Henrik HåkanssonModerator Moderator
Henrik Håkansson
Henrik Håkansson, a former student as Design engeneer at LTH, is a man wearing several hats such as local comedian, service designer and podcast host for the podcast "Pissveckan”.
Dr. Elin ÖstmanCSO of Double Good ABGood Idea® – a functional sparkling water proven to reduce the blood sugar spike after a meal
In 2017, she decided to leave the academic world to take on the challenge of moving her knowledge into the guts and daily lives of millions of Americans. From 2017-2020 she served as Chief Scientist at Good Idea Inc’s headquarters just north of San Francisco. In 2020, Dr Elin relocated back to Sweden and has the Swedish HQ in Lund as base for supporting also the launch of Good Idea® in Sweden and Europe.
Dr. Elin Östman
Dr Elin Östman is a food innovator with strong roots in academic research, and she´s on a mission to introduce scientifically proven, innovative and attractive food concepts to fight the explosion of lifestyle-related disease. She is a former Associate Professor and Senior Lecturer in Applied Nutrition at the Food for Health Science Centre of Lund University, Sweden. Her 20-year career comprises groundbreaking research on the preventive potential of foods and healthy diets against type 2 diabetes, obesity, and cardiovascular disease. Dr Elins´ expertise has special emphasis on blood glucose and appetite regulation and, to date, she has co-authored more than 50 peer-reviewed original articles. She is the co-founder of four food innovation related start-up companies.
Jakob LindbladInnovation Collaborations at OatlyCollaborate to prosper, on the importance and the challenges of collaborations.
Jakob Lindblad
Jakob have spent most of his time trying to foster collaborations, both internally within larger companies and external collaborations, all in the pursuit of creating and implementing innovations.
Eva JohnssonAdvisor with focus on financing and sustainability at Almi FöretagspartnerAbout Almi's sustainability program
Hannes van LunterenHead of KrinovaFOOD at Krinova Incubator & Science ParkFood companies & startup support
Why focusing on SME food companies since 2010 and why they are crucial for a sustainable and resilient food system & What Krinova can offer start-ups and accelerating SME´s.
Hannes van Lunteren
Works as responsible for the profile platform KrinovaMAT, one of Krinova Incubator & Science Park's three business areas. Within KrinovaMAT, a number of food-related development projects are run, including foodinova, which is a project to create a national innovation arena for food companies. For more than 7 years, he has been involved in building up and running a systematic incubation and innovation support for food companies in Skåne. He has worked with business development in over 500 SME food companies and was involved in starting the Food hackathon at Krinova 5 years ago. Food Hacket (https://www.foodhack.nu) is now an annual event for KrinovaMAT's Food Community, which today consists of more than 1000 companies. Hannes has a background in the food and beverage industry both as an employee in larger companies and as a self-employed person.
Margareta WallenténInnovation Manager at Innovation SkåneWhat are the trends in foodtech and how to create the food system of the future today?
About the Foodtech Innovation Network Project.
Margareta Wallentén
Margareta has a passion for food, entrepreneurship and for participating in creating a sustainable future. Innovation Skåne is the perfect match for these passions. With 20+ years of product and process development in international as well as national food industry and 15 years of business coaching in the innovation system, Margareta is now growth advisor in the project Foodtech Innovation Network, coaching and supporting our members to grow their business. By combining experience with entrepreneurs and opportunities, together we change the food system of the future already today.
Anders KompassInterim Director of Institute for Human Rights & Former Swedish diplomat & United Nations civil servantHuman Rights
Collaborations, exchanges of knowledge and trade agreements are put to an end in a war like the one we see in Ukraine. Democracy and human rights as well. We know many of us are deeply affected.
How does all this affect the work at the Institute of Human Rights? And how can we as a society support?
Nina MeinanderSr. Dept. Mgr. Product Development & Application at ProbiProbi Probiotics and Functional Food
Probi offers probiotic expertise and partnership from R&D to finished products for companies around the world both within the consumer healthcare segment and the food industry. Probi was founded in Sweden 1991 by University of Lund scientists who discovered LP299V®, the world's most researched strain of Lactobacillus plantarum. Today LP299V® can be found in the ProViva fruit drink as well in Swedish pharmacies with brands such as Probi Original® and Probi Frisk®. Probi has developed scientifically proven probiotic health concepts within gut health, immune defense, bone health and iron uptake. Recent developments, opportunities and challenges in the probiotic product and ‘functional food�� area will be highlighted. Initiatives and efforts for improved sustainability of the business and products will be discussed.
