Starting 8AM EET - Helsinki, Tallin, Riga, Vilnius Time

Starting 7AM CET - Stockholm, Oslo, Copenhagen Time

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The agenda will be carried out in English. 

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8.00 (EET)

WE OPEN THE DOORS - WELCOME! 

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• Register and get your badge

• Enjoy a light breakfast​

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9.00

OPENING REMARKS BY OUR MODERATORS

Peter Nyman & Jesse Kamras

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• What to expect from the day

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9.10

OPENING KEYNOTE ON CIO STAGE

FAST, FOCUSED AND RESPONSIBLE

Gary Foote, CIO – GM Performance Power Units | BCS Fellow | 5 × CIO 100 Honouree ​

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Gary brings a unique perspective on what it means to build a future-fit business — one that can perform under pressure, adapt with speed, align innovation with purpose, and stay secure in an increasingly complex digital landscape.

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• How motorsport teams from Formula 1 to Rally push the limits of data‑driven decision‑making and real‑time operations

• How high-pressure environments show what’s possible when data, automation, and human precision combine to deliver performance at speed

• How cybersecurity resilience underpins operations, performance, and competitive advantage in a digital‑first world

• Why sustainability and ESG are now core to high‑performance organizations

 

9.45

FRAGMENTED SECURITY ARCHITECTURES ARE COSTING ENTERPRISES TWICE – IN OPERATIONAL RISK AND WASTED CAPITAL​​​​​

Ricardo Ferreira, Field CISO, Fortinet 

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This session outlines a strategic path to Business Continuity by moving from vendor sprawl to a unified platform.

Discover how converging networking and security delivers true Investment Protection, allowing you to adapt to 2026 threats without ripping and replacing infrastructure.

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10.10 

NETWORKING BREAK & COFFEE 

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10.45

BUILDING THE ENTERPRISE AI PLATFORM

Johann Strauss, CTO, Dell Technologies

Johan Thorslund, Enterprise Account Executive, Nordics AMD

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• What Use Case builders expect

• AI Infrastructure vs IT Infrastructure

• Architecting the Sovereign AI Platform

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​​11.10

PANEL DISCUSSION

CIO + CISO = BUILDING UNIFIED RISK AND RESILIENCE THINKING​​​

Kirke Saar, CIO, Head of IT & Certified Supervisory Board Member, Nordic Investment Bank 

Markku Malila, Solution Consultant Manager Finland & Baltics, Palo Alto Networks

​Markus Mannio, CISO, Cybersecurity Leader

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Bridging technology, trust, and business continuity in a volatile landscape.

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• How do CIOs and CISOs build a shared understanding of risk across IT, cyber, and business operations?

• In practice, where do tensions most often arise between CIO and CISO priorities — and how do successful organisations resolve them?

• When organisations face high-speed or high-stakes incidents — a major cyber event, for example — what does effective joint decision-making between CIO and CISO actually look like?

• Boards today expect clearer visibility into cyber and operational risk. How do CIOs and CISOs present a unified story to the board without overwhelming them with technical detail?

• Looking ahead to 2026 and beyond — what is the one thing CIOs and CISOs must change in how they work together to build truly resilient organisations?

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11.35

LUNCH BREAK & NETWORKING

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12.35

PANEL DISCUSSION

FUTURE-READY IT ECONOMICS: THE IMPACT OF CLOUD AND AI ON COST GOVERNANCE

Samu Huhtio, Team lead, Planning & Governance, SOK

Marcel Burton, Director of ITAM and FinOps Services, SoftwareOne

​Ozan Acar, Head of CIO Office and Operational Excellence, Ahlstrom

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• The impact of cloud and AI on cost governance

• Future plans for leveraging cloud and AI

• How can IT support business in determining value/ROI

• The role of a partner in navigating complexity

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13.00

HUMANS AND AGENTS, SURVIVING THE AI ERA WITH ZERO TRUST
Tony Fergusson, CISO in Residence, Zscaler 

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• The threat model has changed forever, your adversaries no longer need to be human, skilled, or awake

• Zero Trust must evolve, from identity and access to intent, provenance, and culture in the age of autonomous agents

• Trust is your most important competitive advantage, the Intelligence Era will be won by those who build it by design, not those who move fastest

• This is your founding moment, the guardrails, constitutions, and architectures you build today will define the trusted future your organisation inherits tomorrow

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13.25

NETWORKING BREAK & COFFEE 

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 14.00​​​

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SPEED NEEDS DIRECTION: LEADING THE AGENT-POWERED ORGANIZATION 

Julius Manni, CEO, Vincit 

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• From pilots to autonomous agents running end-to-end workflows

• Beyond Agile: why management models built for the last decade fall short in the agentic age

• Leading through uncertainty: how to turn skepticism into organization-wide adoption

• The human core: positioning AI as an amplifier of human potential

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14.20

BEYOND BUDGETS – RETHINKING IT VALUE

Tommi Tuovila, CIO, Neste ​​​

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• How CIOs can shift the conversation from “cost of doing the business” to “business performance contribution”

•  What new value stories make it easier to say yes — and help execution teams move faster

• What CIOs must stop reporting if they want to be seen as business leaders, not just tech owners

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14.45 CLOSING KEYNOTE ON CYBER STAGE

AGENTIC AI MAKING MILLION DOLLAR DECISIONS

Monica Verma, Hacker, CISO, Founder & CEO, Multiple Award-Winner and Top-50 Women in Tech 

 

• AI is already making million-dollar decisions without human oversight. Are you ready for that reality?

• Agentic AI is reshaping business and security faster than we realize

• Trust, ethics, and governance are under growing threat as we lose control over the systems making critical choices

• The question isn’t whether to use agentic AI — it’s how to govern something we can’t fully control

• Cybercriminals are already harnessing AI. Is your organization resilient enough to keep up?

• Resilient businesses and societies won’t emerge by accident. What will it take to build them in an AI-driven world?

• Discover what the AI-powered future holds, from autonomous decision-making to the complex challenges of ethics and governance

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15.20

CLOSING SUMMARY BY OUR MODERATORS

Peter Nyman & Jesse Kamras

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15.25-16.00 

NETWORKING & MUSIC 

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