Free Events + AI Factory Days
Join free events, AI Factory days & afterwork sessions
Explore the Game-changing AI Computing & Agentic Systems transformation
New Insights, Knowledge Sharing, Open Innovation & Networking at scale
First Gathering of the AI Industry in Norway with +1500 Attendees
Join all AI WEEK 2025 events for free:
31.03 AI FOR GOOD: OCEAN DAY
01.04 AI COMPUTING FORUM + AI Factory Day
02.04 AI VENTURE FORUM
03.04 AI FUTURE FORUM + AI Factory Day
04.04 AI AGENTIC MASTERCLASS DAY
AI Factory Days 01.04 & 03.04 from 1400-1700
AI WEEK 2025 is a non-profit event supporting:
31.03 AI FOR GOOD: OCEAN DAY
Explore with global AI leaders and Senior Fellow UN experts the transformative role of industrial ocean data and AI for accelerating SDG #14: “Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development”.
Discover new innovations, practices, strategies, actionable insights for empowering sustainable ocean industries, new innovations and solutions addressing critical global challenges for planetary health with industrial ocean data and AI.
12:00
Welcome to AI WEEK 2025 – powered by Antire
Runar Vestrheim CEO, Antire — Kåre Søyland Head of Tech & AI, Antire
12:05
Welcome to AI for Good: Ocean at AI WEEK 2025
Stig Marthinsen Managing Director, EDIH Oceanopolis
12:10
AI for Good at United Nations, Accelerating the SDGs with Data & AI
Asif K. Kabani Sr. Fellow UN, CEO, SDG Centre Geneva
12:25
AI for Good: Ocean at HUB Ocean, Enabling Actionable Industrial Ocean Data at Scale
Kimberly Mathisen CEO, HUB Ocean
12:40
AI for Good: Ocean at Microsoft, Scientific Solutions for a Better Planet & Ocean
Lena Lundgreen Government Industry Lead, Microsoft Norway
12:55
AI for Good: Ocean at Google, Democratizing AI for Global Ocean Innovation
Anne-Sofie Risåsen Country Manager, Google Cloud Norway
13:10
AI for Good: Ocean at AWS, Scaling AI Innovation for the Ocean
Kristoffer Brandt Country General Manager, Amazon Web Services Norway
13:25
AI for Good: Ocean at IBM, Saving the Ocean with Machine Learning & AI
Helge Stubberud Solution Architect Sustainability, IBM Norway
13:40
Break
14:25
AI for Good: Ocean at Telenor Maritime, Sustainable Platforms for Connected Ocean Data Intelligence
Inge Andre Sandvik Strategic Advisor, Telenor Maritime
14:40
New Ocean Data Scientific Research
Linn Cecilie Moholt Director Digital, Institute of Marine Research Norway
14:55
AI in Digital Twins of the Ocean
Arne Jørgen Berre Chief Research Scientist, SINTEF
15:10
The Great Ocean Opportunity with Data & AI
Birgit M. Liodden Founder & Chief Mermaid, The Ocean Opportunity Lab
15:25
Global Impact Investing in Ocean Data & AI Startups
Jonas Skattum Svegaarden CEO, Katapult Ocean
15:40
Smart Seas: Leveraging AI & Data Collaboration for Sustainability
Grace Adamson AI Product Marketing, Snowflake
15:55
AI for Good: Ocean at Oracle, New AI & Cloud Innovation for Protecting Ocean Health
Espen Brækken Cloud Engineering Director, Oracle Norway
16:10
Ethical AI & the Future of the Ocean Economy
Ash Patel SVP Operations, Nscale
16:25
Afterwork Networking & Refreshments
01.04 AI COMPUTING FORUM + AI Factory Day
Visit the AI Factory from 14.00, join the afterwork and explore how global AI leaders are shaping the future of AI computing and Agentic Systems innovation.
