About ADA
ADA
Association for Design and Advertising
ADA is a network for creators in the Gothenburg Region. Focusing on design and marketing communication ADA will increase competence, strengthen cooperation and increase growth. The overall goal is to position the region’s creative strength on the national and international markets.
ADA does this by initiating meetings where creators can share knowledge, competence and visions for today ’s and the future ’s, education, research and projects that bring together and include wider groups of participants.
ADA believes in collective strength. One aim of many participants within ADA’s target group is to be conscious of each other and work with the same vision.
ADA is the creators’ organization, standing for a people-centered outlook and for development through consultation and understanding of needs and initiatives. The activities and processes include both higher education and research.
ADA begun within the frame work of the Knowledge Foundation’s (KK-stiftelsen) program for the creative industries and the project owner is Business Region Göteborg.
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The Advisory Board of ADA
Persons with a variety of skills from different areas in Gothenburg are included on the Advisory Board of ADA.
- Eva-Lena Albihn, Deputy CEO/Financial Director Business Region Göteborg
- Sven-Olof Bodenfors, Founder and Senior Advisor, Forsman & Bodenfors AB
- Eva Engstrand, Head of HDK – School of Design and Crafts, University of Gothenburg
- Henrik Einarsson, Head of Analysis and Strategy, Business Region Göteborg
- Anders Gunnarson, Senior exterior Designer, Volvo Car Corporation
- Ulla Johansson, Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Professor of Design Management
- MariAnne Karlsson, Ph.D., Professor (Chair) in Human Factors Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology
- Aina Nilsson, Vice President Product Design, Volvo 3P
- Jerker Persson, Designer
- Iréne Stewart Claesson, CEO, Design Strategy Industrial Design, LOTS Design, Senior Advisor ADA

