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10

Sep

Future Innovations Awards 2025: Discover, connect, and celebrate the innovations that will shape our future

10 September 2025 11:30 to 14:15 | Other
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Welcome to the Future Innovations Award for an inspiring lunch event celebrating research-driven solutions and impact at Lund University.

Join us to on September 10th to see inspiring pitches of emerging innovations from Lund University that can make a difference to people and our planet. Plus enjoy insights from featured speakers including Binette Seck (Chair of Microsoft's AI Advisory Council & Sweden's IT Woman of the Year 2021), Anna Frankzén Starrin (Trendwatching), and Pro Vice-Chancellor Viktor Öwall. Includes exceptional lunch and fika.

This year, we are also introducing the new "Lunds innovatörspris" (Lund Innovator Award) honouring an exceptional researcher who has made an impact through research-based innovation.

Event Details:

  • Date & Time: Wednesday, 10th September, 11:30-14:15 (starting with lunch)
  • Location: Auditoriet, Inspira (Scheelevägen 4, 223 63 Lund)
  • Prizes: 1 million SEK from Sparbanken Skåne shared by seven winners
  • Language: English

Finalists 2025: 

Employee category:

  • Room temperature infrared camera sensor for greenhouse gas sensing. Team: Mattias Borg, Johannes Svensson, Johan Lundgren
  • AI-native sensor simulation for robotics. Team: Adam Tonderski, Georg Hess, Christoffer Petersson
  • Dx4Life, Precision medicine in IVF. Team: Yvonne Lundberg Giwercman

Student category:

  • GreenHeads – Modular, lightweight urban greening surfaces that are soil-free and easy to install. Team: Enzo Tessitore, Phillip Stelzer, Arend de Waal
  • Journy – Smart e-labels for sustainable wine production. Team: Maja Sonesson, Francesca Poma, Markus Bielaszka
  • Sensory Wind – Natural wind experience for improved workout experience for cyclists at the gym. Team: Fei Yu Wu

Register today! 

Limited space. Register by September 1. 

Welcome!

About the event

Location:

Auditoriet, Inspira (Scheelevägen 4, 223 63 Lund)

Contact:

info [at] innovation [dot] lu [dot] se