Future Digileaders is an event for selected early career researchers interested in the broad area of digitalization. The event includes an intimate career workshop with talks, panels, and sincere discussions. We will cover professional development and provide opportunities to meet inspiring role models and network with each other. This year, it will be held onsite at the Digital Futures hub in Stockholm on October 18, 2024, with a mingling event on October 16, 2024 and attendance to Digitalize in Stockholm on October 17, 2024. In this event, you will listen to the successful experience and insights, have in-depth discussions and get mentorship from established leaders – see the program for Future Digileaders.
Selected applicants will be invited to attend the event physically at Digital Futures in Stockholm, with travel and accommodation covered. Digital Futures will book and cover the cost of travel (economy fare) and accommodation (budget hotel). We especially welcome participants from diverse backgrounds and look forward to seeing many women applicants.
Future Digileaders is a part of Digitalize in Stockholm 2024, an annual conference and meeting place for global thought leaders and rising stars engaged in transformation through digitalization in academia, industry, government and civil society held on October 17, 2024. The Digileaders will also be able to take an active role in the Digitalize in Stockholm conference, promoting interactions with researchers and industry players.
After these events, we expect that the Future Digileaders will:
Application
Eligibility: We welcome applications from early-career researchers who have obtained their PhD degree no earlier than 2019, or are expected to graduate no later than 2025. The eligibility window can be extended by career breaks, such as parental / adoption leave, long-term illness, or national service during or after PhD studies.
Applicants are expected to be interested in pursuing an academic career in digitalization, especially related to research themes trio Trust – Learn – Cooperate. These themes encompass basic as well as applied research in areas including, but not limited to, security and privacy, human-technology interaction, systems and data science, artificial intelligence, robotics, networking, or communication and control.
DEADLINE (Second Round): Sunday 8th September, Midnight, CET.
Application material merged into a single pdf should contain the following:
While submitting your application, you must provide author information, title, and keywords. As the title, please use the (tentative) title of your PhD thesis, and select keywords that best characterize your research area.
Selection: We aim to select a diverse and dynamic group of 30-50 Digileaders in total based on the application materials.