Paulina Modlitba is one of Sweden’s leading thought leaders in technology and innovation. As an angel investor in tech companies, board professional, lecturer, and consultant, she takes on society’s major challenges with insatiable passion. Paulina developed an early interest in programming and the Internet and eventually applied to both KTH and MIT where she studied and researched robot-human interaction, machine learning, and technology that assists individuals on the autism spectrum.

For the past 15 years, Paulina has been active in the entire digital ecosystem – from business development and foresight at Bonnier R&D to digital product development and marketing at startups such as Stardoll and Toca Boca. She has been running her own consulting business in digital business development and strategy for 10 years. She has had SVT, Sveriges Radio, Bonnier, Nobel Media, Vinnova, KTH, and Tillväxtverket among her clients. Paulina has been a program editor for several major conferences such as Webbdagarna, Women in Tech, and Tidskriftsdagarna and formed the Tekla festival with Robyn and KTH.