ARTS DYNAMICS
IMPACT SUMMIT

Where Arts & Culture Meet Tech and Business for Impact.
19 March 2026, 08.30-5pm Elements Stockholm

We're a team of passionate thinkers and doers, dedicated to building with purpose and clarity. Collaboration and curiosity drive everything we do.
We believe in keeping things simple, smart, and human. Every project starts with listening and ends with something we're proud to share.
From startups to seasoned brands, we partner with people who care about doing things right—and doing them well.
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MC / MODERATORS

MC & MODERATOR

SOFIE MARIn

With a vision for building something meaningful, our founder brings a blend of big-picture thinking and hands-on experience. They set the tone for everything we do.

Director General

Kajsa Ravin is the Director General of the Swedish Arts Council (Kulturrådet) and an active leader in international cultural cooperation, including roles related to UNESCO conventions. As the newly appointed Chair of the International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies (IFACCA), she focuses on artistic freedom, sustainability, and cultural policy, representing Sweden in international contexts like MONDIACULT.

KAJSA RAVIN

Senior Advisor, Arts Dynamics

With a vision for building something meaningful, our founder brings a blend of big-picture thinking and hands-on experience. They set the tone for everything we do.

ALFONS KARABUDA

Chair, partner and Head of Advisory, Epicenter

With a vision for building something meaningful, our founder brings a blend of big-picture thinking and hands-on experience. They set the tone for everything we do.

EDGAR LUCZAK

CEO, Epicenter

With a vision for building something meaningful, our founder brings a blend of big-picture thinking and hands-on experience. They set the tone for everything we do.

Adrian mcdonald

With a vision for building something meaningful, our founder brings a blend of big-picture thinking and hands-on experience. They set the tone for everything we do.

MODERATOR & SPEAKER

Alfons Karabuda

With a vision for building something meaningful, our founder brings a blend of big-picture thinking and hands-on experience. They set the tone for everything we do.

CLUSTER CAPTAIAN, XR Experience, Epicenter

ALBERT BENGTSON

Cluster Captain, AI Custer / Ghostar

BENGT WESSBORG

Cluster Captain, AI Cluster Epicenter

With a vision for building something meaningful, our founder brings a blend of big-picture thinking and hands-on experience. They set the tone for everything we do.

SOPHIA BÅGE

XR Developer, Hyper Island

With a vision for building something meaningful, our founder brings a blend of big-picture thinking and hands-on experience. They set the tone for everything we do.

ALFONS KARABUDA

SPEAKERS

XR Deveoper, Hyper Island

With a vision for building something meaningful, our founder brings a blend of big-picture thinking and hands-on experience. They set the tone for everything we do.

SHADAN SHARIFI

With a vision for building something meaningful, our founder brings a blend of big-picture thinking and hands-on experience. They set the tone for everything we do.

SHADAN SHARIFI

With a vision for building something meaningful, our founder brings a blend of big-picture thinking and hands-on experience. They set the tone for everything we do.

SHADAN SHARIFI

With a vision for building something meaningful, our founder brings a blend of big-picture thinking and hands-on experience. They set the tone for everything we do.

SHADAN SHARIFI

Cluster Captain, AI Cluster Epicenter

With a vision for building something meaningful, our founder brings a blend of big-picture thinking and hands-on experience. They set the tone for everything we do.

SOPHIA BÅGE

XR Developer, Hyper Island

With a vision for building something meaningful, our founder brings a blend of big-picture thinking and hands-on experience. They set the tone for everything we do.

ALFONS KARABUDA

XR Deveoper, Hyper Island

With a vision for building something meaningful, our founder brings a blend of big-picture thinking and hands-on experience. They set the tone for everything we do.

SHADAN SHARIFI

With a vision for building something meaningful, our founder brings a blend of big-picture thinking and hands-on experience. They set the tone for everything we do.

SHADAN SHARIFI

With a vision for building something meaningful, our founder brings a blend of big-picture thinking and hands-on experience. They set the tone for everything we do.

SHADAN SHARIFI

With a vision for building something meaningful, our founder brings a blend of big-picture thinking and hands-on experience. They set the tone for everything we do.

SHADAN SHARIFI

AGENDA

Check in
Opening remarks.
- Why important to bridge the gap between arts and culture, tech and business for impact and why now. Introducing Cultural Firewall.

- introduction to Arts Dynamics, Epicenter Stockholm´s Creative Tech Cluster followed by an inspired conversation about the future of creative innovation and cross-collaboration from the lens of Epicenter as a world class innovation hub with no less than seven unicorns having passed through the doors these past 10 years.
- Sofie Marin, Founder Arts Dynamics
- Edgar Luczak, Chair/partner & Head of Advisory, Epicenter
- Adrian McDonald, CEO Epicenter
Artistic Freedoms and Democracy - How to safeguard humans in a digital world.

Keynote by secret guest
Moderated conversation moderated by Alfons Karabuda.
Coffee break with networking
Examples from member organisations and partners with real case studies.

Creative cities.
Breaking up for lunch and demos
Talk 1: AI for Creators

Talk 2: XR, VR & Immersive

Talk 3: Getting to know you - Mentimeter
Break with speed matchmaking
60 minutes deep.dive to where the money is, and will be in the next few years.

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Closing remarks and reflection.
Call to action, what´s next

Make it

MEET OUR MEMBERS

Dream it.

It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.
Build it.

It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.
Grow it.

It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.