Agenda at a Glance
Collaborating with Technology to Evolve Humanity
Day 1 | April 22nd
Day 2 | April 23rd
09.00 Ola’s mad voyage into possible futures and mind-bending technology trends
Ola Ahlvarsson, serial entrepreneur co-creator of SIME and Epicenter
Key takeaways:
- The latest technology
- Visions and hallucinations
- What leaders must understand
09.30 Navigating the year ahead – CEO Panel
Key takeaways:
- Leaders share their views from the cockpit
- A year filled with worry and excitement
- Leading in turbulent times
10.00 Collaborating to win – next-level AI
Ingrid af Sandeberg, chair Stockholm AI,
Jeff Abbot, author Blitzscaling, founder AI Salon and Blitzscale Ventures
Key takeaways:
- Exploring how to cooperate with AI
- Rules and risks with exponential AI
- Leading together
10.20 Cyberspies and what to do about them
Hanna Linderstål, Senior security advisor and founder Ehart
Key takeaways:
- A crash course in cyber espionage and how to avoid it
- Geopolitics makes cyber security deadly
10.40 Inner Development Goals – inside a global leader movement
Key takeaways:
- Why leadership needs to change
- How does leadership based on inner development lead to the right o external impact
- IDG global update
10.50 Breakout sessions and summits
- AI
- Longevity
- Fintech
- Marketing and Technology
12.00 Lunch
13.00 Summary of breakout sessions
13.15 A music industry transformed
Ulf Ekberg, pop star and founder Ace of Base
Key takeaways:
- From the global stages to a TikTok near you
- Entertainment and AI, disruption or democratization
- The first new preview of the new movie about Ace Of Base
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
Key takeaways:
- How to break free from complexity,
- Move toward your goals faster
- closing the gap between how you want to live and how you live
14.00 The world 2040 according to Alexander Bard
Alexander Bard, musician, philosopher, and generally badass
14.30 Breakout sessions and summits
- Intrapreneurship
- Product Design
- Sustainability
- Innovation
15.30 Summary of breakout sessions
15.45 War and peace and what it means to business
Key takeaways:
- Yippie, we’re in NATO, now what?
- Investing in defense and security - a multi-billon opportunity that keeps us safe
16.05 Mindchange – book release Ola Ahlvarsson’s book about the art and science of thinking (and as a bonus living a harmonious life)
Ola Ahlvarsson, author of Mindchange
Key takeaways:
- How you can train your thoughts and feelings to make you happier and more successful
- The brain is plastic and develops your whole life if you know how to train your thinking
- The world needs a new narrative
Be the first to get Ola’s new book
16.45 Book release cocktail and press conference at Elements
09.10 Let's teleport to 2040 - Futurist journey with visions and hallucinations
Erik Rosales and Charlie Caper
Key takeaways:
- How we will work live and play 2040
- Our complicated relationship to robots
- Really weird things that will probably become true
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
Imad Elabdala, a serial entrepreneur in treating children's trauma,, intrapreneur, previous war correspondent and author of children's books
Erik Rosales, TV host of children's programs, theater performer and innovator
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, spie, ex drug lord, psychologist and movistar
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
Key takeaways:
- A unique story of human transformation
- Love as the answer
- From anger to purpose
- Behind the scenes from his role in the new version of Bron (the Bridge)
10.40 Upgrade your decisions
A fireside chat with Caissie Kozyrko, ex Chief decision scientist at Google, leading tech blogger, speaker and author
Key takeaways:
- Must know data-driven decision-making skills for modern leaders in a complex environment
- The discipline of turning information into better actions, in any setting and at any scale
- Key learnings from Google and beyond
11.00 Breakout sessions and summits
- Talent
- Foodtech
- Real Estate and Prop-tech
- Cyber Security
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
Key takeaways:
- Touch down India, China and South East Asia, what can we learn and what are the opportunities
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.
Key takeaways:
- The need to reclaim the truth in public discourse
- AI risk and opportunities in journalism
- How to make money on accuracy, integrity, and truthful content.
- The US Election, where the truth can be the first victim
13.55 Elements - where the magic happens
Celeste Fierro, CEO Elements, Stockholms new Sustainability innovation house and campfire for tomorrow's most important questions
Charlie Caper, Chief Magic Officer, Elements
Stockholm’s new collaboration house is open for business, meet the team and join the quest
14.15 New this year - Campfire and Oasis Sessions - group sessions where the collective intelligence helps solve participant challenges
- Scale-up and Entrepreneurs
- Intraprenours
- Retail
15.15 Summary of collaboration sessions
15.30 A queer bird in the middle east – homo romantic movies in Arabic and beyond
Up close with film director and gay icon Nauren the Uneven
Key takeaways:
- HBTQ hate and love in the Middle East
- How to make a great love story
- Stanxing up and seeing the opportunity in diversity
15.50 The art of Thinking clearly
Christer Sturmark, founder and publisher Fri Tanke, author of The art of Thinking clearly
Key takeaways:
- A how-to in rational thinking
- Why thinking clearly is more important than ever
- Truth and lies in a complicated world powered by AI
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.
Ola Ahlvarsson
Ola Ahlvarsson, a distinguished Swedish entrepreneur, is set to bring his vast expertise and charismatic presence as the host of the upcoming SIME event. With a rich background spanning entrepreneurship, strategy consulting, and business development, Ahlvarsson has made a name for himself not just in Sweden but on an international platform. As one of Sweden's most sought-after international speakers and moderators, he has graced prestigious events such as the World Economic Forum, DLD in Munich, and Le Web in Paris with his insights and leadership.
His role as the co-creator, host, and moderator of SIME highlights his commitment to fostering innovation and dialogue within the tech and business communities. SIME, celebrated for its thought-leadership summits, brings together leaders from various sectors to explore the future of technology, business, and society. Ahlvarsson's involvement in SIME is a testament to his vision of creating platforms that encourage knowledge sharing and collaboration among industry leaders.
Ola's dynamic approach to entrepreneurship and his experience in advising both Fortune 500 companies and small to medium-sized enterprises have established him as a formidable figure in business strategy and innovation. Attendees of the SIME event can look forward to engaging discussions, insightful analyses, and the opportunity to connect with like-minded professionals under Ahlvarsson's expert guidance.
