Arba Kokalari is a Member of the European Parliament since 2019, serving in the committees on internal market, economic affairs, employment and gender equality. Her main priorities are digitalisation, tech and circular economy. Arba Kokalari has negotiated the Digital Services Act (DSA), currently monitors the AI Act implementation as part of the Parliament’s AI Act Working Group and she is the lead negotiator for a report on the impact of AI on the financial sector. Previously, she worked at Electrolux, in the telecom sector and at the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs.

Mattias Åström is a Swedish serial entrepreneur and a 2015 and 2024 World Economic Forum technology pioneer. He founded evroc in 2022 to build The cloud and AI infrastructure for the world with a strong focus on sovereignty and sustainability. Mattias is passionate about bridging the digital divide and wants to democratize access to critical cloud and AI technologies currently dominated by American players.

Mattias has previously built and taken five category-defining technology companies to successful exits including to Apple, Nokia and Schneider Electric. After spending 15 years building technology companies in the United States, Mattias has returned to his native Sweden.

He holds degrees from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Stockholm School of Economics.

Emil Hovgaard is the Nordic Chief Technology Officer for EY's Tax and Law practice.

Emil directs product strategy, engineering and technology investment that modernise tax and legal services across Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden and beyond.

He began his career in EY Strategy, advising on complex, multi-jurisdictional challenges for six years before assignments in New York, Singapore and Sydney shaped his passion for technology-led transformation. Today he heads EY’s Tech Collective—an interdisciplinary team turning data, automation and AI into client-ready platforms and positioning the firm for a product-centric future.

Emil holds a BSc in economics and business administration and an MSc in finance and strategic management from Copenhagen Business School, complemented by study at Singapore Management University and Columbia Business School. He lives in Copenhagen with his family.

Ian is a global data and AI director at Microsoft, based in the UK. He dedicates his time to working with one of the world's largest professional services firms, helping the firm define their transformation vision and leading co-design and build of future customer facing services. He works with customer teams to shape technical delivery programmes and works directly with audit, tax, M&A and consulting professionals to design new ways of working within combined human/AI teams.

Jemma is a partner at EY in the EMEIA Tax Technology & Transformation team. She collaborates with clients and internal EY tax teams to drive innovation and transformation with a focus on leveraging Data & AI, and particularly GenAI. Before joining EY in 2023, Jemma spent seven years at Microsoft, in Microsoft Finance and in Sales and business development roles. There, she led business transformation, built strategic tech partnerships, and worked on co-innovation projects with global clients, leveraging advanced data and AI capabilities. Earlier in her career, Jemma held Finance leadership roles at Unilever in the UK, Australia, and Singapore. Her career is marked by a consistent focus on finance, technology, transformational change, strategic partnerships, and collaboration.

Jonathan Kewley is the Co-Chair of the Clifford Chance Tech Group, a team of over 600 Tech lawyers globally. He was recently voted Partner of the Year at the British Legal Awards - which recognised his leadership in Tech as well as driving a more progressive workplace culture in law. He is a globally renowned expert on AI innovation and safety.

Jonathan is a trusted advisor to boards and senior leaders of some of the world's largest technology companies and investors. His work spans AI, cyber security, data and digital innovation. He leads projects in the Tech regulatory and transactional space, as well as helping to shape the future of technology growth and innovation through public policy engagement.

He is the founder of an AI Ethics Scholarship at Oxford University to encourage more women and people from diverse backgrounds to study Computer Science. Additionally, he supports a program to ensure more girls study coding in local schools.

Jonathan was invited to speak at the world's first global AI Safety Summit hosted by the UK government, and in 2023 hosted a conversation between Sam Altman (founder of OpenAI) and 500 undergraduates in London on the impact of AI on our future.

In 2024 he received the honour of being asked by the City of London to deliver their Christmas lecture on AI at the Old Bailey. He speaks regularly to audiences around the world on the tech revolution, and works closely with universities and think tanks globally to help steer the development of AI policy. His views on Tech are frequently sought by BBC News, Financial Times, New York Times, Washington Post and China Daily.

Jonathan is the proud father of two children, a boy and a girl. His wife is a doctor and football player. He is an advocate for a more progressive workplace culture in law, and works tirelessly to highlight the connection between diverse teams and business success.

Carl-Benedikt Frey is the Dieter Schwartz Associate Professor of AI & Work at the Oxford Internet Institute and a Fellow of Mansfield College, University of Oxford. He is also Director of the Future of Work Programme and Oxford Martin Citi Fellow at the Oxford Martin School.

After studying economics, history, and management at Lund University, Frey completed his PhD at the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition in 2011. He subsequently joined the Oxford Martin School where he founded the programme on the Future of Work. Between 2012 and 2014, he was teaching at the Department of Economic History at Lund University.

In 2012, Frey became an Economics Associate of Nuffield College and Senior Fellow at the Institute for New Economic Thinking, both University of Oxford. He remains an Associate Fellow of the Department of Economic History at Lund University, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. In 2019, he joined the World Economic Forum's Global Future Council on the New Economic Agenda, as well as the Bretton Woods Committee. And between 2020 and 2022, he was a member of the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) – a multistakeholder initiative to guide the responsible development and use of AI, hosted by the OECD.

