{"id":4953,"date":"2025-10-28T18:32:55","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T16:32:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.digitlab.kth.se\/?p=4953"},"modified":"2025-10-28T18:45:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T16:45:48","slug":"dig-it-lab-conference-collaboration-for-faster-smarter-solutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.digitlab.kth.se\/sv\/2025\/10\/28\/dig-it-lab-conference-collaboration-for-faster-smarter-solutions\/","title":{"rendered":"Dig-IT Lab conference: Collaboration for faster, smarter solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"

On 2 October, the Dig-IT Lab conference brought together researchers and industry partners to share knowledge and explore new paths for accelerating digital transformation in the built environment. The event also marked the much-anticipated inauguration <\/strong>of Testbed Xn<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some 70 participants attended the 2025 DIL Conference, which featured keynote presentations, poster sessions, and a networking lunch. The long-awaited collaborative platform Testbed Xn<\/sup> was also introduced. It is set to become a key digital infrastructure hub within the Dig-IT Lab, enabling real estate companies and researchers to co-develop and test scalable digital solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cHaving the testbed up and running is a milestone for the project. It demonstrates how integration and collaboration can support testbed participants and encourage others to join, helping establish this way of working in the industry,\u201d says John Wibrand from Swegon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Tobias Davidsson, Enterprise Architect at Akademiska Hus and member of Dig-IT Lab, emphasises that growing expectations from stakeholders in the real estate sector call for collaboration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cWithin Testbed Xn<\/sup>, organisations can pool resources, explore architectural design choices, share datasets, and co-create solutions that work across traditional company and domain boundaries,\u201d says Tobias Davidsson. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The platform, a collection of testbeds \u2013 X1, X2, X3, and so on \u2013\u00a0allows solutions to be tested and refined, reducing risk, accelerating learning, and turning promising concepts into industry-ready solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At the conference, the Dig-IT Lab project OpenBuildingGym was also introduced. It is one of the latest extensions of the Testbed Xn<\/sup> framework, streamlining the testing of third-party building control solutions to help property owners assess benefits and reduce risks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThe ultimate goal is to develop an open, gold-standard benchmarking platform built on high-fidelity building models that accurately estimate a solution\u2019s real-world performance,\u201d says Stefan Magureanu from Myrspoven.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The next step for Testbed Xn<\/sup> will focus on moving from experiment to production, streamlining that leap to make it as smooth and practical as possible, while also planning and launching new experiments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201dThanks to the lessons learned from the smart lighting case, we\u2019ll continue evolving the Testbed Xn<\/sup> concept and the framework,\u201d says Rafael G\u00f3mez Garc\u00eda, RISE.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Keynote presentations<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The conference featured five keynote presentations, including Guest Keynote Speaker Tino Weinkauf, Professor at KTH’s Division of Computational Science and Technology. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Malena Havenvid, Associate Professor at the Division of Construction and Facilities Management, highlighted that successful digital transformation depends on clear strategy and active collaboration between established actors and newcomers to drive learning and innovation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tobias Oechtering, Professor at KTH\u2019s Division of Information Science and Engineering, talked about how building trust in digitalisation requires strong privacy measures, noting that privacy-by-design in digital twins can prevent major innovation failures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The other two presentations were delivered by researcher Angela Fontan, who introduced the AIDA project, and Qianwen Xu, who discussed digital twin\u2013integrated smart microgrids for sustainable and resilient communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The conference concluded with a poster session, where seven PhD students showcased their research, providing an opportunity for informal discussion and knowledge exchange.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The posters from Aihui Liu, Supriya Mini Soman, Zhipeng Li, Ci Song, Kanha Teang, Bj\u00f6rn Boberg, Vignesh Ayyathurai, Pengju Liu are available in the members area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n


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\u201cFrom artificial intelligence to human collaboration \u2013 the energy was real, the ambition shared.\u201d
Micke Dimadis, <\/strong>Einar Matsson<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThe day carried a sense of togetherness, sharing of knowledge and networking, where it felt like everyone attending could take something back home to reflect on.\u201d
Mathias Schmidt Berglin, <\/strong>SISAB<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cVery interesting to listen to the work and ambitions of the various research groups.\u201d
Ulf N\u00e4slund<\/strong>, Vasakronan<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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