The Nordic AI conference for established companies putting it to work

AI Execution Summit.

Stockholm · 14 October 2026.

One day in Stockholm for established companies figuring out how to actually use AI. Every session is a case study from a peer company you can see yourself in — not a startup showcase, not an investor day.

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Date
14 Oct 2026
City
Stockholm
Format
One day, single track
Seats
Capped at 400
Edition
Inaugural

Most Nordic AI events lean toward startups and capital — founder pitches, investor panels, deal flow. This one is the opposite. Every session on stage is a case study from an established company that has actually shipped something.

We built this to share the knowledge of the people who have actually made AI work inside real companies. The audience is the AI, product, and operations leads at established companies — people with real customers, real constraints, and a concrete need to figure out where AI fits. You have heard about AI everywhere by now. This day is about what works, told by the people making it work.

A full day of case studies, honest trade-offs, and patterns you can take back to your team. The measure of a good session here is whether you walk back to your desk on Wednesday with something concrete to apply.

Execution is the hard part. So that’s what we talk about.
— The programme committee
§ 02
Speakers

Practitioners, researchers,
and peers.

The programme is weighted toward people whose job description includes production pagers and quarterly targets — not only stage time. New additions are announced monthly through September.

Speak at the Summit

The programme is shaped by nominations from the community. If you’ve shipped something worth an hour of this room’s attention — or you know someone who has — tell us.

Nominate a speaker
§ 04
Agenda

One day.
Read it end to end.

All times Central European Summer Time (UTC+2). Session titles and abstracts are indicative; final programme locks at the end of September.

Off camera · off audio · off the record

  1. 08:00
    → 09:00

    Registration, coffee, and light breakfast

    Break + Read more

    Buffer for late arrivals; early networking.

  2. 09:00
    → 09:15

    Welcome

    Talk + Read more

    The execution-not-hype tone-setting from the host.

  3. 09:15
    → 10:00

    Scania's ChatGPT rollout — decentralisation, team-based adoption, and what held up

    • Jan Andries Oldenkamp SVP & CIO · Scania
    Keynote
    Signature
    + Read more

    Scania — heavy industry, a global workforce, 130+ years old — began rolling out ChatGPT Enterprise a year ago and chose decentralisation over a central AI programme: licences pushed out by the team, training structured around whole teams instead of individuals, and adoption measured by where the tool ended up embedded in real processes. The opening keynote walks through what they built, what worked, what they walked back, and what AI adoption actually looks like inside an established industrial company once you stop calling it a pilot.

  4. 10:00
    → 10:30

    Morning coffee & networking

    Break
  5. 10:30
    → 11:30

    Shipped in production — three case talks, back to back

    • Speaker 02 Staff ML Engineer · A European logistics firm
    • Speaker 05 CTO · An industrial AI startup
    • Speaker 07 Principal Engineer · A European telco
    Talk
    Signature block
    + Read more

    Three 18-minute case talks with 2-minute transitions. The conference's architectural signature: concrete AI deployments that went all the way to production. Acceptance filter: no pilots, no POCs, no 'we're planning to' — only shipped systems with real scale, real cost, and real business impact.

    No pilots. No POCs. No "we're planning to." Three shipped systems, in production. Real scale, real cost, real business impact.

    Three speakers, three different companies, three different deployed AI systems. Each has eighteen minutes to cover what they built, the architecture and trade-offs, and the measured business effect. Back-to-back with two-minute transitions. No long introductions — the moderator holds tempo.

  6. 11:30
    → 11:45

    Stretch break

    Break + Read more

    Short reset. No coffee.

  7. 11:45
    → 12:30

    Past the pilot graveyard

    • Speaker 03 VP Product, AI · A Series C SaaS company
    • Speaker 04 Head of AI Governance · A Nordic insurer
    Panel
    Strategy
    + Read more

    Moderated panel with up to four panellists on what separates the AI projects that survive their pilot from the ones that die on the shelf.

  8. 12:30
    → 13:45

    Lunch — seated

    Lunch + Read more

    Premium seated lunch. An Executive-only networking room is open 13:00–13:45 in an adjacent space.

  9. 13:45
    → 14:30

    What we shipped, what we walked back — a year of AI customer service at Klarna

    • Speaker 09 VP, Customer Experience · Klarna
    Keynote
    Production AI
    + Read more

    In February 2024 Klarna announced an OpenAI-powered assistant handling 2.3 million customer conversations in 35 languages, the equivalent of 700 full-time agents, with average resolution dropping from eleven minutes to under two. In 2025 the company publicly said they had leaned too hard on automation and were rehiring for complex cases. This session walks the full arc — the architecture that scaled, the quality signal that told them they had overshot, and the hybrid pattern they landed on.

