AI & Business Futures 2024 - Stockholm | 05/12/2024

Abhi is seasoned AI leader with over 18 years of experience, including more than six years at Accenture, specializing in AI strategy, governance, and implementation. His expertise spans across industries, helping organizations with everything from AI governance frameworks and compliance to responsible AI practices. Abhi is particularly passionate about guiding clients in scaling their AI initiatives and ensuring they unlock the full potential of AI. With a strong track record in selecting and implementing impactful AI use cases, he helps businesses navigate the complex AI landscape effectively and ethically. Abhi is committed to delivering comprehensive solutions that drive sustainable AI growth.

Abhinav Dass

Strategy Senior Manager & GenAI lead for CFO EV

Accenture Nordics

Alexander is an entrepreneur, intrapreneur and transformation leader with track record of leading significant transformation initiatives in the AI space. Previous roles includes Head of AI & Automation at Ericsson from 2017-2021, starting, scaling and leading one of the industry’s largest such initiatives, as well as management consulting roles focusing on digital transformation across industries. Currently Alexander serves in various c-suite roles at Turbotic, a VC-backed AI-SaaS scaleup offering the first AI-assistant for AI & business transformation professionals. Alexander is passionate about change and how emerging technology can transform not only enterprises but the wider society.

Alexander Hubel

Chief Strategy Officer

Turbotic

Anne-Christine Lane, Interim Executive and Acting CDAO (chief data analytics officer) has +20 years of experience in leading and structuring complex organsations and processess. With deep technical understanding and business acumen, Anne-Christine will be a key person to drive AI, Analytics and Automation, and enable change.

Anne-Christine Lane

Chief Data Analytics Officer

Telia Company

With a focus on leveraging technology to drive business value, Daniel has been at the forefront of innovation in the aviation industry. Since joining SAS, he has spearheaded numerous initiatives aimed at harnessing the power of automation and machine learning to enhance operational efficiency and customer experience. Before joining SAS, Daniel served as a Technology Strategy Consultant, where he helped organizations with strategic planning and to develop efficient operating models.

Daniel Engberg

Head of AI, Data and Platforms

SAS

With over two decades at Electrolux Group, George has held various roles across IT, digital transformation, and business services, consistently focusing on driving meaningful change. Currently serving as Chief Data Officer, he focuses on driving business value through data and AI strategies, fostering a culture of data collaboration and responsible data & AI.

George Linton

VP Global Business Services and Chief Data Officer

Electrolux Group

As Snowflake's Principal Data Strategist, Jennifer advises customers on data and AI strategy and best practices in building world-class data organizations. Previously, she spent over a decade as a Forrester Analyst, held management positions in tech sales and marketing, designed urban policy programs, taught math as a Peace Corps volunteer, and earned a Ph.D. in political science from Stanford.

Jennifer Belissent

Principal Data Strategist

Snowflake

Jens Löhmar joined Workday in 2017 and has served as their Chief Technology Officer for Continental Europe & DACH since 2022. He is responsible for both, communicating & building Workday’s Technology Vision & Strategy with IT Executives in his region. His previous role at Workday included supporting Prospects and Customers in their Evaluation of Workday Solutions as an Enterprise Architect. Prior to joining Workday, Jens Löhmar served in various roles along the Customer Engagement Lifecycle with SAP. He holds a Diploma in Industrial Engineering from the Technical University of Kaiserslautern.

Jens Löhmar

CTO - Continental & DACH

Workday

Jesper’s team is working with primarily generative AI within the Commercial Digital part of the company. We are building tools and systems for increasing internal efficiency and leading the way into the AI age. One particular use case, DataBuddy is a slack bot for non-technical people to ask questions in natural language about user data to guide product decisions. My background is within research and development, first within brain research and medical imaging. Later, I switched into data science and have been working in different data teams for about 10 years. My passion is understanding generative AI, it’s workplace and societal impact and I constantly find myself thinking back to my time within brain research and thinking – what is really special about human intelligence?

Jesper Fredriksson

AI Lead Engineer

Volvo Cars

Johan has been in the AI industry for 25 years in big international corporations as well as a founder for startups. The innovation has been conducted across multiple industries and the portfolio includes 260+ production AI solutions. Right now Johan is the Global head of AI, Quantum and Blockchain execution in Ericsson as well as board member in the wealth management bank Söderberg and Partners as well as the AI startup Diggibyte LTD

Johan Vallin

Global Head of AI, Quantum and Blockchain Execution

Ericsson

Klaudia Eriksson is a dynamic leader in digital innovation within the healthcare sector, currently serving as Director of Global Digital Innovation & Alliances at Pfizer. With a proven track record in integrating AI and digital technologies to solve complex medical and commercial challenges, she has spearheaded initiatives like AI-powered diagnostic tools and telehealth solutions. Her work has significantly advanced patient care and healthcare provider education across multiple markets. Passionate about transforming healthcare, Klaudia continues to drive impactful change through cutting-edge technology.

Klaudia Eriksson

Director Global Digital Innovation & Alliances

Pfizer

Linus Gisslén is a technical director at SEED/EA and team lead for a research vector that applies state-of-the-art machine learning techniques to game AI and game testing. His research interest is mainly in the application of ML in games, which includes self-learning agents, procedural content generation, and language models. SEED is an advanced R&D group at Electronic Arts (EA) whose purpose is to push the boundaries of game experiences and to drive innovation in how games are created and played in the future.

