Chairman’s Opening Remarks

8:40 AM

9:00 AM

Henrik Göthberg

Founder and CEO, Dairdux

Future Outlook Session | A dialogue between Erik Slottner and Kye Andersson

9:00 AM

9:20 AM

Erik Slottner

Minister for Public Administration, Regeringskanslie

Kye Andersson

Chief Product Officer & Co-Founder, Canucci

KEYNOTE | Building an AI-Driven Enterprise: Strategies for Integrating AI Agents Across Business Functions

9:20 AM

9:40 AM

KEYNOTE | Building Responsible AI Systems: Balancing Oversight and Innovation

9:45 AM

10:05 AM

Mats Stellwall

Principal Architect AI/ML, Field CTO Office EMEA, Snowflake

Grace Adamson

AI Senior Product Marketing Manager, Snowflake

Networking Coffee & Peer-to-Peer Meetings

10:05 AM

10:25 AM

10:30 AM

10:40 AM

Lotte Ansgaard Thomsen

Associate Professor, Aalborg University

10:30 AM

10:40 AM

Albin Blum

Data Enthusiast and Co-Founder, Theodora Tech

10:30 AM

10:40 AM

Daniel Tidström

Partner & Management Consultant, Data Edge

10:30 AM

10:40 AM

Karima Makrof

Data Governance and Management Leader

10:30 AM

10:40 AM

Dácil Hernández

Head of Data and AI, Stena AB

10:30 AM

10:40 AM

Somil Gupta

Co-Founder, 4thBrain

10:30 AM

10:40 AM

Niko Kivelä

Head of DevOps , SOK (S Group)

10:30 AM

10:40 AM

Giovanni Leoni

AI Ethics Expert, /

10:30 AM

10:40 AM

Stefan Wendin

Head of Intelligent Systems, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden

Masterclass on Data Science and Generative AI: Best Practices and Pitfalls

10:30 AM

12:10 PM

Stephen Brobst

CTO , Ab Initio Software

[W1] Workshop

10:30 AM

12:10 PM

Enterprise GenAI: Critical Considerations for Success

Gernot Klein

Field CDO, Dataiku

[W3] Workshop

10:30 AM

12:10 PM

Building Reliable Data Products: A Practical Framework

Mikkel Dengsøe

Co-founder, Synq

[W6] Workshop

10:40 AM

11:00 AM

Enterprise AI requires robust, scalable and trusted models that understand your business

Christopher Royles

CTO, EMEA, Cloudera

Erik Steinholtz

Solutions Engineer, Nordics, Cloudera

Beyond Current Stacks: Designing Resilient Data Pipelines for AI

10:40 AM

11:00 AM

Vidar Svendsen

AI Advisory Technical Specialist, IBM

The Hidden Reason AI Projects Fail: A Data Governance Wake-Up Call

10:40 AM

11:00 AM

Ole Olesen-Bagneux

Chief Evangelist, Actian, a division of HCLSoftware

Unifying Governance: Building Data Confidence for AI Success

10:40 AM

11:00 AM

Stijn Christiaens

Cofounder and Chief Data Citizen, Collibra

How to go beyond data-driven insights to embrace decision-centric practices

10:40 AM

11:00 AM

Aligning Generative AI Initiatives with Core Business Objectives: A Strategic Approach

10:40 AM

11:00 AM

Breaking Down AI Requirements: Translating Business Needs into Technical Specifications

10:40 AM

11:00 AM

Data Management: The Unsung Hero of the GenAI Revolution

10:40 AM

11:00 AM

Steve Holyer

Data Platform and Governance Leader EMEA North, Informatica

Operationalizing Data Observability for End-to-End Data Quality

10:40 AM

11:00 AM

Unlocking the Power of Data for Agentic AI: Building the Foundation for Autonomous Decision-Making

11:10 AM

11:30 AM

Henrik Hofling

Group AI Strategy and Execution Lead , Telia Company

Set Data and ML Pipeline with GitHub Actions

11:10 AM

11:30 AM

Rami Krispin

Senior Manager – Data Science and Engineering, Apple

Data Ingestion Strategies for Modern Data Platforms

11:10 AM

11:30 AM

Why do data transformations fall apart when the leader leaves?

