9:15  AM - 9:30  AM
Anders Overgaard Bjarklev - Rektor, Professor, ph.d., dr.techn. - DTU
Jonas Kuld Rathje
AI, Electronics, Security
9:45  AM - 10:30  AM
Frank Karlitschek - CEO & Founder - Nextcloud
AI, Security
10:45  AM - 11:30  AM
Fabrizio Montesi - Professor & Director, - SDU / FORM
Albert Qiaochu Jiang - Head of Formal Reasoning - Mistral AI
Jens Ramskov
AI
11:45  AM - 12:30  PM
Peter Mathiesen - Senior Director, Group Innovation, Mobility & Truck Technology - DSV
Jakob Schjoldager
AI
12:45  PM - 1:30  PM
Niels Henrik Sodemann - Vice President & medstifter - EUCLORA
Andreas Holbak Espersen - Branchedirektør - DI Digital
Jan Madsen - Head of department, Professor - DTU Compute
Christina Egelund - Forsknings-, uddannelses- og digitaliseringsminister - Regeringen
Nikolaj Bramsen - CEO - Systematic
Thomas Riisgaard Hansen
AI, Security, Electronics
1:45  PM - 2:30  PM
Morten Lundsgaard Degn - Vice President - Digital Technology - The Lego Group
Jakob Schjoldager
AI
2:45  PM - 3:30  PM
Malthe Falck - Head of Group Digital - Nordea
Lotte Schiffer - Head of People, Group Technology and Denmark - Nordea
Rasmus Ginman
AI
9:00  AM - 9:45  AM
Rushil Agarwal - CEO - Human Archive
Bjørn Godske
AI, Electronics
10:00  AM - 10:45  AM
Sune Tornbo Baastrup - Senior Vice President & CIO - Danfoss
Claudio Pica - Professor - Department of Mathematics and Computer Science (IMADA) SDU
Natacha Petersen
AI
11:00  AM - 11:45  AM
Mario Trapp - Executive Director - Frauenhofer
Bjørn Godske
AI, Electronics
12:00  PM - 12:45  PM
Paul Henrik Østergaard - Senior Adviser - Artificial Intelligence - Danish Defence Command
Steen Søndergaard - Chief Scientist - NATO
Christine Nellemann - Prorektor - DTU
Thomas Hofman-Bang - CEO - Industriens Fond
Lars Bo Larsen - Direktør - Nationalt Forsvarsteknologisk Center (NFC)
Mark Fiedel - Chef for Cybersikkerhed - Forsvarets Efterretningstjeneste
Laurids Hovgaard
AI
1:00  PM - 1:45  PM
Michael Schrapp - Director, Global Go-to-Market for Data & AI - Siemens AG
AI, Electronics
2:00  PM - 2:45  PM
Nikolaj Thomas Zinner - Professor & Co-founder - Aarhus University & Kvantify
Anne Marie Engtoft Meldgaard - Chief Commercial Officer - Sparrow Quantum
Peter Viereck - Senior Advisor - Danish Quantum Community
Raheesty Nem - Scientific manager - Novo Nordisk Fonden
AI, Security, Electronics
3:00  PM - 3:45  PM
9:45  AM - 10:15  AM
Anders Dahl - Professor, sektionsleder for Visual Computing - DTU Compute
Morten Rieger Hannemose - Associate Professor - DTU Compute
Frederik Warburg - Head of AI - Teton
AI
10:30  AM - 11:00  AM
Roberto Galeazzi - Associate Professor, Group Leader, Head of DTU Centre for Collaborative Autonomous Systems - DTU Electro
Electronics, AI
11:15  AM - 11:45  AM
Nicki Skafte Detlefsen - Associate professor - DTU Compute
AI
12:00  PM - 12:30  PM
12:45  PM - 1:15  PM
Allan Peter Engsig-Karup - Associate professor - DTU Compute
Spyros Chatzivasileiadis - Professor - DTU Wind
Jesper Sandvig Mariegaard - Director, Principal, Emerging Modelling Technologies - DHI
Lasse Hjuler Christiansen - Product Manager - TICRA
AI
1:30  PM - 2:00  PM
Cheol-Ho Jeong - Associate Professor - DTU Electro
Leif Denby - Senior Research Scientist - DMI
Kristian Meyer - Modelling Specialist - Novo Nordisk
AI
2:15  PM - 2:45  PM
Abhishek Tiwari - Associate Professor - University of Southern Denmark
Thomas Riisgaard Hansen - Director - Digital Research Centre Denmark - DIREC
Security
3:00  PM - 3:30  PM
Thomas Riisgaard Hansen - Director - Digital Research Centre Denmark - DIREC
Karen Skjerbæk Jørgensen - CCO & Vice President - Trifork Digital Health
Aasa Feragen - Professor of Medical Image Analysis - DTU Compute
Mette Bjerg Lindhøj - Specialkonsulent - Akutberedskabet - Region Hovedstaden
AI
9:45  AM - 10:15  AM
Andrea Burattin - Associate Professor - DTU Compute
Nicola Dragoni - Professor, Head of Section, Deputy Director - DTU Compute
Sisse Houlberg Winther - Lead Value Engineer - Celonis
AI, Security
10:30  AM - 11:00  AM
Roberto Galeazzi - Associate Professor, Group Leader, Head of DTU Centre for Collaborative Autonomous Systems - DTU Electro
AI, Security, Electronics
12:00  PM - 12:30  PM
12:45  PM - 1:15  PM
Laura Klitgaard - President - IDA
Per Bækgaard - Associate Professor - DTU
Asger Alstrup Palm - CTO - Area9
Kaj Grønbæk - Professor - AU
Kim Knudsen (moderator) - Professor, Head of Education - DTU
AI
1:30  PM - 2:00  PM
Kaj Grønbæk - Professor - AU
Per Bækgaard - Associate Professor - DTU
Asger Alstrup Palm - CTO - Area9
Laura Klitgaard - President - IDA
Kim Knudsen (moderator) - Professor, Head of Education - DTU
AI
2:15  PM - 2:45  PM
Peter Mayer - Associate Professor - Department of Mathematics and Computer Science (IMADA), SDU.