Lars J NilssonProfessor of Environmental & Energy Systems Studies and Head of the Department of Technology and Society at Lund University Latest IPCC report and what it means for industry development
The target of a maximum of 1.5 C heating can be achieved if emissions start to decrease now and decrease rapidly to reach net zero emissions by 2050. The possibilities for action for industry extend across the entire value chain from more efficient material use to electrification and in some cases carbon dioxide storage. This means new sector links and value chains, and probably the location of energy-intensive industry in regions with rich access to renewable energy.
Lars J Nilsson
Lars J. Nilsson (Swedish) is Professor of Environmental and Energy Systems Studies and Head of the Department of Technology and Society at Lund University (Sweden). His research focuses on industrial decarbonisation and co-evolution with energy system transitions in the perspective of circular economy, electrification, industrial development and climate policy strategies. He was Coordinating Lead Author for the WG III contribution to the IPCC AR6 (chapter 11 on Industry) and a Lead Author for the Summary for Policy Makers. He is a member of the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change since 2022.
Merete EskilanderApplication Manager at ProbiProbi Probiotics and Functional Food
Probi offers probiotic expertise and partnership from R&D to finished products for companies around the world both within the consumer healthcare segment and the food industry. Probi was founded in Sweden 1991 by University of Lund scientists who discovered LP299V®, the world's most researched strain of Lactobacillus plantarum. Today LP299V® can be found in the ProViva fruit drink as well in Swedish pharmacies with brands such as Probi Original® and Probi Frisk®. Probi has developed scientifically proven probiotic health concepts within gut health, immune defense, bone health and iron uptake. Recent developments, opportunities and challenges in the probiotic product and ‘functional food’ area will be highlighted. Initiatives and efforts for improved sustainability of the business and products will be discussed.
Fredrik BågenholmBusiness Developer at Sigma Lundinova Speaking about a great machine for foodtech and cleantech application.
Fredrik Bågenholm
Fredrik has spent his last 18 years as business developer and project manager at Lundinova (now part of Sigma Connectivity Group) helping customers from all different business segments to realise their designs and ultimately reach their business goals. Fredrik has a master degree from Lund Institute of Technology and has been working as Electronics Engineer in different business segments before joining Sigma Lundinova and eventually his current role. Fredrik loves tech innovation and has co-funded a few start-ups, one of them is the company Orlo developing great performing loudspeakers.
Thea Ohlander ArfwidssonProject leader Klimatneutrala Lund 2030 at Lunds KommunStay tuned for more information!
Pernilla AdemarHead of business development at Modity Energy Trading ABFlexibility - Tomorrow's commodity
On a global scale, the transition from nuclear power and fossil fuels to intermittent power sources such as wind and solar energy, challenge an outdated energy infrastructure. From a local point of view, grid companies are faced with capacity shortage due to growing cities and an electrification trend in society. How can everyone, from large industries and producers to end consumers, contribute to a sustainable energy supply?
Pernilla Ademar
Pernilla has 20 years of experience from risk management and trading within electricity and energy related commodities. She is currently focusing on creating new business models that are suitable for the new conditions of the energy market.
Stefan BorgCEO of SiB SolutionsMake logistics greener – one less error at a time
Flawless logistics offers a fast way to reduce the staggering environmental and economic costs in the supply chain. It is a powerful but often overlooked highway to make a difference, starting now. Less errors lead to reduced wastage of goods, packaging materials and energy. It’s as simple as it’s efficient, and all you have to do is act.
SiB Solutions is a logtech company. We offer Intelligent Video and AI Services that enable flawless logistics. By subscribing to our services our customers get visual evidence and superior insights into their logistics processes. They use the benefits to stop errors today and tomorrow. It's smart for their business, operations, reputation – and for the environment.
Stefan Borg
Stefan Borg is co-founder and CEO of SiB Solutions. Entrepreneur with a strong belief in evolving ecosystems where all members are contributing with experience and knowledge to jointly create values for companies, people and society. Stefan has a demonstrated history of working in the software industry for energy and logistics.
Vanja SamuelssonCEO & Founder of QoitechGetting the most out of the batteries - what hardware, software and battery companies can do and why you should care!
Vanja Samuelsson
Vanja is the founder and CEO of Qoitech, an energy tech start-up based in Lund, Sweden. Her background is in engineering and product development for the telecom industry and, most recent research and innovation on 5G, cellular IoT connectivity and low power IoT. She is passionate about lowering our energy consumption and footprint through smart engineering. She founded Qoitech in 2017, launched a global product with her team a year later and is now excited about scaling the business.
