Future Data Summit News

Our event was a great success, according to the feedback survey. The speakers were particularly praised,

Paolo Bertoldi has been working with the European Commission since 1985 and in 2015 he has

Dr. Jarmo Mäkelä is a recent addition to the CSC staff, working on Digital Twins. Before

Sales Director, Finland – Colocation at atNorth. I am responsible for Data center colocation services’ sales

BCC Solutions Ltd is one of the leading suppliers and offers advanced solutions for building and

Antti Siitonen, Senior Manager, Cross Functional – Equinix Northern Growth and Emerging Markets, EMEA Antti Siitonen

KattoHoiva (RoofCare) provides roof inspections, roof maintenance and roof repairs to commercial, industrial and residential buildings. KattoHoiva also

MD Kim joined Ficolo (now Verne Global Finland) full time in 2017 as CCO. In that

Duke joined atNorth in early 2022 as Sales Director to drive atNorth’s sales.  Duke’s experience in providing

Sweco plans and designs the sustainable communities and cities of the future. Together with our clients

Wayne has been in the datacenter business for more than 30 years.  He was with the

Eaton Electric Oy is a $21Bn Power Management company with some 91K employees in 175 countries. But

Matti Tella is leading Telia’s Helsinki Data Center that is the biggest open data center in

  Transform data centers for a better tomorrow Data centers drive our digital society. Operators face

  DE-CIX – We make interconnection easy.  Anywhere. DE-CIX (German Commercial Internet Exchange) is the world’s leading

Frej has background in project and real estate management from big-scale property businesses. Broad experience in

ABB is a leading global technology company that energizes the transformation of society and industry to

Juha is currently director of data center business and operations at Digita Data Center Oy. Juha

Welcome to the world of ventilation and drive engineering. As a worldwide innovation leader in fans

DCI Solutions Ltd.  provides end-to-end data center infrastructure and datacom solutions. We work in cooperation with leading

The Finnish family-owned company Orbis Oy has operated at the forefront of the technology since 1949. Today we

Since its foundation in 1947, the STULZ company has evolved into one of the world’s leading suppliers of

Granlund is a group of companies operating in the construction and real estate sector. Its areas

Rittal ensures that future-centric solutions for your IT infrastructure are efficient, secure and scalable. Rittal supplies customised

Huawei is a leading global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices. We

Schneider’s purpose is to empower all to make the most of our energy and resources, bridging progress

Teppo Seesto has worked last 6 years in IBM as a Quantum Ambassador. He is very

Tomas Rahkonen is Research Director of Distributed Data Centers at Uptime Institute, where he also delivers

Sini Merikallio is a space technology engineer, scientist, and veterinarian with a rich background in research

Jukka Ruusunen is President & CEO of Fingrid Oyj, the national transmission system operator in Finland.

Karl Rabe is the Founder of WoodenDataCenter. With WDC he is moving the Data Center Industry

Janne Kalliola is the founder and Chief Growth Officer of Exove. He has been coding from

More than 250 visitors, 36 speakers, 6 moderators, 2 hosts, 2 tracks The theme of the

Start ups: Kuulea & Nohewa Kuulea is a green tech company specializing in HPC datacenter services

Lars Schedin Senior Advisor, EcoDataCenter Co-founded EcoDataCenter 2016, and acted as CEO until 2021. Today Senior

Antti Poikola Senior Lead and Data Architecture Specialist, Sitra’s Gaia-X Finland project Antti “Jogi” Poikola is

Johann Thor Jonsson Project Management and Business Development, atNorth Johann is the Director of Project Management

Bjørn Rønning CEO, Norwegian Data Center Industry Bjørn Rønning is the CEO of the Norwegian Data

Satu Merenheimo C&SP Segment Leader Finland, Schneider Electric Satu Merenheimo is an IT professional with over

Jussi Vihersalo Manager, Business Development, Critical Power Solutions EMEA, Eaton Jussi Vihersalo is leading Business Development

Silver Sponsor: Ziehl-Abegg   Welcome to the premier class in the field of ventilation technology, control

Andreas Espeving Senior Account Manager, Vattenfall Andreas Espeving is a Senior Account Manager from Vattenfall and

Silver Sponsor: Ziehl-Abegg     Welcome to the premier class in the field of ventilation technology,

Stefan Lindström Senior Adviser, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland Stefan Lindström is the Finnish Foreign

Henrietta Lahti Business Lead, Datacenter and Waste Heat Solutions, Helen Oy Henrietta Lahti is a skilled professional

