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PAST SPEAKERS 2021
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Elisa Rönkä
Head of Digital Market Development, Europe |
Siemens
Sandra Dillon
VP, Talent Development, HR Global | Kemira
Timothy Ahrensbach
Head of Workplace Experience |
LEGO ways of working
Nelia Lapa
Global Head of HR Services |
Norsk Hydro
Borbála Molnár
Head of Coaching and Mentoring |
Nokia
Shannon Sali
Global HR & Legal Innovation Lead | Deutsche Bank Innovation Labs
Marko Rissanen
SVP Human Resources |
DNA
Elisa Rönkä
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Elisa Rönkä
Head of Digital Market Development, Europe | Siemens
Elisa leads the go-to-market of human-centric smart office and smart hospital solutions in Europe and is passionate about co-creation. With a background in finance, design thinking and development, she addresses all stakeholders in the building lifecycle&supports the transformation of the building industry to a digitally enabled and experience-focused one. She is based in Switzerland and a mother of two.
Sandra Dillon
VP, Talent Development, HR Global | Kemira
Sandra is leading talent development for Kemira, She believes in every person’s potential to transform their careers, their company and their industry for a more sustainable society.
As part of Kemira’s senior HR leadership team, she work in close collaboration with the management board to make sure the approach to talent will help achieve our business strategy. Her responsibilities include leadership development, succession planning, talent acquisition, future competences, continuous employee listening models and employee engagement.
Her 30 years of multi-sector experience include regional and global HR roles with Dell and EY. An Irish national with an international career that has spanned the UK, Papua New Guinea & South Pacific Islands and now Finland. Today she lives outside of Helsinki with her family.
Sandra Dillon
Timothy Ahrensbach
Timothy Ahrensbach
Head of Workplace Experience | LEGO ways of working
Tim is responsible for creating global concepts and strategies for the LEGO Group's workplaces and ensuring that these are distilled into the everyday workplace experience of the company's 18,000+ employees. Tim is currently designing unique LEGO concepts and experiences for the LEGO Group's new global headquarter in Denmark, the 55,000 sq. m. LEGO Campus set to open in 2022.
Tim has delivered and managed workspaces across the UK, Denmark, East Asia, the Middle East and East Africa.
Nelia Lapa
Global Head of HR Services| Norsk Hydro
Nelia is responsible for Global HR Operations, including support for employees and leaders, recruitment, learning and development, compensation and benefits, global mobility, payroll and industrial relations.
Prior to joining Hydro she has held senior leadership positions for multinational organizations including ADP, Convergys, NGA Human Resources and Anglo American.
She is a member of Hydro HR Executive Committee and Chairman of HR Change Board.
Nelia holds a Law degree, an HR post-graduation and an MBA.
Nelia Lapa
Borbála Molnár
Borbála Molnár
Head of Coaching and Mentoring | Nokia
Borbála is a certified internal Master Coach and an HR professional with wide experience in Human Resources, specialising in leadership and talent development. She has worked as Global Leadership program manager responsible for “experiential learning” programs, as Business TLO supporting the Nokia Europe region in talent and performance management. She is interested in gamification and creating new solutions - linked to leadership development, diversity and inclusion.
She has also worked as consultant, translator and interpreter. By education she is originally a teacher in English and a lecturer in Scandinavian languages and literature, and is passionate about culture, mental health and helping people learn and grow.
Shannon Sali
Global HR & Legal Innovation Lead | Deutsche Bank Innovation Labs
As an Innovation Specialist and technology strategist on the DB Innovation Labs team in New York, Shannon leads global coverage of the Human Resources and Legal departments. In this role, Shannon acts as a key strategic partner to senior stakeholders to drive innovation projects and strategy, while keeping management abreast of industry technology trends
Shannon Sali
Maria Duni
Maria Duni
Country Manager Nordics | Personio
Maria is leading Personio’s expansion across the Nordics as Country Manager. She further drives the company’s goal of becoming Europe’s leading HR software solution for SMB’s. Before joining Personio, Maria has previously contributed to the successful growth of other SaaS companies in the Nordic region such as Dropbox, MongoDB and IBM.
Jan Laurijssen
Senior Researcher | SD Worx
Jan is a seasoned HR consultant and senior researcher at SD Worx and the University of Antwerp. He consults our clients on “future of work”, occasionally teaches and is a well-known speaker on the topic. He co-ordinates the research on “Next Generation Work” conducted by Prof Dr. Ans De Vos in the partnership with Antwerp Management School. He’s particularly interested in the costs and benefits of contingent work and is looking for answers to the question: “why do companies compose their workforce as they do?”
