The 11th annual Nordic Data 2030 Summit today gathered 280 senior technology leaders in Stockholm at the event hosted by Hyperight AB. This year’s two-day executive forum brings together enterprise architects, CDOs, and AI strategists to address a critical industry imperative: establishing the governed, contextual data foundations necessary to deploy operational AI reliably across the enterprise.
„In 2026, enterprises are preparing for a world where AI is embedded directly into business execution. Data management is no longer an isolated discipline—it is the operational foundation that enables enterprise AI to scale with trust and measurable value“. – said Goran Cvetanovski, CEO & Chief Editor at Hyperight.
Available both onsite in Stockholm and online via Agorify, the hybrid event spans two days packed with keynotes, hands-on workshops, peer-to-peer interactive roundtables, and specialized track sessions across four dedicated stages:
- Plenum Opening & Closing Stage: Practical, inspirational keynotes setting the vision for enterprise data and AI execution.
- Data Strategy & Governance Stage: Strategic sessions focusing on organizational readiness, ownership, stewardship, data quality, and operating models.
- Data Platform, Context & Architecture Stage: Technical deep dives into connecting modern data platforms, semantic layers, metadata, and master data for AI readiness.
- Data Products, Data Quality & AI Enablement Stage: Operational sessions showing how to transform trusted data into reusable data products, DataOps, and automated decision workflows.
Day 1 Highlights: From Hands-On Workshops to Parallel Track Sessions
The summit dived straight into morning pre-event workshops focused on hands-on governance tools with Thomas Lindbäck (Senior Sales Engineer at Collibra), alongside Jacob Granert (Solution Engineer at Informatica) and Robert Lecklin (Specialist Account Executive at Informatica from Salesforce).
The afternoon program launched with opening notes from Saranda Arifi (Editorial Director at Hyperight AB) and Chairman Olof Granberg (AI Strategist & Builder at DataMentor).
Keynote & Main Stage Highlights (Plenum): 
Ulrika Jägare (VP Data and AI at SAS – Scandinavian Airlines) presents on approaching sustainable AI value through a new Data and AI Operating model.
Wouter Mertens (AI Governance Field CTO at Collibra) addresses ending the “hallucination tax” by governing the backbone of enterprise AI.
An interactive roundtable led by industry experts explores aligning governance, quality, ownership, and architecture.
Afternoon Parallel Tracks:
- Data Strategy & Governance Stage
Featuring sessions by Ramesh Shurma (CEO & Founder at Orion Governance), Bjørn Broum (Director of Corporate Development for Technology, Architecture and Data at Norwegian Public Road Administration), and Mark Beckwith (Director of Data Governance and Architecture at Financial Times).
- Data Platform, Context & Architecture Stage
Insights from Ludwig Sewall (Product & Technology at Fivetran + dbt Labs), Sami Kalliokoski (Team Lead, AI Data Platform at Elisa Oyj), and Lennart Hedlund (Enterprise Architect at Region Stockholm, Trafikförvaltningen).
- Data Products, Data Quality & AI Enablement Stage
Presenting Sanchit Juneja (Sr. Director – Data & AI at Tripadvisor), Ilja Hermans (Head of Strategy & Analytics Europe at Philips), and a joint session by Zahra Dehghan Manshadi (Data Engineer at Traton Group) and Olof Svensson (Battery Test Engineer at TRATON GROUP).
Day 1 concluded with an Evening Networking Program.
What’s Next: Day 2 Preview for Chief Technology Officers
For Chief Technology Officers (CTOs), Enterprise Architects, and Technical Directors attending or tuning in tomorrow, October 22, Day 2 delivers high-value keynotes and panel insights tailored specifically to architectural scaling, agentic enterprise design, and context-aware infrastructure:
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About the Summit
The Nordic Data 2030 Summit is an annual gathering for the Nordic enterprise data management community. Now in its eleventh edition, this intimate, highly interactive event brings together CDOs, Data Heads, Enterprise Architects, and Governance Leaders to benchmark strategies, tackle operational blockers, and advance cutting-edge practices. Beyond the Nordics, regional editions extend across the MEA, APAC, and ANZ region.
The organizer, Stockholm-based Hyperight AB, is an international event media provider and data community platform dedicated to empowering organizations through premium content, executive networks, and crowdsourced knowledge-sharing.
