Thank you all participants and partners for a great event!
24 April 2019 – Waterfront, Stockholm
Startup Tech Arena | Disruptive Technologies
Keynotes | Panel Discussions | Networking
Meet Sweden’s and the Nordics’ most prominent startup & growth companies and join entrepreneurs, business leaders, politicians and investors in discussing entrepreneurship, innovation and future technologies.
Visitors can listen to exhibiting startup and growth companies pitching on stage during the day.
Podcast from Techarenan Summit 2019
Listen to entrepreneurs, politicians, investors and leaders talk about their work. What can we build when we combine tech, people, culture and passion?
Anders Tjernvik, Linkura
A conversation about health tech, stress and the coming health revolution.
Hélène Barnekow, Microsoft
A conversation about culture, people and leading through transformation (Swedish).
Stefan Karlsson, EKN
A conversation about the national economy, country risk analyses and the importance of internationalization (Swedish).
Annie Lööf, Centerpartiet
A conversation about how tech and politics fit together, digital maturity in politics and how to be a political leader in 2019 (Swedish).
Katarina Berg, Spotify
A conversation about tapping into the global talent pool, human-centred organisations and why everything starts with a why (Swedish).
Susanna Campbell, Norrsken
A conversation about impact investing, her profit and planet focus and what might define success in the future (Swedish).
Emma Wiklund, Emma S
A conversation about holistic skincare, customer obsession and building a successful e-commerce business (Swedish).
Per Heyden, Polestar
A conversation about design-driven organisations, building an awesome product and next-gen car companies (Swedish).
Chelsea Collier, Digi.City
A conversation about smart cities and how globalism, urbanism, digitalization and sustainability fit together (English).
Katja Lindvall, Moving floor
A conversation about the innovation culture, the future of agriculture, creating value by connecting the physical and digital universe (Swedish).
Main StageSession 1
09:20
Registration and coffee
10:00
Opening Ceremony
10:15
Leading Through Transformation
Hélène Barnekow, CEO, Microsoft Sweden
Petra Einarsson, CEO, Billerud Korsnäs
Lotta Lyrå, CEO, Clas Ohlson
Örjan Frid, CEO, Eniro
11:00
Tap Into the Global Talent Pool
Annie Lööf, Leader of Centerpartiet
Katarina Berg, Global HR Director, Spotify
Jonas Gustavsson, CEO, ÅF
11:45
Global Changes Affecting Swedish Tech Companies
Jan-Olof Jacke, CEO, Svenskt Näringsliv
Anders Fast, Managing Director, Baker McKenzie
Annika Winsth, Chief Economist, Nordea
Anna Felländer, Founder, AI Sustainability Center
Main StageSession 2
13:00
Thinking Big and Building Global
Jacob de Geer, Founder, iZettle
Peter Carlsson, Founder, Northvolt
Jan Erik Solem, Founder, Mapillary
13:40
The Art of Modern Investing
Sophia Bendz, Partner, Atomico
Susanna Campbell, Chief Investment Officer, Norrsken
Susanne Najafi, Founder BackingMinds
Staffan Helgesson, General Partner Creandum
14:25
How to Market to the New Generation
Konrad Bergström, Founder, X Shore & Zoundindustries
Fredrik Hjelm, Founder, VOI
Emma Wiklund, Founder, Emma S.
