Business transformation is the trending term as companies are constantly adapting in an era of disruption. Business leaders have shifted their attention to disruptive technologies and innovations in an effort to craft strategies and business models that respond to markets where the only certainty is change. Similarly, businesses are compelled to further re-invent themselves to navigate the disruption generated by a divisive political climate and societal transformation.
Fredrik Hansson, Partner, McKinsey
Security challenges can come from aggressive competitors, disgruntled employees, or world events. Executives around the world are under pressure to find innovative security solutions to ensure business continuity at a justifiable cost of a hypothetical event. The security industry is making strides to anticipate and manage risk. AI and data processing can generate protective intelligence to build scalable solutions to common security challenges, from employment screening and to executive protection. In this panel, security expertise meets smart technology to assess risks to organizations and ways to mitigate them.
Andrew Dunn, President Mobile Guarding Division, Securitas
Fredrik Nilsson, Vice President Americas, Axis Communications
Moderator: Brian Finch, Partner, Pillsbury
Many a politician has vowed to “drain the swamp”, from President Ronald Reagan to Nancy Pelosi in 2006 when announcing her political strategy after a decade of Republican rule. Shortly before his election, President Donald Trump pledged to “drain the swamp”, rid Washington of political insiders out of touch with ordinary Americans. Days after taking office, he signed an executive order limiting when and under what conditions political appointees can lobby federal agencies and the White House. Meet K Street to get the skinny on lobbying in the Trump era.
Craig Saperstein, Partner, Pillsbury
Duane Gibson, Partner, The Livingston Group
Robert Thomas, Senior Vice President, Health Policy and Government Relations, Elekta
Moderator: Marie Harf, Fox News Political Contributor and Executive Director of the Serve America PAC
Hans-Christian Schulze, Country Manager and co-founder of Nasdaq-listed Eolus shares his journey to wash the U.S. green through innovation and disruption when delivering large energy consumers electricity from 100% renewable sources. Learn how to work the entire value chain, from site identification to construction via financing, incorporating conventional and unconventional thinking.
The necessity and demand for environmentally responsible buildings have changed the design, construction and operation of public spaces and offices and how we live. Cities are increasingly adopting carbon targets and requiring commercial building owners to disclose green building performance to tenants, buyers, and, in some cases, the public. Building owners are set to manage larger buildings remotely with third-party service companies and software to detect system failures and manage energy consumption, all by drawing on the cloud and using a phone. Meanwhile demand in the existing building market is increasing as energy-efficiency retrofits are becoming available. This panel will explore what shapes tomorrow’s skyline, from technology to market.
Elizabeth Heider, Chief Sustainability Officer, Skanska
Mats Pettersson, CEO, Sensative
Tomas Kvistmo, Chairman IMEK
Moderator: Patrik Melander, Founder and CEO, UnleashT
“Learn how Amazon Web Services have embraced and leveraged the cloud to offer more and faster features for the Amazon customer. Tim Rains will also share his wish list for the Nordics to enter the next phase of digital transformation.”
Tim Rains, Regional Leader, Security & Compliance Business Acceleration in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, Amazon Web Services
Financial services have been enriched by recent years’ blockchains and cryptocurrencies that can potentially address some of the problems of access to finance. Existing blockchains and cryptocurrencies have nevertheless proven volatile and hard to scale, which have made them poor options for exchange and storage of value. Learn how market actors combine know-how and resources to form a decentralized blockchain and a low-volatility cryptocurrency set to deliver a lower-cost, more accessible and more connected global financial system that unlocks opportunities for all, from the mom-and-pop store to production facilities via the unicorn.
Dante Disparte, Deputy Chair, Libra Association
Martina Rejsjö, Head of Nasdaq MarketWatch
Moderator: Gaurav Batra, Partner, McKinsey
Meet mover and shaker David Urban, the prominent top lobbyist, CNN political commentator, and President of the American Continental Group.
Jon Decker, acclaimed Fox reporter and a member of the White House Press Corps since 1995, will tease out the best of Urban including the political state of affairs at the current juncture; his take on the Trump 2020 campaign strategy, and what’s at stake for winners and losers.
As the Trump administration is pushing Congress for swift approval of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), the U.S. and China are imposing billions of dollars-worth on one another’s goods in a row over unfair trading practices. Meanwhile, the U.S. and EU are reeling in the effects of tariffs on European steel and aluminum and reciprocal measures on U.S. products and duking it out over illegal subsidies in the aviation industry. The administration is also considering imposing tariffs on cars and car parts deeming such imports a threat to national security. In fact, experts believe a wider spat with Europe would be much more damaging than the current tit-for-tat with China. Hear first-hand from a panel that explores the impact on business and investment, workers and consumers when trade is not flowing.
Björn Arvidsson, Head of Trade and Economic Affairs, Embassy of Sweden to the US
Nancy Fischer, Partner, Pillsbury
Jonathan S. Kallmer, Executive Vice President, Policy Information Technology Industry Council (ITI)
David Weiner, Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Europe, Office of the United States Trade Representative
Moderator: Scott Miller, Senior Adviser, Abshire-Inamori Leadership Academy, CSIS
Climate change, animal welfare, and greater interest in personal health and wellness are driving popularity in plant-based food. Oatmilk is fast becoming the preferred alternative in trendy coffee shops. The brand responsible for the golden age of oats is Swedish Oatly who has been making oatmilk for more than 30 years. The brand successfully launched in the US in late 2016 and in only two short years, the demand for oatmilk was so high that there were reports of nationwide ‘oatmilk shortages’. Hear Sara Fletcher talk about the successes (and some accompanying failures) of bringing Oatly to the US.
Sara Fletcher, Communications and Public Affairs Lead , Oatly
In a crowded field of presidential hopefuls Democratic contenders are on a collision course and moderates argue they too can beat President Trump. Whistle-blowers and Congressional inquiries provide fodder for federal prosecutors to unseal charges against the President’s allies. Meanwhile a majority of U.S. business leaders believe, at least for now, that President Trump will win reelection.
Hear well-known expert political pundits’ commentary and opinion on the polls and fiery campaigns. Who and what are the influential forces? The panel will also offer their best bet on Democratic nominee and President-elect and how this might affect the economy and the average American.
Marie Harf, Fox News Political Contributor and Executive Director of the Serve America PAC
Thomas Dupree, Partner, Gibson Dunn; Former Deputy Assistant U.S. Attorney General; Legal Analyst Fox News Channel and MSNBC
Karen Tramontano, Co-founder and CEO, Blue Star Strategies
David Tamasi, Managing Director, Chartwell Stretegy Group
Moderator: Julia Manchester, Reporter, The Hill
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