1. KTH Research and Collaboration Björn Birgisson, Vice President for Research Competing Orders in Functional Materials Joint KTH-Los Alamos Workshop 2013-06-03

2. Processes to support and effective and efficient research environment Created new platforms in key technology areas New organization and business models ”Horizontal” information, S&T clusers, distributed production of research Strong collaboration and competition, address multi- stakeholders and responsible development Reward quality RAE every four years (2008 and 2012) Culture of ”Continuous Improvement!” through links to resource allocation system Introduced evaluation of Economic and Social Impact of research KTH is the first university in Sweden to introduce a new comprehensive process for ”measuring” and describing the wider impact of research 2

3. Research Platforms at KTH In the service of humanity, for the society of tomorrow

4. The platforms KTH Royal Institute of Technology www.kth.se KTH Materials Transport Energy ICT Medical and Biomedical Technology

5. KTH Transport Platform Strategy Mission ”Reason for being” Effective and efficient vehicle for delivering innovation oriented multidisciplinary research – under a multi-stakeholder partnership – servicing the society of tomorrow

6. Strategic Research Areas at KTH In June 2009, KTH was awarded 240 Mkr/year from the Strategic Research Call run by the Swedish government KTH will take part in 11 strategic research programmes Five of these programmes will be managed by KTH 1.ICT – the Next Generation 2.Biotech: Science for Life Laboratory 3.Transport: TrenOp 4.E-Science: Swedish E-Science Centre 5.Production Engineering: XPRESS In additon KTH will play a substantial role in: 1.Energy: StandUp in partnership with Uppsala University

7. KTH ICT Research Platform Prof Carl Gustaf Jansson, ICT Research Platform Coordinator

8. 8 ICT at KTH A substantial part of KTH (1/4-1/3) 3 schools 30 Research Groups 15 Research Centers A strong Research environment 90 professor 4 ERC grants Annual turnover 95 M Euro External funding 40 M Euro An international Education environment 430 Post graduate students 1500 Master students An already working local Innovation system KTH Innovation The Innovation Office Stockholm Innovation & Growth (STING) Good collaboration with Research institutes and a strong Industrial environment SICS, ACREO and FOI Kista Science City with large companies like Ericsson and many SMEs, 500 ICT companies and 20.000 employees locally

9. EIT ICT Labs KTH Rektor Peter Gudmundson www.kth.se2015-09-02

10. KTH Energy Research Platform A new tool for cross disciplinary education, research and innovation In service for a sustainable society Prof Ramon Wyss, Energy Platform Coordinator

11. KTH energy research fields of strength Fundamental Research Nuclear energy; Fluid mechanics; nano materials; heat transfer; fusion plasma physics Fundamental Research Nuclear energy; Fluid mechanics; nano materials; heat transfer; fusion plasma physics Processes and Devices turbines, thermo chemical conversion of biomass, heterogeneous catalysis, fuel cells, heat pumps, solar cells, energy storage, power transformers, carbon capture and storage, Integration of Technical Systems poly generation, hybrid electrical vehicles, electrical grid, wind park design, automotive pollution control Integration of Technical Systems poly generation, hybrid electrical vehicles, electrical grid, wind park design, automotive pollution control The societal embedding of energy systems transportation systems and intelligent cities, industrial processes, environmental studies of energy systems, energy policy, climate studies risk, safety and security The societal embedding of energy systems transportation systems and intelligent cities, industrial processes, environmental studies of energy systems, energy policy, climate studies risk, safety and security

12. EIT InnoEnergy 12 11 companies, 10 research institutes, 14 universities 31 % industry partners 50 % of key research players in Europe Covering the entire energy mix Knowledge triangle balanced along all dimensions Strong connection with venture capitalists and local government 2010-04-14KTH Royal Institute of Technology www.kth.se

13. The transport system

14. Materials Research at KTH

15. History Soft materials Metallic engineering materials Electronic and photonic materials Industrial sectors for a Swedish Technical University

16. History Long tradition of Material Science at KTH -KTH has over 50% of the Swedish research in fiber and polymer science -KTH is the largest centre in Sweden for Engineering Materials -KTH is a national hub for electronic and photonic materials There are a very large number of centers of excellence in these fields

17. Structure of Material Research Basic science Material research Techn. Develop. Materials core: Polymer, Steel, semiconductor materials, etc Physics, Chemistry Comp. Deve. Construction

18. Materials – New (Inter)National Tools MAX-IV and ESS

19. Life Science Technologies at KTH = Medical Technology + Biotechnology + Pharma Wouter van der Wijngaart www.kth.se/lifescience

20. The academic landscape in the Stockholm-Uppsala area The Stockholm – Uppsala area is Swedens strongest in the biomedical and biotechnology field

21. KTH is a Life Science Technologies University Transport 64 research teams 15-20% of KTH Life Science Technologies

22. The MBM Platform is a vehicle to support Life Science Technology research at KTH The official platform role is outlined in the ”Terms of Reference” document a support organisation deals with ”across- school” issues promotes YOUR research externally, increasing funding and citations organises frameworks for collaborations with external partners a meeting place within KTH a single point of entry for externals and internals provides opportunities for synergistic actions

23. Life Science Technologies research at KTH has six focus areas Bioimaging Biomolecular tools & biomaterials Infrastructure in health Mathematical and computational sciences Medical devices Fundamental research in life science KTH Life Science Technologies

24. Current KTH flagships in the MedBioMed area Science for Life Lab (KTH + Karolinska Institute + Stockholm university + Uppsala University): Services, technology and teaching in genomics, proteomics, comparative genetics and bioimaging and functional biology Stockholm Brain Institute (KTH + Karolinska Institute + Stockholm university): systems neurobiology approach to higher brain functions Centre for Medicine in Technology and Health (KTH + Karolinska Institute + Stockholm County Council): to create and constitute a leading medical device research and development environment SeRC - the Swedish e-science Research Centre (KTH, SU, LiU and KI) around the two largest high-performance computing (HPC) centres in Sweden, focussing, amongst other, on complex diseases, bioinformatics & sequence databases

25. International cooperation Worldwide student exchange -Large number of exchange agreements -Very active within Erasmus mundus International collaboaration -EIT with the KICs -China Centres of Excellence

27. Collaboration with society …industry, institutes and other authorities Faculty for Innovative Engineering Margareta Norell Bergendahl

28. Where is KTH in 2027? One of Europe’s leading technical universities Strong cooperation with industries and society Focus on life quality and sustainable development Passion, dynamics and creativity 2015-09-0228KTH Royal Institute of Technology www.kth.se maggan@kth.sewww.kth.se

29. KTH Innovative Engineering Mission to increase the KTH impact and engagement with society, and to contribute to quality of research, education and innovativeness. …By systematization of our efforts on partnership, knowledge transfer and common adressing of challenges 2015-09-02KTH Royal Institute of Technology www.kth.se maggan@kth.sewww.kth.se29

30. The ”KTH Model” for Collaboration includes 1. Partnering, establishment and management Types of partnership defined Partner process developed, faculty engagement Yearly management dialogue 2. Exchange – knowledge transfer From Partners to KTH From KTH to Partners Rules of the game - described in ’Så här gör vi’ FAF Forum for Adjunct Faculty 3. Establishment of common arenas Stockholm OpenLab …. Other common facilities Initiating partnership Follow up & development Running the partnerhip 2015-09-02KTH Royal Institute of Technology www.kth.se maggan@kth.sewww.kth.se30

31. Questions