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27 October 2022 08:00-17:00 CESTRadisson Blu Waterfront, Stockholm

India Sweden Innovation Day 27th of October 2022

Theme for 2022 : 

Accelerating Green Transition-India Sweden Innovation Partnership

The India Sweden Innovation partnership is based on a mutual commitment to drive prosperity and address global challenges such as climate change and sustainable development through innovation. The partnership is based on the principles of co-funding, co-development and co-creation, towards mutual benefits, making full use of our complementary strengths. The partnership builds upon the Joint Statement between our Prime Ministers issued in Mumbai 2016, the Joint Action Plan agreed in Stockholm in 2018 and from the India Sweden Virtual Summit on the 5th of March 2021.

India is today the worlds 5th largest economy and growing. India will need to find Innovative technological solutions that have an impact on the large population to help solve issues connected with creating sustainable life enabled by technology that benefits all citizens and also creates jobs. Sweden is ranked as No 1 country in European Union for Innovation. Swedish companies are strong in Sustainability, Innovation, R& D and are leading the 4th Industrial Revolution & Globalization 4.0. The synergies are great for creating a sustainable future.

How can India and Sweden work to further accelerate the sustainable and equitable green transition while looking for economic growth or both our countries? Can India and Sweden work even closer together to solve some of the greater issues affecting all humanity while keeping in mind that we need to achieve our SDG Goals? The need of the hour is looking for technology and solutions that sustainably impact humanity in the greatest way, from health, transport to security and better quality of life, specially in India.

Our answer is a call to action, to accelerate, Innovation and solutions between India and Sweden, by harnessing the power of technology for green transition.

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Schedule

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 

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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


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09:45

COFFEE BREAK

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


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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

10.55-11.00 Framework setting - The role of ARAI (Automotive Research Association of India ) within India Road Safety ambition 

  • Dr Reji Mathai Director, Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI)

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

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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

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12:15

NETWORKING LUNCH

13:00

TRAVEL AS A BUSINESS ACCELERATOR

  • Björn Ekegren Country Manager Sweden and Finland, Emirates

Moderator: Sanjoo Malhotra CEO, India Unlimited

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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

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    14:10

    SWEDEN INDIA TECH COMMUNITY PANEL

    14.10-15.10 SWEDEN-INDIA BUSINESS COUNCIL AND IT’S TECH, STARTUPS AND INVESTORS ECOSYSTEM

    • Srinivas Kollipara Group President – Startup Ventures, Xelpmoc Design & Tech Ltd
    • Anu Bhardwaj Founder & CTO, SHEQONOMI
    • Sameer Pitalwalla Head, Google Caming, APAC + Lead Investor, Visceral Fund
    • Pranav Kosuri Founder of Brandie and Flic & Member of the Board, Sweden-India Business Council (SIBC)
    • Christer Bergmark GM & Global Account Executive, Wipro

    Moderator: Cecilia Oldne SVP, Sweden-India Business Council (SIBC), Head of Sweden India Tech Community (SITEC), Entrepreneur & Investor

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    15:10

    SWEDEN FOR INDIAN TECH TALENT AND A PLACE FOR WOMEN IN TECH

    • 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

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    15:40

    COFFEE BREAK


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    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


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    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

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    17:00

    NETWORKING MINGLE

    Organized by

    India Unlimited
    sanjoo@indiaunlimited.se

    India Unlimited was founded in 2013 to promote cross-cultural ties between India and Sweden. In the last seven years the organization has hosted a number of events in Stockholm and Gothenburg showcasing the diversity of Indian cultural, economic and social life. In association with the Indian Embassy in Stockholm, India Unlimited has been a part of events including the visit from the former Indian President, H.E. Shri Pranab Mukherjee and the Swedish Royal family; an exhibition of works by Rabindranath Tagore and Satyajit Ray; business seminars in collaboration with CII and Sweden India Business Council on subjects ranging from gender and diversity to energy, transportation, smart cities, space, innovation and infrastructure under the Make In India promotion; fashion shows by Vogue India, Tarun Tahiliani and NIFT students; design exhibitions: Pecha Kucha tiger photo exhibition: a film festival with speakers including Aparna Sen, Shonali Bose and Ketan Mehta; an Innovation Hackathon across universities in Sweden; and the day-long festivals – Namaste Stockholm and Namaste Gothenburg in collaboration with Incredible India, that drew thousands to come together and discover the variety and multiculturalism of India. We were the proud partner and organizer of Stockholm Culture Festival Theme India in 2017, which was attended by 650000 Stockholmers presenting Zakir Hussain, Papa CJ, Bollywood Musical, Yoga, Indian cuisine and much much more.