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1 March 2023 09:00Epicenter Oslo

Welcome to the future!

Every year on the 1st March we celebrate the future with World Future Day. It is a day where we get to explore and discuss all the amazing possibilities and opportunities that lies within the interface of technology and people. Cause the future is fantastic and we want to celebrate and explore it together with you. 

Therefore we welcome you to join us for interesting talks about technology and how it can impact our future. Do you have thoughts about how AI can impact us as people and societies? Or maybe you want to get some hands on learning about how we can utilize technology and AI to work more sustainable? Check out our all day program below, or simply sign up for the single slot that interests you. 

Join our host and technology expert Eirik Norman Hansen at Epicenter on 1st March for a day where we talk about the future and people, society and sustainability. To get access to the program, make sure to complete the registration form. 

There will be a break between the morning program and the afternoon program where you are free to work from Epicenter as you home of the day. If you want to grab a drink post the event, feel free to sign up for the afterwork where you will get to check out some AI art as well as get your first chip implant. 

See you in the future - register below!

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World Future Day

08:45

Doors open

09:00

Future of AI, Technology and People

Sign up for the morning slot where our World Future Day host Eirik Norman Hansen welcomes Morten Goodwin - or Mr AI - to talk about what impact AI can have on the way we as people think, interact, work and simply just live our lives. 

On stage you will also get to meet Factiverse, Bineric, Woid and Ludenso, who have an idea of how they can enable us people to become even better humans. 

Last but not least, you will get to be part of the live recording of the 30 minutes into future podcast - where Eirik and Morten with friends, such as Sina Nek Akhtar from Google, Maria Amelie from Factiverse and Per Christian Strand Teslo from Snapchat, will discuss the future of us people. Will we become less reflected and stupid as AI takes over more of our daily brain work outs, or will we become better humans? 

Make sure to sign up and join the discussion!

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Disruption Hall
10:45

Future of AI, Technology and Society

Sign up for the day time slot where our World Future Day host Eirik Norman Hansen welcomes Morten Goodwin - or Mr AI - to discuss what kind of impact technology and AI can have on our society. 

On stage you will also get to meet Hypatia Learning, Inclusive Creation and Keenious who have an idea of how they can help us improve our societies and communities with their technology. 

Last but not least, you will get to be part of the live recording of the 30 minutes into future podcast - where Eirik and Morten with Erlend Øverby from Hypatia Learning, Freyja Jørgensen from Simula and Morten Krogh-Moe from Sannsyn, will discuss the societies of the future. Will technology empower us to create better cities and communities, or will we simply end up with no work no pay?

Make sure to sign up and join the discussion!

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Disruption Hall
12:00

Hybrid work break

If you want to stay at Epicenter throughout the day, we have a house ready to let you answer your emails, take your phone calls and meetings as well as enjoy your lunch. 

By signing up to World Future Day you will get a free day pass to enjoy Epicenter within our opening hours 08.00-18.00.

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Epicenter Oslo
15:00

Future of AI, Technology and Sustainability

Sign up for the afternoon slot where our World Future Day host Eirik Norman Hansen and Henrik Skaug Sætra from HiØ welcomes you to take part of an impactful program where sustainability is at the core. Can technology be an accelerator to becoming more sustainable?

We will hear from Ignite Procurement, Sensorita, Völur and Againx.ai who will share insight on how they work with technology towards a more sustainable world. 

Also, you will get to be part of the live recording of the 30 minutes into future podcast - where Eirik, along with Mali Hole Skogen from IKT Norge, Umair Mehmood Imam from Ruter, Henrik Skaug Sætra from HiØ, and Daniel Tabacaru from Againx.ai will discuss the future of sustainability. Will technology enable us with tools that let us continue to live our lives as we do?

Make sure to sign up and join the discussion!

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Disruption Hall
16:15

World Future Day Afterwork

Did you get inspired about the future? Or do you think the world will end?

Whatever you have learned today, we are sure we all could need a drink to wrap up our thoughts. Stay put for a beer or whatever floats your boat. The bar is open for you to buy a drink until 18.00! 

Want to get a chip implant? We offer chipping at the AW.
Want to upgrade your body and get your very first chip implant? Then make sure to sign up to the afterwork, and send us an email to hello@epicenteroslo.com to register for the RFID chip implant - we recommend having it in your hand.

