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Information on Earlier Activities Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 12 noon
Click here to see photos from the Christmas Luncheon. Photos kindly provided by Ingemar Svala Photography, Program Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Meeting LocationThe Mavis Winkle’s Irish Pub, 5005 Rockside Rd, Independence, OH 44131. This location is immediately West of the Rockside Road, I71 intersection, on the North side of Rockside Road at the ground floor of the glass covered high riser. Meeting Fees
RSVPIt is as easy as this: Click on the above link and enter your email address. You will get an email confirmation in return. Payment can be made at the door. Please register not later than Monday, November 14, 2011 Cleveland, Thursday, September 29 - SACC-Ohio Business MeetingThe program will include three very interesting topics: One of Sweden’s highest ranking diplomats in the US, Magnus Rydén, Minster of Economics and Trade at the Swedish Embassy in Washington DC will talk about "Why Sweden managed to improve government economy in recent years of international financial turmoil"and "Current trends in the trade between the US and Sweden"Sweden has an almost unique position in the global economy: A steady reduction of government deficit to a very low level. And, this has been achieved in a period of worldwide financial instability and increasing government deficits. How has this been possible and what lessons could be learned by the "Swedish Model"? SACC J-1 Visa Trainee ProgramThe SACC-USA Trainee Program provides U.S. companies with highly qualified trainees from Sweden. This a very cost-efficient way of accessing Swedish talent and technology while adding some cultural diversity to your business. For the trainees, a training program in the U.S. is the opportunity of a life time. SACC Young ProfessionalsSACC is creating a new path to success for all of the young professionals in the Swedish American business community both in the United States of America and Sweden. SACC USA YP is dedicated to providing a forum for networking and career development for young professionals where they can meet peers as well as network with the most seasoned and highly sought after business leaders involved in international business with a focus on the Swedish and American markets. The meeting will be held at the DoubleTree hotel in Independence, Ohio and start at 5pm, September 29. Sweden – September 14 - 16, 2011
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Join us to learn more about the fascinating possibilities of videoconferencing. Although videoconferencing is really not a new technology, it is becoming more ubiquitous and certainly more needed today - and the costs have come down steeply. We are now a global economy and many more companies and organizations are communicating internationally face to face through videoconferencing. We need to communicate on a higher level more often over distance, in today's competitive environment.| 4:45p | Doors open, coffee served |
| 5:00p | SACC-Ohio Annual Meeting |
| 5:15p | Business Meeting, featuring “Videoconferencing - a great resource for reducing costs and increasing efficiency” Presentation by Jim Hornyak |
Followed by: Hors d’oeuvres and drinks
Meeting location: Plaza 45, 4500 Rockside Road (South side), Independence
Cleveland – Wednesday, December 15, 2010
The traditional SACC-Ohio Christmas Luncheon in cooperation with
the British-American and French-American Chambers of Commerce
For the first time, this traditional event joined the forces of the three Chambers of Commerce and it was a great success. Almost 100 participants mingled and networked and enjoyed Christmas drink and food specialties from the three countries.
John B. Carlson, Vice President and Economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, then talked about "Economic Outlook and the Policy Response", followed by a very interesting Q&A session.
Our "in-house" photographer, Ingemar Svala (www.svalaphotography.com) took some photos of the event that you can view here
After this successful event, our three Chambers will certainly look for more opportunities to arrange joint events or spread information about each other's events to our respective membership.
Cleveland – Wednesday, November 3, 2010
SACC-Ohio Meets with Representatives for Swedish Biomedical Companies
SACC-Ohio has been working to recruit Swedish companies in the biomedical field to attend the upcoming Medical Innovation Summit Conference, hosted by the Cleveland Clinic. In the period October 31 - November 4 the Swedish visitors will have several opportunities to meet with representatives for local companies and organizations to investigate market and business possibilities.
October 14, 2010 - Cleveland
Visit to Kinetico Water Systems
Did you know that the amount of oil used annually to make plastic water bottles is enough to fuel 100,000 cars for a year. Kinetico Water Systems (www.kinetico.com), a Swedish owned company, manufactures a broad range of products for treatment and purification of water, including filters and softeners. VP John McLaughlin will present the company and guide through their production. The meeting will start at 5pm and snacks and drinks will be served.
