Chairman’s Opening Remarks

8:40 AM

9:00 AM

Henrik Göthberg

Founder/CEO , Dairdux

9:00 AM

9:20 AM

Future Outlook Session

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

9:20 AM

9:40 AM

KEYNOTE | Zero Trust Intelligence. How to build and run in an age of deficits

9:45 AM

10:05 AM

David Pontoppidan

Head of Business AI for Nordics & Baltics at SAP, SAP

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

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

Founder and CEO, Datu

10:30 AM

10:40 AM

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)

Architectures of Generative AI: LLMs, Diffusion Models, and Beyond

10:40 AM

11:00 AM

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

10:40 AM

11:00 AM

Data Architecture to Support Gen AI and Agentic AI at Scale

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

10:40 AM

11:00 AM

Ramon Chen

CPO, 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

Building a Robust Analytics Foundation: Data Quality, Integration, and Governance

10:40 AM

11:00 AM

Developing an Enterprise AI Strategy Aligned with Business Objectives

10:40 AM

11:00 AM

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

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

Head of Group Data&AI (Global SVP) , Allianz

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

Designing User Friendly AI Products that Drive Engagement and Usage

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

Fine-Tuning Large Language Models for Domain-Specific Applications

11:40 AM

12:00 PM

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

11:40 AM

12:00 PM

DataOps for AI: Integrating Agile, CI/CD, and MLOps Practices

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

11:40 AM

12:00 PM

Context Intelligence: Mastering the New Rules of Data for Agentic AI

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

Building AI Strategy That Directly Aligns with Business Outcomes and Value Drivers

11:40 AM

12:00 PM

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

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

Altaf Patel

VP Data Analytics & AI, PepsiCo

Leveraging vector and graph databases to solve complex AI data challenges

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

Enabling Real-Time Data Streams for Dynamic AI Model Inputs

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

Operationalizing Data Stewardship in a Decentralized AI Ecosystem

12:10 PM

12:30 PM

Enabling Self-Service Analytics: Empowering Business Users with Governed Access

12:10 PM

12:30 PM

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

12:10 PM

12:30 PM

How Enterprises Can Defend Against Prompt Injection and Shadow AI Risks

12:10 PM

12:30 PM

[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

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

12:30 PM

1:30 PM

Networking Lunch

1:40 PM

2:00 PM

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

Democratize data via Semantic Layers and Self Serve

1:40 PM

2:00 PM

Shruti Khanna

Member of Technical Staff, OpenAI

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

1:40 PM

2:00 PM

Juha Vesanto

Chief AI Officer , OP Financial Group

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

1:40 PM

2:00 PM

Adeiza Yisa

Business Information Security Office (BISO) Advisor, Shell

[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

Optimizing Inference Performance for Real-Time Gen AI Applications

2:10 PM

2:30 PM

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

2:10 PM

2:30 PM

Managing Metadata, Lineage, and Data Provenance for Transparent AI Pipelines

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

Managing Risk and Compliance for Generative and Agentic AI in Distributed Environments

2:10 PM

2:30 PM

Scaling Predictive Analytics: Practical Approaches for Medium AI Maturity Organizations

2:10 PM

2:30 PM

Enabling Business Users with Governed Self-Service AI and Innovation Tools

2:10 PM

2:30 PM

Managing the Cost & Security of AI Infrastructure

2:10 PM

2:30 PM

[M7] - Sovereignty, Infrastructure and Security Stage

2:10 PM

2:30 PM

Measuring AI Adoption and Usage with Actionable Metrics for Improvement

Establishing Data Lineage and Metadata Frameworks to Support Transparent AI

2:10 PM

2:30 PM

Chief AI Officer Executive Round Table

2:40 PM

3:20 PM

Gabor Harsanyi

Head of M&CR Data Office , Ericsson AB

RT - Executive Roundtables

2:40 PM

3:00 PM

Multi-Modal Generative AI: Integrating Text, Images, and Audio

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

2:40 PM

3:00 PM

Composable Data Ecosystems: API-First Microservices and Integration Patterns

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

2:40 PM

3:00 PM

Building a Data Product Mindset: Governance, Ownership, and Quality at Scale

2:40 PM

3:00 PM

Using Analytics to Support Operational and Strategic Decision-Making

2:40 PM

3:00 PM

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

2:40 PM

3:00 PM

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

2:40 PM

3:00 PM

[M7] - Sovereignty, Infrastructure and Security Stage

2:40 PM

3:00 PM

Using NewSQL and Distributed Databases for Consistent and Scalable AI Applications

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] - 5 hands-on lessons from running shared data platforms in large organizations - Redeploy - C55

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

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

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

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] - 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] - The agent who came in from the cold: how to prevent your agent from going rogue - Dataiku - A11

3:40 PM

4:10 PM

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

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

4:10 PM

4:50 PM

Chief Data Officer Executive Round Table

Annette Hultåker

Technical manager, TRATON

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, T-Mobile USA Inc.

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

Using AI and Machine Learning to Continuously Enhance Data Quality

4:10 PM

4:30 PM

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

4:40 PM

5:00 PM

OpenSource GenAI

Merve Noyan

Machine Learning Engineer, HuggingFace

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

Supporting JSON and Semi Structured Data Natively to Enrich AI Dataset Flexibility

4:40 PM

5:00 PM

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