Every year, Wingquist Laboratory hosts a seminar on Digital Product Realization, highlighting the latest research conducted by our research groups, and featuring a keynote speaker who shares their perspective on a current topic. The next edition will be held Tuesday 21 April 2026.
Annual Seminar on Digital Product Realization 2026
The 25th Annual Seminar on Digital Product Realization is set for Tuesday 21 April, 2026. This year, it will be hosted at World of Volvo in Gothenburg.
Speakers
Johan Norberg, Author, Speaker and Historian of Ideas
Navigating a stormy world
Johan Norberg is a historian of ideas and a Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute. He has written several bestselling and award-winning books on economics, politics, and history, translated into more than 30 languages. His latest book, Peak Human: What We Can Learn from the Rise and Fall of Golden Ages, was one of The Economist’s Best Books of 2025.
Jens Holtinger, Executive Vice President Trucks Technology & Industrial Division, Chief Technology Officer Volvo Group
Engineering sustainable transformation: Turning challenges into customer value
As Head of Trucks Technology & Industrial Division at Volvo Group, Jens Holtinger holds the end-to-end responsibility for procurement, development, and production of trucks globally. As Chief Technology Officer, he is responsible for shaping Volvo Group's technology strategy across its full portfolio of products and services, with an emphasis on advanced transport solutions in electromobility, connectivity, and autonomy.
Our four research groups will present the latest results from their research:
- Geometry Assurance & Robust Design
- Systems Engineering Design
- Automation
- Geometry & Motion Planning
We look forward to welcoming you on 21 April 2026!
Previous editions
24th Annual Seminar on Digital Product Realization
On our 24th Annual Seminar on Digital Product Realization, held on 8 April, 2025, invited keynote speaker Nicklas Hermansson, media futurist and founder of the media house NomoFomo, gave a talk titled "Back to the Future: A Journey to 2049 – How to Thrive in the AI Revolution".
Our four research groups presented the latest results from their research, and two new projects were presented – DigiSync, digital synchronization of geometry data for efficient value chains, and Drive PR, data-driven product realization.
Presentations from the seminar
Advancing digital product realization in an AI-driven world
Highlights from our 24th Annual Seminar held on 8 April, 2025.
Keynote speakers through the years
The Wingquist Laboratory Annual Seminar on Digital Product Realization has been held annually since 2003.
- Head of Department, Industrial and Materials Science