Agenda for Nordic Business Forum 2023

The event agenda is the same for both in-person attendees and online participants. The only exception is that the VIP sessions will not be live-streamed. Nordic Business Forum 2023 will take place on 27-28 September 2023 at the Messukeskus Helsinki. Remember to visit the event info webpage for practical information about attending the event, accommodation deals, and more.

Timezone: EEST – Eastern European Summer Time, UTC +03:00 (Link to a timezone converter)

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Day 1

Wednesday, 27 September 2023

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10:00

VIP Session with Patrick Lencioni - Healthy Leader, Healthy Team, Healthy Organization

In this session, Pat will unpack two things:

He will help leaders understand why they’re leading in the first place. He will provoke attendees to honestly assess themselves and the organizations they serve. He will present action steps for changing their approach to leading people.
He will make an overwhelming case to leaders that organizational health will surpass all other disciplines in business as the greatest opportunity for improvement and competitive advantage. He will share four actionable steps to achieving long-term, sustainable success.

Learning points:

How to embrace purposeful leadership
How to foster organizational health for sustainable success
How to achieve sustainable success with four actionable steps

Please note that the session is only for First Class and VIP attendees at the venue. If you want to upgrade your ticket, please get in touch with our customer care.

11:00

Welcoming Lunch

Enjoy food and drinks on us at the networking area

11:15

HS Visio Studio: Innovation

11:15 Siim Lepisk, Head of Innovation at Netgroup

11:29 Catharina Stackelberg, Senior Vice President of Knowit, Chair of the board of Alma Media

11:43 Antti Vasara, CEO of VTT

12:00

Patrick Lencioni - Teamwork Simplified

After this session with Pat, audience members will walk away with actionable advice for leading high-performing teams and maximizing fulfillment and productivity at work.

Learning points:

How to uncover and address team dysfunctions
How to tap into team’s working genius
How to lead high-performing teams

13:45

Networking Break

Book meetings with Brella and enjoy Live Studio interviews

13:50

HS Visio Studio

13:50 Artti Aurasmaa, CEO of Staria – Internationalization and Growth

14:03 Hernan Rojas, Music Producer, Professor – The Power of Art in Transforming Business

14:19 Patrick Lencioni and Jos de Blok – Discussion on Leadership

14:40

Jos de Blok - How to Create a Striving Organization without Administrative Burden

Discover the key to creating a sustainable and equitable future with Jos de Blok, a leading expert on social entrepreneurship and impact investing. Jos will share his insights on how to drive social and environmental impact within your organization and across your industry, and how to create a more inclusive and equitable world.

Learning points:

How to create success through empowering self-managed teams
How to streamline administrative processes through practical strategies
How to foster a Culture of Trust and Innovation

15:25

Rebecca Henderson - Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire

Want to stay ahead of the curve in today’s fast-paced business landscape? Join Rebecca Henderson, a renowned expert on innovation and corporate strategy, as she shares her insights on how to create a culture of innovation and adapt to change within your organization.

Learning points:

How to develop a pragmatic roadmap for systemic change
How some companies succeed in making the first steps toward reimagining capitalism
How to create a pragmatic foundation for thriving in a world of immense challenges and extraordinary possibilities

16:15

Networking Break

Enjoy the catering and conversations, or just relax

16:20

HS Visio Studio: Sustainability

16:20 Rebecca Henderson and Mo Gawdat

16:37 Maija Jokela, Managing Director of Ramboll Finland

16:50 Matias Henkola CEO and Founder of Secto and Heikki Kovalainen, Former F1 Driver

17:10

Maryna Saprykina - Ukrainian Grit: Empowering Global Business with Extreme Resilience

Maryna shares the resilient journey of Ukrainian companies amidst the war. This inspirational story will redefine the way you approach business challenges.

Learning points:

Learn from the challenges and survival stories of Ukrainian companies to increase business resilience
Uncover how their wartime sustainability strategies fuel extreme business resilience
Propel your own business with the same courage that powered journey of Ukrainian companies to recovery and transformation

17:40

Mo Gawdat - AI Today, Tomorrow and How You Can Save Our World

Mo Gawdat openly discusses the current rate of advancement of AI and the expected technological innovation that will follow.

Learning points:

Where AI might be heading as a technology
Ethical questions to consider as a business leader
What is the role each of us and our businesses have to play to ensure that AI will be a driver for positive change

18:10

Scott Galloway - Unpacking the AI Burst and Current Market Conditions

Scott Galloway will present his insights and analysis on the economy and the explosive growth of AI, unpacking current market conditions and their implications for businesses and leadership.

Learning points:

Scott’s take on where this all is heading
Generative AI’s implications for business and leadership
Current market conditions and their implications for business and leadership

19:00

End of the main stage program

Continue networking with other event guests after the main program.

19:00

HS Visio Studio: Resilience

19:00 Scott Galloway

19:15 Maryna Saprykina

19:00

VIP Evening

Enjoy food and drinks with other VIP and First class guests until 22:00.

Please note that the session is only for First Class and VIP attendees at the venue. If you want to upgrade your ticket, please get in touch with our customer care.

Day 2

Thursday, 28 September 2023

08:30

VIP Session with Sheena Iyengar - Lead by Choice

Sheena Iyengar will show our audience how to provide the optimal choices that enable their employees, customers, or consumers to make the right decisions both for themselves and for their companies.

