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The annual AI Labs event 2025

April 8 | Gothenburg

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Explore the future of AI at AI Sweden's Annual AI Labs event on April 8, 2025. Join us for technical showcases, interactive workshops, and networking with leading experts. Discover cutting-edge research, learn about practical AI applications, and contribute to shaping Sweden's AI landscape.

This event offers a chance to explore the practical applications of the Swedish National AI Roadmap (Färdplan) and discover how AI Labs is advancing its goals through tangible projects and state-of-the-art research.

What

AI Swedens team of researchers and project managers will be present to share practical insights into cutting-edge research and AI adoption. During the day we welcome the AI Sweden partner network to dive into critical areas shaping the field such as privacy-preserving AI, data management, infrastructure and AI security, presented by researchers and partners.

Who should attend

This event is tailored for professionals from private and public sectors, as well as academia, with experience or interest in AI and its applications, including:

  • Engineers and data scientists
  • Technical and senior decision-makers
  • Industrial developers
  • Researchers
  • Students
  • Stakeholders and decision-makers tasked with solving challenges through AI solutions

Agenda

Stage program

08:30 - 09:00
REGISTRATION

09:00 - 09:10
INTRODUCTION - Our mission and meeting design

09:10 - 10:00
KEYNOTES

  • Building an ambitious AI ecosystem through bold leadership, collaboration and collective investments
    Speaker: Martin Svensson, Managing Director AI Sweden

    In his presentation, AI Sweden's managing director Martin Svensson will share the insights he has gained about the need for a strong AI ecosystem from his work at AI Sweden and the AI Commission's Roadmap for Sweden. Based on his knowledge and experience, Martin will delve into how AI Sweden works to develop and make crucial knowledge in the field accessible.

  • Accelerating Cyber Innovation through Public-Private Partnerships
    Speaker: Dr. José-Marie Griffiths, President of Dakota State University in Madison, South Dakota

10:00 - 10:45
PROGRESS ON THE ROADMAP

  • Idea to impact 
    Speaker: Mats Nordlund, Director of AI Labs
     
  • Snowballing innovation: How our projects scale and evolve
    Speaker: Johan Östman, Research Scientist
     
  • From research to reality: The journey from GPT-SW3 to Svea
    Speaker: Jonatan Permert, AI Transformation Strategist
     
  • Talent programs - Our secret sauce 
    Speaker: Sofia Hedén, Head of Talent programs
     
  • On the edge of tomorrow 
    Speaker: Helena Theander, Head of Operations Data Factory

10:45 - 11:25
FOUNDATIONS FOR THE FUTURE - Research paving the way

  • How secure are your AI models? Evaluating privacy risks
    Speaker: Fazeleh Hoseini, Machine Learning Engineer
     
  • Pushing the data boundary: What Europe must face to stay competitive
    Speaker: Danila Petrelli, Senior Data Manager
     
  • Helix model in action: Next generation infrastructure for foundation models
    Speaker: Mauricio Muñoz, Project Lead and Senior Research Engineer
     
  • AI & security at AI Sweden: For a secure AI ecosystem
    Speaker: Robert (Bobby) Bridges, Mathematician & Innovation Leader

11:25 - 11:30
CONCLUSION & TRANSITION
Ending remarks: Ebba Josefson Lindqvist, International Relations Manager

Mingle & lunch

11:30- 13:00

Grab a lunch wrap and mingle! 

Lunch will be served in the same area as our partner poster exhibitions, making it easy to network and learn. 

We appreciate the lunch sponsorship provided by HPE, Proact together with Dell as well as Atea and IBM.