September 22, 2010 - Columbus
Opening of new Nordic Light warehouse and assembly facility
The opening of the new Nordic Light US assembly and distribution center was a great success. Over 40 participants could hear about the very lean set-up with D+S Distribution handling the actual operation for Nordic Light, considerable reducing the financial involvement and risk for Nordic Light.
Click here to see photos from the event, provided by Ingemar Svala Photography
Did you know that 80 % of our decisions are based on what we see. Seeing is interplay between the eye, the object viewed and light. The latter decides how we perceive the object in view. Lighting controls the visual impression. It is a bold, but true, statement. So, in order to achieve a desired atmosphere, knowing how to use lights and lighting is alpha and omega. Even with small means, the effect can be great – remember, it only takes a flashlight to create a monster.
One of our newer Business Members, the Swedish company Nordic Light (www.nordiclight.se), designs, manufactures and markets a complete range of high-performance, energy-efficient display lighting fixtures. Together with their local partner - also SACC-Ohio member - D+S Distribution (www.dsdistribution.com), they are now setting up an assembly and distribution center in the Columbus area. SACC-Ohio will have the sopportunity to participate at the grand opening on September 22.
August 28, 2010 – Traditional Swedish Crayfish Party
The Crayfish Party was a great success with a record 63 participants, great crayfish, good singing, and lots of fun people.
Ingemar Svala took lots of great photos at the event. Click here to link to Ingemar’s photos.
May 13, 2010-Lunch Meeting in Columbus
“Reduce the Emissions and Grow the Economy at the Same Time, Environmental and Economic Sustainability - Bringing the Swedish Model to Ohio”
According to the Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt: Since 1993 Sweden's economy has grown over 40% and at the same time the carbon dioxide emissions have been reduced by at least 10%.
Last year, Andrew Walleck, a management consultant in technical and marketing areas, received a scholarship through the Swedish-American Exchange Fund to go to Sweden and meet with government and industry to study how Sweden has been able to become a world front runner in developing and adopting energy, environmental, and economic sustainability programs. Learn from his report!
The meeting will be held at the Capitol Club in downtown Columbus, starting at 11:45am.
Click here for further details and how to RSVP
We thank our Sponsoring Member 
for assisting in arranging this event.
April 22, 2010 – Visit to the NASA Glenn Research Center
Did you know that the space shuttle was tested at super sonic speeds right on our doorstep at the NASA Glenn wind tunnel facility?
Did you know that the structure of future space craft will be mainly made out of non-metallic materials and that major research into this field is done right here in Cleveland?
Join us to learn more about the NASA Glenn, its unique wind tunnel facility, and the advanced research into use of composite materials on future manned space flight vehicles.
March 04, 2010: “Reduce the Emissions and Grow the Economy at the Same Time, Environmental and Economic Sustainability - Bringing the Swedish Model to Ohio”
According to the Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt: Since 1993 Sweden's economy has grown over 40% and at the same time the carbon dioxide emissions have been reduced by at least 10%.
Last year, Andrew Walleck, a management consultant in technical and marketing areas, received a scholarship through the Swedish-American Exchange Fund to go to Sweden and meet with government and industry to study how Sweden has been able to become a world front runner in developing and adopting energy, environmental, and economic sustainability programs. Learn from his report!
March 03, 2010 – Lunch Meeting in Columbus
"Financial and Economic Recovery: The Need for an Exit Strategy"
John B. Carlson, Vice President and Economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland will give us a direct insight into how the Federal Reserve is handling the current financial situation.
The meeting will be held at the Capitol Club in downtown Columbus, starting at 11:45am.
Please click here for more information and how to RSVP.
We thank our Sponsoring Member for assisting in arranging this event.
At the Annual Meeting, SACC-Ohio reported four successful years of operation and continued growth in membership and activities. Members include major Ohio corporations, smaller and mid-size businesses, organizations and individuals.
The Treasurer Kenneth Palmman presented a solid financial report for the year 2009. The earlier nine Board Members were unanimously re-elected with some changes in functions. Chairman (new) is Matias Bonnier, Vice Chairman (new) Bo Carlsson, President Lars Eriksson, Secretary Lars Traner, Treasurer Kenneth Palmman.
