For the third year in a row Brilliant Minds was so excited to offer 200 young guests from local communities across Stockholm the chance to experience A Taste of Brilliant Minds.

This year´s edition was once again hosted by tech leader Binette Seck, and speaker sessions at A Taste of Brilliant Minds offered 200 students and young adults, ages 18-30, from local communities across Stockholm, the chance to experience some of the principles and thinking of the larger Brilliant Minds event. The series of panels and interviews on stage shared powerful stories of discovery and moments of revelation, with challenging conversations and opportunities to not only take a deeper look at the world around us, but also to look within, to face our fears and embrace the unknown.

While the main Brilliant Minds gathering remained a closed event – with speakers including award-winning artist Ellie Goulding, bestselling author and award-winning podcast host Jay Shetty, songwriter and producer Max Martin, and Olympic gold medalist Lindsey Vohn, in attendance –  a Taste of Brilliant Minds continued to be an on-record and open program, targeted at local communities, running parallel to the main event.

We were so excited to be able to offer young people the chance to be a part of Brilliant Minds – to hear from intrepid adventurers and inspiring innovators to better understand and connect through Swedish values, and to collaborate and share perspectives.

Speakers

Speaker Anders Ynnerman – Researcher and leader of the WISDOME project

Speaker Andrew L. Cohen – Executive Chairman of Global Private Bank at J.P. Morgan

Speaker Betelhem Dessie – Founder and CEO of iCog Anyone Can Code

Host Binette Seck – Democratizing Tech and Co-founder ChangersTech

Moderator Darnell Strom – Partner at United Talent Agency

Artist Dizzy Fae – Artist

Moderator Hans Vestberg – Chairman and CEO of Verizon

Speaker Henrik Lundqvist – Olympic gold medalist & NHL Vezina Trophy winner, founder of the Henrik Lundqvist Foundation

Speaker Jay Shetty – Bestselling author, award-winning podcast host of On Purpose, Chief Purpose Officer of Calm, and purpose-driven entrepreneur

Speaker Jens Grede – Co-Founder & CEO of Skims

Speaker Kevin Durant – NBA star, Boardroom co-founder and Durant Family Foundation founder

Speaker Li Karlsén – Former Army Captain, athlete and entrepreneur

Speaker Lindsey Vonn – Olympic Gold Medalist, Entrepreneur & Philanthropist

Speaker Lionel Barber – Author, Broadcaster and Editor of the Financial Times (2005-2020)

Speaker Peter Wallenberg JR – Chair of Wallenberg Foundations

Speaker Rich Kleiman – Co-founder and CEO of Boardroom, Executive Director of the Durant Family Foundation