APRIL 21, 2022
9.00-11.00
Swedish Residence, Lange Voorhout 28, The Hague
The Swedish Chamber thanks you for attending the Swedish Chamber of Commerce’s Chamber Executive Breakfast Meeting on climate change and sustainability Featuring
H.R.H Prince Jaime de Bourbon de Parme, Climate Envoy for the Netherlands on April 21, 2022.
The Swedish Chamber of Commerce would like to extend a warm thank you to H.R.H Prince Jaime de Bourbon de Parme for his very interesting and inspiring presentation on his role as Dutch Climate Envoy and the challenges we face looking forward. We also would like to extend our sincere thanks to the Ambassador of Sweden, H.E. Mr. Johannes Oljelund for hosting the Swedish Chamber’s Executive Breakfast meeting at his beautiful residence and to all guests for their presence and valuable contributions to the discussions.
As Climate Envoy, H.R.H. Prince Jaime de Bourbon de Parme is the dedicated representative of the Netherlands for climate diplomacy. He is to raise international climate ambitions and find common solutions for reducing greenhouse emissions and enhancing the regenerative power of nature. He also sits on the board of the Green Climate Fund, which assists developing countries in adaptation and mitigation. Jaime has an extensive diplomatic career in forging partnerships for innovative solutions to complex global challenges. As Senior Advisor for Private Sector Partnerships (2018-2021) to the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) his mission was to find private-sector solutions for refugees, among which access to clean energy.
As the Ambassador of the Netherlands to the Holy See (Vatican, under the leadership of Pope Francis) he partnered on
climate action, forced migration, and peace negotiations (2014-2018). As Special Envoy for Natural Resources (2011-2014), he initiated the Responsible Mining Index and set up conflict-free supply chains of metals and minerals in the Democratic Republic of Congo with the private sector and civil society. He was selected to be a member of the Cabinet of the European Commissioner for Competition (2005-2007), worked in the field as a political advisor to the Dutch Commander of the NATO Peacekeeping Mission in Afghanistan (2004), and helped set up the Netherlands Embassy in Iraq (2003). He has held various other roles in MENA, Africa, and Latin America.
ABOUT THE SWEDISH CHAMBER EXECUTIVE BREAKFAST MEETINGS
The Swedish Chamber of Commerce Chamber Executive Breakfast Meetings bring together tailored and differently composed, intimate groups of business leaders for interactive discussions.
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APRIL 7, 2022
8:30 – 10:30
Venue: Swedish Chamber of Commerce, Edge Olympic, Amsterdam
The Swedish Chamber of Commerce had the great honor to organize an interactive breakfast together with PRLab — sharing best practices and discussing scaling across borders with PR. We would like to thank Matias Rodsevich for his contribution and for sharing his knowledge and expertise. We would also like to thank the +20 participants from a broad mix of companies for their contributions.
This event was organized in Partnership with:
About PRLab
PRLab is a leading global PR firm providing cutting-edge PR services for startups, tech companies, and corporations. They are a team of dedicated PR professionals and experts on international public relations and global communication management.
Using a mix of traditional and contemporary PR to achieve powerful coverage that drives business growth, PRLab has a proven track record of results around the world in the fields of tech, innovation, and sustainability. Clients include renowned companies such as Meltwater, Chargebee, Siilo, Funnel, Moss, and many more.
Welcome to watch our amazing video from the Breakfast Meeting – Scaling across borders with PR on April 7, 2022.
APRIL 5, 2022
18.30-21.00
Venue: Swedish Chamber of Commerce, Edge Technology, Amsterdam
Business Culture featuring Gabriele Hamm Adler People & business developer/ coach/ facilitator/ founder and owner of GHA Development, Celemi solution partner / AIMS International Leadership Consultant
The Swedish Chamber of Commerce would like to extend a big thank you to Gabriele Hamm Adler, GHA Development – Growth for People & Business for leading the fourth session of the Mentorship Program and for taking over from Hendrik Jan in such short notice. Gabriele had prepared a very interactive program on Business Culture explaining different methods and invited all the participants to take part of the discussions. Thank you also Nils van Dijkman and Lars Bakker for your personal statements and for interacting with Gabriele.
Business Culture session by Gabriele Hamm Adler:
We have over the last years learned that nothing is constant as the world around us is in continuous change. It has become more important for leaders to understand how the changes will impact the organization and to be able to navigate through this time of disruption. How to still be genuine while adapting?
In this session we will reflect about the significance of Culture and cultural awareness. We will discuss Culture from different angles and how it translates into your organization’s daily reality. How can you adapt and develop while staying true to yourself?