The Chairman of SACC-USA, Urban Lundberg, honored us with his presence and he held a very stimulating speech presenting numerous channels into the Swedish market that SACC members have available to them. He also discussed the great importance of the type of person-to-person networking that SACC offers in a world saturated in electronic communication systems.
From left to right: Urban Lundberg Chairman SACC-USA, Michael Miller previous Chairman SACC-Ohio, Matias Bonnier new Chairman SACC-Ohio - Photo supplied by Ingemar Svala Photography
The popular SACC-Ohio Christmas Luncheon again drew an audience of around 50 attendees who first enjoyed the welcome glögg drink and then the traditional Swedish Christmas buffet.
After the meal John B. Carlson, VP at the Federal Reserve Bank in Cleveland, gave us a very initiated and interesting insight into how the Fed is handling the current financial situation. At his presentation last year the topic was "Reflections on the Financial Turmoil and the Economy". This time it was changed to the very appropriate "Financial and Economic Recovery: The Need for an Exit Strategy". We learned that the Fed now has several new instruments to improve the control of the banking system and to avoid the risk of inflation once the economy picks up more substantially. All in all, John was confident that the US should be able to come out of the present financial situation in a positive way.
His presentation was very appreciated and was followed by a long Q&A session.
Click here to see some of John's slides from the presentation.
Here are some photos from the event:
The speaker John Carlson joined by the SACC-Ohio Chairman Michael Miller (right) and President Lars Eriksson (left).
You are invited to attend the opening night of the exhibition.
17 SWEDISH DESIGNERS
Friday, November 6, 2009, 6:30—8:30pm
Reinberger Galleries of The Cleveland Institute of Art
The U.S. debut of this traveling exhibition straight from Sweden: 17 Swedish women, all professional designers, all born in the 1960s display work in glass, ceramics, textiles, metal, wood and plastic. Our own photographer Ingemar Svala (website: http://ingemarsvalaphotography.com) took many photos at the event. Click here to view web album!
NOTE: This exhibition remains open until December 19.
Over 60 Scandinavians and friends met at the Shooters restaurant in the Flats to celebrate the fact that Leif Erikson was the first to discover North America — almost 500 years before Columbus thought he had arrived in India. A special toast was held to the great Scandinavian Viking explorer in front of the Leif Erikson Monument at the base of the old swing railroad bridge outside the entrance to Shooters.
Ingemar Svala, our own Professional Photographer (website http://ingemarsvalaphotography.com) took many photos at the event. Click here to view web album!
Why does it matter now? Well, some modern day claims are outrageous. Of course the Native Americans were here first. But who traveled to America first? It may well have been the Chinese (although they apparently did not want to keep their records available for later generations).
We know for a fact that is was not Columbus. The case is made for Leif Erikson’s exploration around 1000 AD. See attached “Who Really Discovered America” — an amusing read.
It was natural for Leif to explore. He did tell others of what he found but his “marketing” was poor. It was also natural for the Chinese to travel far and wide but they apparently did not preserve their records well for future generations. Still, the Chinese probably traveled to the American continent before Leif. Columbus discovery is much disputed. See e.g. http://yeefow.com/past/499.html. Leif was the first European while a Chinese explorer likely was the first Asian.
Did you know that an infinite supply of free fuel is available for both heating and electricity, courtesy of our sun, a fusion reactor perfected long ago, conveniently situated 93 million miles from our planet?
Neil Sater, CEO of the local “green tech” company Greenfield Solar talked about solar energy in general and his companies special technology in particular. At GreenField, the goal is to drive solar energy into mainstream adoption through lower costs, without subsidies. They have developed a radically different approach to solar energy, using high intensity concentration. This technology was developed to be highly scalable, allowing for rapid increase in production, at low cost. Click here to view the slide show from Neil’s presentation.
Solar power holds the promise of delivering clean energy to meet the world’s growing demand. Lower costs and scalable production are the keys to delivering on this promise. The future is now, and GreenField http://greenfieldsolar.com is proud to usher in a new era in solar energy.