Linus Gisslén

ML Technical Director

Maija is helping leading organisations navigate their way to business results in the age of AI & data, bringing with her extensive international experience in data, analytics, AI, and strategy. Her diverse background includes roles in consulting, large multinational corporations, and startups across both B2C and B2B sectors. Previously, Maija served as the Chief Analytics Officer at KONE, where she led the company's AI, analytics and data strategy, developed data capabilities and organisational structures, managed priority use cases, enhanced data usability, and fostered a data-driven culture.

Maija Hovila

Chief Data & AI Strategist

Futurice

Neil Sholay is Vice President of AI Business Value for Oracle EMEA. Responsible for AI go-to-market, thought leadership and building the data and AI business across EMEA. He leads a team of data scientists, AI value consultants and AI experts who spend most of their time working actively to support clients in tackling some of their most complex business problems using data, cloud and AI technology. Sholay has worked at Oracle since 2008 and in the tech industry for 27 years. He has held executive positions in strategy, corporate & business development and previously built & managed Oracle’s co-Innovation team and also the Strategic business value team. Before Oracle, he worked with Sun Microsystems, BEA Systems and ATG. Sholay holds a degree in business management from the London Institute. He is an internationally recognized speaker on technology and innovation, in particular AI, data innovation, and scaling enterprise innovation.

Neil Sholay

VP AI Business Value

Oracle

Tech executive with strong focus on adoption and value capture. Trough out the years Nicklas has been contracted as well by enterprises for digital transformations as governments in Sweden, Norway and UK to support in setting standards in public transport. Since January he is Head of AI & Automation at Telia Group with the responsibility to ensure utilization, upskilling, risks mitigation and limit technical debth.

Nicklas Lindersson

Global Head of AI and Automation Transformation

Telia Group

At Accenture, Nikolaj serves a dual role as both a Strategy Consultant and the Nordic Head of Research, Innovation, and Thought Leadership. With over five years of experience, he has led enterprise-wide transformations, specializing in innovation management and the integration of emerging technologies like AI. As Nordic Head, he collaborates with the global research team to shape Accenture’s vision on the future of finance, focusing on the transformative impact of artificial intelligence. Nikolaj is passionate about scaling emerging technologies and exploring the synergy between human and machine—balancing efficiency with ethical considerations

Nikolaj Fabricius Stryhn

Strategy Consultant & Research Fellow

Accenture

Ola Hammarlund joined Getinge in September 2023 as Head of Digital Platforms / CDO. In this role he is working with key stakeholders to align Digital Platform Roadmaps around Technology Choices, Solution Stack and Digital Enablers. He is driving synergies and efficiencies globally and collaborates with Business and Digital Stakeholders to enable Getinge in making great Digital Solutions. Ola has over 25 years of experience in the fields of Strategy Implementation, Business, IT, Technology and Digital Transformation. Before joining Getinge he held a position as CEO of Gateway Digital and prior to that executive and senior positions at Tech Mahindra, TCS, Bisnode (D&B), WM-data (CGI), CSC (DXC) and also Microsoft way back.

Ola Hammarlund

Head of Digital Platforms/CDO

Getinge

Patrick got his start in tech back in the -90s when the economy was new and the .com boom was booming. After ten years at different tech start-ups and independent consulting, Patrick was head-hunted by IBM and spent ten years at big blue and was part of IBM when they started turning their attention to cognitive technologies and augmented intelligence under the Watson brand. It was at IBM Patrick started working with AI. For 5 years, he doubled up as IBM Sweden’s Spokesperson for AI, spreading the merits and risks with digital technologies such as AI. Prior to joining HPE, Patrick worked at local Nordic AI start-up Silo AI as a business developer. Patrick is an active and vocal voice in AI today and regularly gives keynotes, appears in podcasts and promotes an inclusive and diverse conversation about AI. He’s also HPE’s representative in AI Sweden.

Patrick Couch

AI Sales Specialist

HPE

Per Gustavsson is a CISO, distinguished speaker, and researcher at the C4I & Cyber Center at George Mason University and the University of Skövde. With a strong engineering background and extensive experience in threat analysis, risk assessment, and incident response, he believes deeply in technology’s potential to advance humanity, particularly through AI. Per focuses on enhancing organizations' cybersecurity resilience and advises on best practices in the digital landscape. His forward-thinking approach makes him a key voice in shaping secure and intelligent systems for the future.

Per Gustavsson

CISO

Stratsys

Peter Muld is the Chief Information Officer at ICA Gruppen and ICA Sverige. Peter was appointed CIO 2024 with both a groupwide responsibility as well as leading the Digital & Technology organization within ICA Sverige. Prior to this Peter had various roles with ICA Sverige leading the Strategy & Transformation unit from 2019. Peter joined ICA Gruppen in 2016 as Chief Digital Officer. Prior to joining ICA Group, Muld was business CIO and VP digital transformation at SAS, where he drove SAS digital transformation program for 2 years. He has also been working as a consultant in the media industry in different roles and co-founded several successful startups. Muld holds a degree in economics from Stockholm University and has also studied at KTH.

Peter Muld

Group CIO

ICA

Rahul Kedia

Chief AI Officer

Sandvik

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Strategies for Reinvention and Business Impact

The Value Contribution & Transformative Power of AI

The Road to AI Maturity. From Pilot to Scale

AI strategies that deliver business impact

AI & BUSINESS STRATEGIES 2024

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Abhinav Dass

Alexander Hubel

Anne-Christine Lane

Daniel Engberg

George Linton

Jennifer Belissent

Jens Löhmar

Jesper Fredriksson

Johan Vallin

Klaudia Eriksson

Linus Gisslén

Maija Hovila

Neil Sholay

Nicklas Lindersson

Nikolaj Fabricius Stryhn

Ola Hammarlund

Patrick Couch

Per Gustavsson

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Rahul Kedia

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