With Sweden and New England as leading regions in sustainability and cleantech, "Think Green: Sustainable Business in New England, Sweden and beyond" explores the business environment and opportunities for companies at the frontline of innovation and anyone who is interested in the sector and passionate about sustainability. The event aims to inspire and educate on cleantech and sustainability, and foster connections and exchange of solutions between Swedish and American businesses to work together towards a cleaner, more sustainable future.
Our panel features Eva Hunnius Ohlin, Senior Advisor for Energy and Environment at Embassy of Sweden, Beth Zonis, Senior Director of Cleantech Open Northeast, and John Tuccillo, Senior Vice President of Global Industry and Government Affairs for Schneider Electric, Rueil Malmaison, France.
WHEN: December 9
TIME: 10 AM EST | 4 PM CET
WHERE: Zoom
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ABOUT EVA HUNNIUS OHLIN
Senior Advisor for Energy and Environment Department for Trade and Economic Affairs, Embassy of Sweden, Washington, D.C.
Eva Hunnius Ohlin works in the Trade and Economic Affairs section at the Embassy of Sweden in Washington DC since 2011. In her role as advisor for energy and environment, she reports on US energy, climate and environment policy as well as transportation policy and promotes Swedish environmental technologies. Prior to this position, she worked as an analyst at the Swedish Agency for Growth Policy Analysis, where she focused on entrepreneurship and innovation systems. Prior to joining the agency, she managed the local Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce in Washington, DC.
Ms. Hunnius Ohlin has a Master of Science in Business Administration from the School of Business, Economics and Law in Gothenburg, Sweden. Prior to these studies she worked as a physical therapist in Sweden after graduating from Uppsala University in 1997. She has lived in the U.S since 2002.
ABOUT BETH ZONIS
Senior Director of Cleantech Open Northeast
As Senior Director of Cleantech Open Northeast, Beth is passionate about combating climate change, improving environmental equity, and growing the cleantech economy through innovation and entrepreneurship. The Northeast is the most active region of Cleantech Open, the world’s oldest and largest nonprofit accelerator and business plan competition. Beth has experience developing innovation hubs in the Northeast with Cleantech Open, as well as in India and Russia.
She has worked at MIT and IBM, run her own marketing and sustainability consulting business, and led business development for a startup that grew from 10 to 1000 employees. Beth holds two prominent volunteer leadership positions: Board Member of ACTION Innovation Network, and Vice President of her graduating class at Wellesley College. She is a frequent speaker on cleantech innovation, as well as a judge and mentor.
ABOUT JOHN TUCCILLO
Senior Vice President of Global Industry and Government Affairs for Schneider Electric, Rueil Malmaison, France.
John Tuccillo is the Senior Vice President of Global Industry and Government Affairs for Schneider Electric, Rueil Malmaison, France. In this capacity John oversees Schneider Electric’s relationships with governments, technical standards bodies and industry organizations worldwide.
Mr. Tuccillo also serves as Chairman of the Industrial Internet Consortium Steering Committee, the global open organization with more than 250 member companies, spanning 30 countries, formed to accelerate the development, adoption and enablement of IIoT. As founding President and Chairman of Board, John also serves as Chairman Emeritus of The Green Grid, a global industry organization of more than 200 member companies dedicated to improving resource efficiency within and by Information and Communications Technology (ICT).
