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28 March 2019 18:00-20:30Embassy of Brazil in Stockholm


To both acknowledge women’s accomplishments and empower female leadership, the Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, in cooperation with the Embassy of Brazil in Stockholm, has the honor to invite you to an inspiring evening in the company of:

Mrs. Helene Hellmark Knutsson Former Minister for Higher Education and Research and, currently, Member of the Swedish Parliament for the Social Democratic Party;

Mrs. Ewa Skoog Haslum - Deputy Vice Chancellor at the Swedish Defense University and first female Admiral in the Swedish Navy;

Mrs. Åsa Uhlin - Editor in Chief of Veckans Affärer;

Mrs. Petra Wadström 
Swedish Inventor and Founder of Solvatten;

Ms. Elaine Estrela Moura - Brazilian footballer and coach;

Opening:
Mr. Nelson Antonio Tabajara - Ambassador of Brazil;

Moderation: Mrs. Elisa Sohlman - Executive Director of Brazilcham Sweden.


DATE: Thursday, March 28th, 2019

TIME: 18:00 – 20:30

PLACE:  Kungsgatan 88, 112 27 Stockholm.

RVSP: Latest March 27.

ADMISSION: Free. The registration is personal and non-transferable.

Confirmation required as places are limited.

We look forward to seeing you there! 


Speakers

Åsa Uhlin

Editor in Chief of Veckans Affärer

Åsa Uhlin

Åsa Uhlin is editor-in-chief of the leading business magazine in Sweden, Veckans Affärer, since 2015.

With vast journalistic experience, she has previously been the publishing director for Bonnier Leadership, Bonnier Academy and Medibas. Before that she has worked as a journalist at Dagens Medicin, Finanstidningen, Dagens Politik, Länstidningen in Södertälje and Upsala Nya Tidning.

Veckans Affärer reach nearly 300 000 skilled and affluent decision makers in the Swedish business community via their magazine, web/mobile and newsletters.

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Elaine Estrela Moura

Brazilian footballer and coach.

Elaine Estrela Moura

Elaine Estrela Moura is a Brazilian footballer and coach. A versatile player that can be used in the defense or midfield, she plays for Swedish club Lindhagen FF and the Brazil women's national football team. She previously played for Tyresö and Umeå IK of the Swedish Damallsvenskan, as well as Saint Louis Athletica in the American Women's Professional Soccer (WPS).

She was a Silver Medalist at 2004 Summer Olympics and at 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup; 5 times Gold medalist at Damallsvenskan, once at Svenska Cupen, twice at the Pan American Games and once at the South American Cup.

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Petra Wadström

Swedish inventor and environmentalist.

Petra Wadström

Petra Wadström is the inventor and founder of SOLVATTEN® - a technology that treats and heats water with the use of solar energy. Today Solvatten is used in over 20 countries reaching 60 000 families. Wadström, has been awarded many prizes and recognition, as Skapa prize 2008, Polhem prize 2015, EU Women Innovation prize 2017. In 2013, President Obama visited the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm to see the latest developments in energy solutions, research, and innovation. At that occasion Petra, was given the opportunity to present Solvatten and explain how it is used around the world to improve health, empower women, saving trees and lower CO2 emissions. 

Petra was born Tengzelius, in Stockholm 1952. Mother of 4 children and a grandmother of 6, soon 7 grandchildren. She was educated as a biochemical-medical research technician at the Karolinska Institute and after several years of research in Biozentrum, Basel she turned her focus to art.

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Rear Admiral Ewa Skoog Haslum

Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the Swedish Defence University

Rear Admiral Ewa Skoog Haslum

Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the Swedish Defence University, Ewa Skoog Haslum, currently is the female officer with the highest rank within the Swedish Air Forces and is the first woman to hold the title of Rear Admiral in the Swedish Navy.  She commanded a United Nations naval mission catching terrorists and smugglers off the coast of Lebanon and her remarkable career includes positions as commander of Sweden’s 4th Naval Warfare Flotilla, Sweden’s naval rapid-response unit and Crown Princess Victoria's aide-de-camps.2018 Haslum was elected member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences.

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Helene Hellmark Knutsson

Member of the Swedish Parliament for the Social Democratic Party. 

Helene Hellmark Knutsson

Helene Hellmark Knutsson served as Minister for Higher Education and Research in the Swedish Government from October 2014 to January 2019; as County Council Commissioner and group leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party at Stockholm County Council; Municipal Commissioner and Mayor of the Municipality of Sundbyberg and is currently the Member of the Swedish Parliament for the Social Democratic Party where she, among other assignments, holds the post of Deputy Chair at the Committee on Industry and Trade.

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