Job dating and the partner floor run all afternoon between the talks.
Chief Research Officer,
Sensofusion
Drone Defence
Mikko Hyppönen is a global security expert and a bestselling author. He has researched security and technology since 1991 and currently works at the Finnish drone defence company Sensofusion. He has lectured at Oxford, Harvard, and MIT.
Co-founder & CTO,
QMill
Engineering quantum advantage: from algorithms to products
Ville Kotovirta is the Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder of QMill, a startup company developing quantum algorithms. Ville has a broad background in computer science, now focusing on quantum algorithms. Prior to QMill, he founded and led the quantum algorithms and software team at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and participated in the project of building the first Finnish quantum computer.
Tiina Viljakainen, Pekka Mikkola, Sami Hero & Joonas Kevari
The Evolution of Expertise: Task-performers or thinkers – which will define the value of an expert tomorrow?
Tiina Viljakainen
Lead Designer / UX Researcher, Taiste
Pekka Mikkola
Head of Offering, Principal Consultant in Sales Enablement, Knowit
Sami Hero
CEO, Ellie.ai
Joonas Kevari
Head of AI, Elomatic
Keep the conversations going after the fair.
Short talks on early-career working life, skills and networking, followed by free conversation in Finnish, Swedish or English. TEK and TFiF members can bring one friend or colleague. Limited places, register by Nov 17.
Keep the conversations going at Teatro, Logomo right after the main event. Join us for drinks, good company, and relaxed networking with fellow tech professionals and partner companies. Entry with wristbands handed out at Root Expo – capacity is limited.
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