Alexandra Davidsson is the Co-founder and Head of Communication & Partnerships at ClimateHero, a Swedish impact startup on a mission to solve the climate crisis by helping people calculate and reduce their carbon footprints (climatehero.org). She is also the Co-founder of Circular Monday (www.circularmonday.com), the global campaign promoting circular consumption since 2017. From 2016 to 2022, she served as Secretary General of the Swedish Association for Responsible Consumption.

Dennis Nobelius, CEO at Syre – a textile impact company on a mission to dewaste and decarbonize the textile industry at hyperscale. Prior to joining Syre, Dennis was Chief Operations Officer for the premium electric car brand Polestar, CEO of Zenuity, and held several VP positions at Volvo Cars. He holds a PhD in R&D Management, is passionate about high-technology environments, sustainability, and leadership.

Emil Pettersen turns waste into raw material. As founder of Reparell and Reparell Innovation, he works where tech meets textiles; proving that measurable results and logistics matter more than feelings. With partners like BASF, RISE, and Everwave, he develops #EndOfWaste, converting degraded plastic into high-quality polymers close to both source and production. Each step is verified through LCA, ensuring impact that’s measurable, not mythical. His approach cuts the “green premium” out of the equation. Industrial change that makes economic; not just moral sense. Compared to the big players, he runs on a Mickey-Mouse budget, but with the same ambition: to make the circular economy actually work.

Sara Sjöberg is an accomplished executive with extensive expertise in digital transformation and omnichannel commercial strategy within the retail sector. She has held key leadership roles at prominent organizations such as H&M, ICA, and Accenture, developing deep knowledge in areas including sales, marketing, technology, artificial intelligence, and customer loyalty. Since August 2024, Sara has served as the CEO of Polarn O. Pyret (PO.P), a leading childrenswear brand with a strong presence across Europe. Established in 1976, PO.P is renowned for its dedication to quality and sustainability, guided by its mission: ""To be worn by at least three children.""

Stefan Krook founded and publicly listed his first company, Glocalnet, while still a student at SSE. After graduation, he launched the GoodCause foundation, which owns GodEl, an electrical company where all profits go to charity. Stefan Krook is also a co-founder of tech company Kivra, where he currently serves as chairman. Additionally, he has previously been a board member of SSE Business Lab, the Stockholm School of Economics' business incubator.

David is attorney and partner at Cirio law firm in Stockholm. He is an expert in EU sustainability law, impact business and relational contracting. He is the author of several books and also articles in the Harvard Business Review. In his book "Rules of the game of sustainable business - laws, contracts and morality", David provides a framework for understanding business operations on a planet with nine boundaries, how the EU sustainability laws should be interpreted and how they shape European business and also how contracts - for example in supply chains - constitutes a serious obstacle to the green transition but also, not least through relational contracts, can be used as a driver for change and positive transformation.

I am a driven entrepreneur and co-founder of Reused Remade, a company that has been upcycling hotel textiles into sustainable and circular products since 2017. With an MBA and experience from both global enterprises and start-ups, my focus since founding Reused Remade has been on developing circular business models and raising awareness about the need for resource efficiency and its benefits within the textile industry.

Elin Bergman is known for being the "Circular Economy Queen of Sweden", is named LinkedIn Top Green Voice and is a recognized international TEDx and keynote speaker. She works as a Circular Impact Officer, Vice Chair and spokesperson of the Swedish circular economy business network Cradlenet, and is also one of the co-founders of the international circular economy initiatives Nordic Circular Hotspot and the Circular Economy Coalition. She has recently started the Circular Handshake initiative to make the retail sector circular. For many years she worked as circular economy expert at WWF Sweden, where she developed the international circular economy network Baltic Stewardship Initiative, to enable the recirculation of nutrients in the Baltic Sea region in the agri-food sector.

David Ekelund founded Icebug 2001 together with Elisabet Törnkvist, Rudolph Chang and Cyril Chiang. The company is headquartered in Jonsered, Sweden with subsidiaries in Norway, USA and Germany. The brand is sold in Europe, USA, Canada, Japan and Hong Kong. Icebug is a footwear brand specializing in traction technologies striving to lead in transforming a necessary but dirty industry.