Tuesday, October 21
Opening Session
4:00 - 5:30pm
Spotlights
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Welcome
Lāth Carlson
CEO
National Nordic Museum -
Welcome
Dan Strauss
Seattle City Council
District 6 -
Welcome
Marit Warncke
Mayor
Bergen, Norway -
Welcome
Anniken Huitfeldt
Ambassador
Norway -
Designing New Proteins Using Deep Learning
Dr. David Baker
Director
Institute for Protein Design,
University of Washington -
Norway's First Astronaut - Presents the Future of Space Exploration
Jannicke Mikkelsen
Astronaut, Filmmaker, Trailblazer
Opening Reception
5:30 - 7:00pm
Wednesday, October 22
Registration & Coffee
7:30 - 8:45am
Day 2 Opening Session
8:45 - 9:15am
Spotlights
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Emcee
Jonas Jonsson
CEO
ByggVesta -
The Fifth Acceleration - What We Can Learn From the Nordics to Accelerate AI Adoption
Mathias Sundin
Founder & Chairman
Warp Institute Foundation
Energy
9:15 - 11:00am
Spotlights
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Nordic Data Centers: Good in 2007, Essential in 2025
Isaac Kato
Founder
Two Ravens VC -
Microgrids for Community Resilience
Lāth Carlson
CEO
National Nordic Museum -
Microgrids for Community Resilience
Markus Virta
Managing Partner
Cascadia Renewables & Sulis Energy -
Powering What’s Next: The Future of Energy and Everyday Life
Jonas Jonsson
CEO
ByggVesta -
Powering What’s Next: The Future of Energy and Everyday Life
Jonah Goldman
Head of External Affairs and Impact
Generate Capital -
The Climate Pledge in Action – Pioneering Sustainable Tech Solutions at Scale
Maiken Møller-Hansen
Director, Energy & Sustainability
Amazon Devices -
Advanced Solutions in Plastics and Critical Materials Recovery, Recycling and Reuse
Brian E. Maxted
CEO & Owner
The Holloway Group -
A Channel Partnership That Fuels Climate Tech Innovation
Daniel T. Schwartz
Director
Clean Energy Institute, University of Washington -
A Channel Partnership That Fuels Climate Tech Innovation
Martin Kiener
CEO & Founder
FOM Technologies
Break
11:00 - 11:30am
Security
11:30am - 12:45pm
Spotlights
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Resilient Finland: A Whole-of-society Perspective
Minna Laajava
Consul General of Finland
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Building Trust in a World of AI, Fraud, and Cyber Threats
Erik Benson
Managing Director
Voyager Capital -
Building Trust in a World of AI, Fraud, and Cyber Threats
Alex Algard
CEO
Hiya -
Building Trust in a World of AI, Fraud, and Cyber Threats
Sunil Gottumukkala
CEO
Averlon -
Keynote
Petri Hautakangas
CEO
Tupl -
Quantum Computing Opportunities, Security, and Resilience
Ron Bewtra
Country Director for North America
IQM -
Inuit Collectivity as Resilience
Nauja Bianco
Greenlandic expert in security and Nordic geopolitics
Lunch Break
12:45 - 2:00pm
Health and Biotech
2:00 - 3:00pm
Spotlights
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The Six Points of Connection: A Framework for Reversing the Loneliness Epidemic
Charlotte Massey
Founder & Executive Director
US Chamber of Connection -
Skape Bio: Designed Biotherapeutics from Denmark and the University of Washington
Christoffer Norn, Ph.D.
Co-founder & CEO
Skape Bio -
Fireside Chat
Jens Molbak
CEO & Founder
NewImpact -
Fireside Chat
Julius Sterling Burkheimer
Founder & Architect
Imperium Fitness -
Moving From Concept to Care - The Need for New Models in Biomedical Research
Douglas Kieper
Director
Paul G. Allen Research Center
Beer Break
3:00 - 3:30pm
Transportation
3:30 - 5:00pm
Spotlights
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Marko Liias
Senator D-21
Washington State Legislature -
Navigation Towards Zero – When Reality Surpasses the Vision
Lasse A. Vangstein
Chief Communications & Sustainability Officer
Havila -
Maritime Innovation for a Sustainable Future
Sam Cho
Comissioner
Port of Seattle Commission -
Maritime Innovation for a Sustainable Future
Marc Berger
Partner
DH -
Circularity - How Macro Trends Can Unlock Trillions in Local Value and Better our Planet
Nick Huzar
CEO
Juicer
Closing Reception
5:00 - 6:30pm