Oksana Kulyk - Associate Professor - IT University of Copenhagen (ITU)
Security
10:15  AM - 10:45  AM
Anders Dahl - Professor, sektionsleder for Visual Computing - DTU Compute
AI
11:00  AM - 11:30  AM
11:45  AM - 12:15  PM
Malthe Reipurth - Partner - Black Capital Technology
AI
12:30  PM - 1:00  PM
Katrine Fejerskov - Chefkonsulent og projektleder, Center for HR og Uddannelse - Region Hovedstaden
Rikke Waldorff - Kompetencekonsulent - Ingeniørforeningen, IDA
AI
1:15  PM - 1:45  PM
3:30  PM - 4:00  PM
Michael Kastoryano - Associate Professor - Department of Computer Science, University of Copenahgen
Electronics
10:15  AM - 10:45  AM
Hemant Ghayvat - Associate Professor and Director of Emerging Health for Technology. - Roskilde Universitet
AI
12:30  PM - 1:00  PM
Henning Bomberg - Field Application Manager - Würth Elektronik Danmark A/S
Electronics
1:15  PM - 1:45  PM
Björgvin Hjartarson - Innovation Consultant - DTU Skylab
AI
2:00  PM - 2:30  PM
Björgvin Hjartarson - Innovation Consultant - DTU Skylab
AI, Security, Electronics
2:45  PM - 3:15  PM
Björgvin Hjartarson - Innovation Consultant - DTU Skylab
AI, Security, Electronics
3:30  PM - 4:00  PM
Björgvin Hjartarson - Innovation Consultant - DTU Skylab
AI, Security, Electronics
9:45  AM - 10:15  AM
Tiziano Santilli - Post Doc - MMMI, Software Engineering, SDU
Francesco Daghero - Post Doc - MMMI, Software Engineering, SDU
Sani Abdullahi - Assistant Professor - MMMI, Center for Industrial Software, SDU
Maximilian von Zastrow - Assistant Professor - MMMI, Center for Industrial Software, SDU
AI, Security
10:30  AM - 11:00  AM
11:15  AM - 12:30  PM
Ulrik Hoff - Quantum Engagement Specialist - Kvantify
Jaco van de Pol - Professor - AU
Christian Schilling - Associate Professor - AAU
AI
12:00  PM - 12:30  PM
Ken Pfeuffer - Associate Professor - Dept. of Computer Science, AU
AI
12:45  PM - 1:15  PM
Valentina Lenarduzzi - Professor - Department of Mathematics and Computer Science (IMADA), SDU Vejle.
Davide Taibi - Professor - Department of Mathematics and Computer Science (IMADA), SDU Vejle.
AI
1:30  PM - 2:00  PM
Zoi Kaodi - Associate professor - ITU
Martin Hentschel - Associate professor - ITU
AI
9:45  AM - 10:15  AM
10:30  AM - 11:00  AM
Edouard Rolland - Phd. Student - UAS Centre, SDU.
Johannes Koch - Assistant Professor - SDU Center for Energy Informatics (University of Southern Denmark, Odense)
AI, Electronics
11:15  AM - 11:45  AM
Paolo Burelli - Associate professor - ITU
AI
12:00  PM - 12:30  PM
Jes Vollertsen - Professor - AAU
Kim Guldstrand Larsen - Professor - AAU
AI
1:30  PM - 2:00  PM
Melanie Ganz-Benjaminsen - Associate Professor - University of Copenhagen
Alissa Andrea Valentine - Postdoc - University of Copenhagen
Augusta Klingsten Peytz - CEO - Aisel Health
AI
2:15  PM - 2:45  PM
Florian Echtler - Associate Professor - AAU
Security
3:00  PM - 3:30  PM
Jette Ernst - Associate Professor of Organisation and Leadership at the Department of Social Science and Business - Roskilde Universitet
Benjamin Lipp - Assistant Professor in Science and Technology Studies - DTU
AI
9:30  AM - 10:00  AM
Sophia Natasha Wilson - PhD - Department of Computer Science, University of Copenahgen
Emil Njor - Assistant Professor - The Faculty of Engineering, The Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller Institute, SDU Centre for Software Technology, University of Southern Denmark
Pernille Jensen - Energy Cluster Denmark
AI
10:15  AM - 10:45  AM
Christian Holstein - Specialkonsulent - Uddannelses- og Forskningsstyrelsen
Andreas Nykjær - Fuldmægtig - Digitaliseringsstyrelsen
