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ON STAGE
@ A house Ark 29-30 November
Anna König Jerlmyr
Mayor of Stockholm
Swedish politician who has been mayor of Stockholm since 2018. She is a member of the Moderate Party. She will be opening Creative Tech Week.
Swedish politician who has been mayor of Stockholm since 2018. She is a member of the Moderate Party. She will be opening Creative Tech Week.
Jonas Naddebo
Vice Mayor of Culture and Urban Environment
A focus for Jonas is to get the whole city to facilitate and work with the creative sector to make sure Stockholm has a vibrant cultural scene.
A focus for Jonas is to get the whole city to facilitate and work with the creative sector to make sure Stockholm has a vibrant cultural scene.
Boris Nordenström
Speaker/Investor och Master of Ceremonies
Sara Herrlin
Founder STHLM Music City /
Moderator
Moderator
Joel Broms Brosjö
Founder & CEO, DOORS
Joel has spent two decades integrating music and tech. Part of the founding team of Beats Music, launched R.fm, a pioneering mobile music service, co-founded Spotify-backed Soundtrack Your Brand, named one of the world’s most innovative companies by Fast Company in 2019.
Joel has spent two decades integrating music and tech. Part of the founding team of Beats Music, launched R.fm, a pioneering mobile music service, co-founded Spotify-backed Soundtrack Your Brand, named one of the world’s most innovative companies by Fast Company in 2019.
Helena Waker
CEO / VD
Association of Trade Partners Sweden & Stockholm Fashion District
Association of Trade Partners Sweden & Stockholm Fashion District
Gareth Deakin
Founder, Sonorous
Passionate advocate for the business of music and how technology innovation is changing the music industry for the better. Two decades in music distribution, record labels and music tech start ups. A mentor for Abbey Road Studio’s “Red” start-up incubator. Since 2015 he’s run Sonorous, a consultancy that works with emerging technologies in the music industry.
Passionate advocate for the business of music and how technology innovation is changing the music industry for the better. Two decades in music distribution, record labels and music tech start ups. A mentor for Abbey Road Studio’s “Red” start-up incubator. Since 2015 he’s run Sonorous, a consultancy that works with emerging technologies in the music industry.
Henrik Berndtson
CEO All Things Live Sweden
Master of Science in International Marketing from the University of Gothenburg with a long experience from the world of sports. Many years of experience in sales and marketing with a focus on the entertainment industry with areas of responsibility such as developing the commercial potential of the TV format Idols, finding new revenue streams for the entertainment district of Stockholm Live and strategic business development at TV4. Since 2019 CEO of All Things Live Sweden.
Master of Science in International Marketing from the University of Gothenburg with a long experience from the world of sports. Many years of experience in sales and marketing with a focus on the entertainment industry with areas of responsibility such as developing the commercial potential of the TV format Idols, finding new revenue streams for the entertainment district of Stockholm Live and strategic business development at TV4. Since 2019 CEO of All Things Live Sweden.
Jenny Björk
House Director A house Ark
Markku Mäkeläinen
CEO Utopia Music
A serial entrepreneur and investor in several high technology companies. Markku has built and scaled products to reach hundreds of millions of monthly active users and advised numerous high-growth technology companies on their growth strategies. He originates from data and engineering, and has excelled in building tech organisations to succeed in an international environment. He has for example led the global growth partnerships for Facebook, including leading both engineering teams and technology programs towards growth and multi-scaling. He serves as the CEO of Utopia Music.
A serial entrepreneur and investor in several high technology companies. Markku has built and scaled products to reach hundreds of millions of monthly active users and advised numerous high-growth technology companies on their growth strategies. He originates from data and engineering, and has excelled in building tech organisations to succeed in an international environment. He has for example led the global growth partnerships for Facebook, including leading both engineering teams and technology programs towards growth and multi-scaling. He serves as the CEO of Utopia Music.
Åsa Carild
Head of Platform and senior advicer for Utopia Music, a technology company specializing in building technical solutions which provide greater transparency and efficiency to different players in the creative industries. She has previously set up and worked with several online licensing hubs like ICE, the international collaboration between GEMA, Stim and PRS, and Polaris as CEO, the Nordic licensing hub. She has also worked as Nordic Manager for Nokia’s music venture, run her own record label and worked as COO for the game tech company Muchdifferent. Carild has a background in the academic world, and has done an extensive study about the impact of digitalization on the music business. She started her career in the music industry as a singer in indie pop band Pineforest Crunch, and is still active as songwriter and singer with the bands Akaba and Nacht.
