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Young Professionals Forum 2026

Jun 10 - Jun 12, 2026
Stockholm, Sweden
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Young Professionals Forum, 2026

The YP Forum 2026 will take place in June 2026, In Stockholm, Sweden!

Kindly hosted by EKN

This will be the fifth in-person meeting of the BU's growing network of young and developing professionals in export credit insurance!


The Young Professionals Forum is a unique opportunity for the future professionals of our industry to deepen their knowledge across a wide range of key topics in trade finance and credit insurance and develop career skills and explore new ways of thinking while building their network of like-minded individuals from around the globe.


Attending this meeting is FREE for Berne Union YP Members

We encourage all BU Members to involve their young and junior colleagues in the YP Initiative and to consider sending a rising star as a delegate/s to this in-person meeting so that they can help contribute to building not only the export credit insurance industry of the future, but also the BU of the future!


If you have any questions about the YP Forum 2026 please do not hesitate to contact Emily Kate Gray from the BU Secretariat

Agenda

Agenda

 Wednesday 10th June

18:00-19:30

Welcome Reception

Welcome drinks hosted by EKN

 Urban Deli’s rooftop bar

 Thursday 11th June

09:00-09:15

Opening Remarks

Carl-Johan Karlsson

Director SME & Midcorp EKN Executive Management Team

EKN

Venue TBC

09:15-09:30

Ice Breaker

The YP Core Group will facilitate a fun team building activity

09:30-10:00

Global Outlook on Tariffs and Trades

Stefan Karlsson

Head Analyst

EKN

10:00-10:30

LatAm Sovereign Risks

Viktoria Piirainen

Country Analyst Latin America

EKN

10:30-11:00

Coffee Break

11:00-12:00

Mining & Critical Minerals

David Rosenvall

Senior Underwriter

EKN

12:00-13:30

Lunch Break

13:30-15:00

Breakout Sessions

25 minutes each with 5 minutes to change rooms

a. Lessons learnt on claims

William Dahlsson Leitao

Claims and Recovery Officer

EKN

b. AI and automation

TBC

Person title

Company

c. Green transition

Tim Waldvogel

Project Manager

ATRADIUS DSB

15:00-15:15

Coffee Break

15:15-16:15

Career Panel

Emily Kate Gray

Senior Manager

Berne union

Jennifer Loewen

Head of Department International Cooperation

EULER HERMES

Mia Ostervall

Senior Underwriter Political & Credit Risk

HDI Global Specialty

Susanne With

External Relations Manager

EKN

16:15-17:00

Political risk

Lara Dahlmann

Legal Counsel

PwC

17:00

Closing remarks

19:00

Dinner

  BiBi (APO) Regeringsgatan

  Friday 12th June

 09:00-09:15

Welcome Remarks by the BU core group

Venue TBC

 09:15-09:45

YP Mentorship Programme Presentation

 09:45-10:45

Presentation: Defence Sector

Christian Hedelin

Head of Strategy and Business Development

saab group

Henrik Liman

Head of Trade and Export Finance

saab group

 10:45-11:00

Coffee Break

 11:00-12:00

the Changing Role of MDBs and DFIs

Peter Hallbom

Deputy Head and Lead Transaction Manager

Swedish Development Cooperation Agency (Sida)

Marie Aglert

Chief Investment Officer

Swedfund

 12:00-13:00

Lunch Break

 13:00-14:00

Tariffs and Trade

Benjamin Do

Product Officer

BPIFRANCE

 14:00-14:30

Closing Remarks and Quiz

 16:00-TBC

Excursion (optional)

Vasa Museum