Advanced Focus Talks – a new podcast serie
Voices from industry and start-ups. Todays tech and innovation. Tomorrow´s impact.
Advanced Focus Talks is a podcast series by Advanced Digitalisation, produced in collaboration with the digital platform Tech Forward.
In this series, you’ll meet leaders, entrepreneurs and researchers sharing real-world experiences. We go beyond the buzzwords to focus on what truly makes a difference: how collaborations between startups and established industry work in practice, the challenges involved — and how to overcome them.
Each episode focus on new perspectives on technology, innovation, and collaboration. We explore how ideas become reality, how new ways of working accelerate innovation, and how advanced digitalisation translates into real impact.
Advanced Focus Talks is hosted by Paulina Modlitba
Paulina is a Swedish tech and AI expert and board professional with extensive experience shaping the future of innovation. She is a former researcher at MIT and KTH and has advised companies and leaders on how to navigate technological change.


#1 – ADVANCED TECH TALKS
Why courage and speed matters
Sweden has a strong tradition of innovation but courage and speed are becoming just as critical as quality and reliability. So how do you innovate at speed in environments where failure is not an option?
Guests:
- Tomas Becklin, co-founder & CTO FLOX Intelligence
- Angelica Persson – Head of System Integration, Counter-UAS, Saab AB.

#2 – ADVANCED FOCUS TALKS
AI that delivers – from technology to real success
AI is moving fast and the need for data sharing across organisational boundaries has never been more critical. For large, medium and small companies collaboration is no longer optiona – it’s essential to remain competitive and drive transformation.
So how do we turn AI from technology into real impact?
Guests:
- Magnus Björsne. CEO, BioVentureHub, AstraZeneca
- Mattias Ripoll, CEO & founder SynData
- Sofi Elfving, CEO & founder Substorm