Fall 2020 Kick-Off!

Do you have questions about life in Stockholm that you feel only expats who have been in the same situation as you can answer? At the SDCN Fall Kick-Off you will get to chance to ask all those questions! Former SDCN members are invited to answer questions and share stories about what it was like for them to be new in Stockholm, and how they settled in here.

Given the situation with the corona virus, we have decided to make a few revisions to how we usually do things for the Fall Kick-Off. The event will be held in the office with limited seats of 10 attendees to respect social distancing. At the same time, the event will be livestreamed on Zoom for SDCN members who are staying at home.

At the Fall Kick-Off 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

Event outline:

  • Introduction to SDCN
  • Panel discussion with experienced SDCN members
  • Q&A session on topics that you would like to know more about

Panelists

Will Gastineau-Hills is a geographer and transport specialist with 17 years’ experience planning sustainable transport solutions and managing teams and projects. His skills span land use and transport analytics, transport planning and strategy, in Australia, Sweden, China, Russia and Rwanda. Will moved to Sweden with his family in the summer of 2018, from Sydney, Australia. He works at Sweco, a multidisciplinary consultancy that plans and designs sustainable communities and cities.

Jessica Huff is a senior analyst at Klarna in their Pay Later Market Expansion team, helping them to develop credit underwriting policies in new markets around the world! Originally from London, England, Jessica graduated from King’s College London with a BA in Maths and Philosophy and a MSc in Maths. She qualified as an actuary in 2017 and worked for the insurer Legal & General in their pricing, reserving and longevity risk modelling teams. In 2019 Jessica took a career break and travelled to Southeast Asia where she volunteered at the New Life Foundation (a non-profit mindfulness retreat based in northern Thailand) before moving to Stockholm with her Swedish partner and their cat. While job-searching she became an active member of SDCN and enrolled in a SFI course. Jessica attributes her success to a love of learning – most recently skills in Python and SQL which she now uses daily at work. She says “It may seem like a big jump from insurance to e-commerce/fintech but I think that the industries can learn a lot from each other and I’m excited to be a part of that!”

Nicole Reid worked as a limnologist (study of lakes) in Riverside, California before moving to Sweden with her family. She is originally from Florida.  Her time in Sweden has been devoted to being a never ending student of Swedish. Yes, she completed komvux (SAS 3).  She received a master’s degree from Stockholms universitet in Social-ecological resilience from sustainable development. Lastly, she has worked several jobs in Sweden and recently worked as a Limnologist.

Olivia Downey is a data- and process-analyst who has been working in the non-profit and university setting in the United States (Washington, DC, San Diego, CA, and Saint Louis, MO).  She and her husband moved to Stockholm in summer 2018.  Shortly after arriving, she started Swedish language courses and attending SDCN events.  At the end of a year of parental leave, she recently joined KTH, where she is conducting process improvement analysis and database support for the international relations activities.

Sign up below if you would like to attend, latest by Sunday, 6 September.

Please note that the event is for registered SDCN members only.

We look forward to welcoming you! 

Event details:

9 September 2020

13:00– 15:00

Stockholm Academic Forum, Narvavägen 30 and on Zoom

Social event