PROGRAM FOR BUSINESS FOCUS - EDAYS SPECIAL EDITION
Available as pdf here
May 4-7, 2010
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The Sweden Week Business Focus-Edays is an industry conference in Seattle, WA, with three of Seattle's largest clusters: Clean Technology/Sustainable Development, Mobility & Information Technology and Med Tech and Global Health. The Business Focus-Edays is organized under the Sweden Week umbrella in order to highlight local and Swedish businesses. It is presented in partnership with SACC-USA as an E-Days Special Edition in order to exchange ideas, views, and to stimulate trade between Sweden and the U.S.
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May 4, Tuesday
NOTE: optional programs are arranged by cluster leaders and SACC-USA outside of the official program
11:00-5:00 SACC-USA Regional and Annual Board Meetings
6:00 VIP Reception for specially invited guests
Remarks by Lars Jonsson,
Sweden Week Founder and Swedish Consul to WA
Remarks by Official from City of Seattle
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May 5, Wednesday
7:00 Opening of registration and exhibits at the Swedish Cultural Center
7:30-8:00 Press conference
8:00-9:00 Grand Opening of
Sweden Week Business Focus-Edays Special Edition
Welcoming Remarks:
- Lars Jonsson, Sweden Week Founder and Swedish Consul to Washington State
- Urban Lundberg, SACC-USA Chairman
- News and Views from the U.S. Embassy in Sweden by Matthew Barzun, the Ambassador of the United States to Sweden
- Trade between Sweden and the U.S. by Representative from the Swedish Government
9:00-9:30 City of Stockholm – European Green Capital, 2010 Read more
9:30-11:00 Concurrent sessions: includes coffee
- “Speed-networking” sessions
- Business Matchmaking
11:00-12:30 Panel Discussion - Examining the Future of Integration
- Mark R. Anderson, CEO, Strategic News Service and Chairman, Future in Review Conference s
- Microsoft
- Ericsson
- Followed by Questions and Answers, Moderator Mark R. Anderson
12:30-1:30 Lunch and Business Matchmaking
1:30-2:30 Keynote Speech: Med Tech & Global Health
Med Tech, Global Health, and Innovation: the Next Frontier
- Keynote Speaker TBD
- Thomas Hedner, PhD, MD, MBA, professor in Clinical Pharmacology and head of the Department of medical innovation and entrepreneurship at Sahlgrenska Academy
- Questions and Answers
2:30-3:00 Coffee Break
3:00-4:00 Clean Tech Panel Discussion on Smart Grid with three company
leaders, Introduced and moderated by Matthew Barzun,
US Ambassador to Sweden
- Claes Olsson , CEO, PowerIt Solutions
- TBD
4:00-5:15 Company Pitch Sessions with Moderator
5:30-7:30 Welcome Reception
Speakers: Senior Officials from the City of Seattle and City of Stockholm
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May 6, Thursday
7:30 Opening of registration and exhibits
8:00-9:00 Business Matchmaking
9:00-10:30 Concurrent cluster programs
with Keynote Speakers & Panel Discussions #1
(See separate cluster programs for details)
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:30 Concurrent cluster programs
with Keynote Speakers & Panel Discussions #2
(See separate cluster programs for details)
12:30-1:30 Lunch and Business Matchmaking
1:30-2:30 Key Note Speech: “Strategies for a Green Society”
- Tomas Kåberger, General Director Energy Dep. Sweden
- Questions and Answers moderated by KC Golden (Policy Director, Climate Solutions)
2:30-4:00 Concurrent cluster programs
with Keynote Speakers & Panel Discussions #3
(See separate cluster programs for details)
4:00-4:30 Closing Remarks
4:30-6:00 Happy Hour with Networking and Business Matchmaking
6:30 Raoul Wallenberg Dinner with Speaker
Hosted by the Nordic Heritage Museum
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May 7, Friday
7:30-9:00 EU Breakfast hosted by the Council of European Chambers
of Commerce of the Pacific Northwest
9:00-12:00 Optional Industry Specific Visits #1
Boeing 9:30-11:30. Includes lunch
Bus leaves at 8:30 from the Swedish Cultural Center and 8:50 from the EU Breakfast, and returns at 12:00
12:00-5:00 Business Matchmaking
12:00-4:00 Optional Industry Specific Visits #2
Microsoft 12:30- 4:00. Includes box lunch served before the tour
Bus leaves the Swedish Cultural Center at 12:00 and returns at approximately 4:30
9:00-4:00 Optional Combined Industry Visit
Combined Boeing and Microsoft visits. Includes box lunch.
Bus leaves the Swedish Cultural Center at 8:30 and from the EU breakfast 8:50, and returns at approximately 4:30
Welcome!
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