About Gabriele Hamm Adler:
People & business developer/ coach/ facilitator
Founder and owner of GHA Development,
Senior lecturer MSC Rotterdam Business School
AIMS International Leadership Consultant
ABOUT THE SWEDISH CHAMBER MENTORSHIP PROGRAM
With the Swedish Chamber of Commerce Mentorship Program, the Swedish Chamber of Commerce is supporting the next generation’s leaders by connecting young and ambitious talents with experienced international business professionals from across all fields and sectors within the Swedish Chamber of Commerce. The program offers a unique opportunity for young professionals to benefit from an exclusive eight-month program of group workshops and individual mentoring and sharing experience of successful senior industry professionals and guests’ speakers.
Read more here
The Swedish Chamber of Commerce Mentorship Program 2020-2021 is supported by:
The Young Professional membership
Are you under the age of 36 and want to be part of a Swedish-Dutch network? If so, welcome to take the opportunity of becoming a young professional member of the Swedish Chamber of Commerce for the Netherlands. The YP of the Swedish Chamber helps future business leaders to accelerate personal and professional growth, as well as to extend their networks across the Swedish- Dutch business community.
As a member you get
Access to some 20 young professional events annually
Access to full Swedish Chamber events calendar* over the course of the year
Access to the YP Academy Program free of charge
Access to the Swedish Chamber and YP Mentorship Program
Professional development courses often with reduced prices
A free subscription of the Swedish Chamber digital Newsletter
* The young professionals’ membership is a private membership of the Swedish Chamber
with limited access to some services and events.
Please visit the booking page of the event for more information.
Membership fee
Euro 28,10 excl VAT per year
Sign up to become a member here
MARCH 21, 2022
09.15 – 10.15 CET
DIGITAL
On March 21, The Swedish Chamber of Commerce held its Chamber Meeting – Ukraine, an update on Sweden’s position by Ambassador H.E. Mr. Johannes Oljelund.
The Swedish Chamber of Commerce would like to extend a warm thank you to the Ambassador of Sweden, H.E. Mr. Johannes Oljelund for giving an update on the current Ukraine situation from the Swedish perspective, and also a warm thank you to all members that participated in this virtual interactive briefing.
This is a members only event and it is free of charge.
MARCH 17, 2022
16.00-18.00
DIGITAL
The Tech Tables – Cyber Security
Prime Cyber Security threats and major trends with respect to threats, threat actors and attack technologies
On March 17, the Swedish Chamber of Commerce hosted Cyber Security, which was the first event in our Tech Table series for this year.
In this very interesting webinar, experts were brought together to discuss the Prime Cyber Security threats and major trends with respect to threats, threat actors, and attack technologies. We got an update of the wider field of international cyber security and hybrid conflict, and how to keep up with the emerging threat landscape and increased digitalization while exploring the possibilities. We also got a short Master Class in Cyber Crime and Legal aspects and responsibilities.
We want to extend a warm thank you to our fantastic speakers Louk Faesen, Strategic Analyst, Cyber Policy and Resilience Program of the Hague Centre for Strategic Studies, and Project Manager of the Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace (GCSC), Pernilla Rönn, Head of Cyber Security Combitech Sweden, Daan Keuper, Head of Computest’s Security Research division for Computest Security B.V. Also a warm thank you to our Moderator and speaker Lex Keukens, Lawyer TK Tech at TeekensKarstens, and to everyone that participated in this event.
ABOUT SWEDISH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TECH TABLES
The Swedish Chamber of Commerce’s Tech Tables invites Swedish Chamber Members and leading experts, exciting entrepreneurs and challengers alongside passionate change makers from Sweden and the Netherlands to participate in the exciting discussions about the latest tech trends. How will technologies shape the future and what can we learn from each other?
The Tech Tables 2022 Themes:
Cyber Security | March 17
Tech Finance/VC Investment | May 10
Women in Tech | Sept 8
Tech for Good | Oct 11
The Swedish Chamber of Commerce Tech Table 2022 is supported by TK Tech.
Are you an SCOC or YP member and missed the event? Please send us an email at events@swedishchamber.nl and we will send you the online recording.
MARCH 9, 2022
12:00-14:00
Sofitel Legend The Grand Amsterdam
The Swedish Chamber of Commerce would like to extend a big thanks to the French Chamber of Commerce in the Netherlands and Sylvie Craenen and team for the great opportunity to partner up with you for the Women’s Day Lunch on March 9, 2022, and to listen to the very inspiring Keynote Speaker Reina-Flor Okori Makendengue.
THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING FROM THE FRENCH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
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The 14th edition of our annual Women’s Day Lunch took place on Wednesday 9th Mach 2022, at Sofitel Legend the Grand Amsterdam.
For this special occasion, we welcomed more than 80 guests who were able to discuss, debate and exchange about women’s empowerment and equity in business. In the sumptuous hotel that is the Sofitel Legend The Grand Amsterdam, this Lunch was the perfect opportunity for our guests to gather and network, while honoring this peculiar and far-reaching day.
We would like to warmly thank Emmy Stoel and the Grand for welcoming us again this year. We especially want to greet her professional and dedicated team that made this Lunch exceptional. Mrs. Stoel reminded us of the chance we had to be gathered in this historical and artistic place for celebrating such an unique occasion that is the International Women’s Day.
This year, we were honored to have Reina Flor Okori Makendegue as Keynote Speaker: a 4 times Olympian with over 20 years on the track representing France and Equatorial Guinea. Reina-Flor granted us a speech about her personal and professional life. Starting competition at the age of 13 years, Reina-Flor’s life is not only a story of talent and dreams but also of hard work, passion and resilience. Reina-Flor’s words were earnestly touching and inspiring and truly embodied female leadership. She also gave us her personal vision of what sport is : fairness.
‘How do you go from being an outsider to becoming a leader ? |
WEBINAR
FEBRUARY 10 | 14.00 – 15.15 CET
On February 10, The Nordic Chambers of Commerce and the Nordic Embassies in the Netherlands hosted the online kick-off #NordicTalks – Food for Good. In this webinar, our experts discussed how we can contribute to the sustainable and healthy transformation of our global food systems.
The Nordic Chambers of Commerce and the Nordic Embassies in the Netherlands would like to extend a warm thank you to the Norweigian Ambassador H.E. Bård Ivar Svendsen for his welcoming words, to our speakers Katja Svensson, Nordic Council of Ministers, Jolijn Zwart-van Kessel, Foodvalley NL, Einar Kleppe Holthe, Nordic Circular Hotspot and Natural State, and David Kat, Wasteless, for sharing your expertise and knowledge on this important topic, and to our fantastic moderator Andrea Orsag, MissionC, for her excellent contribution to the discussions, and to everyone that participated in this very interesting and informative session.
Our Speakers’ Golden tips for us consumers:
- Be your own gardener – see what you can grow on your own to realise what is the effort behind the whole process and also the value of the food once you put your energy into it
- Sniff, Look and Taste before you throw away food just because based on the label it is expired
- Support your local producers
- Educate yourself of what are you eating, read what are the ingredients and nutritions of your choices. Choose smart! And explore new foods time to time, keeping your mind open
- ENJOY – on your own, with family and friends – because food is such a big part of a culture and a way to express emotions
For more information and to register for this event, visit the #NordicTalks website.
We would also like to invite you to the next Food for Good event, which will be on September 20, 2022. Mark the calendar!
COACH:
Malin Hedlund, MH Leadership
INSPIRATIONAL SPEAKERS:
Benno Dijkhuis, Managing Director Fagerhult Benelux
Sara Wilhelmsson, Director Sales Development EMEA at Snowflake
On February 9, The Swedish Chamber of Commerce hosted the first session of the Women Business Leadership Program – Follow your Passions and your Purpose for Success. In this webinar coach Malin Hedlund, Co-founder MH Leadership, taught us how to build a resilient mindset, which will help us achieve our goals and to allow us to tap into what really inspires us.
The Swedish Chamber of Commerce would like to extend a warm thank you to our fantastic Coach Malin Hedlund, we all left the session boosted with new knowledge and new tools in our toolbox, and a hugely positive feeling. We would also like to thank our Inspirational speakers Benno Dijkhuis and Sara Wilhelmsson, everyone that participated in this event and our partner Schwedische Handelskammer in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland.
Due to the current Corona situation in the Netherlands, the launch of the Women Business Leadership Program was held digitally. The following sessions will be held live at Edge Technologies, Amsterdam.
This webinar was organized by the Swedish Chamber of Commerce for the Netherlands in partnership with:
“Participating in the Women Business Leadership program, provided by Malin via the Swedish Chamber, has been a great help in my daily live, both private and business wise! It has provided me with tips & tricks to be better aware of why I do things the way you do them, and if needed how I might be able change/improve. The term “ant-steps” is one that often comes to my mind. I really recommend you to join a session!
If you are not able to do all four, one is more than not at all! But I’m sure if you go for one you will most likely want to join all sessions. I always leave these session with such a positive boosted feeling.”
Pernilla Guitink-Svensson, Process Improvement Professional at ASML
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