlo As, Björn widell, managing director, kockums industrier, olle huusko, product area head jernhu-sen, lars mårtensson, environment director, volvo Truck corporation, magnus swahn, conlogic.

18 November: dialogue for increased innovative strength. workshop within the innovation for growth project. opening speaker: marcus wallenberg, chairman seB, kristina Alsér, governor kronoberg county.

30 November: The padded danger – how big should business risk be? Breakfast seminar in the innovation for growth project. opening speaker: david eber-hard, chief physician at danderyd hospital, Per grunewald, ceo Pegroco invest AB.

1 December: innovation Procurement inquiry – now is the time to influence the next step! opening speaker: hans jeppson, head of the innovation Procure-ment inquiry, Ann-mari fineman, division head at vinnovA, Arvid söderhäll, Project manager ivA.

6 December: internet of Things – a new sector. workshop within the icT for sweden project. opening speaker: Björn o. nilsson, President of ivA, staffan Truvé, chairman sics, hans hentzell, ceo swedish icT, christer norström, ceo sics, Adam dunkels, Phd sics, Per-åke olsson, ceo viktoria institute, Bo raattamaa, ceo gs1, mikael gidlund, ABB corporate research Automa-tion, claes nycander, vice President Teliasonera, Andreas hessler, vice President ericsson, jonas wallberg, chief strategy officer iTk, vinnovA, mattias o´nils, professor mid sweden university, sensible Things and Per gunningberg, profes-sor uppsala university, wisenet

STEERING COMMITTEES FOR IVA PROJECTS

Agenda for Researchchairman: 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 jubileumsfondPer unckel, governor of stockholm county Anders Broström, Phd Project manager ivA

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Mentor4Researchchairman: rolf skoglund (div. xii) kerstin sirvell (div. x)Annika espanderhans sievertsson (div. x)elisabeth lindner (div. x)jan AnderssonBo möllstamPer-erik sandlundProject manager: Anders gezelius, strategizelena johansson, director general national Board of Trade chairman of the panel: environmental work in the Public sectorProject director: head of Programmes Thomas malmer, ivA

Energy Crossroadschairman: Peter nygårds, director swedbankhelén Biström, vice President vattenfall norden Björn carlsson, Ackkärrs Bruk michael g:son löw, ceo Preem (div. ix)Tomas hallén, Technical director Akademiska hus kjell jansson, managing director swedenergy Thomas korsfeldt, swedish energy Agency erik lautmann, ceo jetpak group (div. vi)Thomas malmer, head of Programmes ivA elisabeth nilsson, ceo jernkontoret (div. v)Birgitta Palmberger, division head swedish energy AgencyProject director: staffan eriksson, ivA

Scorecard.sechairman: director dan jangblad, saabAnders flodström, university chancellor (div. vii)Ann-marie fransson, director iT&Telekomföretagen ABulf wahlberg, vice President ericsson ABjonas wallberg, division head vinnovABjörn o. nilsson, President ivAstaffan eriksson, Project manager ivA

Ambient Swedenchairman: staffan Truvé, sics (div. xii)Peder ramel, ceo Tremarianne Treschow, former director general (div. vii)ulf wahlberg, vice President ericsson ABlars stugemo, ceo hiqösten mäkitalo Phd, kTh (div. xii)Anders Bruse, Teliasoneraceo östen frånberg, ivAProject director: staffan eriksson, ivA

Science and Technology for All, NTABjörn o. nilsson, President ivA (div. x)Professor staffan normark, kvA (div. x)Professor sven-olof holmgren, kvA/nTA developmentAnnabella kraft, södertälje municipalitygillis Persson, nTA Production and service

Innovation for Growthchairman: marcus wallenberg, chairman seB kristina Alsér, governor jönköping countylars Backsell, chairman recipharm AB (div. x)Professor Pontus Braunerhjelm, swedish entrepreneurship forum (div. xi)charlotte Brogren, director general vinnovA (div. xi)Anders ekblom, evP Astrazeneca ABjohan hernmarck, ceo Provider venture Partnerschristina lugnet, director general swedish Agency for economic and regional growth

Annika lundius, vice President confederation of swedish enterprisestefan löfven, chairman if metallBjörn o. nilsson, President ivA (div. x)göran sandberg, executive director knut and Alice wallenberg foundation (div. viii)melker schörling, chairman melker schörling AB

