Andreas Ekström is an award winning Swedish journalist, author and digital futurist. His topics reach across issues of digitalization, media, politics and culture. Ekström has been a keynote speaker at conferences all over the world and often serves as a digital thought partner for leaders and boards of directors. Ekström is also an active reporter and often uses journalistic methods and principles in his work. With a solid background in stage and tv production, Ekström is an experienced moderator and facilitator, able to craft high quality content and drive discussions. He is also a senior staff writer and columnist at Sydsvenskan, a daily morning paper in Malmö, Sweden. Ekström, an author of nine books, wrote a bestselling book about Google and has since been a keynote speaker, consultant and commentator on all things digital around the world. Ekström gained his biggest international audience through TED. His TED talk, recorded in Oslo, Norway, has reached over a million views to date. His passion is to educate for digital equality. He hopes to see a world in which wealth is shared – not only financially, but also in terms of knowledge and influence.