SAS® FORUM
NORDICS 2020
SPEAKERS
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Jim Goodnight
Chief Executive Officer, SAS
As the CEO of SAS, the world’s leading business analytics software vendor, Jim Goodnight has led the company since its inception in 1976, overseeing an unbroken chain of revenue growth and profitability that is unprecedented in the industry.
He is recognized globally for being a trailblazer among companies that top great workplace rankings.

Oliver Schabenberger
Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Technology Officer, SAS
As COO and CTO, Oliver Schabenberger sets the technology direction for SAS and executes the company’s strategic direction and business priorities. He oversees multiple divisions within SAS, including R&D, Sales, Marketing, Information Technology and Customer Support, as well as divisions focused on solutions for IoT, financial risk management and cloud.

Keld Zornig
Vice President Nordic, SAS
Keld Zornig is VP of SAS Institute Nordics, heading up the offices in Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Denmark. Together, the SAS Nordic team of 568 analytics software and consultancy professionals service the region’s largest private and public businesses across industries with all their data analytics needs.
Keld Zornig joined SAS Institute in 2004. He has served in a number of executive positions in Denmark and the Nordic region. Keld started his career in the Danish banking sector.

Jens Feilberg
Director of Marketing, Nordics, SAS
Jens is responsible for driving Nordic marketing initiatives as well as contributing to Global and EMEA Marketing. He manages a team of marketing experts who are placed geographically across the four Nordic offices but work both in cross-functional and international teams to ensure that SAS utilized all insight as well as all marketing expertise.
CUSTOMER & PARTNER SPEAKERS

Catharina Barkman
Project Director at Forum for Health Policy
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Peter Graf
CEO at Tiohundra AB
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Ivan Brandslund
MD DMSc, Professor, University of Southern Denmark and Lillebælt Hospital
Session 1
Session 2

Kjersti Mevik
M.D, PhD, Consultant Breast and endocrine surgery Nordland Hospital
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Gianluca Misuraca
Research Fellow at the Department of eGovernance and Public Administration, Research on AI
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Colin van Noordt
PhD Researcher on Artificial Intelligence in Government, Research on AI
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Kristian Lønø
Senior advisor, Statistics Norway
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Jussi Ritola
Group manager - Digitalisation Services, Statistics Finland
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Kenneth Ipsen
Director,Head of Forensic Competence Group, KPMG
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Sameli Mäenpää
Chief Data Officer, OP Financial Group
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Martin Wammen
eCapacity

Stefan Rikard Brieghel
Danske Bank

Nima Ghorbani
Head of Analytics & AI at Swedbank Group
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Marie Lundberg
CEO, Acronym Consulting AB
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Ossi Huovila
Program Director, Data Strategy, LähiTapiola
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Gianluca de Cobelli
Co-founder and CEO, Yolo Group
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Anja Stolz
CMO and Head of Marketing, R+V Insurance
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Kai Vikman
Chief Operating Officer, AFRY
Session

Carl Orrling
Vice President Technical Development, SSAB
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Erik Josefsson
Head of Advanced Industries, Ericsson

Eva Fyrberg
Head of Connected Enterprise / Director, KPMG Sweden AB

Mabel Moya
Deputy Chief Commercial Officer, Altibox
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Andrew Jennings
Associate Consultant at Total Negotiation Group
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Liia Sarjakoski
Head of IoT Ecosystem, Ericsson
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Martin Sjöberg
Quantitative Analyst - Financial Crime Prevention, Handelsbanken
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Silje Nord
Data Scientist, Amesto NextBridge
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Kjetil Kalager
Vice President for AI Lab, Amesto NextBridge
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Pasi Rautio
Project Manager, City of Helsinki

Christopher Blake
Director of Product Strategy, Boemska
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Anders Milhøj
Statistician, Copenhagen University
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Joonas Maunu
Data analyst, Ilmarinen
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Nikolai Perminow
Analytical and creative leader, Telenor Mobile
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Rahul Bhattacharjee
Data Manager, Telenor
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Liisa Takkunen
Planner, City of Helsinki
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Dr Ieva Martinkenaite
Head of AI and Analytics, VP Telenor Research | Telenor Group
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Fredrik Pettersson
Ecosystem Manager, Ericsson
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Martin Vang Haugaard
Data Analyst, 1813
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Annelene Næss
Head of Customer Experience and Products in Telenor Business
Session
SAS SPEAKERS

Burak Kircali
Principal Business Solutions Manager, Business Value
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Norman Black
EMEA Insurance Industry Principal
Session

Wilson Raj
Global Head of CI Product Marketing
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Patrick Dittli
Director Business Development & Partner Enablement
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Christopher Broxe
Principal Business Solutions Manager
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Casper Pedersen
Sr Manager, Pre-Sales Support
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Thomas Thorning
Advisor, Nordic CI Practice
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Philip Sierpinski
Associate Customer Advisor
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Kristoffer Nilsson
Sr Systems Engineer
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Josefin Rosén
AI & Analytics CxP Lead, Nordics
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Pia Rønnevik
Sr Customer Success Manager
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Peter Steffensen
Principal Analytical Consultant
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Carl-Olow Magnusson
Principal Business Solutions Manager
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Ina Conrado
Associate Systems Engineer
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Carlos Pinheiro
Principal Data Scientist
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Natalia Summerville
Sr Manager, Advanced Analytics R&D
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Mari Nilsson Björkman
Global Telecom Industry Lead
Session

Alex Kwiatkowski
Principal Industry Consultant
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Ole-Martin Hafslund
Senior Technical Architect
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Cecily Hoffritz
Principal Business Solutions Manager
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Kevin Kalish
Industry Consultant Global IoT Division
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Patric Hamilton
Sr Business Solutions Manager
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Patric Hellgren
Customer Training Advisor
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