Fraunhofer-Chalmers Centre's Jubilee Conference

A Celebration of a Successful German-Swedish Cooperation for Innovation!

How can modelling and simulation help your business innovate even faster and increase your production efficiency?

The German Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft is one of the world's largest research organizations and it is engaged in innovation cooperation in several countries, including with Chalmers in Sweden. The Fraunhofer-Chalmers Research Centre for Industrial Mathematics (FCC) in Gothenburg was founded by Chalmers and Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft to undertake and promote mathematical research to the benefits of industry, commerce, and public institutions. FCC has now become a permanent unit within Fraunhofer and we are taking the next step in our business development. This we would like to celebrate together with you.

Since FCC started in Sweden in 2001, it has conducted more than 500 industrial research projects and collaborated with nearly 200 companies. The clients, both small and large companies, come from all kinds of industry sectors such as the engineering and automotive industry, pharmaceutical, paper and packaging, electronics, energy as well as information- and communication technology.

Within the framework of the innovation platform German Swedish Tech Forum, we invite the Swedish and German industry to discuss how companies can accelerate their development and create more efficient production in the smart factories of the future.

We look forward to seeing you in Gothenburg on 29 May!

Johan S. Carlson
Director Fraunhofer-Chalmers Centre

Ralph-Georg Tischer
CEO German-Swedish Chamber of Commerce

Programme

Moderation by Cecilia Warrol, Programme Director, Production 2030

09:30	Registration and Coffee
10:00	Welcome and Introduction Rikard Söderberg, Chairman Fraunhofer-Chalmers Centre
10:10	Swedish-German Research and Innovation Cooperation Anna Storm, Board Member, German-Swedish Chamber of Commerce (Managing Director, Volvo Car Retail Solutions AB) Marco Siebert, Director International Relations, Deutsche Messe AG
10:50	Fraunhofer and Chalmers - an Excellent Example on Swedish-German Innovation Partnership Frank Treppe, Division Director of Corporate Strategy and International Affairs, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Stefan Bengtsson, President & CEO Chalmers University of Technology
11:30	FCC and Mathematics - a Leading Edge in Industrial Digitalization
	Johan S. Carlson, Director Fraunhofer-Chalmers Centre
12:00	Lunch
13:00	Industrial Challenges in Digitalization and Related FCC Achievements
	Innovative Simulation of Papers: Anders Brolin, Director, Innovation Management Stora Enso AB
	Digitalization in Built Environment: Christina Claeson-Jonsson, Director Research and Development NCC AB
	Integration of Flexible Parts Simulation into the Automotive Development Process: Nicolas Hofheinz, Innovations Vehicle and Production Integration BMW AG
	The Digital Factory: Lars-Henrik Jörnving, Vice President Scania
14:40	Strategic Innovation Programme - Production 2030
	Cecilia Warrol, Programme Director Production 2030
15:00	Closing Remarks Rikard Söderberg, Chairman Fraunhofer-Chalmers Centre
15:05	Get-together and Coffee

For whom
The jubilee is firstly for you who work with manufacturing, R&D, innovations, finance, investments, academia and media but even other fields and branches are welcome. If you have any questions please contact Sophia Loader.

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