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Qaisar Mahmood
Qaisar Mahmood is a Swedish author and social commentator with extensive experience in the public sector, having held a variety of roles within government institutions. Born in Lahore, Pakistan, he moved to Sweden at the age of seven and grew up in Tensta, Stockholm. He holds a Master’s degree in Political Science from Stockholm University and has worked for several Swedish government agencies, including the Swedish National Audit Office and the Government Offices of Sweden.
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Dahlia Rezai
Dahlia Rezai is a political scientist, expert in social sustainability, and a highly regarded speaker who inspires engagement around some of the most critical societal challenges of our time. She is recognized for her courage and warmth, with a confident and professional stage presence that captures and connects with audiences.
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Eric Thyrell
Eric Thyrell is a Swedish motivational keynote speaker. Eric has been delivering fun and inspirational speeches for over fourteen years. His main topics are communication, teamwork, change, leadership, conflict resolution and sales. Eric was nominated as speaker of the year in Sweden 2019 and has received the highest rating, ”Diamond Speaker”, by the world’s most ...
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Rebecka Carlsson
Rebecka Carlsson is a sustainability entrepreneur, business advisor and author. She has co-founded a handful of sustainable companies and worked as a political advisor to Sweden’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Climate and the Environment. Rebecka Carlsson is trained in exponential technologies by Singularity University at NASA, and in social entrepreneurship at Stanford Graduate ...
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Charlotte Mattfolk
Charlotte Mattfolk is a senior strategic advisor within the fields of future analysis and strategy, business transformation, digitalization, sustainability and entrepreneurship. Within the field of future analysis, she has a track record of over 500 studies across a wide variety of industries and topics. Charlotte has been speaking about the future the last 20 years, ...
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Amer Mohammed
Amer Mohammed is a futuristic digital director, speaker, and entrepreneur with experience in combining business development, technology, change enablement, and design to implement effective, long-lasting enterprise business transformation strategies. He founded his first start-up in 2003, the world’s first web-based distribution system for free newspapers. With his background as a programmer and system architect, he ...
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Nicholas Fernholm
Nicholas Fernholm is the former logistics manager at Älvsjö epidemic hospital, ”robot manager” at the Karolinska Hospital in Stockholm, and project manager for Region Stockholm’s supply of personal protective equipment. Nicholas lectures on how society, organizations, and individuals are affected by the technological shifts and changes in the world around them. We are probably, as ...
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Märtha Rehnberg
Märtha Rehnberg is a climate freak by heart, political economist by training, entrepreneur and policy-advocate by practice. She is the Co-Founder of Copenhagen-based think tank DareDisrupt, specialized in a responsible disruption and exponential technologies.
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Kjell A. Nordström
Dr Kjell A. Nordström is the interpreter of the new business world. His dynamic style has made him a highly appreciated speaker, and he has given keynote presentations in over 100 countries. The Global Gurus Top 30 Management ranking put him at number 23 worldwide and among the top 5 in Europe. He suggests that ...
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Sofia Rasmussen
Sofia Rasmussen is a trend analyst, lecturer, moderator, author, and was nominated for MySpeaker Of The Year 2022 and named one of Veckans Affärer’s 101 super talents in 2019. She has a master’s degree in Political Science and has worked for 16 years researching the labor market and people’s work life values. Sofia Rasmussen lectures ...
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Katarina Graffman
Katarina Graffman is Doctor in philosophy, in cultural anthropology, writer, and lecturer. Based on over 20 years of continuous anthropological studies of the human consumer, Katarina can map and, to some extent, predict human behavior, which is not least important when it comes to sustainable consumption. Katarina has paid special attention to media consumption and ...
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David Ståhlberg
David Ståhlberg guides you to curiosity, innovation and hope for our joint future, and helps you see the potential in your organisation. After leading roles at Google in Sweden and at Procter & Gamble, David is today helping leaders and lead teams to turn the accelerating pace of technological change into an opportunity for positive ...
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Anna Frankzen Starrin
In times of exponential technology development, exponential behavioral changes also occur. Anna Frankzen Starrin is the cultural anthropologist and trend analyst who has come to be known as Robot Anna in the media, because she talks about automation and the impact of digitalization on people and companies. Anna wants to make companies dare to look ...
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Nadim Ghazale
Nadim Ghazale is an award-winning speaker and community leader with almost two decades of experience in police work and a background as a refugee from war-torn Lebanon. Nadim's accumulated professional knowledge, skills, and life experiences offer keys and knowledge for both integration and security. Two crucial issues for Sweden both today and into the future.
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Fredrik Heghammar
Fredrik Heghammar is a born maker, expert in innovation and digital production, with extensive blue chip and high profile experience.
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Degmo Daar
Degmo Daar is the founder of NoorD Consulting and CEO of EmmsTech. She is a celebrated keynote speaker and leading expert in inclusive design, norm-critical perspectives, diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). With energy, engagement, and sharp insights, she challenges norms and inspires real change.
