The Pushing Boarders conference, held from August 14 to 18, will include United States Olympic hopeful Lacey Baker, Olympic skateboarding judge Mimi Knoop, USA Skateboarding chief executive Josh Friedberg and Skateboard England chair Lucy Adams.

They will join leading skate charities and local skaters from Afghanistan, Palestine, Peru, India, Jordan and South Africa, as well as professional skaters, academics and local activists.

It will take place at venues across Malmö, with panels at Bryggeriet skate park and Moriskan Pavillion.

There will also be pop-up skate events, photography and film screenings at venues across the city.

Pushing Boarders will host professional skateboarder John Rattray and the founder of Skate4Life Madeleine Uggla, who will introduce a series of events on mental health awareness in skateboarding.

Adams said: "Pushing Boarders is a fantastic opportunity to show the social and cultural impact of skateboarding around the world and raise the profile of skateboarding in Europe as we see international experts in their fields come to Malmö."

Professional skateboarder Ryan Lay added: "Pushing Boarders is the only event of its kind, finally giving skaters the much-needed space to add a little bit of depth to this strange activity we've spent a lifetime with.

"Much more than just a place for academics, journalists and historians to unpack the latest work in our world, the real feat of the conference is in providing a platform to people who have been able to harness the truly transformative power of skating throughout the world."

Skateboarding is set to make its debut as an Olympic sport in Tokyo alongside karate, sport climbing and surfing.