Chairman’s Opening Remarks

8:40 AM

9:00 AM

Henrik Göthberg

Founder/CEO , Dairdux

9:00 AM

9:20 AM

Future Outlook Session

Anders Ynnerman

Executive Chairman , Sferical AI

Anders Arpteg

VP AI & Data , Saab Group

KEYNOTE | Why human Insight Is more Important than ever in the age of AI

9:20 AM

9:40 AM

Andy Cotgreave

Data Entrepreneur, How To Speak Data

KEYNOTE | Show me the money: Making AI Deliver Real Value

9:45 AM

10:05 AM

Maria Wiss

Regional Vice President, Snowflake

Networking Coffee & Peer-to-Peer Meetings

10:05 AM

10:30 AM

10:30 AM

5:50 PM

Data Octagon Stage - Entire Program - DAY 1

[DO] - Data Octagon Stage

10:30 AM

10:40 AM

[M1] - Machine Learning, Agents & Generative AI Stage

Sara Haijan

Director of Applied AI, Trustpilot

10:30 AM

10:40 AM

Albin Blum

Data Enthusiast and Co-Founder, Theodora Tech

10:30 AM

10:40 AM

10:30 AM

10:40 AM

Karima Makrof

Founder and Chief Adviser - Data Governance , AKLYON Consulting AB

10:30 AM

10:40 AM

Anastasiia Glebova

COO, O-HIVE

10:30 AM

10:40 AM

Giovanni Leoni

AI Governance Evangelist

10:30 AM

10:40 AM

[M7] - Sovereignty, Infrastructure and Security Stage

10:30 AM

10:40 AM

Kenneth C. Kleissl

Group Technology Director, COWI

10:30 AM

10:40 AM

Stefan Wendin

Head of Intelligent Systems, RISE (Research Institutes of Sweden)

Hands-On: Building AI Agents for the Enterprise in 100 Minutes

10:30 AM

12:10 PM

Nick Jewell

Senior Sales Engineer, Dataiku

[W3] Workshop

10:30 AM

12:10 PM

The data operating layer: how quality, transformations and catalog work together

Mikkel Dengsoe

Data Strategy, Coalesce

[W6] Workshop

10:40 AM

11:00 AM

AI is accelerating enterprise decisions. Regulatory scrutiny is accelerating faster.

Adam Segal

Senior Solutions Engineer, Cloudera

[M1] - Machine Learning, Agents & Generative AI Stage

10:40 AM

11:00 AM

Vibe coding and VibeOps – enterprise DataOps heaven or hell? Navigating Data Engineering and Ops in the age of generative AI and Agentic

Tamara Tatian

EMEA Technical Leader & Architect at IBM Data Platform, IBM

Orchestrating Modern Data Platforms for Trusted AI-Ready Data and Workload Mobility across Hybrid environments

10:40 AM

11:00 AM

Colin A.B. Fernandes

Director of EMEA Market Development & Global Sales Enablement at Acceldata, Acceldata

How AI Is Changing Enterprise Data Search

10:40 AM

11:00 AM

Ole Olesen-Bagneux

VP, Chief Evangelist, Actian, a division of HCLSoftware

AI Isn’t Just Faster Analytics: Why the Best Dashboard is No Dashboard at Al

10:40 AM

11:00 AM

Jon Palmer

Field CTO, Omni

The Age of Inference: Building on Frontier Models for Measurable Impact

10:40 AM

11:00 AM

Max Tschochohei

Director, Customer Engineering, AI Practice, Google Cloud

AI-Ready Infrastructure at Scale: What Enterprises Need to Run AI Workloads

10:40 AM

11:00 AM

[M7] - Sovereignty, Infrastructure and Security Stage

10:40 AM

11:00 AM

Unlocking AI ROI: The Critical Role of Adoption and Usage Across Business Units

Designing scalable, AI ready database architectures for high-volume workloads

10:40 AM

11:00 AM

The art of Agent Reliability Engineering

11:10 AM

11:30 AM

Julian Bright

Former Member of Technical Staff , former xAI

[M1] - Machine Learning, Agents & Generative AI Stage

11:10 AM

11:30 AM

How Meta understands data at scale

Vasileios Lakafosis

Software Engineer , Meta

Dave Kurtzberg

Software Engineer, Meta

How we set-up a Compliant Hybrid Cloud platform at the Belgian National Employment Office