Transport 2030chairman: ulrika francke, ceo Tyréns AB (div. iii)minoo Akhtarzand, governor jönköping countycharlotte Brogren, director general vinnovAstaffan håkanson, swedtrain (div. vi)håkan larsson, chairman schenker ABerik lautmann, ceo jetpak group (div. vi)dan lundvall, director luftfartsverketkent eric lång, ceo mecel ABThomas malmer, Project manager ivAåke niklasson, ceo volvo logistics ABlars-göran rosengren Phd, AB volvo (div. xi)elisabet salander Björklund, ceo Bergvik skog (div. viii)lars stenqvist, senior vice President scania cv ABTorbjörn suneson, strategy director swedish road AdministrationProject manager: jonas sundberg, sweco

Aspects on Energy IIProfessor Bengt kasemo (div. ii) gerd Bergman, head of development nTA Professor eric giertz (div. vi) dick hedberg, Project manager energy committee, kvA director christer sjölin (div. iv) Professor harry frank (div. ii) Project managers: elin vinger and Anna lindberg

The City in Focus ulrika francke, ceo Tyréns AB (div. iii)Professor örjan wikforss, kTh (div. iii)hans wohlin, licentiate of engineering, urban development director stockholm (div. iii)kristina grange Phd, kTh

DISTINCTIONS, SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS

Great Gold Medalsune svanberg received ivA’s great gold medal for his pioneering work in laser spectroscopy and for his ability to turn the results of his research into technical applications of great benefit to society. his research is of the highest international calibre.

Gold MedalProfessor emeritus sven-erik johansson received ivA’s gold medal in 2010 for his unique contribution to the development of accounting in both academia and the business world. one of sven-erik’s most important contributions was raising awareness of the connections between a company’s growth, profitability and financial risk. This has enhanced the discourse, both in industry and in the public debate.

laurent leksell was awarded ivA’s gold medal in 2010 for his contributions as co-founder and principal owner of the medical technology company elektra AB. The company is a world leader in image guided and stereotactic clinical solu-tions for radiosurgery. The technology makes it possible to treat brain tumours and functional diseases with high precision without damaging healthy tissue.

hans rosling, a researcher in international health, received ivA’s gold medal in 2010 for his fundamental and educational achievement in finding a simple way

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to explain global development in the area of health. According to hans rosling, the unusual aspect of his success is that he used animation software developed by his son and daughter-in-law to “amaze the world with the help of statistics that have existed in un publications for years.”

The 2010 Commemorative Booklet honoured The SvedbergTheodor “The” svedberg, swedish chemist and nobel Prize winner, was honoured in ivA’s 2010 commemorative Booklet. The booklet was presented by Professor Björn lindman (div. iv) at the Annual meeting of the Academy on 29 october.

Theodor svedberg came to uppsala university in 1904 intent on studying bo-tany. he soon switched to chemistry and in 1910 he published a paper entitled “About new proof of the existence of molecules.” This was a controversial issue in 1910, but Theodor svedberg was able to present conclusive evidence from his colloid chemistry research. he proved the existence of macromolecules, which laid the foundation for molecular biology.

Over a million for Hans Werthén scholarship recipientsivA distributed sek 1.1 million from the hans werthén foundation in 2010. Twelve young 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.

Chester Carlsson Award for Researchin 2010 chester carlsson Award went to Albert mihranyan, a researcher at the ångström laboratory at uppsala university. Albert mihranyan won the prize for de-veloping a paper-based battery. The battery can help to make electronics less harm-ful to the environment. it may also lead to new products, such as smart packaging.

The award was established in 1985 in memory of chester carlsson, a man of swedish descent who invented the copy machine. The winner is chosen by xerox and ivA.

Stockholm Industry Water Award The 2010 stockholm industry water Award went to the Phnom Penh water supply Authority (PPwsA) in cambodia under the leadership of ek sonn chan. from the jury’s motivation: “working with his colleagues, he succeeded in improving the entire water supply system and introduced cost-effective invoicing and payment methods. ...essentially all of the city’s inhabitants now have access to water.”

The award goes to an enterprise that contributes to sustainable water manage-ment by reducing consumption and environmental impact. The award was es-tablished in 2000 by the stockholm water foundation in cooperation with ivA and the world Business council for sustainable development. it is administered by the stockholm international water institute (siwi).

Ambient Sweden AwardsThe Ambient sweden project, which was concluded in 2010, presented the Am-bient sweden Award on 24 march. The award has three categories and is bestowed upon to people who have helped position sweden as a leading internet nation.

Public sector Profile of the year: danny Aerts, ceo of stiftelsen .se. The award goes to a person who has helped develop easily accessible and effective internet services. danny and .se conduct research and development based on the idea that everyone should have the courage, desire and ability to use the internet.

