How we produce, distribute, consume, and waste food has far-reaching environmental consequences. As the global population continues to grow and climate challenges intensify, our food systems must become more resilient and resource-efficient while reducing their environmental impact. Bringing together perspectives from academia, venture capital, and the startup ecosystem, the session examines how innovation, investment, and collaboration can help transform the future of food to meet the demands of a growing global population while balancing environmental, economic, and societal priorities.
Dialogues on Digital 2026: The Future of Food
The 2026 edition of Dialogues on Digital explores the future of food and how innovation, investment, and collaboration can help build healthier and more resilient food systems. Join us at the Stockholm School of Economics on October 9 for conversations that bring together perspectives from business, academia, and entrepreneurship.
How can we feed a growing population within planetary boundaries, prepare food systems for an uncertain world, and use innovation to improve health?
Dialogues on Digital 2026 brings together leaders and experts from across sectors to examine these interconnected challenges and the ideas, technologies, and collaborations shaping the future of food. Across three sessions, our speakers will explore the future of food from the perspectives of sustainability, resilience, and health.
But the conversation will not stop at the stage. This year’s conference also invites participants to continue the conversation while exploring, tasting, and discussing emerging food innovations at our Future Food Experience, arranged in collaboration with Sweden Foodtech.
Speakers and panelists
This year’s Dialogues on Digital brings together leading voices shaping the future of food across established companies, emerging ventures, and the innovation landscape.
This year’s keynote speaker is Mark Post, Chief Scientific Officer at Mosa Meat.
He will be joined by:
- Amanda Axman, Business Operations Manager at OlsAro
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Carolina Sachs, Senior Sustainability Advisor at Eidra, Board member and Investor
- Daniel Sachs, CEO and Founder of P Capital Partners
- David von Laskowski, President and CEO of Picadeli Group
- Johanna Sandahl, Strategist for resilient food systems at City of Stockholm
- Kajsa-Lisa Ljudén, Head of Sustainability at Löfbergs
- Marika King, Head of PINC (Paulig venture arm)
- Mats Liedholm, Managing Director of Fazer Sweden
- Niklas Wallsargård, CEO & Co-founder at Improvin'
- Vera Söderberg, Sustainability Manager at Agronod
The conversations will be moderated by:
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Constantin Blome, Professor in Transformative Innovation at the Center for Transformative Innovation at the SSE House of Innovation
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Mattias Nordqvist, SEB Professor of Entrepreneurship and Family Business at the Center for Family Enterprise, SSE House of Innovation
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Valentina Tartari, Jacob and Marcus Wallenberg Professor in Innovative and Sustainable Business Development at the SSE House of Innovation
How can we feed a growing world without compromising our planet?
How do we prepare our food systems for an uncertain world?
Climate change, geopolitical conflict, pandemics, and supply chain disruptions are increasingly affecting how food is produced, distributed, and accessed around the world. As uncertainty grows, ensuring continued access to safe, nutritious, and affordable food requires food systems that can anticipate, withstand, and respond to crises. Focusing on the role of major food and beverage companies, the discussion explores how these organizations can support society's preparedness and contribute to resilient food systems in times of disruption.
How can we use innovation to redefine the future of food and health?
What we eat is one of the strongest determinants of how long and how well we live. Diet-related conditions such as obesity, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease are increasing worldwide, placing growing pressure on healthcare systems and blurring the traditional boundaries between food, nutrition, and medicine. Bringing together perspectives from the food industry, pharmaceutical innovation, and research, this session explores how these sectors can work together to make nutritious choices more accessible and shape a future of food that supports both individual well-being and public health.
Special feature: Future Food Experience
At Dialogues on Digital 2026, the conversation continues beyond the stage. During our guided networking session and the Future Food Experience, arranged in collaboration with Sweden Foodtech, you can exchange ideas with speakers, entrepreneurs, researchers, and fellow participants while exploring some of the innovations shaping the future of food.
Through a curated selection of food tastings, you will have the opportunity to taste the future and experience some of these innovations firsthand – connecting the conference discussions with emerging solutions for the food systems of tomorrow.
And the tasting doesn't stop there – more bites from the future of food will be served during the mingle from 17:15.
Register here
Please register via this link to join the 2026 edition of Dialogues on Digital on Friday, Oct. 9, at the Stockholm School of Economics.
Program
12:30 - 12:40
Opening of Dialogues on Digital 2026
Valentina Tartari, Professor at the House of Innovation (Stockholm School of Economics)
12:40 - 13:15
Keynote: Protein without the animal, and what it will take
Mark Post, Chief Scientific Officer at Mosa Meat
13:15 - 13:30
Conversation: The data beneath the farm
Vera Söderberg, Sustainability Manager at Agronod
13:30 - 14:00
Panel: Building the transition
Amanda Axman, Business Operations Manager at OlsAro
Marika King, Head of PINC (Paulig venture arm)
Niklas Wallsargård, CEO & Co-founder at Improvin'
14:00 - 15:35
Taste the future: Future Food Experience & guided networking
Step beyond the stage to taste, explore, and discuss the future of food. Together with Sweden Foodtech, this interactive session combines tastings of emerging food innovations and conversations with the chefs and innovators behind them with guided networking among speakers and participants.
15:35 - 15:50
Conversation: Making people eat
David von Laskowski, President and CEO of Picadeli Group
15:50 - 16:20
Fireside chat: When the chain breaks
Kajsa-Lisa Ljudén, Head of Sustainability at Löfbergs
Mats Liedholm, Managing Director of Fazer Sweden
16:20 - 16:35
Conversation: Feeding the city
Johanna Sandahl, Strategist for resilient food systems at City of Stockholm
16:35 - 17:05
Fireside chat: Patient capital and the long transition
Carolina Sachs, Senior Sustainability Advisor at Eidra, Board member and Investor
Daniel Sachs, CEO and Founder of P Capital Partners
17:05 - 17:15
Closing remarks
Mattias Nordqvist, Professor at the House of Innovation (Stockholm School of Economics)
From 17:15
Networking mingle – with more taste bites from the future
Our partners
This conference is arranged by the House of Innovation at the Stockholm School of Economics (SSE) together with the Wallenberg Foundations and Digitalidag, the Future Work Forum, SCDI (Swedish Center for Digital Innovation), the SSE House of Sustainable Society, and the SSE Business Lab. The conference is also part of the outreach program of the Jacob and Marcus Wallenberg Center for Innovative and Sustainable Business Development, the Center for Family Enterprise and Center for Transformative Innovation at the House of Innovation. The House of Innovation is co-funded by the Erling Persson Foundation.
