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IVA's President: some thoughts on AI

When the 2025 edition of the Global AI Index is released after the summer, I hope Sweden will have made a significant climb from last year’s ranking of 25th. The United States topped the list in 2024 (no surprise there), followed by China.

Words from the President
Published: 20 May 2025Last Updated: 23 June 2025
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IVA's President: some thoughts on China

While Europe is fully preoccupied with President Trump’s various initiatives, a very deliberate movement is under way in another corner of the world—namely, China’s scientific and technological advancement.

Words from the President
Published: 22 April 2025Last Updated: 25 June 2025
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Third Swede in space important door opener

IVA member Anna Rathsman is present when Marcus Wandt takes off from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida on Wednesday to become Sweden's third astronaut in space. In her role as Director General of the Swedish National Space Agency, Anna Rathsman has been the spider in the web to make everything work. The mission could be a door opener for tomorrow's engineers and space researchers.

Spotlight articles
Published: 16 January 2024Last Updated: 27 November 2024
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IVA gets a boost with 40 new Fellows – here is the list

A further 40 prominent researchers and experts from the business and public sector were today elected as new Fellows of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA). They all possess leading expertise in the fields of technology, economics and business.

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Published: 07 December 2023Last Updated: 07 December 2023

Anne L'Huillier, Gerteric Lindquist, Bo Normark and Xiaodong Zou are awarded IVA's Gold Medals 2024

The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA) awards this year's gold medals to Anne L'Huillier, Gerteric Lindquist, Bo Normark and Xiaodong Zou. They receive the award for their outstanding contributions to technology, economics, business and society. IVA's Gold Medal has been awarded since 1921.

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Published: 10 September 2024Last Updated: 11 September 2024

IVA’s Gold medallists 2023

The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA) awards Håkan Samuelsson, Anders Blom, Annica Bresky and Anna Wedell with gold medals. They receive the award for their outstanding achievements in technology, economics, business and society. IVA's Gold Medal has been awarded since 1921.

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Published: 26 September 2023Last Updated: 26 September 2023

IVA spotlight on: EU's goals for critical metals and minerals

Last week, the European Parliament and the European Council agreed to pass the Critical Raw Materials Act, the EU's plan to secure the future supply of critical raw materials. This includes rare metals that could be crucial for Sweden's and the EU's ability to keep up with the green and digital transition. Researcher and IVA member Magnus Ericsson is one of the initiators of IVA's ongoing project 'Roadmap for Metals and Minerals,' which aims to provide answers on how the goals in the EU's plan can be achieved.

Spotlight articles
Published: 20 November 2023Last Updated: 06 December 2024

Report: Challenges for meeting increased demand for metals and minerals

Observations about conditions and challenges, as well as measures required to ensure access to metals and minerals to cope with the transition to a fossil-free society. One conclusion is that the demand for metals and minerals will increase sharply, and that Sweden and the Swedish mining cluster play an important role in meeting the needs.

Published: 12 February 2024Last Updated: 05 July 2024

Call for proposals for IVA's 100 list 2024

Research should benefit business and society. This is the background to IVA's 100 list, which highlights current and promising research projects. We are now looking for candidates for the 2024 100 list, the sixth in a row. The theme is innovation through interdisciplinarity.

Published: 16 May 2024Last Updated: 23 January 2026

Sylvia Schwaag Serger new president of IVA

Today, the Assembly of the Academy decided to appoint Sylvia Schwaag Serger as the new president of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA). Sylvia Schwaag Serger is a professor at the School of Economics, University of Lund, and since 2019 an elected fellow of IVA's Division Education and Research Policy.

Articles
Published: 03 June 2024Last Updated: 03 June 2024
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Moore’s Law – the key to a sustainable Sweden?

A vision of art, design and the humanities as the Nordic region’s next competitive advantage. Essay written for IVA as part of Swedish Futures - a vision for Sweden as a country of technology and innovation by 2035 - by IVA Fellows Martin Nilsson Jacobi and Anna Valtonen.

Published: 04 May 2026Last Updated: 01 June 2026
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IVA Business Executives Council| Summer Session 2026

Published: 20 April 2026Last Updated: 20 April 2026

Entreprenörer behöver ingenjörer

Published: 16 April 2025Last Updated: 16 April 2025
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Entrepreneurship Summit 2025

Published: 13 May 2025Last Updated: 13 May 2025
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Skogsnäringens roll i Sveriges försörjningsberedskap

Hur viktig är skogsnäringen för Sveriges krisberedskap och försörjningsförmåga? I detta seminarium diskuterar vi sektorns betydelse för energi, livsmedel och vård – och varför den idag inte ingår i den nationella beredskapsstrukturen.

Published: 26 February 2025Last Updated: 26 February 2025
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Växtnäring i fokus: Hur säkrar vi Sveriges livsmedelsförsörjning?

Förmågan att snabbt ställa om och innovera är helt avgörande för vår möjlighet att hantera det geopolitiska läget och bygga ett resilient Sverige. IVA-seminarium som i ett brett perspektiv belyser svensk växtnäringsförsörjning

Published: 18 February 2025Last Updated: 18 February 2025

Seminarium: Kvalitet - en svensk paradgren?

Excellens nämns allt oftare som en nyckel till svensk konkurrenskraft, men vad betyder det? Är excellens bara ett nytt sätt att benämna kvalitet, eller är de två begreppen förutsättningar för varandra? Och framför allt: hur står sig Sverige idag i internationell jämförelse – är vår kvalitetsstämpel intakt eller krävs nya insikter och insatser?

Published: 27 June 2025Last Updated: 27 June 2025
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Seminarium: Så stärker vi Sveriges digitala infrastruktur

Den digitala infrastrukturen är central för både befintliga verksamheter och för att utveckla nya. I takt med att fler samhällsfunktioner och tjänster blir digitaliserade, ökar beroendet av en resilient digital infrastruktur. Vi presenterar resultat och rekommendationer från IVAs projekt Resilient Digital Infrastruktur.

Published: 30 June 2025Last Updated: 30 June 2025
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Seminarium: Internationella organisationer – viktigare än någonsin

Att samarbeta internationellt är viktigare än någonsin, men gör vi det i tillräckligt stor utsträckning? Hur ser det internationella samarbetet ut, vilken roll har samarbetsorganisationerna och hur kan samarbetet utvecklas för att bli effektivare och nå större genomslag?

Events
Published: 13 June 2025Last Updated: 13 June 2025
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Seminarium: AI i svensk industri - för ökad produktivitet och konkurrenskraft

Hur driver svenska företag produktivitet med hjälp av digitalisering och AI – och hur står de sig på området i global jämförelse? Vi tar del av och diskuterar konkreta exempel från svensk industri, på World of Volvo i Göteborg eller digitalt.

Published: 25 March 2025Last Updated: 25 March 2025
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