Morten Kristiansen - Digitaliseringsstyrelsen
AI
11:00  AM - 11:30  AM
Christian Holstein - Specialkonsulent - Uddannelses- og Forskningsstyrelsen
Andreas Nykjær - Fuldmægtig - Digitaliseringsstyrelsen
Morten Kristiansen - Digitaliseringsstyrelsen
AI
11:45  AM - 12:15  PM
Ada Scupola - Professor (mso) of Business Studies - Roskilde Universitet
Jon Sundbo - Professor of Innovation - Roskilde Universitet
Monica Ladekarl - PhD and is a midwife and researcher at Copenhagen University Hospital – Hvidovre, Denmark - Amager og Hvidovre Hospital
John Damm Scheuer - Associate professor at the Institute for Social Sciences and Business - Roskilde University
AI
12:30  PM - 1:00  PM
Boel Nelson - Tenure-Track Assistant Professor - Department of Computer Science, University of Copenahgen
Louise Skovdal - IT Privacy Manager and Lead Data Ethics Responsible - Enterprise IT in Novo Nordisk
Security
2:00  PM - 2:30  PM
Matthew J. Spaniol - Senior Researcher in Strategic Foresight - Roskilde Universitet
Security
2:45  PM - 3:15  PM
Aparna Varde - Professor - MMMI, Center for Software Technology, SDU
Michel Albonico - Associate Professor - MMMI, Center for Software Technology, SDU
Noura Howell - Associate Professor - MMMI, Center for Software Technology, SDU
AI
3:30  PM - 4:00  PM
9:30  AM - 10:00  AM
Michael Ustrup - Senior Software Security Architect - Systematic
AI
10:15  AM - 10:45  AM
Tariq Osman Andersen - Associate Professor - Department of Computer Science, University of Copenhagen
Hubert Dariusz Zajac - Postdoc - Department of Computer Science, University of Copenahgen
Christian Alexander K. Hasselsteen - Data & IT Project Manager - Simply Chocolate
AI
11:00  AM - 11:30  AM
11:45  AM - 12:15  PM
Line Reinhardt - Associate professor in computer science and head of the Centre for Maritime and Marine Research at Roskilde University - Roskilde Universitet
AI
1:15  PM - 1:45  PM
Miguel Sicart - Full professor - ITU
AI
10:30  AM - 11:00  AM
Sune Askjær - CEO & Co-founder - Adamatics
AI
12:00  PM - 12:30  PM
Wanig Le Pennec - Managing Director, Wireless Logic Nordic - Wireless Logic Nordic
AI, Electronics, Security
12:45  PM - 1:15  PM
Vytautas Siozinys, PhD - CEO - Energy Advice
AI
1:30  PM - 2:00  PM
Martijn Krot - Director Technology Sales - Western Europe - ifm electronic
AI
10:15  AM - 10:45  AM
Dr. Martin Becker - Department Head 'Embedded Systems Engineering' - Fraunhofer IESE
Tim Schroeder - Head of AI - INC Innovation Center
Atakan Poyraz - Research Associate - Berlin Institute of Health at Charité
AI
11:00  AM - 11:30  AM
Michael Röder - Junior Research Group Lead - Paderborn University
Rolf Fricke - Head of R&D - Condat AG
AI
11:45  AM - 12:15  PM
Morten Kajhøj Rovsing​ - Application Engineer - Nordcad Systems A/S
AI, Electronics
12:30  PM - 1:00  PM
Alexis Montoya - Distribution Sales Manager - Altera
AI, Electronics
1:15  PM - 1:45  PM
Henning Bomberg - Field Application Manager - Würth Elektronik Danmark A/S
Electronics
2:00  PM - 2:30  PM
Peter Aagaard Kristensen - Vice President IT & Technology - Prevas
Security
9:30  AM - 10:00  AM
Mikkel Storm Jensen - Military analyst, major, Ph.d. - Royal Danish Defence College
Rasmus Larsen (Moderator) - Professor - DTU
Security, Electronics, AI
10:15  AM - 10:45  AM
Rasmus Dahlberg - Associate professor - RUC
Rasmus Koss Hartmann - Associate professor - CBS
Kristian Pedersen - Head of the Technology Department in the Development Division - the Danish Ministry of Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organisation (DALO).
