Nordisk stiftelsekonferens 2021

Pontus Strimling is a research leader at the Institute for Futures Studies and head of the theme New Technologies and the future of humanity.

His current research is on the spread of AI and its implications for society, as well as understanding the mechanisms of how norms and values develops.

Lucy Bernholz is Sr. Research Scholar at Stanford PACS and Director of the Digital Civil Society Lab. She is an historian writing about philanthropy, civil society, technology, and democracy. Her most recent books include Digital Technology and Democratic Theory (University Chicago Press, 2021) and How We Give Now (MIT Press, 2021).

Professor Katriina Byström (Oslo Metropolitan University) researches on information flows in the workplace. Five years ago, she launched the concept of Peopleless Offices, which in 2020 was transformed from a futuristic scenario into reality. She is a co-editor and author of Information at Work – Information Management in the Workplace, 2019.

Rhodri Davies is a widely-respected expert and commentator on philanthropy and civil society issues. He is currently in the process of establishing a new entity that will focus on developing better understanding of and engagement with philanthropy, and also works in-house at the Pears Foundation to help them and their partner organisations think through philanthropy issues.

Dilsa Demirbag-Sten is an author and journalist based in Stockholm, Sweden. She is also the Co-Founder and Executive Director of Berättarministeriet, a non-profit and non-partisan organisation that supports teachers in under-served areas and helps children and young people to master the written language. She has written for several leading newspapers and has authored/co-authored several books.

Dr. Marika Hedin is the CEO of Riksbankens Jubileumsfond. Previously a Museum Director, she has worked at the Nobel Museum, the Vasa Museum and the Uppsala University Museum. She has served on several Museum Boards nationally and internationally, and is currently on the Board of the European Foundation Centre.

Member of the board and of the finance committee of Riksbankens Jubileumsfond. Investment committee member at Apotekets Pensionskassa and senior advisor to Kvartil Fonder. Previously chief economist and head of macro research at Handelsbanken and before that assistant economics professor at Stockholm University, specializing in macroeconomics, finance and quantitative methods, including AI.

Hampus Jakobsson is a ClimateTech investor at the venture capital firm Pale Blue Dot. Through his career in tech, Hampus has extensive experience of AI and technologies related to remote work. This has, among other things, led him to think about what it means to be a good human in a world of machines.

Jesper Johannesson is a senior consultant at DAMVAD Analytics. His work focuses on helping the research and philanthropic sector to understand their societal impact by using innovative data driven methods.

Sara Mazur is Director Strategic Research at Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation and Chair Wallenberg Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Systems and Software Program, WASP.

Prior to taking up these positions, Mazur was Vice President and Head of Research at Ericsson 2012-2018. Mazur holds a Master’s of Science degree and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden.

Founder and CEO of Kvartil Fonder, a computer driven asset management company. Previously portfolio manager and chairman of Nektar, a fixed income hedge fund, and board member and partner of Brummer&Partners, one of the leading European hedge fund houses. Prior to that Torbjörn held positions at the Swedish Riksbank and at Investor.

Jörgen Sparf is an Associate Professor in Sociology at Mid Sweden University and Sweden's representative of the European Science and Technology Advisory Board of the UNDRR. Jörgen's research is rooted in theories of relational sociology and revolves empirically around organizational aspects of disaster risk reduction, social resilience, capacity and vulnerability.

Lars Trägårdh (Ph.D. in history, UC Berkeley, 1994) is a Professor of Civil Society Studies at Ersta Sköndal University College in Stockholm. His publications include State and Civil Society in Northern Europe and Are Swedes Human? (with Henrik Berggren (2006, 2022). 2011-13 he served as member of the Commission on the Future of Sweden.

I am a researcher at the Institute for Futures Studies. I defended my doctoral thesis at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH). My thesis is about applied ethics and in particular how we should relate to the risks and opportunities of technological innovation. At the moment, I am interested in the social impact of AI, global catastrophic risk and long-term futures.