The reference group consists of elected representatives who have strategic and operative experience from industrial environments and research. Their mission is to help us work strategically and with a long-range perspective with our research environment.

The group consists of

• Örjan Petterson, former President, SCA R&D Centre AB
• Anders Brolin, Director - Innovation Manager, Stora Enso
• Rickard Andersson, Vice President, Bio Technology and Environmental Systems, Valmet Technologies Oy
• Jonas Wallberg, Director ICT, Teknikföretagen
• Johan Åkerberg, Global Research Area Coordinator, ABB Corporate Research
• Prof. emeritus Lars Asplund, Computer Science, Mälardalens Högskola
• Prof. Janne Laine, Dean of the school of Chemical Engineering, Aalto University, Finland
• Prof. Danny Crookes, Director of Research, Speech & Vision Systems Cluster, Queens University, Ireland
• Prof. Lucia Lo Bello, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Catania, Italy