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.
Among others with Martin Natt och Dag (Ericsson), Mathias Winge (Winge), Malin Mohr (IVA), Andreas Iwerbäck (Husqvarna), Karl Björlin (Cirio).
Carolina Dackö, Mannheimer Swartling Advokatbyrå
Niklas Johansson, statssekreterare hos Ann Linde, Christine Bäckström, vd på Näringslivets Internationella Råd (NIR) samt Eva Häussling, verkställande ledamot på Sveriges Allmänna Utrikeshandelsförening (SAU). Moderator: Johanna Jeansson, Dagens Industri
Tommy Waidelich, särskild utredare, och Susanna Silversol, utredningssekreterare, för ”Ett effektivt offentligt främjande av utländska investeringar”
Jennie Cato, enhetschef, Handel och Hållbarhet, Teknikföretagen
Together with France’s Ambassador to Sweden, David Cvach, we invited representatives of the Swedish Innovation Ecosystem to an exclusive lunch seminar. Justin Vaïsse, managing director of the Paris Peace Forum.
Introductions:
• Darja Isaksson, fd Ledamot Nationella innovationsrådet, GD Vinnova
• Jane Walerud, fd Ledamot Nationella innovationsrådet, Affärsängel
• Oskar Thorslund, fd Kanslichef, Nationella innovationsrådet
Samtalsledare:
• Sylvia Schwaag Serger, Prorektor, Lunds Universitet och författare till rapporten
”National Research & Innovation Councils as an Instrument of Innovation Governance“
Introductions:
• Josef Lentsch, Founder NEOS Lab (Vienna) & Managing Partner “The Innovation
in Politics Institute”, Germany
• Daniel Sachs, VD Proventus and Initiator of ”Höj Rösten”
• Michael Wernstedt, Co-Founder and Party Leader of Initiativet Sweden, earlier
Executive Director of the Raoul Wallenberg Academy
Moderator:
• Anette Novak, Director General at The Swedish Media Council
Serdar Celik (OECD), Ronald Gilson (Columbia University), Mats Isaksson (CGF), Robert Ohlsson (Nord Advokater), Erik Lidman (CGF), Rolf Skog (CGF)
Professor Ivo Zander, Dr. Katarina Blomkvist, and Dr. Philip Kappen as well as panelists Henrik Byström, Microsoft, Kristofer Klerfalk, Co-creation Health, Peter Eriksson, Minister of Digitalization (MP), Daniel Forslund, Commisioner for Innovation, SSL (L) and Katrien Vanhaverbeke, SKL.
Commercial/trade officers based in Stockholm working at embassies/consulates
