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Conference program

The conference took place digitally on 15 October 2021.

 

12:45-13:00

Get to know the platform, e-mingle and registration

13:00

Welcome and introduction

 

Katarina Hägg (VP External Relations & International Affairs, Stockholm School of Economics)

Magnus Mähring (Professor, Stockholm School of Economics)

13:05

Conversation with Caroline Berg (Executive Chair, Axel Johnson) and Sarah Jack (Professor, Stockholm School of Economics)

 

 

 

 

13:15

Module 1 - Transformative Effects of Digital Technologies

This module addresses how technologies are enmeshed in the changes occurring in society, work, competition, and in our lives. We address in particular platforms, AI and the blending of goals and organizing principles across sectors.

 

Keynote

Hybrid Society – Platforms, Competition, and Social Responsibility in the Digital Economy.

This session with Annabelle Gawer will address topics covered in her recent report to the European Parliament on social and societal consequences of platformization and potential legal and policy measures related to platforms.

Keynote Speaker:

Annabelle Gawer (Chaired Professor in Digital Economy, University of Surrey. Director, Centre of Digital Economy (CoDE). Visiting Professor of Strategy and Innovation, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford)

13:35

Panel Discussion 1

Platform Emergence: Proactive Strategies for Companies and Employees.

How should we relate to and respond to the potential consequences of platforms, as individuals, as employees, and as customers? And how can incumbent firms proactively relate to platformization? How does employment change when platforms organize work, and how can incumbent firms shape digital platforms in their industries? What are the policy and legal ramifications of platforms eating the world?

Moderator:

Magnus Mähring (Professor, Stockholm School of Economics)

Panelists:

Samuel Engblom (Policy Director, TCO)

Annabelle Gawer (Chaired Professor in Digital Economy, University of Surrey. Director, Centre of Digital Economy (CoDE). Visiting Professor of Strategy and Innovation, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford)

Jonas Samuelson (CEO, Electrolux)

 

14:00

 

Panel Discussion 2

Human-Algorithmic Collaboration: What are We Currently Learning about AI Hybridity in the Workplace?

How does human-algorithmic hybridity develop in the workplace, and what does the rapid proliferation of AI entails for our organizational lives? Does a ubiquity of digital agents imply a revolutionary shift in how we collaborate and compete? If so, what are the major challenges ahead, and how can we design effective and socially beneficial AI-infused organizations?

Moderator:

Sebastian Krakowski (Assistant Professor, Stockholm School of Economics)

Panelists:

Fredrika Ling (Head of Design, d|lab TietoEVRY)

Ann-Marie Ovin (CIO, Vinge)

Kye Andersson (Chief Experience Officer at Canucci & Head of Major Impact Initiatives at AI Sweden)

14:25

Break

14:40

Panel Discussion 3

Hybrid Ventures: New Firms, Large Firms, Social Equity and Cross-sector Collaboration.

This panel offers a conversation about how new firms like for example, social enterprises, NGO’s, can come together with larger organisations and manage cross sector collaborations in a way which can help us to build a better future for all. It will also consider how such collaborations might be financed and offer possible innovations and practices we might engage in.

Moderators:

Sarah Jack (Professor, Stockholm School of Economics)

Roxana Turturea (Assistant Professor, Stockholm School of Economics)

Panelists:

Donna Hanafi (Angel investor and Entrepreneur, Product Manager at Lassie)

Jonas Wettergren (VP & Head of People - Combient)

Helena Thybell (Secretary General/CEO, Save the Children Sweden

 

End of Module 1

 

 

 

 

15:05

Module 2 - Innovation and Creative Imagination in a Hybrid World.

This module addresses the human side of hybridity, with a particular focus on processes and phenomena that are thought of as human in essence, such as imaginative creativity, as well as the need for psychological safety.

 

Keynote

Hybrid Imagination/Disruption/Renewal/Making/Newness: An Artist’s Perspective on Value-Creation, Boundaries, Aesthetics, and Hope.

Makoto Fujimura will address essential aspects of artful creation, creativity and innovation, with a particular focus on renewal the blending of elements.

Keynote Speaker:

Makoto Fujimura (Artist)

15:25

Break

15:30

Keynote

Hybrid Development: Imaginaries of the future, Psychological Safety, and Navigating the Uncertain.

Amy Edmondson will talk about the challenge of both nurturing the envisioning of possible futures and ensuring psychological safety in the workplace as a prerequisite for creativity. She will also address the new challenges associated with psychological safety and creativity in hybrid workplaces.

Keynote Speaker:

Amy Edmondson (Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management, Harvard Business School)

15:50

Panel Discussion 4

Creativity in a Hybrid World.

How will creative activities be organized and pursued in our near future? While we think of collective creative activities as requiring the highest level of interaction among people, many organizations have in the last few months succeeded in creating through hybrid interactions. And some have been doing it even better than before. It is not just a matter of breaking the limits of space, connecting with talent wherever it is. Hybridity also breaks the limits of time, unleashing unexplored combinations of past, present, and futures. What are the challenges and the opportunities of creating and innovating when people are not in the same space and time?

Moderator:

Roberto Verganti (Professor, Stockholm School of Economics)

Panelists:

Amy Edmondson (Professor, Harvard Business School)

Makoto Fujimura (Artist)

Lisa Lindström (EY Doberman)

16:15

Dialogue

Katarina Hägg (VP External Relations & International Affairs, Stockholm School of Economics)

Magnus Mähring (Professor, Stockholm School of Economics)

16:25

Closing Conversation - Hybrid Futures: What now?

To close the conference, we capture some of the key insights from the afternoon and explore the core question of how we can create a meaningful and humane hybrid future.

Moderator:

Magnus Mähring (Professor, Stockholm School of Economics)

Panelists:

Lars Strannegård (President, Stockholm School of Economics)

Roberto Verganti (Professor, Stockholm School of Economics)

Sarah Jack (Professor, Stockholm School of Economics)

Annabelle Gawer (Professor, University of Surrey)

16:55

Closing remarks.

 

Katarina Hägg (VP External Relations & International Affairs, Stockholm School of Economics)

Magnus Mähring (Stockholm School of Economics)

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