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Gabriel Ghavami
Gabriel Ghavami, the visionary CEO of GO MO Group, has revolutionized the landscape of B2B digital marketing.
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Sara Jonasson Ginters
Sara Jonasson Ginters is a dedicated speaker and podcaster who inspires organizations to approach diversity and inclusion in a business-oriented and relevant way.
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Tobias Ahlin Bjerrome
Tobias Ahlin gives inspiring lectures about the digital revolution, innovation, and the future. He’s reached an international audience through his lectures and has the last two years lectured in 18 countries he was recently invited by The New York Times to New York and to Facebook’s headquarters in Tel Aviv. He’s had a central role ...
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Azra Osmancevic
Azra Osmancevic is Vice President of Operations Nordics at Viaplay Group & co-founder of legal tech start-up Justic. In 2023 she was ranked #1 on Ledarna’s annual list of Sweden’s top female leaders. Moreover, Azra is an active angel investor, board professional & the founder of Femtorship, a mentoring program for young women. As an ...
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Svante Randlert
Svante Randlert is one of most requested speakers in the Nordics with over 150 presentations a year on attracting, engaging and developing the right employees in the right ways and in the right places. Through the years he has directly advised hundreds of organisations and thousands of bosses on how to become the first choice ...
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Donnie SC Lygonis
In business, seizing opportunities for growth and differentiation are paramount. Donnie Lygonis, a distinguished innovation strategist and works at the largest University in Stockholm Sweden where he calls home, KTH Innovation. He is a serial entrepreneur, 6X TEDx speaker, and workshop facilitator. Donnie is the asset your company needs for continued growth and longevity. His ...
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Arvid Axland
How to design meaningful experiences Arvid Axland is a Swedish thought leader within experience design and communication. He is the Co-Founder of Pool, a successful creative agency in Sweden. He is also the author of the Swedish best-seller ‘Jakten pa Känslan’ – the art of designing meaningful experiences. Arvid is one of the country’s foremost ...
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Tobias Degsell
Tobias Degsell likes data, views the world in patterns, and is gifted with brilliantly explaining complex things in simpler words. Besides being labeled as a Gold Finder by one of the Big Five Tech Companies, Tobias is often called a Change Maker, Collaboration Evangelist, and a Thought Leader. Before founding his company Combiner, Tobias worked ...
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Per Holknekt
Per Holknekt is one of Sweden’s top rated and most popular speakers, nominated “Speaker of the year 2017”. The stories and teachings from his rollercoaster life and experiences are very compelling. It is his huge variety archive of experiences that make him unique. Per is a very well-known Swedish entrepreneur and the founder of several ...
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Anders Borg
Anders Borg is a Swedish economist and politician who served as Minister for Finance in the Swedish Government from 2006 to 2014. Anders Borg provides unique insights on technological change, digitalization, and how globalization affects people, companies, and countries. How does the current Covid-19 crisis affects the global economy and policies? And how do the ...
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Per Lange
Per Lange is one of Scandinavia’s most sought after speaker in sales, communication and “growth mindset”. He lectures in a unique way on job satisfaction and motivation. Per Lange has trained thousands of employees and managers and lectured for hundreds of thousands of people worldwide. His sales-tools are used by hundreds of Nordic organizations. Modern ...
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Frida Boisen
Frida Boisen stands as a highly regarded and extensively booked moderator in Sweden, renowned for her exceptional ability to elevate events. With a wealth of experience spanning over two decades in journalism, TV hosting, and executive roles, Frida brings a unique blend of expertise to the stage. Her captivating energy, coupled with deep insights and ...
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Gustaf Josefsson Tadaa
Gustaf Josefsson Tadaa develops and supports leaders in building self-managing organizations, and has 20 years of experience building companies and communities. He is one of Sweden’s most frequently hired futurist speakers. As a speaker, he addresses how rapid technological evolution impacts society, organizations and individuals, bridging the philosophical and practical aspects of participating in the ...
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Johan Norberg
Johan Norberg is the lecturer, documentary filmmaker, writer and historian of ideas who knows how to separate facts from assumptions and anecdotal storytelling. He has lectured all over the world, from Stockholm to Sydney, Buenos Aires to Beijing, Cairo to Capitol Hill. Celebrated for his ability to simplify complex ideas, he has made a name for himself among students as well as politicians and leaders of major corporations.
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Antoni Lacinai
Communication between people is like electricity in a modern society — without it, we die, says Antoni Lacinai, an authority in Workplace Communication Culture and a global speaker on Employee engagement, Leadership communication and Customer experience. With his 20 keys to outstanding workplace communication, he improves peoples’ skills when they lead people, serve clients and ...
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Åsa Caap
Åsa Caap is a Stockholm based entrepreneur, intrapreneur, founder and former CEO of Our/Vodka. Her new entrepreneurial venture is a consultant and coaching business, where she helps corporations fuel and foster corporate entrepreneurship. Her hacks and lectures are based on her own experience from founding and running Our/Vodka, a controversial business that she built under ...