Afternoon workshops

Deepen your expertise and influence the future through workshops led by AI Sweden’s experts. These sessions focus on hands-on applications and discussions tied to the morning presentations. Workshop participation is limited, so register early to secure your preferred track:

How can regulation boost innovation? - For collaboration while maintaining compliance
With Johan Östman, Mats Nordlund and Fazeleh Hoseini

The future of data - Future proof data sets, Data stewardships, Copyrights - Where is the solution for creating datasets/models in Sweden that do not cause conflicts with copyright - e.g. limiting application?
With Danila Petrelli, Billy Jörgensen and Helena Theander

AI & Security Brainstorm: Promising Applications and Pressing Issues -The goal of this workshop is ignite stimulating conversations centered around two topics:  identifying where AI is poised to make the biggest gains in boosting security, and conversely, identifying the vulnerabilities in AI that are most problematic.
With Tommy Schönberg, Robert Bridges and José-Marie Griffiths

Testing and experimentation - How can we learn about our infrastructure and AI models through tests and experiments?
With Ted Henriksson and Max Petersson

Maximizing the benefits from our talent programs - How AI Sweden in collaboration with partners accelerate innovation through the strategic use of talent. 
(Please note:This is workshop is specifically targeted to students)
With Sofia Hedén and Ebba Josefson Lindqvist

Keynote speakers

Martin Svensson

Martin Svensson

Martin Svensson is Managing Director for AI Sweden, the national center for applied AI with the mission to accelerate the use of AI for the benefit of society and competitiveness. 

Martin has many years of entrepreneurial and international experiences in the automotive, mobile and biotech sectors and has led the development of AI Sweden in collaboration with over hundred partners. 

Martin also served as commissioner in the Swedish AI commission, and plays an important role in Sweden’s ambitions to generate sustainable value using AI.

José-Marie Griffiths, Ph.D.

The Honorable José-Marie Griffiths, Ph.D.

Dr. José-Marie Griffiths is President of Dakota State University in Madison, South Dakota. She has spent her career in research, teaching, public service, corporate leadership, workforce and economic development, and higher education administration, with special focus work in STEM fields.

She has served in presidential appointments to the National Science Board, the U.S. President’s Information Technology Advisory Committee, and the U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science. She was a member of the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence, and is an expert advisor with the Special Commission on Special Projects (SCSP). She participated in the White House Cyber Workforce and Education Summit, and 2023 Senate hearings on AI and Ag, research, and workforce.

She was named the 2024 USA Today Woman of the Year for South Dakota, one of 50 Influential Women in AI by InspiredMinds, and was inducted into the South Dakota Hall of Fame in 2023.

AI Sweden experts

Picture of Johan Östman

Johan Östman
Research Scientist - Decentralized AI

Danila Petrelli

Danila Petrelli
Senior Data Manager

Bobby Bridges

Robert (Bobby) Bridges
Mathematician & Innovation Leader

Mats Nordlund

Mats Nordlund
Director of AI Labs

Sofia Hedén

Sofia Hedén
Head of Talent Programs

Jonatan Permert

Jonatan Permert
AI Transformation Strategist

Portrait picture of Fazeleh Hoseini

Fazeleh Hoisini
Machine Learning Engineer

Mauricio Munoz portrait picture

Mauricio Muñoz
Project Lead and Senior Research Engineer

A picture of Ebba Josefson

Ebba Josefson Lindqvist
International Relations Manager

Helena Theander

Helena Theander
Head of Operations Data Factory

Billy Jörgensen

Billy Jörgensen
Head of Legal Affairs | Chief Compliance Officer

Max Petersson

Max Petersson
Senior Tech Lead

A portrait photo of Ted Henriksson

Ted Henriksson
Systems Engineer

 Tommy Schönberg

Tommy Schönberg
Head of Defence Innovation

Details

Date: April 8, 2025

Time: 08:30-16:00

Location: Chalmers conference hall at Lindholmspiren 5, 417 56 Gothenburg

Transportation

By ferry: Line 286 (green flag) departs every 7 minutes from Stenpiren to Lindholmen.

By bus: Busses depart from the Nordstan bus stop to the Lindholmen bus stop and walk 400 meters to AI Sweden. See Västtrafik for bus routes and travel times.

By car: There is a parking lot at Andromedagatan which is located on the northwestern edge of Lindholmen.

Hotel offers

We are happy to offer discounted hotel rooms at Strawberry and Radisson. You find details and links in the registration form.

We hope to see you on April 8!

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