Seminars in 2023

The seminar program is currently under development and will be continuously updated. Simultaneous interpretation is available for English-speaking participants.

Topic Day 1

  • Sustainability in the Value Chain

Topics Day 2

  • More Efficient Permitting Processes
  • Greater Responsibility for the Electricity System
  • The Swedish Investment Climate

The seminar program is currently under development and will be continuously updated. The timetable is tentative.

Day 1

14:00

Welcome to VIND2023

Catarina Rolfsdotter-Jansson, Presenter, Moderator & Lecturer, Rolfsdotter AB | Daniel Badman, CEO, Swedish Wind Energy Association

14:05

Meeting the Climate Challenge Now

Speaker TBA

14:25

Towards Nature-Positive Wind Farms by 2030

Björn Risinger, Director-General, Environmental Protection Agency | Mats Svensson, Head of Department for Marine Management, Agency for Marine & Water Management | Hillevi Priscar, Country Manager Sweden, OX2 | Mathilda Karlsson, Baltic Sea Expert – Department of Marine Affairs & Water, WWF Sweden | Till Henschel, Head of Department Wind Power, SCA

14:45

Recycling of Wind Turbine Blades

Gustav Frid, Senior Environment & Sustainability Specialist, Vattenfall | Lisa Ekstrand, Head of Sustainability, Vestas | Ebba Phillips John, Senior Business Development Manager, RWE Renewables | Cecilia Mattsson, Senior Researcher, RISE / Project Manager, RU Circular Disposal of Photovoltaic Panels and Wind Turbine Blades for Wind Turbines, Swedish Energy Agency

15:05

Break

Coffee and networking

30 min

15:35

Swedish Companies’ Contribution to Reducing the Climate Footprint of Wind Power

Otto Lundman, CEO, Modvion | Göran Nyström, EVP Group Marketing & Technology, Ovako | Malin Löfsjögård, CEO, Svensk betong | Mikkel Daugaard Buhl, Senior Key Account Manager, Northern Europe, NKT

15:55

Talent Management - How Can We Attract More People to the Industry?

Lotta Sätterlund, Director of HR, Uniper Sweden | Charlotte Bergqvist, 2022 Power Woman of the Year, Kraftkvinnorna / Chief Development Officer, Cloudberry | Ylva Navér, Director of HR & Communications, Defense Materiel Works | Karin Åkerman, Business Analyst, Swedish National Agency for Higher Vocational Education

16:20

Political Leaders of Tomorrow on the Sustainable Transition for Sweden

Erik Berg, Chairperson, Liberal Youth | Rebecka Forsberg, Spokesperson, Green Youth | Linus Karlén, Spokesperson for Climate & Environment, Centre Youth | Additional Speaker TBA

16:40

Progressive Company with Sustainability Focus

Frederik de Jong, Deputy Managing Director, Ingka Investments

17:00

Summary and Handover

Catarina Rolfsdotter-Jansson, Presenter, Moderator & Lecturer, Rolfsdotter AB | Niclas Sigholm, Head of Energy Markets & Strategy, Sigholm

17:10

Mingle

Canapés, drinks & networking in the exhibition hall

2 hours

19:00

Networking Dinner

Formal networking dinner & entertainment for participants with a separate dinner ticket

Day 2

08:30

Morning Mingle

Breakfast & networking

1 hour

09:30

Welcome Back to VIND2023

Niclas Sigholm, Head of Energy Markets & Strategy, Sigholm

09:35

The Energy Policy Landscape and Expectations for the Day

Daniel Badman, CEO, Swedish Wind Energy Association

09:45

Title TBA

John Hassler, Professor, IIEA Stockholm University

10:10

Maritime Spacial Plans 2.0 – Coexistence in Action

Sebastian Hald Buhl, Country Manager Sweden & Norway, Ørsted | Mats Svensson, Head of Department for Marine Management, Agency for Marine & Water Management | Johan Wahlström, Head of Unit Maritime Cooperation & Development, Swedish Maritime Administration | Magnus Hermansson, Inquiry Chair, An Orderly Assessment of Offshore Wind Power

