SACC-USA Executive Forum

House of Sweden

About

This flagship event, hosted in Washington D.C. at The Swedish Embassy/House of Sweden each spring, gathers thought leaders from government, academia, and business across a range of sectors for a full day of TED-style talks, roundtables, media engagements, and high-level networking, bookended by exclusive receptions before and after the event.

June 11-12, 2025

House of Sweden, Washington D.C.

Thank you for attending Executive Forum 2025!

Photos from the Forum.
Photos from the dinner reception at Marcus DC.

Program

Speakers

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
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
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
Co-Founder, Stråla Skincare, former "Svenska Hollywoodfruar

Cristofer Winter
Co-Founder, Stråla Skincare

Peter Grafström
President, Haypp Group

Jesica Lindgren
General Counsel, Blue Star Strategies

Per Cedergren
Chairman of SACC-USA

Karin Hammar
CEO, Swedish American Chambers of Commerce

André Persson
Chief Communications Officer, SACC-USA

Welcome to Executive Forum 2025!

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

Karin Hammar: [email protected]

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

Pictures from Executive Forum 2024

Thank you to our sponsors!

Previous Executive Forums

Executive Forum 2024

May 29-30, 2024

House of Sweden, Washington D.C.

Thank you for attending Executive Forum 2024!

Photos Day 1
Photos Day 2

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

2023, May 3-4

House of Sweden

Thank you for attending Executive Forum 2023!

Photos Day 1
Photos Day 2

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.

Program 2023

Speakers

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
Linnea Larsdotter, Founder and CEO, Nordic International Film Festival

Full Program

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

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.