Arts Dynamics Impact Summit 2026
Stockholm · 19 March 2026 · Elements Stockholm
The future of the creative economy is being built right now. In this room. On this day.
Sweden is launching national platforms for AI and XR. Cities are investing in culture-driven urban development. The EU is pouring hundreds of millions into the creative economy. Everyone is talking about the intersection of culture and technology.
Arts Dynamics is the organisation that has been building the commercial infrastructure at that intersection - quietly, bootstrapped, from inside the experience - for years.
Now, for the first time, the doors are fully open.
Arts Dynamics Impact Summit brings artists, technologists, business leaders and investors into the same room - not to talk about the future of culture - but to build it.
Eight hours. Top speakers. One movement. And a question that has been waiting too long for an honest answer:
How does a creative entrepreneur build a thriving business without selling their soul, surrendering their copyright, or waiting for someone to give them permission?
We have spent years building the answer. Come and see it.
WHY THIS. WHY NOW.
The technology exists. The creativity exists. The missing piece has always been the business model.
AI is rewriting entire industries overnight. Sweden just launched a national XR platform. The EU is investing hundreds of millions into the creative economy. Stockholm is Silicon Valhalla — the most innovative region in the EU, with more unicorns per capita than anywhere outside Silicon Valley.
Spotify. Minecraft. Klarna. King. Every single one built at the intersection of culture and technology.
And yet the cultural and creative industries are still treated as a separate conversation from the innovation economy. Still dependent on grant cycles. Still building on sand.
Arts Dynamics is the infrastructure that changes that. The commercial models. The IP protection. The tech fluency. The ecosystem. All of it — built specifically for the Exponential Creator™.
Today we launch it officially. And you are invited to be part of it from day one.
WHAT YOU WILL LEAVE WITH
Not inspiration. Infrastructure.
Every session is designed to give you something you can use on Monday morning.
Commercial models that protect artistic integrity
Copyright as a financial asset class
AI as leverage — not a threat
XR and immersive tech opportunities
Cross-innovation partnerships
The Exponential Creator™ framework
The Cultural Firewall™ in practice
A community built to scale globally
THE AGENDA
IMAGINE — What we can imagine, we can create
08.30
Doors Open — Registration & Networking
09.00
Opening & Official Cluster Launch
The Arts Dynamics Creative Tech Cluster goes live. Sofie Marin · Edgar Luczak · Adrian McDonald
09.30
Behind the Cultural Firewall
Copyright as a financial asset class. How to protect what you build in the age of AI. Thor A. Pettersen · Moderated by Alfons Karabuda
10.00
Keynote: Arts & Culture for Sustainable Societies
One of Kajsa Ravin's final keynotes as Director General of the Swedish Arts Council. In conversation with Alfons Karabuda
10.50
Panel 1 — Arts & Business: Money Models Re/Imagined
The commercial models that let creative businesses grow exponentially — on their own terms. Edgar Luczak · Ami Malmros · Rikard Borggård · Jenny Björk
Panel 2 — Arts & Business: Mapping the Ecosystem
Strategic alliances, culture-driven urban development and the GloCal models that scale. Adrian McDonald · Andreas Fogelqvist · Melodi Askelöf · Jana Palm
12.00
Lunch + Digital Safari
Explore emerging technologies. Make the connections that matter.
13.00
A New RenAIssance
Arts and culture in the age of AI — followed by roundtable conversations where your experience becomes part of the solution. Bengt Wessborg · Sophia Båge
14.50
Immersive Intelligence
XR, immersive tech and the next generation of creative opportunity. Albert Bengtson in conversation with Sofie Marin. Plus three live case studies: children's hospitals, Unreal Engine for creators, and immersive perspectives.
16.00
Closing: Connecting the Dots & The Road Ahead
What we built today. What comes next. The ask.
17.00
Event Ends
Every person on this stage was chosen because they are building something real.
Kajsa Ravin
Director General, Swedish Arts Council
Edgar Luczak
Chairman, Epicenter Stockholm
Adrian McDonald
CEO, Epicenter Stockholm
Thor A. Pettersen
Founder, CopyrightChains
Alfons Karabuda
Composer & Cultural Rights Advocate
Albert Bengtson
Co-founder, Immersive Sweden · XR Cluster, Epicenter
Bengt Wessborg
AI Cluster Captain, Epicenter
Sophia Båge
AI Cluster Captain, Epicenter
Ami Malmros
Head of Tech & Studios, Riksteatern
Rikard Borggård
CEO, Teater Giljotin
Jenny Björk
CEO, Nordic Music Tech
Andreas Fogelqvist
Director Business Development, Stockholm Business Region
Jana Palm
Dataspelsbranschen
Melodi Askelöf
Founder & CEO, Satocci
Shadan Sharifi
XR Developer, Hyper Island
Godwin Udu
XR Developer, Hyper Island
Daniel Kemppi
Founder, AktiVR
Sofie Marin
Founder & CEO, Arts Dynamics · MC
THIS IS FOR YOU IF
You make a living — or want to — from creative work
You are building a company at the intersection of culture and tech
You invest in or fund the creative economy
You develop cities, spaces or cultural hubs
You are tired of being told art and money are incompatible
You want to use AI without losing what makes your work yours
You believe the future is exponential and you want to lead it
You are ready to stop waiting for permission
TICKETS
First-come, first-served. Limited places.
This is not a conference hall event. It is a curated room of people who are building something. Once it is full, it is full.
General admission: 295 SEK + VAT
Arts Dynamics Members: Free
Included in membership
📍 Elements Stockholm, Jakobsbergsgatan 24, 111 44 Stockholm
📅 Thursday 19 March 2026 · 08.30–17.00
ABOUT ARTS DYNAMICS
Arts Dynamics is the Creative Tech Cluster at Epicenter Stockholm where music, arts and culture meet emerging tech and business for impact.
We build the commercial infrastructure for the next generation of Exponential Creators™ - cultural entrepreneurs who are tech-fluent, financially sovereign and artistically uncompromising.
We have been building this quietly for years. Bootstrapped. From inside the experience.
Today, we open the doors.
"It all starts with imagination. What we imagine, we can create."
— Sofie Marin, Founder & CEO, Arts Dynamics
For partnership and sponsorship enquiries: sofie@artsdynamics.com
Event sponsor: Roots of Malmö Kombucha