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