Note that if you choose to get a chip, the chip and chipping comes at a cost that you pay on site.

Epicenter member price: 1.500,- 
Non-member price: 2.500,-

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Speakers

Eirik Norman Hansen
Chief Disruption Officer & Host

Eirik is our own Chief Disruption Officer. He loves technology. And he loves the future. That combination makes the perfect host of World Future Day. 

He has his own podcast, "30 minutes into the future" where he invites guests to discuss the future - and how it is fantastic. Eirik is a professional keynote speaker, moderator and communications coach. He has been a TEDx speaker and been nominated for speaker of the year by Talerlisten every year since the award started, an award he also won in 2018. 

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Morten Goodwin
Professor

Morten Goodwin is a full professor in artificial intelligence at the University of Agder, adjunct professor at OsloMet, co-founder and CTO of AIVEO, chief scientist of AI:hub, deputy director of Centre for Artificial Intelligence Research, and one of Norway's foremost experts on artificial intelligence. He alternates between being a professor, teacher, public debater, communicator, author, and CTO.

To us, that is sufficient to simply call him Mr AI. 

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Sina Nek Akhtar
Data and ML Practice Lead - Nordics at Google

Sina has over a decade of experience working with databases, analytics & machine learning. He helps companies modernize their data analytics platforms and develop advanced AI practices to drive business innovation and success.

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Erlend Øverby
CEO at Hypatia Learning AS

Erlend has worked with the domain of learning technology globally for more than 20 years. From 2011-2021 he was chair of ISO/IEC JTC1/SC36 the global organisations responsible for standardisation of Information Technology for Learning, Education and Training. He is now convenor of CEN TC353/WG3 on Learning Analytics and data governance, and Co-Chair of ISO/IEC JTC1/SC24/JWG-12 on "Pedagogical interoperability requirements for VR/AR/MR"

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Per Christian Strand Teslo
Head of Sales in Snapchat Norway

Per Christian leads the commercial part of Snapchat Norway. In his role as Head of Sales he helps advertisers to grow their business through the Snapchat platform. Per Christian has several years of experience with sales, marketing and branding in Snapchat, Carat and Tine. In 2020 Per Christian won the price of “Årets Beste Medieselger” at Mediaforum and Mediebyråforeningen, and was nominated to the same price in 2021.

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Ulrikke Lien
CEO and co-founder in Sensorita

Ulrikke Lien is an ultrarunner and engineer, with a master degree from NMBU. Based on research from her thesis she is building Sensorita, which she founded as a student. Last year she was listed as one of Kapital's 40 under 40.

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Maria Amelie
CEO & co-founder of Factiverse

Maria Amelie is CEO and cofounder of Factiverse. Before Factiverse, she worked as a technology journalist and wrote 5 non-fiction books on migration, freedom of speech and entrepreneurship. In her spare time, she is chairwoman and cofounder of Startup Migrants, a European project to discover and support young multicultural founders and connect them with the startup ecosystem.

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Mathias G. Backsæther
Product Manager for Carbon Accounting at Ignite Procurement

Mathias started in Ignite as a software engineer but realized over time that with his passion for sustainability he could contribute more on the topic of carbon accounting. He has since developed their module for transparently calculating a company’s indirect greenhouse gas emissions, currently in use by several major corporations for their sustainability reporting. These scope 3 emissions are both typically hard to manage and usually the largest source of a company’s total emissions.

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Morten Krogh-Moe
Chairman of the board & senior consultant at Sannsyn

Morten Krogh-Moe is a senior business consultant and enterprise architect.He has over 20 years’ experience with digital solutions. The last 9 years as CEO of Sannsyn which is a specialist company within marketing automations, personalization technology and search. This role has centered around advising Sannsyn’s clients and have given Morten an opportunity to be involved in many projects, as a liaison between the business-side and the technologists, to maximize the business value. At year end 2022 he left this role to take a combined role in Sannsyn as Senior Consultant and Chairman of the board.