In 2013, Frey co-authored The Future of Employment: How Susceptible Are Jobs to Computerization. With over 12,000 citations, the study’s methodology has been used by President Barack Obama’s Council of Economic Advisors, the Bank of England, the World Bank, as well as the popular automation risk-prediction tool of the BBC. In 2019, the paper also featured on the Last Week Tonight Show with John Oliver.

Frey has served as an advisor and consultant to international organisations, think tanks, government, and business, including the G20, the OECD, the European Commission, the United Nations, and several Fortune 500 companies. He is also an op-ed contributor to the Financial Times, Foreign Affairs, Scientific American, and the Wall Street Journal, where he has written on the economics of artificial intelligence, the history of technology, the future of cities, and remote work.

His academic work has featured in over 100 media outlets, including The Economist, New York Times, Time Magazine, the New Yorker, Le Monde, and Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. In addition, he has frequently appeared international broadcast media such as CNN, BBC, PBS News Hour, Al Jazeera, and Sky News.

His most recent book, The Technology Trap: Capital, Labor, and Power in the Age of Automation, was selected a Financial Times Best Books of the Year in 2019, when it also won Princeton University’s prestigious Richard A. Lester Prize.

Anna leads European Growth at Sana, an AI company building the next generation of knowledge tools. Sana is founded on the belief that advancing human knowledge is one of the world’s most important problems to solve. By combining artificial intelligence with thoughtful experience design, Sana aims to make knowledge more accessible and useful - empowering people to accomplish more than ever before. Prior to joining Sana, Anna spent nearly a decade in the legal field, advising high-growth technology and life sciences companies. She now focuses on helping organisations define their AI strategy and lead successful AI transformation initiatives.

Petra is an experienced leader with 20+ years of industrial experience from large organisations within the engineering industry. In 2017 she joined SEB as Head of Infrastructure, and a year later she took on the role as Head of Group Technology. In October 2024 Petra started a new chapter as the Head of Group Human Resources. Petra is a member of SEB Group Executive Committee and a Board member at Addnode Group AB and Enento Group.

Petra is a passionate and engaging leader with a strong customer and efficiency focus who can release the collective competence and potential of an organisation. Petra’s leadership is characterised by her positive attitude, her curiosity in people and her strong belief in embracing challenges as a team. First impressions of Petra are probably high rating in leadership and transformation but years of training in various executive management roles have given her a solid business acumen.

Lisa Ericsson is an engaging and motivated leader with a strong passion to create impact through innovation. She has over 25 years’ experience of working with innovation and entrepreneurship tied closely to the academic sphere. She has held several roles at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm Sweden, since 2002 and today she is CEO of the investment arm KTH Ventures AB (2006) and the founder and head of KTH Innovation (2007), the innovation support unit. Under her lead KTH Innovations has been named one of Europe’s leading start-up hubs 2025, by Financial Times. She is a member of the advisory council at PRV the Swedish intellectual property office and holds several seats on boards and committees in the Swedish innovation ecosystem. Lisa Ericsson has a degree in Business Administration from Orebro University and Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences. She has taken courses at MIT, Stockholm School of Economics and Cambridge University.

Hélène Barnekow has 30 years of experience from the tech industry. Currently a partner of Gaia Leadership and part of the board of Directors of GN Store Nord A/S , Handelsbanken AB and the chair of Mindler AB and Storytel AB. She is also the Vice Chair of the Swedish Chamber of Commerce for the UK. Hélène has been the CEO of Microsoft Sweden, between 2018 and 2022 and prior to that she was the CEO of Telia Sweden. Before moving to Stockholm she was based in Boston USA and held the position as SVP Global Field & Partner Marketing at EMC. She has also been assigned several leadership roles at Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications. During her career she has been awarded several awards and recognitions for her excellent leadership and her impact across companies and society. In August 2019, Hélène launched her first book, Re:start, about values-based leadership in a ever changing world.” In November 2023, the book had its international launch as the book became available in English under the name “Power with Meaning”.

Matthew Blakemore stands at the forefront of making artificial intelligence both powerful and responsible, serving as a bridge between complex technology and practical human needs. As CEO of AI Caramba! and a key architect of international AI standards, he transforms how organisations and industries adopt AI technology. His influence spans from shaping the ISO/IEC 8183 AI Data Lifecycle Standard—impacting AI governance across more than 165 countries—to helping to shape and lead upskilling programmes that have reached over 70,000 professionals globally.

From reinventing fashion retail with AI-powered solutions to revolutionising film classification through patented technology, Blakemore's journey reflects a persistent drive to make AI work for real human challenges. In 2025 he is launching his "Snakes and Ladders AI Framework", a practical guide for organisations navigating the complex terrain of AI implementation. His advisory roles with Innovate UK's £100M Bridge AI Programme and Kinetic Investments help shape the future of technology investment and innovation.

Beyond the boardroom, Blakemore is recognised in the Top 100 Influential People of 2025 and UK Forty Under 40, with his influence reaching worldwide audiences through global speaking and online engagement, where he breaks down complex AI concepts into actionable insights. As AI and New Tech Expert for Belgian Broadcaster VRT and Future Media Hubs (with 50+ public service broadcaster members), he guides media organisations in harnessing AI's creative potential, proving that responsible AI can enhance rather than replace human creativity.