Program
Sunday September 14
8:00AM
Edays Golf Tournament 2008, Bro Hof Slott
5:00PM - 7:00PM
Business Matchmaking Registration, Clarion Hotel Sign
6:00PM - 7:30PM
VIP reception - hosted by Ambassador Michael M. Wood, Ambassador of the United States to Sweden (by invitations only)
6:00PM
Edays Happy Hour, the bar at Aquavit Grill & Raw Bar, Clarion Hotel Sign
Monday September 15
Moderator: John Reisky de Dubnic, Managing Partner, the Duffy Agency
7:00AM
Registration & Interactive Exhibit opens
7:30AM - 9:00AM
Business Matchmaking
9:00AM-10:10AM
Grand Opening: Welcome & Introduction
"Vision and Mission of SACC-USA - 20 years as an Accelerator for Transatlantic Business"
- Viveka Wahlstedt, Chairman of the Board of SACC-USA
"You and Global Warming -
Swedish-American Cooperation in Cleantech"
- Ambassador Michael M. Wood, Embassy of the United States, Sweden.
"Trading Through the Transatlantic Link - Future co-operation in a Globalized World"
- Gunnar Wieslander, State Secretary to Minister for Trade Ewa Björling, Foreign Ministry
10:15AM -11:15AM
“Accelerating Business Between Sweden and the U.S.”
Panel Discussion: The U.S. market offers attractive opportunities for companies of all sizes. This panel will discuss what it takes to succeed in the U.S. by learning how to unlock the necessary market keys and navigate the U.S. government.
Moderator: Thomas Siebert, former Ambassador of the United States to Sweden; Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig
Panelists:
- Sandy K. Baruah, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Ec. Development, U.S. Department of Commerce
- Christian Johansson, CEO, Greater Baltimore Business Alliance
- Lars Bjerde, Senior Vice President, SAAB Technologies. Inc.
11:30AM - 1:00PM
Business Matchmaking and Lunch in the Interactive Exhibit
1:00PM - 1:30PM
"Alternative Investments"
Keynote Speaker Nikolaus Weil, Chairman & Managing Partner of Berlin Atlantic Holding/Film Director
1:30PM - 2:00PM
"The New Realities of the 21st Century Worldwide Marketplace"
Keynote speaker: Sandy K. Baruah, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development, U.S. Department of Commerce
2:00PM - 3:00PM
"Global Challenges and Opportunities"
Greater economic integration and interdependence have the potential to harmonize interests, increase wealth, and reduce conflict. Addressing these challenges requires new ideas, new economic mechanisms, new institutions, and a new way of thinking about a globalized economy and its relationship to security.
Keynote speakers:
Bill Hutchinson, Chairman, Waterfront Toronto
3:00PM- 4:00PM
Industry Deep Dive: Clean Tech
Introduction: - Dr. Christina Lampe Onnerud, CEO, Boston-Power
Speakers:
- Ross Harding, Senior Advisor, Herty Advanced Materials Dev. Center
- Barry Blomquist, President & CEO, VolcanWall
- Henrik Moberg, Sales Director, Sunstrip AB
4:00PM - 5:00PM
Business Matchmaking
7:00PM - 10:00PM
SACC-USA Anniversary Gala Banquet Dinner, Nordiska Muséet, Djurgården (see separate heading in the menu)
- Welcome & Introduction - Svante Forsberg, Chairman Deloitte AB
- Dinner Key Note Speaker - Jacob Wallenberg, Chairman, Investor AB
- Recognition of SACC-USA’s Original Invetsors
- Music & Entertainment by Soprano Hannah Holgersson and Adolf Fredrik’s Youth Choir
Pianist and choir leader – Karin Bäckström
Tuesday September 16
Moderator: John Reisky de Dubnic, Managing Partner, the Duffy Agency
8:00AM - 10:30PM
Business Matchmaking and Interactive Exhibit
10:00AM - 16:00PM
Roundtable Discussion – parallel activity for the Entertainment sector:
“Creating business opportunities with Swedish American co-productions”
An opportunity to share your experiences and express your opinions on how Swedish and American companies can best work together, whether shooting in Sweden or the USA.
10:30AM - 11:30AM
Seminar: “Raising Venture Capital in the U.S. and in Sweden”
Moderator: Anders Kuikka, EIM Scandinavia
Panelists:
- Michael M. Wood, Ambassador of the United States to Sweden
- Doug Pennington, Executive Director, Private Capital Network
- James F. Blom, Senior Consultant, VeriTainer Corporation
- Dr. Lars Gatenbeck, General Partner & CEO, GZ Group
11:30AM - 12:30PM
Lunch in the Interactive Exhibit
12:30PM - 1:30PM
Industry Deep Dive: Telecom
"Converging Current Technologies to Future Needs"
Moderator: Kent Sander, Senior Partner and Investment Manager, Brainheart Capital
Speakers:
- Babak Gourdarzi-Pour, CEO, Optimum Biometric Labs AB - Donald G. McKeny, Founder & President, Mardon International Healthcare Services
- Jonas Nilsson, CEO, SP Devices Sweden AB
- Richard Savage, Director Business Development, Qualcomm Europe Inc.
- Eduardo I. Rodriguez, Entrepreneur, Visionary and Human, Futureprovider
1:30PM - 3:30PM
Business Matchmaking
3:30PM - 4:00PM
Concluding Remarks
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