Sartaj Anand – 2017
Sartaj Anand from Calcutta, India, is a parallel entrepreneur with an unreasonable dream to positively impact 1 billion human lives within his lifetime. He currently runs a boutique consulting firm — egomonk, focused on innovation and strategy. Sartaj has travelled, worked and co-created in more than 40 countries so far.
Karen Dolva – 2017
Karen Dolva is the CEO and co-founder of No Isolation. Her background is in UX/interaction design and informatics and she has previously co-founded the consultancy company UX Lab. With her co-founders, Marius Aabel and Matias Doyle, she has taken No Isolation to 36 employees, build AV1 for children with long-term illness, expanded sales in 5 […]
Nancy Westerberg – 2017
Nancy Westerberg used to be an occupational therapist. Some 20 years ago she embarked on a new and exciting chapter in her life. She was then 60 years old, retired and able to devote her time, at least, to her “first love” – being creative and working with all kinds of materials. Some quite ordinary […]
Håkon Moslet – 2017
Håkon Moslet is one of the bright brains behind one of Norway’s biggest TV successes ever – Skam. He will give us a look behind the scenes at the show that has set a new standard for modern storytelling. Håkon was a music journalist for years before he started working in NRK P3 in 2002, […]
Thomas Anglero – 2017
Thomas F. Anglero is the Director of Innovation for IBM Norway, and the creator of the IBM Watson Innovation Lab at the Oslo Cancer Cluster – the Nordic HQ of IBM Watson, covering all industries. Thomas is one of the most exciting and sought-after public speakers in the Nordic countries. He is an expert in […]
Julien S. Bourrelle – 2017
We all see the world through cultural glasses, by changing glasses you can change the way you perceive the behaviours of others. Julien S. Bourrelle believes that we have the opportunity to increase the competitiveness of businesses and to create a better functioning multicultural society by helping people to communicate better across cultures. Julien is […]
Sedin Zunic – 2017
Sedin Zunic was born in Bosnia and has been in love with the art of drawing his whole life. He creates his things rather than buys them, and his art has become a natural part of who he is. Sedin came to Norway in 1993 and got introduced to the urban subculture in Kristiansand filled […]
Guro Heggholmen – 2017
Guro Heggholmen (11) has a special interest in how girls and boys are shaped by their surroundings. She has a sharp eye for details. In her opinion these details shape us, and sometimes they narrow down our worldview into stereotypical truths about girls and boys. Her goal is to make a change. No task is […]
Lene Marie Fossen – 2017
Lene Marie Fossen decided to stop time 20 years ago. She was then 10 years old and stopped eating. Her personal story is unfortunately relevant and concerns many. Today Lene Marie uses photography as her way out of the disease. She is self-taught – and has a unique talent. Lene Marie creates soulful portraits, including […]
Anne Lise Kjær – 2017
Anne Lise Kjaer is a leading global futurist, author, entrepreneur and Copenhagen Goodwill Ambassador. She specialises in detecting and analysing socio-economic and cultural drivers. Her design thinking background and deep insight into the Nordic Model are instrumental to spotting influential trends and mapping their impact on tomorrow’s people, organisations and society. Her career began in […]