Featured guest speakers will include award-winning novelist Sara Kadefors, author and journalist Johan Tell, linguist and pedagogy expert Gunlög Sundberg from the Department of Scandinavian Languages at Stockholm University, Monika Wirkkala from the Swedish Institute, and Ambassador Ingrid Iremark from the Embassy of Sweden in Ottawa. The program will also include a panel talk and roundtable discussion on the future of Swedish studies in North America. A welcoming reception for all participants will be held on the evening of October 23. The conference will be held at HSBC Hall at UBC Robson Square (map) and will feature two days of lectures and activities on October 24 and 25.The final night of the conference will feature a guided tour of Vancouver by bus, a closing reception at the UBC campus, and a concert performance by the internationally acclaimed Swedish men's choir Orphei Drängar (OD).> Download the complete program of events (pdf)For information, contact Niklas Arnegren at niklas.arnegren@foreign.ministry.se