Rasmus Larsen (Moderator) - Professor - DTU
AI, Security, Electronics
11:00  AM - 11:30  AM
Christian Damsgaard Jensen - Professor of Cybersecurity - Aarhus University
Jerome Joufroy - Professor at the Department of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering at the University of Southern Denmark and Head of the SDU Drone Mechatronics group. - SDU
Ken Friis Larsen - Head of the Department of Computer Science - University of Copenhagen
Rasmus Larsen (Moderator) - Professor - DTU
Lasse Kronborg - Major, Militæranalytiker - Forsvarsakademiets Institut for Militær Teknologi
Security, AI, Electronics
9:00  AM - 9:15  AM
9:15  AM - 9:30  AM
9:30  AM - 10:15  AM
Thomas Riisgaard - CEO - DIREC
10:15  AM - 11:15  AM
Moderator: Mikkel Sørensen - CEO - DTU SkyFactory
Erik Balck Sørensen - CIO - EIFO
Lene Oddershede - CSO - Novo Nordisk Fonden
Marianne Thellersen - Koncerndirektør for Innovation og Entrepeneurship - DTU
Lone Ryg Olsen - Erhvervsdirektør - Aarhus Universitet
11:15  AM - 12:00  PM
Aleksandra Zaniewska - Head of AI Lab - BII
12:00  PM - 12:30  PM
Moderator: Kasper Malling Kjer Nørtov - Specialkonsulent - Spin-Outs Denmark
12:30  PM - 1:15  PM
Tekin Esen - Forretningsudvikler - Århus Universitet, Kitchen
1:45  PM - 2:45  PM
Nynne Budtz Christiansen - Development & Operations Manager - Open Entrepreneurship
Jens Friholm NIelsen - Senior Innovation Officer - DTU SkyLab
Dr. Neta Kela - Chief Consultant, Business Development - Københavns Universitet
Agyro (Iro) Nikiforou - Associate Professor - DTU Entrepeurship
2:45  PM - 3:15  PM
3:15  PM - 3:45  PM
4:00  PM - 4:30  PM
Nis Alstrup - Chairman of the board - Otto Mønsteds Fond
AI, Security, Electronics
9:00  AM - 9:45  AM
9:45  AM - 10:30  AM
10:30  AM - 11:00  AM
Martin Skjold Lind Grøntved - Innovation & Collaboration Manager - IT Universitetet
AI, Security
11:00  AM - 12:00  PM
Pieter Palmers - Senior Venture Development Manager - IMEC
David Groom - Managing Partner and Director - DeepTech Labs
John Bell - CEO - High Tech XL
Pol Hortal - Managing Director - Zubi Labs Impact
Ulrik Lie Ulvness - Venture Builder - Kongsberg Innovasjon
12:00  PM - 1:00  PM
Marcelina Dutkiewicz - CEO and Founder - EffencientyTactics
AI
1:00  PM - 1:30  PM
1:30  PM - 2:00  PM
2:00  PM - 2:50  PM
Asger Riis Rasmussen - Innovationskonsulent - DTU
4:00  PM - 4:15  PM

Wednesday, November 4, 2026
9:15 AM - 9:30 AMOpening KeynoteAnders Overgaard Bjarklev - Rektor, Professor, ph.d., dr.techn. - DTU
9:45 AM - 10:30 AMFireside Chat: Europe's Sovereign Tech Stack - with Frank Karlitschek (Nextcloud)Frank Karlitschek - CEO & Founder - Nextcloud
10:45 AM - 11:30 AMAI and Formal Methods: From Academic Niche to the Tech Industry’s New HopeFabrizio Montesi - Professor & Director, - SDU / FORM
Albert Qiaochu Jiang - Head of Formal Reasoning - Mistral AI
11:45 AM - 12:30 PMAI-Native Logistics: How DSV Is Redesigning Global Operations with AIPeter Mathiesen - Senior Director, Group Innovation, Mobility & Truck Technology - DSV
12:45 PM - 1:30 PMPanel: The State of Digital Denmark 2026 - From Test Market to Technology ExporterNiels Henrik Sodemann - Vice President & medstifter - EUCLORA
Andreas Holbak Espersen - Branchedirektør - DI Digital
Jan Madsen - Head of department, Professor - DTU Compute
Christina Egelund - Forsknings-, uddannelses- og digitaliseringsminister - Regeringen
Nikolaj Bramsen - CEO - Systematic
1:45 PM - 2:30 PMLEGO: AI, Automation, and the Hard Lessons of ScalingMorten Lundsgaard Degn - Vice President - Digital Technology - The Lego Group
2:45 PM - 3:30 PMNavigating AI in NordeaMalthe Falck - Head of Group Digital - Nordea
Lotte Schiffer - Head of People, Group Technology and Denmark - Nordea
Thursday, November 5, 2026
9:00 AM - 9:45 AMBuilding Human Archive: Modeling Human Embodied IntelligenceRushil Agarwal - CEO - Human Archive
10:00 AM - 10:45 AMDanish breakthrough in green AI infrastructure: The supercomputer Bitten feeds waste heat into the district heating networkSune Tornbo Baastrup - Senior Vice President & CIO - Danfoss
Claudio Pica - Professor - Department of Mathematics and Computer Science (IMADA) SDU
11:00 AM - 11:45 AMIndustrial AI at Scale: Achieving Automation Efficiency with Industrial-Grade QualityMario Trapp - Executive Director - Frauenhofer
12:00 PM - 12:45 PMFrom Factory to Defence: How Danish Industry Adapts to Europe's New Security RealityPaul Henrik Østergaard - Senior Adviser - Artificial Intelligence - Danish Defence Command
Steen Søndergaard - Chief Scientist - NATO
Christine Nellemann - Prorektor - DTU
