60th Anniversary - Summit - Swedish Chamber of Commerce

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The Swedish Chamber regrets to have to inform you all that with reference to the new restrictions regarding the Corona situation presented by the Dutch government at the Press conference on Friday, November 12, 2021, it has been forced to postpone the Swedish Chamber of Commerce 60th Anniversary Innovation and Sustainability Summit and Gala Dinner on November 18, to a date in 2022. The Swedish Chamber of Commerce is very sorry for the inconvenience for all concerned and hopes for your understanding. We hope to come back with more information as soon as possible. The Swedish Chamber of Commerce Executive Committee

On November 18, 2021, we are looking forward to welcoming you to celebrate our 60th Anniversary with a Swedish-Dutch Innovation & Sustainability Summit followed by a fantastic Gala Dinner with a long list of Exclusive Guests, Dinner speakers, Business Award Ceremony and First-Class Entertainment.

The Swedish–Dutch Innovation and Sustainability Summit will focus on 21st-century Innovation, bringing together business leaders, entrepreneurs, politicians, and academics from both Sweden and the Netherlands to address the greater trends facing us, from tech and innovation to sustainability and impact, as well as the future workforce and  global trade.

Summit Program

14.00 – 17.00 The Swedish – Dutch Innovation & Sustainability Summit

14:00 OPENING INTRODUCTION & SPEECH 14:08 OPENING SPEECH

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?

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

15:45 COFFEE BREAK

16:15 IMPACT COMPANIES AND IMPACT INVESTING – CREATING A MORE INCLUSIVE AND SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY 16:40 THE FUTURE LEADERSHIP – HOW TO SUCCEED IN A NEW DIGITAL ECONOMY

17:10 WRAP UP AND CONCLUSION 17:15 END

For you who will attend the Gala Dinner after the Summit, but are not staying at the hotel for the night, a dressing room to change to evening wear will be provided.

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The Swedish Chamber of Commerce cordially thanks Noviflora for the flower arrangements for the Swedish Chamber’s 60th Anniversary

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HRH Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden

Stef Blok, Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy

From 1998 to 2002 and from 2002 to 2012, Stef Blok was a member of the House of Representatives for the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy, VVD. From October 2010 to November 2012 he was also the VVD's parliamentary party leader. Stef Blok has been Minister for Housing and the Central Government Sector in the Rutte-Asscher government between 2012-2017. After that, he has been Minister of Security and Justice as well as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the third Rutte Government. On May 25, 2021, he was appointed Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy.

Stina Billinger, State Secretary to Minister for Business, Industry and Innovation, Ibrahim Baylan

Professor Jan Peter Balkenende, Chairman the Dutch Sustainable Growth Coalition

Professor Jan Peter Balkenende was Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 2002 to 2010. During 2011-2016, Balkenende worked as Partner at EY on corporate responsibility and international affairs. Since 2016, he is External Senior Advisor to EY and since May 2021 Associate Partner at Hague Corporate Affairs as well. Balkenende chairs the Dutch Sustainable Growth Coalition, the Major Alliance and the Noaber Foundation. Balkenende is Professor of Governance, Institutions and Internationalisation at Erasmus University Rotterdam and Member of the World Leadership Alliance - Club de Madrid. In 2009 he became Commander Grand Cross of the Royal Order of the Polar Star of Sweden.

Constantijn van Oranje, Special Envoy Techleap.nl

Anna Borg, CEO Vattenfall

Anna Borg is the president and CEO of Vattenfall. Since 2017 Anna Borg was Vattenfall’s CFO and has many years of experience within the energy sector. Among other things, she has been Senior Vice President for Vattenfall’s Business Area Markets, led the Nordic Sales business, the Swedish Heat business as well as the European B2C business. Anna Borg has also been Senior Vice President Nordics at Klarna.

