Digitalization and its impact on welfare and labor: What does it mean for entrepreneurs and innovators?

Mårten Blix is a research scholar at the Research Institute for Industrial Economics in Sweden. He is frequently invited to give seminars and has recently been interviewed by the New York Times, The Economist and the Süddeutsche Zeitung. His work is focused on understanding the effects of digitalization and structural change. His recent work includes the book “Digitalization, Immigration and the Welfare State” (Edward Elgar, 2017). He has a PhD in Economics from Stockholm University and an MSc in Econometrics and Mathematical Economics from the London School of Economics.

Mark A Conley is Assistant Professor at the Stockholm School of Economics in the House of Innovation, Sweden. He is a United States Naval Academy graduate and holds a PhD in Psychology from Columbia University, USA.

Anthony Larsson is a researcher at the Stockholm School of Economics, Institute for Research (SIR), Sweden. He holds a PhD from Karolinska Institutet, Sweden. He also holds an MBA and MSc degrees in political science, social anthropology, and business administration and economics respectively, as well as an associate degree in psychology. His research interests include innovation management, digitalization, management, organizational behavior, and entrepreneurship.

Linn Lindfred is an entrepreneur and consultant specializing in working with, and educating in, circular economy at JayWay. She holds an MSc in management and economics of innovation from Chalmers University of Technology with studies at Stanford University, University of California (Berkeley) and National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan.

Charlotte Mattfolk is a senior strategic advisor within the fields of future analysis and strategy, business transformation, digitalization, sustainability, and entrepreneurship. She has held several roles as CEO or partner in larger management consulting firms. Recently, she started the company IAMAI.

Robin Teigland is Professor of Strategy & Management of Digitalization at Chalmers University of Technology and a Fellow of IVA – the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences. In 2017, 2018, and 2019 she was listed as one of Sweden’s most influential women, primarily in technology. Currently, her research investigates the influence of AI on corporate boards and startups, and she is also the Director of Ocean Data Factory Sweden that promotes innovation based on the application of AI to ocean data. Robin runs Peniche Ocean Watch, a blue circular economy initiative in Portugal. In her free time, she enjoys being with her five kids and learning to play the banjo and surfing longboard waves at her surf school, Go4surf.

Björn Eriksson is a former President of Interpol, Director of the Swedish Police and County Governor of Östergötland. During his career, Björn Eriksson has led several governmental investigations covering various public affairs. In addition, he has been engaged as a board member and has served in various advisory roles for different companies in the private sector, ranging from small companies to large companies listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange (Nasdaq Stockholm). He remains active as President for the Swedish Sports Confederation and as President for SäkerhetsBranschen, an association seeking to promote business for member companies and their clients in the security industry.

Pernilla Lilja is a senior business consultant with a specialization in GDPR. She holds an MSc in business administration and economics from Stockholm Business School at Stockholm University, with additional studies at CERAM Business School, Sophia Antipolis, France. She has extensive experience from working in the banking and finance sector, where she has held various positions and titles over the years such as, business developer, scrum master, requirement analyst and business process developer. Her professional interests include change management, business improvement and modeling business processes.

Peter Markowski is a management consultant and researcher. He holds a PhD in business administration from Stockholm University, Sweden and an MSc in industrial engineering and management from KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. Markowski’s research interests include organizational capabilities and how digital technologies drive sector-level transformation. He currently advises organizations on the move towards more agile bureaucratic models in the digital transformation of the welfare- and larger public sector.

Cormac McGrath is an associate professor at Stockholm University. He has extensive experience working with change initiatives in higher education. He led the introduction of massive open online courses (MOOCs) in the Swedish context at Karolinska Institutet in collaboration with edx.org. His research interests relate to change agency and management, and learning in digital learning environments.

Jan Söderqvist is a writer, futurologist and lecturer based in Stockholm, Sweden, and Lucca, Italy. Educated at Stockholm University, Sweden, his main focus lies on interpreting different perspectives on how the digital revolution will transform any and all areas of society beyond recognition, while also changing the lives of everyone living in it.

Olle Wästberg has served as a Swedish member of parliament, Liberal (1976–1982); State Secretary of the Ministry of Finance (1991–1993); Editor-in-Chief for the Swedish newspaper Expressen (1993–1995); Swedish Consul General to New York (1999–2004); Director General of the Swedish Institute (2005–2010); and, most recently, Chairman of the Governmental Democracy Commission (2014–2016) and Member of the Public Service Committee (2017–2018). He is also a member of several boards, among them the board of the Raoul Wallenberg Academy and of the Sweden America Foundation.