Entrepreneurial insights - panel discussion
Join Gothenburg U-GOT KIES for the second event of our new Nordic Texas Connections Initiative.
In collaboration with the Swedish American Chamber of Commerce in Dallas and the Honorary Consulate in Dallas, Gothenburg U-GOT KIES has established the Nordic Texas Connections Initiative.
After a successful panel discussion on the business landscape in Texas compared to Sweden, this second mingling and panel event has the theme Entrepreneurial insights.
Program
17:00-18:00 Presentations and discussions
18:00-19:00 Mingle and refreshments
Topics that will be discussed include:
- What business opportunities exist in Texas and in the Nordics?
- How are the Nordics and Texas similar or different in entrepreneurship?
- What can the Nordics and Texas learn from each other in terms of business cultures?
Speakers
Peter A. Gudmundsson (LinkedIn)
CEO of BeHome247, a SaaS property technology company that allows residential and hospitality property managers to control smart home devices, attain operational efficiency, and communicate with guests and residents. Gudmundsson’s executive leadership experience includes Jobs.com, Beckett Media, The Pet Loss Center, RecruitMilitary, and HireMaturity, as well as several other growing companies.
Gudmundsson has appeared on CSPAN, multiple local television, podcast, and radio programs and has published opinion pieces in Forbes, The Washington Post, US News & World Report, The Hill, The Christian Science Monitor and many other periodicals. He serves as Board Chairman of a twenty-four thousand student charter school system, International Leadership Texas.
Gudmundsson is a graduate of Harvard Business School (MBA) and Brown University (BA in History). He also serves as the Honorary Consul for Iceland in North Texas.
Milton Lönnroth (LinkedIn)
Co-Founder & CEO at Atley Solutions. Lönnroth holds a BEng in Biochemical Engineering from University College London and is an alumni of the Knowledge-based Entrepreneurship (KBE) master’s programme at Gothenburg University – School of Business, Economics and Law.
In 2019, whilst a KBE-student, Lönnroth co-founded Atley Solutions together with Dr. Emma Aneheim and Dr. Sture Lindegren from the Targeted Alpha Therapy Group at University of Gothenburg. Atley Solutions is today the global leader in production equipment for radiopharmaceuticals based on the unique isotope astatine-211. These radioactive pharmaceuticals work like microscopic guided missiles, identifying and eliminating cancer cells from inside the patient’s body, without causing significant damage to healthy cells. They have the potential to effectively treat millions of patients with various kinds of metastatic cancer, but for this to be possible, Atley’s technology is needed.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Welcome!
Maureen McKelvey, Professor, Director of Gothenburg U-GOT KIES and Helene Honeybone, Honorary Consul of Dallas, SACC-Dallas