IN-PERSON

Nordic CISO Executive Summit

4 April 2019 | Sheraton, Stockholm

4 April 2019
Sheraton, Stockholm

Collaborate with your peers

Get together with your peers to tackle top business challenges through peer-driven content and discussions at the Nordic CISO Executive Summit.

Join your peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CISOs today:

Investing in your people and the right technologies

Innovating with advanced technologies and new delivery models

Influencing business stakeholders and enterprise outcomes

Nordic CISO Governing Body


The Governing Body Co-Chairs shape the summit agenda, ensuring that all content is driven by CISOs, for CISOs.

Governing Body Co-Chairs

Pär Gunnarsson

Ericsson
VP & CSO

Ann Hellenius

Scandic Hotels
CIO

Mats Hultin

Saab
CIO

Thomas Keisu

Skanska
CISO / VP Cybersecurity & Infrastructure

Åshild Hanne Larsen

Equinor
Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Senior Vice President

Alf Otterstad

DNB
Group Executive Vice President IT (CIO)

Antero Päivänsalo

Nokia Corporation
CISO

Agenda


3 April 2019

18:30 - 21:30  Governing Body Welcome Reception

Governing Body Welcome Reception

Governing body members host this dinner for attendees to launch the event with an evening of peer networking. Please join us at Fotografiska Museum in the heart of Stockholm, where attendees will enjoy an evening of dynamic discussion, fantastic wine and gourmet dishes. 

10:55 - 11:55  Networking Break

Peer-to-Peer Meetings

This is your opportunity to pre-book private face-to-face meetings with executive peers attending the Summit, using a private online portal running up to and during the event. Gain real, practical insights into what other companies and industries are doing, to take back to your boardroom.


Please note: This is for CIO and CISO attendees only. 

12:00 - 12:45  Breakout Session

Prepare for a Major Cyber Attack

Antero Päivänsalo headshot

Antero Päivänsalo

CISO

Nokia Corporation

Most CIOs, CSOs and CISOs feel comfortable managing the minor security incidents with standardised processes, but what about major incidents that shake the very foundations of your organization like the NotPETYA attack? Such crises can be career changing. 

Join this workshop to:

  • Learn the basic building blocks of effective cybersecurity crisis response
  • Share challenges and best practices in managing major security events
  • Benchmark against your peers and identify lessons learned

12:00 - 12:45  Breakout Session

Digital Transformation - The Impact of Change Management

Yogi Chandiramani headshot

Yogi Chandiramani

Vice President Systems Engineering EMEA

Zscaler

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Johan Tommervik

CIO

SKF

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Fredrik Pierrou

Head of Information & IT Security

Lantmännen

Digital Transformation is like a wave... you can't stop it, but you can learn how to surf*. It brings new business models and routes to market to accelerate growth. The impact underlying technology will have on the IT organisation and the people is not well anticipated. Digital Transformation requires a cultural change.

In this interactive session you will learn how to:

  • Surf the digital transformation wave
  • Promote change management and re-educate your staff
  • Defeat the resilience to change within your organisation


*Frederik Janssen – Siemens

12:00 - 12:45  Executive Boardroom

Competing on Insights – How IOT and AI change your business

Sven Roeleven headshot

Sven Roeleven

VP for Industry Solutions & Global Presales

Software AG

The Internet of Things arrived with a lot of hype about its potential to change the way businesses operate, but what have been the results? Now that there are some successful adoptions of IoT, what lies ahead for your organisation? The real challenge may no longer be technology-focused. 

In this session you’ll discuss what innovations leaders are embracing:

  • Real customer use cases where IIOT is applied successfully 
  • The role AI already plays in IIOT
  • What the future might look like

Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to C-level executives). To reserve your seat, please contact your event Program Manager.

12:00 - 12:45  CIO Executive Boardroom

Security as an Accelerator for Digital Transformation

Christoffer Callendar headshot

Christoffer Callendar

Senior Manager, Security Engineering, Nordics

Symantec

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Per Jonsson

Director IT Governance and Program Office / Head of Group IT Security

Autoliv

Organisations embracing digital transformation are disrupting industries by surpassing competitors through innovation, winning new customers and stealing market share. Too often security is an afterthought and CISOs and CIOs are frequently disregarded as detractors from business goals.

Join this boardroom to discuss:

  • Security as a differentiator 
  • Insights on how security can positively enable digital transformation

Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to C-level executives). To reserve your seat, please contact your event Program Manager.

12:45 - 13:25  Lunch & Comments

13:25 - 14:00  Keynote

Achieve Speed to Succeed

Klas Ljungkvist headshot

Klas Ljungkvist

CIO

SBAB Bank AB (publ)

The importance of achieving speed as a player in today’s digital landscape shouldn’t be a surprise to any executive. Sweden’s 2018 CIO of the Year Klas Ljungkvist believes that to survive long term, technology leaders must focus on architecture and ways of working. What does agility mean to a business? The ability to make data-driven and fact-driven decisions and adapt quickly to external circumstances is critical to building a sustainable career.

