This half-day event is intended for students, teachers, researchers, professionals, support staff, and members of the public who are interested in how AI is reshaping working life – and what this means for education, industry, and society.
Overview
AI is no longer only a topic for research labs or future scenarios. It is already changing how students learn, how teachers teach, and how professionals write, program, design, analyze, organize, and make decisions. These changes matter for universities, companies, public organizations, and society at large.
How is AI changing the content of different jobs? Which tasks are being automated, supported, or redefined? What new skills will students, employees, and professionals need? What should organizations do to use AI responsibly, and what should we avoid delegating to AI systems?
To explore these questions, CHAIR will host a half-day event on AI and the changing workplace. It will bring together perspectives from industry, academia, and Chalmers’ own organization, with examples of how AI is already being used and reflections on what may come next.
The programme will include presentations followed by discussion. A lunch sandwich will be served to registered participants at the start of the event.
Programme
11:45-12:00: Grab your lunch and mingle
12:00–12:10: Welcome! Karl de Fine Licht, co-director at CHAIR, Chalmers University of Technology.
12:10–12:35: AI in product development at Volvo Cars. Staffan Johansson, Volvo Cars.
12:35–13:00: When AI becomes organizational development: Lessons from two years with GenAI in the workplace. Elke Mangelsen, Chalmers University of Technology.
13:00–13:15: Short break
13:15–13:40: AI Workspace @Spotify: An internal auditor’s perspective. Tuğrul Durgun, Spotify.
13:40–14:05: AI at Ericsson Research. Aneta Vulgarakis Feljan, Ericsson Research.
14:05–14:35: Fika break
14:35–15:15: AI and the transformation of tasks and jobs. Magnus Lodefalk, Örebro University and Ratio.
15:15–16:00: Will AI take your job? Patrick Joyce, Almega.
16:00-16:15: Short break
16:15–17:00: Panel discussion
Speakers
Staffan Johansson has a PhD in tribology from Chalmers and two decades of experience in early-stage automotive development. At Volvo Cars, he leads AI collaborations with universities, develops forecasting models, and supports AI adoption across engineering.
Elke Mangelsen is a business developer at Chalmers involved in grassroots initiatives around generative AI. Her work explores how technology, learning, and organizational development can support new ways of working.
Tuğrul Durgun leads the technology pillar within Internal Audit at Spotify. He focuses on AI risk management, developing AI tools for compliance testing, and supporting AI adoption across the Finance organization.
Aneta Vulgarakis Feljan is a senior research manager at Ericsson Research, where she heads the Machine Reasoning & Hybrid AI sector. She leads international research teams and works on machine reasoning approaches that complement machine learning.
Magnus Lodefalk is an associate professor of economics at Örebro University and a researcher at Ratio. He co-directs AI-Econ Lab and studies how AI changes tasks, jobs, skills, and wages.
Patrick Joyce is chief economist at Almega, the employer organization for Sweden’s service sector. He will discuss which jobs stand to benefit from AI, which risk displacement, and which skills will become more valuable.
Karl de Fine Licht
- Associate Professor, Science, Technology and Society, Technology Management and Economics
Karl de Fine Licht
- Associate Professor, Science, Technology and Society, Technology Management and Economics
