Workshop on Industry Trends to 2040 – Future Research and Education in Product Development

Workshop on Industry Trends to 2040 – Future Research and Education in Product Development

During two days, industry and academia with interest in product development gathered in Gothenburg for a workshop arranged by Professor Ola Isaksson of Chalmers.

The objective was to bring together academic and industrial actors to identify trends in society, business and technology, and identify priority actions for education, research and industrial change in the area of product development.

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PDA invites to a course in Research Methodology at Jönköping University

PDA invites to a course in Research Methodology at Jönköping University

This is an advanced course, meaning that a deeper knowledge is aimed at, within a specific research method. The course follows the general syllabus for the mandatory course Research methods, advanced, in the subject area production system at School of Engineering, Jönköping University. The course is of course also open for doctoral students from other subject areas.

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Workshop summary from LTH meeting

Workshop summary from LTH meeting

On November 30, a PDA workshop was arranged at Design Sciences, LTH, together with national cluster for product modelling; SIG-PM. Focus was set on shaping product development research in Sweden for the next 20 years to come, i.e. to create a vision for 2038 and ways to get there.

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Workshop summary: The future of Product Development Academy

Workshop summary: The future of Product Development Academy

The Product Development Academy builds upon initiatives taken more than 20 years ago in the product development area, which resulted in research programs such as ENDREA, ProViking and several other adjacent research initiatives, financed by Swedish research agencies such as Foundation for Strategic Research and VINNOVA. These programs have created strong academic-industry networks that constitutes the platform for future important development of this area in Sweden, with Nordic and international collaborations.

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