Week 19 | DIS25 Newsletter:
Brand New Content Additions – Speakers, Stage Moderators, Workshops, Keynotes, Panelists and the Data After Dark program Star Band
Exciting developments continue at the Data Innovation Summit! This week, we welcome new speakers, keynotes, and workshops that will dive into the latest in AI, data governance, DevOps, and enterprise AI. Plus, we’re thrilled to announce new partnerships that will bring even more value to our community.
New Speakers and Key Panelists Announced
A major highlight this week is The Nordic Debate on AI, and its latest addition Kai Zenner from the European Parliament. Kai is Head of Office and Digital Policy Adviser for MEP Axel Voss (European People’s Party) in the European Parliament. He focuses on AI, privacy, the EU’s digital transition and Better Regulation. With deep expertise in AI governance and digital policy, Kai will share his insights on responsible AI development and its adoption across the Nordics. To start with, Mats Stellwall and Grace Adamson from Snowflake will deliver a keynote on building responsible AI systems that balance oversight with innovation. We’re excited to welcome several new experts to our speaker lineup. Deniz Minican from H&M will explore why understanding context is crucial when working with data. Anna Kennedy from reMarkable will share modern DevOps strategies to improve efficiency and automation. Stijn Christaens from Collibra will discuss the critical role of AI and unified governance, while Jim Dowling from Hopsworks will present Sweden’s approach to enterprise AI. Other exciting additions include Ted Orme from Qlik on preparing for Agentic AI and Trine Lundorf from Arla Foods. The well known face for our fans, Max Schultze from HelloFresh discussing how their low-code data engineering framework enforces best practices by design. Additionally, Karima Makrof, a leader in data governance and an endurance athlete, will moderate the Modern Data Strategy track, ensuring insightful and well-paced discussions.
Hoffmaestro Live at Data Innovation Summit
We’re bringing in some high-energy entertainment with Hoffmaestro, one of Sweden’s most legendary live bands. Known for their electrifying performances and genre-blending mix of ska, heavy grooves, and infectious rhythms, they’ve amassed over 100 million Spotify streams. Get ready for an unforgettable show that will keep the energy high at the summit!
New Partners & Product Reviews
We’re proud to welcome Sigma as our latest partner and Remote as a supporting partner. Additionally, Tom Dejonghe from Collibra will lead a product review and join a panel discussion on efficiently developing and deploying enterprise-class AI projects.
Workshops Announced
This week brings a fresh lineup of hands-on workshops covering a wide range of topics. Here are the first 11 on board:
- Masterclass on Data Science and Generative AI: Best Practices and Pitfalls | Stephen Brobst – CTO | Ab Initio Software
- From Pilot to Production – Gen AI lifecycle management | Oskar Eriksson – Senior Sales Engineer | Snowflake
- End to end AI in Qlik Sense Cloud | Morgan Adolfsson – Principal Solution Architect & Finn Nordesjö – Principal Solution Architect | Qlik
- Build an AI-Powered Chatbot to Extract Insights from Enterprise PDFs | Niklas Schmidtmer – Lead Solution Engineer & Wierd van der Haar – Senior Solution Engineer & Simon Prickett – Senior Product Evangelist | CrateDB
- Getting Started with dbt Mesh | dbt labs
- Unlocking Business Value with Agentic AI Governance | Alexandre T’Kint – Data Scientist | Collibra
- Hands-On with Databricks Agent Framework | TJ Cycyota – Senior Specialist Solution Architect | Databricks
- How to use generative AI and find your organization’s AI value creation bottlenecks with the Data-Driven Business Puzzle | Minna Kärhä – Business Lead, Data Driven Business & Tero Kallioinen – Principal Consultant, Value from data and AI | Solita
- Building and Scaling Data Architectures with Data Contracts | Guillaume Bodet – Chief Product Officer & Amir Hamza – Zeenea Engineer | Actian, a division of HCLSoftware
- Building Reliable Data Products: A Practical Framework | Mikkel Dengsøe – Co-Founder | SYNQ
- SAP Business AI And the revolution of AI Agents | Ton van der Greef – Chief AI Strategy and Innovation Management | SAP SE
Whether you’re looking to refine your data science skills or implement AI in production, these workshops will provide valuable insights. The full content can be found in the PDF Agenda.
Stay tuned for more updates as we count down to the big day!
Warmest regards,
The Data Innovation Summit Team