Vahid SohrabpourCo-Founder & CEO of SaveggyBio-based edible vegan coating extends the shelf life of fresh fruits and vegetables.
Arwa Mustafa, PhdFounder & CEO of ARWA FoodtechFood entrepreneurship- Innovations from science to the market!
Arwa Mustafa, Phd
Arwa Mustafa, has a PhD in Food Science with more than a decade of experience in the field of food chemistry, food innovations and new product development, having focus on food for health, and functional products using Green & Clean Technologies. She has received a number of innovation awards and have a patent.
Arwa’s international academic and work experience, countries including USA, England, Sudan, Denmark and Sweden.
Arwa has a track record of scientific publications, supervision undergraduate and master student, as well as international academic and research collaboration. Current academic collaboration project with Lund University includes: departments: Analytical Chemistry, Food Technology, Biotechnology and LUNARC. In addition to department of molecular science at SLU.
She is the founder & CEO at ARWA FoodTech AB- member of Aventure AB Group.
ARWA Foodtech AB will be launching their first product, Baobab based plant-based savory sauces in Autumn, which will be followed by range of product soon after.
Ola SvedinCEO of Mobile HeightsPart of a panel about Skåne skilled competencies shortage
In recent years, Sweden has experienced a well-documented skilled talent shortage, with companies throughout the country expressing concern that they will not be able to achieve their growth targets without an adequate supply of skilled talent. Since early 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has only exacerbated these challenges for many.
Ola Svedin
Ola Svedin is the CEO of Mobile Heights, the ICT cluster organization of Southern Sweden, and he is also the chair person of the national Swedish cluster association, Clusters of Sweden. Ola is a passionate driver of the transition of society to the digital world. Under his leadership Mobile Heights has doubled in size and is also leading the regional Digital Innovation Hub, DigIT Hub Sweden. Ola has more than 25 years of experience from telecom, IT security, smart card, biometrics and space industries. He has lead large mobile phone and chipset development programs, and as inventor and R&D director of a world leading fingerprint tech startup he was a pioneer in the biometrics industry.
Anders SjögrenCEO of EnersizeA substantial opportunity for energy and carbon savings hidden in the global industry
Around the globe, industrial compressed air is a source of surprisingly large energy and carbon savings. New IT/OT technology unlocks the much-needed savings!
Anders Sjögren
Anders, CEO. Anders holds a PhD in physics engineering, and has a background in the IT industry, among others, as CTO of Anoto AB. As CTO, Anders was instrumental in the start-up of Lumito AB, a company that is developing a novel solution for digital pathology. In 2017, Anders was recruited as Head of Research of Finnish Enersize Oyj. A year later he became CEO of the corporation and has led the company through a major restructuring operation. With the global industry as end customers, Enersize develops a cloud-based solution for energy optimization of industrial compressed air and expands through an international network of partners. Since 2019 Anders is a board member of Anoto Group AB.
Anders has a modern and inclusive leadership that promotes growth and innovation. He is driven by visionary and strategic business development, always with a solid foundation in research, and likes to be part of breaking new ground. Through Enersize he has recently found a new and important motivation factor; improving our environment.
Stephanie AlvarezCTO at EnersizeA substantial opportunity for energy and carbon savings hidden in the global industry
Around the globe, industrial compressed air is a source of surprisingly large energy and carbon savings. New IT/OT technology unlocks the much-needed savings!
Stephanie Alvarez
Stephanie is the CTO of Enersize. She holds a PhD and a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Brasília, Brazil. In her career, she is passionate about applying new technologies and to learn and share new ideas while leveraging on each other's expertise. With a fine eye and a creative approach to problem solving, she understands how to optimize results, capture the need, deliver system configuration, produce detailed documentation, and present results for a range of audiences. Caught in the global digitalization trend, she believes that digital transformation is the way forward. Excited to be part of the boots on the ground to drive the movement.
Erik LindellKoordinator kompetenssamverkan Skåne at Region SkånePart of a panel about Skåne skilled competencies shortage
In recent years, Sweden has experienced a well-documented skilled talent shortage, with companies throughout the country expressing concern that they will not be able to achieve their growth targets without an adequate supply of skilled talent. Since early 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has only exacerbated these challenges for many.
