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Registration //12.30-13.00

Opening note //13.00-13.15

Mr. Heinz Sjögren

Chairman, Swedish-Kazakh Chamber of Commerce

Mr. Henrik Hallgren

Chairman, Eurasia Forum

Mr Torbjörn Becker

Director, Stockholm Institute of Transition Economies (SITE)

Relations Kazakhstan-Sweden //13.15-14.45

HE Mr. Manne Wängborg

Ambassador of Sweden to Kazakhstan

[TBC] HE Mr. Kairat Abusseitov (or colleague)

Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Sweden

Mr. Birger Karlsson

Deputy Director, Trade Promotion , Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Sweden

Mr. Mikael Johansson

Business Sweden,Regional Head Russia & CIS markets

Mr. Karl Johannesson

National Agency for Technological Development (NATD), Member of the Board of Directors

Coffee break //14.45-15.10

Company & institutions perspectives //15.10-16.45

Ms. Kadisha Dairova

Nazarbayev University in Astana,Deputy Chairperson of the Executive Council

Mr. Vladimir Smirnov

former Managing Director Scania Central Asia, Olympic Cross-Country Champion

• “Differences in business cultures and mentalities”

Mr. Kjell Lindström

TeliaSonera, Head of Group Public Affairs

Mr. Stephan Andersson

Xylem (former ITT Flygt), General Manager Eurasia

Mr. Bengt Sahlin

Perten Instruments, VP Sales & Marketing

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Presentation of the proposed permanent “Kazakh-Swedish Business Council”,

Mr. Henrik Hallgren

Presentation and official signing of co-operation agreement and exchange programme between

The Innovative University of Eurasia in Pavlodar and Linköping University.

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Closing Reception with light Refreshments //17.00-18.00

Astana. Bayterek Tower