11:10 AM

11:30 AM

Caroline Carruthers

Chief Executive, Carruthers and Jackson

Brewing the future: HEINEKEN’s Journey to Becoming the Best-Connected, Data-Driven Brewer

11:10 AM

11:30 AM

Kieran O’Driscoll

Head of Data & Analytics (Africa & Middle East) , HEINEKEN

Learnings from building a Center of Excellence of AI at GlobalConnect

11:10 AM

11:30 AM

Anders Arpteg

Senior Director, GlobelConnect

From Big Data to Big Insights: Building Scalable Systems for Actionable Intelligence

11:10 AM

11:30 AM

Dmytro Basan

Engineering Manager, Klarna

From Smart to Genius: Hybrid AI & PINNs Supercharging Industrial Digital Twins

11:10 AM

11:30 AM

Diego Galar, PhD

Professor of Condition Monitoring Division of Operation and Maintenance Engineering, Luleå University of Technology

Beyond Schema Validation: Building Trust in Your Real-time Data Pipeline

11:10 AM

11:30 AM

Tulika Bhatt

Senior Software Engineer, Netflix

Talk to Your Data: How Schibsted Marketplaces Reinvented BI Reporting with AI in one week

11:40 AM

12:00 PM

William Tobias Grenersen

Data Analyst , Schibsted Marketplaces

"AI-Ready Data with Data Products"

11:40 AM

12:00 PM

Will Martin

Technical Evangelist, Dremio

Charting today’s path to the promise of tomorrow’s Agentic AI

11:40 AM

12:00 PM

Ted Orme

Field CTO, Data Integration, Qlik

Why AI without a solid data foundation is just a complete distraction

11:40 AM

12:00 PM

Chris Lowe

Senior Solutions Consultant, Reltio

How can augmented analytics empower business users with AI driven insights?

11:40 AM

12:00 PM

AI Powered Engineering and Manufacturing

11:40 AM

12:00 PM

Joakim Lindholm

Managing Director – Germany, Nordics, Benelux and Austria, Altair

Deploying AI at Scale: Flexible, Scalable, and Cost-Effective Solutions for Dynamic Environments

11:40 AM

12:00 PM

Adam Dagnall

Senior SE Director EMEA , Cloudian

“Agentic AI – what’s the hype about, and should I worry”?

11:40 AM

12:00 PM

Hans Petter Dalen

Business Leader EMEA, IBM AI for Business, specialized in AI governance, IBM

11:40 AM

12:00 PM

DNA Journey with MDM

Miikka Peltomäki

Head of Master Data Management, DNA Oyj

Anne Koikkalainen

MDM Architect, Sparta Consulting

Antero Kivi

VP Data, AI and Integrations, DNA Oyj

12:10 PM

12:30 PM

The Impossible Data Mesh

William Smedberg

Portfolio Manager – AI & Automation, Sandvik Group

From Traffic Safety to Zero Vision: How a Data Product Control Plane Enables Decentralized Domains

12:10 PM

12:30 PM

Bjørn Broum

VP Corporate development - Data , NPRA - Norwegian Public Road Administration

Paolo Platter

CTO and Co-Founder Witboost, Witboost

How to overcome AI Infrastructure Scale Challenges with Hyper-Performant Object Store

12:10 PM

12:30 PM

Ugur Tigli

CTO, MinIO

Evolving a Data Platform into an AI Platform

12:10 PM

12:30 PM

Markus Ebbesson

Data Architect, GlobalConnect

AI-Driven Development for Quality Reporting: Fast Prototyping and Collaboration with CollabAI

12:10 PM

12:30 PM

Jenni Heinisuo

CIO, ISS Finland

Marko Taipale

Principal Consultant, Solita

How Can Companies Ensure Proper Integration Of Ai With Existing Systems

12:10 PM

12:30 PM

Streamlining Fast Integration Processes in DevOps Environments

12:10 PM

12:30 PM

How Grundfos is Integrating internal and external data using Snowflake with VaultSpeed - Automating Sales Data to Identify Market Opportunities

12:10 PM

12:30 PM

Mark Karmar

Lead Data Engineer, Grundfos A/S

Implementing a Data Governance Framework using Data Products

12:10 PM

12:30 PM

Damien Julliard

Data Management & Governance Lead, IAG Loyalty

KEYNOTE | Data Product Thinking is the Key to Unlocking Business Innovation

12:30 PM

12:50 PM

Stephen Brobst

CTO , Ab Initio Software

Shift Left in Action: Ensuring Data Quality for Real-Time Data Engineering

12:50 PM

1:40 PM

Networking Lunch

1:30 PM

3:10 PM

Lucas Stone

Senior Sales Engineer, Snowplow

[W1] Workshop

1:30 PM

3:10 PM

From Pilot to Production - Gen AI lifecycle management

Oskar Eriksson

Senior Sales Engineer, Snowflake

[W2] Workshop

1:30 PM

3:10 PM

Build an AI-Powered Chatbot to Extract Insights from Enterprise PDFs

Niklas Schmidtmer

Lead Solution Engineer, CrateDB

Wierd van der Haar

Senior Solution Engineer, CrateDB

[W3] Workshop

1:30 PM

3:10 PM

Unlocking Business Value with Agentic AI Governance

Alexandre T'Kint

Data Scientist, Collibra

[W4] Workshop

1:30 PM

3:10 PM

How to use generative AI and find your organization’s AI value creation bottlenecks with the Data-Driven Business Puzzle

