Techarenan Summit 2018
Thank you all participants and partners for a great event!






























Entrepreneurship & Innovation
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.
Program
See our program down bellow
09:20 – 10:00 Registration and coffee
10:00 – 10:15 Opening Ceremony
10:15 – 10:45 Has the Startup Become the Master
Ann Carlsson, CEO, Apoteket
Johan Rittner, CEO, IBM Sweden
Saeid Esmaeilzadeh, Co-founder, Serendipity Group
Jacob de Geer, Founder and CEO, iZettle
10:45 – 11:25 Politics for Growth
Åsa Eriksson, Socialdemokraterna
Elisabeth Svantesson, Moderaterna
Emil Källström, Centern
Per Bolund, Miljöpartiet
Mats Persson, Liberalerna
Håkan Svenneling, Vänsterpartiet
Jakob Forssmed, Kristdemokraterna
Pitch: Coala Life
11:30 – 12:00 New Investors, Traditional Investors, You and Me Investors
Sophia Bendz, Angel Investor and Advisor, Atomico
Sara Wimmercranz, Co-founder, BackingMinds
Markus Hökfelt, Head of Almi Invest GreenTech
Marta Sjögren, Partner, Northzone
Pitch: 1928 Diagnostics
12:05 -12:35 Tech for Integration – Integration for Tech
Ahmed Abdirahman, Founder, Järva Politicians’ week and The Global Village
Anders Weihe, General counsel and Chief Negotiator, Teknikföretagen
Ashkan Pouya, Co-founder, Serendipity Group
13:15 – 13:45 Design to Conquer the World
Stina Nilimaa Wickström, Vice President Product Design, Volvo Group
Konrad Bergström, Co-founder and President, Zound Industries
Pitch: Charge Amps
13:50 – 14:20 Leveraging New Technology for Sustainability
Babak Sadighi, Director of Blockchain Innovation Centre, Rise
Tanmoy Bari, Co-founder and CEO, Greenely
Teemu Salmi, CIO and Head of Digitalization, Stora Enso
Lewis Horne, Founder and CEO, Uniti
Pitch: Climeon
14:25 – 14:50 How to Make it in China
Andreas Scheibenpflug, Investment Advisor China, Business Sweden
Jacob Lovén, China expert and podcast host, Digitala Draken
Tom Xiong, Founder, Move Shanghai and podcast host, Digitala Draken
Pitch: Cellink
15:00 – 15:30 How Fintech will Change the World for Entrepreneurs, Industry and our Society
Anna Storåkers, Country Head in Sweden, Nordea
Lena Apler, Founder, Collector Bank
Alexander Wallin, Founder and CEO, Sprinklebit
Pitch: Lexplore
Pitch: Doctrin
15:40 – 16:10 Monetizing Data – Digitalization and AI for Increased Profitability
Susanne Najafi,Founder, BackingMinds and Eleven
Anna Felländer, Digital Economist
Mikko Honkanen, Co-founder and CEO, Vainu
Pitch: SaltX Technology
16:15 – 16:35 Sweden Valley
Nami Zarringhalam, Co-founder, Truecaller
On Stage & at the Tech Arena
Panels 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.

Susanne Najafi
Founder, BackingMinds and Eleven

Jacob de Geer
Founder, iZettle
Alexander Wallin
Founder, Sprinkelbit
Ahmed Abdirahman
Founder, Järva Politicians’ Week and The Global Village
Magnus Liungman
Founder and CEO, Doctrin
Philip Siberg
Co-founder and CEO, Coala Life
Pontus Frohde
CEO, Charge-amps
Björn Garplind
Founder, InviSense
Babak Sadighi
Director of Blockchain Innovation Centre, RISE
Nami Zarringhalam
Co-founder, Truecaller
Ann Carlsson
CEO, Apoteket
Lena Apler
Founder, Collector Bank
Konrad Bergström
Co-founder and President, Zound Industries
Karl Bohman
CEO, SaltX Technology
Anna-Karin Jatko
Director General, EKN
Tom Xiong
Founder, Move Shanghai. The podcast, Digitala Draken
Jonas Vig
Managing Director Nordics, Min doktor
Mikko Honkanen
>Co-founder, Vainu
Sophia Bendz
Angel investor, Advisor Atomico
Johan Rittner
CEO, IBM Sweden<

Ashkan Pouya
Co-founder, Serendipity
Sara Wimmercranz
Co-Founder, BackingMinds and Footway
Teemu Salmi
Senior Vice President, CIO and Head of Digitalization, Stora Enso
Mathias Loquist
Managing Partner and Head of Patent Dept., Groth & Co
Markus Hökfelt
Head of Almi Invest GreenTech
Gusten Danielsson
Co-founder, Cellink
Jacob Lovén
China expert and Podcast, Digitala Draken
Marta Sjögren
Partner, Northzone
Carl Svernlöv
Professor, Author, Lawyer and Partner, Baker McKenzie
Anna Storåkers
Country Head in Sweden, Nordea
Anders Weihe
General counsel and Chief Negotiator, Teknikföretagen
Isabella Palmgren
Co-founder and CEO, Mimbly
Björn Elfgren
Founder and CEO, Wint
Markus Gustafsson
Founder and CEO, Omni
Tanmoy Bari
CEO, Greenely