AI Finland Spring Forum
In 2026, AI Finland will bring the entire network together through quarterly flagship events, the AI Finland Forums. The first forum of the spring, AI Finland Spring Forum, will introduce top international experts to the network and enable participants to work on timely AI themes in focused working groups—without forgetting networking and knowledge sharing.
At the AI Finland Spring Forum in Helsinki on March 25, 2026, the keynote speakers will include Lauri Vuornos, SVP, Software Engineering, Oura, and Peder Blomgren, Vice President and Head of R&D Data Office, AstraZeneca. The discussions will be facilitated by Niko Vuokko, Senior Director & CTO, Silo AI.
In addition to high-level keynote speakers, the event offers participants the opportunity to work in a compact focus group on the theme that interests them most, selected from 12 topical themes. The focus groups are facilitated by curated service providers from the network, and the working sessions provide participants with concrete tools and peer sparring to support the development of the selected themes.
The afternoon concludes with a selection of short briefings on current initiatives, collaboration opportunities, and other rotating topics within the Finnish AI ecosystem, from which participants can choose the ones most relevant to them.
Flagship event programme
12:00–13:00 Networking lunch
13:00–14:00 Keynote presentations & panel discussion
Peder Blomgren, AstraZeneca – Scaling AI from pilots to real impact
Peder Blomgren, VP and Head of the R&D Data Office at AstraZeneca, shares how one of the world’s leading biopharma companies is scaling AI from pilots to real impact. Drawing on concrete examples from drug discovery and development, he will discuss how AstraZeneca combines strong data foundations, platform thinking, and responsible AI governance to embed AI into everyday decision-making – highlighting what has worked, what hasn’t, and the leadership choices required to make AI stick.
Lauri Vuornos, Oura – Building a Product That Gets Smarter Every Month
In his keynote, Oura’s Lauri Vuornos will share Oura’s AI story – a company that has had AI at the heart of the product since its inception. AI has allowed Oura to deliver smarter software that has helped it stay ahead of the competition. This constantly evolving product has led to exceptionally strong customer retention, all driven by AI. His talk highlights how hardware, software and AI integration can redefine product development and long-term customer engagement.
14:00–14:30 Break
14:30–15:45 Focus groups
Choose the focus group that suits you best. Turn ideas into concrete outcomes through frameworks, hands-on exercises, and peer sparring.
15:55–16:30 Insights
Updates on the most topical initiatives in Finland’s AI ecosystem, collaboration opportunities, and other rotating themes.
LUMI AI Factory: How can world-class supercomputing help you take your business to the next level
AMD Silo AI Lead company project: For whom and how to get involved
Traficom: AI Act implementation — what you need to know NOW
Sitra: AI transformation funding for the public sector and how companies can benefit
Business Finland: Money on the table for AI-driven growth
Participation options
You can participate in the AI Finland Forums in three different ways: in person at the main event in Helsinki, in person at local events organized around Finland, or fully remotely. For the best experience, we recommend attending in person.
The main event in Helsinki consists of four parts:
- Networking lunch enables cross-industry encounters and a free exchange of ideas before the official program begins.
- Keynote presentations bring the world’s leading AI executives to share their experiences and examples of AI transformation in their organizations.
- Focus groups allow participants to work on the theme that interests them most from 12 options through hands-on workshops, roundtable discussions, and clinics.
- Short briefings provide concise updates on the most current projects, collaboration opportunities, and developments in Finland’s AI field for the network.
Local events around Finland enable in-person participation and networking also outside the capital region:
- Top-level speakers via livestream
- In-person workshops on themes requested by local participants
Remote participation enables following the keynote presentations and taking part in the focus groups online.
Focus Groups
- Competence development: Spec driven (software) development, (training/workshop)
- Compliance and governance (Co-creation workshop)
- Leadership & Transformation: AI Strategy Best Practices, (Speed-Dating)
- Sales and marketing (Friction Hunting workshop)
- Architecture: How to build a technological foundation for the utilization of AI solutions ( Workshop)
- Agents: From human-centric to agent-centric – redesigning your workflows with AI agents
- Data & Machine Learning: competitive advantage comes from your unique data (roundtable)
- Generative AI: GenAI – Future of work: Human-AI teams (Roundtable)
- Processes: Connecting AI to the actual business processes to generate real business value (Roundtable)