14:00
Visit the open AI Factory
15:30
Afterwork at the open AI Factory
17:00
Welcome to AI Computing Forum for Agentic Systems at AI WEEK 2025
Kåre Søyland Head of Tech & AI, Antire
17:05
50 Years of Data Science with Graph-Neural Networks in Norway
Dr․ Asle K. Berger Chair, AI Industry Week 2025
17:15
New Era of Agentic Intelligence based on General-purpose AI Computing Systems
Nabil Belbachir Research Director DARWIN, NORCE Norwegian Research Centre & CTO EDIH
17:35
Microsoft AI Computing & Agentic Systems
Jon Jahren Director Cloud & AI, Microsoft Norway & Denmark
17:55
Google AI Computing & Agentic Systems
Espen Rustad Customer Engineering Manager, Google Cloud Norway
18:15
AWS AI Computing & Agentic Systems
Ragnar Harper Head of Technology, Amazon Web Services Norway
18:35
Break
19:20
IBM AI Computing & Agentic Systems
Hans-Petter Dalen Business Executive EMEA, AI for Business, IBM
19:40
Oracle AI Computing & Agentic Systems
Rune Syverinsen VP Cloud Engineering, Oracle
20:00
Snowflake AI Computing & Agentic Systems
Thor-Arne Iversen Solution Engineering Manager, Snowflake
20:20
Cognite AI Computing & Agentic Systems
Andreas Steinsvoll Prøsch VP Strategic AI Development, Cognite
20:40
Antire AI Computing & Agentic Systems
Kåre Søyland Head of Tech & AI, Antire
21:00
AI Computing Afterparty at Quality Hotel Expo, Fornebu
02.04 AI VENTURE FORUM
Join the afterwork and explore the state of venture capital in Norway and new insights into the AI startup- and developer’s communities. Panel talks with VCs on new investment opportunities for accelerating more Industrial Data & AI startups, scaleups, and corporate spin-offs. Visit the open AI Fctory from 14:00
16:00
Afterwork Networking & Refreshments
17:00
Welcome to AI Venture Forum & State of Venture Capital in Norway
Ellen Amalie Vold CEO, Norwegian Venture Capital Association
17:10
NVIDIA Inception Program
Claes Radojewski Enterprise Business Development Nordics, NVIDIA
17:25
Snowflake for Startups
Tanmaiyii Rao Program Lead, Snowflake
17:40
Insights from NORA.startup - Norwegian AI Research Consortium
Snezhina Duevska Innovation & Industry Adviser, Norwegian Artificial Intelligence Research Consortium
17:50
Bringing AI Research into Startups at UiB
Christian Bru Entrepreneur in Residence, University of Bergen
18:00
Insights from AI Mad Lab: 10 things that Developers in Oslo are working on
Emil Anker Wiik Head of AI Mad Lab, AI Mad Lab
18:10
Future of Investing with Data Science & Machine Learning
Øyvind Spørck CEO, Sannsyn (part of Antire)
18:25
AI for Venture Capital: Pioneering AI for Impact Investing
Fredrik Winther CSO Katapult Group & Chair NorthStar Impact Analytics
18:40
Break
19:15
Fireside Chat: State of Investing in Industrial Data & AI Startups and Scaleups
Tor Bækkelund Managing Partner, FBU Runway
19:25
Panel: How can Norway increase Industrial Data & AI Startups, Corporate Spin-off Innovation and collaboration
Moderator, Thom Erik Borgen Partner, Simonsen Vogt Wiig — Tor Bækkelund Managing Partner, FBU Runway — Bente Loe Partner, Alliance VC — Nermina Ek Investment Director, DNV Ventures — Anna Munthe-Kaas Associate Partner, Antler — Lars Jørgen Loktu Investment Director, Grieg Kapital — Rune Holen Partner, Idékapital
20:10
Panel: Challenges & Successes Scaling up AI Ventures from Norway
Moderator, Alf Lande CEO, Gateway Digital Norway — Petter Reistad, Founder Celsia — Sophie Bruusgaard Jewett CEO & Co-founder, Morescope — Mozhgan Tavakolifard CEO & Founder, Aizen
20:35
Panel: Challenges & Successes Starting up AI Ventures from Norway
Moderator, Kåre Søyland Head of Tech & AI, Antire — Daniel Fjaertoft Head of AI Solutions, Smartwatt — Maria Amelie CEO & Co-founder, Factiverse — Christian Bru Entrepreneur in Residence, University of Bergen
21:00
AI Venture Afterparty at Quality Hotel Expo, Fornebu
03.04 AI FUTURE FORUM + AI Factory Day
Visit the AI Factory from 14.00, join the afterwork and explore the future of AI agentic systems with Antire, Microsoft, NVIDIA, Google, AWS. Learn about humanoid robots, general intelligence, AI Cybersecurity, Norway as future AI nation and future of AI for Norwegian Industries.