Jan Laurijssen
Paulus Maasalo
Paulus Maasalo
Country Manager Finland | Quinyx
Paulus has a long career working with workforce management in various roles. At Quinyx Paulus is helping organizations optimize their business and increase employee engagement through a modern approach to WFM. Quinyx is the leading SaaS based and fully mobile WFM solution with close to one million users worldwide and 10 offices in Europe, Australia and the US. Paulus is a strong believer in bringing the benefits of modern solutions to front line employees and managers to create a happy workforce and profitable business.
Marko Rissanen
SVP Human Resources | DNA
Marko on DNA:n henkilöstöjohtaja ja johtoryhmän jäsen vuodesta 2007 lähtien. Hänellä on ollut keskeinen rooli DNA:n yrityskulttuurin muutoksessa luottamukseen ja avoimuuteen perustuvaksi. Markon tavoitteena on rakentaa parempaa työelämää, jossa yritys menestyy ja ihmiset voivat hyvin. Työn tuloksena Väestöliitto on viimeksi vuonna 2020 myöntänyt DNA:lle Perheystävällinen työpaikka – tunnuksen ja vuonna 2019 DNA valittiin Suomen parhaaksi työpaikaksi suurten organisaatioiden sarjassa (GPTW – tutkimus).
Marko Rissanen
Johanna Pystynen
Johanna Pystynen
Founder and CEO | LaaS Company
Johanna joined Vincit in 2012. She was given the task of creating a human resource management model that meets the needs of a modern specialist organization in the best possible way. Vincit is a three-time winner of the Best Workplace in Finland Award and awarded with Best Workplace in Europe in 2016. Currently, Johanna works as the CEO of Vincit’s subsidiary, LaaS company, and helps customers adopt the same agile leadership models that Vincit has been awarded for – in the shape of a digital platform.
Juho Tuppurainen
Head of Strategic Partnerships | Firstbeat Technologies
Juho is a leading expert in corporate wellness and its benefits for businesses. Focusing on – and seeking solutions to – workplace well-being and occupational health care since 2002, he has been a pivotal member of the industry during rapid growth. Juho has a significant understanding of the application of physiological measurement-based services in the corporate world. He aims to support employers and employees’ well-being and performance to build future success.
Juho Tuppurainen
Katariina Vedenkannas
Katariina Vedenkannas
Sales Director | Epassi
Katariina has a long career working as Sales Director and Business Unit Manager in B2B sales and consumer services industry. During her career she has been responsible for customer experience and developing different value propositions. Katariina´s competence has always been leading the change for positive results.
At ePassi her ambition is to help organizations to optimize their employee wellbeing and to impact positively for employees’ engagement.
Contept Spring 2021
AN UNPARALELLED EVENT & TV EXPERIENCE
OVER 35 CONFIRMED SPEAKERS
As a content marketing company we bring you a powerful digital experience to your fingertips. With interesting surroundings, multiple stages and a private studio we host you an unparalelled hybrid event in scope and expertise.
BUILD-YOUR-OWN-AGENDA
The choice is yours! Build your tailor made agenda around your business objectives and topics most important to your success.
AUDIENCE INTERACTION
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121 AND NETWORKING SERVICES
Our AI powered networking platform makes it easy and effective to connect with fellow attendees and partners. Create your own interest lists and have a highly productive day!
WATCH LIVE
Watch presentations, panels, interviews and discussions from top industry leaders directly from our private studio. Sit back, enjoy and witness a TV class EVENT broadcast.
ECOSYSTEM PARTNERS
Check out the latest services and technology solutions in the virtual lounges of the event. Without borders and a new reach, get guidance, shoot pressing questions or join deepdive sessions additional to the the official agenda.
TALENT ACQUISITION
DATA ANALYTICS
WORKPLACE CULTURE
AGILITY
EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT
EMPLOYER BRANDING
AI IN HR
STRATEGIC RESOURCING
RECRUITMENT MARKETING
EVENT & TV HYBRID
BUILD YOUR OWN AGENDA
DOWNLOAD MATERIALS
INSTANT FEEDBACK
VIRTUAL MEETINGS
CHAT & DISCUSS
LIVE STREAM / PRIVATE STUDIO
ONLINE NOTES
CUSTOMER
SERVICE AT
ALL TIMES
AGENDA 2.0
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FEATURED SPEAKERS IN 2021
ANTONIO CALCO'LABRUZZO
Global Head of Human Resources | TAKEDA
Antonio is the Global Head of Human Resources of Takeda Business Solution (TBS).
