Skeå Creative Connect 2026

Morning sessions – Manin speakers

Emma Lindahl – Head of ICAx, ICA Group’s innovation hub

She leads initiatives exploring new technologies, business models and solutions that can shape the future of retail. Through experimentation, foresight and rapid prototyping, ICAx tests ideas at an early stage to identify those with the potential to create real value for customers and the business.

Emma has extensive experience in innovation, strategy and digital development, and frequently speaks about how large organizations can adopt more experimental approaches to navigate a rapidly changing world.

Håkan Lidbo – Founder, Rumtiden Idea Lab

A Swedish artist, music producer and innovator working at the intersection of art, technology and society. With a background in electronic music and more than 350 released records, he has built an internationally recognized career spanning music, interactive art and creative technology. Today he explores new ideas through installations, games, apps and experimental projects that combine sound, design and emerging technologies.

Håkan is also the founder of Rumtiden Idea Lab in Stockholm, a multidisciplinary space where artists, engineers and researchers collaborate to create new forms of creative expression.

Emnet Mulugeta – Cinematics Director, Goodbye Kansas

Eritrean-born Emnet Mulugeta has been part of the design, animation and VFX community since 2000, working as a Creative Director, Motion Designer and Live Action Director across Europe and the US before moving into game cinematics in 2018. His directing credits include Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed Shadows, Skull & Bones, Arkane’s Redfall and PUBG Battlegrounds.

Beyond directing, Emnet is a frequent speaker at design and VFX events and schools. A passionate cinephile and polyglot, he also loves capoeira, sci-fi, and has an encyclopedic knowledge of ’80s and ’90s hip-hop.

Karin Tidbeck – Author, Translator and Freelance Writer, Grammasaurus

Known for their imaginative and genre-bending storytelling across fantasy, science fiction and speculative fiction. Their work often explores identity, transformation and the uncanny, blending folklore with contemporary themes. Tidbeck made their international breakthrough with the short story collection Jagannath and has since published acclaimed works such as the novel Amatka and the English-language novel The Memory Theater.

In addition to writing fiction, they work with translation and freelance writing, and are widely recognized as a distinctive voice in modern speculative fiction.

You’ll move between different worlds throughout the day.

In the afternoon, four parallel worlds open up across four different locations. To keep the experience focused, you can join one session per time slot. You’ll choose your afternoon sessions on site during the morning. Guides will be there to escort you between worlds if you’d like a hand navigating the journey.

Lunch is served during the first session.

Registration is required for all afternoon sessions, so take a moment to explore what’s spark your curiosity. The sessions below are grouped by world — start exploring.