Stimulating Industrial decarbonisation and energy transition and how the industry enables the energy and climate transition of the whole society.

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The Swedish Energy Agency is a government agency responsible for matters of the supply and use of energy in Sweden. The Agency is in many aspects leading Sweden’s transition to a sustainable energy system. The organisation is regulated by the Government through the instruction and annual appropriations directives.

Catarina Rolfsdotter-Jansson is a Swedish journalist, moderator and program host focusing on
sustainability. She is chair of the independent think tank Global Utmaning (Global Challenge) and
program host for We Don´t Have Time in collaboration with UNDP where she hosts online TV-broadcasts for audiences of up to 50 million people. She is also Content Director and moderator for A Sustainable Tomorrow and a TED-X speaker. Catarina has moderated for 15 years for The EU Commission, The Swedish government, international corporations and for NGO´s. Her expertise is on all aspects of sustainability, but primarily climate action. Catarina has worked as a journalist since 1991, based in New York, Stockholm, Singapore and Malmö, Sweden. She has published 12 books in the field of sustainability and she lectures in Sweden as well as internationally. Catarina is co- founder of the international NGO “Our Kids´Climate” with groups in 23 countries. Her academic background is in political science, cultural science and journalism.

Do you want to see a faster progress towards a sustainable future? Do you want to scale and address challenges in new ways?

Join Empowering Sustainable Impact to unlock your potential for more significant sustainable impact in organisational and business life. Led by Jakob Trollbäck and Louise König, this program empowers individuals and organizations with a comprehensive framework for personal and organizational growth –  skills needed to achieve the SDGs by 2030. With a focus on inner development and well-being, we help you to overcome obstacles and develop the skills and mindset needed to make a real difference in the world. The talk will include an introduction, exercises, and sharing. Welcome!

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Making sense of a complex world. Sustainability needs to be easy to understand. The New Division helps you understand complex challenges and give you tools to navigate the path toward a sustainable future. Only then can we create change. We are here to guide you on your journey toward sustainability by offering services within three areas. Strategy, Communication & Activation.

Lisen Schultz is a sustainability scientist, author of the book “Kursen – 10 lektioner för ett hållbart näringsliv” (The Course), and Director of Education at the Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University. In 2018, she launched the first ever executive programme in resilience thinking for CEOs and chair persons, which has now trained more than 75 business leaders in Sweden. Her research focuses on the role of learning and collaboration in shifts towards sustainability.

The goal with the new initiative, Impact Innovation, is to support businesses, academia, the public sector and civil society in meeting societal challenges of today, as well as for the future.

This requires a system innovation approach and innovating in the absolutely broadest sense, both in Sweden but also globally.

Representatives from Vinnova, Formas and the Swedish Energy Agency will share how the program was developed and their expectations on the Swedish innovation ecosystem. Join this session to get inspired and learn how Sweden is paving the way for innovation that will transform our societies to achieve the global goals.

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Vinnova is Sweden’s innovation agency. We help to build Sweden’s innovation capacity, contributing to sustainable growth. Our vision is that Sweden is an innovative force in a sustainable world.

In this exciting session hosted by the Swedish Energy Agency you will learn more about how the Swedish collaborative environment between academia and the private sector is shaping the future of batteries!

You will hear some real-life cases from innovative companies sprung from the academic world. Join us and learn more about the future of batteries!

As transportation becomes electrified and electricity grid storage capacity becomes increasingly important, batteries are essential to the development of our future sustainable energy systems. With world-class know-how in battery manufacturing, chemistries, recycling and sustainable mining Sweden stands out with its unique expertise in battery research.

Significant investments in research and development with strong universities and researchers combined with an almost fossil-free energy system has positioned Sweden at the forefront of battery development. A less visible, but never the less important, success factor is the strong collaboration and informal work culture that creates an exciting breeding ground for new innovations to take shape.

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The Swedish Energy Agency is a government agency responsible for matters of the supply and use of energy in Sweden. The Agency is in many aspects leading Sweden’s transition to a sustainable energy system. The organisation is regulated by the Government through the instruction and annual appropriations directives.

The Austrian-Swedish Innovation Exchange Day is a knowledge-oriented event focusing on the green transformation of cities. Ministerial experts from Austria and Sweden will share insights into national developments and how to go from policy to action, portraying their national pathways towards climate neutrality. Afterwards, high-level city representatives will put their cities in the spotlight, providing insights into their strategies, challenges, specific needs, and opportunities for collaboration.

National paths towards climate neutrality

Exploring Swedish and Austrian national pathways towards climate neutrality, fields of progress, and current challenges. Two experts will share insights into national developments and how to go from policy to action.

Cities in the spotlight

How are cities progressing? Six cities provide an insight into the strategies, challenges, specific needs, and opportunities for collaboration that emerged on their path to climate neutrality.

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The Swedish Embassy represents the Swedish government in Austria and is at the same time Sweden’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations in Vienna (UN). The task of the Embassy is to strengthen the relations between Sweden and Austria, to spread information about Sweden and to support Swedish interests and activities in Austria. Since 2010, the Swedish Embassy in Vienna has also taken over the representation for Slovakia.

Anders Almgren (Social Democrat) has been the Mayor of the City of Lund since 2022. He also served as mayor from 2014 to 2018. Anders has a professional background from the construction industry, as a technical expert specialising in low energy buildings, energy use, environmental impact, life-cycle assessment and life-cycle costs. His educational background is a MSc. in Civil Engineering and five years of research in the field of environmental impact of buildings. Anders is a committed advocate for climate neutrality, goal-oriented city planning and the need for further innovation within the public sector as well as intensified collaboration with industry and academia.

In Northern Sweden, historic investments are being made to bring green industrial breakthroughs to a global market at scale.

We see hard to abate industries being decarbonised, from batteries to steel, powered by fossil free energy from the north. However, to enable the transformation, the green industries are heavily depending on an ecosystem of innovation, research, and technology. Welcome a session with discussions about how to build a strong ecosystem of innovators and entrepreneurs enabling the green industrial revolution.

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Mobilaris Evolve is an active investor located in the north of Sweden. Our mission is to accelerate the smart, green industrial transformation. We do so by investing our capital and unique expertise to help entrepreneurs to scale pioneering industrial technology and innovation that enable tomorrow’s industries.

Silicon Valley is a mindset not a location – latest trends and stories from the Nordics

Some of the most important tech giants, influential startups, and growth companies are headquartered in Silicon Valley because of the high concentration of venture capital, the unique ecosystem and culture as well as the highly skilled tech labor force that graduates from prestigious universities like Stanford and Berkeley. Companies like Google (Alphabet), Facebook, Apple, and Hewlett Packard call this place their home, and the size of their campuses are like small towns in the Nordics.

Needless to say, the region has earned a reputation of mythical proportions, and the further you are from Silicon Valley the more fascinated and mystified you are likely to be.

In this session we will therefore dig into what Silicon Valley is all about, the latest trends and the current state of tech and innovation in the valley and of course what we can expect of the future. We will also get to hear from three Nordic companies (Beetroot, Cake and Neola medical) from different industries on how their journey has been and why they decided to go overseas.

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Vinnova is Sweden’s innovation agency. We help to build Sweden’s innovation capacity, contributing to sustainable growth. Our vision is that Sweden is an innovative force in a sustainable world.

Nordic Innovation House Silicon Valley gives Nordic companies, from startups to corporations, a head start in one of the most relevant global innovation hubs. By offering a strong community, connections to the local ecosystem, and programs for acceleration, we support you hit the ground running.