07:58 INAUGURATION: ACCELERATING GREEN TRANSITION-INDIA SWEDEN INNOVATION PARTNERSHIP
07.58-08.00 Sanjoo Malhotra CEO, India Unlimited Welcomes everyone
08.00-08.05 Ambassador of India to Sweden Tanmaya Lal give the welcome speech
08.05-08.11 Inaugural Speech by H.E. Dr Jitendra Singh, Hon Minister for Science and Technology, Government of India
08.12-08.17 Inaugural Speech by H.E. Ebba Busch, Hon Minister for Energy, Business and Industry, and Deputy Prime minister of Sweden
08.18-08.23 Ambassador of Sweden to India Jan Thesleff
08.23-08.29 Håkan Kingstedt Chairman, Sweden-India Business Council
08.30-09.00 INAUGURAL PANEL DISCUSSION WITH INDUSTRY LEADERS AND GLOBAL CEO’S :
- Martin Lundstedt CEO, Volvo Group
- Peter Carlsson Founder and CEO, Northvolt
- Anna Kinberg Batra Chairman, Swedish Space Corporation & Senior Executive Advisor, Sweden-India Business Council
Moderator: Arati Davis Senior Vice President, Sweden-India Business Council
09:00 INDIA SWEDEN INNOVATION PARTNERSHIP
Panel discussion with stakeholders from the Innovation Partnership on next steps. Areas such as science and technology, sustainable urban development and smart cities, biotechnology, energy, environment, space and health and disease prevention will play an encompassing role in the partnership.
- Dr. Fredrik Hörstedt Head of Division for International Collaboration, Vinnova
- Dr. Jyoti Sharma Director International Cooperation Division, Department of Science and Techology, Government of India
- Ulf Borbos International Project Manager, SISP Swedish Incubators and Science Parks
- Dr. Andreas Göthenberg Executive Director of STINT, Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education
- Dr. Sapna Poti Director Strategic Alliances Division, Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India
- Dr. Per-Arne Wikström Science and Innovation Counsellor, Embassy of Sweden, New Delhi
Moderator: Erik Åstedt Innovation Partnerships Manager, Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation Sweden
09:55 INDIA SWEDEN ENERGY INNOVATION ACCELERATOR
India Sweden Energy Innovation Accelerator completes a successful 10 Years. This session will showcase its highlights and achievements.
09.55-10.00 Start Up Pitch Johan Nihlén Founder/CEO, Altered
10.00-10.40 India-Sweden Energy Partnership – Panel discussion
- Ludvig Lindström Senior Business Developer, Swedish Energy Agency
- Cecilia Oskarsson Trade Commissioner of Sweden to India, Business Sweden
- K.S. Venkatagiri Executive Director, CII -Godrej GBC
- Bo Hammarlund Business Development & Co-founder, Epiluvac AB
- Imad Agi Chairman & CEO, ECOLOO Group AB
Moderator: Arati Davis Senior Vice President, Sweden-India Business Council
10:40 SWEDEN INDIA TRANSPORT INNOVATION & SAFETY PARTNERSHIP
Safe Transport Innovation, Electric Mobility.
10.40-10.45 Startup pitches from Volvo CampX, Bangalore
- Ravikiran Annaswamy, CEO and CoFounder, Numocity Technologies
10.45-10.55 Fireside Chat with Kamal Bali President & Managing Director, Volvo Group India
11.00-11.15 Panel Discussion I – Strategic road ahead
- Peter Kronberg Director of Governmental Affairs, Autoliv
- Sofie Vennersten Director Public Policy & Regulatory Affairs, Volvo Group
- Abdul Rawoof Pinjari Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Science
11.15-11.35 Panel Discussion II – Operational focus India Sweden collaboration
- Anoop Chawla Professor, Indian Institute of Technology
- Chirala Pandu Ranga Rao Vice President-Technical Operations and Strategic initiatives, Altair
- Ingrid Skogsmo Senior Research Leader, VTI
- Ujjwala Karle Deputy Director Technology Group, Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI)
Moderator: Arati Davis Senior Vice President, Sweden-India Business Council
11:35 IndX – STARTUP ARENA FOR INDUSTRY 4.0
IndX is an open innovation arena that matches international industry giants to industry 4.0 startups. Through IndX, the partner companies Saab, Siemens Energy, Toyota Material Handling, and Väderstad AB, get to connect with new talents and entrepreneurs from startups all around the globe and now they are looking at India.
