
AGENDA 2025
OCT 8th, 2025
Starting 8AM CET - Stockholm, Oslo, Copenhagen Time
Starting 9AM EEST - Helsinki Time
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8.30 (EEST)
WE OPEN THE DOORS & WELCOME
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9.00
OPENING REMARKS BY OUR MODERATOR
Jesse Kamras
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9.05
KEYNOTE
FROM HYPE TO HIGH-IMPACT
Dr. Humera Noor, AI Visionary & Industry Trailblazer & CTO, Digital Munich (DE)
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What sets real AI success apart from the noise?
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Is your AI investment translating into real impact—or just impressive presentations?
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​The Human Element: How leadership, culture, and capability-building define whether AI thrives or fails
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What have we learned from 5 years of AI acceleration—and what’s coming next?
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9.35
THE GAME-CHANGER FOR ENTERPRISE PRODUCTIVITY​
Ricardo Miguez Del Olmo, Agentic AI and Business Analytics Leader, EMEA, IBM (ESP)
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This session will provide insights into leveraging AI strategically to create tangible business impact.
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We will explore how Agentic AI is transforming businesses and learn whether AI can be trusted to drive productivity, innovation, and sustainable growth.
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10.00
AI-DRIVEN COMPANIES OF THE FUTURE
Thomas Martinsen, Tech Evangelist & AI Specialist, twoday (DK)
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Too many companies still treat AI as a side project — a tool to optimize, not transform. But in forward-looking organizations, AI is becoming something far more fundamental.
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A practical look at what it really takes to become an AI-driven enterprise — beyond the tools and pilots
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Insights from leading Nordic companies on how AI fuels both efficiency and growth
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Why leadership, culture, and governance are make-or-break factors in long-term AI success
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10.20
NETWORKING BREAK
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10.50
AI MEETS BUSINESS - FIVE LESSONS LEARNED THE HARD WAY
Marko Aalto, VP of Data and AI, Reaktor (FI)
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From ChatGPT hype to real business value
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Integrating AI into core operations changes the game
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Start building practical AI capability right now
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11.10
APPLIED AI AGENTS: FROM HYPE TO HANDS-ON PRODUCTIVITY
Seppo Kuula, CEO, Norrin​​
Jouni Heikniemi, Chief Service Officer, Norrin
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How AI agents are reshaping leadership, roles, and collaboration in large organizations
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Why the real challenge in AI adoption isn't tech — it's change management and human adaptation
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How to use AI to amplify human work and decision-making, not replace it
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11.30
LEAD THE AI TRANSFORMATION WITH BETTER BUSINESS PROCESSES AND DATA
Joona Soratie, VP of Process Analytics & AI, Vuono Group (FI)
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How do we move beyond pilot projects and truly embed AI into our core business processes? Concrete demos.
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What are the first concrete steps we can take to get there?
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What does data-driven process transformation look like in practice?
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What skills and competencies are needed when building AI-powered process intelligence within the organisation?
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11.50
LUNCH & NETWORKING BREAK
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12.55
CASE
FROM SCALING AI TO SCALING INTELLIGENCE
Salla Niskanen, Data & AI Advisor, Tietoevry Create (FI)​​​
Raimo Sinisalo, Managing Director, Meira (FI)
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Scaling AI is easy to start — but how do you make it impactful? Join to explore how to build an AI strategy aligned with core business goals — and how leadership and cross-functional collaboration can be turned from experiments into long-lasting results.
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How can AI strategy be integrated into the overall business strategy?
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How can each business function define its own vision and angle for leveraging AI?
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How can we ensure that change truly happens — and doesn’t remain just a pilot?
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13.15
CASE
REDUCING THE LOAD: USING AI TO CUT THROUGH TICKETS AND MANUAL WORK
Jaakko Jutila, VP of Customer Experience, Basware (FI)​​​
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Why Basware chose to target ticketing and repetitive tasks as an AI opportunity
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How the implementation was designed
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What results were achieved — and how success was measured internally
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Key lessons for organizations looking to reduce manual workload through scalable AI
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13.35​
BEYOND AI - POWERING THE SUSTAINABLE TRANSFORMATION
Janne Liuttu, Director for Data & AI, Metso (FI)​
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Major trends driving AI adoption in the mining industry
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How AI contributes to Metso’s objective to be frontrunner in safety and sustainability
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How AI is helping our people to go beyond
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14.00
NETWORKING BREAK
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14.30
TRUST IS NOT A BUZZWORD
Vesko Sv. Nedetchev, Private cloud AI lead, Nordics, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NL)
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Why AI trust goes beyond compliance — and why “lying software” changes everything
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7 core principles and practical techniques to reduce hallucinations and increase reliability
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How to take a realistic, budget-friendly approach to building ethical and trustworthy AI today
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14.55​
KEYNOTE
AI IN 2040 - WHAT THE NEXT GENERATION WILL THANK (OR BLAME) US FOR
Suvianna Grecu, Founder & Ethical AI Strategist , AI for Change Foundation (FI)
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What will the world look like when today’s AI experiments become tomorrow’s foundations? As we scale AI into every corner of business and society, leaders are not just shaping quarterly results — they’re shaping the systems, ethics, and opportunities future generations will inherit.
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What will they say about us — the generation that gave machines their minds?
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15.30 - 15.35
END REMARKS BY OUR MODERATOR
Jesse Kamras