Minna Kärhä

Business Lead, Data Driven Business, Solita

Tero Kallioinen

Principal Consultant, Value from data and AI, Solita

[W5] Workshop

1:30 PM

3:10 PM

IBM StreamSets: processing streaming data and using AI in real-time

Giuseppe Mura

Technical Sales Manager - StreamSets EMEA, IBM

[W6] Workshop

1:40 PM

2:00 PM

AI in Space: How NASA is Building Resilient AI for Moon, Mars and Beyond

Shreyansh Daftry

AI Research Scientist and Group Leader, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

The only way to enforce best practices is to offer them out of the box: HelloFresh's data engineering framework

1:40 PM

2:00 PM

Max Schultze

Director of Data Engineering, HelloFresh

The Cloud Economics of Connected Appliances

1:40 PM

2:00 PM

Kristina Kondrashevich

SRE Product Manager, Electrolux Group

Bridging the Gap: Aligning Technical and Non-Technical Analytics Teams for Better Data Outcomes

1:40 PM

2:00 PM

Jonas Dieckmann

Global Manager Data Intelligence, Philips

Elevating Insights: How Data Science Drives Predictive Analytics at KONE

1:40 PM

2:00 PM

Terhi Markkanen

Head of Data & Analytics, R&D, KONE

How to create an Agile AI Innovation center and strategy that delivers measurable business value

1:40 PM

2:00 PM

David Dadoun

VP Data, Analytics and IT Innovation, BRP

The Power of Developer Feedback: Real Insights From Our Developer Experience Survey at VELUX

1:40 PM

2:00 PM

Emma Dahl Jeppesen

Platform Advocate , VELUX

From Policy to Practice: Bridging Compliance for the AI Act through European Standards

1:40 PM

2:00 PM

Patric Ridell

Project Manager, Swedish Institute for Standards

1:40 PM

2:00 PM

TBA

Lennart Hedlund

Enterprise Architect, Svenska Handelsbanken

Testing and Validating AI Models: Frameworks for Reliable Deploymen

2:10 PM

2:30 PM

The best Data Warehouse is a Lakehouse

2:10 PM

2:30 PM

Holly Smith

Staff Developer Advocate, Databricks

SAP Business Data Cloud - Unified Data. Transformative Insights.

2:10 PM

2:30 PM

Niclas Schlautkoetter

Chief Technology Architect , SAP (Schweiz) AG

Solving the Two-Project Dilemma: Unlocking Business Value with Architecture & Automation

2:10 PM

2:30 PM

Carsten Schweiger

Data Engineer & Agile Coach, Datavault Builder

How does edge analytics bring computation closer to data sources?

2:10 PM

2:30 PM

Building a Scalable AI Infrastructure Roadmap for Enterprise-Wide Deployment

2:10 PM

2:30 PM

How to enable on-premise AI to support your business workflows - in a sustainable way. A Holistic view on the needs for successful AI Adoption meeting regulatory and environmental targets.

2:10 PM

2:30 PM

Leif Nordlund

AI Edge to Cloud Specialist, Lenovo

Roger Magnusson

Strategic Sales Director - Nordics , Nordics SoftServe

Avoiding agentic mess with Data Products and Knowledge Graphs

2:10 PM

2:30 PM

Andrea Gioia

Partner & CTO, Quantyca

Mauro Luchetti

Artificial Intelligence CoE Leader, Quantyca

What Strategies Can Optimize Data Lakes for Advanced Analytics and AI Training?

2:10 PM

2:30 PM

Chief AI Officer Executive Round Table

2:40 PM

3:20 PM

Anders Arpteg

Senior Director, GlobelConnect

Jawad Saleemi

Director AI & Cloud , Telenor

RT - Executive Roundtables

2:40 PM

3:00 PM

Implementing Monitoring Workflows for Machine Learning Models in Production

Empowering Manufacturing Analytics with Fivetran’s Automated Data Movement

2:40 PM

3:00 PM

Vivek Somvanshi

Analytics Platform Lead & Enterprise IT Architect, Essity

How Helen Enables a Sustainable Energy System with a Modern Data Platform

2:40 PM

3:00 PM

Jesse Mikkola

Manager - Data Engineering, Helen Oy

Joel Nummelin

Data Engineer, Brightly Works Oy

Lauri Kananen

Data Lead, Brightly Works Oy

How Landsbankinn de-siloed a legacy data landscape on their path to data democratisation

2:40 PM

3:00 PM

Sylvain Dutilh

Principal BI Administrator , Landsbankinn

What are the benefits of cloud native analytics in achieving scalability and flexibility?