Tyler Crowley
A California native, is credited as being a force behind Stockholm becoming the startup capital of Europe and the ‘unicorn factory’ of the world (Sweden’s capital city is home to the third-highest unicorns per capita). He is also the man behind STHLM TECH MEETUP, Europe's largest monthly startup event, and STHLM TECH FEST, Scandinavia's largest annual startup event.
Ariane Bucquet Pousette
Stockholm Business Region
Eddie Walker
Founder and MD, Whyre
Eddie is the founder and managing director of Whyre, a global venture advisory network, that supports and partners with disruptive start-ups in creative technologies, including verticals such as music & gaming, metaverse, immersive entertainment, decentralised technologies, and environmental digital assets. Whyre Ventures will be launching a series of funds in 2022/23.
Eddie is the founder and managing director of Whyre, a global venture advisory network, that supports and partners with disruptive start-ups in creative technologies, including verticals such as music & gaming, metaverse, immersive entertainment, decentralised technologies, and environmental digital assets. Whyre Ventures will be launching a series of funds in 2022/23.
Åke Lundström
Live at Heart
Jenny Lindblad
International speaker, presenter and moderator
One of our tech ecosystem’s foremost pitch experts. Jenny is the lecturer who knows what she is talking about: During her time at Ericsson, she gave 5000 presentations in 5 years to business leaders.
One of our tech ecosystem’s foremost pitch experts. Jenny is the lecturer who knows what she is talking about: During her time at Ericsson, she gave 5000 presentations in 5 years to business leaders.
Naimul Abd
Speaker/Moderator
Business Advisor & Partnerships Lead at Coompanion Stockholm. He coaches more than 500 startup founders every year including several who work in the creative sector. He also manages all events, meetups, and partner relations at Coompanion Stockholm and the lead for Stockholm Entrepreneurs Day.
Business Advisor & Partnerships Lead at Coompanion Stockholm. He coaches more than 500 startup founders every year including several who work in the creative sector. He also manages all events, meetups, and partner relations at Coompanion Stockholm and the lead for Stockholm Entrepreneurs Day.
Mia Lorentzson
STHLM Music City Key Advisor and Mentor
Started off in the Music Industry as a sound engineer, mastering at Polar Studios and live sound on world tours. Since then she has moved more into the business side as an entrepreneur and working with management, events, startups, e-commerce, online marketing and PR. Mia loves expanding her global network and connecting with new people, new talent, creating new collaborations.
Started off in the Music Industry as a sound engineer, mastering at Polar Studios and live sound on world tours. Since then she has moved more into the business side as an entrepreneur and working with management, events, startups, e-commerce, online marketing and PR. Mia loves expanding her global network and connecting with new people, new talent, creating new collaborations.
Grace McCallum
Co-Founder STHLM Music City
Moderator
Moderator
Emilie Lidgard
Works with external collaboration and innovation at KMH and has a background from the theatre as a teacher and producer.
Frida Finstad
Artist and songwriter from Norway. Influenced by Scandinavian pop, she’s an artist for the future with her raspy vocals and fierce lyrics. Off stage, Frida aspires to be a role model and advocate for feminism and injustice.
Ida Gratte
Artist, songwriter and producer from southern Sweden. With over 20 million streams, tours around Sweden, Europe and years on stage she finally found where her music heart lies. It’s in Swedish pop. Ida just released her debut album “Visor inga ord” (Songs no Words)
Namelle
Namelle from Sweden has with her sassy electro pop completed hundreds of gigs and travelled to several countries to write, record and perform. Her songs tend to get stuck in your head and her unique voice captures the listeners attention. Namelle was named an “Ines Talent” 2018, is signed to Loudkult and released her debut EP 2021. Namelle has performed at festivals in France, UK, Sweden and Portugal including MIDEM in Cannes and Live at Heart in Sweden.
Jolina Elish
Jolina is an artist and songwriter from Sweden. She released her debut EP in December 2015 . The song ”Love Like A Fool” made the Grammy ballot in 2016. “You” made the Grammy Ballot in 2019. with a smooth airy voice, catchy uplifting melodies, and emotionally earnest lyrics, Jolina want the songs to give color and shape to the heart. That way the listeners get an outlet for their own feelings.
"The Terrace" is the debut release under the new artist name, Jolina Elísh.
"The Terrace" is the debut release under the new artist name, Jolina Elísh.
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