Autumn Kick-Off 2019

Have you got questions about integrating into the Swedish life and starting a career? And feel only somebody who has gone through the same experience as you would be able to answer?

At this event you will get the chance to:

• Learn from experienced SDCN members on how they overcame the challenges of integrating into Swedish life
• Ask questions about how things work in Sweden
• Meet and network with other SDCN members

Come and participate in a Q&A session with a panel of experienced ‘integrators’. Hear from them about their struggles and what they wish they knew when they moved to Sweden, as well as how they overcame and solved their questions and problems.

Event outline:

• Q&A session with experienced integrators
• Fika
• Small group discussions on settling in Stockholm that you would like to know more about

The panelists:

Anna Semenova

Anna is working in Northvolt, Sweden as a chemist in a R&D and battery manufacturing department. She obtained her PhD in Chemistry and worked as a researcher in the Russian Academy of Sciences with development and investigation of materials for alternative power sources. She is from Russia, and arrived to Stockholm with her family in December 2014.

Ayla De Schutter

Ayla is a Dutch-speaking service agent at Klarna, and is responsible for handling complaints and resolving customer-related issues for Dutch-speaking customers. She is a dual Master degree holder, first attaining a Master of Arts in Linguistic and Literature of Ancient Greek and latin, followed by a Master of Science in Tourism. She moved from Belgium to Stockholm since October 2018.

Mehdi Attarpour

Mehdi has been employed as a Junior Java Developer in Tre Sverige since May 2019. He obtained both Bachelor degree and Master degree in Industrial Engineering. He used to work as a data analyst/data scientist in Iran Railways before moving to Stockholm in autumn of 2018.

Tais Kenj

Tais is a 3D artist and is currently on an internship with Nordic Entertainment Group. Being passionate in arts & animation, she obtained a Bachelor degree in multimedia production and continued with another year in film and animation. She hails from São Paulo, Brazil, and moved to Stockholm in August 2018.

Carla Sturm

Carla moved to Stockholm just over a year ago with her husband. She’s originally from Los Angeles, USA, and currently has two jobs in Stockholm: a research, academic, and course administrator at Karolinska Universitet; and a chef at Mikkeller. She holds a master’s degree in classical flute performance, and culinary and pastry diplomas from Le Cordon Bleu, which keeps her well fed.

You need to be a registered SDCN member to attend the event. If you have registered but are unable to attend, please notify SDCN in advance (as soon as possible) by emailing info@staforum.se.

Welcome!