2:40 PM

3:00 PM

Balancing Innovation and Risk Management in Generative AI Implementation

2:40 PM

3:00 PM

Securing AI APIs: Protecting Your Models from Exploits and Abuse

2:40 PM

3:00 PM

Edge AI in Action: Empowering Smart Devices and Connected Physical Products

2:40 PM

3:00 PM

Joakim Eriksson

Senior Researcher and Unit Manager, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden

How Can Knowledge Graphs Enhance Data Integration for Advanced Analytics and AI?

2:40 PM

3:00 PM

Networking Coffee & Peer-to-Peer Meetings

3:10 PM

3:35 PM

3:40 PM

4:05 PM

Technology in Practice | Round 1

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - 10X Faster Analytics with 40% Savings - Kyvos Insights - D86

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - A Data Fabric for GenAI and Query RAG - Denodo - C66

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - AI BI: Transforming Data into Conversations and Insights - Exadel - C52

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - AI for Data Management - Informatica - A7

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - Accelerate Data Product Innovation with Calibo - Calibo - D111

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - Accelerate your Data Vault: From Model to Implementation Within Minutes - Scalefree - C68

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - Actian Zeenea: Data Catalog and Enterprise Data Marketplace - Actian - B24

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - Agile Cloud Data Warehousing with MS Fabric and Datavault Builder - Datavault Builder - B17

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - Automating Creation of Data Products with AI - Ab Initio - C70

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - Breathing Data: Real-Time Air Quality Monitoring with Raspberry Pi and Microsoft Fabric - twoday - B31

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - Build a valuable data catalog for your business: AI governance, semantic models, and sharing data products - Dawiso - D109

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - Building Cost-Effective, Real-Time Pipelines with Snowflake Dynamic Tables - Snowflake - A5

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - Building Reliable Data Products with Actionable Workflows - Synq - C60

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - Customer Data Infrastructure to Fuel AI: See Snowplow In Action - Snowplow - C38

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - Data Governance as Regulation Compliance Enabler - Sparta Consulting - C67

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - Data Quality: The bridge between CDO and CTO - Soda - C64

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - Demo Time: Unlock the power of Spark & Iceberg in Cloudera Platform - Cloudera - B23

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - Easy Workload Orchestration Across Data Ecosystems - Betasystems - D112

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - Edge AI: Fleet Learning and Computer Vision in Industrial IoT. - Scaleout systems - C34

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - End to End MLOps in a Single Platform - Introduction to the Hopsworks AI Lakehouse - Hopsworks - C51

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - End-to-End Data Management and AI Workfl ow: From Ingestion to Insights - Databricks - A10

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - Everything in tech is accelerating, so why are dashboards still so slow - Rilldata - D114

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - From Chaos to Control - Witboost - C36

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - From Data to Intelligence: How Oracle Cloud Fuels Generative AI - Oracle - C44

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - From NoSQL to Real-Time Insights: Unlocking MongoDB Data with CrateDB CDC - CrateDB - C65

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - From conceptual model to DW in no time - Dsharp - D108

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - From source to AI- end to end workflow in Qlik Sense Cloud - Qlik - B19

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - Harness Geometric Deep Learning with Altair physicsAI - Altair - C32

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - How open source is re-shaping the cloud data warehouse landscape - Clickhouse - C76

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - Improve AI model effectiveness and reduce data risk - Collibra - A4

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - Innovation with Generative AI - Optimize internal processes and enable Smart decision with Nvidia AI Enterprise - Lenovo - B27

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - Invoice Analytics with Document Intelligence in Power BI - Random Forest - C33

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - Is Classic ML Dead? A Comparative Analysis of Traditional Machine Learning and Large Language Models - Virtuslab - D92

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - LTIMindtree PolarSled - SAP HANA to Snowflake - LtiMindtree - C59

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - Managing Knowledge to Build AI-Ready Information Architectures - Quantyca - D91

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - Maximize Data Value with Automation and Observability - Broadcom - C37

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - Nurture Understanding & Adoption of Power BI / Tableau in Your Organization - dscribe Data - D83

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - Overview of Reltio Data Cloud - Reltio - C72

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - Real-time machine learning in manufacturing - Brightly - A2

