17 March – Luleå

Creaternity Impact Gala Day

IVA Vetenskapens hus, Luleå

(Note: No study visits in the morning as previously announced.)

11.30-12.45 Mingle lunch

12.45 Welcome by the Board of Creaternity: Lena Abrahamsson, Roland Larsson and Anna Öhrwall Rönnbäck. Moderator: Thomas de Ming, Creative Leader.

• Mattias Lindahl, guest professor, Linköping University: "What is circular economy and what impact will it have on industry and the public sector?"

13.00 Sustainability work in applied industrial research and the public sector

• Vinit Parida, professor in Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Luleå University of Technology
• Klas Cullbrand, Re:source, Net Zero Industry – Impact Innovation
  
• Kairi Pääsuke, strategist, Region Norrbotten
• Martin Karlsson, consultant, previously at Northvolt: “What happens to the need for skills when we see cutbacks and discontinued investments in the transition?"

In dialogue with Anna Öhrwall Rönnbäck, steering group of Net Zero Industry, and Victoria van Camp, board professional, specialised on circular economy and Associate Professor at Luleå University of Technology.

14.00 The doctoral students in Creaternity present their projects

• Marina Corvo Alguacil
• Ayanne De Oliveira Maciel
• Mohamed Elnourani
• Sepideh Gholizadeh Khasevani
• Paul Gruber
• Mushfiq Hasan
• Simon Johnsson
• Marnell Kirsten
  
• Stephanie Rusch Fehrmann

14.30 Keynote: Claes Seldeby, CEO, Ahlsell: "Net Zero by 2045"

15.00 Greenably: Regional growth through sustainable transformation

• Erik Nyberg, Senior Lecturer, Machine Elements

15.15 Fika

15.40 Thematic roundtable talks

• The Electric Motor (Roland Larsson, professor of Machine Elements, Scientific Leader of Creaternity)
• Cutting Tools (Phillip Tretten, associated professor in Human Work Science; Mohamed Elnourani, Doctoral Student in Product Innovation)
• Construction (Martin Nilsson, associate professor in Structural Engineering)
• Mining industry: future working environment (Joel Lööw, Associate Senior Lecturer in Human Work Science; Magnus Nygren, senior lecturer in Human Work Science; Kristina Johansson, Associate Professor in Human Work Science)
• Reindustrialisation of Pajala (Peter Waara, guest professor in Human Work Science)
  
• Water and wastewater systems that are decentralized and sustainable (Inga Herrmann, associate professor of Water and Wastewater Engineering)

16.45 Closure

18.30 Gala dinner and award ceremony at Vetenskapens hus, Luleå

Dress code: Business casual

18.30 Aperitif and mingle musical entertainment with singer Rickard Arnberg and guitarist Per Ödberg

19.00 Dinner with local delicacies from Unik and visit by “Snapsakademien” (the University male choir)

Creaternity Awards

The bar opens at the closure of the dinner (aound 21.00). Again welcome, and enjoy!