Jaakko LempinenHead of Customer Experience, Yle
Jaakko is a results-driven leader specializing in media, AI, analytics, and customer experience management. Currently serving at Yle, Finland's public service media, Jaakko leads initiatives to enhance customer experience while focusing on digital transformation. He operates adeptly at multiple organizational levels, is a skilled communicator, and possesses in-depth knowledge of digital transformation both nationally and internationally. Renowned for his strategic vision and ethical considerations in AI, Jaakko is a well-networked professional committed to driving innovation and excellence.
Jesse McCroskyHead of Sustainability and Social Change & Principal Data Scientist, ThoughtworksKeynote
Jesse McCrosky
Jesse has worked with data and statistics since 2009 including with Mozilla, Google, and Statistics Canada. With Thoughtworks, Jesse is helping our clients build socially responsible AI systems, including new solutions for sustainability. His approach to the intersection of tech and sustainability is broad, including greening-of-tech, greening-by-tech, and how technology can support the social alignment needed to tackle the climate emergency.
Jesse lives in Helsinki with his wife and two daughters.
Mikko RekolaCTO, Bolt.Works
Mikko comes from a technical background, having worked previously as a software developer in multiple companies with tasks related information management and data visualization. His tasks have been shifting from development to project management, UX-designing and technology strategy.
As a developer he adopts new technologies fast. In the past his technologies of choice have been .NET and JavaScript. More recently the projects have used React and Node.js. Mikko has a strong audiovisual vision, and always keeps an eye on how the product looks and feels like, not being afraid to state his opinion if he feels something should be changed. The third strength lies in organizational skills. Mikko loves to see everything fall in their places and having people around him work together like a well oiled machine.
Samuli HänninenHead of Vaisala Xweather
Samuli Hänninen leads the Vaisala Xweather software and data business. Throughout his extensive career as an entrepreneur and technology company executive, he has built and scaled a large variety of new products and businesses in hardware, software, or both. As an executive, he is driven and passionate to drive innovation, create cutting-edge products and build impactful solutions that contribute to a sustainable planet. His vision for Vaisala Xweather is to leverage the combined power of Vaisala hardware, cutting-edge software and extensive data to make sense of the weather and solve the environment.
Samuli holds a Master of Science in Business Administration (MScBA). Samuli joined Vaisala in 2019, after having previously worked for market-leading technology companies like Microsoft and Nokia.
“Generative AI will fundamentally change the way we make sense of the weather, climate change and the way we consume it in businesses and personal lives to solve the environment.”
Susanna FlahertyHead of Data Access & Partnerships, Global Database Studies, Real World Solutions at IQVIA
Susanna Flaherty is the Country Manager of IQVIA Finland since 2020. Leading a global team in IQVIA’s Real World Evidence organization; namely Data Access and Partnerships since 2021. Susanna graduated from University of Helsinki in 1991 with a Pharmacy degree, extended studies in Liverpool John Moores University for Clinical Research and completed the Master of Business Administration (MBA) studies from University of Northampton in 2022. Her career journey has embraced innovation with over 25 years of experience as an international leader with expertise in RWE/RWD, Clinical Operations, Project Management, Medical Affairs and Quality within the Biopharmaceutical Healthcare and the CRO industry.
Moderator Alexandra Pasternak-JacksonCEO, Amcham Finland
Alexandra is the CEO of Amcham Finland since 2018. A dual-citizen of Finland and the United States, she has 15 years of transatlantic business experience, working to promote international business and foreign direct investment to Finland, as well as providing opportunities and networks for Finnish companies heading to the US market. Pasternak-Jackson is a frequent public speaker and moderator, addressing senior leadership audiences in both the United States and Finland on topics ranging from foreign direct investment and the transatlantic economy to networking and women’s leadership topics. She lives in Helsinki with her two children.
Moderator Joey BayerHead of Community, Epicenter Helsinki
Joey Bayer has been responsible for creating conversations that matter for more than 16 years.
From creating the space, to connecting key players, to driving / setting the agenda, Joey brings together individuals for moments that both transform and inspire.
Over the course of his career, Joey has hosted the world's most fascinating and influential people - from world leaders, like Bill Clinton, to iconic legends like Liza Minelli, to the CEOs of today's Fortune 500 companies.
Joey's intuitive ability to connect with others, his passion for people and dialogue, and ability to get directly to the heart of the discussion have earned him a reputation of trust and respect with leaders around the world, and made him a central figure in today's most important conversations.
