8th OCTOBER 2025 | Nordic Event
Vanha Ylioppilastalo, Helsinki, Finland
GOING LIVE 8AM (CET) 9 AM (EEST)
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HARNESSING AI FOR BUSINESS SUCCESS
Join us in Helsinki for a groundbreaking 2025 AI event that delves into the heart of AI integration within business strategies, internal scaling of AI processes, and the crucial aspects of AI ethics and governance.
A cross-industry event for business leaders, strategists, and practitioners looking for game-changing strategic insights, business growth and actionable know-how.
Our agenda, rich in practical insights and cutting-edge knowledge, will equip you with the tools to implement, optimize, and scale your AI initiatives, ensuring alignment with long-term business objectives. Discover actionable strategies to navigate the complexities of AI adoption and ethically steer your organization into a future shaped by advanced AI technologies.
Engage with experts and peers as we unravel the myths around AI and offer a clear path to creating value and lasting impact in your business operations with AI.
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Welcome to create value and business impact with AI.
Emerging AI applications
for Business Strategies
THEMES
2025
AI Scaling for
internal Business Processes
AI for Sustainability
and Future Generations
MODERATOR 2025
JESSE KAMRAS
JOURNALIST, NEWS REPORTER
Jesse Kamras is a well-liked host, news reporter and a long-time journalist who has been seen on the Huomenta Suomi current affairs program, among other things. Currently, he is works as an news anchor for MTV Uutiset.
SPEAKERS FOR 2024
SARAH Lewandowski
GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION LEAD, BOARD MEMBER | BAYER (DE)
Sarah has 10 years of experience specialized around leading global innovation and digital transformation teams/projects/platforms in multi-national companies. She is a tech visionary with a strategic mindset, adept at driving disruptive transformative change within organizations while ensuring compliance with regulations and ethical standards.
Sarah demonstrates a proven track record in effectively translating business challenges into actionable digital solutions to create business impact and fostering the growth of communities and teams.
Ömer Adıgüzel
TECHNICAL LEAD | GEN AI & AI CONSULTANT | LUFTHANSA (DE)
Ömer has broad experience in Data Science and AI for 10+ years. He has managed and mentored teams in many diverse data science projects. In his current role as a Technical Lead at Lufthansa Group, he manages and is involved in implementation of Generative AI in use cases, providing guidance on adopting the latest Generative AI advancements, and simultaneously raising awareness on Responsible AI ethics throughout the company.
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HP DALEN
BUSINESS LEADER EMEA | IBM (DK)(FI)
Hans Petter (”HP”) Dalen, is the Business Leader in EMEA for IBM AI for Business, specializing in AI governance. A 24 year old IBM veteran, he has been in the middle of several transformative technological innovations. Originally a Lotus Development employee, he later moved into analytics, advanced analytics and big data analytics.
HP started his professional career in customer support in a Telco in Norway 30 years ago, and has client success always at the front of his mind. With AI Governance, he is looking to future proof clients from regulatory requirements, protect reputations as well as providing a competitive advantage. He is an AI subject matter expert and a very engaging speaker.​​
SAMI AHMA-AHO
AI ARCHITECTURE LEAD | NESTE (FI)
Sami is on a mission to grow Neste data and analytics maturity from 0 to 100 so that the organisation is able to identify and extract value out of data.
In his role, Sami collaborates with business units to develop their data strategies and to identify value in machine learning or AI cases that are efficient, effective and scalable. Prior to his business roles Sami has also worked as a researcher at the Aalto University School of Science for mining of data on virtual asset purchases and quantitative analysis in auction behavior and consumer characteristics. r
TIMO NIEMINEN
FOUNDER | liikenne.AI (FI)
Timo is a passionate business developer, and bold leader of future-oriented culture. He's been 15+ years developing software/data businesses.
Timo has had a 10-year career in a significant way from the establishment, strategy, and technology development of the state traffic management company Fintraffic and its predecessor Finrail. Now with artificial intelligence, there is a new opportunity to develop the industry from his own company, liikenne.ai
JUSSI kyröhonka
CUSTOMER ENGINEER | GOOGLE CLOUD
Jussi is a software engineer with a 20 year long career in systems development, web services and cloud technologies. He works in the Customer Engineering organization at Google.
