DAY 1
09:00 – 16:00 – Brygga kultursal
08:30 – 09:00: Registration and Mingling
09:00 – Grand opening
Festina Lente
09:07 – Ruth Astrid Sæter
Hostess
Welcome
09:12 – Tomas Norvoll
State Secretary, Ministry of Digitalisation and Public Governance (Labour Party)
Opening speech
09:34 – Hanne Heltne
IP & Technology lawyer – Partner/Member of the Board at Advokatfirmaet CLP DA
EU’s AI Act – regulating the tip of the iceberg?
09:56 – David Hansen
Enterprise Public Sector Manager at Microsoft Norway
The Next Great Leap – Steering an Ethical and Inclusive Progress for AI
10:15 – 10:36: Break
10:38 – Elisabet Haugsbø
President of the trade union Tekna
Building Tomorrow Together: Unions and Responsible AI
11:02 – Magnus Sahlgren
Head of Research for Natural Language Understanding at AI Sweden
GPT-SW3: the first LLM for the Nordics
11:21 – Panel Discussion
12:00 – 13:30: Lunch & AI+ Exhibit
Venue: Byparken, Jernbanetorget 2
Lunch and networking.
Exhibition from industry partners.
Return to Brygga kultursal before 13.30.
13:33 – Leonora Onarheim Bergsjø
Associate Professor, Østfold University College
Ethical risk assessment of AI in practice
13:55 – Heri Ramampiaro
Head of department and professor at the Department of Computer Science, NTNU Trondheim
Do we really need Norwegian large language models (LLMs)?
14:17 – Cathrine Phil Lyngstad
Head of the Data section at NAV IT
AI at NAV – vision for the future and learnings from the past
14:36 – 14:51: Break
14:53 – Niklas Kilberg
Public Affairs Manager at the Head Office of Volvo Cars
AI for a purpose. AI for life.
15:15 – Simon Risanger
CEO at Versiro
Applying AI successfully: lessons from energy startup Versiro
15:37 – Erik Åsberg
Chief Technology Officer at eSmart Systems and Microsoft Regional Director
Next challenge: Operating AI at scale
AI+ Activity
16:45 – 17:30: Historical Tour of Halden
Venue: Meet up outside Thon Hotel
Historical Tour of Halden: You are welcome to join a guided tour of historical Halden.
17:00 – 18:00: Computas x Google demo: Building a generative AI application in 1-2-3
Venue: The Drunken Chef’s
Computas and Google Cloud is excited to invite AI+ participants to: Building a generative AI application in 1-2-3 – an informal gathering at The Drunken Chef’s on April 17th, 17:00-18:00.
Join us for a complimentary drink, an introduction to generative AI from Google Cloud and demos on how you can get started.
Limited number of seats available, so sign up today to secure a spot!
FULLY BOOKED
18:30 – 20:00: Dinner
Venue: Haldens Klub, Borgergata 5, entrance from Kirkegata
Extend your network with the AI+ Conference Dinner.
SOLD OUT
Read more about the AI+ Conference Dinner
20:00 – : AI+ Party
Venue: Kulturhuset, Tordenskjolds gate 1
AI+ Party at Kulturhuset with concerts, etc.