  10. 14:30
    → 14:55

    Fireside chat

    • Speaker 04 Head of AI Governance · A Nordic insurer
    Talk
    Governance & risk
    + Read more

    Conversational format — lower cognitive load than a straight talk.

  11. 14:55
    → 15:25

    Afternoon coffee & networking

    Break
  12. 15:25
    → 15:55

    Breakouts — three rooms, three formats

    • Deep Dive AI in regulated industries
    • Roundtable Building the AI org
    • Campfire Vendor landscape
    Talk
    Parallel · 3 rooms
    + Read more

    Three parallel rooms, each a different format: a Deep Dive on AI in regulated industries, a Roundtable on building the AI org, and a Campfire peer discussion on the vendor landscape. The only slot of the day where attendees choose their own path.

    1. Room 1 · Deep Dive

      AI in regulated industries

      One speaker, 20 minutes of content plus 10 minutes of Q&A. Auditorium seating. Structured delivery for sector content where audience depth varies.

      For compliance, legal, senior product or engineering leaders in regulated sectors

    2. Room 2 · Roundtable

      Building the AI org

      Four participants around a visible table, a moderator, and ~30 attendees in a semicircle. For questions where multiple perspectives must meet — no single right answer.

      For executives making AI organisational decisions — CIOs, COOs, Chief AI Officers, HR leaders

    3. Room 3 · Campfire

      Vendor landscape deep-dive

      No speaker. Chairs in a circle, ~25 attendees, a moderator who opens with a question. Chatham House rule applies — nothing quoted, nothing attributed.

      For buyers and evaluators of AI products — VPs of engineering, procurement, CTOs

  13. 15:55
    → 16:40

    Closing keynote

    • Speaker 08 Founder & CEO · An applied-AI consultancy
    Keynote
    Signature
    + Read more

    Brings everyone back into the main room.

  14. 16:40
    → 17:00

    Closing remarks — and what's next for 2027

    Talk + Read more

    The host's signature close and a short preview of the 2027 edition.

  15. 17:00
    → 19:30

    Evening reception

    Reception + Read more

    Drinks, food, and the conversations that actually move things forward.

§ 03
Pre-event
Tuesday 13 October

Three workshops.
The afternoon before the day.

Three parallel, hands-on workshops on the afternoon of Tuesday 13 October — the kind of small-group, working-session format that the conference day itself cannot deliver. Add as an optional extra to any pass.

13:00 – 16:00 · 25–30 seats per workshop · €395 each

  1. Workshop A

    Building the AI operating model

    How to organise teams, governance, budget, and decision paths for AI.

    For

    CIOs · CTOs · COOs · VPs of Strategy · Chief AI Officers

    Format

    Three hours. Framework introduction, peer discussion in small groups, and a hands-on exercise where participants design their own operating model on the room.

    30 seats €395
  2. Workshop B

    Agentic AI in production

    Reliability, security, and the deployment patterns that actually work.

    For

    CTOs · VPs of Engineering · CISOs · Heads of AI · senior product leaders evaluating or already rolling out agents

    Format

    Three hours in three blocks plus Q&A. (1) Agent architecture in the wild. (2) Security and governance for privileged agents — credential handling, shell-execution risk, what a CISO needs to require before agents roll broadly. (3) Deployment patterns that actually work — hybrid deterministic and agentic architectures, reliability scaffolding, cost control. Facilitated by a practitioner who has run this in production.

    30 seats €395
  3. Workshop C

    EU AI Act in practice

    What the Act means operationally — not legally — for your organisation.

    For

    Legal · Compliance · senior PMs · DPOs · AI leads

    Format

    Three hours. Case walkthroughs across risk classifications, compliance checklists, and Q&A with a practising AI lawyer or DPO.

    30 seats €395

The afternoon in full

  1. 12:00 → 13:00 Check-in, light food.
  2. 13:00 → 14:15 Workshop block 1 — all three rooms in parallel.
  3. 14:15 → 14:30 Coffee break.
  4. 14:30 → 16:00 Workshop blocks 2 & 3.
  5. 16:00 → 17:00 Workshop alumni drinks — an easy social landing for the day's workshop attendees before dinner.

How to attend

Workshops are an optional add-on to any AI Execution Summit 2026 pass. Select when you register, or add after the fact up to two weeks before the event. Seats are capped at thirty per workshop.

Register with a workshop
§ 05
Venue

A room worth the trip.

The main stage mid-session — a speaker at the lectern, the room in attention.
The main hall, mid-session.

The venue

[Venue name], Stockholm

Sweden · Europe/Stockholm

A former industrial hall on the edge of the city centre — high ceilings, daylight from three sides, and the kind of acoustic that makes a 400-person room feel like forty. Paired dining and lounge spaces on the lower floor for the reception.