Hélène Barnekow, CEO Microsoft Sweden

Hélène Barnekow has more than 25 years of experience from the IT and Telecom industry. Prior to joining Microsoft in December 2018, Hélène worked as the CEO of the Telco company, Telia Sweden. Earlier in her career she was Head of Field & Partner Marketing at EMC in Boston, USA, where she was awarded several grants for her excellent leadership and marketing achievements. She has also been assigned several leadership roles at Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications. Hélène is part of the Board of Directors of GN Store Nord A/S and Kindred Group plc. In August 2019, Hélène launched her first book, Re:start, about valued-based leadership in a ever changing world.

Krister Mattsson, Managing Director of Ingka Investments

Krister Mattsson has 35 years of experience in investments, corporate finance, tax and treasury. Following graduation from the University of Lund, Sweden, and the University of California, USA, he embarked on trainee jobs in Germany, South Africa and the USA, before working for Skanska Group and Alfa Laval Group in Sweden. He then joined IKEA group, which later became Ingka group. Today, he is a member of the Ingka Group Management as well as a member of several country boards and other boards within Ingka Group. He holds two positions, Managing Director of Ingka Investments and Head of Ingka Group Corporate Finance & Treasury.

Funda Sezgi | Co-founder & MD Norrsken Impact Accelerator

Funda Sezgi is co-founder and MD at Norrsken Impact Accelerator. Before focusing on the accelerator, Funda took on the chief growth officer and chief operating officer roles at Norrsken Foundation, responsible for the foundation’s operations, partnerships and expansion to Africa and Europe. She also headed Norrsken House and was in charge of setting up and running their first entrepreneurial hub in Stockholm. Funda has been part of the management team since she joined the foundation in its early days. Prior to joining Norrsken, Funda worked as a market analyst, a management consultant, and an acceleration program manager helping social entrepreneurs go international. Funda earned a Ph.D. in strategic management from IESE Business School, where she focused on impact ventures and their scaling strategies. She also spent time in Silicon Valley as a visiting scholar at Stanford University. Born in Turkey, Funda’s international journey also brought her through Melbourne, Barcelona, Cairo and Madurai before moving to her favorite city Stockholm several years ago.

Jon Abrahamsson Ring, CEO of Inter IKEA Group

Jon Abrahamsson Ring started his IKEA career in IKEA Örebro in 1998 and various assignments followed, among others in the IKEA Canada and IKEA China retail organizations. He was also assistant to IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad for four years. In 2008, Jon left the IKEA business to become CEO of fashion brand Filippa K and later CEO of gardening brand Plantagen. He re-joined IKEA when he started working for Inter IKEA Systems in 2017. Jon became CEO of Inter IKEA Group in 2020.

Sam Mirson, Country Manager Quinyx

Quinyx is a leading workforce management software providing technology that simplifies scheduling, time reporting, communication, task management, budgeting, and forecasting. Through advanced and flexible features, Quinyx helps more than 850 companies around the world remain compliant, improve efficiency, reduce costs of labor, and engage employees. Quinyx has offices in the U.S, U.K, Sweden, Finland, Germany, Norway, Denmark, and the Netherlands has more than 850 customers in 50 countries and 1 million active users on their platform. Clients include McDonald’s, Starbucks, Domino’s, Oatly, Well Pharmacy, Maersk, London City Airport, Virgin Atlantic, Hilton, IHG, Rituals, Swarovski, Odeon Cinemas Group, and DHL. In October 2020 Quinyx acquired Rotterdam based AI company Widget Brian. NL is Quinyx second largest office with 50 employees.

Everth E. Flores, Managing Director Ericsson NL

As head of Ericsson Netherlands, Everth Flores is responsible for Ericsson’s sales and operations and bringing a leading portfolio to customers. Everth is a veteran of the Service Provider Segment with more than 25 years of experience in working with Service Providers in the telecom sector. Having worked with service providers in Europe, US, and Latin America across both the Digital Media, Cable and Telco industry give him a unique perspective of business needs and the importance of collaborative approach in the market. Ericsson enables communications service providers to capture the full value of connectivity. Ericsson is bridging the Fixed and Mobile divide to create more opportunities to enable Dutch Services Providers to leverage technologies such as 5G and IoT to create additional business, increase efficiency and create more value to the end users. Prior to Ericsson, Everth held multiple international senior leadership roles in Cisco, Harmonic Inc, and other companies focused on Video, Access Networks and Connected Home.

