Starting 9AM EET - Helsinki Time

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8.30

Registration & breakfast

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9.00 

Opening remarks by our moderator - welcome! ​

Ella Kanninen

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9.10 

KEYNOTE 

CHANGE-READY LEADERSHIP STARTS WITH MINDSET, NOT PROCESS

Rob Hosking, Adaptability Expert & Former Police Officer turned TEDx Motivational Speaker (UK)

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• How frontline experiences shaped my mindset for adapting to change with confidence

• What does it take to build leadership resilience and adaptability in fast-changing environments?

• How HR can lead with a growth mindset — connecting people development with business innovation

• The mindset shift needed for HR to move from process owner to strategic co-leader

• Why mindset-first leadership is key to building organizations that thrive through change, not just survive it

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9.45

QUALITY OF LEADERSHIP AS THE ULTIMATE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE

Jaakko Kaikuluoma, CEO & CO-Founder, Teamspective

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• Leadership is the number 1 driver of engagement and performance

• Still, companies lack a systematic approach to ensuring quality of leadership

• How to succeed in Leadership Enablement in the Age of AI, while staying in line with your company values and leadership principles

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10.15

Coffee & Networking Break

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10.45

COLLECTIVE WORK ABILITY: THE NEW FOUNDATION OF HEALTHY PRODUCTIVITY

Eira Roos, PhD, MD & Development Chief Physician, Aava Medical Centre (FI)​​

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Why do even the most capable people burn out?

Grounded in medical science and research, this session reveals how the physiology of stress is linked to work design and why preventing burnout is not about fixing individuals but redesigning work itself.

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• The hidden cost of structural friction on productivity and wellbeing
• How collective work ability helps organizations and people stay healthy, productive, and alive
• What redesigning work means in practice for modern organizations

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Please note: This session briefly mentions suicide in the context of work-related exhaustion

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11.05

THE HIDDEN GAPS IN ORGANISATIONAL CHANGE CAPABILITY – AND HOW TO CLOSE THEM​

Henna Ahtola, Director, Business & Change Consulting, Digia (FI)​​​​​​

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• Discover what recent research reveals about the real obstacles holding back Finnish organizations in their change efforts

• Explore three key leadership paradoxes that must be addressed to build real, lasting transformation capacity

• Gain a practical blueprint for developing sustainable, system-level change capability in your organization

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11.25 

AI STRATEGY IS PEOPLE STRATEGY - HR'S ROLE IN THE AI BOOM

Thijs Stalenhoef, Chief Product Officer, Sympa (DK)​​​

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Is AI just another gold rush? In this session, we cut through the hype and focus on the real, immediate challenges AI brings to HR teams. 

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• Which roles and capabilities HR needs to evolve

• How to navigate inflated tech promises and growing regulatory pressure

• Grounded insights to help HR lead with confidence

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11.45

Lunch Break & Networking

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12.45

AI IS READY - ARE WE?

Katharine Falke, Global HR Lead, Wärtsilä (DE)​​

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• How can HR teams build AI literacy without needing deep technical expertise?

• If AI is learning faster than most employees — how do we keep the human workforce relevant without burning them out?

• How can we train for curiosity, judgment, and ethical reasoning — the things AI can’t learn?

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13.20

HOW TALENT DENSITY POWERS SMARTER LEADERSHIP

Kara Jones, Global Head, Business HR, Wolt (US)

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How do high-performing organizations raise the talent bar — and make it stick? This session shows how to raise talent density by embedding your leadership principles into a practical competency-and-potential framework.

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• A dual-scoring model (competency tiers + HiPo signals) that drives clarity in promotions, development, and external hiring

• How to calibrate talent decisions across teams using consistent, behavior-based criteria

• Case: Building an AI-assisted Talent Guide that reduces bias and links talent insights to your performance and growth cycles

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​13.40

WHY GEN Z COUNTS AND HOW HR DRIVES THE CHANGE?

Laura Christie, Managing Director, Academic Work (FI)

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• Fresh insights from the Young Professional Attraction Index (YPAI): What Gen Z really expects from employers

• How HR can act as the voice and advocate for early-career professionals

• From data to practice

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14.00

Coffee & Networking Break

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14.30

EQUITY IN ACTION — RECLAIMING INCLUSION IN AN AGE OF GLOBAL BACKLASH

Karolina Sveiby, Country Manager of Instruction & Intercultural Trainer, Berlitz (FI)

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While DEI faces increasing political resistance in parts of the world, what can the Nordic region do to lead the vision of inclusive talent strategies rooted in fairness, performance, trust and allyship - and why should we?

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14.55

KEYNOTE

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE - THE REAL STATE OF PLAY TODAY!

Dirk Finning, SVP, Global Human Resources, Sea Logistics and Sales, Kuehne+Nagel (DE)

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AI meets HR

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Artificial intelligence is transforming human resources – but what truly delivers value, and what still falls short?

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This session explores the latest AI trends in HR, highlighting real-world examples that already create measurable business impact, while also examining where the technology has yet to prove itself. Expect a clear, practice-oriented view of what works today – and what doesn’t (yet).

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15.25 - 15.30

Remarks by our moderator - End of Day

Ella Kanninen

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