Getting there

Airport
25 min from Arlanda (ARN) by express train
Metro
T-Centralen · 4 min walk
Parking
Limited — we recommend transit
Accessibility
Step-free; induction loop in the main hall
§ 06
Partners

Made possible by the teams doing the work.

Headline partners

  • Headline Partner 01
  • Headline Partner 02

Partners

  • Partner 01
  • Partner 02
  • Partner 03
  • Partner 04
  • Partner 05
  • Partner 06

Community partners

  • Community Partner 01
  • Community Partner 02
  • Community Partner 03
  • Community Partner 04

Partner with the Summit

A small number of partners help make the event possible. Products we genuinely believe help teams ship AI — no stage time in exchange.

Become a partner
§ 07
Frequently asked

Before you ask.

  • 01 Who is this for?

    AI, product, and operations leads inside established companies — businesses with real customers, real constraints, and a concrete need to figure out where AI actually fits. Every case study on stage is from a peer company you can see yourself in, so you leave with patterns you can apply. It is not a startup showcase or an investor day.

  • 02 What makes this different from other Nordic AI events?

    The stage is reserved for practitioners at established companies who have actually shipped AI — sharing what worked, what it cost, and what broke. Every session is a concrete case study. The room is for people with a team, a budget, and a real problem to solve, who want patterns they can apply back at their own company.

  • 03 Will talks be recorded?

    No. Every talk, panel, fireside chat, and breakout is off camera and off audio — nothing is recorded, nothing is livestreamed. This is a deliberate choice. It strengthens candor on stage, protects the off-the-record Campfire breakout, and reinforces the premium 'be in the room' positioning. If post-event recordings are a requirement for you, other AI conferences will serve you better.

  • 04 Is there a student or academic rate?

    A limited number of reduced-rate passes are held for full-time students and academic researchers. Apply via the registration page; we respond within five business days.

  • 05 What is the refund policy?

    Full refund up to 60 days before the event, 50% refund up to 30 days before, and transferable after that. Transfers to a colleague are free at any point.

  • 06 What is the code of conduct?

    AI Execution Summit follows a zero-tolerance policy on harassment or discrimination, on-site and online. The full code of conduct and reporting channel are published on the registration page.

  • 07 How do I sponsor or partner?

    We work with a small number of partners whose products we genuinely believe help teams ship AI. Write to hello@aiexecutionsummit.eu and we will reply with the current options.

§ 08
Rates

Built for those responsible for making AI actually work inside companies. No theory. Only real implementations.

14 October 2026 · Stockholm Current: Founding Rate rises to Early Bird on 1 July.
Main pass

Main Pass

Full-day access. Every session, every room.

€745 Founding rate

Rate rises to Early Bird on 1 July.

  • Founding €745
  • Early Bird €845
  • Standard €995
  • Final Week €1,095
~70% of seats Reserve
Limited allocation · 40 seats
Executive

Executive Pass

For those who want to be in the room where real conversations happen.

€1,395 Founding rate

Rate rises to Early Bird on 1 July.

  • Founding €1,395
  • Early Bird €1,595
  • Standard €1,795
  • Final Week €1,895
Includes
  • Private dinner with selected speakers and senior attendees (13 October evening)
  • Executive-only networking session during the event
  • Front-row reserved seating
  • Fast-track check-in
~17% of seats Reserve
Limited allocation

Discount tiers

Startup Rate

For early-stage companies building with AI.

€395 Founding
  • Founding €395
  • Early Bird €445
  • Standard €495
  • Final Week €545
Eligibility

<25 staff · <$3M raised · <3 yrs old

~8% of seats

Academic Rate

For researchers and students.

€295 Founding
  • Founding €295
  • Early Bird €345
  • Standard €395
  • Final Week €445
Eligibility

Valid .edu or university-issued email

~4% of seats

Public Sector Rate

For government and public-sector staff.

€295 Founding
  • Founding €295
  • Early Bird €345
  • Standard €395
  • Final Week €445
Eligibility

.gov.se or equivalent public-sector email

~4% of seats
Optional

Add-ons

Speaker Dinner

€395

Private dinner the evening of 13 October with selected speakers and senior attendees.

Included with Executive Pass. ~10 seats available to other pass holders.

Pre-event Workshop

€395

Half-day workshop the afternoon of 13 October. Topic announced closer to the event.

Any pass holder. Small group.

Team discount

Order three or more passes together for 20% off; five or more for 25% off. Applies to the Main Pass and the Executive Pass, Early Bird through Final Week. Does not stack with the Founding rate or apply to discount tiers and add-ons.

All prices in EUR, excluding Swedish VAT (25%) where applicable. Single-ticket prices lock through their window. Seats transfer freely between colleagues. Full refund up to 60 days before the event.

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Stockholm.
14 October.
Be in the room.

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Seats are capped at 400 · passes include the evening reception