This session is on "SDGs Corporate Reporting" - Can changes to the way companies report help change behavior and drive more sustainable outcomes? 

Listen to our guest speaker, Susanna Di Feliciantonio, Head of European Policy at ICAEW, where she has been responsible for leading ICAEW’s advocacy work on European affairs, encompassing regulatory and legislative affairs at EU level and in strategically important European markets. She is an expert in non-financial / sustainability reporting, corporate governance, audit, Brexit, public finances, women in finance.

Susanna has a solid experience providing strategic advice on European regulatory and legislative affairs, working in partnership to develop and deliver innovative public policy initiatives and public affairs campaigns. And, in this session, we will learn how the landscape for sustainability reporting is evolving at a pace in Europe and internationally. Find out more about the accelerating efforts to enhance the availability of high-quality, decision-useful sustainability information – and exchange insights on what the challenges facing companies as they look ahead to a new era of corporate reporting. 

About ICAEW (http://www.icaew.com)

"ICAEW is a world-leading professional membership organisation that trains, develops and supports over 150,000 chartered accountants worldwide. Each of our members has the knowledge and values to help build local and global economies that are sustainable, accountable and fair. We share our knowledge and insight with governments, regulators and business leaders worldwide so we can develop a world of strong economies.

Our vision is to develop strong, accountable and open economies where people can trust data, leaders can make good decisions, public finances are transparent and businesses are accountable."

Listen to Kajsa Stenström, talking about "The challenge of regulating tomorrow’s technologies - Perspectives from an EU lobbyist".

Kajsa is the Founder & Managing Partner at Stenström Consulting, a public affairs firm specialised in EU advice, founded in 2006. Kajsa has worked in Brussels for more than 20 years. Kajsa previously set up and managed the EU lobbying team of international law firm DLA Piper and has served as senior advisor to several international consultancies. Stenström Consulting offers tailored advice on EU developments based on clients’ specific business interests and activity areas. Working as EU lobbyist in Brussels, means that meetings at EU institutions are a part of her everyday life, offering advice on EU regulatory and legislative issues.

You may reach out to Kajsa if you need any of the following EU public affairs services:

Lobbying

Monitoring

Contact programs

Awareness-raising campaigns

Trade association support

EU Training. You may learn more at: https://www.stenstromconsulting.com/

'Metaverse' is tech's buzzword of the moment, but do we actually know what it means? Listen to Emma Ridderstad, The Queen of Metaverse in Sweden, talk about the power and potential of this immersive technology, and the many ways it will shape our lives in the not-so-distant future.

Emma Ridderstad is the co-founder and CEO of Warpin Media, the leading XR software development company in the Nordics. Specializing in Virtual and Augmented Reality, the company's main focus is the fully in-house developed SAAS product Xelevate, enabling organizations to effectively create, distribute and execute VR training programs at scale.

Warpin Media was founded in Stockholm in 2016 and caters to customers in both the public and private sectors, with clients including fashion retailer H&M and Nordic postal services provider PostNord. With a background in media sales, Emma was previously the CEO of Modern Women Media, representing some of Sweden's most prominent female-focused digital platforms. She feels strongly about helping other women succeed and invests both time and effort in mentoring other female entrepreneurs.

https://www.warpinmedia.com/

Listen to Therese Nyren, Portfolio Manager presenting her Global Lucy Fund to the memebers of IWIB. Therese is a Swedish expert in investments and has an extensive experience in asset management and consulting and has a bachelor degree in economics from Uppsala University. Has worked at Credit Suisse in London, at Öhman Fondkommission and Nordea. Founder of Sue Ellen Investments with a focus on women's investments. Now working as a fund manager where she starts up her first fund within Lifestyle together with AIFM.

Let´s Talk Numbers is a podcast created by Robert Aleshchenko & Niklas Löttiger, two teenage students from The Stockholm International School who are passionate about understanding the financial world. It all started when Robert - a well-versed kid in investments, explained to Niklas what was important to analyze before investing. A conversation from the school break turned into what is today their podcast: 'Let´s Talk Numbers'. a pod where these teens discuss the latest global financial news and share knowledge on how investing smartly can lead to financial independence from an early age. 

You may listen to Niklas & Robert´s podcast here: 

https://open.spotify.com/show/0zbQHnbm77io7eOvvcMGMt

On this episode Lizzie Claesson shares her professional journey into leadership from Argentina to Sweden. Today she is a Business & Leadership Developer and Certified Executive Coach, founder of Brighter Leaders, who offers services in English, Spanish and Swedish, helping executives with tools you that they need to change their mindset to create the necessary space for important, positive changes in their lives and their business. You may contact Lizzie at: [email protected]

Anna Felländer is the founder of The AI Sustainability Center, a world-leading multidisciplinary hub to address the scaling of AI in broader ethical and societal contexts. Some of their partners include Telia Company, Metricstream, Cirio and JobAgent. The initiative has attracted some of the top minds in academia focused on AI, coming from the Royal Institute of Technology, Karolinska Institutet, Lund University, Chalmers University, Umeå University, and Linköping University, as well as public agencies like the Swedish Tax Authority, the Swedish Public Employment Service, the City of Stockholm, and the City of Malmö.The AI Sustainability Center is listed as the First European Artificial Intelligence On-Demand Platform and Ecosystem, built with the support of the European Commission. To learn more check her website: www.aisustainability.org

Urban Björn is the author of the book "Business As Equals" released this past April - in Swedish, where he shares tips and advice on how to successfully drive a gender equality workplace, and get the great business potential in increased diversity and strengthen.  At a time when it is now assumed that diversity leads to more fervent and successful decisions, also thinks that the variance-based recruitment trend is worrying. Can Equity be one of the reasons for polarization? Us and them. You and us? Is it even going to be a total 'we'? Will 'we' not always hold sub-groupings where polarization picks up? Is it not precisely the differences of sub-groupings that create the 'throaty' conflict that leads to innovation and success? Without conflict- do we not accept stagnation?

Perhaps the problem is not polarisation itself. According to Urban sometime we have to play 'Devil's advocate'. And, not see the word polarization as just negative.

Here you can learn more about Urban services:

http://www.businessasequals.se/

Yonah Welker talks about the challenges of Zero Exclusion, AI & Ethics. The future of technology is nonbinary. There is no the same brain, mental or talent pattern. There is always an infinite spectrum of shades and colors.

Yonah has been working on the intersection of tech and society since 2005 year - when he become a tech explorer and launched a hardware think tank. He founded and co-created tech startups and labs, helped to facilitate tech ecosystems through North America to APAC, MENA, Africa, Europe, screened over 2000 teams, contributed projects in ethics (AI, tech), deeptech, impact and sustainability (European Commission-funded projects and open calls). Yonah guided and screened the world youngest tech and AI inventors, Ashoka and United Nations fellows, talent from Google, Singularity University, 500 Startups, Techstars, Masschallenge, alumni of MIT, Stanford, Oxford. Recent projects include the Human-Centered AI & Ethics (with Shop4CF, funded by the European Commission). I also support such communities as: All Tech Is Human, Montreal AI Ethics Institute, Women In AI, Teens In AI and many others.

Here you can learn more about Yonah's work: 

https://yonah.ai