- Hans Larsson Director Strategic Innovation, Toyota Material Handling Europe
- Per-Olof Marklund Ph.D, CTO, SAAB, Business Area Aeronautics
- Sajid Athikkay Co-Founder & CEO, Dazoq
- Ola Tiverman Chief Product Officer, Embedl
Moderator: Lena Miranda CEO, Linköping Science Park
13:00 TRAVEL AS A BUSINESS ACCELERATOR
- Björn Ekegren Country Manager Sweden and Finland, Emirates
Moderator: Sanjoo Malhotra CEO, India Unlimited
13:10 AI & DIGITALIZATION
13.10-13.20 OPENING TALK: RE-DEFINING SWEDEN INDIA RELATIONSHIP IN AI & INNOVATION
- Umakant Soni Co-founder& CEO, ARTPARK & Senior AI Advisor, Sweden-India Business Council
- Dacil Hernandez Director Data/AI rest of Europe, Nagarro
13.20-14.10 INDIA@100 – THE ROLE OF AI AND DIGITALIZATION TO ACHIEVE A 30 TRILLION ECONOMY
In the last 75 years, India has shown that it can develop its human talent to lead global companies, like Sundar Pichai leading Google, Satya Nadella leading Microsoft or Arvind Krishna leading IBM. With more than 100 unicorns growing in its startup factory, India is demonstrating that it can create innovations by leveraging the world-class talent it already had. Now in the next 25 years, India is poised to grow its GDP by 10X. How can Sweden and India partner in this massive yet sustainable growth by leveraging research, talent, and capital in a win-win model by building a Sweden-India Innovation Bridge?
- Meenal Majumdar Founder & CEO, The Innovation Story
- Kamal Bali President and Managing Director, Volvo Group India
- Geetha Manjunath Founder and CEO, NIRAMAI Health Analytix
- Carl-Gustaf Jansson AI Professor, KTH – Royal Institute of Technology
Moderator: Umakant Soni Co-founder & CEO, ARTPARK & Senior AI Advisor, Sweden-India Business Council
14:10 SWEDEN INDIA TECH COMMUNITY PANEL
- Sheenam Agrawal Regional Manager, TCS Nordics
- Jenny Berthling Project Manager – Growth Industries, Invest Stockholm
- Aparna Kasbekar Associate Vice President, Larsen & Toubro Infotech (LTI)
- Vibha Ramakrishna Manager – Client Services, Infosys
Moderator: Håkan Kingstedt Chairman, Sweden-India Business Council
15:10 SWEDEN FOR INDIAN TECH TALENT AND A PLACE FOR WOMEN IN TECH
Technology development and innovation are important cornerstones of the Memorandum of Understanding in health that was signed between India and Sweden in 2009. India is a vibrant democracy with a high potential of economic growth, while Sweden is well known for its cutting-edge innovations, companies, and a sustainable development path. How can we make the most of these excellent prerequisites to strengthen bilateral ties and form strategic alliances and sustainable partnerships? Moderated and arranged by Swecare Foundation.
- Katarina Dalunde Eriksson CMO & Co-Founder, Thermaiscan
- Mohan Frick CEO, Scandinavian ChemoTech
- Dr. Ajaykumar Sharma Director Of Government Affairs, AstraZeneca
Moderator: Maria Helling CEO, Swecare
15:50 SWEDISH-INDIAN LIFE SCIENCE PARTNERSHIPS: A KEY TO INNOVATIVE, SUSTAINABLE, AND EQUITABLE GREEN TRANSITIONS
Technology development and innovation are important cornerstones of the Memorandum of Understanding in health that was signed between India and Sweden in 2009. India is a vibrant democracy with a high potential of economic growth, while Sweden is well known for its cutting-edge innovations, companies, and a sustainable development path. How can we make the most of these excellent prerequisites to strengthen bilateral ties and form strategic alliances and sustainable partnerships? Moderated and arranged by Swecare Foundation.
- Katarina Dalunde Eriksson CMO & Co-Founder, Thermaiscan
- Mohan Frick CEO, Scandinavian ChemoTech
- Dr. Ajaykumar Sharma Director Of Government Affairs, AstraZeneca
Moderator: Maria Helling CEO, Swecare
16:20 CIRCULAR ECONOMY – WASTE TO VALUE
The tenet reduce, reuse, recycle has been at the core of the understanding of circular economy; to work to change the root causes of consumption, production, and waste. With this discussion we will focus on changes industry is making regarding processes and materials with best practices, case studies and more. We would like to understand issues related to Water-Solid Waste- Textile in this dialogue.
- Rupali Deshmukh Country Manager for India, IVL Sweden. CEO, IVL India Environmental R&D
- Björn Vedin CEO, Aditya Birla Domsjö Fabriker
- Raj Nikesh Environment Program Manager – Sustainability, H&M Group
- Joanna Cymbalista Quality & Sustainability Compliance Manager for South Asia, IKEA
Moderator: Arati Davis Senior Vice President, Sweden-India Business Council