Eva Axelsson, CSO and Head of Group Sustainability at Saab AB

Eva Axelsson has over 20 years of experience in sustainable business, organizations and authorities, of which the last 8 years in the finance industry. Eva has a Master of science in biology and environmental management and economics. Over the years, Eva has developed organizations, people and methods to combine sustainability with good business in different industries. Today, as Chief Sustainability Officer and Head of Group Sustainability at Saab AB, Eva has recently joined Saab AB to lead and further develop sustainability strategy and involvement/communication with regulators, institutions and sector organizations. Eva is a board member at The International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE) Lund.

Joey van den Brink, European Business Development Lead, B Lab Europe

In his current role, Joey is the topic owner of the strategic growth of the B Corp movement in Europe and the coordination of the B Lab Europe country partner network on the topic of Business Development. B Lab is building a movement of people using business as a force for good, and started as a small group of companies in the U.S. which has expanded to today include over 4.000 companies in 70 countries. B Lab’s goal is to build an ecosystem where good business can thrive.

Ynzo van Zanten, Chief Evangelist, Tony’s Chocolonely | TEDX/SXSW/SB Speaker | Author

Ynzo is Tony’s ‘Choco Evangelist’. He tells the story of the Tony’s Chocolonely roadmap towards 100% slave free chocolate. Ynzo combines his talents as an economist, author, entrepreneur and storyteller in his work for Tony’s (and still manages to sleep a few hours a night). In the past he was responsible for launching the successful smoothie brand innocent drinks on the European continent. Ynzo is also the convenor of the ‘Sustainable Leadership & Entrepreneurship’ program at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, and a guest lecturer at the University of Amsterdam and TU Delft. In his spare time Ynzo sits on the boards of the ’10.000 Hours’ and ‘Plastic Whale’ foundations.

Dr. Cara Antoine, Managing Director Digital Transformation at IG&H

Dr. Cara Antoine has seasoned Executive experiences in digitally transforming businesses and cultures across global industries from Polaroid to Compaq, Hewlett-Packard, Royal Dutch Shell, Microsoft, and IG&H. Her inclusive mindset and approach to diversity enables organizations and the individuals who work within them, to achieve more. She serves as Netherlands President and Executive Member of the Board of Women in Tech, as Supervisory Board Member at Wortell, and on the Quality Council at the BIT Academy to excite future generations of female leaders to choose for a career in technology. As a Patient Leader, Cara’s focus on visual impairments, accessibility, and social inclusion, led her to join the Board of the Corneal Patients Association and serve as Chairwoman of the Awards Jury. Her Doctor Business Administration (DBA) research at Bradford University explored individual behaviours that explain a manifestation in relationships that influence human collaboration in the workforce and communities we live in at scale. Cara and her partner Niels have 2 grown children, Jesse (26) and Syll (22), and they live in North Holland where they enjoy taking long walks at the beach and a swim in the North Sea.

Moderator: Patrick Mesterton, Co-founder and CEO of Epicenter

Patrick Mesterton Patrick Mesterton is co-founder and CEO of Epicenter. Epicenter is Digital House of Innovation located in the heart of Sweden, Norway and Finland digital landscape. At Epicenter local and international entrepreneurs and companies meet to collaborate, learn and grow their businesses.Before founding Epicenter, Patrick served as CEO for innovations consultancy outfit Result, where he has been an advisor on innovation and internationalization to world leading organizations such as Santander Consumer Bank, Grant Thornton and the Egyptian Central Bank. Prior to joining Result, he spent 15 years within digital advertising and local search industry in various senior executive positions in Sweden, Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands. Patrick has a deep understanding of how businesses can embrace digital opportunities and technology. He is a frequent speaker on entrepreneurship, intrapreneurship and creating innovation environments.

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