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SACC-USA Executive Forum

House of Sweden

June 11-12, 2025

House of Sweden, Washington D.C.
Jack Bergman
Congressman(R)(MI1)
H.E. Urban Ahlin
Ambassador of Sweden to the United States
Amb. Jayme White
Formerly Deputy United States Trade Representative
Amb. William B. Taylor
Distinguished Fellow Atlantic Council, Former US Ambassador to Ukraine
Hon. Nazak Nikakhtar
Council on Global Competition and Innovation, Chair, National Security, Wiley Rein LLP
Daniel Hamilton​​​​​​​
Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Institute of Johns Hopkins University SAIS
Whitney Baird
President & CEO, U.S. Council for International Business
Vikram Ivatury
Director, In-Space Systems at Blue Origin by Jeff Bezos
Chris Bjelkstam
General Manager, Tesla and Executive Vice President, SACC-LA
Jeffrey Telep
​​​​​​​Partner International Trade Group, King and Spalding, LLP
William A. Reinsch
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Senior Adviser and Scholl Chair Emeritus, Economics Program and Scholl Chair in International Business, CSIS
Astrid Pilla
Founder & CEO, Meta Fashion House & Club Miku
Fredrik Nilsson
Vice President of the Americas at Axis Communications
Sara Armstrong
VP, MD, Federation Relations, Coalition Partnerships, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Tim Monahan
​​​​​​​Vice President and Managing Director, Government Affairs, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Michael Creech
Vice President, Strategy & Business Development, Firefly Aerospace
Mathias Hultgren
Economic Counselor and Head of Trade and Economic Affairs at the Embassy of Sweden to the United States
Kelly Ann Collins
Founder, Unstoppable Future x SheCrypto x Vult Lab
Molly Ball
Senior Political Correspondent, Wall Street Journal
Steve Scully 
Host “THE BRIEFING”, SiriusXM POTUS 124, and Senior Fellow, Former Members of Congress Association, and Contributing Editor, THE HILL
Linda Lyckman
Senior Vice President, Head of US Growth, Swedish Space Corporation
Pete Slover
Partner, Director of Government Affairs, Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP
Zach Helzer
​​​​​​​Senior Director, Europe, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Asmeret Berhe-Lumax
Founder & CEO One Love Community
Peter Fellman
​​​​​​​Editor-in-Chief, Dagens industri, and Business Manager Bonnier News Business
Viktoria Riley
​​​​​​​Commercial Director The Ocean Club, A Four Seasons Resort Bahamas & Swedish Honorary Consul for the State of Florida
Steve McMahon 
Attorney, Co-founder and CEO of Purple Strategies
Nancy Fischer
Global Head of Regulatory, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP
Daniel Mullaney
Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council; Former Assistant United States Trade Representative for Europe and the Middle East
David von Laskowski
President & CEO, Picadeli Group and Greenfood Group
Erik Brattberg
Managing Partner & Co-Founder, Brzezinski Global Strategies, Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council's Europe Center
Jon Decker
White House Correspondent and Senior National Editor at Gray Television
Carina Aspenberg
Senior Vice President and Head of Communications at Swedish Space Corporation
Heidi Ellenberger
Founder and CEO Modern Jones, LLC
 Carl Cannon
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Washington Bureau Chief, RealClearPolitics
Mike Lockerby
Partner, Foley & Lardner LLP
Yasmine Månsson
​​​​​​​CEO & Founder STHLMNYC Agency
Ilona Kiebler
CEO Management Consultant at Kiebler & Partners AB, Co-founder Fika&Candy 
Magnus Nyberg
President, Eleiko Sport Inc
​Linda Bjork
​​​​​​Founder, Mindfulness Intelligence® (MQ)
Agnes Nicole Winter
Founder, Stråla Skincare, former "Svenska Hollywoodfruar
Jesica Lindgren
General Counsel, Blue Star Strategies
​​​​​​Peter Grafström
​​​​​​​President, Haypp Group
Per Cedergren
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Chairman of SACC-USA
Karin Hammar
CEO, Swedish American Chambers of Commerce
André Persson​​​​​​​
​​​​​​​Chief Communications Officer, SACC-USA