11:10 AM

11:30 AM

Martijn Bauters

Chief Data Officer, NEO Belgium

Automating Policy Enforcement with Governance-as-Code in AI Data Pipelines

11:10 AM

11:30 AM

Separating Myth from Reality in Conversational Analytics

11:10 AM

11:30 AM

Deniz Minican

VP, Data & AI Office, H&M

Mathias Holm

VP, ML Engineering & Data Science, H&M

Scale or Fail: Leveraging AI for Competitive Advantage

11:10 AM

11:30 AM

Dr.-Ing. Susan Wegner

ex Head of Group Data&AI (SVP)

Cross‑Border Sovereignty: Dreams and Wishes meet the Production Floor

11:10 AM

11:30 AM

Antonio Martiradonna

CISO , Orkla ASA

[M7] - Sovereignty, Infrastructure and Security Stage

11:10 AM

11:30 AM

The Next Frontier in AI Applications – Transforming Data into Actionable Intelligence

Altaf Patel

VP Data Analytics & AI, PepsiCo

From Specifications to Solid Data: How to Deliver High-Quality Data Products

11:10 AM

11:30 AM

Ralph Foorthuis

Global Domain Architect Data , HEINEKEN International

Architecting for AI: Migrating Industrial Telemetry to a Unified Data Platform

11:40 AM

12:00 PM

Hanna Häger

Data Scientist, Toyota Material Handling Manufacturing Sweden

Nour Qweder

Senior Data Scientist , Toyota Material Handling Manufacturing Sweden

[M1] - Machine Learning, Agents & Generative AI Stage

11:40 AM

12:00 PM

Architecting Real-Time Data Pipelines: Turning Sensor Streams into Dashboards

Gregor Bauer

VP Customer Engineering, CrateDB

Bridging Data Lakes and Warehouses: Designing Unified Metalake Platforms for Enterprise AI

11:40 AM

12:00 PM

Beyond the Data Swamp: Building the "System of Context" for AI and Operations

11:40 AM

12:00 PM

Erik Horsting

Principal Solutions Consultant, Reltio

Leveraging Descriptive and Diagnostic Analytics to Derive Actionable Insights

11:40 AM

12:00 PM

Random Acts of AI: Moving from Pilots to Production

11:40 AM

12:00 PM

Dr. Chris Hillman

Global AI Lead, Teradata

Identity-First Security in the Age of AI Agents

11:40 AM

12:00 PM

[M7] - Sovereignty, Infrastructure and Security Stage

11:40 AM

12:00 PM

Scaling Generative AI Across Functions from Early Adopters to Enterprise Impact

Tommie Hallin

Chief Architect Data Services IBM Consulting EMEA, IBM

Banking Without Boundaries: How Bankdata Navigates the Cloud

11:40 AM

12:00 PM

Transfer Learning and Prompt Engineering for Business Use Cases

12:10 PM

12:30 PM

[M1] - Machine Learning, Agents & Generative AI Stage

12:10 PM

12:30 PM

How Fieldstream rebuilt its data platform for exponential growth and AI adoption

Shay Begun

Chief Revenue Officer , Astrafy

Jens Mathiasson

Cofounder, Fieldstream

Nik Zerth

Head of Sales, Data & Analytics, Nordics, Google Cloud

Migration to a Cloud-Based Data Platform

12:10 PM

12:30 PM

Marc Winkelmann

Managing Consultant, Scalefree International

Karsten Kristoffersen

Head of BI, Sparebank1 Sør-Norge

What We Changed in 12 Months: Unlocking Data Value in Industrial Operations at Volvo Cars

12:10 PM

12:30 PM

Christina Finlay

Global Head of Data & AI, Industrial Operations, Volvo Cars

AskCAP: Coop Data Companion Powered by Databricks Genie and Microsoft Teams

12:10 PM

12:30 PM

Emil Nilsson

Head of Analytics, Coop

Ankit Pratap Singh

Tech Lead Data Engineering, Coop

Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) Essentials for Deploying External AI Products

12:10 PM

12:30 PM

What DORA, CRA & the EU AI Act Mean for Enterprise AI Infrastructure

12:10 PM

12:30 PM

Adeiza Yisa

Business Information Security Office (BISO) Advisor, Shell

[M7] - Sovereignty, Infrastructure and Security Stage

12:10 PM

12:30 PM

Enabling Non Technical Business Users with AI Tools and Training

Real-Time Data Quality Monitoring and Automated Anomaly Detection

12:10 PM

12:30 PM

Enabling the Future with Agentic AI

12:30 PM

12:50 PM

Stephen Brobst

Chief Technology Officer, Ab Initio

Building an Agentic Data application in Databricks

12:50 PM

1:40 PM

Networking Lunch

1:30 PM

3:10 PM

Amine Nouira

Solutions Architect, Databricks

Debadatta Mohapatra

Solutions Architect, Databricks

[W1] Workshop

1:30 PM

3:10 PM

Snowflake Intelligence Hands-on-Lab

Trine Engelund

Associate Solution Engineer, Snowflake

[W2] Workshop

1:30 PM

3:10 PM

Data Observability in Practice: A Hands-On Introduction

Charles Wood

Global Principal Architect, Actian, a division of HCLSoftware

[W3] Workshop

1:30 PM

3:10 PM

From Sensors to Dashboards: Building Real-Time Analytics Pipelines That Actually Work

