Announcing the Theme bloggers for SIME11 – 10 flavors of knowledge

Finally, it’s been set. We’ve gone through all applications for theme blogger pass and together with Bloggbyrån picked 10 people we think can provide the best of perspectives of this years conference.

Virality is going to Emilia Blom, UX-designer at Good Old. She’s celebrated for her conference sketchnotes that’s become somewhat of her trademark, and she’ll covering the driving forces behind the sharing culture online.

Brands/Social Branding is going to be covered by Ulrika Schreil, passionate blogger and Web strategist at Cloud Nine. With a passion for the web and online branding she’ll see to that that you’ll get the very best from the discussion about Brands during the conference.

Mobile, a topic growing more interesting each year, is covered by Concept Developer, Christoffer Du Rietz, who spends most of his time exploring the mobile possibilities at MobisleApps.

Monetizing the web is what everyone talking about these days. Simon Sundén, SEO expert and Co-founder of the social media analytics tool Lissly, is going to help us to get a clear view on what´s happening within that field.

E-commerce – A field growing and maturing for each year. In order to keep up with the advancements, I suggest you keep an eye on Evelina Ander, Marketing Manager at Yubico, who will cover the jungle of e-commerce during this years conference.

Startups isn’t just a topic, but a passion for Annika Lidne, Founder of Disruptive Media and the 24HBC project, Startupjobb.se. As an authority within the Swedish web she’ll provide the insights and coverage that will make you up to date on what’s being debated about startups during the conference.

Online payments – What progress are we seeing in a time where online commerce is increasing and the need for smooth payments are becoming a necessity? Jenny Canborn, Key Account Manager at Zanox, is covering what’s about and next within field of online payments.

Advertising / Marketing 360º will be covered by Helen Alfvegren, Digital Planner at NPP Reklambyrå. As passionate blogger and social media entusiast, she’ll be the person to follow if you want to increase your insights on Advertisment during the conference.

Entreprenuership Peter Sandberg is the founder the Disruptive.nu, a blog that dissects the driving forces behind entrepreneurship and lays out the map of the entrepreneurial landscape. He’ll provide you with the highlights and key take aways from this years conference concerning Entrepreneurship.

Gamification Thinking of throwing game dynamics into your marketing mix? If so, and if you want to keep up with the gaming scene, you should keep an eye on Jesper Bylund, UX and Game Designer at Futurniture, who’ll cover the subject of Gamification.

We’ll present each blogger and their passion a bit further the upcoming days. Until then, start following the Twitter list for the Theme bloggers and stay tuned.

SIME Stockholm : 10 reasons why you shouldn’t miss SIME!

For those of you who are still considering to attend SIME Stockholm this year we thought we should give you 10 reasons why you shouldn’t miss SIME this year.

1. A fantastic mix of speakers – from the founder of Glam.com to a 12 year old entrepreneur, we have tried to bring the best mix of speakers who can shake things up

2. A well crafted agenda that helps you surf the next wave – from the battle of the living room (why your TV will never be the same again) to 15 years of e-commerce – what have we learnt? – topics that get even better with 24 workshops giving you in-depth insights with the movers and shakers of the industry

3. 24 Workshops – you wish you could attend them all: We have 24 workshops together with some of the best moderators featuring movers and shakers where your participation is obligatory

4. SIME Investor Summit: For the first time ever we bring together VC’s, entrepreneurs and senior corporate executives for a focused session from 1530 – 1800 on both the days

5. SIME Non-Profit: For the second year, we continue working with the non-profit sector, social entrepreneurs and organizations that are making the world a better place, inviting them to attend the whole SIME conference for free to use digital to connect causes with people.

6. SIME Match Making: Come to our dedicated match making corner and meet people who you would want to connect with – be it other delegates or partners. Or better, use our app (to be released soon) where you can search people at the event and connect with everyone around you. Business is all about networking and we want you to squeeze the juice out of SIME by connecting with others who can help build your business or are fun to hang out with

7. SIME Awards: We continue our ever-lasting tradition of celebrating Nordic’s finest entrepreneurs and large companies through our traditional SIME Awards repackaged this year. More info on this coming soon…

8. SIME Gala Dinner: We end the 2 days of knowledge and inspiration with a gala dinner where we celebrate our journey so far and wish each other all the luck and spirit to continue our journey into the new year of opportunities and business

9. SIME Experience and Magic: We like to call it the SIME magic where you have surprise performances, strange combination of things you might not have seen before which, hopefully if not anything else take notice and make you smile.

10. SIME After-Party : And what’s SIME without a raving after-party – where as a SIME attendee you get access to different clubs and as we call it “you have the keys to the city” with your SIME badge. We end the night with a riveting evening of celebrations

And if you are intrigued, you should register here – tickets are going out like hot cakes (and get your friends too!)

Regarding bloggers pass

Friends of SIME, we are thrilled to know many of you are interested in getting the bloggers pass and I would like to inform all of you that we are making the plan for announcing the bloggers pass soon. So watch out for the announcement in the next weeks. As you might know, our theme for this year is Passion Wins. Stay tuned as we add the next batch of speakers this week. In the meanwhile, don’t forget to register here

Passion wins @ SIME Stockholm November 15, 16

Jan Eliasson, former secretary of United Nations famously said “The 2 greatest emotions are passion and compassion. Without passion nothing happens in life and without compassion the wrong things happen”.

Profound and appealing, we thought in today’s world where opportunities in the digital arena keep developing and creating business, we quietly enter an unparalleled world where passion is the key differentiator. And we want to bring out your passion at SIME Stockholm through inspiring debates, keynotes, workshops and true to the spirit of SIME a passion for networking and partying.

We have so far confirmed, Luke Bradley Jones, CEO BBC.com, Riz Khan, founder English Al-Jazeera, Rikard Steiber, Director Mobile and Social Advertising @ Google, Caterina Fake, founder Flickr and Hunch, Puck Meerburg, 11 year old whiz kid and founder of Puckipedia.nl, Cecilia Beck-Friis, Head of TV 4 non linear programming, Mans Hultman, former investor and CEO QlikTech and Tessa Boerman, documentary director and journalist.

Read more about speakers here

The agenda topics vary from why the battle for your living room just got bigger to neuro-marketing methods. It’s going to be wide, enriching, interesting and a lot of fun.

Read the agenda topics here

We invite you to this journey with us to redefine the world we live in, to take out key learnings on living in this digital world and creating opportunities with a lot of passion.

Welcome to SIME Stockholm November 15, 16.