In this keynote, learn how to:

  • Identify technical heritage that is holding your organisation back
  • Transform outdated architecture with independently produced microservices
  • Generate team accountability for specific processes, results and KPIs 

08:00 - 08:45  Registration & Breakfast

08:45 - 09:45  Keynote

Security Is Not Selling Fear — It’s Protecting Hope

Troels Oerting Jorgensen headshot

Troels Oerting Jorgensen

Head of the Centre for Cybersecurity

World Economic Forum

As the need for security leadership in the digital space increases, CIOs and CISOs alike find themselves asking the question, “What does the future of the CIO and CISO role look like in a technology-driven and evolving threat landscape?” Troels Oerting Jorgensen believes it is vital for executives to take a more active role when it comes to the global state of cybersecurity and ask what their businesses can do to help on a worldwide scale.  

In this provocative keynote, Oerting Jorgensen will share:

  • Global insights into cyber security, threats and risk
  • How to be a leader in fighting cyber crime
  • The role emerging technologies like AI and quantum computing will realistically play

09:45 - 09:55  Networking Break

09:55 - 10:40  Breakout Session

Foster Collaboration. Achieve Results. Drive Profit.

Alf Otterstad headshot

Alf Otterstad

Group Executive Vice President IT (CIO)

DNB

Executives can no longer afford to work in silos in today's complex and dynamic digital environment. DNB's CEO identified the lack of collaboration between IT and other business units. The CIO took on this challenge and ignited the bank's journey to become a cross-functional and agile organisation from the C-suite down.  

This session will explore: 

  • Building a culture around communication 
  • Setting clear expectations and leading by example 
  • Operating as an integrated decision-making unit to succeed as a digital business 

09:55 - 10:40  Breakout Session

Artificial Intelligence – From Concept to Reality

Anna Granö headshot

Anna Granö

Managing Director, Sweden

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Malin Bäcklund headshot

Malin Bäcklund

Group CIO

Schibsted

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Peter Muld

Chief Digital Officer

ICA Gruppen

The infinite amount of data, better algorithms and models, and availability of cost-effective computation power means that AI is no longer a concept but a reality. Yet an HPE study found that less than 11% of companies have integrated AI into their business.

Join this session to learn:

  • How to integrate AI initiatives naturally
  • From real-life use cases in multiple industries
  • How peers are exploring, experimenting and optimizing their AI solutions

09:55 - 10:40  Executive Boardroom

Translate Complex Cybersecurity Issues into Simple Business Context

Thomas Norlin headshot

Thomas Norlin

Regional Sales Manager - Nordics

BitSight

Pär Gunnarsson headshot

Pär Gunnarsson

VP & CSO

Ericsson

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Erik Blomberg

Head of Information- & IT-security (CISO)

Handelsbanken

It is much easier now to determine what’s important, dangerous and real in your third party ecosystem. Yet, as hacks continue to threaten data and business continuity, the old school of thought around securing the enterprise is no longer relevant.

This boardroom will explore:

  • Layering traditional tools and new strategies to define goals and deploy resources
  • Communicate to the board through a holistic risk lens
  • Developing clear business cases connecting business profitability to risk reduction

Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to C-level executives). To reserve your seat, please contact your event Program Manager.

09:55 - 10:40  Executive Boardroom

Securing Your Cloud Migration and Implementation

Jan Hubicka headshot

Jan Hubicka

Senior Security Expert

Onapsis

Christoffer Åkesson headshot

Christoffer Åkesson

CISO

Getinge

As organisations increasingly turn to cloud-based services to enable the next phase of digital transformation, security leaders face the challenge of ensuring the enterprise’s data remains secure. Join this session to learn the emerging best practices your peers employ to secure ERP systems in the move to the cloud, including:

  • How to incorporate security at the start of the migration to ensure success
  • Nuances for hybrid on- and off-premise systems
  • Automation solutions for continuous visibility throughout the migration

Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to C-level executives). To reserve your seat, please contact your event Program Manager.

10:40 - 10:55  Networking Break

14:00 - 14:15  Networking Break

14:15 - 15:00  Breakout Session

Driving Digital Across the Business

Teemu Salmi headshot

Teemu Salmi

SVP, CIO & Head of Digital

Stora Enso

Digitalisation. A buzzword that's continuously misused, yet it’s crystal clear that digital transformation and its governance is a company-wide responsibility. As a CIO your job is to enable this digital agenda while connecting technology with business value.

