
Future Digileaders ’23
Future Digileaders is a yearly event organised by Digital Futures, for selected early career researchers interested in the broad area of digitalization who identify as women or are non-binary. This hybrid event consists of a career workshop with talks, panels, and sincere discussions. We cover professional development and provide opportunities to meet inspiring role models and network with each other.
PROGRAM
12:00 – 13:00 LUNCH & Speed mingling
13:00 Welcome & introductory words
13:15 Keynote talk: to be announced
13:55 BREAK
14:00 Panel A: What does it mean to be a digital leader? How to become a digital leader?
Moderator: to be announced
Panellists:
- Sara Mazur, Chair of the Board at WASP – Wallenberg AI, Autonomous Systems and Software Program
- Åsa Zetterberg, Managing Director of TechSverige, Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA)
15:50 Activity A: Mentorship Speed Dating
16:20 BREAK
16:30 Panel B: How can we work with inclusion and diversity in academia and industry (workplace)? Can AI help to support inclusion and diversity in academia and industry?
Moderator: to be announced
Panellists:
- Melinda From, Head of Unit at Inclusive System Innovation
- Ericka Johnson, Professor in Technology and social change at Linköping university
- Helen Petrie, Professor Emeritus of Human-Computer Interaction in Computer Science at York University
17:30 Activity B: Reflection and takeaway
18:00 Networking
End of day
The event is a part of Digitalize in Stockholm, an annual conference and meeting place for global thought leaders and rising stars engaged in transformation through digitalization in academia, industry, government, and civil society.
After these events, we expect that the Future Digileaders will:
- gain insights into the joys and struggles of becoming and being faculty and awareness of a broad range of career paths and strategies one can choose from
- have shaped values and practices that should be promoted in a good research environment
- establish new connections to research and industry leaders and a network of international peers
- understand the potential of digitalization research in a broader societal context, a peek into different areas of digitalization research, and knowledge about state-of-the-art research challenges and advancements.
Organising Committee
Chair: Qianwen Xu, KTH, qianwenx@kth.se
György Dán, KTH, gyuri@kth.se
Jelena Zdravkovic, Stockholm University, jelenaz@dsv.su.se
Johanna Gavefalk, Digital Futures, jgav@kth.se
Liane Colonna, Stockholm University, Liane.Colonna@juridicum.su.se
Sanna Kuoppamäki, KTH, sannaku@kth.se
Sepideh Pashami, RISE, sepideh.pashami@ri.se
Sissi Rizko, Digital Futures, rizko@kth.se
Therese Balksjö, RISE, therese.balksjo@ri.se
Tobias Oechtering, KTH, oech@kth.se
Wouter Metsola van der Wijngaart, KTH, wouter@kth.se
Contact: qianwenx@kth.se
Links from previous years:
Article – Future Digileaders 18 Oct 2022
Article – Future Digileaders 19 Oct 2021