Thomas Hofman-Bang - CEO - Industriens Fond
Lars Bo Larsen - Direktør - Nationalt Forsvarsteknologisk Center (NFC)
Mark Fiedel - Chef for Cybersikkerhed - Forsvarets Efterretningstjeneste
1:00 PM - 1:45 PMIndustrial AI at Scale: Unlocking Value for Small and Medium-Sized EnterprisesMichael Schrapp - Director, Global Go-to-Market for Data & AI - Siemens AG
2:00 PM - 2:45 PMPanel: From Danish Quantum Lead to Industrial PayoffNikolaj Thomas Zinner - Professor & Co-founder - Aarhus University & Kvantify
Anne Marie Engtoft Meldgaard - Chief Commercial Officer - Sparrow Quantum
Peter Viereck - Senior Advisor - Danish Quantum Community
Raheesty Nem - Scientific manager - Novo Nordisk Fonden
3:00 PM - 3:45 PMWhen AI entered the pitch: What top-level football can teach any leader about trusting dataAlan Khorsid - Co-Founder | CEO - Alai

Wednesday, November 4, 2026
9:45 AM - 10:15 AMMulti-modal AI from a Computer Vision Perspective (DTU Industrial AI Program)Anders Dahl - Professor, sektionsleder for Visual Computing - DTU Compute
Morten Rieger Hannemose - Associate Professor - DTU Compute
Frederik Warburg - Head of AI - Teton
10:30 AM - 11:00 AMMultimodal AI in Autonomous Systems: From Insight to Action (DTU Industrial AI Program)Roberto Galeazzi - Associate Professor, Group Leader, Head of DTU Centre for Collaborative Autonomous Systems - DTU Electro
11:15 AM - 11:45 AMAgentic AI: From Automation to Autonomous Decision-Making (DTU Industrial AI Program)Nicki Skafte Detlefsen - Associate professor - DTU Compute
12:00 PM - 12:30 PMWorking with Agentic AI: A Field Perspective from the Frontline (DTU Industrial AI Program)Sebastian Thielke - Head of Product - Human Thinking
12:45 PM - 1:15 PMPhysics AI: Rethinking How Industry Innovates (DTU Industrial AI Program)Allan Peter Engsig-Karup - Associate professor - DTU Compute
Spyros Chatzivasileiadis - Professor - DTU Wind
Jesper Sandvig Mariegaard - Director, Principal, Emerging Modelling Technologies - DHI
Lasse Hjuler Christiansen - Product Manager - TICRA
1:30 PM - 2:00 PMPhysics AI in Practice: Accelerating Industrial Breakthroughs (DTU Industrial AI Program)Cheol-Ho Jeong - Associate Professor - DTU Electro
Leif Denby - Senior Research Scientist - DMI
Kristian Meyer - Modelling Specialist - Novo Nordisk
2:15 PM - 2:45 PMAI-generated code – a cyberbomb waiting to happen?Abhishek Tiwari - Associate Professor - University of Southern Denmark
Thomas Riisgaard Hansen - Director - Digital Research Centre Denmark - DIREC
3:00 PM - 3:30 PMDon't replace the clinician - raise the ambitions: The Turing Trap in Danish healthcareThomas Riisgaard Hansen - Director - Digital Research Centre Denmark - DIREC
Karen Skjerbæk Jørgensen - CCO & Vice President - Trifork Digital Health
Aasa Feragen - Professor of Medical Image Analysis - DTU Compute
Mette Bjerg Lindhøj - Specialkonsulent - Akutberedskabet - Region Hovedstaden
Thursday, November 5, 2026
9:45 AM - 10:15 AMYou Can't Improve What You Can't See: Process Mining for AI and Cybersecurity (DTU Industrial AI Program)Andrea Burattin - Associate Professor - DTU Compute
Nicola Dragoni - Professor, Head of Section, Deputy Director - DTU Compute
Sisse Houlberg Winther - Lead Value Engineer - Celonis
10:30 AM - 11:00 AMCyber-Physical Security and Autonomous Systems: Securing the Next Generation of Industry (DTU Industrial AI Program)Roberto Galeazzi - Associate Professor, Group Leader, Head of DTU Centre for Collaborative Autonomous Systems - DTU Electro
11:15 AM - 11:45 AMAI for Workplace Learning: From AI Adoption to Lasting Competence (Inspiration Talks) (Presented by EdTech Denmark and DTU)Kurt Gammelgaard Nielsen - CEO - EdTech Denmark
12:00 PM - 12:30 PMAI for Workplace Learning: Who Guarantees the Quality? (The Debate) (Presented by EdTech Denmark and DTU)Kurt Gammelgaard Nielsen - CEO - EdTech Denmark
12:45 PM - 1:15 PMRethinking IT Education for a Future with AI (Inspirational talks)Laura Klitgaard - President - IDA
Per Bækgaard - Associate Professor - DTU
Asger Alstrup Palm - CTO - Area9
Kaj Grønbæk - Professor - AU
Kim Knudsen (moderator) - Professor, Head of Education - DTU
1:30 PM - 2:00 PMRethinking IT Education for a Future with AI (Panel discussion)Kaj Grønbæk - Professor - AU
Per Bækgaard - Associate Professor - DTU
Asger Alstrup Palm - CTO - Area9
Laura Klitgaard - President - IDA
Kim Knudsen (moderator) - Professor, Head of Education - DTU
2:15 PM - 2:45 PMCould a cyberattack paralyze Denmark?Peter Mayer - Associate Professor - Department of Mathematics and Computer Science (IMADA), SDU.
