Who is Anna?
Anna Laufey Stefánsdóttir is a public speaker, mobile developer, and mother of three. She specializes in digital well-being and is passionate about helping people find balance in the digital world. In her lectures, she emphasizes the importance of using technology in a healthy way, with a focus on creating a better digital environment for both children and adults.
Anna Laufey has over 9 years of experience as a app developer, specializing in Flutter - a cross-platform mobile development framework. She has collaborated with a variety of companies and projects, combining her technical skills with her insights into user-friendly solutions to create impactful and efficient apps.
The combination of her work as a developer and within digital well-being has given her a unique perspective on how technology influences our daily lives and how it can be used positively. As a mother of three, Anna Laufey also draws on this experience to help families find ways to reduce digital overload and foster a healthier digital lifestyle.
Public speaker
I am currently a public speaker specializing in digital well-being, my greatest passion, and I share my knowledge with audiences of all ages.
I’ve always enjoyed speaking in front of a crowd and see it as a valuable challenge to step outside my comfort zone. Over time, I have developed strong skills in capturing an audience’s attention and creating meaningful connections with them, while also building confidence and poise on stage. I thrive on the challenges that come with public speaking and view them as opportunities for growth and development.
In my previous roles, I have delivered a wide variety of lectures, from educational tours to conferences like SKÝ.
Attending a Dale Carnegie course opened new doors for me, and volent there gave me a deeper understanding of communication and presentation skills than any course could ever teach.
Mobile developer
After graduating, I immediately started working in app development and have since held various roles. I have worked closely with clients, acted as a project manager, and collaborated with designers to ensure exceptional user experiences.
What I am most passionate about is developing beautiful apps that provide a great user experience. This experience has given me valuable insights into users’ needs and a deep understanding that there is a fundamental difference between technology that serves us and technology that distracts us and consumes our time.
Fortunately, most of the apps I’ve worked on have focused on simplifying and streamlining people’s daily lives.
Computer scientist
I graduated with a BSc degree in Computer Science from Reykjavík University in the spring of 2015.
I was introduced to app development for the first time during my final project in the summer of 2014, where my team and I developed a small app that calculated insulin doses for diabetics.
I quickly realized that app development was the field I was passionate about, and the path ahead of me became clear from graduation onward.
Mother
Motherhood is without a doubt the icing on the cake – it is the most important, rewarding, and challenging task I have ever taken on.
I am fortunate to be a mother of three, and it has given me both hope and concern for the future.
We need to take a step back and reduce the overwhelming stimuli, both for ourselves and for our children. We need to build a better society, where deeper connections and real communication can flourish – that is where the future lies.