This first day of the Winter Conference is an information day for new PhD students and their supervisors.

All the presentations from January 14, open or download pdf: 14 January Presentations – Winter Conference 2025


11:00 Registration opens
Room: Foajén Louis de Geer

11:30 Lunch
Room: Bistro

12:30 Introduction to WASP
Room: Hemerycksalen
Chair: Amy Loutfi, WASP Program Director

  • Karl-Erik Årzén, Co-director for research program coordination
  • Bo Wahlberg, Chair International Management Group
  • Fredrik Heintz, Director WASP Graduate School

13:15 Introduction to WASP Graduate School
Room: Hemerycksalen
Chair: Fredrik Heintz, Director WASP Graduate School

13:50 Parallel session: Student networking according to WASP research areas (students only)
Room: Trozelligalleriet

13:50 Parallel session: Discussion for supervisors
Room: Hemerycksalen
Chair: Fredrik Heintz, Director WASP Graduate School, Daniel Axehill, Director WASP Graduate School, and Niclas Fock, WARA director

14:30 Coffee break
Room: Trozelligalleriet

14:55 Presentation on WASP courses and activities
Room: Hemerycksalen
Chair: Daniel Axehill, Director WASP Graduate School

  • Meaza Eshetu Abebe, WASP Program Office
  • Paul Townend, Associate professor, Umeå University

15:35 Communication in WASP
Room: Hemerycksalen
Natalie Pintar, Head of Communications, WASP

15:55 How will you plan your time in WASP?
Room: Trozelligalleriet
Chair: Graduate School Management Group (GSM)

16:35 Meet the Alumni
Room: Hemerycksalen
Chair: Fredrik Heintz, Director WASP Graduate School

  • Georg Bökman, Project assistant, Chalmers University of Technology
  • Diarmuid Corcoran, Software Expert, Generative AI Technical Lead, Ericsson Networks
  • Matthias Mayr, Senior Robotics Software Engineer, Freelancer
  • César Soto Valero, Data Scientist, SEB

17:15 End of day

18:00 Evening program
Dinner at Bistro, Louis de Geer and exhibition/dome show at Visualiseringscenter C
Host: Amy Loutfi, WASP Program Director