About

Request your seat HERE to get the skinny on Trump policies and off-the-record conversations on the critical business questions you need to think about. Don't try to wargame what's coming. Instead, meet the movers and shakers from K Street and Capitol Hill and the brains and worker bees of Musk's and the likes’ business ventures. We pre-game with celebrity chef Marcus Samuelsson on June 11 at his soon-to-open only restaurant in DC. You can view the speakers and other features in their entirety HERE. Guests will be treated to brand and glam goodie bags; sponsors to airtime, pre and post exposure.​​​
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Pictures from Executive Forum 2024

Sponsoring Opportunities

Contact

Karin Hammar: [email protected]
Astrid Hansson: [email protected]
Lukas Floding: [email protected]
Elsa Danielsson: [email protected]

Practical Information
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See the PROGRAM here.


Please feel free to weave in and out of the program during the day for ample opportunities to network or have sidebar meetings and introductions which my office can help set up.
The program includes meals and drinks; we will be hosted by celebrity chef Marcus Samuelsson at his soon-to-open restaurant, Marcus DC. We have discounts at The Graham and The Morrow hotels for our attendees.

The Executive Forum package is included in the SACC-USA membership or sponsorship. For non-members and non-sponsors, the package is $3,000. If you buy more than one ticket, the price is $1,500 per additional ticket for your guests.


Thank you to our sponsors!

Previous Executive Forums



Executive Forum 2024

Thank you for attending Executive Forum 2024!​​​​​​

Program

Speakers

H.E. Urban Ahlin
Ambassador of Sweden to the United States
H.E. Thomas L. Siebert 
Former Ambassador of the United States to Sweden 
H.E. Philip T. Reeker
Former Ambassador of the United States to North Macedonia 
H.E. William B. Taylor
Former Ambassador of the United States to Ukraine
Håkan Jevrell
State Secretary
Peter Linder 
Head of Thought Leadership North America, Ericsson
Joshua Alphonse
Head of Mobile Robotics US, ABB
Michaela Wallin 
Delivery Lead E2E Track & Trace, H&M
Zach Helzer 
Senior Director, Europe and Head, U.S. - UK Business Council, U.S. Chamber of Commerce 
Elizabeth Tate
Associate Partner, U.S. Practice, Albright Stonebridge Group
William A. Reinsch 
​​​​​​​Scholl Chair, Senior Advisor, Center for Strategic and International Studies 
Peter Fellman
​​​​​​​Editor in Chief, Dagens Industri and Business Manager Bonnier News Business
Marie-Thérèse Allen
​​​​​​​Chairman, Mentor Foundation USA​​​​​​​
Steve Scully 
Sr. VP Bipartisan Policy Center, former C-Span Sr. Executive Producer 
Dr. Eugene B. Kogan
​​​​​​​Instructor at Harvard’s Division of Continuing Education, Professional & Executive Development Programs
Lanny Davis 
​​​​​​​Former Special Counsel to President Clinton 
Hans-Christian Schulze
​​​​​​​Founder and CEO, IOWN Renewable Energy Inc. (Keeping you Cool)
Fredrik Nilsson 
Vice President of the Americas, Axis Communications 
Linda Bjork
​​​​​​​Founder Mindfulness Intelligence (MQ) and CEO Inner Business Institute 
Sasko Cuklev 
Head of On-Road Solutions, Volvo Autonomus Solutions, Volvo Group
Zeljka Lemaster
Sr. Director, AI Engagement Strategy, Global AI Accelerator, Ericsson
Rick Klein
ABC NEWS Political Director 
Marc Lotter 
Former Director of Strategic Communications, Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. 
Jasmin Utter 
General Manager, Region Americas, SAS - Scandinavian Airlines 
Elisabeth Braw
Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council, Columnist, POLITICO, and Author
Christopher Swift 
Partner, Government Enforcement Defense & Investigations at Foley & Lardner LLP
Rachel Rizzo 
Nonresident Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council Europe Center
Michael Steele
MSNBC Anchor, former Lt. Gov. MD and former Chair RNC
Jonathan Milläng 
Head of Sustainable Finance, Ethos International
Nancy Fischer
International Trade Partner and Practice Section Leader
André Persson 
Chief Communications Officer, SACC-USA
Per Cedergren
Chairman, Swedish-American Chambers of Commerce

Sponsors

Welcome to Executive Forum 2024!


