2026 Speakers
First announced speakers 2026 - More to be anounced soon
Sabrina Maniscalco
CEO & Co-Founder
Algorithmiq
Siddharth Khullar
CEO & Co-Founder
Aris Machina
Staffan Ingvarsson
CEO
Stockholm Business Region
Theye Veen
Co-Founder & CCO
SkyNRG
Todd Green
President
King
Aleksandrs Bogdanovs
AI & Automation Lead
ICA Sweden
Alexis Priftis
CEO
Instabee
Anaheta von Berenberg-Consbruch
VP/GM E-Commerce
LEGO Group
Anders Nicander
Head of Personal Banking
Nordea
Annika Winsth
Chief Economist
Nordea
Ari Jónsson
Board Director
NATO Innovation Fund
Björn Thorngren
CEO & Co-Founder
MEDS
Boel Rydenå
Co-Founder
Charge Amps
Camilla Komulainen
Investor & Founder
Founders House Helsinki
Camille Chasset
CTO
OHB Sweden
Carlos Eduardo Espinal
Managing Partner
Seedcamp
Catherine Kosten
Head of AI & Legal Tech Innovation
Homburger
Chema Alonso
VP Head of International Development
Cloudflare
Darja Isaksson
Director General
Vinnova
David Wiking
Secretary General
Hand in Hand Sweden
Dr Dave Smith
National Technology Adviser
UK Government
Ebba Brundin
Head of Store
Epicenter Store
Elmar Trojer
Research Leader
Ericsson
Emil Kvarnhammar
CEO & Co-Founder
Oplane
Evelina Anttila
Investor & Founder
Nordan AI
Global Leaders Who Have Been On Our Stage
Al Gore
Former US Vice President
Jessica Meir
NASA Astronaut
Richard Branson
Visionary Founder, Virgin Group
Steve Wozniak
Founder, Apple
Sanna Marin
Former Prime Minister of Finland
Tony Hawk
Skatebording legend
Marc Randolph
Co-founder, Netflix
Ulf Kristersson
Prime Minister, Sweden
Anna Borg
CEO, Vattenfall
Charlotte von Essen
Head of the Swedish Security Service
Christian Levin
CEO, Scania
Marcus Wandt
Astronaut & CIO, Saab
Maria Malmer Stenergard
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Martin Lundstedt
CEO, Volvo Group
Petter Stordalen
Founder, Strawberry Group
Pål Jonson
Minister for Defence
Steven Bartlett
Founder of Flight Story, thirdweb & Host of The Diary of a CEO
Annie Lööf
Senior Advisor, former Minister of Enterprise
Carl-Johan Edström
Lieutenant General, Swedish Armed Forces
Laura Modiano
EMEA Startups Lead, OpenAI
Nina Jönsson
CEO, ICA
Alessia Zecchini
World-Record Breaking Freediver
Lena Gillström
CEO, BAE Systems Bofors
Liv Sandberg
General Manager, TikTok Central Europe & Nordics
Marie Sandin
CEO, TetraPak Sweden
Ebba Busch
Minister for Energy, Business and Industry, Sweden
Lars Wingefors
CEO & Founder, Embracer Group
Lotta Lyrå
CEO, Södra
Monica Lingegård
CEO, SJ
Tobias Hansson
Managing Director Sweden, Hitachi Energy
Antoine Moyroud
Partner, Lightspeed Venture Partners
Ambarish Mitra
Co-Founder, Greyparrot
Amit Arora
Professor of AI, Columbia University
Anabel Diaz Calderon
VP EMEA, Uber
Daniel Akenine
National Technology Officer, Microsoft
Daniel Sazonov
Mayor, Helsinki
Dorothy Chou
Director of Policy & Public Engagement, Google DeepMind
Erik Slottner
Minister for Public Administration, Sweden
Mats Persson
Minister for Education, Sweden
Samantha Job
British Ambassador to Sweden
Tjodolf Sommestad
President, King
Tom Erixon
CEO, Alfa Laval
Vojtech Vosecky
Associate, Circle Economy Foundation
Caroline Winnett
Executive Director, Berkeley SkyDeck
Christina Beinhoff
German Ambassador to Sweden
Thierry Carlier
