TEDxSSE

Speakers

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• Aaron Kroon

  Founder & CEO, Black Batman

  Aaron Kroon is a former Nordic top executive turned entrepreneur, author, and international speaker who challenges how we think about leadership, power, and inclusion. Known for his sharp perspective and uncompromising clarity, he has trailblazed inclusive leadership across the Nordics by connecting diversity not to ideology — but to performance, innovation, and real business impact. Through his company Black Batman, Aaron helps leaders and organizations rethink norms, unlock human potential, and build cultures where difference drives results. Today, he is recognized as Sweden’s leading experts in inclusive leadership and has been ranked among the world’s most influential voices on diversity and inclusion on LinkedIn.

• Aaryan Budhwar

  Student Speaker

  A student at SSE, Aaryan spent his childhood moving between India and Sweden, attending multiple schools and constantly rebuilding who he was from scratch. Through that experience, he discovered that identity is shaped by the environments we are placed in. His talk challenges you to stop accepting the version of yourself others have built for you.

• Anna Ekblom

  Public speaker

  Anna Ekblom is a public speaker and communication expert with nearly ten years of experience helping individuals master the psychology of human connection. Speaking on perception, connection, and social intelligence, she has delivered keynotes across Europe, bringing psychological science to life in ways that deepen relationships and transform communication. With a Master’s degree in psychology and a Bachelor’s degree in rhetoric, Anna shares insights with a broad audience on TikTok and is a frequent guest on podcasts and interviews. Known for her clarity and engaging delivery, she challenges audiences to rethink how they communicate and connect. Previously a partner at Snacka Snyggt, one of Scandinavia’s leading rhetoric firms, Anna worked with executives, CEOs, and fast-growing teams to strengthen leadership and interpersonal impact.

• Dora Palfi Osika

  Co-Founder & CEO, imagi

  Dora is co-founder and CEO of imagi, an edtech company reimagining AI and technology education for the next generation. Dora has a bachelor's degree in Neuroscience with a minor in Computer Science from New York University Abu Dhabi and has studied Human Computer Interaction at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, in Stockholm, as part of the European Union's EIT Digital Master School, receiving merit based scholarships for both of these programs. She has worked as a developer at Morgan Stanley and as a UX Designer at Cisco. In addition to her work as co-founder & CEO of imagi, Dora serves on the Advisory Board of the Swedish Charter School network - Innovate Schools and she is also a Scout for the VC firm Andreesen Horowitz (a16z). Dora has been recognized on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list as one of Europe's leading social entrepreneurs, as a Lead2030 winner by One Young World and serves as a Cartier Women's Initiative Fellow.

• Hala Habash

  Biomedical Sciences PhD Candidate

  Hala Habash is a PhD student at Karolinska Institutet studying why childhood cancers become resistant to treatment, and how to stop them. But her TEDx talk isn’t really about cancer. It’s about something more universal: the signals and data we already have, and why we so often fail to take them seriously. Hala asks a question that goes far beyond medicine. What if the next big breakthrough isn’t hiding in a lab we haven’t built yet, but in results we’ve already seen and brushed aside? In an age where we generate more data than ever before, maybe the step forward isn’t about generating more. Maybe it’s about learning to look differently at what we already have.

• Jim Bergdahl

  Student Speaker

  Having grown up with perhaps one too many computers at home, Jim started tinkering with technology early in life. Today, as a dual-degree student at SSE and KTH, he loves to talk about anything related to business and, naturally, technology. Whether it’s gaming mice, laptops, VR headsets or the hot topic of AI – Jim probably knows about it. Having only held simple speeches during class before, he finally challenged his fear of public speaking and applied to talk at TEDxSSE.