Learning points:

Learn what effective leaders need to know about choice
Discover the tools to create optimal choices within your organization
Find the balance between freedom and constraints to lead by choice.

Please note that the session is only for First Class and VIP attendees at the venue. If you want to upgrade your ticket, please get in touch with our customer care.

09:10

HS Visio Studio: Cyber Security

09:10 Espen Johansen, Chief Security Officer at Visma

09:25 Risto Siilasmaa, Founder and COB at WithSecure

09:45

Nicolai Tangen - The Power of Change

As the CEO of the Norwegian Pension Fund Nicolai Tangen has a unique opportunity for conversations with top-leaders of the largest companies in the world. What can we learn from these top leaders? In this talk, Nicolai shares his reflections on change, communication and performance.

Learning points:

What can we learn from the top leaders?
Why do we need change?
Why are communication, performance and people – the most important ingredients for change?

10:25

Tim Ferriss - Productivity & Innovation

Unlock your full potential and revolutionize your approach to productivity and innovation as Tim Ferriss shares practical strategies and effective habits in this captivating session, ensuring you leave with actionable takeaways to level up your personal and professional life. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from a renowned expert and transform the way you work and think.

Learning points:

How to unleash the power of effective habits
Why you should be embracing Selective Minimalism
How to optimize your resources by leveraging the Pareto Principle

11:00

Lunch & Networking Break

Enjoy food and drinks on us at the networking area

11:00

HS Visio Studio

11:00 Nicolai Tangen – The Economy and Current affairs

11:15 Tim Ferriss – Angel Investing

11:30 Presidential Panel: Be:Change – What change would you promote to improve international relations, security, and value-based leadership

Presidential candidates Pekka Haavisto, Olli Rehn and Mika Aaltola.

12:30

Amy Webb - The Futures of Artificial Intelligence

Amy Webb‘s work emphasizes the importance of trend analysis and identifying trends early on, specifically tech-driven trends. Understanding these trends can help businesses adapt and evolve, positioning themselves advantageously for the future.

One of the most powerful technologies of our lifetimes is now achieving wild new milestones. That technology — artificial intelligence — is reshaping business, privacy, commerce, agriculture, warfare, healthcare, education, and even our relationships to each other. What’s on the horizon for AI? What can you look forward to –– and what should we be worried about now? Amy Webb explains what your business needs to know now about AI.

Learning points:

What’s on the horizon for AI?
Thought-provoking series of snapshots into the effects of AI for near and far future of business and society
Insights for how your organization can achieve its preferred future with AI

13:15

Mikko Hyppönen - Underestimated AI

As the CRO of a leading cyber security corporation, Mikko Hyppönen has been monitoring how cyber criminals work. Cyber Security companies have been a step ahead thanks to automation and AI, while criminals have been building their attacks manually. This is going to change, as new systems enable cyber criminals to have an easy access to the powers of fast-developing AI. Soon, we will see good AI against bad AI.

Mikko will share his insight on the latest development of AI and the possible future of it. The speech will also touch base on what kind of mistakes you can make as a business leader with AI as well as things you could and should utilize AI for as a business leader.

Learning points:

Generative AI is here – are we doomed or empowered?
What mistakes to avoid with AI as a business leader
How you could and should utilize AI as a business leader

13:40

Hans-Peter Siefen - Words from the organizer

13:50

Networking Break

Meet others, discover partners, or check out Live Studio interviews

13:55

HS Visio Studio

13:55 Amy Webb – Emerging Tech Trends

14:11 Stefanie Ruys, Leader of Deloitte’s Nordic Crisis & Resilience practice – Resilience

14:24 Sheena Iyengar – Innovation

14:45

Sheena Iyengar - Think Bigger: Mastering Innovation

During this session with Sheena, you will learn how to use practical tools to unlock new, efficient avenues for generating, identifying and cultivating the best ideas to creatively problem-solve and innovate.

Learning Points:

Understanding Decision-Making to Supercharge Innovation
Ideas for problem solving
Learn practical tools to generating, identifying and cultivating ideas

15:15

Malala Yousafzai - Creating Change

In this inspiring and thought-provoking session, Malala Yousafzai, the youngest Nobel Peace Prize laureate and global champion for female education, will engage in an intimate conversation about creating meaningful change in the world.

Drawing from her personal journey, profound bravery, and relentless advocacy for girls’ education, Malala will share her unique insights into how each one of us can be a catalyst for transformation and make a positive impact in our communities and the world at large.

Learning points:

How to set clear goals and ensure success based on your research
How to inspire others through persuasion and impactful communication
How Malala looks to both her heritage and her future aspirations to inform the values she holds true.

16:00

End of the main stage program

Continue networking with other event guests after the main program. The networking ends at 17:30.

16:05

HS Visio Studio: AI & Equality

16:05 Peter Sarlin, CEO of Silo AI

16:20 Mikko Hyppönen and Henkka Hyppönen, Author and Global Chief Innovation Officer, Younite-AI

16:35 President Tarja Halonen on equality

PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT THE SCHEDULE MAY BE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

Agenda for Nordic Business Forum 2023

Day 1

Wednesday, 27 September 2023

10:00

11:00

11:15

12:00

13:45

13:50

14:40

15:25

16:15

16:20

17:10

17:40

18:10

19:00

19:00

19:00

Day 2

Thursday, 28 September 2023

08:30

09:10

09:45

10:25

11:00

11:00

12:30

13:15

13:40

13:50

13:55

14:45

15:15

16:00

16:05

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