Oksana Kulyk - Associate Professor - IT University of Copenhagen (ITU)

Wednesday, November 4, 2026
9:30 AM - 10:00 AMDecoding the Night: How the AI Foundation Model Transforms sleep recordings into an Early Warning System for Future Disease Risk?Poul Jørgen Jennum - Professor - Rigshospitalet
10:15 AM - 10:45 AMEr hele tumoren væk? AI-støttet 3D-imaging til kræftkirurgiAnders Dahl - Professor, sektionsleder for Visual Computing - DTU Compute
11:00 AM - 11:30 AMHow can big data improve the lives of people living with inflammatory bowel disease?Marie Vestergaard - Ph.D. - Aalborg Universitet
11:45 AM - 12:15 PMAI gør ikke kun det svære lettere. Det gør det umulige muligt.Malthe Reipurth - Partner - Black Capital Technology
12:30 PM - 1:00 PMNår AI møder organisationens virkelighed: Fra potentiale til praksisKatrine Fejerskov - Chefkonsulent og projektleder, Center for HR og Uddannelse - Region Hovedstaden
Rikke Waldorff - Kompetencekonsulent - Ingeniørforeningen, IDA
1:15 PM - 1:45 PMThe Future of AI in Healthcare Is When We Stop Talking About AIStine Mølgaard - Partner - Alliance VC
3:30 PM - 4:00 PMWhy quantum related methods will eventually be mainstream in computational finance.Michael Kastoryano - Associate Professor - Department of Computer Science, University of Copenahgen
Thursday, November 5, 2026
10:15 AM - 10:45 AMPhysical AI for Mental Health: From Emotion-Aware AI to Immersive Digital HealingHemant Ghayvat - Associate Professor and Director of Emerging Health for Technology. - Roskilde Universitet
12:30 PM - 1:00 PMAddress your EMC challenges before they become a problem in your designHenning Bomberg - Field Application Manager - Würth Elektronik Danmark A/S
1:15 PM - 1:45 PMNext Generation Pitch & Panel 1: Future of [Digital] WaterBjörgvin Hjartarson - Innovation Consultant - DTU Skylab
2:00 PM - 2:30 PMNext Generation Pitch & Panel 2: Digital action for sustainable impact Björgvin Hjartarson - Innovation Consultant - DTU Skylab
2:45 PM - 3:15 PMNext Generation Pitch & Panel 3: Resilience through digitalisationBjörgvin Hjartarson - Innovation Consultant - DTU Skylab
3:30 PM - 4:00 PMNext Generation Young Academics Award CeremonyBjörgvin Hjartarson - Innovation Consultant - DTU Skylab

Wednesday, November 4, 2026
9:45 AM - 10:15 AMSoftware Engineering for AITiziano Santilli - Post Doc - MMMI, Software Engineering, SDU
Francesco Daghero - Post Doc - MMMI, Software Engineering, SDU
Sani Abdullahi - Assistant Professor - MMMI, Center for Industrial Software, SDU
Maximilian von Zastrow - Assistant Professor - MMMI, Center for Industrial Software, SDU
10:30 AM - 11:00 AMGenerative AI in Software Development: Productivity Boost or Meaningfulness Risk?Oliver Krancher - Full professor - ITU
11:15 AM - 12:30 PMOptimal Design Automation for a Quantum Software StackUlrik Hoff - Quantum Engagement Specialist - Kvantify
Jaco van de Pol - Professor - AU
Christian Schilling - Associate Professor - AAU
12:00 PM - 12:30 PMFrom Mouse to Human Body: The Future of Interacting with AIKen Pfeuffer - Associate Professor - Dept. of Computer Science, AU
12:45 PM - 1:15 PMThe Invisible Cost of AI. How AI Can Create Tomorrow’s Software CrisisValentina Lenarduzzi - Professor - Department of Mathematics and Computer Science (IMADA), SDU Vejle.
Davide Taibi - Professor - Department of Mathematics and Computer Science (IMADA), SDU Vejle.
1:30 PM - 2:00 PMSelf-Optimizing Data Systems: From Data Warehouses to AI PipelinesZoi Kaodi - Associate professor - ITU
Martin Hentschel - Associate professor - ITU
Thursday, November 5, 2026
9:45 AM - 10:15 AMBreaking the walls of messaging apps: challenges and opportunities of messaging interoperabilityCarla Florencia Griggio - Assistant Professor - AAU
10:30 AM - 11:00 AMArtificial intelligence in real-world systemsEdouard Rolland - Phd. Student - UAS Centre, SDU.