10:30

Break

Coffee & networking

45 min

11:15

More Electricity Production and Strengthened Defense Capabilities

Stig-Olof Krohné, Brigadier-General, Deputy Head of Armed Forces Joint Staff, Swedish Armed Forces | Dr. Constantinos Hadjisavvas, Project Officer Energy, European Defence Agency | Arto Räty, Senior Advisor, Miltton | Anders Friis, Fleet Admiral, Danish Army Command

11:45

Politicians on More Efficient Permitting Processes

Mats Green, Energy Policy Spokesperson, Moderates | Louise Eklund, Energy Policy Spokesperson, Liberals | Rickard Nordin, Energy Policy Spokesperson, Centre Party | Birger Lahti, Energy Policy Spokesperson, Left Party

12:00

Researchers on the Robust Electricity System

Lisa Göransson, Professor, Chalmers University of Technology | Anna Krook-Riekkola, Associate Professor, Luleå University of Technology | Lennart Söder, Professor, KTH Royal Institute of Technology

12:15

Hybrid Solutions for Systemic Benefits

Maria Röske, CEO, BayWa r.e. Nordic | Jenny Hedblom, Head of PMO, Flower | Peter Wesslau, CEO, Rabbalshede Kraft | Peter Zachrisson, CEO, SR Energy

12:35

Lunch Break

Lunch & networking

1 hour 20 min

13:55

How Do We Create the Business Case for System Integration?

Lotta Medelius-Bredhe, Director-General, Svenska kraftnät (TSO) | Tobias Hansson, Country Manager, Hitachi Energy | Omid Ashrafi, Managing Director, Newsec Infra | Mattias Wondollek, Business Area Manager Green Flexible Base Power, Njordr Offshore Wind

14:15

Politicians on the Industry’s Responsibility for the Electricity System

Fredrik Olovsson, Energy Policy Spokesperson, Social Democrats | Camilla Brodin, Energy Policy Spokesperson, Christian Democrats | Linus Lakso, Energy Policy Spokesperson, Green Party | Jessica Stegrud, Energy Policy Spokesperson, Sweden Democrats

14:55

Investing in Sweden

Niklas Wahlberg, VP System Solutions & Partnerships, Volvo Group | Eberhard Röhm-Malcotti, Head EU Energy Policy, Axpo Solutions | Katarina Romberg, Head of Alternative Investments and Real Estate, AMF

15:25

Break

Afternoon refreshments & networking

45 min

16:10

Foreign Direct Investments

Maria Sunér, CEO, Svemin | Kalle Sundin, Investigator & Communications Officer, Katalys | Jonas Grafström, Vice CEO, Ratio Institute

16:30

How to Strengthen the Value Chain?

Philip Cole, Director of Industrial Affairs, WindEurope | Anna Liberg, Head of Global Industry Network Energy & Transport, Business Sweden | Mikkel Daugaard Buhl, Senior Key Account Manager, Northern Europe, NKT

16:50

A European Green Single Market

Helena Hånell McKelvey, samhällspolitisk chef Norden, Amazon

17:10

The Swedish Energy Agency's Outlook to 2030

Robert Andrén, Director-General, Swedish Energy Agency

17:25

Summing up VIND2023

Niclas Sigholm, Head of Energy Markets & Strategy, Sigholm | Daniel Badman, CEO, Swedish Wind Energy Association

17:30

Mingle

Canapés, drinks & networking in the exhibition hall

Confirmed speakers

See the full program

Niclas Sigholm

Head of Energy Markets & Strategy, Sigholm

Lotta Medelius-Bredhe

Director-General, The Swedish TSO (Photo: Johan Alp)

Mats Svensson

Head of Department for Marine Management, Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management (Photo: Natalie Greppi)

Robert Andrén

Director-General, Swedish Energy Agency (Photo: Adam af Ekenstam)

Björn Risinger

Director-General, Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (Photo: Swedish Environmental Protection Agency)

Malin Löfsjögård

CEO, Svensk Betong

Charlotte Bergqvist

Awarded "Årets kraftskvinna 2022", Kraftkvinnorna / Chief Development Officer, Cloudberry Wind (Photo: Cloudberry)

Sebastian Hald Buhl

Country Manager Sweden & Norway, Ørsted

Linus Lakso

Energy policy spokesperson, the Green Party

Peter Zachrisson

CEO, SR Energy ©SR Energ