Kaaren Hilsen, CEO, Telenor Sweden
15:05
Design to Conquer the World
Stefan Ytterborn, Founder, Cake and POC
Pär Heyden, Head of Brand, Polestar
Andreas Säfström, Head of Industrial Design, Ericsson
15:45
Leveraging New Technologies for Sustainability
Ulf Skagerström, Founder, Matsmart
Isabella Palmgren, Founder, Mimbly
Karin Bjerde, Director, Kognity
Chelsea Collier, Founder, Digi. City
Katja Lindvall, Founder, Moving Floor
Stage 2Break Out Sessions
10:20
The Art of Raising Capital
Martin Folke, Georg Jonsson, lawyer, Baker McKenzie Advokatbyrå
Erik Göransson, CFO/COO, Leeroy Group
11:00
Cyber Security
Mats Nordlund, Director Research and Special Projects, ZENUITY
Bengt Sahlin, Networking Security at Nomadiclab, Ericsson
Joakim Sundberg, Founder, Baffin Bay Networks
12:00
Design as a competitive Tool
Stefan Ytterborn, Founder Cake
Mikael Abbhagen, Design Director/Founding Partner, Altered
Johan Lindau, CEO & Design Manager, Blå Station
Jonas Åberg, Senior Engineer, Teenage Engineering
Nathalie Tindsjö, Service Designer & UX Designer, inUse
Anton Andrén, Hardware Manager, CELLINK
Pitch Stage
11:00 – 14:15
Glue I Vultus I Skira
Sensative I Sellpy I Linkura
Virkesbörsen I Furhat Robotics
Baffin Bay Networks I Mimbly
Gigstr I Cake I Learning to sleep
Kognity I Lexplore I Baetes
Getaccept I Matsmart I EcoLiving
MovingFloor I Xshore I Pantapå
On stage & at Techarenan,
Susanne Najafi
Founder, BackingMinds
Jacob de Geer
Founder, iZettle
Hélène Barnekow
CEO, Microsoft Sweden
Annie Lööf
Party Leader, Centerpartiet
Sophia Bendz
Partner, Atomico
Anna Felländer
Co-Founder, AI Sustainability Center
Susanna Campbell
Chief Investment Officer, Norrsken
Peter Carlsson
Founder, Northvolt
Konrad Bergström
Founder, X Shore
Jonas Gustavsson
CEO, ÅF
Kaaren Hilsen
CEO, Telenor Sweden
Jan Erik Solem
Founder, Mapillary
Jan-Olof Jacke
CEO, Svenskt Näringsliv
Katarina Berg
Global HR Director, Spotify
Petra Einarsson
CEO, Billerud Korsnäs
Annika Winsth
Chief Economist, Nordea
Pär Heyden
Head of Brand, Polestar
Anders Fast
Managing Director, Baker McKenzie Advokatbyrå
Sara Wimmercrantz
Founder, BackingMinds
Stefan Ytterborn
Founder, Cake and POC
Lotta Lyrå
CEO, Clas Ohlson
Örjan Frid
CEO, Eniro
Ashkan Pouya
Founder, Serendipity
Emma Wiklund
Founder, Emma S Skincare
Andreas Säfström
Head of Industrial Design & Usability, Ericsson
Carl-Johan Karlsson
Director, SME & Midcorp, Exportkreditnämnden
Fredrik Hjelm
Founder, VOI
Chelsea Collier
Founder, Digi.City
Katja Lindvall
Founder, Moving Floor
Ulf Skagerström
Founder, Matsmart
Isabella Palmgren
Founder, Mimbly
Karin Bjerde
Director, Kognity
Omid Ekhlasi
Founder, Techarenan
Our Partners
Techarenan is an annual entrepreneurship competition and tech arena open to all Nordic startup and growth companies. The platform and community are fueling innovation and aims at acknowledge leading startup and growth companies as a significant and decisive force in how our future will look like.
The paradigm shift we are facing right now is unprecedented. Who acts on it will determine the key players of the next century’s technological transformation. Join the discussion that gathers both impressive entrepreneurial minds and global business leaders. Listen to inspirational speakers and gain new perspectives while building relationships with some of the most disruptive startups and growth companies. All in all, the most important tech insights will be manifested at Summit Stockholm.
Who's coming?
You will meet around 3,000 visitors attending the conference; foremost industry representatives, entrepreneurs, tech evangelists, international investors, partners, and media.
On stage & Tech Arena
Panels, keynotes and discussions on stage are to take new perspectives on innovation and tech. Through diversity in people and topics fueled by an international approach, the outcome from the stage will inspire and motivate everyone in the audience to take new steps in making the future. Full program to be announced.