The Swedish-American Chambers of Commerce of the United States of America (SACC-USA) is honored to welcome you to our flagship event, the Executive Forum.

Contact

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Karin Hammar: [email protected]
Anders Wiman Eriksson: [email protected]
Jonathan Johansson: [email protected]
Axel Wachtmeister: [email protected]

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2023, May 3-4

House of Sweden
Thank you for attending Executive Forum 2023!​​​​​​

Executive Forum 2023


The 2023 Executive Forum showcased the innovative companies leading the way towards net zero across a diverse set of industries. These thoughtleaders have made a commitment to not only benefit their bottom line, but also to positively impact society as a whole. As a premier business development platform, the Executive Forum also explored how to leverage the Swedish Brand against the backdrop of an increasingly fragmented and uncertain geopolitical and economic outlook.
  • Signhild Arnegård Hansen, Chairman, Swedish American Chambers of Commerce, Inc.

  • Karin Olofsdotter, Ambassador of Sweden to the United States

  • William Bill Taylor, Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine, USIP Vice President for Russia and Europe

  • Ingrid Ask, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Sweden

  • Courtney McBride, Diplomacy and National Security Correspondent, Bloomberg News

  • Blair Pasalic, Director, Office of European and Eurasian Affairs, U.S. Department of Energy 

  • Stephen Jordan, CEO, Institute of Sustainable Development 

  • Paul Voelker, Mayor of Richardson, TX

  • Patrik Melander, co-Founder, Chairman and CEO, Connecr 5G

  • Eric Asmussen, Managing Director North America, CAKE 

  • Niklas Reinedahl, General Manager North America, Einride

  • Lina Ankargren, Director of Engineering, Scania Group

  • Linda Andrén, Executive Director, Sweden-U.S. Green Transition Initiative

  • Jasmin Utter, General Manager Americas, SAS

  • Peter Fellman, Editor-in-Chief and CEO, Dagens Industri
  • Henrik Einarsson, Director of Investment Promotion, Business Region Göteborg

  • Charlotta Barnden Uddén, Head of Sales, Visit Sweden

  • Josefin Haraldsson, Country Manager USA, Visit Sweden

  • Gary Bruce, Managing Partner, Prosperity Developers International

  • Alex Tanzi, Senior Editor, Bloomberg News 

  • Martin Blåvarg, General Manager, Handelsbanken, New York 

  • Petra Hansson, Counselor, Embassy of Sweden

  • Molly Ball, TIME National Political Correspondent

  • Jon Decker, White House Reporter, Gray Telivision

  • David Urban, CNN Political Contributor, frmly Sr. Advisor to 2016 Trump presidential campaign

  • Steve Scully, Senior Vice President, Bipartisan Policy Center

  • Martin Hansson, Director, Orrefors 

  • Mike Sjoeblom, Founder and CEO, Sjoeblom Winery
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  • Linnea Larsdotter, Founder and CEO, Nordic International Film Festival

Winner of Business Award 2023: IOWN RENEWABLE

The award was instituted to promote and support the success of Swedish companies operating in the American market. The company selected as the winner will be the main sponsor/keynote speaker at the Executive Forum 2024 (est. value up to $20,000). The winner will also gain publicity in SACC-USA's channels and receive a one-year membership in the umbrella organization.

Winner of this year's Business Award: IOWN RENEWABLE

Thank you to our sponsors!

2022, June 1-2

House of Sweden

Navigating Turbulent Waters

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Executive Forum 2022 took place in House of Sweden on June 1-2. The theme of the event, Navigating Turbulent Waters, highlighted new market solutions, groundbreaking technologies and strategies to tackle challenges such as climate change and much more.

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