Private sector Profile of the year: måns Adler, founder of the company Bambu-ser which offers live video streaming to an unlimited audience from a mobile phone or webcam.

education Profile of the year: Anders Andersson, head of the children and youth department in gothenburg city. Anders has been working to ensure that iT is used as a natural tool in schools and preschools.

RESPONSES TO PROPOSALS

ivA’s opinion on the innovation Procurement inquiryThe royal swedish Academy of engineering sciences was given the opportunity to offer its opinion on the innovation Procurement inquiry (sou 2010:56). ivA on the proposal for amendments to the electronic communication Act (ds 2010:19)

The electronic communication Act (lek) is an important instrument to achieve a market and infrastructure in sweden that can effectively promote the effecti-veness and competitiveness of swedish industry.

ivA on the proposal for an increase in organisational freedom in state universities.After the customary proposals and preparations in the government office, daniel Tarschy’s inquiry självständiga lärosäten (independent universities) (sou 2008:104) resulted in Pm (2010-01-18) with a proposal for an increase in the organisational freedom of state universities.

ivA’s opinion on the revisions made by swedish national Agency for education to the technical science curriculum.

The proposed curriculum for technical science for school years 1 – 9 (third version) is a 7-page text divided into three sections: Purpose, main content and knowledge requirement.

ivA’s opinion on strategies for public sector e-administration. (sou 2009:86) The royal swedish Academy of engineering sciences (ivA) has been given the opportunity to express an opinion on the e-delegation report

PUBLICATIONS

IVA-aktuellt 2010in 2010 ten issues of ivA’s news magazine were published. Total distribution was just over 57,340 copies. ivA-aktuellt reaches readers in about thirty 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.

forty percent of the articles are generated directly by ivA’s activities. 78 of ivA’s meetings (Academy, project and Business executives council) have been covered. several members have been interviewed. innovation, entrepreneurship, research and energy have been the topics that been given the most coverage. in total, ivA- aktuellt contained 200 long articles and 232 short paragraphs. The editors have also published around 40 short news articles at iva.se.

As a sub-project of innovation for growth, the editors have followed up 23 compa-nies which in 1997 were chosen as “company of the week” in their respective coun-ties. The results were published in article form on innovation for growth’s website

IVA-M-seriesivA-m 415 innovATioner, enTrePrenörskAP och TillväxT – en kortfattad översikt av kunskapsläget, en rapport från projektet innovation för tillväxt, 2010, 28 pp. (in swedish only)

ivA-m 416 AcT for icT and sweden – scorecArd.se 2009/2010, 2010, 36 pp. (in swedish only).

ivA-m 417 icT for sweden AmBienT sweden – så blir sverige en ledande internetnation, en rapport från projektet Ambient sweden, 2010, 64 pp. (in swedish only).

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ivA-m 418 sTAden i fokus – fysisk samhällsplanering i praktik, utbildning och forskning, 2010, 70 pp. (in swedish only).

ivA-m 419 minnesskrift, A Tribute to the memory of Theodor svedberg (1884–1971), by Professor Björn lindman and Professor lars-olof sundelöf, 2010, 42 pp.

ivA-m 420 hållBAr moBiliTeT 2030. en delrapport från projektet Transport 2030, 2010, 40 pp. (in swedish only).

ivA-m 421 Transportsystem för hållbar utveckling och konkurrenskraft. slutrap-port från projektet Transport 2030, 2010, 40 pp. (in swedish only).

IVA-R-seriesivA-r 468 Att utnyttja elmätar systemens potential – ett steg mot ett energi-effektivare sverige, by gina fontér & maria wiberg, kTh, with support from ivA project energy crossroads, 2010, 24 pp. (in swedish only).

OMBUDSMANcourt marianne eliason, justice of the supreme Administrative

AUDITORSBo svensson, justice of the supreme courtProfessor lars-gunnar mattsson (div. vi)jan larsson, Authorised Public Accountant

AlternatesBertil edlund m.sc.(div. vi)jan Palmqvist, Authorised Public Accountant

IVA’s INVESTMENT COMMITTEEAnne-marie Pålsson (chairman)kerstin hessiusBjörn savénBjörn o. nilssonlotta Thörn

FUNDING FOR IVA’s ACTIVITIESThe Academy receives external funds for specific projects that would not other-wise have been possible 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.

