Jerebko becomes first Swede drafted into NBA (June, 26, The Local) Jonas Jerebko, a native of Borås in western Sweden, became the first Basketball Association (NBA), being picked on Thursday night by the Detroit Pistons as the 39th pick overall. More >> Ericsson CEO named as BP's new chairman (June, 25, CNN) Full story >> Sweden urged to do more to combat crisis (May 12, The Local)
Sweden's centre-right government has been urged to do more to offset the effects of the global economic crisis, notably to combat soaring unemployment >> More
AWARD-WINNING SWEDISH FILM SHOWING AT ANGELIKA FILM CENTER - HOUSTON
AS IT IS IN HEAVEN Directed by Kay Pollak
2005 Academy Award nominee for Best Foreign Language Film and one of Sweden's largest-grossing films from multiple award-winning director Kay Pollak, AS IT IS IN HEAVEN is a delightfully sweet and uplifting tale of personal courage and strength. For more details go to www.angelikafilmcenter.com
Swedish students aim for jobs with Ikea and Google (March 27th, TheLocal) Ikea , Google , and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are the most popular employers among Swedish students, according to a new survey .>>more
Austin IT cluster revisited by Swedish policy makers.
A delegation of Swedish policy makers from the Swedish Government agency Vinnova and researchers from Swedish universities visited Austin . They were accompanied by Karin Hovlin and Martin Wikström from the Swedish Office of Growth Policy Studies in Los Angeles and Washington respectively.
The official part of the program started on the evening of March 15 with a dinner together with Board members from SACC Texas . Anders Nilsson held a presentation about the current economic crisis in the US and its effect on Texas.
March 16-17 the delegation met with Dell Computers Wireless Networking & Communications and Austin Technology Incubator groups from the University of Texas, and representatives from the Office of the Governor of Texas .
Picture (from left): Anders Nilsson (SACC Central Texas ), Karin Hovlin (Senior Analyst, Consulate General of Sweden , Los Angeles), Bertil Fredström (President SACC Texas), and Ulf Blomqvist (Head of Dept, Services & Applied IT, Vinnova)
Taxes still too high in Sweden (March 3, The Local) Full story >>
Japan, Sweden hold bailout lessons for US
(February 23, Washington Post) As the U.S. grapples with its banking crisis, President Barack Obama is pointing to Sweden and Japan as offering lessons for what the United States should _ and shouldn't _ do. Both faced banking crises in the 1990s, but reacted differently. Full article >>
Stockholm selected European Green Capital 2010
The Swedish capital - which will be the first European Green Capital in 2010 - has the ambition target of saying goodbye to fossils by 2050
'The Venice of The North' is a term often used about the Swedish capital Stockholm, beautifully situated on the Baltic coast. Ten per cent of the city area is water, and the many lakes and water sheds are highly valued for recreational purposes. In fact, 95% of the population live only 300 m away from green areas, thus augmenting recreation, swimming, boating, better well being, water purification, noise reduction, enhancement of biodiversity and ecology. Full article>>
Soft landing for Sweden in financial crisis.
Investors looking for opportunities in Sweden should stay hopeful. It seems that Sweden will cope well with the economic downturn. According to several economists, the national currency and a sound financial system suggest a relatively short recession >> more
The Swedish Ambassador Mr. Jonas Hafström joined the SACC Texas 25th anniversary celebration in November 2008.
Guided tour of NASA hosted by Christer Fuglesang
With a packed 3 day program the 25th birthday celebration of SACC Texas was a memorable event. We thank all participants for sharing these special days. We are also very grateful for the sponsorships that made this event possible. >> more
Jonas Hafström - Swedish Ambassador to the United States. >> About the Ambassador
First Lady of Texas Music Shelley King put on a show at the Driskill Hotel
Interview with Michael Wood
The US Ambassador to Sweden was interviewed in Nyteknik about his work to promote Swedish cleantech technologies. The article has a link to a list of 52 interesting clean tech ventures from Sweden.
SACC Texas launches new web-site
Welcome to the new SACC-Texas web-site. Our new web environment is based on Wild Apricot's tool for membership organizations and offers many possibiliites to better serve the public and our members. Our members-only section has an online discussion area and member directory to facilitate networking and information sharing. In this area you also have access to member exclusive information and reports on key business topics.
Existing members will receive email notification with your login information. You can then update your member profile and access the member-only section.
If you have questions or ideas about the SACC-Texas website and member administration, send us an email .
Why is Austin a booming IT cluster?
Read the recent report published by the Swedish Institute for Growth Policy Studies.
Report t itle : Information technology in the United States - Environments, initiatives and trends
Abstract: "This report has been written by ITPS for Vinnova. It describes industrial and academic innovation processes as well as federal and state agencies’ involvement in innovation and research initiatives in the information technology sector. Two American innovation clusters have been investigated in more depth – Austin (Texas) and the Research Triangle Park (North Carolina). In addition, the report discusses the progress made in certain key IT initiatives such as e-government and e-health, it highlights technology trends and also describes studies in which universities and states are ranked in different IT-related subjects." >> read the full report
Report from the Entrepreneurial days in Stockholm
This years E-days event was a little different that previous years. It was shorter, it was geographically concentrated, it was smaller, with around 430 participants, and it was the best E-days event conducted by SACC USA in many years. Not only was it a very good E-days event, it was also a fantastic celebration of the first 20 years of SACC USA. >> Read more
Events Midsummer celebration in Elgin
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The program featured industry deep dives within Logistics, Interactive Media, Industrial Design and Renewable Energy .
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