Digitalization and Digital Sovereignty

Together with the other Nordic countries, Sweden is one of the world’s most digitalized societies. This has brought major productivity gains and smoother public services, but also invisible and unhealthy dependencies on a small number of technology vendors.

Russia’s increasingly aggressive stance towards Sweden, China’s expanded global power, and the sharp shift in US policy have highlighted Sweden’s and Europe’s vulnerable position in several areas, including energy, weapons systems, and IT systems. The panel series aims to discuss Sweden’s situation through conversation and collectively increase understanding of the challenges the country faces in relation to digitalization.

The non-profit association Open Knowledge Sweden, together with volunteers from the industry initiative EuroStack, has assembled four panels that will explore the issue over one morning.

Schedule

• 08.30 Introduction and opening remarks
• 08.45 Panel 1: Total defence
• 09.25 Panel 2: AI and efficiency
• 09.55 Break
• 10.15 Panel 3: Business
• 10.55 Panel 4: Law
• 11.25 Summary and closing

Four perspectives

• Total defence – Building total defence, including digital sovereignty
• AI and efficiency – Efficiency through digitalization and AI
• Business – Swedish industrial policy that actively supports Swedish enterprise
• Law – Legal issues connected to digitalization and digital sovereignty

Speakers

• Nils Öberg, Director-General, Swedish Social Insurance Agency
• Mikael Odenberg, former Minister for Defence
• Susanne Najafi, founder, BackingMinds
• Johan Kahn, founder, Advokatfirman Kahn Pedersen
• Erik Enocksson, coordinator for security issues, eSam
• Ebba Kraemer, co-founder, Scaleout Systems
• Björn Fägersten, senior researcher, Swedish Institute of International Affairs
• Arman Borghem, Regulatory and Compliance Advisor, Cleura
• Björn Rosengren, former Minister for Enterprise
• Daniel Melin, EuroStack
• Soheil Roshanbin, acting head of legal affairs, Swedish Enforcement Authority
• Irja Malmio, PhD researcher, Swedish Defence University
• Pål Wrange, Professor of Public International Law, Stockholm University
• Niklas Silfverström, CEO and co-founder, Klang.ai
• Bengt Lundgren, board member, Sensative AB
• Ulf Timerdahl, CEO and collaboration leader, Sambruk

Moderators

• Astor Nummelin Carlberg, Director of Open Source Sovereignty, SUSE
• Daniel Jandreus, co-founder, Adelfia Advisory
• Måns Jonasson, internet expert, Internet Foundation in Sweden
• Ellinor Blomqvist, production manager, Teracom

Host: Mattias Axell, chair, Open Knowledge Sweden

Apply for a seat · More information at panel.okfn.se