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  • Toyah Hunting

    Senior Creative Writer, Toyah Hunting

    I'm pretty decent at establishing, driving and maintaining strategic partnerships, concept development, international project and change management, process facilitation, stakeholder engagement, strategic communication and creative writing.

    • 13:30 - 14:15 New Disrupting Technology

      What is the blockchain?
      How will it disrupt the digital status quo and can we use the technology to overcome digital challengers like electronic identification and secure finical transactions? This session aims to demystify the concept of the blockchain and give insights on how it can be used for business and governance purposes.  

      Participants:
      CTO at IBM on BlockChain, Pål Krogdahl, IBM Nordics
      Lead Backend Developer, Authenteq, Thorgeir Karlsson - Iceland
      CEO & Founder of Chromaway, Henrik Hjelte - Sweden
      14:15 - 15:00 Sharing Economy

      The Sharing Economy is disrupting the way people buy goods and services.
      The new business models hold much potential in terms of creating new jobs and growth opportunities. This session discusses the possibilities of the new business models. How can we use this potential in the Nordics?


      Participants:
      Head of Marketing at Nabobil.no, Lotte Børnick-Sørhaug - Norway
      CEO at Deemly, and Co-Founder of Sharing Economy DK, Sara Green Brodersen - Denmark
      Director of digitalization and renewal at Abelia, Christine Korme - Norway
      Founder & CEo of Yepstr, Jacob Rudbäck - Sweden
      15:30 - 16:15 Tech Startup Ecosystems and Talent Attraction

      How do we create a healthy tech startup ecosystem in which the local buzz is connected to the global pipeline?
      Using the “State of The Digital Region” report and three ongoing startup ecosystem projects we will set the stage for a panel discussion on what initiatives are needed and why?


      Presenters:
      State of The Digital Region, PHD Lund University, Joakim Wernberg - Sweden  
      #NordicMade, Head of Nordic Operations at SLUSH, Jessica Blechingberg - Finland
      Nordic Innovation House Silicon Valley and NYC, Managing Director at Nordic Innovation, Svein Berg - Norway
      Startup Sweden, Head of StartUp Sweden, Marcus Liu - Sweden
       
      Reflection panel: Lena Carlsson, Chief Digitalisation Officer at the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth
      Reflection panel: Anders Mjåset, Founder of MESH Oslo
      Reflection panel: Paul Connolly, Hello Future / Start-up North
      Reflection panel: Klavs Hjort, Head of Business Innovation, Danske Bank
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