* ICSE 2018 *
Sun 27 May - Sun 3 June 2018 Gothenburg, Sweden

Wednesday, May 30

The Industry Forum is an opportunity for industry to hear about the latest advances in software engineering, and to meet academics and students in an intimate setting, leading to lasting connections.

08:30 - 09:00 Opening ICSE 2018
09:00 - 10:30 Plenary Keynote: Magnus Fordigh, acting Head of Research at Ericsson
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee
11:00 - 11:15
11:15 - 11:30

Forum Session I: Opening and Invited Industry Talk
Opening
Invited Industry Talk: Noel Lovisa, Code Valley*, Australia
The software industry is not industrialised
Chairs: Pekka Abrahamsson, Judith Bishop, Jaana Nyfjord
11:30 - 12:30 Forum Session II: Keynote Speaker - Jan Bosch, Chalmers University of Technology*, Software Center**, Sweden
Why Digitalization Will Kill Your (Software) Company Too
Chairs: Pekka Abrahamsson
12:30 - 14:00 Forum Sit Down Working Lunch – academics meet industrialists
14:00 - 14:30 Forum Session III:
Speed Dating Activity – lightning chats with other attendees
Chair: Judith Bishop
14:30 - 15:30 Forum Session IV: Invited Speaker - Danica Kragic, Royal Institute of Technology, KTH, Sweden
Robotics, Software and Artificial Intelligence: State of the art and future challenges
Chair: Jaana Nyfjord
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee
16:00 - 17:00 Forum Session V: Panel - Software Engineering in 2030
Panelists: Lionel Briand - University of Luxembourg LU, Markus Borg – RISE SICS SE, Mark Harman – Facebook and University College London, UK*, Liliana Pasquale – LERO and University of Dublin, IE, Caitlin Sadowski – Google US, Tom Zimmermann – Microsoft Research US**
Chair: Pekka Abrahamsson
17:00 - 17:15
17:15 - 17:30
Forum Session VI: Academia and Industry
Invited Industry Talk: Mark Harman, Facebook*, UK
Mechanisms through which academics and industrialists can work together productively
Supporter talk: Kristina Lundqvist, Mälardalen University***, Sweden
Industrial PhD School (IT-EASY) - Efficient industry-academia cooperation
Chair: Judith Bishop
17:30 - 18:30 Closing session, Chairs: Pekka Abrahamsson, Judith Bishop, Jaana Nyfjord
After work :
Forum Aperitivo with drinks and posters

* Facebook, Code Valley and Chalmers University of Technology are ICSE 2018 Platinum Supporters
** Software Center and Microsoft are ICSE 2018 Silver Supporters
*** Mälardalen University is an ICSE 2018 Gold Supporter