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Warp Talk – the world’s most optimistic talk

The best time in history to be alive is now! But why is the world getting better, and how can make a positive future come sooner? This talk is unique in three ways. 1) It’s 100 percent optimistic. 2) The content is crowdsourced. 3) The talk is crowdperformed, many people are giving the same talk …

8 October, 2019 17:30

Urban Farming as a smart city function!

Smart and innovative urban farming is a new smart city function for sustainable urban development. Many cities around the world started to look at urban farming as an enabler for food security, resilience and circular economy. Under the umbrella of the French-Swedish partnership for innovation and green solutions, a conference on urban farming and sustainable smart …

9 October, 2019 08:30

Kungsholmen

SERENA MON DE VIENNE – What communicative choices give which effects on children’s self-esteem?

Many parents experience that they keep telling their children the same thing over and over again – without getting a fruitful response. At this point it’s easy to try out different methods one after another, which rarely gives us the cooperation that we’re wishing for. Welcome to a lecture that will explain what communicative choices will lead to which effects on a child’s …

2 October, 2019 18:00

Helio’s own wellness coach – about his astronaut dreams, pastries, and the perfect push-up

2019-09-23

In our basement at Helio GT30 we have a wellness/idea studio. In other words, a gym. From early morning until late evening members come here to sweat, relax, and to mold ideas. Some of them do it solo, a lot of members do it together, or under the wings of our wellness guru Michael Glover. …

SHOKA S. ÅHRMAN – Everybody can become rich in the new digital economy!

Welcome to an inspirational lecture by the national economist Shoka S. Åhrman! The lecture is inspired by Shoka’s book “Så blir du rik i den digitala ekonomin”. Learn how to start out with a few hundred in your savings account to invest like the pros! No matter what type of decisions we’re facing, we’re affected by our cognitive functions. We are driven by our psychology and our emotions. “According to …

23 September, 2019 18:00

Learn@Lunch – Spotify from within: This is how you become the biggest in the world

A lecture by the writers behind the most transparent portrait of Sweden’s biggest export since IKEA and H&M. Learn@Lunch is a lecture series created to stimulate and inspire your mind while at the same time filling your stomach. Since we all have time for lunch, we’ll kill two birds with one stone and present relevant and current …

11 October, 2019 12:00

Christian von Essen – about the future, podding and how a rainy night in Copenhagen would affect his name

2019-08-30

We love pods here at Helio and as a result we have recording studios in both Helio GT30, Helio Kungsholmen and in our brand new, soon to be opened Helio Hornstull. One person who regularly stops by to record pods is the Jack of all trades; Christian von Essen with his dream project Heja Framtiden, where he has now interviewed a total of a hundred …

Johan Crona – about business models, company culture and missing puzzle pieces

2019-08-30

When Johan Crona was a child, his biggest interests consisted of computer games and sports. The dream was to become a football coach for Liverpool. Since a year back, he is a member at Helio GT30 with his own company Cloud Capital, where he works with team sports, but in another way. We had a long talk with Johan to …

Learn@Lunch – “Sustainable fashion – Hold in, hold on & hold together”

Learn@Lunch a lecture series presented to stimulate and inspire you while simultaneously filling your stomach. Since we all have time for lunch, we’ll kill two birds with one stone and present relevant and current topics and questions, offer lunch – and learn something new every time. “Sustainable fashion – Hold in, hold on & hold together” In a …

20 September, 2019 12:00

Vernissage – End of summer (what a bummer)

End of Summer (what a bummer) 6-7 September Like a farewell letter to the lovely Swedish summer, Helio is opening the door to the exhibition End of Summer (what a bummer) for a weekend in September. It’s sneaky. Tomas Ledin once very precisely said that other than it being short, it also –for the most part- rains away. Even if Tomas might have a point here, …

6 September, 2019 18:00

Learn@Lunch – The Swedish Institute of Positive Psychology

Learn@Lunch is a lecture series created to stimulate and inspire your mind while simultaneously filling your stomach. Since we all have time for lunch, we’ll kill two birds with one stone and present relevant and current topics and questions, offer lunch – and learn something new every time. Reach your potential in a sustainable way with positive psychology. …

11 September, 2019 12:00

5 lifehacks for keeping the vacation feeling going for a couple of weeks longer

2019-08-21

Welcome back to reality! For some, the last week of vacation feels infinitely long and you just want to push the pedal to the metal and dive right into fall. Others feel like the vacation disappeared faster than a Calippo in 30 degrees, and it takes several weeks to get used to waking up by …

Psst. Sneaky shots from the construction in Hornstull

2019-08-21

Only 3 weeks left until the opening in Hornstull and things are starting to get closer. The construction will be finalized next Friday and on Thursday our 7 meter tall tree is being put up on the wall. If you’re curious about the full project, you can read about it here, and if you want to come for a viewing, we are currently showing …

CinemAfrica 2019 – Release party

Welcome to the release party for the 21st edition of CinemAfrica at Helio GT30! The North’s biggest film festival for African movies invites you to a release party with champagne and secret live performances. The theme for this year’s festival is decolonization and features over 40 movies from 20 different African countries and with 9 invited international guests. You’re all welcome to take part in …

6 September, 2019 18:00

Design After Work -“For Designers by Designers”

We are welcoming all design enthusiasts and Design Sweden members to an AW at Helio! Design Sweden is welcoming students from Beckmans, HDK Steneby, Konstfack, Carl Malmsten and Umeå Institute of Design to this Design AW at Helio – A perfect opportunity to listen to the young designers of the future as they share their thoughts with us and give us an opportunity to look closer at …

23 August, 2019 18:00

Learn@Lunch – I have met 100 futurists – this is what I have learned!

Learn@Lunch is a lecture series created to stimulate and inspire you while filling up your stomach. Since all of us have time for lunch, we decided to kill two birds with one stone and present relevant and current topics and questions, offer a good lunch – and learn something new every time. Go future! I have met …

27 August, 2019 12:00

NEW: We are now opening at the top of the DN skyscraper with the most staggering view in Stockholm

2019-06-27

We can finally tell you that we are opening new office spaces at the top floor of the DN skyscraper. Aside from our friendly gang with Albin in charge, podcast studio and lovely meeting room, you will also have a panoramic view of the entire Mälardalen. And one of the offices will even have its own 30-meter long balcony …

“Suddenly I thrived among the kitchen equipment, stress and yelling” Sergio Piñones about the road from indecisive teenager to kitchen manager at Penny & Bill

2019-06-26

We’ve had our in-house restaurant Penny & Bill since the opening of Helio GT30 on Greveturegatan,. There’s been a lot of exciting things happening both inside and outside of the kitchen during spring, among other things there’s a new kitchen manager named Sergio Piñones. Sergio has done a lot of big changes in the menu and he’s opened up a friendly dialogue with our members. …