Niklas Schmidtmer

Head of Customer Support, CrateDB

Gregor Bauer

VP Customer Engineering, CrateDB

[W4] Workshop

1:30 PM

3:10 PM

Turn AI ambition into AI value

Thomas Lindback

Staff Customer Engineer , Collibra

[W5] Workshop

1:30 PM

3:10 PM

The Engagement Imperative: From Marketing Metric to Enterprise Value

[W6] Workshop

1:40 PM

2:00 PM

Beyond the next track – How AI is transforming recommendations and personalization

Henrik “Henok” Lindström

Product Lead , Spotify

[M1] - Machine Learning, Agents & Generative AI Stage

1:40 PM

2:00 PM

TBA

Max Schultze

Director of Data Engineering , HelloFresh

Beyond the Platform: How Data Products Turn Infrastructure into Impact

1:40 PM

2:00 PM

Robert Børlum-Bach

Head of Data Architecture and Transformation , JP/Politiken Media Group

Trusted data exchange for the Operations of Airbus and the Aerospace industry

1:40 PM

2:00 PM

Christelle Bourdeu

Head of Data office for Operations , Airbus

Fostering a Collaborative Data Culture: Building Data Literacy and Cross Functional Teams

1:40 PM

2:00 PM

AI Governance – Navigating the Intersection of Business Impact and Ethical Responsibility

1:40 PM

2:00 PM

Juha Vesanto

Director, Quantum and AI Research Centre, OP Pohjola

AI empowered cyber security risk management and certification

1:40 PM

2:00 PM

Per Myrseth

Senior Researcher, Cyber Security, DNV, Research and Development

[M7] - Sovereignty, Infrastructure and Security Stage

1:40 PM

2:00 PM

Action Before Perfection: A Practical Path to AI Adoption in Manufacturing

Tony Savander

Senior Data Scientist , Wärtsilä

Christian Sundman

Innovation Manager , Wärtsilä

The pulse of a Pension Fund: Achieving exceptional SQL reliability at PFA

1:40 PM

2:00 PM

Lars Hove Goswami-Christiansen

Principal SQL Server Database Administrator , PFA

The Architecture of "Why": Building Context Graphs for Agentic RAG

2:10 PM

2:30 PM

Kristof Neys

Graph Data Science Director,, neo4j

[M1] - Machine Learning, Agents & Generative AI Stage

2:10 PM

2:30 PM

Engineering for Autonomy: Low-ETL, Open Formats, and the Return of the Semantic Layer

Will Martin

Evangelist EMEA, Dremio

Once Upon a Dataset: How a Brave Data Team Saved the Kingdom from AI Mayhem

2:10 PM

2:30 PM

Adam Greco

Product Evangelist, Hightouch

Data Quality Is Not Enough: Stop AI Hallucinations with Trusted Data

2:10 PM

2:30 PM

Christian Stadlmann

Chief Revenue Officer, One Data

When Data Starts Acting: Speed, Scale, and Simplicity For Agentic AI

2:10 PM

2:30 PM

Arjan Hijstek

Solution Architect, Clickhouse

One Store to Rule Them All: Apache Iceberg V3 and the sovereign Object-Native Lakehouse

2:10 PM

2:30 PM

Roland Wammers

Field Architect, MinIO

The Sovereign AI Rush: Launch High-Margin 'Chat-with-Your-Data' Services in Days

2:10 PM

2:30 PM

Ole Petter Johnsen

Solution Architect & AI Expert , Cloudian

[M7] - Sovereignty, Infrastructure and Security Stage

2:10 PM

2:30 PM

Measuring AI Adoption and Usage with Actionable Metrics for Improvement

The Context Crisis: Why Your Data Stack Understands Syntax But Not Semantics

2:10 PM

2:30 PM

Laura Malins

Head of Product , Sifflet

Finding the Right Chemistry: Combining Domain Expertise, Data & MLOps across borders

2:40 PM

3:00 PM

Nicola Holmes

Lead of the Data, Analytics & AI Center of Excellence, Kemira

Janne Sipilä

Director Business Development, twoday

[M1] - Machine Learning, Agents & Generative AI Stage

2:40 PM

3:00 PM

TBA

Claudia Chiţu

Engineering Manager, Arrive

Implementing AI-Augmented Metadata Management for Automated Lineage and Impact Analysis