14:00
Visit the AI Factory
15:30
Afterwork at the AI Factory
17:00
Welcome AI Future Forum at AI WEEK 2025
Eirik Andersen Manager EDHI Nemonoor, Digital Norway
17:05
AI as Game-changer for Norway
Mikal Kvamsdal Senior Advisor for Technology Policy, Abelia
17:15
Agentic AI Systems Evolution 2025-2030
Silvija Seres Chief Editor, Lørn
17:30
Future Agentic AI Systems with Microsoft
Kristian Heim CTO, Microsoft Norway
17:45
NVIDIA Cosmos: Accelerate Physical AI with World Foundation Models
Alexander Young Solution Architect, NVIDIA
18:00
Next Gen. Multimodal Agentic Applications with Google
Xiaopeng Li AI Go-to-Market Strategy Leader, EMEA, Google
18:15
Future of Generative Applications with AWS
Ragnar Harper Head of Technology, Amazon Web Services Norway
18:30
Future-proof Enterprises with Agentic Systems
Kåre Søyland Head of Tech & AI, Antire
18:45
Break
19:30
Future of Data Agents for Enterprise AI
Mats Stellwall Principal Architect ML/AI, Field CTO Office EMEA, Snowflake
19:45
Future of Humanoid Robots & Artificial General Intelligence
Karim Nouira Founder & CEO, Superintelligence Computing Systems
20:00
Panel: Future of AI & Cybersecurity
Moderator, Lene Disen Managing Director, NetNordic Norway — Ole Tom Seierstad National Security Officer, Microsoft Norway — Kjell Arne Yttervik Nordic Security Lead, Google
20:25
Panel: Norway as Future AI Nation
Moderator, Nicolai Halbo Partner, Simonsen Vogt Wiig — Nikolai Astrup Politician, Høyre — Tom Ryen Board Chair, Norwegian Artificial Intelligence Research Consortium — Eli Haugerud Head of Industries, Bærum Municipality — Yngvar Ugland EVP New Tech Lab, DNB
21:00
Women in AI: Future of AI for Industries
Valeriya Naumova Head of Data Engineering & Data Science, Cognite — Karen Czachorowski Digital Technology Lead, DIGT, Aker BP — Laura Visuerte Almagro ERP Solutions Architect, Antire — Laiz Batista Tellefsen Director, PwC Norway
21:30
AI WEEK 2025 Afterparty with Dj AI Maxim at Quality Hotel Expo, Fornebu
04.04 AI Agentic Masterclass Day
Join masterclass sessions featuring the global AI and cloud data leaders with Nordic and Norwegian top experts on how AI Agentic Systems is transforming and empowering new enterprise innovation, advancing processes and intelligent innovation development, generating new advanced business values at scale across industries and sectors.
AI Agentic Systems Masterclasses
09:00
Physical AI & General Intelligence Masterclass
Karim Nouira CEO, Superintelligence Computing Systems
09:25
Microsoft AI Agentic Systems Masterclass
Maxim Salnikov Developer Productivity Lead, Microsoft Norway
09:50
NVIDIA AI Agentic Systems Masterclass
Alexander Young Solution Architect, NVIDIA
10:15
Google AI Agentic Systems Masterclass
Sina Nek Akhtar Tech Lead, Data & AI, Google Norway
10:40
Break
11:25
AWS AI Agentic Systems Masterclass
Ragnar Harper Head of Technology, Amazon Web Services Norway
11:50
Oracle AI Agentic Systems Masterclass
Rune Syverinsen VP Cloud Engineering, Oracle
12:15
Antire AI Agentic Systems Masterclass
Mats Foss Knutsen Head of NetSuite, Antire
12:40
Live Demo: Agentic Systems
Laura Visuerte Almagro ERP Solutions Architect, Antire
12:55
Snowflake AI Agentic Systems Masterclass
Mats Stellwall Principal Architect AI/ML, Field CTO Office EMEA, Snowflake
13:20
Afterwork Networking & Refreshments
Tickets
AI WEEK 2025 is powered by Antire
We are proud to power AI Week 2025 — a community event that brings together top experts and cutting-edge insights to explore the future of AI.
