Organizing and Innovating in
The Next Decade.
Uncertainty is now the norm. Businesses that fail to adapt fast will fall behind. This opening session sets the stage for the day’s discussions: How do we lead, innovate, and thrive when everything is in flux?
AI and emerging technologies offer unprecedented opportunities—but also risks we haven’t yet grasped. This session explores how AI will shape economies, industries, and society. Topic covered:
For leaders navigating the biggest workforce shifts in decades.
For companies looking to stay relevant, competitive, and fast.
The way we work is fundamentally shifting. AI, automation, and remote work are rewriting the rules—but most organizations still operate with outdated models. Topic covered:
Large organizations can no longer afford slow, cautious innovation. To compete, they must adopt the agility of startups while leveraging their scale. Topics covered:
For entrepreneurs and business leaders pushing for growth.
For companies looking beyond Sweden and into global markets.
09.00 Ola’s mad voyage into possible futures and mind-bending technology trends
Ola Ahlvarsson, serial entrepreneur co-creator of SIME and Epicenter
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09.30 War and peace and what it means to business
James Appathurai, Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Innovation, Hybrid and Cyber at NATO
10.00 Collaborating to win – next-level AI
Ingrid af Sandeberg, chair Stockholm AI
Jeff Abbot, author Blitzscaling, founder AI Salon and Blitzscale Ventures
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10.20 Cyberspies and what to do about them
Hanna Linderstål, Senior security advisor and founder
Earhart Business Protection Agency
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10.40 Inner Development Goals – inside a global leader movement
Erik Fernholm, co-creator 29k and IDG
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10.50 Breakout sessions and summits
12.00 Lunch
13.00 Summary of Breakout Sessions
13.15 A music industry transformed
Ulf Ekberg, pop star and founder Ace of Base
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13.45 Dancing with Chaos – how to manage success, family and purpose
Up close with author Carly Abramowich, Author of best-selling Dancing with Chaos
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14.00 The world 2040 according to Alexander Bard
Alexander Bard, musician, philosopher, and generally badass
14.30 Breakout sessions and summits
15.30 Summary of breakout sessions
15.45 A view on climate -the road to sustainable cities
Einar Bodström, founder and CEO, ClimateView
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16.05 Mindchange – book release Ola Ahlvarsson’s book about the art and science of thinking (and as a bonus live a harmonious life)
Ola Ahlvarsson, author of Mindchange
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Be the first to get Ola’s new book
16.45 Book release cocktail and press conference at Elements
Join us for the AiSalon Stockholm chapter launch during the SIME conference! Register here >>
09.00 Ola’s mad voyage into possible futures and mind-bending technology trends
Ola Ahlvarsson
09.10 Let's teleport to 2040 - Futurist journey with visions and hallucinations
Erik Rosales and Charlie Caper
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09.30 Scaleups making us go WOW!
Presentation by Jonas Kjellberg, CEO and founder, of Nornorm the fast-growing office as a service company powering Epicenter and making interior design a competitive edge.
Presentation by PJ, founder of Vaimo, the leading e-commerce and content platform hailing from the Same land and conquering the world
10.00 Mindplay - Parenting in an Exponential World
Erik Rosales, TV host of children's programs, theater performer and innovator
Imad Elabdala, a serial entrepreneur in treating children's trauma,, intrapreneur, previous war correspondent and author of children's books
Different perspectives on the increased complexity of being a parent or growing up
10.20 From drug dealing to spying in North Korea – the unlikely story behind the movie The Mole and the man who changed himself and then took on the North Korean dictator
Jim Latrache, spy, ex drug lord, psychologist and moviestar
A quest for belonging and adrenaline from the French foreign legion to the top of the drug business and via love to be an activist and spy.
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10.40 Upgrade your decisions
A fireside chat with Cassie Kozyrko, ex Chief decision scientist at Google, leading tech blogger, speaker and author
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11.00 Breakout Sessions and Summits
12.00 Lunch
13.00 Summary of breakout sessions
13.15 Knowledge-packed Asia tour
Cecilie Chen, serial intrapreneur and former chines journalist
Mahesh Kumar, serial entrepreneur and co-creator of Epicenter
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13.35 Restoring the truth - Making truth fact-based again
Daniel Dubno is an Emmy Award-winning television news producer, technologist, curator, futurist, and inventor. a TED- and World Economic Forum speaker, advisor to DARPA and other world-leading organizations and a master in interpreting the signs of our time.
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13.55 Elements - where the magic happens
Tove Törneman, Project leader Elements, AMFFastigheter
Celeste Fierro, CEO Elements, Stockholm's new Sustainability innovation house and campfire for tomorrow's most important questions
Charlie Caper, Chief Magic Officer, Elements
Stockholms new innovation house for a sustainable future and campfire for tomorrow's most important questions
14.15 Breakout Sessions & New this year - Campfire and Oasis Sessions - group sessions where the collective intelligence helps solve participant challenges
15.15 Summary of collaboration sessions
15.30 Political commentary on US elections and the future of journalism
Mike Oreskes, former editor in chief International Herald Tribute/New Your Times. Co-Author, The Genius of America, How the Constitution Saved Our Country and Why It Can Again.
15.45 A Queer Bird in the Middle East – homo romantic movies in Arabic and beyond
Up close with film director and gay icon Naures Sager
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16.05 To Light the Flame of Reason
– Clear Thinking for the Twenty-first Century
Christer Sturmark, founder and publisher Fri Tanke, author of Flame of Reason – Clear Thinking for the Twenty-first Century
16.30 After Sime mingel at Elements
19.00 SMILE Gala at Epicenter in cooperation with Operation Smile where every ticket pays for a child with cleft palate surgery.
On the last evening day, April 23rd we have added a grand finale with the SMILE Gala where the Sime audience together with Operations Smile helps kids with face deformities get surgery and be able to smile and thrive supported by top artists and wonderful food experiences. Read more here >>
