Here we have a list of speakers who’ll be speaking at Hej! 2007. We’ll be adding more names as we confirm them, so remember to check back often!

• Eric Wahlforss and Alexander Ljung
  • Topic: Interpersonal Trust Online
  • Eric Wahlforss is a Stockholm-based web entrepreneur currently working on a progressive startup in the community/music field. He is also finishing a Master’s thesis at KTH on interpersonal trust and the new web together with colleague Alexander Ljung. He runs a personal blog at eric.wahlforss.com and a blog on trust at trustmojo.com.
  • Alexander Ljung, a creative entrepreneur with much love and interest for and in technology, media, arts, research and traveling.

• Henrik Torstensson
  • Topic: From Amateur to Professional: Adoption and Commercialisation of Web Services
  • He is currently the Business Development Manager of Stardoll. Henrik has 8 years of experience in internet and online media, including online publishing and blogging, e-commerce, affiliate/performance-based marketing, online dating, search marketing, community/social networking, and online games.

• Andreas Ehn - Spotify
  • Topic: The Spotify Story
  • Andreas Ehn is currently the CTO of Spotify, a brand new startup that aims to rewrite the music streaming scene. Andreas was also part of the Stardoll team in early 2006, before leaving to join Spotify.

• Björn Jeffery
  • Topic: New Media vs Old Media
  • Björn works as an internet strategist at Good Old in Malmö. He is also the founder of Manolo.se, the first blog to be sold in Sweden, and also of the music blog Discobelle.net. Recently, Good Old also launched an island in Second Life for Sydsvenskan, the Swedish newspaper.

• Joe Armstrong
  • Topic: Choice of Technology as a Key Commercial Advantage
  • Joe Armstrong was part of the team that created the concurrency-focused Erlang programming language. He currently works at Ericsson and has recently released a new book on Erlang.

• Nikolaj Nyholm
  • Topic: Bionic Software: Bringing People into the Application
  • Nikolaj Nyholm is CEO of the people photo-identification service Polar Rose. Past chairman of EuroOSCON, he’s working to connect European emerging tech and open source milieus, hoping to contribute to the creation of a vibrant cross-border tech sector. Nikolaj’s background is as an entrepreneur, co-founding several startups picking at the loose ends of topics ranging from DNS to identity to Wi-Fi. In his spare time he channels his creative energy into Copenhagen-based collective ‘Wheatpaste’, and is co-organizer of reboot.

• Andy Smith - Jaiku
  • Topic: Jaiku: Social Stuff for Social and Not-so-Social People
  • One of the developers of Jaiku. Jaiku’s mission is to bring people closer together by enabling them to share their presence
  • Andy actively pursues his interest in society and social networks, and hope to develop software that aids in the formation of widespread independent media

• Kristofer Arwin - Wiral Internet Group
  • Topic: Web 1.0 to Web 2.0 - From PriceRunner to the Next Big Thing
  • CEO and Founder at Wiral Internet Group, which is currently developing new global web applications.
  • Kristofer was also the CEO and Founder of PriceRunner.com , a website designed to provide consumers with easy online access to specifications and prices for a wide variety of products.

• Johan Staël von Holstein
  • Topic: Web3.0: What the future holds for us?
  • Johan is the CEO of IQube. IQube is a business incubator that aims to drive entrepreneurs forward and create growth in Sweden. IQube helps companies by bringing together people of different competencies and skills. As an entrepreneur, Johan has also been involved in companies such as Icon Medialab and Letsbuyit.com.