Johannes Koch - Assistant Professor - SDU Center for Energy Informatics (University of Southern Denmark, Odense)
11:15 AM - 11:45 AMThe Mind as Interface, and the Hard Problems UnderneathPaolo Burelli - Associate professor - ITU
12:00 PM - 12:30 PMDigital Twins and Machine Learning for Resilient Water InfrastructureJes Vollertsen - Professor - AAU
Kim Guldstrand Larsen - Professor - AAU
1:30 PM - 2:00 PMWhen we scale up AI, could it leave anyone behind? A case study in psychiatry.Melanie Ganz-Benjaminsen - Associate Professor - University of Copenhagen
Alissa Andrea Valentine - Postdoc - University of Copenhagen
Augusta Klingsten Peytz - CEO - Aisel Health
2:15 PM - 2:45 PMDigital Self-Determination through Federated NanoserversFlorian Echtler - Associate Professor - AAU
3:00 PM - 3:30 PMAutomation in the care sectors: who’s making automation work?Jette Ernst - Associate Professor of Organisation and Leadership at the Department of Social Science and Business - Roskilde Universitet
Benjamin Lipp - Assistant Professor in Science and Technology Studies - DTU

Wednesday, November 4, 2026
9:30 AM - 10:00 AMReducing Resource Costs of Frontier AI by Identifying and Managing AI-Waste (Green AI)Sophia Natasha Wilson - PhD - Department of Computer Science, University of Copenahgen
Emil Njor - Assistant Professor - The Faculty of Engineering, The Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller Institute, SDU Centre for Software Technology, University of Southern Denmark
Pernille Jensen - Energy Cluster Denmark
10:15 AM - 10:45 AMEU funding for your competitiveness - and for Europe (Session 1)Christian Holstein - Specialkonsulent - Uddannelses- og Forskningsstyrelsen
Andreas Nykjær - Fuldmægtig - Digitaliseringsstyrelsen
Morten Kristiansen - Digitaliseringsstyrelsen
11:00 AM - 11:30 AMEU funding for your competitiveness - and for Europe (Session 2)Christian Holstein - Specialkonsulent - Uddannelses- og Forskningsstyrelsen
Andreas Nykjær - Fuldmægtig - Digitaliseringsstyrelsen
Morten Kristiansen - Digitaliseringsstyrelsen
11:45 AM - 12:15 PMCan AI Help Midwives Make Better Decisions?Ada Scupola - Professor (mso) of Business Studies - Roskilde Universitet
Jon Sundbo - Professor of Innovation - Roskilde Universitet
Monica Ladekarl - PhD and is a midwife and researcher at Copenhagen University Hospital – Hvidovre, Denmark - Amager og Hvidovre Hospital
John Damm Scheuer - Associate professor at the Institute for Social Sciences and Business - Roskilde University
12:30 PM - 1:00 PMAnonymization is all you need – or is it? From privacy in theory to privacy in practiceBoel Nelson - Tenure-Track Assistant Professor - Department of Computer Science, University of Copenahgen
Louise Skovdal - IT Privacy Manager and Lead Data Ethics Responsible - Enterprise IT in Novo Nordisk
1:15 PM - 1:45 PMSeeing the Unspoken: Teaching Multimodal Models to "Think Before They Speak" with Human Eye MovementYiyi Chen - Research Assistant - AAU
2:00 PM - 2:30 PMPrediction Markets and Strategic ForesightMatthew J. Spaniol - Senior Researcher in Strategic Foresight - Roskilde Universitet
2:45 PM - 3:15 PMAI for SustainabilityAparna Varde - Professor - MMMI, Center for Software Technology, SDU
Michel Albonico - Associate Professor - MMMI, Center for Software Technology, SDU
Noura Howell - Associate Professor - MMMI, Center for Software Technology, SDU
3:30 PM - 4:00 PMBikeNetKit: Open Bicycle Network Algorithms for boosting the Green Transition of European CitiesMichael Szell - Associate professor - ITU
Thursday, November 5, 2026
9:30 AM - 10:00 AMRethinking Software Security Principles for the AI eraMichael Ustrup - Senior Software Security Architect - Systematic
10:15 AM - 10:45 AMGrounding AI Innovation in Organisational Data RealityTariq Osman Andersen - Associate Professor - Department of Computer Science, University of Copenhagen
Hubert Dariusz Zajac - Postdoc - Department of Computer Science, University of Copenahgen
Christian Alexander K. Hasselsteen - Data & IT Project Manager - Simply Chocolate
11:00 AM - 11:30 AMMore Is Different: Emergence, Multi-Agent AI, and the Limits of What We Can MeasureDaniel Russo - Associate Professor - AAU
11:45 AM - 12:15 PMEnergy efficiency of maritime operations with scheduling models and algorithms. Line Reinhardt - Associate professor in computer science and head of the Centre for Maritime and Marine Research at Roskilde University - Roskilde Universitet
1:15 PM - 1:45 PMHow I learned to stop worrying and love agentic AIMiguel Sicart - Full professor - ITU

Wednesday, November 4, 2026
10:30 AM - 11:00 AMFrom one expert's AI build to something the whole company can trustSune Askjær - CEO & Co-founder - Adamatics
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM194 Days too late: How AI and IoT Turn Early Warning Signs into OpportunitiesWanig Le Pennec - Managing Director, Wireless Logic Nordic - Wireless Logic Nordic
12:45 PM - 1:15 PMFrom Excel to AI: How Big Data Is Changing Production PlanningVytautas Siozinys, PhD - CEO - Energy Advice
1:30 PM - 2:00 PMFROM TWO WORLDS TO ONE - INTELLIGENT OPERATIONMartijn Krot - Director Technology Sales - Western Europe - ifm electronic

Wednesday, November 4, 2026
10:15 AM - 10:45 AMFrom unstructured to structured – with the help of GenAIDr. Martin Becker - Department Head 'Embedded Systems Engineering' - Fraunhofer IESE
Tim Schroeder - Head of AI - INC Innovation Center
Atakan Poyraz - Research Associate - Berlin Institute of Health at Charité
11:00 AM - 11:30 AMFrom ready to running – with the help of GenAIMichael Röder - Junior Research Group Lead - Paderborn University
Rolf Fricke - Head of R&D - Condat AG
11:45 AM - 12:15 PMAI in your design flowMorten Kajhøj Rovsing​ - Application Engineer - Nordcad Systems A/S
12:30 PM - 1:00 PMDeterministic, Low-Latency AI Inference with FPGAsAlexis Montoya - Distribution Sales Manager - Altera
1:15 PM - 1:45 PMAddress your EMC challenges before they become a problem in your designHenning Bomberg - Field Application Manager - Würth Elektronik Danmark A/S
2:00 PM - 2:30 PMPractical CRA Compliance for Embedded ProductsPeter Aagaard Kristensen - Vice President IT & Technology - Prevas
Thursday, November 5, 2026
9:30 AM - 10:00 AMDefence 1 - From digital vulnerability to digital advantage How cyber, AI and data research are shaping the future of security. Mikkel Storm Jensen - Military analyst, major, Ph.d. - Royal Danish Defence College
Rasmus Larsen (Moderator) - Professor - DTU
10:15 AM - 10:45 AMDefence 2 - From research to national resilience building new partnerships between authorities, universities and industry Rasmus Dahlberg - Associate professor - RUC
Rasmus Koss Hartmann - Associate professor - CBS
Kristian Pedersen - Head of the Technology Department in the Development Division - the Danish Ministry of Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organisation (DALO).
