Venke Knutson
Venke Knutson is a songwriter, a teacher and the founder of Poprommet.no, a fast-growing music school in Norway. She is also the head behind the philosophy «Mappeløs», which encourages everyone to be met with the same expectations no matter where they come from; We will not let your past decide what you can do or be […]
Angela Luna
Angela Luna is the founder & CEO of ADIFF, a humanitarian outerwear startup that utilizes the fashion industry to provide aid for global displacement. Coming from a background in design, she saw the massive unrealized potential of the fashion industry and sought to create change. She is a member of the Forbes 30 Under 30 […]
Thomas Idem
Thomas Idem, also known as the ADHD coach (ADHDCoachen), has extensive experience in fields like journalism, tourism and the event industry. He himself has the diagnosis of ADHD and thinks it suits him well. Thomas puts prejudices and myths about ADHD to question and gives us an insight and how we can focus on the […]
Oskar Blakstad
Oskar Blakstad is a clinical psychologist and tech enthusiast from Norway. He focuses on implementing internet technologies in healthcare units. Blakstad founded Explorable.com, a website about science for students, which has been visited by more than 50 million users. Blakstad is currently working on creating an automated online treatment for individuals with mental health problems, […]
Mozhgan Tavakolifard
Mozhgan Tavakolifard holds a PhD in Machine Learning and started her career as Data Scientist. She founded her first company, DharmicData, in 2015. The company, consisting of 12 world-class employees, became one of the first and biggest Nordic Data Centres of Excellence. The main product of the company was a personalisation platform to collect data […]
Espen Wallin
Espen Wallin is a multitalented man who started his career working with insurance. After his father suddenly passed away, he understood that life is too short to not follow your dream. So he went on to explore his passion for photography at the age of 30. After working for major magazines and commercial agencies in […]
Morten Krogvold
Morten Krogvold is a Norwegian photographer and lecturer, especially known for his portrait of artists, writers, politicians, and other celebrities. Morten Krogvold and Lene Marie Fossen had a heartwarming talk on stage at TEDxArendal 2017.
Dave Troy
Dave Troy is a serial entrepreneur and community activist in Baltimore, Maryland. He is currently CEO and product architect at 410 Labs, maker of the popular email management tools, Chuck and Mailstrom. He has been acknowledged by the founding team at Twitter as the first developer to utilize the Twitter API, with his project “Twittervision,” […]
Svend Heier
Svend Heier is a technological optimist who loves the combination of technology, making things work, management and social contexts. He first gained technical experience through disassembling alarm clocks and pens – purely disassembling, never reassembling. The only thing that still worked when he was done, were loose gears, now being used as spinning tops. Now, he […]
Rachel Thomas
Dr Rachel Thomas is a medical doctor and healthcare innovator, with a special interest in mental health. After full recovery from an accident that broke her back and neck, she is focusing on empowering people to increase their wellness – in mental and physical health – through technology. She studied Medicine and Surgery at Oxford […]