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Jakob Bergvik Aure
Chief Commercial Officer at Keenious

Jakob Bergvik Aure leads the sales team at Keenious. He has also worked as an adviser in the Department for Higher Education, Research and International Affairs at the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research and for the philanthropic foundation Aker Scholarship. Jakob has a master's degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

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Dr. Anthony Giannoumis
Chairman of the Board at Inclusive Creation

Anthony is one of the world's leaders in inclusive innovation and design. He’s an action researcher, social entrepreneur, and consequently, the last person you'd want on your sports team. He speaks around the world on inclusive leadership or in his words, “a straight white man’s guide to shutting the f*ck up”. His motivational keynote showcases the one blind spot that all CEOs must overcome to lead inclusively, and the 7 lovely wins MBA programs don’t teach. Contact him for pre-bookings.

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Mali Hole Skogen
Technology & sustainability director at IKT Norge

The past 3 years, Mali has built the ICT sector’s sustainability initiative. She leads the competence program GoForIT, the industry board for ICT in Standard Norway and is part of the government council for digitization.

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Eirik Wahlstrøm
Co-founder & CEO at Ludenso

Eirik Wahlstrøm is a visionary serial entrepreneur, working to empower all learners and educators through augmented reality (AR). Wahlstrøm holds a M.Sc. in Industrial Economics from NTNU, and has previously scaled XR company "MovieMask" globally to 80+ countries before starting edtech company Ludenso. Eirik is an open-minded and curious leader, who in 2022 was selected as one of the top 10 company builders in Norway by E24.

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Daniel Tabacaru
Founder and AIC of Again X

Architect and educated engineer, founder and AIC of Again X, an Oslo based startup working to better understand the existing buildings and their material content, by using existing data and ML. He has worked with sustainability in buildings since... forever, and believes that data could help contribute to more sustainable and better decisions.

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Henrik Skaug Sætra
Head of Digital Society & associate professor at Østfold University College

Henrik works at the intersection between technology and sustainability, and focuses particularly on the sustainability-related implications of AI. He is also an experienced sustainability advisor, and has worked with strategy development, more financially oriented ESG work and sustainability reporting.

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Umair Mehmood Imam
Founder of Bineric, Head of Data and AI at Ruter, and Assistant Professor at OsloMet

Umair has diverse experience in Data and A.I. He has been working with the Norwegian Oil fund, Skatteetaten, Ruter, Bineric and OsloMet.In his current roles, he is working as the Founder and CTO of a data labeling for A.I startup. Additionally, Hhe also heads the Data and A.I division at Ruter. Lastly he is also working as an Assistant Professor at OsloMet where he teaches A.IUmair is also the founder of Offentlig AI which is the largest network of offentlig workers working with A.I in Norway.

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Freyja Jørgensen
Innovation Manager at Simula & Gründergarasjen

Freyja has several years of experience from working in the intersection between academia and startups, specifically within technology, and has been involved in various educational and innovation projects. She is passionate about entrepreneurship, science and technology outreach, and finds it important to spread knowledge about these fields. Formerly Freyja has worked to promote science and technology in education, and currently she dedicates her time to support tech startups in the Gründergarasjen incubator. She also leads the NORA.startup steering group, connecting academia and startups within AI.

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Anastasiia Korsak
Head of Marketing at Völur

Anastasiia Korsak is an experienced marketing leader passionate about innovation and technology. Before joining Völur as a Head of Marketing, she worked extensively in software and tech companies like Opera Software and Cognite. Throughout her career, Anastasiia has gained a unique perspective on how technology can be used to create more sustainable and efficient industries. She aims to inspire others to use AI to create a better world and help businesses make data-driven decisions that benefit society. Anastasiia holds an MSc. in Leadership and Organizational Psychology from BI Norwegian Business School.

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Ivanna Ustymenko
COO & Co-founder Woid AS

Ivanna is educated in innovation and marketing, and is finishing a bachelor's degree within data engineering. She joined the startup Woid, as the development of the app (h)ear gives her the opportunity to reduce communication barriers and contribute to more cohesion and inclusion.

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All you need to know

World Future Day is hosted at Epicenter Oslo, right next to Holbergs plass, with easy access via public transportation. Want to walk? The address is Edvard Storms gate 2. 

In true World Future Day style, we also encourage any form of drones or flying carpets. 

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