Sofigate Summit 2026
Agenda
Sofigate Summit Agenda
24 November 2026 | Finlandia Hall, Helsinki | Event language: English
12:00
Sofigate Summit 2026 registration
12:00 – 13:00
The Summit starts at the Partner Hub
Your Summit experience starts at the heart of the event. Explore the immersive Partner Hub, meet Sofigators and fellow participants, connect with Salesforce, ServiceNow and our partner community, and discover what’s new – with a few surprises still waiting to be revealed.
Grab a coffee and something savoury along the way before we come together for the main-stage programme at 13:00
13:00 – 13:30
Sofigate CEO Sami Karkkila will be joined by an exciting line-up of special guests
13:30 – 14:00
Philip Carter, Group Vice President, Global GTM Strategy, ServiceNow
14:00 – 14:30
Nina Nissilä, Deputy Director General, Kela, the Social Insurance Institution of Finland
Mikko Mursula, CEO, Ilmarinen
Tuuli Koivu, Chief Economist, Nordea
Hanna Sievinen, Board Professional
Vera Väänänen, Junior Advisor, Sofigate
Maddy Savage, Panel Moderator
14:30 – 15:00
Back to the Partner Hub
Continue the conversations from the main stage, meet fellow participants and Sofigators, and explore more of what Salesforce, ServiceNow and our partner community are bringing to the Summit.
Coffee, pastries and light snacks
Recharge before the breakout sessions begin at 15:00.
Breakout Sessions 15:00 – 17:00
BREAKOUT 1, session 1
15:00 – 15:25
Bruno Amaro Almeida, interim SVP, IT (CIO), Fortum
BREAKOUT 2, session 1
15:00 – 15:25
Case: Smarter Engagement in a Resource-Constrained World
Katri Koski, Director of Finance and Administration, Plan International Finland
BREAKOUT 3, session 1
15:00 – 15:25
Case: Stop Reinventing the Wheel – Refocusing Technology on What Really Matters
Nick Leake, Chief Information Officer, King’s College London
BREAKOUT 4, session 1
15:00 – 15:25
Case: The Next Chapter of Enterprise Transformation – Scaling Value with AI
Neil Kirk, Head of IT Outsourcing, Neste
BREAKOUT 1, session 2
15:30 – 15:55
Click to see the Speakers on Stage
Jawahir Ahmed, Junior Advisor, Sofigate
Olivia Krekula, Junior Advisor, Sofigate
Samuel Nousiainen, Junior Advisor, Sofigate
Eemil Saari, Junior Advisor, Sofigate
Vera Väänänen, Junior Advisor, Sofigate
BREAKOUT 2, session 2
15:30 – 15:55
Customer case – to be revealed soon
BREAKOUT 3, session 2
15:30 – 15:55
Case: Building an AI-Native Company from Day Zero
Gustav Gustavsson Klippel, COO at Teira
BREAKOUT 4, session 2
15:30 – 15:55
Case: From Digitalisation Push to AI Pull
Jacob Stark, Digitalisation Manager for Global Clients at Securitas
BREAKOUT 1, session 3
16:00 – 16:25
Case: Building Value with AI – the Private Equity Perspective
Anssi Kariola, Managing Partner, Verso Capital
BREAKOUT 2, session 3
16:00 – 16:25
Case: Building the Future of Service Operations
Tommi Mattila, VP Service Management & Production, DNA
BREAKOUT 3, session 3
16:00 – 16:25
Case: Creating Real Business Value with AI Agents
Jussi Niemelä, AI Lead, Keusote
BREAKOUT 4, session 3
16:00 – 16:25
Case: Scaling AI Agents in a Regulated Environment
Matti Haario, Director, Digitalisation Portfolio Management, Orion
BREAKOUT 1, session 4
16:30 – 17:00
Panel: From Zero Risk to Managed Risk – Scaling AI in Defence
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Erik Ahnger, Vice President Business Development, Bittium
Petteri Hemminki, Founder of The Finnish Defence Forces’ Centre of Excellence for Artificial Intelligence (FDFAICoE)
Michael Street, Chief, Data Science & Artificial Intelligence, NATO Communications and Information Agency
Anna Metsäranta, Senior AI Advisor, Sofigate
Maddy Savage, Panel Moderator
BREAKOUT 2, session 4
16:30 – 17:00
Panel: Delivering Enterprise AI Impact at Scale
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Antti Valtokari, VP, Wärtsilä GBS and Operating Model, Wärtsilä
Jaana Nauska, Head of Global Business Services, SSAB
Jan Nikus, Vice President KONE Business Services, KONE
Sanna Suomela, VP, Sofigate, Panel Moderator
BREAKOUT 3, session 4
16:30 – 17:00
Panel: Doing More with Less – How Municipalities Are Scaling AI Together
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Mika Pasanen, Mayor, Municipality of Konnevesi
Touko Aalto, Mayor, Municipality of Toivakka
Jonna Heliskoski, Programme Director, Sitra, the Finnish Innovation Fund
Sami von Wehrt, Senior Executive, Sofigate, Panel Moderator
BREAKOUT 4, session 4
16:30 – 17:00
Panel: Who Wins in the AI Economy? – the Investor Perspective
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Henri Hakamo, Chief Strategy and Research Officer, Tesi (Finnish Industry Investment Ltd)
Pauliina Martikainen-Rahnu
Managing Partner, Maki.vc
Rami Mondolin, Investment Manager, Mandatum Asset Management
Aleksi Halttunen, Sofigate, Panel Moderator
17:15 – 17:35
Aleksi Halttunen, VP, Disruptive AI, Sofigate
17:35 – 18:20
Russell Wald, Executive Director, Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI)
18:20 – 18:45
One last thing…
Before we leave the programme behind, there’s one final Summit moment to share.
18:45 – 21:00
Stay for dinner. Stay for what happens next.
The stage programme may be over, but the Summit isn’t. Continue the conversations over dinner, meet people you haven’t caught during the day and enjoy a relaxed evening together – with a few surprises still to come.