Launch of 'ATV Technology Leader Network'

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Camilla Schiøler

Across industry and academia, technology development is becoming more and more specialized. It requires deep STEM knowledge and expertise to work and innovate with transformative technologies such as artificial intelligence, biosolutions, IoT, new materials, CRISPR etc. At the same time, individuals and teams need to coordinate and collaborate across domains of expertise, competences, and organizations. Adding to the complexity, many employees are extremely committed and dedicated to work in areas and ways that have impact and pushes companies, research, consumers, and society in new directions.

80% of ATV’s members have management responsibility. Some members lead smaller technology teams. Others have C-level responsibilities. They lead, manage, and collaborate with passionate individuals who have deep technical expertise. Together, they bring fundamentally new ideas from research to commercialization.

As such, ATV’s members are uniquely positioned to share experiences and challenges related to management of technological/scientific innovation. This includes handling the people and organizations involved and covers aspects such as diversity and inclusion, conflict mitigation, as well as change management.

The aim of the new Technology Leader Network is to discuss and share experiences along these lines. Ultimately, the network aims to develop a set of management principles that have proved efficient and useful across disciplines and can be communicated more broadly across technology development organizations.

Topics

Managing and leading ambitious STEM-educated team members and individuals
Building bridges between research, development, implementation, scaling, and adaptation
Diversity and inclusion in STEM, what works
Identifying distinctive leadership skills in STEM
Managing inter and intra organizational barriers for innovation

Participants and practicalities

Members of ATV (both individual members and partner members) are invited to participate in the network’s meetings.

The network will meet four times a year in different locations in Denmark. Online participation will be possible, but physical participation is prioritized.

Meetings will feature presentations from network members and case discussions. In addition, presentations by leading international experts, e.g., from technical academies in Europe or internationally will be included.

Participation is free of charge to ATV’s partner organizations and to Academy Members.

Network leadership

Line Katrine Harder Clemmensen, Associate Professor, Department of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, DTU
Thomas Nikolajsen, Head of Front-end Innovation at FOSS, Director Marketing & Innovation