Waterfront – Stockholm 24 April

Techarenan Summit - Serendipity Challenge

Thank you all participants and partners for a great event!

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).

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

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

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

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

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Helene Barnekow

Annie Lööf

Sophia Bendz

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Kaaren Hilsen

Jan Erik Solem

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Katarina Berg

Petra Einarsson

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Anders Fast

Annika Winsth

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Örjan Frid

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Stefan Ytterborn

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Carl-Johan Karlsson

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Our Partners

Techarenan19-Partners

Meet Sweden’s most prominent startup & Growth companies and join entrepreneurs, business leaders, politicians and investors in discussing entrepreneurship, innovation and future technologies.

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.

You will meet around 3,000 visitors attending the conference; foremost industry representatives, entrepreneurs, tech evangelists, international investors, partners, and media.

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.