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Internship for young people - watch the new movie from IVA's project Teknikspranget.
Competence is crucial for the competitiveness of Sweden. Teknikspranget ("Technology leap") make more young people choose a higher technical education, by offering them an internship as an enginerr.
In recent years the Chinese research and development output has increased immensely. This is especially noticeable in the hard sciences such as physics, chemistry and maths. The priority sectors for research and development included in the 13th five-year plan (2016-2020) emphasises the role of technological innovation in the innovation-driven development strategy. Therefore, the need to invest in basic research and develop key technologies has become a priority.
The CRISPR-Cas9-gene editing concept, devised 2012 by Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna, is considered to be one of the most valuable inventions in molecular bioscience.
IVA is turning 100 in 2019 and our anniversary celebration will focus on the future.
IVA is the world’s oldest academy of engineering sciences and will turn 100 in 2019. Thoughout these 100 years we have been making a difference. We have impacted societal development, provided a pool of knowledge and offered a meetingplace for representatives from academia, the private sector and the political sphere. IVA is an independent academy whose mission is to promote the engineering and economic sciences and the advancement of business and industry for the benefit of society.
The election and Almedalen Week are approaching Almedalen is a unique meetingplace for debate on important issues for Swedish society which Sweden’s next government will have to address. IVA is focusing on a number of issues that are crucial for our future competitiveness and welfare: digitalisation, sustainability and knowledge. In Almedalen we will present research-based analysis as a basis for policy proposals and solutions.