In this session, you'll learn how to:

  • Establish budget for new digital initiatives
  • Foster a culture of innovation and a start-up-friendly mindset
  • Capture the value of IT investments with metrics and KPIs


14:15 - 15:00  Breakout Session

Architecting the Privileged Workspace

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Kurt Roemer

Chief Security Strategist

Citrix

As a CISO or CIO and highly privileged user, you have the power to create, enhance and destroy - and so does anyone who can impersonate you, use your tools, or otherwise abuse your powers. How can a CISO’s and CIOs productivity and experience be optimised while protecting all the resources they’ve been entrusted with?

This session will explore:

  • Design considerations for a privileged workspace
  • How to dynamically manage contextual trust 
  • Tools and techniques focused on optimising security, productivity and costs 

14:15 - 15:00  Executive Boardroom

Keeping up With Information Governance, Privacy and Data Regulation

Lars-Gunnar Marklund headshot

Lars-Gunnar Marklund

CISO

Boliden

Sverker Forsberg headshot

Sverker Forsberg

CISO

Södersjukhuset AB

Developing the right information governance strategy and approach is key to assess and manage risk and adhere with new data protection laws and regulation. In this boardroom, uncover answers to your pressing questions, including:

  • What controls should be in place to protect the company’s information assets adequately?
  • What policies do you have in place, and how should you enforce and measure those policies?
  • How to interpret the implications of regulatory requirements?

Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to C-level executives). To reserve your seat, please contact your event Program Manager.

14:15 - 15:00  Executive Boardroom

People-Centric Security

Adenike Cosgrove headshot

Adenike Cosgrove

Cybersecurity Strategist

Proofpoint

Bjørn Watne headshot

Bjørn Watne

CISO

Storebrand

Lars Falch headshot

Lars Falch

CISO

Novo Nordisk

Ninety percent of all cyberattacks start with an email targeting your end-users. Discuss with your peers how to reduce phishing attacks and malware infections by changing risky behavior within your organisation.

In this boardroom, we’ll explore:

  • Who is being targeted, and who is falling victim
  • What attackers are sending, and which lures are working
  • When threats arrive, and when people are most likely to click

Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to C-level executives). To reserve your seat, please contact your event Program Manager.

15:00 - 15:30  Networking Break

15:30 - 16:15  Breakout Session

Delivering Business Value in a Digital World

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Ivar Berntz

Senior Director Analyst

Gartner

While it is no longer a new concept that technology drives the business, the rate of change in this space is accelerating, and the expectation of being a business leader will remain top of mind for CIOs.

This workshop will discuss:

  • How IT contributes to digital transformation
  • Strategies to develop strong business cases for technology-driven initiatives
  • What you need to measure to show the value of your investments

15:30 - 16:15  Executive Boardroom

Developing Predictive Analytics to Get Ahead of the Competition

Joacim Dahlgren Wanhainen headshot

Joacim Dahlgren Wanhainen

CIO Group Functions Technology, SVP

Nordea

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Anders Lundsten

CIO

Thomas Cook Northern Europe

The most advanced organisations are not only aware of their data, they’re layering in predictive technologies that put them ahead of their competition, as such tools help them optimise their future actions and decisions.

In this boardroom, you will discuss:

  • The evolving, transformative realm of predictive analytics
  • How to lay the strategic foundations of a predictive outlook
  • How to communicate and implement actionable outcomes

Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to C-level executives). To reserve your seat, please contact your event Program Manager.

15:30 - 16:15  Executive Boardroom

Discovering Perpetual Attack Risk

Ofer Israeli headshot

Ofer Israeli

CEO

Illusive Networks

Thomas Keisu headshot

Thomas Keisu

CISO / VP Cybersecurity & Infrastructure

Skanska

Niclas Jalvinger headshot

Niclas Jalvinger

CISO

Volvo Cars

The strategies for keeping attackers at bay are endless but it’s crystal clear that all CISOs are striving towards one goal; reducing attacker mobility and improving cyber agility.

This boardroom will discuss:

  • Ongoing detection and responses to attackers
  • Effective tools and techniques in place to protect your organisation
  • What it means to the business to perpetually detect attackers in your network

Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to C-level executives). To reserve your seat, please contact your event Program Manager.

16:15 - 16:30  Networking Break

16:30 - 17:20  Keynote

Technology Talent Without Borders

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Karoli Hindriks

CEO

Jobbatical

Having the right people working in your business is a huge factor in the success of major initiatives, the culture of your organisation, and the execution of business goals. It’s no secret there is a technology and security talent shortage globally, yet how do CIOs and CISOs begin to attract, retain and develop the best of breed in talent in a way that solves, rather than perpetuates, the crisis? Karoli Hindriks, CEO of Jobbatical, has an answer: you need to break down borders.

Hindriks will explore:

  • The growing global labor shortage and talent mobility trends
  • How to rethink talent strategies and their relation to the current global political landscape
  • What diversifying thought — or failing to do so — means for your organisation

17:20 - 18:00  Closing Reception & Prize Drawing

3 April 2019

Location


Venue & Accommodation

Sheraton, Stockholm

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Client Services Partner

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Programme Manager

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Brand Director

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