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re inspiring people to ‘create the new’. How much does the location, in this case Stockholm, influence the topics or speakers for a Me Convention? Is this instalment in any way tailor-made for the Stockholm audience and environment? The Me Convention is an international event with participants from more than 20 countries and the topics are one that affect people globally. Therefore, the speaker lineup is independent of the location. Our overall aim is to put together an exciting mixture of businesses, topics, nationalities, hidden voices and big names from science, art, economy, design and all other key areas that are changing as we progress into the future. For the first Me Convention in Frankfurt you had the start-up cities programme, with representatives from many different cities. This time you have the five different headline topics, but I still see a lot of people from various countries on the Stockholm speaker list too. How do you pick the speakers, and are they free to talk about what they want within a certain topic? We are putting lots of effort into the content curation and research, scanning relevant societal trends and finding the right experts for our main topics - New Society, New Leadership, New Creativity, New Economies, and New Bionomics. If these experts accept our invitation we take the time to have talks with them personally to really find out what they are working on and what they are up for sharing with the audience, either in a solo talk, as part of a panel discussion or in a workshop. In Stockholm we will have a great mix of hidden voices, researchers, entrepreneurs and corporate representatives and CEOs, but it’s never about names and titles but always about the outcome of the talk and all the insights and stories. We will also have the Startup Cities Track again which was very successful in Frankfurt. It will be featuring 20 cities and their representatives, speaking about the special benefits for startups. What do you think will be the main takeaways from the Me Convention for the average Stockholmer prepared to sit, listen, learn and be influenced by your invited speakers this time? The motif of Me Convention is create the new (#createthenew) and opportunities to learn are boundless. Tech magician and hacker Tom London will illuminate why hacking is an essential part of innovation and creativity, Renée Di Resta and Bret Schafer will be analysing the intersection between media and democracy and yoga teacher and entrepreneur Adrine Mishler will explain why love saves the day in “Giving to Receive: Building Community & Meaning.” And last but not least, there will be an exciting evening program with concerts and parties, inspiring side events and lots of opportunities for networking and making friends. The Me Convention, 6-9 September, Nacka Strandsmässan 13