SACC organise a number of events every year ranging from business seminar and webinar series on current topics, to the next generation of Australian-Swedish business, casual networking forums, breakfast seminars, lunches, educational seminars and social events around Swedish festivities. We have some exciting events and business seminars planned for 2020 in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Brisbane, so remember check the up coming events on this site. The annual Swedish Business Awards will take place towards the end of the year at the SACC Christmas Event in Sydney.
We are constantly planning events with interesting topics and speakers. If you are interested in sponsor an event or seminar please contact us.
Julbord at the Moose Claremont 14 Dec
All members and guests enjoyed the Swedish Christmas Buffet – Julbord prepared by the Moose Cafe + Restaurant in Claremont. There were also traditional songs to accompany the food and drinks with Figge Boksjö SACC Perth WA Chair as toastmaster. Thank you all for attending and making this a very special Christmas Event! Happy Christmas and New Year from the SACC Perth WA Chapter
Thank you all for attending and making this a very special Christmas Event!
Wishing you all a Happy Christmas and New Year!
SACC Perth WA Chapter
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Christmas Event with Glögg and Lucia at the Bolon showroom in Sydney
What a great start to the festive season we had on December 1st at the BOLON Showroom in Paddington Sydney. Mark Andrews, MD The Andrews Group | BOLON Partner, presented the Bolon story, born in 1949 by textile waste turning into rag rugs. Today Bolon is a sustainable design-led innovator collaborating with designers and architects worldwide. Special guest Deputy Head of Mission, Per Linnér, Embassy of Sweden in Canberra gave us an update from Sweden. Another highlight of the evening was the Lucia performance from the Swedish School in Sydney.
Big thank you goes to Bolon and our Christmas present sponsors, Funkis Swedish Forms, Swedish School in Sydney, Nordic Fusion, Football Development Australia, Milla’s Vineyard Estate and Lewis Estate.
Here is a special thank you to all attendees from BOLON
SACC Glögg and Lucia Event
It was our very great pleasure to host the SACC annual Christmas gathering in the BOLON showroom last week. The Lucia procession was certainly the highlight and we’d like to sincerely thank the children and teachers from the Swedish School for treating us to this special tradition.
We were delighted to welcome Per Linnér, Deputy Head of Mission and Malin Nilsson, Sweden Trade and Promotion Officer from the Embassy of Sweden in Canberra and of course, Jan Gardberg the SACC President and other board members.
Camilla Jennings deserves a special mention for pulling the event together at a very busy time of year. The involvement of Funkis (catering), Milla’s Vineyard Estate (Wines) and Nordic Fusion (Glögg and Raffle) was also greatly appreciated.
We’ve had some lovely feedback that the story of BOLON was well received and that the event was a great success. Being invited to be a part of the Swedish Australian community and to host in our beautiful space was certainly a highlight for The Andrews Group in 2022.
A message from the Andrews family
We look forward to building our connection with the community in 2023 and wish you a wonderful festive season.
Best wishes,
The Andrews Family and the Bolon Team
European Tchin Tchin Networking Evening 17 Nov in Brisbane
The Swedish Australian Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with a record 11 European bilateral Chambers of Commerce, participated in the 8th annual European Tchin Tchin Networking Evening on Thursday 17 November 2022.
The event offered opportunities to celebrate the great bond between Australia and the European Union and grow the European Chamber network in Brisbane, QLD.
Thank you to FACCI – French-Australian Chamber of Commerce & Industry and Brian Lorigan, Claire Dupre and the team for organising yet another successful Tchin Tchin event!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Wishes the SACC Brisbane QLD team
Summary – Swedish Australian Innovation, Technology and Design Summit 28-29 September 2022
Together with co-host, the University of Technology Sydney, in their stunning Great hall, we held 10 sessions offering in-depth knowledge on a number of engaging topics (see full program here). The event covered many topical focus areas, and the sessions included thought-leadership panellists, who all provided the audience with perspectives that were both informative and educational as well as provocative.
Official dignitaries included The Hon. Alister Henskens, SC MP, New South Wales Minister for Enterprise, Investment and Trade, Minister for Sport, Minister for Skills and Training, and Minister for Science, Innovation and Technology. Guest of Honour was Ambassador of Sweden to Australia, HE Pontus Melander.
The common denominator throughout the entire summit was sustainable innovation, sustainable design and development and how government and different industries are working towards a net zero future.
We learnt that we need to consider the human impact of innovation.
That many businesses and official agencies have the ambition to commence their sustainability journey but they don’t know where to start.
We also learned that we need to shift the business model, with circularity at the core of each process in the business.
We learned that there’s a full shift in business and for example in construction: we used to build things, now we are solving problems.
We learned that for innovations to be affordable – or they won’t be used. And if it is not easy to use – it won’t be used.
We learned that if we want to accelerate the adoption of 5G, we need to own the problem, know the problem and then find out how technology can solve the problem. We need a digital vision and replace old solutions with something smart, not just replace an existing model.
During the session on sustainability in fashion, we learned some confronting statistics. 70% of all clothes bought in Australia are deposited into landfill within 12 months after purchase. This number has more than doubled since year 2000, and Australia has the second position in the world of fashion waste per capita in the world, with 15 kilos per capita.
We also learned that we are all part of the solution for a net zero future and that we need to create citizenship around sustainable behaviours.
The manufacturing model is also rapidly adopting to meet more sustainable sourcing of raw materials, or rather, materials to not only recycle but also to reuse and re-manufacture.
We also discussed how our cities will become smarter and in doing so, also become more sustainable and indeed, safer. Utilising data within the whole transport sector already is delivering incremental change, in particular in safety. By enabling different road users to collaboratively, capture and transmit data, vehicles and vulnerable road users like cyclists, delivers robust outcomes and prevent avoidable accidents.
The two days were packed with generous sharing of best practice and absolutely evoked more bilateral as well as local collaboration and new networks.
The SACC is proud to have played an active role in establishing new business connections between Sweden and Australia and supporting knowledge sharing and business opportunities for more than one hundred years. And now also in the area of sustainability.
The Nordic countries have collectively been called “the Silicon Valley of Europe” for innovation, sustainability and green economy. SACC will continue to invite and engage members to explore pathways forward towards a net zero economy and enable trade and knowledge exchange between Australia and Sweden.
Photogaphy by Raquel Pires www.raquelpiresphotography.com
PRESENTING THE INNOVATION SUMMIT PARTNERS CLICK HERE TO READ MORE
For more information contact SACC at sacc@swedishchamber.com.au
Related links:
Europe’s most innovative countries
https://www.weforum.org/videos/europe-s-most-innovative-countries
5 reasons why Swedes are world-leading innovators
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umWKUmSYNbA&t=14s&ab_channel=Sweden