Leadership

SIME 2026

Take part in a intimate gathering of change-makers and visionaries as we explore the next decade of innovation. With AI redefining possibilities, climate challenges demanding action, and technology evolving at warp speed, we need new forms of collaboration. This Sime Leader Session brings together leaders who are actively shaping our future to share insights…

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15Speakers
7Sponsors
22On the bill · sessions
14Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at SIME, in alphabetical order.
Adrian McDonald
Group CEO · Epicenter
Anna Felländer
Co-founder & President, Asenion | AI Governance Expert · Asenion | EAIGG: Ethical AI Governance Group
Benedetti Massimiliano
Entrepreneur, Business Angel, Digital Strategic Consultant, Former Marketing Director and member of the original team at YOOX · YOOX
Charlie Caper
Magician · Chief Creative Officer
Ebba Heselius
Researcher · AI Education Lead · Speaker · AI Sweden & Stockholm University
Emelie Fågelstedt
Founder · Freelance Mornings
Farzan Athari
TV Host · Activist · Entrepreneur
Hanna Linderstål
Founder & CEO · Earhart Business Protection Agency
James Appathurai
Deputy Assistant Secretary General Strategy & Policy for Cyber and Digital Transformation · NATO
Madeleine Lassoued
Kyndryl Vital Leader Nordics & Baltics · Kyndryl
Maks Giordano
Founder Kreait and internationally renowned technologist
Ola Ahlvarsson
Moderator of SIME | Serial entrepreneur
Rasmus Solholm
Founder · Freelance Mornings
Stuart Hobbs
Sales & Partnership Director EMEA · Live Story
Tom Rourke
Vice President: Design, Insights & Innovation, Kyndryl · Kyndryl
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
Breitling
Epicenter
Google
Microsoft
NATO
Spotify
Webflow
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Agenda

Selected from 22 sessions on the bill.
  • 08.00

    Breakfast Breakout Session: From Employ → Deploy | A Freelance Morning Session

    For early birds, a curated morning session bringing together the Freelance Mornings, SIME, and Epicenter communities to explore the shift from traditional employment to flexible, e…

  • 09:00

    Welcome to the Future

    Award-winning magician Charlie Caper opens SIME 2026 with highlights from his show The Future — blending magic, technology, and imagination to set the tone for a day exploring how …

  • 09:10

    Take Off — Ola Ahlvarsson: Unexpected Insights and Wild Guesses About the Future

    SIME founder Ola Ahlvarsson kicks off the conference with his signature mix of provocation, vision, and humour — unexpected insights and wild guesses about where AI and humanity ar…

  • 09:30

    War and Peace — Geopolitical Security Check

    James Appathurai, Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Innovation, Hybrid & Cyber at NATO, delivers a geopolitical security check — assessing how AI and emerging technologies are…

  • 09:50

    Surprise Call-In — You Don't Want to Miss This

    A special live call-in guest joins SIME 2026 from the front lines of global security and leadership. Details to be revealed on the day — trust us, you'll want to be in the room.

  • 10:00

    Cyber Secure or Not? — Cyber Security Check

    Hanna Linderstål, founder and CEO of Earhart Business Protection Agency and Sweden's Security Profile of the Year 2024, delivers a straight-talking cyber security check — covering …

  • 10:15

    Spotlight on Iran

    Farzan - TV Host Persia Got Talent, and active voice for a free and democratic Iran.

  • 10:25

    Launching Ethical AI Governance Group Europe

    Lack of payoff from Al expenditures reveals a systemic leadership and execution gap. By fostering harmony between innovation and humanity, Ethical AI Governance Group aim to shape …

  • 10:40

    Unlearning to Lead — Design, Storytelling, and Human Connection in the AI Age

    Understanding people's needs has always been at the heart of great leadership. Tom Rourke explores how the disciplines of design and storytelling help leaders cut through complexit…

Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 14 companies show up — and 2 bet on three roles at once?

Fourteen companies. two are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page — cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
2All threespeak · spons · exh
5Sponsoringsponsor only
7Companies Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

Epicenter·NATO

Speakers by seniority

67% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite320%
  • Founder / Owner427%
  • VP-level17%
  • Director / Head of213%
  • Research / Science17%
  • Other roles427%

Of 15 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01EpicenterSp1V
  2. 02NATOSp1V
  3. 03BreitlingSp
  4. 04GoogleSp
  5. 05MicrosoftSp
  6. 06SpotifySp
  7. 07WebflowSp
  8. 08Freelance Mornings2V
  9. 09Kyndryl2V
  10. 10AI Sweden & Stockholm University1V
  11. 11Asenion | EAIGG: Ethical AI Governance Group1V
  12. 12Earhart Business Protection Agency1V
  13. 13Live Story1V
  14. 14YOOX1V
Sponsors by tier
unspecified7
100% of 7
At peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

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