2:40 PM

3:00 PM

Handelsbanken Pension Fund: 10x Faster Data Products by Redesigning Data Delivery

2:40 PM

3:00 PM

André Westerlund

Business Solution Architect, Handelsbanken IT

Frej Örnberg

Sustainability Analyst, Handelsbanken Fonder

From Fragmented Data to Governed Self-Service Analytics

2:40 PM

3:00 PM

Henry De Rudder

Head of Data, AI & IT, Ceres Pharma

Measuring Feasability and ROI of Agentic AI: From Productivity Gains to New Value

2:40 PM

3:00 PM

How Enterprises Can Defend Against Prompt Injection and Shadow AI Risks

2:40 PM

3:00 PM

[M7] - Sovereignty, Infrastructure and Security Stage

2:40 PM

3:00 PM

Managing Data Privacy in AI Deployments for Legal Compliance and Customer Trust

Using NewSQL and Distributed Databases for Consistent and Scalable AI Applications

2:40 PM

3:00 PM

Networking Coffee & Peer-to-Peer Meetings

3:10 PM

3:35 PM

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

Technology in practice | Round 1

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - AIStor: High-Performance Object Storage Built for AI at Scale - MinIO- B15

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - Accelerate Workloads Using Cortex Code: The AI-Powered IDE That Knows Your Snowflake Account - Snowflake - A10

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - Accelerating Data Warehousing on Azure SQL with WhereScape 3D + RED - Wherescape - C68

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - Actian Data Observability - Actian B24

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - Applying analytics on streaming data - Brightly - C35

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - Architecture of an IoT pipeline delivering real-time analytics - CrateDB - C65

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - Augmenting SAP Data Products with your own ML models - SAP - A13

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - Automating AI agents security and evaluation at enterprise scale - Giskard -

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - Autonomous AI in Practice: Activating Enterprise Knowledge with AI Agents - Teradata - C75

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - Beyond PowerPoint strategy: Using AI to turn strategic intent into continuous action - Futurice - D82

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - Beyond the Prototype: Architecting Dependable and Scalable Agents for the Enterprise - Dataiku - A11

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - ClickHouse – Agentic AI Demo - Clickhouse - C46

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - Cloudera Data Lineage - Cloudera - B23

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - Data Observability: Deliver Analytics and AI-Ready Data with Sifflet - Sifflet - C64

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - Deploying Large Language Models in Production - Confidential Mind - C56

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - Develop your AI in Europe - RISE - C61

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - Freedom to Do More: Meet the first AI Data Automation platform, Maia - Matillion - C39

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - From Chaos to Clarity: Data Products for KPIs, Reporting & AI You Can Rely On - OneData - D101

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - From Idea to Impact: How Generative AI Delivers Measurable Value - PCG - C79

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - From Raw Data To Semantic Layer - Scalefree - C69

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - How to Build Smarter Financial Reports in Power BI - with Writeback - RandomForest - C33

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - Hugo Boss x Aston Martin Formula 1 Apple Vision Pro Experience - EPAM - D81

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - Innovating Marketing with Data: From Composable CDP to Agentic Execution - Hightouch - C34

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - Integration Made Simple: Lakebase + Lakehouse + Your Apps in 30 Minutes - Databricks - A5

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - Managed to the Power of k – Rethinking Managed Services for the AI Era - Knowit - B20

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - Move from tech-driven to business-driven AI development - twoday - C37

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - Onboard 360 - The Unified agent for Seamless Customer; Supplier Onboarding - Dun & Bradstreet - C73

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - Operations 5.0 Live: From Strategy to Autonomous Operations in 20 Minutes - Kovant - D91

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - Orchestrating Modern Data Platforms for Trusted AI-Ready Data and Workload Mobility across Hybrid environments - Acceldata - C67

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - Powering Successful Agentic AI with a Unified Data Foundation - Denodo - C66

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - Predictive SLA Management for Complex Data Pipelines: An Airflow and AAI Story - Broadcom - C38

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - Software security in depth with the Welkin application platform - Elastisys - D93

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - The AI-ready data era: What every organisation needs to build in 2026 - Fivetran - A1

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - The New Era of Analytics: How Business Teams Build Governed Insights with GenAI - Alteryx - D92

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - Topic: Experience the dbt Fusion engine - dbt labs - A8

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - Turn AI ambition into AI value - Collibra - B19

