Starting 10AM EET - Helsinki, Tallin, Riga, Vilnius Time

Starting 9AM CET - Stockholm, Oslo, Copenhagen Time

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10.00 (EET)

OPENING REMARKS BY OUR MODERATOR

Peter Nyman

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THEME 1: Modernizing at speed – increasing Operational Efficiencies & Productivity

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10.05

KEYNOTE

DIGITALSATION AS CATALYST IN THE ENERGY TRANSITION

Torbjørn F. Folgerd, Chief Information Officer & SVP Enterprise digital, Equinor​​
 

• How digitalization supports the corporate strategy: Always safe, low cost, high value

• Digital projects have created 4 billion USD in values

• Beyond the hype, Equinor is making AI an industrial reality

• Predictive maintenance@scale; a 28 million USD early warning ML example

• 3D printing and flying drones will revolutionize offshore logistics

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10.30

INNOVATE TO THRIVE: Modernization Strategies for Unleashing Operational Potential  

Sara Björk, Group CIO, Nobia

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Sara has spent the last years driving large transformation programmes, and will in this presentation share her methods and concrete tips and tricks on how to get the change happen.  

        

• How can we work together differently now – when the requirement for change is so much larger than ever before?

• How do we get ALL employees and partners wanting to be engaged in delivering better results, unleashing the operational potential?

• How to deliver innovation and new solutions, at the same time as still dealing with a scattered legacy situation and ever-increasing cyber-threats?

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10.55

FIRESIDE CHAT 

AI-OPTIMIZED IT FOUNDATION: Prepare your IT for the wide-scale AI adoption

Markku Pulkkinen, SVP, Codento

Ted Schönbeck, Head of Cloud Technology & Nordic CTO, Google Cloud

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• Prepare for the Generative AI with compliant, secure and governed practices

• Amplify your data with AI and scale value with MLOps

• AI-proof your cloud architecture, operations and application portfolio

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11.20

NETWORKING BREAK

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11.50

CASE 

TRANFORMING A 400 YEAR COMPANY INTO A TECHNOLOGY LEADER

Jörgen Hellberg, CIO, PostNord 

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• Why is it important to put digital first in the company?

• How you position  IT as a business partner to drive business transformation and innovation?

• How to achieve a mindset shift throughout the company to become digital first?

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THEME 2: Establishing Solid Resiliency, Business Intimacy, and Alignment

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12.15

FROM VICTIM TO VICTOR: Strategies for Ransomware Recovery & Cyber Resilience

Chris Rogers, Senior Technology Evangelist, Zerto ​

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• Unveiling the Cyber Threat Landscape in the Nordics Region

• Best practices to guarantee data availability and recoverability

• Harnessing the power of Continuous Data Protection

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12.40

LUNCH BREAK

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 13.10 

CASE 
HOW INTEGRATED IS SECURITY WITH BUSINESS OBJECTIVES AND RESILIENCE?

Peter Granlund, CISO, IF Insurance 

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• How do you create and communicate an information-, IT- or cybersecurity roadmap that aligns with the business goals and priorities of your organization?

•  How do you assess and mitigate the risks of software supply chain attacks?

• What is digital resilience and how to build that aligned with business goals and objectives?

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13.35

​CYBERSECURITY LANDSCAPE - Priorities for Today's CIOs and Executive Leadership

Kirill Filatov, CISO, S-Ryhmä

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Kirill will offer a mix of insightful perspectives and practical strategies, coupled with useful tips on keeping hackers at bay, ensuring that digital threats don't interfere with your daily coffee break.

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14.00

NIS2 -  European Cybersecurity Directive

Antti Laatikainen, Principal Consultant, WithSecure

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Six years after the release of the initial version, EU cybersecurity legislation is about to be updated to NIS2. New version aims to address modern threats and requirements,  and broaden the scope of applicability to many new industrial sectors. NIS2 directive will steer the formulation of local laws for each EU member states.

 

• What is the NIS2 Directive all about?

• How does the drafted Finnish law address the requirements of the Directive?

• What are the core requirements of NIS2 Directive and how should you start preparing for them?

• How has the security community and WithSecure clients received the NIS2?

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THEME 3: Talent management and upskilling - Cross Functional Perspectives & Culture

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14.25

STRATEGIC ROLE OF CIOs IN LEARNING CULTURE: Case Tampere

Maria Nikkilä, CIO, City of Tampere

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• Tampere is aiming to be the first metaverse city – why and what’s that?

• Why city needs a data strategy? How the AI is involved?

• To achieve all that – how to empower personnel growth and create learning culture?

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14.50

KEYNOTE

Rise of Artificial General Intelligence- Rethinking Human-Machine Partnership in Upskilling

Dr. Christina Yan Zhang,  TOP 100 WOMEN OF FUTURE & CEO and Founder, The Metaverse Institute

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• What is the current global landscape of upskills?

• What is Artificial General Intelligence?

• What are the ways forward?

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15.15.-15.18

END OF DAY REMARKS BY OUR MODERATOR

Peter Nyman

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