Navigating China Stockholm, October 3, 2024

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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 October 3, 2024. After having successfully organized Navigating China in September 2023, 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.

Speakers and panelists

Håkan Jevrell, State Secretary, Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Joakim Abeleen, Trade and Invest Commissioner & Vice President East Asia and Pacific, Business Sweden

Mattias Bergman, CEO, Mobility Sweden

Göran Björkman, President & CEO, Alleima

Frédéric Cho, Vice Chairman, Sweden-China Trade Council/Founder, Frédéric Cho Advisory AB

Hanna Carlsson, Analyst, Swedish National China Center, NKK

Patrik Eurenius, Head of Sustainability and EHS, Sandvik Coromant

Mats Harborn, Head of TRATON China Office/Executive Director of Scania China Strategic Office

Elisabet Lindström-Dupuy, Managing Director, Sandvik China

Hillevi Pårup, Analyst, Swedish National China Center, NKK

Vagner Rego, President & CEO, Atlas Copco

Lena Sellgren, Chief Economist and Head of CEO Office, Business Sweden

Lars-Åke Severin, Founder and CEO, PSU

Francis Sum, Head, Group China Office, Volvo Group Strategic Initiatives

Preliminary program 

09:00 Registration

09:30 – 12:00 Round Table Discussions – Members Only. Two topics/participant to be chosen after registration:

• China’s new global reality – Risks in constant flux/Moderated by Lars-Åke Severin, Founder & CEO, PSU and Anders Bäckström, Partner, Current Consulting
• How to build trust and drive performance across cultures/Moderated by Lovisa Bergendal-Lindstedt, Vice President, Competence & Leadership Development, Höganäs AB and Elisabet Lindström-Dupuy, Managing Director, Sandvik China
• M&A in China – How to find your Chinese Partner?/Moderated by Markus Dahlström, Partner, Nordic Match
• Hands-on with Digital China 2024/Moderated by Jonathan Kullman, CEO, NBH and Richard Hårdänge, COO, NBH
• Strategies for a sustainable supply chain/Moderated by Per Lindén, CEO, Scandic Sourcing

12:00 – 20:00 A mix of presentations and panel discussions, fireside chat as well as plenty of opportunities to network.

• Networking lunch and opening remarks
• China’s Economy at a Glance
• A New Business Climate
• Sustainability in Reality
• How can Swedish companies stay competitive on the Chinese market?
• The development of electrical vehicles made in China. Effects on innovation and trade
• Chinese Demography – the future consumer and worker
• Networking Dinner

Please note that the program may be subject to last minute changes.

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 – 20:00, Thursday, October 3, 2024 (09:30 – 12:00, registration starts at 09:00, Members Only)

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 after July 1, 2024. pay only half of the service fee.

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, but can be transferred to a colleague from the same company.

A Warm Welcome!