French Ambassador to Sweden
Anders Torell
CEO, Coop Sweden
Martina Flemström
VD, Mondelez International Norden
Nami Zarringhalam
Co-Founder, Truecaller
Alexis Kopylov
CEO & Founder, DBT Capital
Anu Bradford
Professor of Law and International Organization, Columbia University
Karl Rosander
Serial Entrepreneur & Founder, Nordic Air Defence
Katarina Berg
Former CHRO, Spotify & incoming CHRO, On
Kristin Magnusson Bernard
CEO, AP1
Sylvia Schwaag Serger
CEO, The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences
Stefan Ytterborn
Serial Entreoreneur & Founder
Agata Hidalgo
European Affairs Manager, France Digitale
Anders Söderholm
President, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Andreas Helbig
Partner, Atomico
Anna Felländer
Co-founder Asenion, President Asenion Europe
Anna Weste
CEO, L'Oréal Nordics
Annika Winsth
Chief Economist, Nordea
António Dias Martins
CEO, Startup Portugal
Ash Dykes
Extreme Athlete & 5x World First Record Holder
Ben Kortlang
Founding Partner, G2
Benjamin Dousa
Minister for Foreign Trade, Sweden
Carl Johan Karlsson
Director, The Swedish Export Credit Agency, EKN
Cat How
Founder, How&How
Chris Yiu
Policy Director Northern Europe, Meta
Christian Dorffer
Founder & General Partner, Defiance Capital
Christian Meermann
Founding Partner, Cherry Ventures
Darja Isaksson
Director General, Vinnova
Dirk Voeste
Chief Sustainability Officer, Volkswagen Group
Ditte Bjerregaard
Acting Tech Ambassador of Denmark
Eeke de Milliano
Head of Global Product, Stripe
Elisabeth Svantesson
Minister for Finance, Sweden
Erik Ekudden
CTO, Ericsson
Erik Gutwasser
President Northern Europe, Mastercard
Erkki Keldo
Minister of Economy and Industry, Estonia
Gillian Muessig
Managing Director, Mastersfund
Giulio Bonazzi
CEO, Aquafil
Gulfem Toygar
Country Manager Sweden, Amazon
Gustaf Tadaa
Artist
Hans van Rijn
SVP & Country Manager, The Walt Disney Company Nordic & Baltic
Helene Niklasson
VP Innovation Ecosystems & Partnerships, Volvo Group
Ioannis Ioannou
Professor, Strategy and Entrepreneurship, London Business School
Jaani Heinonen
Head of Invest, Business Sweden
Jakob Forssmed
Socialminister
Jenny Rundbladh
CEO, SPP
Jesper Brøndum
CTO & Co-Founder, Boozt
Jessica Schultz
Partner, Northzone
Jessika Roswall
EU Commissioner for Environment, Water, & Circular Economy
Johan Mörnstam
CEO, E.ON Sweden
Jonas Edén
CEO, Telenor Sweden
Jonatan Tullberg
CEO, GS1 Sweden
Juliet Bailin
Partner, General Catalyst
Kelly Chen
Partner and Founding Team Member, NATO Innovation Fund
Kirsten Renner
CIO, Nordea
Linda Capusa
Operations Director, Europe Startup Nations Alliance
Luke Pappas
Partner, NEA
2026 theme
New Era,
Next Mindset
Techarena 2026 centers on a simple message:
“New Era. Next Mindset.”
We’re calling stakeholders to unite and navigate a new cycle of disruption, so we can lead and shape what comes next.
Topics
Unicorn Lessons
Global Megatrends
AI & Responsible Innovation
Global Regulation & Geopolitics
The New Funding Landscape
The Future of Deeptech
The Next Generation of Startups
Europe’s Defense Edge
Marketing in the New Era
The New Wave of Founders
Europe’s Industrial Reinvention
Trust, Democracy & The New Media
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