Henrik Børling Business Development Director, Huawei Business Development Director within Digital Power at Huawei, Responsible for

Kim Gunnelius CCO and co-founder, Ficolo Ltd As CCO and co-founder of Ficolo, Kim drives the

Pekka Järveläinen Principal consultant, Justin Group Oy In Future Data Summit Pekka Järveläinen holds a panel

Johanna Kirkinen Senior Engineer, Finnish Energy Authority Johanna Kirkinen (D.Sc.(Tech)) works as a Senior Engineer at

Henrik Hansen CEO, Danish Data Center Industry (DDI) Henrik Hansen is the CEO of the Danish

Gold Sponsor: Sweco   Sweco plans and designs the sustainable communities and cities of the future.

Mikko Aho Sales Director IT-Solutions, Rittal Oy Mikko is a data center professional who has been

Timo Ranne International Business Development Director, Granlund Oy Mr. Timo Ranne (M.Sc.) has had widely positions

Michael Winterson Managing Director, Equinix Services Michael Winterson joined Equinix in September 2007 through the acquisition

Gold Sponsor: Vattenfall Vattenfall is a leading European energy company, which for more than 100 years

Jussi Jyrinsalo Senior Vice President, Fingrid Oyj Jussi works in the Finnish Transmission System Operator, Fingrid Oyj as

Toni Vartiainen Business Director, Telia Cygate Toni Vartiainen is an information security generalist who has worked

Nick Morris Consultant, Carbon3IT Nick Morris (MSc DIC PhD) original technical and commercial background is in

Eero Lindqvist Member of the FDCF Board Eero Lindqvist has over 30 year experience of IT

Gold Sponsor: Legrand Legrand Group  Legrand Data Center Solutions is part of the Legrand Group, the

Jon Summers Scientific lead in data centres, RISE (Research Institutes of Sweden) Dr Jon Summers is

Mika Linna Head of Financial Crime and Cybersecurity, Finance Finland Mika Linna, LLM, CISM, CISSP, CIPP/E,

Kari Koivisto CEO, Kuulea Energia Oy Kari Koivisto is the founder and CEO of a sustainable

Gold Sponsor: Fiber Highway FIBER HIGHWAY is a telecommunications company offering comprehensive, high-quality communications network design, project

Gold Sponsor: ABB ABB is a leading global technology company that energizes the transformation of society

Gold Sponsor: DCI DCI Solutions Ltd. provides end-to-end data center infrastructure and datacom solutions. We work

Gold Sponsor: ebm-papst Welcome to the world of ventilation and drive engineering. As a worldwide innovation

Gold Sponsor: Orbis The Finnish family-owned company Orbis Oy has operated at the forefront of the

Gold Sponsor: Rittal Rittal ensures that future-centric solutions for your IT infrastructure are efficient, secure and

Gold Sponsor: Granlund Granlund is a group of companies operating in the construction and real estate

Platinum Sponsor: Huawei Huawei is a leading global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure

Platinum Sponsor: Schneider Electric Schneider’s purpose is to empower all to make the most of our

Veijo Terho Chairman of the FDCF Board Veijo Terho has long career in datacenter business sector

Peter Lund Professor, Aalto University Advanced Energy Systems Dr. Peter D. Lund is Professor in Engineering

Juhani Eronen Chief Specialist, National Cyber Security Centre Finland Juhani “Jussi” Eronen has worked at the

Nina Nissilä Deputy Director General, Kela Nina Nissilä works as a Deputy Director General in Kela,

Jerri Loikkanen Managing Director, Neoen Finland Jerri Loikkanen is the Managing Director of Neoen in Finland.

Henry Kylänlahti CISO, Apotti Oy Henry Kylänlahti works for Oy Apotti Ab as CISO. He has

Ville Sirviö CEO, Nordic Institute for Interoperability Solutions (NIIS) Ville Sirviö is the CEO of the

Mirva Antila CEO, DigiFinland Oy Mirva Antila has extensive experience of leadership and organisational development roles

Peter Jaspers Partner, Bergmann Attorneys at Law Peter Jaspers advises domestic and international clients in their

Janna Salokangas International host & entrepreneur Janna is a global host and entrepreneur hosting high level

Virpi Mäkinen Enterprise Architect, Finnish Government ICT Centre Valtori Virpi Mäkinen works for the Customer Experience

Henna Virkkunen Member of the European Parliament Henna Virkkunen will be a Keynote Speaker in Future