Dear colleague,

On behalf of the IEEE Sweden VT/COM/IT Chapter we would like to invite you to the IEEE industry seminar by Dr. Mats Nordlund.

Title: Maintaining Innovation Leadership in the era of rapidly emerging AI

Time: 13:00-13:45 CEST Mar 12, 2024

On site: Conf Room LN 01 05 5402, Lindholmspiren 11, 417 56, Göteborg, Sweden

Online registration link: Webinar registration | Microsoft Teams

Local host:  Jingya Li, jingya.li@ericsson.com

Abstract: The rapid evolution of Artificial Intelligence (AI) poses many challenges as it is reshaping the competitive dynamics across industries in Sweden and around the world. The talk aims to provide insights into how companies and other stakeholders in Sweden can continue their legacy of innovation leadership by adapting strategy and leveraging new resources such as AI Sweden.

Biography: Mats Nordlund (mats.nordlund@ai.se) has spent most of his career in the industry, first as director of technology strategy and technology acquisition at Saab Group, and later 12 years as VP of R&D for Emerson Process Management – Level and Marine. He has a background from MIT where he after his graduate studies started the SDM program. During 2012-15 he was the Vice President of research programs at Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) – a new state-of-the-art university that was started in collaboration with MIT. Back in Sweden, he joined Zenseact (formerly Zenuity) as head of research and special projects. In this position, he conceived and defined AI Sweden (www.ai.se) – the national Swedish AI center. This was done in close collaboration with the Government and Industry partners. Dr. Nordlund is currently on leave from Zenseact and holds the position of Director of AI Labs at AI Sweden.

Welcome!

Best regards,

Jingya Li, Vice Chair IEEE Sweden VT/COM/IT Chapter