Heja Framtiden – Global Conversations on the Future

Many farmers run small businesses with limited time to evaluate different energy solutions. Javier Arroyo is on a mission to help this group become more self-sufficient and cost-efficient through batteries and smart software. He founded ⁠ Edgy Systems⁠ for industries and the business segment ⁠ Edgy Battery⁠ for farmers after previously working with battery engineering at Volvo Cars in Gothenburg....

Technology can unlock life-changing opportunities for people with disabilities. Griet Vanhee previously worked as a speech therapist for ALS patients. She was recruited to the Swedish eye-tracking company Tobii and the newly formed division ⁠Tobii Dynavox⁠, focusing on AAC solutions - Assistive and Alternative Communications. On stage at ⁠Women in Tech Sweden 2026⁠, Griet showcased one of their pr...

When ⁠ Ken Villum Klausen ⁠ founded ⁠ Lunar ⁠ in Denmark almost 11 years ago, he could hardly foresee the current AI landscape. With a resilient backbone formed on the struggles of building a proper Nordic challenger bank, Lunar is now increasingly positioning itself as an infrastructure for other fintech companies - and AI agents. Are we finally moving into invisible banking? Podcast host: ⁠ Chri...

AI solutions are being rolled out at an incredible pace, but how do organizations and individuals implement these new ways of working in practice? Turns out there's a gap in AI adoption, not only between genders, industries and continents, but within companies and teams as well. Sweden-based ⁠ Gertrude Chilufya⁠ is on a journey to bridge these gaps. As an AI Adoption Strategist, she helps indi...

Urban forests and gardens are increasingly important for shade, climate change mitigation, noise pollution and air quality. But out of the 100 Billion USD invested annually, there has been plenty of waste because trees are not properly taken care of. A third don't even survive their first year. ⁠ Devon Young ⁠ from Avanade and ⁠ Hannah Prior ⁠ from Microsoft set out to change this. Using their...

Anyone who's met ⁠ Shaena Harrison ⁠ remembers the encounter, since she probably introduced you to a person you didn't know you wanted to meet. During her more than ten years in Stockholm, she has been working for tech companies like Klarna, Oneflow, LinkedIn, SingularityU Nordic and Telia, while volunteering at TEDx Stockholm. Eventually, she realized that could build something unique bas...

Cryopreservation is a common process in nature. Given that it already works with IVF embryos, could it potentially work for entire human bodies? James Arrowood believes so. He is CEO of Arizona-based non-profit organization ⁠ Alcor Life Extension Foundation ⁠ , one of the largest cryonics facilities in the world. This is no longer just science fiction. Heja Framtiden met him after a ⁠ cryonics sem...

Mitchell Davis ⁠ is a renowned authority in many different parts of the food system. He has been involved in The World's 50 Best Restaurants and the James Beard Foundation , and runs his own media outlet Kitchen Sense on platforms like Instagram and Substack. Heja Framtiden met Mitchell at the ⁠ Stockholm Food Forum ⁠ , when the new Eat Lancet Commission was released. The episode is part of a...

Plenty of academic research end up in obscure publications behind big paywalls. When Abeni Wickham couldn't even access her own scientific paper, she realized that this was also undermining democracy. This led to the foundation of ⁠ SciFree⁠ , a digital platform allowing libraries to provide citizens with open access to thousands of academic papers and journals. They also work with digital preserv...

Heja Framtiden is a Swedish podcast and platform for conversations about the future. Here you can meet the futurists predicting the future, the entrepreneurs creating the future and the brilliant minds representing the future. With a variety of perspectives, we create a puzzle that never is solved. Whatever we think about the future, we should never stop cheering for it. Heja Framtiden is run by C...

India faces many challenges related to climate change. But it's also a powerhouse of innovation and engineering. Rajat Kukreja is Entrepreneurship Manager at the ⁠ University of Toronto India Foundation ⁠ in Mumbai, enabling connections between science, government and startups to build new collaborative projects around urban planning and climate resilience. He has also been instrumental in develop...

Alpha Sennon ⁠ grew up on a farm in Trinidad-Tobago, but never really liked it. He eventually built a concept around what he would have needed in order to be engaged in agriculture and see it as a viable career path. The result was WHYfarm. Enter ⁠ Agriman ⁠ , a superhero that teaches kids about how cool it is to grow your own food (his female counterpart is cleverly called Photosynthesista ) . Te...

The Ukrainian society is not frozen. Beyond the headlines, much of everyday life and business innovation is actually functioning quite well. Anastasiia Liubiashcheva is deeply involved in the Ukrainian startup ecosystem, working with Home of Startups Accelerator, ⁠ Vacuum Deep-Tech Acceleration ⁠ and the EU-funded consortium ⁠ Seeds of Bravery ⁠ . Her mission is primarily to boost deep tech compan...

Being new in a country is difficult. Food is a great icebreaker, but how do you even enter these contexts in an effortless way? At the same time, many brilliant chefs are overworked, underpaid and rarely recognized for their time and effort. Stockholm-based foodtech startup ⁠ Bestick ⁠ wants to marry these two problems with a smooth solution. In their app, chefs can register to arrange food events...

The power grid’s numerous substations require large amounts of hardware components and metals such as copper. Gothenburg-based ⁠ EcoPhi ⁠ was born out of CEO and founder Ebrahim Balouji ’s research at Chalmers University of Technology, and today the company offers a combination of harmonizing hardware and AI-driven software. The aim is to digitalize the power system in order to enhance safety and...

Hydrogen is increasingly important for the energy transition. But it's still expensive to produce it without fossil fuels. Rutvika Acharya is co-founder and CEO at ⁠ Caplyzer ⁠ , aiming to change that equation. By developing a new generation of electrolyzers, Caplyzer wants to make a real impact in the world of hydrogen. Heja Framtiden has a paid collaboration with the competition ⁠ Startup 4...

Relationships and storytelling are keys to fixing the food system. At least according to Fiji-based Karen Mapusua , Director of the Land Resources Division at ⁠ The Pacific Community ⁠ , enabling collaboration and technology transfer between 22 countries and territories in the Pacific Ocean. She is also president of the ⁠ IFOAM Organics International World Board ⁠ . What are the Pacific region&#39...

Heja Framtiden has a paid collaboration with ⁠ Stockholm Business Region ⁠ and the newly instated ⁠ Stockholm ImpACT Days ⁠ , where Re:Think Food is the theme for 2025. The week was kicked off by Big Meet , ⁠ Sweden Foodtech's ⁠ yearly conference, this time at ⁠ Rosendals Trädgård ⁠ on Royal Djurgården in Stockholm. In the kitchen, we met with Sabi Nazarian , also known as ⁠ The Culinary Farme...

What are some of the most important lessons if you want to build a successful global brand from scratch? Swedish TV host, comedian, singer and writer ⁠ Gina Dirawi ⁠ decided to embark on an entirely new adventure when she started building her brand ZËIYT , developing olive oil products for skin and hair care. To boost the journey while gathering valuable insights, she simultaneously launched the p...

The iPhone production demands plenty of rare resources, but the product lifespan is often cut short because of minor deficiencies, which leads to tons of unnecessary e-waste and carbon emissions. The Finnish company ⁠ Swappie ⁠ aims to give iPhones a second or third chance in the hands of consumers. After nine years of operations, it has over 700 employees and operates on 11 different markets. So...

Technology is often said to disconnect us from one another, but there are exceptions. Sean Rogg is an artist and futurist who continually explores how human emotions, empathy, and connection can be triggered, manipulated, and deepened through technology and collaboration. By making the audience an integral part of his experiments, he has broken away from traditional art practices and instead embra...