11 November 08:30-15:00 CETBiblioteket Live

Invest in Change 

Games for People, Planet and Players

Welcome to Invest in Change, an event designed to spark knowledge sharing, inspiration, and cross-sector networking around the transformative power of games.

The Swedish Games Industry, Games for Change and Play Create Green are joining forces to create a platform that brings together industry professionals, changemakers, and visionaries to explore how games can drive sustainable innovation and positive societal impact.

We share venue with our flag ship investor event Invest in Games, feel free to design your own perfect day by joining parts of both. Sign up for the investment parts here: Invest in Games

All you need to know

Where: Biblioteket Live, Medborgarplatsen 2, Södermalm, Stockholm

When: November 11th 2026 08:30 - 15:00
(Parallel with Invest in Games in the afternoon)

Questions: event@dataspelsbranschen.se

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Speakers

Susanna Pollack
President of Games for Change

Cut Scene: People

Panel: Invest in Change 2025 - what happened since?

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Marcus Lundstedt
Head of Communications @ Stockholm Resilience Centre

Chapter one: Planet

Tiny talks and panel - TBA

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Dr. Rachel Kowert
Research Director @ Games for Change

Chapter two: Players

Tiny talks and panel - TBA

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Magana Gikandi
World Food Program, Private Sector Partnerships Lead in Nordic and Baltic Region

Cut Scene: People

Panel: Invest in Change 2025 - what happened since?

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Katie Blake
Researcher and PHD Student @ University of Oxford

Per Strömbäck
Swedish Games Industry & Nordic Game Institute

Ali Farha
Investment Associate @ Behold Ventures

Cut Scene: People

Panel: Invest in Change 2025 - what happened since?

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Sofia Gkiousou
Director of Public Policy @ Roblox

Marléne Tamlin
Head of Sustainability @ Swedish Games Industry


Tutorial - Welcome to Invest in Change

More TBA

Preliminary Schedule

08:30

Spawn Point - Breakfast

08:45

Tutorial - Welcome to Invest in Change

Marléne Tamlin
Head of Sustainability @ Swedish Games Industry
09:00

Cut Scene: People

Panel: Invest in Change 2025 - what happened since?

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Susanna Pollack
President of Games for Change
Ali Farha
Investment Associate @ Behold Ventures
Magana Gikandi
World Food Program, Private Sector Partnerships Lead in Nordic and Baltic Region
09:20

Coffee Refill and Free Roam

Check out our exhibitors and play some games!

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09:45

Chapter one: Planet

Tiny talks and panel - TBA

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Marcus Lundstedt
Head of Communications @ Stockholm Resilience Centre
10:40

Coffee Refill and Free Roam

Check out our exhibitors and play some games!

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11:05

Chapter two: Players

Tiny talks and panel - TBA

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Dr. Rachel Kowert
Research Director @ Games for Change
12:00

Save point - Lunch & Connect

13:00

Side Quest: Invest in Games

Our other event Invest in Games takes over the big stage -> 

investingames.se/

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13:30

Expansion pack: PEOPLE (Breakout / Round table TBA)

Expansion Pack: PLANET (Breakout / Round table TBA)

Expansion Pack: PLAYERS (Breakout / Round Table TBA)

Voices from Invest in Change 2025

Invest in Change 2025 was our first run and a big success with speakers from 7 countries, well over 100 attendees and 94% reported making new connections during the event.

Some voices from the feedback survey:

"It felt positive, a unifying force."

"The lunch was absolutely perfect, I had moreinteresting conversations with interestingpeople in those 50 minutes than I normally havein a month."

"Informal atmosphere, good variety of speakers,nice opportunity to network."

"Empowered, Hopeful, Inspired, Supported."

-> Read the recap here.

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Dataspelsbranschen


Games For Change
Play Create Green