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Siri Wikander
Siri Wikander has been in HR leadership and People Growth positions for the past 20 years in large stock-listed companies like Axfood and Scandic Hotels as well as in start-up and scale-up firms.
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Charlotte Signahl
In the last two decades, Charlotte Signahl has been talking about “unpleasant” topics i.e. undesired powerstructures between people in groups, organizations and in society. How those power structures affect the individuals, their performance, and well-being, but also how an understanding of the same power structures makes everyone feel better. Charlotte talks about Human Rights and ...
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Robin Teigland
Robin Teigland is Professor in Management of Digitalization in the Entrepreneurship and Strategy Division at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden, where she was recruited to build bridges between technology and the development of society. She is also the Director of Ocean Data Factory Sweden – Sweden’s national initiative for AI-driven innovation based on ...
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Fredrik Sträng
”The mountain remains steep, indifferent to my whining and complaints. What I can alter is my attitude toward its incline.” – Fredrik Sträng Fredrik Sträng, once bullied and gripped by a paralyzing fear of heights, sought therapy for his death anxiety. Yet, he emerged as Sweden’s preeminent high-altitude climber, conquering seven peaks above 8000 m ...
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Mikael Meijer
Mikael Meijer is a prominent leader and entrepreneur with a solid background in e-commerce, retail, and digital marketplaces. With a proven ability to generate exponential growth and multi-billion-dollar revenues, Mikael has become a sought-after speaker and advisor in the field. His passion for delivering outstanding results and his ability to develop effective marketing and sales ...
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Fredrik Hären
Fredrik Hären is an author and keynote speaker on Business Creativity, Change and Global Business who has delivered 2,000 presentations in over 60 countries on 6 continents. He is the author of 10 books, including "The Idea Book" which was included in "The 100 Best Business Books of All Time” as well as the author ...
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Gustav Stenbeck
Gustav Stenbeck is an entrepreneur and a business angel. Incurable tech optimist, a capitalist, an evangelist for the business/sustainability combo and keynote speaker. He has for 15 years worked in the area where business and sustainability intersect. As an entrepreneur and investor he get’s involved in various startups and help them grow. He has a ...
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Shahrzad Kiavash
What do we do when life does not play out as expected? Shahrzad Kiavash was 28 years old, happy and healthy when she suddenly got an unusual form of sepsis (blood poisoning). The doctors gave her a minimal chance to survive. She did survive, miraculously. But she lost her two legs. A drastic change, in ...
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Staffan Ehde
How do we build value for everybody? Everybody meaning the customers, staff and owners. Staffan has been an evangelist for 20 years that the purpose is the DNA that makes an organization successful or a disaster. This is something he realized that in film the direction is what makes the difference and that translates to ...
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Annelie Pompe
Annelie Pompe is a professional adventurer from Sweden. She works as an inspirational speaker, adventure guide, yoga and breathing teacher, author, and photographer. Amongst her adventurous achievements is a world record freedive to 126m in one breath, as well as being the first Swedish woman to summit Everest from the north side and climbing the ...
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Linda Hammarstrand
Linda Hammarstrand is a popular lecturer in subjects such as performance culture and values. She has 20 years of experience in communication, HR, and education within the Stena sphere. Her most recent assignment within Stena was to visualize Stena’s business philosophy and values for 22,000 employees worldwide. Linda Hammarstrand was the ”Director of Passion” and ...
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Andreas Piirimets
In a captivating blend of animated rhetoric and pedagogy, Andreas Piirimets adeptly synthesizes the latest research on the brain, sleep, and stress, presenting it in an engaging and accessible manner. Drawing from a rich foundation of both scientific findings and personal experiences, he offers practical insights and hands-on strategies for effectively managing the challenges of ...
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Mary Juusela
Mary Juusela is one of the Nordic region’s foremost experts in values, tolerance and humane sustainability. She lectures on human behavior and on how individuals and groups go further by being open, more inclusive and empathetic. Mary is often hired as an inspirational lecturer during leadership conferences, staff days and many tailor-made events throughout Sweden, ...
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Linda Johansson
Linda U Johansson is a futurist and entrepreneur. She is the founder of both Volvo Cars and Lynk & Co’s e-commerce, and an experienced lecturer. Linda provides an exciting and inspiring vision of the future with digital commerce and AI. With her own experiences in the industry and in her role as CEO at eCom ...
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Jonas Eriksson
Jonas Eriksson is the most successful Swedish referee of all time. He was a FIFA international referee between 2002 and 2018 and has experience from international championships as the World Cup, the European Football Championship, and the Champions League. Jonas Eriksson has combined a carrier in football with a very successful carrier as an entrepreneur. ...
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Karin Callin
Diversity and inclusion are nowadays a given – right? It should be, as well as the fact that it can be directly linked to business results and therefore must be integrated into the company’s strategy. Customers, owners, employees and our entire society benefit from diversity and inclusion. Karin Callin has for several years worked on ...