Collaborate to compete: Sustainable production

On this day we want to highlight the utilisation of research excellence within sustainable production that takes place through important platforms for collaboration between academia and industry: 

• Competence centres linked to the Production Area of Advance. 
  – Centre Chemical Process Engineering
  – Swedish Life Cycle Center
  – Wingquist Laboratory
  – Centre for Additive Manufacture Metal
  – Competence Centre Recycling
  – Centre for Metal Cutting Research
• Lund University’s Division of Production and Materials Technology, which is a part of the Production Area of Advance.

By working together, we achieve greater success! 

Keynote speakers

Susanne (Sanne) Ollila is professor in Technology Management at Chalmers. Her research is about collaboration between different types of organizations, with a specific focus on collaboration between individuals who represent these organizations. She has written a number of articles based on different perspectives on this theme. The most recent papers are "Political behavior in collaborative innovation spaces: outlining triggers, behaviors and shaping mechanisms" and forthcoming “In-between spaces for collaborative innovation elucidating interrelated relational spaces”.

Frances Sprei is professor at Physical Resource Theory at Chalmers. She is also chairman of the research council for Västra Götaland's climate transition and a former member of the City of Gothenburg's climate council. Frances is a well-known voice in the climate debate and currently in focus as expert in Sweden’s first national citizens’ assembly on climate. In June 2023, she participated in a national climate summit convened by the government. Read a short interview with Frances Sprei on LinkedIn.

Maria Bernander is a research strategist at Volvo Cars working at Material Engineering Centre. She is also the vice chair of the Strategic Knowledge and Research Committee working with central research questions at Engineering. She works with all fields in relation to long-term strategic knowledge and research, relating to the Volvo PhD programme, the technical specialist community and long-term research strategies. She holds a PhD in Chemistry with focus on inorganic chemistry, relating to aspects of environmental chemistry. She joined Volvo Cars in 2014 and has been working in the material and environmental field ever since. She has held different position working with interior air quality, environmental aspects of materials and sustainable materials. She has also worked as a technical expert focusing on occupant health effects.

Talks

• Navigating the relational space of university - industry collaboration
  – Keynote Susanne Ollila, Chalmers
  
  
• Sustainable production for achieving climate goals
  – Keynote Frances Sprei, Chalmers
  
  
• The importance of collaboration between industry and academia
  – Keynote Maria Bernander, Volvo Cars
  
  
• Where Industry and Academia Meet for Chemical Engineering's Future
  – Centre Chemical Process Engineering: Ronnie Andersson, Chalmers and Oleg Pajalic, Perstorp 
  
  
• Credible and applied life cycle thinking - key to a sustainable future
  – Swedish Life Cycle Center: Maria Rydberg, Chalmers and Susan Ilijefski Janols, Essity
  
  
• Model for Research and Industrial Implementation – 20 years of successful collaboration
  – Wingquist Laboratory: Rikard Söderberg, Chalmers and Johan Stabeck, Volvo Cars
  
  
• Material and process development for powder-based metal AM: co-creation with industry – key to success
  – Centre for Additive Manufacture Metal: Eduard Hrya, Chalmers and Sven Bengtsson, Höganäs 
  
  
• Fostering Collaboration for Sustainable Material Ecosystem
  – Competence Centre Recycling: Christian Ekberg, Chalmers
  
  
• Transitioning to fossil-free production: the role of metalworking fluids
  - Centre for Metal Cutting Research: Peter Krajnik, Chalmers
  
  
• Synergetic collaboration for holistic knowledge development - accelerating process and material selection
  – Lund University’s Division of Production and Materials Technology: Christina Windmark and Filip Lenrick, LTH and Lena Magnusson Åberg, Volvo Lastvagnar.

Moderator

The day is moderated by Jon Bokrantz, research specialist at the Department of Industrial and Materials Science at Chalmers University of Technology. Jon has extensive experience in industry and academia collaborations targeting the role of maintenance in enabling sustainable production, for example in industrial sectors such as automotive, battery, aerospace, energy, paper, and petroleum. Read a short interview with Jon Bokrantz on LinkedIn. 

Welcome to an inspiring day on sustainability and collaboration, with success stories on how we make it happen!

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