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
#3 – ADVANCED FOCUS TALKS
Can XR transform industrial learning – or is it still just hype?
XR is everywhere right now. But what breakthroughs are actually taking us to the next level?What does XR mean in day-to-day work? And how do we turn XR from an exciting technology into real impact? Can XR transform industrial learning at scale?
Guests:
- Oscar Thaung, Founder, AugmentedRealm
- Emma Sjögren, Virtual Experiences Manager, Ericsson
- David Granberg, Learner Experience Designer, Ericsson
#4 – ADVANCED FOCUS TALKS
Making energy flexibility work
A fossil-free industry is built through flexibility and optimisation. Industry needs access to electricity when it’s needed, and where it’s needed. It’s not only about having access to power. It’s about using electricity in smarter and in more adaptive ways. So the question is: What are the conditions required to make energy flexibility actually happen? And what role does digitalisation play?
Guests:
- Emma Hellström, Chief Strategy Officer, Flower
- Magnus Kuschel, Innovation leader Innovatum AB and Project manager AIDE
- Stephan Stålered, Senior Advisor Network Development Ellevio and member of the programme council for electrification at Advanced Digitalisation.