Explore how doctoral internships can drive innovation and collaboration between academia and industry in Sweden.
How can we build stronger, more strategic partnerships between universities and companies? This forum explores the role of structured PhD internships as a key tool for knowledge exchange, innovation, and long-term collaboration.
We bring together stakeholders from academia and industry to share real-world examples, lessons learned, and future opportunities for expanding doctoral internships.
Matchmaking Opportunity
We’ll facilitate matchmaking between PhD students and companies all over Sweden.
Sign up no later than September 23!
Program
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10:00 — 10:10
Welcome and Introduction
- Hela Galvis – Project Manager Switch to Sweden
- Therese Lindqvist – Linköping University and EURAXESS Sweden
- Hela Galvis – Project Manager Switch to Sweden
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10:10 — 11:10
Inspirational Talks on Academia-Industry Collaboration
- Anastasia Varava – Head of Research at SEBx / WARA Media & Language Core Team member
- Patrick Ryden – Director of the Industrial Doctoral School for Research and Innovation, Umeå University
- Mats Kinell, Senior specialist in heat transfer and thermal analysis, and Björn Larsson, Dr. Specialist Vibration – Siemens Energy
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11:10 — 11:45
Panel: PhD students and companies
Reflections on new opportunities for collaborations:
- Claes Lundström – Research Director at Sectra, Adjunct Professor at Linköping University
- Pawel Jerzy Wojcik – Scientist, founder and Managing Director at redox.me
- Bijona Troqe – Doctoral Researcher in the WASP-HS Program and Chairperson of the LiU PhD Board
- Neset Ozeyranoglu – PhD Candidate & Researcher
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11:45 — 12:00
Q&A and lunch!
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Mingle
