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Curious about what you can work with as a researcher at Scania? Would you like to test drive the latest trucks and buses? Would you also like to visit the facilities in Södertälje?

Then you should sign up for this exclusive full-day visit to Scania on November 17, 2022.

Transport between Stockholm and Södertälje, lunch and fika are also included in the program. Please note that you need a driver’s license for a passenger car to drive the vehicles, but it is also possible to join as a co-driver (if you do not have one).

Scania is a world-leading provider of transport solutions with 54,000 employees in more than 100 countries. Together with their partners and customers, they are driving the shift towards a sustainable transport system. For Scania, sustainable transport is about more than decarbonization. It is about meeting the needs of people and society throughout the ecosystem of transport.

Scania’s research and development organization develops products, services and solutions that can provide the highest quality, efficiency and profitability for their customers. R&D’s innovations are largely focused on advancing low-carbon transport solutions. Scania puts significant investment and resources into research and development, which is concentrated at the Scania Technical Centre in Södertälje. In 2021, Scania invested SEK 7.5 bn in research and development (6.5), which corresponded to 5.1 percent of net sales.

A lot of Scania’s research is carried out in-house, but they also work closely with universities, colleges and strategic partners, as well as in field tests with their customers.

For more information about Scania follow them on social media or visit www.scania.com

This event will be limited to 25 visitors, make sure to RSVP through the following link. 

https://forms.gle/ZsEPq1FyR5aFGdMy6

There would be a selection phase after the end of the registration. Depending on the number of RSVP registration, 25 visitors will be selected and informed.

The last day to register your interest to join us is this Friday, November 4, 2022.  

Ph.D. Chapter is proud to organize an exclusive visit from ABB, NKT, and Hitachi Energy Companies in Västerås for a limited number of Ph.D. students on September 26, 2022 full-day (09:00-19:00). We will start our journey toward Västerås from KTH main campus at 09:00 and will be back to KTH main campus at 19:00.

Join us for a whole day of interesting presentations and discussions, site and production lines visit, and mingle with these companies’ employees.

ABB is a leading global technology company that energizes the transformation of society and industry to achieve a more productive, sustainable future. By connecting software to its electrification, motion, process automation and robotics & discrete automation portfolio, ABB pushes the boundaries of technology to drive performance to new levels. ABB’s success is based on a long history of technical leadership stretching back more than 130 years and driven forward by around 105,000 skilled employees in more than 100 countries. Corporate Research in Västerås is one of ABB’s largest research center in the world. Here, 100 innovative researchers and engineers of ~25 nationalities work with long-term research and development in ABB’s cutting-edge areas, with an emphasis on robotics, electric motor systems, electrical apparatus and automation technology. The investment in research and development in Sweden is high and a priority area within the ABB Group.
This is ABB: Welcome to Progress — ABB Group (global.abb)

NKT connects a greener world with high-quality power cable technology and takes centre stage as the world moves towards green energy. NKT designs, manufactures and installs low-, medium- and high-voltage power cable solutions enabling sustainable energy transmission. Since 1891, NKT has innovated the power cable technology building the infrastructure for the first light bulbs to the megawatts created by renewable energy today. NKT is headquartered in Denmark and employs 3,900 people. NKT is listed on Nasdaq Copenhagen and realised a revenue of EUR 1.8 billion in 2021.
This is NKT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxblX1lkMJA

Hitachi Energy (HE) is a global technology leader with a combined heritage of almost 250 years, employing around 36000 people in 90 countries. The business serves utility, industry and infrastructure customers across the value chain, and emerging areas like sustainable mobility, smart cities, energy storage and data centers. Innovation is at the heart of Hitachi Energy and our research centers are the backbone. The Hitachi Energy Research center in Sweden is located in Västerås, one hour west of Stockholm. With our wide scientific/technical expertise together with our extensive lab infrastructure we drive innovation for Hitachi Energy next-next products. The center includes an extensive simulation and experimental laboratory infrastructure with 13 labs for a total footprint of 3700m2, providing a full-scale platform for power electronics, multi-physics, high-voltage testing and digital technologies.
This is Hitachi Energy: https://youtu.be/X3TFu6wNRFE

This event will be limited to 54 visitors, if you want to join this visit – make sure to RSVP through the following link. 

https://forms.gle/iyb44YP7ANhF7BpT7

The last day to register your interest to join us is Friday, September 9, 2022. 

There would be a selection phase after the end of the registration. Depending on the number of RSVP registrations, 54 visitors will be selected. After that, final visitors will receive private invitation letters with further information (including a detailed schedule and other relevant information) on their email addresses. Once you receive a formal private invitation letter at your email address, you are more than welcome to join us for this amazing event. Please register for this event only if you can attend it in person, those who are not sure if they can make it should mention this in the registration form.

It is worth mentioning that lunch, fika, and transportation are provided by companies and PhD Chapter. Thus, participants do not need to worry about these issues.

Ph.D. Chapter is proud to organize an exclusive visit from Resolution Games Company in Stockholm for a limited number of Ph.D. students on May 17, 2022 afternoon (15:30-19:30). 

Join us for an afternoon of interesting presentations and discussions, some VR gaming, and an after-work mingle with Resolution employees. We’re looking forward to meeting you and getting to know each other at the company!

Resolution Games is a games studio based in Stockholm and led by some of the top minds in the industry, forging a world-class catalog of titles that brings players into the richest VR and AR worlds possible. 

At Resolution Games, they’ve set out to create one of the most diverse, high-quality games catalogs in the industry that includes something for everyone.

As one of the first studios dedicated solely to creating experiences for VR and AR, their titles rank among the top-rated and most downloaded games in the space.

Here you can find a presentation video of their company “This is Resolution”.

This event will be limited to 30 visitors, if you want to join this company visit – make sure to RSVP through the following link. 

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc8toZ6RZGepM6hOu_ZEaA_7Zi1yFon13XTmWTDQH313adIow/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1&flr=0

There would be a selection phase after the end of the registration. Depending on the number of RSVP registration, 30 visitors will be selected based on their field of study. After that, final visitors will receive private invitation letters with further information (including a detailed schedule and the venue) on their email addresses. Once you receive a formal private invitation letter at your email address, you are more than welcome to join us for this amazing event.

The last day to register your interest to join us is April 29, 2022.