To facilitate the increasing need of information, knowledge and sharing of experiences when doing business in and with the Chinese market, Sweden-China Trade Council is proud to welcome you back to Navigating China, a full-day conference, taking place in Stockholm on November 18, 2025. After having successfully organized the second Navigating China in October 2024, we are proud to repeat yet another opportunity for Members and Non-members to gather for in-depth discussions on Swedish business in China.

Navigating China aims to elaborate on a number of the most important topics related to trade with China today, created with both the needs of SME’s as well as large Swedish companies in mind.

Preliminary program subject to change

09:00 Registration – Members Only

09:30 – 12:00 Round Table Discussions on current affairs – Members Only.

Two topics/participant to be chosen after registration. 

• Compliance Dilemmas in China, when companies get caught between clashing legal systems. A Nordic research initiative to bridge the knowledge gap for MNCs/Helena Löfgren, NKK and Kevin Broady, China Office of Finnish Industries.
• Creating a culture of trust & psychological safety to drive innovation & speed/Lovisa Bergendal Lindstedt, VP Competence & Leadership Development, Höganäs AB
• Establish and run an SME in China/Per Portén, Sweden’s Trade Commissioner to China, Business Sweden
• Risk management in unfamiliar territory, China in the era of Trump and Xi. How do we deal with brands, sustainability, the risks of war and unholy alliances?/Lars-Åke Severin, PSU and Oscar Almén, FOI
• IP Rights/Patents in China – Trends, IP Confidence, Actions in Cases of Patent Infringement/Linnéa Rahm, Baker McKenzie, IPTech Practice Group in Stockholm
• Regional Footprints in an Era of Strategic Realignment/Martin Vercouter, Market Manager, Business Sweden Taipei

12:00 – ca 19:30 Innovation and Speed – How to relate to the changing market in China

12:00 Lunch

12:45 Welcome note – Ulf Pehrsson, Chairman and Elisabet Söderström, Secretary General, Sweden-China Trade Council

Adam Dunnett, Secretary General, European Union Chamber of Commerce in China/Online Fireside chat with Ulf Pehrsson, Chairman, Sweden-China Trade Council

Update on the economy and the coming 15th 5-Year Plan/Frédéric Cho, Vice Chairman, Sweden-China Trade Council & Founder, Frédéric Cho Advisory

Innovation and speed/Mikael Krook, Director, SKF Ventures, SKF Technology Development

Not only can you participate in person, your company can also grasp the opportunity to become a conference partner to reach out to all participants ahead of and during the conference. Please contact info@sctc.se if your company would like to learn more about this offer.

Where? Näringslivets Hus, Storgatan 19, Stockholm

When? 09:30 – ca 19:30, Tuesday, November 18, 2025 (Members Only from 09:30 – 12:00, registration starts at 09:00)

Cost: SCTC Members Categories A and B, SEK3 400, Members Categories C – F, SEK4 290, Non-Members SEK5 400 plus VAT. Not a Member yet? Become a Member here! New members signing up now only pay the Member Fee of SEK500 in 2025. Full Membership Fee (Member Fee plus Service Fee) will be invoiced for 2026. Invoices will be sent to the participants after the event.

Discounts if more than one participant/company: Register two (2) participants from the same company and receive a 10% discount, three (3) participants from the same company receives a 15% discount and four (4) participants or more from the same company receives a 20% discount.

Please note that registration is binding as of September 30, 2025, but can be transferred to a colleague from the same company.

A Warm Welcome!