Dominika SzotHead of Communications at GRID EsportsEquality within the gaming industry
Current situation of women in esports - compare regions. Main challenges to overcome, why 'women exclusive' is not a long-term solution, and suggested ways to approach and improve the female esports scene.
Dominika Szot
Head of Communications at GRID Esports. Founder of 1st organization in CEE focused on supporting women in games and esports - IT’S HER GAME. Creator of the 1st podcast about female professionals in games & esports - IT'S HER GAME
Ranked 10. in 50 Most Creative People in Business 2021 by brief.pl and the winner of Top Ambassador of the Year Women in Games WIGJ 2021 Award. Dominika is experienced in communications, growth, and operations for esports, tech, and game industries.
Lotta WessfeldtCEO of Ideon Science ParkPart of a panel about Skåne skilled competencies shortage
In recent years, Sweden has experienced a well-documented skilled talent shortage, with companies throughout the country expressing concern that they will not be able to achieve their growth targets without an adequate supply of skilled talent. Since early 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has only exacerbated these challenges for many.
Maya MalmqvistFounder & CEO of Pink SafetyPinkSafety will create a service for women's safety in society.
PinkSafety will create a service for women's safety in society. During our presentation, we will tell you about our business idea, the need and how we will realize the service. The presentation will include a detailed plan of how the service is intended to work, its scalability and USP. Our business idea is right in time considering how much the technology has developed and the need is enormous. With the help of experienced entrepreneurs and people in the advertising industry, we will make our idea fully functional.
Maya Malmqvist
We at PinkSafety are two very ambitious and driven 18-year-old girls who are passionate about women's safety in society. We have on most occasions felt that it would be nice to be able to accompany someone as it increases safety for us women. We were commissioned to create a UF project and we quickly felt that our idea is realistic, simple, scalable but not least important. As proof of this, we won the competition "Innovation of the Year" in Skåne 2022 and were also invited to pitch our idea at Ideon Science Park in Lund on 2/6 2022. As this is the first time we run a company, we have no direct experience and we have seeked help throughout the journet from experienced entrepreneurs. It has been instructive and we have faced many different challenges and despite the fact that we are constantly learning, there is still a lot to learn. We two represent a typical example of the large part of the female population that we turn to as we feel very strongly that focus and arrangements for women's safety must be prioritized. In a developed and democratic society, it should be an absolute matter that women should feel safe and have total and unconditional freedom of movement and a sense of freedom without being assaulted or subjected to sexual assault.
Alina GabrielssonFounder & Finance Manager of Pink SafetyPinkSafety will create a service for women's safety in society
PinkSafety will create a service for women's safety in society. During our presentation, we will tell you about our business idea, the need and how we will realize the service. The presentation will include a detailed plan of how the service is intended to work, its scalability and USP. Our business idea is right in time considering how much the technology has developed and the need is enormous. With the help of experienced entrepreneurs and people in the advertising industry, we will make our idea fully functional.
Alina Gabrielsson
We at PinkSafety are two very ambitious and driven 18-year-old girls who are passionate about women's safety in society. We have on most occasions felt that it would be nice to be able to accompany someone as it increases safety for us women. We were commissioned to create a UF project and we quickly felt that our idea is realistic, simple, scalable but not least important. As proof of this, we won the competition "Innovation of the Year" in Skåne 2022 and were also invited to pitch our idea at Ideon Science Park in Lund on 2/6 2022. As this is the first time we run a company, we have no direct experience and we have seeked help throughout the journet from experienced entrepreneurs. It has been instructive and we have faced many different challenges and despite the fact that we are constantly learning, there is still a lot to learn. We two represent a typical example of the large part of the female population that we turn to as we feel very strongly that focus and arrangements for women's safety must be prioritized. In a developed and democratic society, it should be an absolute matter that women should feel safe and have total and unconditional freedom of movement and a sense of freedom without being assaulted or subjected to sexual assault.
Pierre BellinHR Manager at FlatFrogPart of a panel about Skåne skilled competencies shortage
In recent years, Sweden has experienced a well-documented skilled talent shortage, with companies throughout the country expressing concern that they will not be able to achieve their growth targets without an adequate supply of skilled talent. Since early 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has only exacerbated these challenges for many.
Pierre Bellin
HR profile with a strong commercial focus and high business understanding and knows the importance of aligning business goals with competence and learning needs, to secure business progression and innovation.Wide experience from developing talent across several different industries and handling competence needs in global organizations. Motto: The People Strategy is the Business Strategy!