We look forward to an action-packed week of AI innovation, insights, and networking!
At Antire, we help businesses harness AI, data, and cloud technologies to unlock human potential.
Our mission is to personalize the world’s most powerful technologies for every ambitious company striving to lead.
We combine decades of expertise and innovation, with our name reflecting this: leading the way (anteo), excelling, with AI at our core, and embracing a holistic approach (entire). We see the big picture and every pixel.
Our team of 81 experienced professionals brings deep expertise in cloud and AI-driven business applications, architecture, data science, engineering, and analytics. From out-of-the-box AI solutions to tailored AI and machine learning, we are a trusted partner to SMBs and emerging enterprises across the Nordics, helping them win in the AI revolution.
Together, we create lasting technology value to ignite human potential — not replace it.
Speakers
Grace Adamson
AI Product Marketing
Snowflake
Ellen Amalie Vold
CEO
Norwegian Venture Capital Association
Maria Amelie
CEO & Co-founder
Factiverse
Eirik Andreassen
Manager EDHI Nemonoor
Digital Norway
Emil Anker Wiik
Head of AI Mad Lab
AI Mad Lab
Nikolai Astrup
Politician, Standing Committee on Business & Industry
Høyre
Laiz Batista Tellefsen
Director
PwC Norway
Nabil Belbachir
Research Director & CTO
NORCE Norwegian Research Centre
Arne Jørgen Berre
Chief Research Scientist
SINTEF
Thom Erik Borgen
Partner
Simonsen Vogt Wiig
Kristoffer Brandt
Country General Manager
Amazon Web Services Norway
Christian Bru
Entrepreneur in Residence
University of Bergen
Sophie Bruusgaard Jewett
CEO
Morescope
Espen Brækken
Cloud Engineering Director
Oracle
Tor Bækkelund
Managing Partner & Co-founder
FBU Runway
Karen Czachorowski
Digital Technology Lead - DIGT
Aker BP
Hans-Petter Dalen
Business Executive EMEA, AI for Business
IBM
Cathrine Dehli
VP Sustainability
Celsia
Lena Diesen
Managing Director
NetNordic Norway
Liv Dingsør
CEO
Digital Norway
Snezhina Duevska
Innovation & Industry Adviser
Norwegian Artificial Intelligence Research Consortium
Daniel Fjaertoft
Head of Solutions
Smartwatt
Mats Foss Knutsen
Head of NetSuite
Antire
Nicolai Halbo
Partner
Simonsen Vogt Wiig
Ragnar Harper
Head of Technology
Amazon Web Services Norway
Eli Haugerud
Head of Industries
Bærum Municipality
Kristian Heim
CTO
Mirosoft Norway
Rune Holen
Partner
Idékapital
Thor-Arne Iversen
Solution Engineering Manager
Snowflake
Jon Jahren
Director
Microsoft Norway & Denmark
Asle K. Berger
Chair
AI WEEK 2025
Asif K. Kabani
Sr. Fellow UN, CEO
ISDRC, Geneva
Mikal Kvamsdal
Senior Advisor for Technology Policy
Abelia
Alf Lande
CEO
Gateway Digital Norway
Xiaopeng Li
EMEA AI Strategy Lead, Google Cloud
Google
Birgit M. Liodden
Founder & Chief Mermaid
The Ocean Opportunity Lab
Bente Loe
Partner
Alliance VC
Lars Jørgen Loktu
Investment Director
Grieg Kapital
Lena Lundgreen
Government Industry Lead
Microsoft Norway
Stig Marthinsen
Managing Director
EDIH Oceanpolis
Kimberly Mathisen
CEO
HUB Ocean
Linn Cecilie Moholt
Director Digital
Institute of Marine Research Norway
Anna Munthe-Kaas
Associate Partner
Antler
Valeriya Naumova
Head of Data Engineering & Data Science
Cognite
Sina Nek Akhtar
Tech Lead, Data & AI
Google Norway
Karim Nouira
Founder & CEO
Superintelligence Computing Systems
Stian Nygaard
Investment Director
Yara Growth Ventures
Claes Radojewski
Enterprise Business Development Nordics
NVIDIA
Tanmaiyii Rao
Program Lead
Snowflake
Petter Reistad
Founder
Celsia
Anne-Sofie Risåsen
Country Manager
Google Cloud Norway
