Possible Worlds: Innovation the Swedish Way, featuring Darja Isaksson
Join us for
POSSIBLE WORLDS
A lecture series presented by the
UCLA Division of Humanities and the Berggruen Institute
INNOVATION THE SWEDISH WAY
Date: Mar 11, 2022 | Time: 6:00 pm PST
Location: Royce Hall, Room 314, UCLA Campus | Livestream available
with
Darja Isaksson
Director General of Vinnova
Darja Isaksson is Director General of Vinnova, Sweden’s national innovation agency, and serves as a member of the Swedish government’s National Digitalization Council. She has founded three companies and has worked with product innovation for over a decade. She has served as adviser to the Prime Minister’s Innovation Council, been recognized as one of Sweden’s most powerful opinion-makers by the financial magazine Veckans Affarer, and was named one of the world’s 100 most influential people in digital government by the website Apolitical.
Isaksson’s lecture, “Possible Worlds: Innovation the Swedish Way,” will explore the role that Sweden played as an early industrializer and examine the current narrative around innovation and the importance of the humanities to effect change and drive new ideas.
Registration is required; seating is limited.