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - SAP Data Products – New Data Product Architecture supporting Analytics and AI - SAP - A13

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - Scaling AI Services with a Modern Data Platform: From Bottlenecks to Breakthroughs - Nexer - C47

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - Sigma demo: Enterprise BI, Spreadsheet UI - Sigma Computing

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - The World’s Fastest High-Performance Storage for AI: AISTOR - MinIO - B15

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - The death of DIY data pipelines - Fivetran - A1

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - The only BI platform without compromises - Omni - C75

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - Transforming Supply Chain Analytics with Alteryx - Billigence - C45

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - Trustworthy AI: AI poisoning - Knowit - B20

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - Understanding Dremio’s Unified Lakehouse Platform for Self-Service Analytics and AI - Dremio - C58

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - Unlocking Automation: VaultSpeed for Snowflake - VaultSpeed - C56

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - Utilizing True Self-Service BI & Data Apps in the Cloud - Astrato - D88

4:10 PM

4:50 PM

Chief Data Officer Executive Round Table

Antti Myllymäki

Chief Data Officer, OP Financial Group

Gautam Verma

Head of Data Enablement, Department of Government Enablement (DGE)

Gabor Harsanyi

Head of M&CR Data Office, Ericsson AB

Sebastian Lyngström

Data Services Lead, Northern Europe, IBM Consulting, IBM

RT - Executive Roundtables

4:10 PM

4:30 PM

From 1 billion to 1 million: scaling down model size when the quality bar is high

Judith Bütepage

Research lead, SEED – Electronic Arts

Uncover the inherited biases of AI and how we can fix it

4:10 PM

4:30 PM

Gabrielle Dolinder

Data Engineer, Swedish Space Corporation

Zero-touch logistics require awesome data: How Maersk is building its data platform

4:10 PM

4:30 PM

Micha Ben Achim Kunze

Principal Data Engineer, Maersk

Christian Palmhøj Nielsen

Lead Software Engineer, Maersk

The CDO’s Imperative: 3 Moves Shaping Electrolux Group’s Data & AI Future

4:10 PM

4:30 PM

George Linton

Chief Data Officer, Electrolux Group

4:10 PM

4:30 PM

TBA

Maria Ana Liz

Head of D&A Self Service, Ericsson

Moonshot Innovation in AI

4:10 PM

4:30 PM

Yngvar Ugland

Colonel of Moonshots & Head of DNB NewTechLab, DNB Bank ASA

Evolving Feedback Loops in DevOps: Past, Present, and Future Innovations for Accelerated Product Development

4:10 PM

4:30 PM

Niko Kivelä

Head of DevOps , SOK (S Group)

Panel | The Nordic Debate on AI: Responsible Development and Use of AI While Enabling AI Adoption in the Nordics

4:10 PM

5:00 PM

Giovanni Leoni

AI Ethics Expert, /

Jeanette Nilsson

AI Ecosystem Expert , RISE Research Institutes of Sweden

Iida Lähdemäki

COO , AI Finland

Kai Zenner

Head of Office and Digital Policy Adviser for MEP Axel Voss, European Parliament

Mikael Jensen

Director, D-seal/D-mærket (Denmark’s labelling program for IT-security and responsible use of data)

From (Graph) RAGs to (Agentic) Riches

4:10 PM

4:30 PM

Stefan Wendin

Head of Intelligent Systems, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden

Evaluating Large Language Models: Metrics, Methods, and Best Practices

4:40 PM

5:00 PM

Wenjie Zi

Senior machine learning engineer, Grammarly

Handling Big Data Without Big Problems: Designing Scalable Web Architectures for Complex Data

4:40 PM

5:00 PM

Becki Wordsworth

Engineering Manager , Flightradar24

The Latest Performance Innovations in SQL Server: On-Premises and in the Cloud

4:40 PM

5:00 PM

Ola Hallengren

Chief Data Platforms Engineer, Saxo Bank

4:40 PM

5:00 PM

Data Risk Reduction

Martin Clough

Technology Lead, Swedbank

How can ethical AI ensure fairness and transparency in predictive models?

4:40 PM

5:00 PM

Unlock the Power of Large Language Models in Supply Chain Management

4:40 PM

5:00 PM

Frank Giroux

Mgr Digital transformation SCM, Bayer

Machine Learning in Observability systems: From Insights to Action

4:40 PM

5:00 PM

Panos Tsilopoulos

Director, Observability Platform Engineering, Nike, Inc.

Enable life-cycle sustainability assessment with the BONSAI ontology

4:40 PM

5:00 PM

Fan Yang

Postdoctoral researcher , Aalborg University