Espen Rustad
Customer Engineering Manager
Google Cloud Norway
Tom Ryen
Board Chair
Norwegian Artificial Intelligence Research Consortium
Maxim Salnikov
Digital & App Innovation Business Lead, Western Europe
Microsoft
Ole Tom Seierstad
National Security Officer
Microsoft Norway
Silvija Seres
Chief Editor
LØRN.TECH
Øyvind Spørck
CEO
Sannsyn (part of Antire)
Mats Stellwall
Principal Architect AI/ML, Field CTO Office EMEA
Snowflake
Helge Stubberud
Solution Architect Sustainability
IBM Norway
Jonas Skattum Svegaarden
CEO
Katapult Ocean
Rune Syverinsen
VP Cloud Engineering
Oracle
Kåre Søyland
Head of Tech & AI
Antire
Mozhgan Tavakolifard
CEO & Founder
Aizen
Yngvar Ugland
EVP & Head of DNB NewTechLab
DNB
Runar Vestrheim
CEO
Antire
Laura Visuerte Almagro
ERP Solutions Architect
Antire
Fredrik Winther
CSO Katapult Group & Chair NorthStar Impact Analytics
Alexander Young
Solution Architect
NVIDIA
Kjell Arne Yttervik
Nordic Security Lead
Google
About AI WEEK 2025
AI WEEK 2025 is the follow up event from DataDay 2023 with NVIDIA at DNB NewTechLab and OsloMet AI Lab, that gathered the Norwegian AI Ecosystem together for the first time with 1000 attendees over two days in March 2023.
AI WEEK 2025 is organized by Nordic Future Group and Chaired by Emeritus ICT Dr. Asle K. Berger.
Practical Information
Events are held at Aker Tech House, John Strandruds Vei 10, & Fornebuporten Oksenøyveien 10, 1360 Fornebu
Outdoor guest parking for visitors arriving by car., and short distance to Lysaker station, as well as good bus connections to Oslo and Bærum.
Bus
From Oslo Central Station:
Take bus 31 towards Snarøya and get off at Fornebuparken. It only takes a couple of minutes to walk from the bus stop to our main entrance.
Train
From Drammen/Asker or Sandvika: Take the train towards Oslo and get off at Lysaker station. From Lysaker station, it takes about 12 minutes to walk to Fornebuporten or 3 minutes by taxi. If you choose to walk, just follow the signs to Fornebu/Telenor Arena. You can also take bus number 31 from Lysaker and get off at the stop called Fornebuparken.
From Oslo: Take the train towards Asker/Drammen and get off at Lysaker station. From Lysaker station, it takes about 12 minutes to walk to Fornebuporten or 3 minutes by taxi. If you choose to walk, just follow the signs to Fornebu/Telenor Arena. You can also take bus number 31 from Lysaker and get off at the stop called Fornebuporten.
From Gardermoen
By Train: Take the airport train towards Asker/Drammen and get off at Lysaker station. From Lysaker station, it takes about 12 minutes to walk to Fornebuporten or 3 minutes by taxi. If you choose to walk, just follow the signs to Fornebu/Telenor Arena. You can also take bus number 31 from Lysaker and get off at the stop called Fornebuparken.
By Car: If you are renting a car, it takes approximately 45 minutes (58 km) to reach Fornebuporten. Follow the E18 towards Drammen. When you reach Lysaker, exit for Fornebu. After the tunnel, take the first right towards Oksenøya and then the first left. You will see our beautiful building. Parking is available right outside.
Car
From Oslo: Follow E18 toward Drammen. When you reach Lysaker, exit for Fornebu. After the tunnel, take the first right toward Oksenøya, and then take the first left. You will see our stunning building. Parking is available just outside.
From Drammen/Asker: Follow E18 toward Oslo. Take the exit for Fornebu. After the tunnel, take the first right toward Oksenøya, and then take the first left. You will see our stunning building. Parking is available just outside.