Rasmus Larsen (Moderator) - Professor - DTU
11:00 AM - 11:30 AMDefence 3 - Deep tech for security and sovereignty which technologies will define the future of defence? Christian Damsgaard Jensen - Professor of Cybersecurity - Aarhus University
Jerome Joufroy - Professor at the Department of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering at the University of Southern Denmark and Head of the SDU Drone Mechatronics group. - SDU
Ken Friis Larsen - Head of the Department of Computer Science - University of Copenhagen
Rasmus Larsen (Moderator) - Professor - DTU
Lasse Kronborg - Major, Militæranalytiker - Forsvarsakademiets Institut for Militær Teknologi
1:15 PM - 1:45 PMDefence 4 - From intelligence to enterprise Can Intelligence needs become market opportunities?  
2:00 PM - 2:30 PMDefence 5 - From intelligence to enterprise Can your technology strengthen Denmark’s security?  

Wednesday, November 4, 2026
9:00 AM - 9:15 AMWelcome to the Startup Stage 
9:15 AM - 9:30 AMOpening Keynote - to be announced 
9:30 AM - 10:15 AMCreating companies in a world with AIThomas Riisgaard - CEO - DIREC
10:15 AM - 11:15 AMFrom Research to Global Impact: Closing Europe’s Scale-Up Gap and Strengthening European SovereigntyModerator: Mikkel Sørensen - CEO - DTU SkyFactory
Erik Balck Sørensen - CIO - EIFO
Lene Oddershede - CSO - Novo Nordisk Fonden
Marianne Thellersen - Koncerndirektør for Innovation og Entrepeneurship - DTU
Lone Ryg Olsen - Erhvervsdirektør - Aarhus Universitet
11:15 AM - 12:00 PMThe new founder toolkit: What AI changes about entrepreneurshipAleksandra Zaniewska - Head of AI Lab - BII
12:00 PM - 12:30 PMFrom Researcher to EntrepreneurModerator: Kasper Malling Kjer Nørtov - Specialkonsulent - Spin-Outs Denmark
12:30 PM - 1:15 PMFrom Idea to Agreement: How Fintech Startups Validate Their Business Through PartnershipsTekin Esen - Forretningsudvikler - Århus Universitet, Kitchen
1:15 PM - 1:45 PMPitch Session: Tech for Fin startups 
1:45 PM - 2:45 PMWanted: Open Entrepeneurship Co-Founder Run: Meet research-based startups looking to find commercial co-foundersNynne Budtz Christiansen - Development & Operations Manager - Open Entrepreneurship
Jens Friholm NIelsen - Senior Innovation Officer - DTU SkyLab
Dr. Neta Kela - Chief Consultant, Business Development - Københavns Universitet
Agyro (Iro) Nikiforou - Associate Professor - DTU Entrepeurship
2:45 PM - 3:15 PMPitch Session 
3:15 PM - 3:45 PMPitch Session 
4:00 PM - 4:30 PMThe Bright Idea Award 2026Nis Alstrup - Chairman of the board - Otto Mønsteds Fond
Thursday, November 5, 2026
9:00 AM - 9:45 AMInnovation in Healthcare  
9:45 AM - 10:30 AMDemocracy, Security and Sovereignty 
10:30 AM - 11:00 AMNew Technology, Cyber Challenges & Media Credibility: Can We Trust The Visuals?Martin Skjold Lind Grøntved - Innovation & Collaboration Manager - IT Universitetet
11:00 AM - 12:00 PMFueling innovation through collaboration. How to build with Europe’s leading deeptech Venture Building StudiosPieter Palmers - Senior Venture Development Manager - IMEC
David Groom - Managing Partner and Director - DeepTech Labs
John Bell - CEO - High Tech XL
Pol Hortal - Managing Director - Zubi Labs Impact
Ulrik Lie Ulvness - Venture Builder - Kongsberg Innovasjon
12:00 PM - 1:00 PMApplied AI Lunch TalkMarcelina Dutkiewicz - CEO and Founder - EffencientyTactics
1:00 PM - 1:30 PMPitch Session: Deep Tech startups 
1:30 PM - 2:00 PMPitch Session: Open to all  
2:00 PM - 2:50 PMPitch Session I: Next Generation Digital Action Asger Riis Rasmussen - Innovationskonsulent - DTU
2:50 PM - 3:30 PMPitch Session II: Next Generation Digital Action  
3:30 PM - 4:00 PMPitch Session: Dual Use and Defence 
4:00 PM - 4:15 PMClosing remarks & Thank you 

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