He held several senior roles in HR both as a Talent Manager and Business Partner at Colosseum, COFCO, COESIA Group, Kraft-Heinz, Vodafone, GE Healthcare and L'Oreal being based in Italy and China.
Antonio lives in Switzerland with his wife Valentina and their lovely daughter Asia. In addition to his passion for developing people and organizations he has authored a best-selling book international career development.
ERIC MATSGÅRD
Head of HR Products, CMO | ADITRO
Eric is responsible for driving service design initiatives across the product portfolio and services as well as steering the digital transformation within the company. Eric is passioned about helping customers get their jobs done with tools that are intuitive and easy to master. Eric has a long and versatile experience in the technology industry. For the past 10 years, Eric has been working with digital consumer products in the areas of online gaming and video solutions.
MATTI-ESKO SEPPÄ
Head of HR | WOLT
Matti-Esko is heading the People organization at Wolt, focusing on scaling the HR and Talent Acquisition operations in the international expansion and growth of Wolt. Having a background in HR Technology, HR Service Delivery and People Analytics, Matti-Esko’s core expertise lies in building and also scaling HR teams and operations through utilizing modern HR tech, employee and end-user driven process design, digitalization and automation.
MAARTEN DE BOO
Head of AI Sales EMEA | QUINYX
With passion for creating AI that is truly beneficial for society and more than a decade of experience in implementing AI solutions, Maarten is at the forefront of making AI truly valuable for both workforces and businesses worldwide. As former co-founder of Widget Brain, the world leading workforce AI company that was recently acquired by Quinyx, Maarten’s mission is to make workforce AI as accessible as possible thereby creating the workplace of the future.
MIIKKA TUOMOLA
Head of Sales | RECRIGHT
Miikka Tuomola is an experienced video recruitment professional and Head of Sales at RecRight. He has over 5 years of experience in HR Tech and during that he has helped hundreds of organisations to develop their recruitment processes by making videos crucial part of the process.
JUHA HUOTARI
Automation Manager | AZETS
Juha had a long career in telecommunications before moving to the world of accounting and payroll. While his main focus as an IT guy has been in delivering IT services and solutions, his personal ambition is to develop organizations and capabilities. 20 years of making complex IT systems manageable and processes smarter gives him great perspective and a solid foundation for organizational change management.
TARU FROM
Senior Consultant | ACCOUNTOR
Taru From is an experienced Executive Consultant who has a demonstrated history of working among leadership, human excellence and strategic planning. Today, Taru From works at Accountor and is helping her customers to use the possibilities of modern technology and digitalization in their everyday work.
JOHANNA PYSTYNEN
CEO | LaaS Company
Johanna joined Vincit in 2012. She was given the task of creating a human resource management model that meets the needs of a modern specialist organization in the best possible way. Vincit is a three-time winner of the Best Workplace in Finland Award and awarded with Best Workplace in Europe in 2016. Currently, Johanna works as the CEO of Vincit’s subsidiary, LaaS company, and helps customers adopt the same agile leadership models that Vincit has been awarded for – in the shape of a digital platform.
BJÖRN LORENTZON
Business Development Manager | SYMPA
Björn Lorentzon has an extensive career in HR as an advisor and leading HR functions within large companies, as well as startups and the public sector. He has studied an extensive mix from macro sociology and law, to engineering math and programming, but has his main subject in organisational psychology. In his current position as Business Development Manager at Sympa, Björn actively monitors industry trends and acts as a sounding board for digital HR trends within the company.
MARJO LAUNONEN-
ESPINOSA
Country Manager Finland | BERLITZ
Marjo has a long experience working in the language and culture training industry and multicultural environments. She majored in English philology and minored in North American studies and has lived in three countries. In her current position as Country Manager at Berlitz Finland she consults with corporate clients who want to support their employees in gaining fluency in their working languages or help them to integrate into the Finnish society. She also consults managers and executives in need of next level training to work on their communication strategies and skills with a trained BerlitzExtent coach.
MERVI LAMMINEN
CEO and Founder | AUNTIE
Mervi is the founder and CEO of Auntie Solutions. Auntie is revolutionizing
psychological support for employees, aiming for a world without burnouts. Easy access, digital tools and early stage support are keywords when helping people to feel better and be
more productive.
JOHANNA VARJE
Head of Growth | AUNTIE
Johanna is the Head of Growth at Auntie. Before Auntie she has worked with wellbeing
at work from a data and analytics perspective. Johanna has experienced 2 burnouts in her life and believes the key to preventing burnouts is psychological safety, easy-access support and empowering individuals to feel in control of their own well-being.
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BEN KIZILTUG
International Lead | PERSONIO