HPE Innovation Day September 18th, 2025
The HUB, Oslo
On September 18, 2025, we will open the doors to this year’s biggest HPE event for customers and partners – HPE Innovation Day – at The HUB in Oslo.
Technology is constantly evolving, and HPE Innovation Day best place to gain new insights and inspiration on how you can stay ahead of the trends and technologies that will drive your business forward – faster.
Here you will gain extensive knowledge about HPE’s latest solutions in AI, sustainability, Edge, Hybrid Cloud, as well as hear from some of our customers – and much more.
Agenda for HPE Innovation Day 2025:
- 08.15 – 09.00: Check-in, breakfast & mingling
- 09:00 – 09.15: Welcome, by Linda Malm, NVIDIA & Kristin Ottestad, HPE
- 09.20 – 09.50: Keynote - Losing Control: Security and Digital Sovereignty in the Age of AI and Big Tech, Torgeir Waterhouse, Founder and Partner, Otte
- 09.50 – 10.30: Learn from the experts - Driving the Future: Sustainability, Data and AI in Action, with Sigma2, Lefdal Mine Data Centers, DigiFarm & SINTEF
- 10.50 – 11.40: Learn from the experts - Intelligent Infrastructure: Building the Future of AI with HPE & NVIDIA, Iveta Lohovska, Chief Technologist AI and HPC, HPE & Martin Westblom, OEM Enterprise Manager Nordics, NVIDIA
- 11.40 – 12.10: Keynote - What are the Main Challenges in Creating Reliable Artificial Intelligence?, Morten Dæhlen, Professor and Center Manager, University of Oslo (UiO)
- 12.55 – 13.20: Break-out sessions
- Track 1: The Network Awakens: Intelligence at Every Node
- Track 2: Next Gen Hybrid Cloud - Manage and Operate in Public, Sovereign, & Air-gapped Environments
- 13.25 – 13.50: Break-out sessions
- Track 1: From Sensors to Success: Creating Value with IoT in Practice
- Track 2: Compute AI and Sustainability
- 14.15 – 14.45: Keynote – Telenor AI Factory: Sovereign, Secure, and Sustainable, Kaaren Hilsen, CEO, Telenor AI Factory
- 14.45 – 15.15: Keynote - Key lessons learned on how to lead transformation, Anita Krohn, Group CEO, DSD AS & Vice Chair EIC Board
- 15.15 – 15.30: Thank you for today, by Linda Malm, NVIDIA & Carsten Regner, HPE
Read more about the sessions:
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Driving the future: Sustainability, Data and AI in action with Sigma2, Lefdal Mine Data Centers, DigiFarm & SINTEF
By Roger Kvam, Leader National Competence Center for HPC & AI in Norway, Sigma2, Hans Skjelbred, Science Director, SINTEF, Nils Helset Co-Founder & CEO, DigiFarm & Mats Andersson, Chief Commercial Officer, Lefdal Mine Data Centers.
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Keynote: Losing Control: Security and Digital Sovereignty in the Age of AI and Big Tech
By Torgeir Waterhouse, Founder and Partner, Otte
We’re caught in the eye of a digital storm—where national security, personal privacy, and democratic sovereignty are being steadily eroded. Global tech giants, AI systems beyond our reach, and cloud infrastructures we don’t own are quietly reshaping the world around us. The real question is no longer if we’ve lost control, but how much we’ve already given away—often without noticing.
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From Sensors to Success: Creating Value with IoT in Practice
By Jonathan Howell, Smart Spaces & IoT Lead EMEA, HPE Aruba Networking.
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The Network Awakens: Intelligence at Every Node
By Guido Kragten, Business Development AI for Networking WW, HPE Aruba Networking.
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What are the Main Challenges in Creating Reliable Artificial Intelligence?
By Morten Dæhlen, Professor and Center Manager, University of Oslo (UiO).
This session will focus on the technical challenges, although there are also significant issues of a political and strategic nature.
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Next Gen Hybrid Cloud - Manage and Operate in Public, Sovereign, & Air-gapped Environments
By Nigel Page, CTO, HPE Northern Western Europe.
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Compute AI and Sustainability
By Thor-Åge Sundsby, Solution Business Manager, HPE & Susanne Nicolaysen, Service Sales Graduate, HPE.
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Keynote: Key lessons learned on how to lead transformation
By Anita Krohn, Group CEO, DSD AS & Vice Chair EIC Board
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Keynote: Telenor AI Factory: Sovereign, Secure, and Sustainable
By Kaaren Hilsen, CEO, Telenor AI Factory
Kaaren Hilsen is the CEO leading Telenor’s AI Factory - a new business venture focused on building sovereign, secure and sustainable AI infrastructure and capabilities to drive innovation across industries. With over 25 years of international experience in telecommunications, Kaaren has held a range of executive roles—including CEO and CFO—across a number of countries. She brings expertise in digital transformation, operational excellence and sustainable growth and has a bold vision for how technology can create smarter and more sustainable futures.
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Intelligent Infrastructure: Building the Future of AI with HPE & NVIDIA
By Iveta Lohovska, Chief Technologist AI and HPC, HPE & Martin Westblom, OEM Enterprise Manager Nordics, NVIDIA
Discover how HPE’s platforms enable secure, high-performance AI across hybrid environments.
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Meet some of the speakers:
Best regards,
HPE & NVIDIA