As a customer engineer, Jussi has a goal of helping customers adopt Google Cloud technologies, acting as a trusted advisor for organizations. He often finds himself describing cloud concepts and architectures, but also enjoys working shoulder to shoulder with customers.
JANNE FLINCK
DATA & AI LEAD | CODENTO (FI)
Janne joined Codento from Accenture 2022 with extensive experience in Google Cloud Platform, Data Science, and Data Engineering. His interests are in creating and architecting data-intensive applications and tooling. Janne has three professional certifications and one associate certification in Google Cloud and a Master’s Degree in Economics.
JOONA SORATIE
VP OF PROCESS ANALYTICS & AI | VUONO GROUP (FI)
Joona is an operational excellence professional with a proven track record of creating strategies and turning them into value-adding operational execution. With a strong background in process development with AI and Lean Six Sigma, he advocates for a structured, measurable, and data-driven approach to process and organisational improvement projects.
Joona has a Master’s Degree in Industrial Engineering and years of practical experience in for example strategy formulation and implementation, process development and design & bringing clarity to chaos in operational execution.
ARTTU-MATTI MATINLAURI
VP, DATA DRIVEN PERFORMANCE SERVICES, | METSO (FI) (FI)
Arttu-Matti is the Head of Data & AI, Minerals business segment Digital Leadership Team at Metso.
He is a Business Development, Strategy and Data Science specialist with experience from hands on business development and analysis, but also from building, growing, and leading high performance teams. He has set up teams from scratch to build fully new businesses within the aftermarket and digital businesses. He works with cloud technologies in world leading manufacturing, process industries, B2C and B2B, implementing in the domains of IT/OT, understanding the varied challenges.
Giorgio Danesi
IBM BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION SERVICES LEADER | IBM CONSULTING
Giorgio is a Senior Partner at IBM Consulting Services, where he leads Business Transformation Services across Northern, Central and Eastern Europe. With extensive experience in technology-led business transformation for global corporations, Giorgio previously led Data and AI services in the EMEA region, focusing on how AI can be leveraged for competitive advantage.
Giorgio specializes in helping clients scale the use of Generative AI ethically and securely, driving innovative solutions that drive strategic growth and operational excellence.
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MARKUS PÄIVINEN
COUNTRY MANAGER | SNOWFLAKE FINLAND (FI) (FI)
Markus has worked in various positions with data and reporting for more than two decades. Duties have included both expert and management positions in the sales organization as part of the world's largest technology companies. Today, Markus is responsible for the operations of Snowflake, the world's fastest growing technology company in Finland.
SEPPO KUULA
CEO | CLOUD1 (FI)
Seppo Kuula is an experienced leader of growth companies in the technology sector. He is a Doctor of Technology and a long-time digital influencer.
Currently Seppo is the CEO of technology company Cloud1. He has previously successfully led the growth of Siili Solutions, Enfo, and Unikie. Prior to his position at Cloud1, he served as the Head Of Service Business at Silo AI.
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LASSE RUOKOLAINEN-PURSIANEN
PRINCIPAL DATA SCIENTIST | TWODAY (FI) (FI)
Lasse´s professional passion lies in making AI/ML projects run efficiently, scalably and in a transferable way. He has been deeply involved in building sophisticated data pipelines, machine learning models, and deploying AI solutions in cloud environments using modern technologies. His work is characterized by a strong emphasis on problem-solving and innovation, leveraging cutting-edge tools to drive business insights and efficiencies. In addition to his technical expertise, Lasse is also a thought leader in the ethical implications of AI development.
JANNE Sipilä
DIRECTOR, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, DATA & AI | TWODAY (FI)
Janne is an experienced Data and AI expert and an inspiring business leader with over 20 years of in-depth experience in the challenging and rapidly changing ICT environment. Currently he works at twoday as Direcor of Business Development. He spent the last ten years working at Microsoft, where he became passionate about helping corporate customers shape their business using data and artificial intelligence.
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Janne's mission is to create meaningful changes and do things in a new way to promote the success of his clients.
Kalle Heinonen
DIGITAL EXPERIENCE + AI | ADOBE (FI) (FI)
Kalle has over 20 years of experience in strategic sales and partnerships, cloud-based analytics and customer experience, start-up entrepreneurship and investment. He has a deep understanding of the market trends, customer expectations, and technology solutions that drive growth and innovation.
Kalle has been recognized twice in the TOP100 most influential people list of digital industry.
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