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First announced speakers 2026 - More to be anounced soon
First Anounced Speakers for Techarena 2026
Boris Johnson
Former UK Prime Minister

Anna Bateson
CEO, The Guardian

Anthony di Iorio
Co-Founder, Ethereum

Asha Saxena
Bestselling Author "The AI Factor", Columbia University

Bastian Hasslinger
Partner, Index Ventures

Franziska Bell
Chief AI Officer, Ford Motors Company

Markus Villig
CEO & Co-Founder, Bolt

Mikayel Vardanyan
COO & Co-Founder, Picsart

Samantha Cristoforetti
ESA Astronaut

Shilpika Gautam
World Record Holder & Founder, Opna

Chirag Shah
Professor of Computer Science, University of Washington

Fabian Hedin
Co-founder, Lovable

Hélène Huby
Co-founder & CEO, The Exploration Company

Jesper Toubøl
Vice President Production, LEGO

Job van der Voort
CEO & Founder, Remote

Mary Hubbard
CEO, Wordpress

Max Junestrand
CEO & Co-Founder, Legora

Nathalie Halimi
PM Machine Learning, Booking.com

Peter Carlsson
Founder, Northvolt & Aris Machina

Fredrik Hjelm
CEO & Founder, Voi

Greg Williams
Global Editorial Director, Wired

Jarek Kutylowski
CEO & Founder, DeepL

Maximilian Freier
Secretary of the Monetary Policy Committee, European Central Bank

Charlie MacGregor
CEO, The Social Hub
.avif)
Craig Douglas
Founding Partner, WorldFund

Johannes Schildt
Co-Founder, Kry

Ken Villum Klausen
Founder & CEO, Lunar

Luke Pappas
Partner, NEA

Oscar Höglund
CEO & Founder, Epidemic Sound

Polly Barnes
Operating Partner, EQT Group

Pär-Jörgen Pärson
Partner

Siddharth Khullar
CEO & Co-Founder, Aris Machina

Global Leaders on the Techarena Stage in Previous Years:
Mads Twomey-Madsen
SVP, Global Communications & Sustainability, Pandora

Malin Frenning
CEO, RISE

Mary Snapp
Vice President, Strategic Initiatives, Microsoft

Matthew Blakemore
CEO, AI Caramba

Mikael Leksell
CEO, Siemens Nordics

Mohadeseh Abdullahi
Investor, Molten VC

Morgan Sheil
Head of Impact, World Fund

Niclas Eriksson
CEO, Elgiganten

Olu Oyinsan
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Oui Capital

Oscar Höglund
CEO & Co-Founder, Epidemic Sound

Per Långsved
CEO, Nordea Life & Pension

Peter Dahlen
Managing Director, AmCham

Pia Sandvik
CEO, Teknikföretagen

Robert Egnell
Vice-Chancellor, The Swedish Defence University

Rodrigo Rios
Senior Innovation Manager, SONY

Romina Pourmokhtari
Minister for the Environment, Sweden

Sofia Götmar Blomstedt
CEO, PwC Sweden

Staffan Ingvarsson
CEO, Stockholm Business Region

Staffan Truvé
CTO, Recorded Future

Stefan Dahlbo
CEO, Fabege

Stephanie Sievers
CEO Nordics, Philips

Stina Götbrink
Secretary-General, Hand in Hand
.avif)
Susanne Najafi
Founding Partner, BackingMinds

T. Alexander Lystad
CTO, Visma

Tatiana Shalalvand
Investment Director, Kinnevik

Thibault Imbert
CPO, Picsart

Tim Bestwick
Chief Development Officer, UK Atomic Energy Authority

Vojtech Horna
Vice President Communications, Index Ventures

Alexander Norén
Senior Business & Tech Correspondent, Swedish National Television

Andreas Regnell
Head of Strategic Development, Vattenfall

Anna Berne
Vice President Product & Sustainability, Filippa K

Arba Kokalari
Member of the European Parliament

Björn Block
CDO, Range, Inter IKEA Group

Caroline Strand
Deputy CEO, Stockholm Business Region

Daniella Waldfogel
CEO, Stockholm Chamber of Commerce

Eduardo Leite
Governor of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Erika Lyko
Medgrundare, Lyko

Heidi Lindvall
General Partner, Pale Blue Dot

Helle Jeppsson
CEO & Founder, Scape

Janne Elvelid
Head of Public Policy, Meta

Jon Olsson
Former Pro-Skier, Entrepreneur & investor

Jonas Kjellberg
Co-Founder, Nornorm

Kristin Lindmark
CIO, Telenor Sweden

Lisa Ericsson
Founder & Head of KTH Innovation

Lowina Lundström
CEO, InnoEnergy Scandinavia

Marcus Hartmann
Head of Public Affairs & Sustainability North Europe, H&M

Mattias Hedwall
Partner, Baker McKenzie

Mikael Damberg
Ekonomisk-politisk talesperson (S)

Nicklas Hermansson
Futurist, NomoFomo

Olesya Struk
Group Sustainability Senior Director Global, Philips

Patrik Jonasson
Sustainability Senior Director, GS1 Global

Patrik Sobocki
Senior Investment Director, Industrifonden

Paulo Andrez
President Emeritus, European Business Angels Network

Per Wallentin
CEO, Knowit

Pontus de Laval
Senior Advisor, Wallenberg Foundation & Chair, Advanced Digitalisation

Remy Chukwunyere
Executive Director, Ugwumba Leadership Center in Africa

Sam Hinton-Smith
Head of Public Policy APAC & EMEA, Stripe

Sofie Vennersten
Director Public Policy & Regulatory Affairs, Volvo Group

Thomas Östros
Vice President, European Investment Bank

Tobias Larsson
Head of B2B, Telia Sweden

Charlotte Kalin
Public Affairs & Sustainability Director, Coca-Cola