Neil’s interesting presentation was followed by a long Q&A session and continued discussions while cocktails and hors d’œuvres were served.
The third annual SACC-Ohio crayfish party gathered a record of almost 60 members and friends. Everyone enjoyed the crayfish, the singing, and the opportunity to meet old and new friends. Click here to see the invitation.
Please click on this link to view a photo gallery from the Crayfish Party. We thank our own press photographer for these photos:
Ingemar Svala Photography
Vermilion, Ohio
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Jeff Friedman is a volunteer presenter for The Climate Project (TCP). TCP is a movement to educate and challenge citizens and governments about the growing crisis of global warming and was created as a follow-up to the Al Gore film, An Inconvenient Truth.
Jeff is one of 1,000 individuals in the US, who completed a training program led by former Vice President Al Gore to spread the message about the threat of and solutions to global warming.
Jeff is the owner of Webtego, a Cleveland-based website development firm and volunteers his time giving presentations throughout Ohio, educating community groups, businesses and local governments about climate change and how individuals and organizations can be a major part of the solution to the growing crisis.
The Edays in Savannah gathered around 300 participants from Sweden and the United States. Click here for more information on this event.
Recently, around 40 members and guests had an opportunity to visit The Robbins Company in Cleveland (www.robbinstbm.com), one of only two worldwide manufacturers of big tunnel boring machines or TBM's. Such TBM's have for instance bored the tunnel under the English Channel and the new railroad tunnel under Malmö. Robbins is specialized in hard rock boring which actually is less expensive than the older blasting techniques. In these recession times it was good to hear that Robbins expects a continued increase in sales in 2009.
Thursday, February 5, 2009
See the Columbus Blue Jackets NHL team practice and tour the Nationwide Arena.
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Enjoy the evening's Blue Jackets Game and meet with their Swedish players after the game.
For more information about these two events and how to RSVP, please click here.
January 15, 2009
SACC-Ohio Annual Meeting
The Annual Meeting was chaired by Michael Miller who confirmed that more than 50% of the members were either present or had sent in their proxy.. The meeting approved the Nominating Committee's suggested slate of Officers, including small changes from the previous year. The above "Contact" link presents the current Board Members. The Treasurer Kenneth Palmman presented the 2008 Financial Statements that were approved by the meeting. SACC-Ohio Members will receive the Minutes of the Annual Meeting by email within short.
The Business part of the meeting featured a very interesting and actual presentation: "Sustainability: Discover the Opportunities". Holly Harlan, Founder and President of Entrepreneurs for Sustainability (www.e4s.org), spoke on opportunities for organizations to save money, find new business opportunities and also touch on the opportunities for the region.
December 17, 2008
Christmas Luncheon at 12 noon – featuring
"Reflections on the Financial Turmoil and the Economy"
Join us to hear John Carlson of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland giving us a direct insight into how the Federal Reserve is handling the current financial crisis.
Swedish Glögg (hot wine) and a typical Swedish Christmas buffet will be served.
Click here for more details and how to RSVP.
December 13, 2008
Traditional Swedish Lucia Celebration in Columbus
This meeting will be held early evening together with Scandinavian Club in Columbus and feature the traditional Lucia (the queen of light) ceremony. More details will follow within short.
Click here for more information.
October 23, 2008 at The Union Club in Cleveland
Doing Business with Scandinavia
The program included presentations of the Economics and Trade Minister from the Swedish Embassy in Washington and similar representatives of other Scandinavian countries. A panel discussion on the mechanics of doing business with Scandinavia covered logistic, legal, accounting, banking, insurance, and other issues. Business personalities presented their experience from long term business relations with Scandinavia. This was followed by a Q & A session. Click here for more information.
Click here for downloading a PowerPoint presentation of all speeches.
September 15-16, 2008 - E-Days in Stockholm
September 3, 2008 - Ohio Business Meeting in Columbus
August 23, 2008 - Crayfish Party
April 23, 2008 - SACC-Ohio starts the Columbus Office
March 5, 2008 - Business Meeting featuring JumpStart - Seeding the Economic Future of NE Ohio
Meeting Minutes
January 17, 2008 - Annual Meeting
December 10, 2007 – Business Meeting
November 8, 2007 – Business Meeting
