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Nordic Women in Leadership Series
BRINGING TOGETHER TOP FEMALE EXECUTIVES from the Nordic countries and the Pacific Northwest, the Nordic Women in Leadership series will host three lively, interactive discussions in 2021. These leaders will join the Museum virtually to discuss the challenges and successes they have experienced as principals in their respective fields.
“Female-Founded Startups and the Investing Journey,” scheduled for May, will examine entrepreneurship in the Nordic countries and in the United States. The second panel in the series, “Nordic Women in the Cultural and Creative Sectors,” premieres in July. This panel will convene directors of major art and cultural history museums as well as heads of philanthropic organizations in the Nordic countries and be moderated by an American arts leader. “Making a Mark on the West Coast” is the final panel of 2021, scheduled in September. This talk will include three Nordic and Nordic-American women leaders in different industries—information and communication technology, food, and service industries—all based on the Pacific Coast of the United States.
Discussions center on a comparative look at opportunities for women in both the Nordic region and the United States, and the panels will offer actionable steps for aspiring women leaders to achieve success in business. The 2021 panels follow on the success of the first Nordic Women in Leadership event at the Museum, held virtually in August 2020. The conversation between two Swedish-born CEOs, fashion designer Gudrun Sjödén and head of the outdoor recreation company Hilleberg the Tentmaker and Honorary Swedish Consul Petra Hilleberg, attracted over 450 participants and continues to capture new views on YouTube.
Food Security and Sustainability Series
IN THIS TIMELY NEW SERIES OF TALKS , the National Nordic Museum brings together leading innovators and advocates for sustainable food practices and conservation who will discuss solutions to contemporary issues in the areas of fine dining, food processing, and agriculture. These leaders from the Nordic region and Washington State increase awareness and inspire positive actions for a more secure and sustainable world.
Beginning in May 2021, these talks will share the latest industry news and sustainable practices. The first panel, “Fine Dining for All: How Chefs Fed Communities during COVID-19,” explores how fine dining pivoted during the COVID-19 pandemic to instead serve food-insecure households or adopt new business models. “Tastemakers: Effecting Change in Food Processing and Packaging” investigates how companies in the Nordic countries and the United States demonstrate their commitment to sustainable strategies to minimize waste. The third panel, “Preventing the Collapse of Colonies: Saving Bees and the Global Food Supply” gives the latest buzz on the cultivation of plant-based foods plus efforts to combat declining populations of the world’s most important pollinator. And finally, “Finding Solutions to Food Waste” shares creative ways to make food waste a thing of the past.
May 2021 Fine Dining for All: How Chefs Fed Communities During COVID-19
June 2021 Tastemakers: E ecting Change in Food Processing and Packaging
July 2021 Preventing the Collapse of Colonies: Saving Bees and the Global Food Supply
August 2021 Finding Solutions to Food Waste
May 2021 Female-Founded Startups and the Investing Journey
July 2021 Nordic Women in the Cultural and Creative Sectors
September 2021 Making a Mark on the West Coast
