SingularityU Nordic Summit

Steven Kotler is the best-selling author of Stealing Fire, The Rise of Superman and Abundance, two time Pulitzer Prize nominee and co-founder of The Flow Genome Project. He is one of the world's leading experts on flow and will share how you can hack your way into high performance – both as an individual and as an organization based on his work with Navy Seals, top athletes and Silicon Valley executives.

Manal al-Sharif (منال الشريف‎) became the unexpected leader of the women's rights movement in Saudi Arabia by risking her life driving a car and posting it on social media in 2011. She shares her inspirational story on how one person can achieve the seemingly impossible and change even the most conservative environment. Her brand new memoir was named #1 read by Oprah magazine and #4 best memoir by Good Reads Choice Awards.

World-renowned cognitive psychologist, Harvard professor and best-selling author. Named by TIME as one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World. He deep dives into his latest, deeply researched New York Times bestseller (praised by Bill Gates as his new favourite book) where he argues that, despite fear-mongering and political upheaval, the world is getting better: peace, prosperity, knowledge and happiness are on the rise.

Alexander is a globally-respected expert and advocate for privacy and data ethics. He is the co-founder and CEO of Think Privacy, and comes from a uniquely diverse background in computer science, psychology, sociology, law and tech. He is regularly quoted by mainstream media on privacy issues, and serves as an advisor to the EU on privacy legislation, as well as a consultant for the FTC, the European Commission, the UK Home Office and other institutions on ePrivacy and surveillance.

Suzanne is Faculty of Robotics & Robot Ethics at SingularityU Canada, and is founder and CEO of Sanctuary AI, a company with a mission to create ultra human-like robots – “synths” – that are indistinguishable from us physically, cognitively and emotionally. Suzanne explores both cutting edge technology and the ethical issues that arise from creating human-like machines.

Lauri is Senior Specialist of Disruptive Technologies at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland. He has a passion for securing future food production and is an expert in cell biology, genetic engineering and protein production. He has been a commentator on the most-watched science program in Finland, and now frequently speaks about topics such as digital disruption of the supply chain and accelerating development in agriculture.

Thomas is the CEO of Neurons Inc. and one of the most influential scholars and practitioners within the field of applied neuroscience. He is on the board of several esteemed peer-reviewed journals and continues to regularly publish, actively striving to bring insights from science into business. With Neurons Inc, he prides himself in doing applied neuroscience how it’s supposed to be done: with transparency, validity and helpful insights and recommendations.

Andrew is co-founder and CEO of 1QBit, founding partner of VCC firm Minor Capital, co-founder of Satellogic Nano-Satellites, and co-founder of Cloudtel Communications. He is an expert and speaker on quantum computing and is also passionate about the practical applications of microbiology, which he explores in his home laboratory on Vancouver Island, where he conducts experiments on Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

A blockchain entrepreneur since 2011, Lasse Birk Olesen co-founded Coinify which is one of the leading blockchain payment providers. Lasse consults governments around the world on blockchain technology and blogged for the largest Danish financial newspaper Børsen on how blockchain and other exponential technologies affect society and politics. Lasse also worked with The Seasteading Institute and Blueseed to create startup countries on the ocean.

Tiffany Vora is the Principal Faculty of Medicine & Digital Biology at Singularity University in Silicon Valley. She is an educator, writer, research scientist, and entrepreneur with a PhD in molecular biology at Princeton University. She has worked extensively with genomics, systems biology, and computational biology, is the founder of Bayana Science, an editing, writing, and consulting company.

Marcus Olsson is a virtual reality pioneer. He is the CEO and Co-founder of the virtual reality company SceneThere and former Lead Product Manager for the camera experience of the award-winning 41-megapixel camera phone "Lumia 1020” at Nokia. Marcus is passionate about the way technology can help us telling a story and make us connect with each other and he is the first person that shot a virtual reality movie in North Korea.

Laila is co-founder and CEO of SingularityU Nordic. She is also co-founder of co-working space DARE2mansion and the accelerator thinkubator. Laila is co-author of The Fundamental 4s - Designing Extraordinary Customer Experiences in an Exponential World, has received the prestigious Experience Management Achievement Award, been recognized as top 100 most talented business executives in Denmark as well as nominated for entrepreneur of the year twice.

Sahra is the co-founder and CEO of CanopyLAB, a leading adaptive learning company. She is the first PhD to research how emerging technologies and digital learning can be used to empower refugees and migrants. Sahra has used her expertise in converging technologies and adaptive learning to create a revolutionary learning platform that leverages the 40 different ways people learn, leading to an impressive course completion rate of 78%, compared to the 7% industry standard.

Kris has more than 15 years experience researching organizational development, innovation processes and human motivation. Kris is a sought after speaker and facilitator with a deep focus on how to do innovation on the edge, and design for both incremental and radical innovation in legacy organizations. He is also a co-founder of the startup accelerator thinkubator, an angel investor and currently writing a book on Innovation in Legacy Organizations.

Hannes is one of the founders of BioNyfiken, the Swedish Association of Biohackers, where he works to radically democratize access to powerful biotechnologies. He is also a biohacker and the Chief Disruption Officer at the Innovation Hub Epicenter Stockholm where he advises organizations on how to navigate the accelerating tech transformation. Hannes has been internationally recognized by among others Wired, CNN and BBC.

Anita is the CEO and Co-Founder of Iris.ai, one of the world's top 10 artificial intelligence startups according to Fast Company. She is a highly sought after public speaker, one of Inspiring Fifty Nordic's most inspiring women in tech, twice TEDx speaker, 500 startups and TechCrunch Disrupt Startup Battlefield alumni and the first Norwegian to attend Singularity University's Global Solution Program in 2015.

Habib Frost is founder & CEO of Neurescue, developing a new intelligent medical device for the improved treatment of cardiac arrest and critical bleedings, which account for over 40% of deaths by heart diseases. Habib was elected Forbes 30 under 30 in Technology. He graduated as the youngest Medical Doctor in Denmark at the age of 23. In 2015, Habib attended Singularity University’s 10-week Flagship Program at NASA Ames in Silicon Valley.

Carin is the Managing Director of the Global Challenges Foundation and spearheads the organisation’s work to develop solutions for global governance. She directs the world’s largest prize competition within the field of social sciences, awarding a 5 million USD prize for a new model on how to “rule the world” through improving global cooperation. She is also chairman of Effective Altruism Sweden, where she works to influence international development policy for the future.