SACC E-Days Savannah

LearnSweden is very happy to be a sponsor of this stellar event. Everyone is welcome. Please come and join us in Savannah Georgia April 20-22nd. Weekly we will be keeping you updated with the preparations for E-days. Until then, have a look at see what interests you.

 

 

THE SWEDISH AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BRINGS ITS

2009 ENTREPRENEURIAL DAYS TO SAVANNAH, GEORGIA

April 20-22 Event to Focus on Sustainability

The Swedish American Chamber of Commerce will host its fifth annual United States version of Entrepreneurial Days (E-Days) in Savannah, Ga., April 20-22, 2009. Based on a similar conference in Sweden, the three-day event is designed to bring together US and Swedish companies to promote trade and partnerships.

With the theme, “Accessing Growth Capital for a Sustainable Future,” E-Days in Savannah will feature conference tracks on Logistics, Industrial Design and Renewable Energy. The core of the program is a business matchmaking service designed to help companies find potential partners, distributors or agents to meet their specific needs.

A host of prominent speakers are scheduled to attend the conference, which was held last year in San Diego.  The list of speakers includes: Gunnar Wieslander, State Secretary, Ministry for Foreign Affairs; the former CEO of Electrolux N.A., Anders Berggren ‐ recently appointed CEO of Marmon Retail Fixtures, a Warren Buffet company; well‐known Swedish adventurer, Renata Chlumska ‐ the first Swedish woman to climb Mt. Everest and circumvent the U.S. on bike and canoe; Doug Pennington, Executive Director of Private Capital Network, and Jim Jacoby, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Jacoby Development & Jacoby Energy.  

Several companies and organizations have signed up to attend the event, which will kick off April 19^th with a golfing event followed by a reception hosted by the Savannah College of Art and Design.  Among the companies and organizations expected to be participate are: SAAB Technologies, SmartTrust, Swedbank, Thomas Concrete, EnergyLaunchPartners, and IKEA. The conference will end with a Vodka Tasting sponsored by Absolut on the evening of April 22, 2009.

E-Days sponsors include: the Savannah Economic Development Authority, The Creative Coast, Berlin Atlantic Capital, Miller & Martin PLLC, PartnerTech, Confederation of Swedish Enterprise, Embassy of Sweden, Alston Bird, Georgia Department of Economic Development, Delta Airlines, LearnSweden and Bill Marks.

For more information on the E-Days program, speakers and who is coming, please visit: http://sacc-edays.org/savannah. Please contact E-days Savannah Special Director Mee Eriksson for questions regarding sponsorship and registration: [email protected].