4th Strategic Forum India: Prospects for Indo-Nordic Cooperation
The Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI) and the Sweden India Business Council (SIBC) have the pleasure to invite you to the fourth edition of Strategic Forum India.
Three years ago, Nordic leaders and Prime Minister Modi convened at the first Indo-Nordic Summit in Stockholm. Can regional Nordic integration be reflected in collaborative projects and shared priorities with regards to engagement with India? Where can we expect diverging policy preferences among the Nordic countries? How can the Nordics engage India on a bilateral, regional, and EU-level?
The Forum will take place under the Chatham House Rule and we are looking forward to an interactive meeting.
Programme
Session I
Panel: Balancing National Interests and Corporate Collaboration within the India-Nordic Framework, with
Anna Lekvall, Consul General of Sweden to Mumbai
Ankita Dutta, Research Fellow, Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA)
Ummu Salma Bava, Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Jakob Kiefer, Head of Public Affairs, ABB Group.
Session II
What if…? Nordic solidarity in times of geopolitical tensions, with
Calle Håkansson, Associate Fellow, Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI)
Björn Bjarnason, former Minister of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs, Government of Iceland, and Author of the report Nordic Foreign and Security Policy 2020
Session III
Fireside chats: Navigating Indo-Nordic ties, with
Reuben Abraham, CEO, IDFC Institute, and Senior Executive Advisor, SIBC
Anna Kinberg Batra, former leader Moderate Party and Senior Executive Advisor, SIBC
and
Mihir Sharma, Senior Fellow, Observer Research Foundation (ORF)
Robin Sukhia, Secretary General, SIBC
Moderators: Henrik Chetan Aspengren, Acting Head, Asia Programme, UI, and Arati Davis, Senior Vice President, SIBC.
A warm welcome to the 4th Strategic Forum India!
