Partnership
Close collaboration with industrial and public stakeholders in the broader Stockholm region—and beyond—is central to Digital Futures’ vision and goals. Achieving societal impact, alongside scientific excellence and education, requires strong partnerships with these stakeholders. To support this, Digital Futures has established the Industrial and Societal Partnership Programme (ISPP), creating a dynamic ecosystem of collaboration.
Through this program, partners find a platform to identify shared technologies and challenges, fostering multi-partner collaborations aligned with academic excellence.
Strategic Collaboration
The Industrial and Societal Partnership Programme (ISPP) at Digital Futures pursues the following goals:
- The formation of an eco-system through which members identify cutting-edge challenges, strategies and approaches regarding digital transformation in their respective domains and their joint context.
- Strategic funding of joint research activities addressing upcoming challenges in industrial and/or societal settings, creating new constellations and consortia among the eco-system while leveraging fundamental and applied research methods.
- The further strengthening of the Stockholm region, the ISPP members and Digital Futures as a world-leading innovation hub in digital transformation.
- The strengthening of ISPP members through continuous exchange with ongoing research activities within Digital Futures, recruiting opportunities for Digital Futures graduates, as well as the participation in thematic workshops, lectures and outreach activities.
Governance and Organization of Industrial and Societal Partnership Programme (ISPP)
If you like to know more about our Partnership Programme, please contact:
James Gross, Professor, Division of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, KTH
Associate Director Partner Programme, Digital Futures
+46 8 790 88 19
jamesgr@kth.se
Our partners say…
The City of Stockholm is constantly developing. We strive for accessibility for all citizens and make sure Stockholm is a sustainable, innovative and versatile city. Every municipality in Sweden has an elected council that collects income tax and provides public services, utilities, housing, and cultural activities.
The City Council of Stockholm is the supreme decision-making body in the municipality. For certain tasks of a fundamentally local character, each county has an elected County Council. The County Council is responsible for healthcare, dental care, public transport, infrastructure and regional development.
”The Stockholm innovationsystem is rising to meet today’s and tomorrow’s challenges through collaboration. As a partner in Digital Futures, the city drives innovation and digital transformation together with the public sector, industry, and academia.”
– Karin Ekdahl Wästberg
Director of innovation, City of Stockholm
Region Stockholm is responsible for healthcare, public transport and regional development in Stockholm County 24 hours a day, seven days a week. We also contribute to cultural life. We have 48,000 employees spanning about one hundred different professions.
When you need medical aid or advice, our health services are always close to hand. Stockholm County’s public transport shall offer extensive coverage, easy access and a sense of security. We contribute to cultural experiences, local associations, sports and popular education for all stages of life and throughout the county.
We are working to make life better for everyone who lives, works or spends time in Stockholm County.
AstraZeneca is a global, science-led biopharmaceutical business, and our innovative medicines are used by millions of patients worldwide.
“Being a part of Digital Futures ecosystem will further facilitate our collaboration with industrial and public stakeholders. This partnership will bring new insights and talents to our digital transformation driving innovation and sustainability in our operations”
– Anders Bergman, Digital Business Transformation Lead at Sweden Operations
Ericsson is one of the leading providers of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to service providers. We enable the full value of connectivity by creating game-changing technology and services that are easy to use, adopt, and scale, making our customers successful in a fully connected world.
“The networks we develop make digitalization possible. To understand the specific requirements of industries and society that will use the network platform for innovative digitalization solutions, we want to work together with ecosystem partners and leading academia. Sweden has a long tradition of successful collaboration between industry and academia, something we want to build on.”
– Magnus Frodigh, Vice President and Head of Ericsson Research
Hitachi Energy is a global technology leader in electrification, powering a sustainable energy future with innovative power grid technologies with digital at the core. Over three billion people depend on our technologies to power their daily lives. With over a century in pioneering mission-critical technologies like high-voltage, transformers, automation, and power electronics, we are addressing the most urgent energy challenge of our time – balancing soaring electricity demand, while decarbonizing the power system.
“We are very excited about our new collaboration with Digital Futures. By combining their innovative research with our extensive technical expertise, we believe we can create improved testing opportunities and contribute to a more electrified and sustainable world”
– Tobias Hansson, Country Managing Director Sweden at Hitachi Energy
Saab serves the global market with world-leading products, services and solutions from military defence in all domains to civil security. Saab’s market offering is broad and consists of complex systems involving extensive research and development as well as services with a high degree of repetition. With operations on every continent, Saab continuously develops, adapts and improves new technology to meet customers’ changing needs.
“As the world becomes more uncertain and the rate of technological change speeds up, Saab needs to keep innovating to renew business. I am looking forward to this new partnership with Digital Futures. Research collaboration is important for us to satisfy our customers’ future needs in the best possible way”
– Petter Bedoire, Chief Technology Officer at Saab
Scania is a world-leading provider of transport solutions with 50,000 employees in about 100 countries. Together with our partners and customers, we are driving the shift towards a sustainable transport system.
“Through Digital Futures, we collaborate with digital transformation leaders and learn from each other in applied research and development projects of mutual benefit to multiple partners. The exchange of ideas and co-operation in research with external partners and academia are also essential for us to be an attractive employer of talent in the Stockholm area.”
– Johan Ragnevad, Senior Manager Technology Strategy of Connected Systems at Scania and member of the Digital Futures Industrial & Societal Board
Skanska is one of the largest Swedish construction companies, with thousands of projects every year. We build for a better society and aim to be a leader in sustainable solutions, quality, safety and ethics.
“To be a partner of Digital Future gives us at Skanska the possibility to exchange ideas, share new perspectives and test innovative solutions in close collaboration with the academia, the public sector and other business actors. What we build will bring value to society long after our lifetime. Therefore, it’s necessary for us, together with others, to develop innovation for sustainability”
– Lars Jonson, Business Development Director, Skanska
Xylem is a leading water technology company committed to “solving water” by creating innovative and smart technology solutions to meet the world’s water, wastewater and energy needs. In a world of ever-growing challenges, Xylem delivers innovative water technology solutions throughout the cycle of water.
“Water is essential to life, and at Xylem, we’re committed to solving the world’s most critical water challenges. We transport, treat, and test water to ensure its quality. Innovation and research are critical to our success, which is why we are proud to be part of an eco-system such as Digital Futures”
– Ulf Carlsson, Director Innovation & Predevelopment at Xylem Water Infrastructure
Partner Research projects
The Partner research projects aim to strengthen collaborative research among Digital Futures, strategic industry and societal partners and foster knowledge transfer. The ambition is to generate societal impact – by addressing different challenges.
Partner Postdoc projects
Industrial Innovation Projects and Societal Innovation Projects are the main instrument within the Industrial and Societal Partnership Program (ISPP) of Digital Futures to foster research collaboration and impact within the Digital Futures eco-system.
Industrial Innovation projects
The Industrial Innovation Projects are 3-year projects aiming at strengthening collaborative research among Digital Futures and strategic industry partners and fostering industrial transfer.
Societal Innovation projects
One ambition of Digital Futures is to generate societal impact, and here with the focus on the broader area of Stockholm, to work together with public stakeholders like the City of Stockholm and Region Stockholm.
