The conference will take place digitally on 2 October 2020. Please note that this is a preliminary program and changes might come.
08:45 - 09:00
Get to know the platform, morning e-mingle and registration
09:00 - 09:15
Welcome and introduction
Jacob Wallenberg (Investor AB) Sarah Jack (Stockholm School of Economics)
09:15 - 11:15
Module 1 – Smart global knowledge networks: accelerating innovation in healthcare
Ariel Stern (Harvard Business School): The drivers of innovation among firms and the determinants of how medical technologies are adopted and used in practice. Policy and managerial questions raised by the growth of digital health.
Paul Gardien (Philips): data-driven, human-centric and impactful innovations in health.
Suzanne Brewerton (AstraZeneca): CRISPR technology for genome editing for drug discovery and development. Open innovation, collaborations, challenges, and data privacy.
Maja Fjæstad (Swedish Government): AI-driven healthcare systems - ethics, laws, data, and humans.
Lars Klareskog (Karolinska Institutet): Use of Swedish registers and biobanks to develop precision medicine accessible for patients.
Erik Wetter (Stockholm School of Economics):Knowledge networks in the European Union.
Andreas Hager (Genia, Upstream Dream): Co-production of improved clinical practice and better care at home for persons living with long-term illness by patients, families and professionals.
11:15 - 11:45
Break
11:45 - 14:00
Module 2 – Smart regions: connectedness as a driver of social innovation
Daniel Isenberg (Entrepreneurship Policy Advisors/Babson College): Startup Ecosystems and their impact in cities and regions.
Solomon Darwin (Berkeley): Smart Village Movement and scalability to improve the livelihood in regions.
Anna König Jerlmyr (Mayor of Stockholm): Leading a smart city and the future risks to regional development beyond Stockholm’s scope.
Ludvig Anderberg (Mat.se): Entrepreneurship, sustainability and digitalization - contributions from a food delivery company to the construction of smart cities.
14:00 - 14:30
Break
14:30 - 16:15
Module 3 – Smart organizations: building resilience, readiness and agility
Marco Iansiti (Harvard Business School): Competing in the age of AI - strategy and leadership when algorithms and networks run the world.
Archbishop Antje Jackelén (Swedish Church): Humans and, machines and the ethical implications of AI in organizations and societies.
Jakob Kiefer (ABB): How can an industrial organization build resilience and agility?
Peter Fischer (Swiss Federal IT Steering Unit): Leading business development in Switzerland.
Pia Sandvik (RISE): How to support individuals to gain the knowledge required to turn new technologies into profitable and human solutions?
Antoine Pernet (Pulse Experience): Developing soft skills in employees to build better organizations.
16:15 - 16:50
Closing conversation: what does the future hold?
Marcus Wallenberg (SEB) Caroline Berg (Axel Johnson) Archbishop Antje Jackelén (Swedish Church) Roberto Verganti (Stockholm School of Economics)
16:50 - 17:00
Closing remarks
This conference is organized in collaboration with the Wallenberg Foundations and Digital@Idag, a nation-wide initiative with more than 300 actors and 111 locations and events highlighting digital innovation on 2 October. The conference is also part of the outreach program of the Jacob and Marcus Wallenberg Center for Innovative and Sustainable Business Development, and the Scania Center of Innovation and Operational Excellence, at the SSE House of Innovation. The SSE House of Innovation is co-funded by the Erling Persson Foundation.
