60th Anniversary – Program

The Swedish Chamber of Commerce’s
60th Anniversary
June 7, 2022
in the presence of
HRH Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden

Photo: Elisabeth Toll, ©The Royal Court of Sweden
In one and a half day, HRH Crown Princess Victoria and State Secretary Billinger got to meet with some of the most innovative Swedish – Dutch companies, learning about sustainable solutions from Vattenfall, ABB E-mobility, Scania, IKEA, Ericsson, Saab Damen, Rotterdam Port and Amsterdam City.

On June 7, 2022, the Swedish Chamber of Commerce celebrated its 60th Anniversary in the presence of HRH Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden. In the morning HRH Crown Princess Victoria together with State Secretary Stina Billinger visited to Edge Technologies, where the Swedish Chamber of Commerce has its offices. Coen van Oostrom, CEO of EDGE Technologies, welcomed HRH Crown Princess Victoria and explained how sustainable office buildings increase productivity and health while Dutch Special Envoy HRH Prince Constantijn Van Oranje-Nassau gave a presentation about Techleapnl. 

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Swedish Chamber Innovation & Sustainability Summit and Royal Gala Dinner

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Day program

14.00 – 17.00
Swedish-Dutch Innovation & Sustainability Summit

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In the afternoon, the Swedish Chamber of Commerce celebrated its 60th Anniversary in the Netherlands with an Innovation & Sustainability Summit moderated by Patrick Mesterton, CEO Epicenter Stockholm, at Hotel Okura Amsterdam.

HRH Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden gave the opening keynote,
followed by top speakers from both Sweden and the Netherlands: HRH Prince Constantijn van Oranje, Special Envoy at Techleap.nl, Micky Adriaansens, Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy, Stina Billinger, State Secretary at the Swedish Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation, Jan Peter Balkenende, Chairman of Dutch Sustainable Growth Coalition, Jon Abrahamsson Ring, CEO Inter IKEA Group, Eva Axelsson, CSO and Head of Group Sustainability, SAAB, Martijn Hagens, CEO Vattenfall Netherlands, Krister Mattsson, Managing Director Ingka Investments, Ingka Group, and Head of Ingka Group Corporate Finance and Treasury, Funda Sezgi, Co-founder & Managing Director, Norrsken Impact Accelerator, Joey van den Brink, European Business Development Lead B Lab Europe, Everth Flores, General Manager Ericsson Netherlands, Dr. Cara Antoine, Managing Direction, IG&H, President, Women in Tech Netherlands, Tuva Palm, Digitalization Expert Utopia Music AG, and Sam Mirson, General Manager Benelux Quinyx. 

14:00 OPENING INTRODUCTION

Moderator Patrick Mesterton

Co-founder and CEO, Epicenter Stockholm

Kerstin Gerlagh

General Manager, Swedish Chamber of Commerce

14:08 OPENING SPEECH

HRH Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden

Photo: Anna-Lena Ahlström, ©The Royal Court of Sweden

14:15 HOW TO BUILD A THRIVING START-UP ECOSYSTEM

Constantijn van Oranje

Special Envoy, Techleap.nl

14:25 FIRESIDE CHAT: WHAT ARE OUR NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS DOING TO INCREASE INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP TO SECURE THEIR FOREFRONT POSITIONS IN TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS AND DRIVE FUTURE JOB CREATION AND GROWTH?

Stina Billinger

State Secretary for Business, Industry, and Innovation

Micky Adriaansens

Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate

©RVD – Valerie Kuypers en Martijn Beekman

14:45 FIRESIDE CHAT: GREEN RECOVERY AS A GAME-CHANGER – SUSTAINABILITY AS THE MOTOR OF GREEN RECOVERY AND HOW BUSINESS AND SOCIETY JOINTLY ACHIEVE SUSTAINABLE IMPACT

Jan Peter Balkenende

Chairman, Dutch Sustainable Growth Coalition, Former Dutch Minister President

Jon Abrahamsson Ring

CEO, Inter IKEA Group

Eva Axelsson

Chief Sustainability Officer and Head of Group Sustainability, SAAB

15:15 CASE STUDIES: HOW DO THE ESTABLISHED CORPORATES/MULTINATIONALS TACKLE THE ISSUE OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND TAKING CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY?

Martijn Hagens

CEO, Vattenfall

Krister Mattsson

Managing Director Ingka Investments, Ingka Group, and Head of Ingka Group Corporate Finance and Treasury


15.45 COFFEE BREAK

16:15 IMPACT COMPANIES AND IMPACT INVESTING – CREATING A MORE INCLUSIVE AND SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY

Funda Sezgi

Co-founder & Managing Director, Norrsken Impact Accelerator

Joey van den Brink

European Business Development Lead, B Lab Europe

16:40 THE FUTURE LEADERSHIP – HOW TO SUCCEED IN A NEW DIGITAL ECONOMY

Everth Flores

General Manager, Ericsson Netherlands

Dr. Cara Antoine

Managing Direction, IG&H, President, Women in Tech the Netherlands

Tuva Palm

Digitalization Expert, Utopia Music AG

Sam Mirson

General Manager, Benelux Quinyx

17:10 WRAP UP AND CONCLUSION

17:15 END


Evening Program

18.30 – 19.30
Reception

19.30 – 23.30
60th Anniversary Royal Gala Dinner

Hotel Okura, Amsterdam
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The summit was followed by a Royal Gala Dinner welcoming +300 guests to celebrate the Swedish Chamber’s 60th Anniversary and the prosperous relationship between Sweden and the Netherlands,
in the presence of
HRH Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden.

At the dinner, HRH Crown Princess handed out the Swedish Chamber Entrepreneurship Award to Lynk & Co, the Achievement Award to Inter IKEA Systems and the Tech for Good Award to Ericsson. The Swedish Chamber of Commerce congratulates the recipients of the Swedish Chamber Business Awards 2021. The Swedish Chamber of Commerce would also like to thank our Keynote speaker Per Heggenes, CEO of IKEA Foundation, for his inspiring dinner speech. The Swedish-based Dutch artist Kim-Lian van der Meij hosted the evening and gave a fantastic musical show.  

Photo: Elisabeth Toll, ©The Royal Court of Sweden

HONORARY GUEST AND DINNER SPEAKER

Per Heggenes

CEO, IKEA Foundation

MASTER OF CEREMONY & GRAND FINAL SHOW

Kim-Lian van der Meij

Entertainment

Helena van Heel and Vincent van Amsterdam

Anne-Lie and the band Stockholm Jazz Connection

Exclusive Sponsors

Corporate Sponsors

Exclusive Sponsor Flower Arrangements

Exclusive Transport Sponsor

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