More information on the Nordic Working Group on Process Control

The NPC Working Group was formally founded in Stockholm on 24 October 1994 but the origin goes back to the "Nordisk Destillasjonsregulerings Forskning" (NDF) project which started in 1988. The group initiates activities in order to strengthen the ties between the Nordic process control communities. One activity of the Working Group is to propose the location, date and organizers of the "Nordic Process Control Workshop" which takes place every 18 months. The Working Group also awards the "Nordic Process Control Award" to persons who have a made a lasting and significant contribution to the field of process control.

For more details see the guidelines of the NPC Working Group.

NPC Working Group Members

Present members of the Working Group (year of election):
  1. John Bagterp Jørgensen, DTU, Denmark (2009; 2015; 2022) (chair)
  2. Torsten Wik, CTH, Sweden (2013; 2019; 2025) (Co-Chair)
  3. Francesco Corona, Aalto University, Finland (2019; 2025) (Past Chair)
  4. Johannes Jäschke, NTNU, Norway (2018; 2023)
  5. Wolfgang Birk, Predge AB / Luleå University of technology, Sweden (2018, 2023)
  6. Gurkan Sin, DTU, Denmark (2009; 2015; 2022)
  7. Elling W. Jacobsen, KTH, Sweden (1994; 2000; 2006; 2012; 2018; 2023)
  8. Jeno Kovacs, Sumitomo SHI FW Energia, Finland (2010; 2016; 2022)
  9. Alf Isaksson, ABB, Sweden (2004; 2010; 2016; 2022)
  10. Christer Utzen, GEA Process Engineering A/S, Denmark (2015; 2022)
  11. Iiro Harjunkoski, Aalto Univ., Finland (2016; 2022)
  12. Morten Hovd, NTNU, Norway (2018; 2023)
  13. Jakob Kjøbstedt Huusom, DTU, Denmark (2018; 2023)
  14. Jari Böling, Tuurku University, Finland (2019; 2023)
  15. Nicholas Alsop, Borealis, Sweden (2022)
  16. Olav Slupphaug, ABB, Norway (2022)
  17. Idelfonso Nogueira, NTNU, Norway (2025)
  18. Tiina Komulainen, OsloMet University, Norway (2025)
  19. Dina Shona Laila, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden (2025)
  20. Elvira Bergheim, Equinor, Norway (2025)

Previous members of the Working Group:

  • Steinar Sælid, Prediktor AS, Norway (1994-1999)
  • Blenda Weibull, Sweden (1994-1995)
  • Ib Dybkjær, Haldor Topsøe A/S, Denmark (1994-1996)
  • Magne Hillestad, Statoil, Norway (1994-1998)
  • Kurt Waller, Åbo Akademi, Finland (1989-1998)
  • Bo Egardt, CTH, Sweden (1994-1998)
  • Stig Strand, Statoil, Norway (1998-2002)
  • Charlotte Stub Nielsen, Haldor Topsøe, Denmark (1998-2002)
  • David Cameron, Fantoft Prosess, Norway (1994-2004)
  • Pertti Makila, Tampere Univ. of Technology, Finland (2001-2004)
  • Leif Hammarstrøm, Neste Oy Process Automation, Finland (1994-2007)
  • Gunnar Berggren, Borealis, Sweden (2001-2007)
  • Sten Bay Jørgensen, DTU, Denmark (1989-2009)
  • Jørgen Knudsen, FLS-Automation, Denmark (1998-2009)
  • Jan Richard Sagli, Statoil, Norway (2003-2009)
  • Kaj Juslin, VTT, Finland (1995-2012)
  • Claes Breitholtz, CTH, Sweden (1989-1993; 1998-2013)
  • Tommy Mølbak, Dong Energy, Denmark (2009-2014)
  • Sirkka-Liisa Jamsa-Jounela, Helsinki Univ. Tech., Finland (2004-2016)
  • Bjarne Foss, NTNU, Norway (2000-2017)
  • Kurt Erik Häggblom, Åbo Akademi, Finland (1998-2019)
  • Hans Aalto, Neste Jacobs, Finland (2007-2019)
  • Krister Forsman, Perstorp, Sweden (2013-2019)
  • Bjørn Glemmestad, Yara, Norway (2007-2019)
  • Jan Peter Axelsson, Vascaia, Sweden (1997-2022)
  • Tore Hägglund, Sweden (2009-2022)
  • Annika Leonard, Vattenfall, Sweden (2004-2023)
  • Bernt Lie, Telemark Univ. College, Norway (2007-2023)
  • Sigurd Skogestad, NTNU, Norway (1989-2025)

    Previous chairs of the Working Group:

  • Sten Bay Jørgensen, Denmark (1989) (Initiated NDF project)
  • Sigurd Skogestad, Norway (1994-98) (first chair of NPC working group)
  • Elling W. Jacobsen, Sweden (1999-2007)
  • Sirkka-Liisa Jamsa-Jounela, Finland (2007-2009)
  • Tore Hägglund, Sweden (2009-2010)
  • John Bagterp Jørgensen, Denmark (2010-2012)
  • Jeno Kovacs, Finland (2012-2013)
  • Sigurd Skogestad, Norway (2014-2015)
  • Elling W. Jacobsen, Sweden (2015-2016)
  • Kurt Erik Häggblom, Finland (2016-2018)
  • Gurkan Sin, Denmark (2018-2019)
  • Wolfgang Birk, Sweden (2019-2022)
  • Johannes Jäschke, NTNU, Norway (2022-2023)
  • Francesco Corona, Aalto University, Finland (2023-2025)

    Origin of the working group

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