Speakers
Global leaders that have been on the Techarena 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
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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
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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
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Nami Zarringhalam
Co-Founder, Truecaller

Mary Hubbard
Executive Director, WordPress.org

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

Greg Williams
Deputy Global Editor, Wired Magazine

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
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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 Rosencrantz
Minister for European Union Affairs, Sweden

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