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - Turning AI into Real Workflows – Building and Running Business Processes with Bosbec - Bosbec - D87

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - Unlocking Context Intelligence with Reltio Data Cloud - Reltio - B16

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - What does Stanford say AI does to tech team productivity - Proxify - D107

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - Why 95% of AI Projects Fail and How to Build AI-Ready Data in Minutes, Not Months" - TimeXtender - C54

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] - Why Is Your AI So Confused? And How Context Fixes It - Dawiso - C32

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

[TIP] AI-Powered FinOps: Intelligent VM Right-Sizing with the Databricks - Redeploy - C55

4:10 PM

4:50 PM

Chief AI Officer Executive Round Table

Gabor Harsanyi

Head of M&CR Data Office , Ericsson AB

RT - Executive Roundtables

4:10 PM

4:30 PM

How the agents have colonized Carrefour

Guillaume Blaquiere

Group Data Architect, Carrefour

[M1] - Machine Learning, Agents & Generative AI Stage

4:10 PM

4:30 PM

Measuring Brand Exposure using Multimodal AI

Shantam Mogali

Sr. Data Engineer, Google

Talking to Data - Generating Analytical Insights

4:10 PM

4:30 PM

Sebastian Herold

Senior Principal Data Engineer, Zalando SE

Timur Yüre

Engineering Manager, Zalando SE

Embedded Data Governance: Resolving the Automation Paradox

4:10 PM

4:30 PM

Winfried Adalbert Etzel

Data Governance Professional, Winfried Etzel AS

Mastering the Shift: Essential Tools and Tips for Seamless Adaptation to New Data Visualization Platforms

4:10 PM

4:30 PM

Ankur Bansal

Credit Risk Analyst, /

From Burden to Brilliance: A Developer-Friendly Approach to Compliant Documentation

4:10 PM

4:30 PM

Øystein Endal

AI Risk Officer , Gjensidige Forsikring ASA

What Happens When a SOC Hires a Data Scientist: Our AI Journey in Cyber Defense

4:10 PM

4:30 PM

Jacqueline Berger

Data Scientist , Raiffeisenbank International

[M7] - Sovereignty, Infrastructure and Security Stage

4:10 PM

4:30 PM

From UX to Human Experience: Designing AI with People at the Center

Raquel Castro

UX Lead , Visma Software International

Why AI Systems Break in Production: From Schema Drift to Vector DB Reality

4:10 PM

4:30 PM

Thodoris Katsimanis

Technology Manager – Operational & Distributed Database Systems, KaizenGaming

The Ultra-Scale Talk: Scaling Training to Thousands of GPUs

4:40 PM

5:00 PM

Nouamane Tazi

ML Research Engineer, Hugging Face

[M1] - Machine Learning, Agents & Generative AI Stage

4:40 PM

5:00 PM

From Complexity to Confidence: Designing Self-Healing, AI-Ready Data & Knowledge Pipelines

Mallika Rao

Engineering Manager, Netflix

Driving Innovation in Master Data Management at Scania: Transforming Cloud Data into Intelligent Data Products

4:40 PM

5:00 PM

Joe Arun Mathews

Solution Architect , Scania CV AB

Robert Ciborowski

QING MDM Solution Manager , Scania CV AB

Bridging Analytics, Governance and Culture: From insights to Impact

4:40 PM

5:00 PM

Julie Siezing

Director, Global Data & Analytics , GN

From Chaos to Clarity: Building Your BI Platform

4:40 PM

5:00 PM

Viktoriia Kniazeva

Technical Architect , Omnevo GMBH

AI Strategy at NASA: How to Invest, Govern, and Scale AI Adoption in Safety-Critical Industries

4:40 PM

5:00 PM

Shreyansh Daftry

AI Research Scientist and Group Leader , NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Fully Homomorphic Encryption and the Future of Trustworthy AI

4:40 PM

5:00 PM

César Soto Valero

Data Scientist , SEB Group

[M7] - Sovereignty, Infrastructure and Security Stage

4:40 PM

5:00 PM

The New Currency of Work: Staying Relevant in an AI-Driven Job Market

Natalie Halimi

Principal Product Manager, Booking.com

How Do You Find the Next Big Technology? AI, Knowledge Graphs and Weak Signals

4:40 PM

5:00 PM

Victoria Palacin

Research Team Leader, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

Carolyn Cole

Research Scientist, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

5:10 PM

5:30 PM

Closing KEYNOTE | TBA

Angelo Rivano

Director, Speciality Presales, Europe North, Dell

Chairman's Closing Remarks in the Plenum Area

5:35 PM

5:45 PM

Henrik Göthberg

Founder/CEO , Dairdux