In order to spread new knowledge and promote collaboration, we regularly invite experts and decision-makers from academia, politics, business and the public sector to dialogue and debate. All our invitations are personal and the topic determines who we invite.
When we launch a research report, release a new book or celebrate an anniversary, we arrange larger events where we invite a wider audience with an interest in the topic.
At our events, we share new knowledge and initiate constructive discussions among experts and leaders with different perspectives on the current topic.
Our three forums regularly host moderator-led salon debates within their various thematic areas. The salon debates play an important role in broadening perspectives, arousing new ideas and igniting the spark of change. We ensure that there is always representation from academia, the private and public sectors to create a holistic understanding of the issue’s challenges and consequences. The invitations to our salon debates are personal and all guests represent themselves during the evening.
In all our debates, we apply the Chatham House Rules to ensure a climate of trust and courage to put forward and test new ideas. All guests are expected to take an active role in the conversation and are invited for their expertise in the matter. Dinner is always served in connection with the salon debate.
The foundation arrange roundtable discussions on issues where there is a need for different actors to meet and exchange knowledge, in order to contribute to the development of business. At our roundtable discussions, 10-20 guests usually participate in a moderator-led discussion on a specific issue.
The roundtable discussions create a neutral arena for constructive dialogue where guests are given the opportunity to discuss common challenges and solutions during a pleasant dinner. We apply Chatham House Rules in our roundtable discussions and all participants have an active role in the conversation.
Myrthe Hooijman, Director, Nextleap & Interventions at Techleap, Sophie Maillard, President, La French Tech Nordics, and Eliran Elimelech, Vice President, Ecosystem Development, Startup Nation Central.
Darja Isaksson, Director General of Vinnova
Lena Sellgren, Chief Economist at Business Sweden, Cecilia Oskarsson, Trade Secretary in India, and Henrik Chetan Aspgren, Senior Analyst and Project Manager at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI).
Carl Henric Svanberg, new Chair of the Swedish Corporate Governance Board
Elisabet Nihlfors, Professor emerita and national chair of ULF. Moderator: Professor Karl Wennberg, House of Governance and Public Policy at SSE.
Britta Stenson, Head of Life Science Network Global at Business Sweden, Jenni Nordborg, Director of International Affairs at LIF.
Carl Magnus Magnusson, policy analyst at the OECD, Mats Isaksson, former head of the OECD Corporate Governance Division, and Rolf Skog, member of the OECD Corporate Governance Committee.
Stina Lantz, CEO, SISP, Karl Wennberg, Professor at SSE and Scientific Director, SSE House of Governance and Public Policy, Anne Lidgard, Director and Senior Advisor at Vinnova, David Sonnek, CEO at Navigare Ventures, and Jenny Keisu, CEO at X-Shore.
Magnus Härviden, Senior Advisor (Research and Space Policy) at Government Offices, Wendy Smith, Professor at University of Delaware.
Alain Pietrancosta, Andrés Recalde Castells, Blanaid Clarke, Eddy Wymeersch, Erik Lidman, Franca Contratto, Guido Ferrarini, Javier Garcia de Enterría , Jesper Lau Hansen, Markus Roth, Martin Winner, Matteo Gargantini, Paul Davies, Peter Agstner, Rolf Skog, Rui Diaz, Susan Emmenegger.