AfAAlectaconfederation of swedish enterpriseerik johan ljungberg’s education fundinnovationsbronluftfartsverketmarcus and Amalia wallenberg foundationministry of enterprise, energy and communicationsmistra – foundation for strategic environmental researchriksbankens jubileumsfondsida – swedish international development cooperation Agencyswedenergyswedish Agency for economic and regional growthswedish council for working life and social researchswedish energy Agencyswedish foundation for strategic researchswedish rail Administrationswedish research council formasswedish road Administration

The knowledge foundation The swedish institutevinnovAångpanneföreningens forskningsstiftelse

IVA's STAFFivA’s offices are located on grev Turegatan in stockholm. here there are several departments that help to run and serve the Academy in various ways. within the offices are ivA’s management group and teams working with project and academy business, communication, finance and hr, property, iT and copying, an editorial office for ivA’s newsletter and ivA’s conference centre.

lena Anderson, economy Assistantcaroline Ankarcrona, Project managerBritta Aulio, conference hostessAnn-margret Back, Assistantsheryhan Benzon, conference hostessmagnus Breidne, head of Programmes (november 2010 and on)Torbjörn Brown, manager ivA’s conference centrejohan carlstedt, Project managerBarbara eriksson, hrstaffan eriksson, Project managerTed fjällman, Project managerlars fog, Property managerAnna-karin friskopps, conference hostessPatric holmström, iT officerkirsti häcki, Project AssistantPer isaksson, information officeringrid jansson, Academy division coordinatorolle johansson, Project coordinatorTeresa jonek, secretary ivA’s div. viiicamilla koebe, communications directormalin kratz, conference hostesshenrik lagerträd, information officerAndreas larsson, conference Technicianniklas lenner, conference hostkenneth leverbeck, editorAnna lindberg, information officerhampus lindh, information officer, Project managerThomas malmer, head of Programmes (until october 2010)Ann-margret malmgren, AssistantBengt mölleryd, Project managerBjörn o. nilsson, Presidentlennart ohlsson, janitorrickard olsson, iT officermarie owe, Assistant to the Presidentjohan Persson, Project managerjoakim rådström, Press officerPär rönnberg, editor-in-chief johan schuber, Project managermarkus strömberg, conference hostulla svantesson, international coordinatoråsa sjöberg, manager ivA’s conference centreArvid söderhäll, Project managermarika Thunberg, office coordinatorlotta Thörn, cfoåsa valadi, secretary ivA westelin vinger, Project managerPer ödling, secretary to the Academy

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ivA management group consists of the President of the Academy and the heads of the Academy’s administrative departments. The management group is responsible for managing the Academy’s activities and programmes in line with the Academy’s goals and objectives.

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 MANAGEMENT GROUPstanding: lars Fog & Björn o. nilsson sitting: lotta thörn, marie owe & Camilla koebemissing: magnus Breidne & Per ödling

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IVA’S cONfERENcE

cENTRERight in the heart of Stockholm...

...you will find IVA’s Conference Centre, which has been appreciated for many years as a centrally located meeting place for businesses, organisations and, of course, IVA’s own meetings.

Our Banquet Hall offers an excellent venue for all types of meetings, din­ners and festivities. The Banquet Hall, which can be divided into 4 rooms, was recently refurbished to restore its original beauty with crystal chandeliers, silk wall coverings and gilding. People have been exchanging ideas here since 1898.

Well­equipped conference rooms overlooking the garden, a professional and service­oriented staff, Restaurant Grodan’s culinary delights and a central location together make this a very attractive and popular meeting place.

We welcome you to one of Stockholm’s leading conference facilities!

facts on IVA’s conference centre

Total of ten conference rooms for 4–175 people. Food provided by the well­known Restaurant Grodan. Around 1,700 meetings a year attended by some

35,000 guests. Five stars from Svenska Möten.

Address: Grev Turegatan 16Telephone: +46 8 791 30 00

Please visit our website:www.ivaskonferens.se

© Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, 2011P.O. Box 5073, SE­102 42 StockholmTfn: + 46 (0)8 791 29 00Fax: +46 (0)8 611 56 23E­mail: info@iva.seWeb: www.iva.se

ISSN: 1100­5645ISBN: 978­91­7082­830­0

project management: Anna Lindberglayout: Pelle Isaksson & Anna Lindbergdesign: Pelle Isakssontexts: Anna Lindberg & Nils Lindstrandtranslation: Diane Högstaprinted by: Edita Västra Aros

photos: Robban Andersson/SCANPIX (p.21), Exray Foto/SIWI (p.44), Johan Hellström (p.33), Mats Högberg (pp.5, 55, 67), Invest Sweden/Andreas Eklund (p.23), Jari Härkönen (p.14), Mats Liliequist (p.31), Lasse Lychnell (pp.48–51), Mattias Pettersson (p.41), Pär Rönnberg (pp.8, 13, 24, 36–39, 42, 43, 45, 46), Torbjörn Zadig (p.56).

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