On 21 March 2006 Rasmus Kaltoft (Center for Industrial Production, Aalborg, Denmark) will defend his thesis on collaborative improvement processes. His supervisors are Harry Boer and Frank Gertsen; committee members are Poul Israelsen (committee chair), Paul Hyland and Charles Møller.

Unfortunately Rasmus decided to leave academia. At February 1, 2006, he will start as a senior consultant at KPMG Advisory in Copenhagen.