AI Execution Summit Stockholm.
A day of shared knowledge from peers who have made AI work inside their companies.
Every session is a case study from a peer company you can see yourself in — not a startup showcase, not an investor day.
A note from the organisers
Most Nordic AI events lean toward startups and capital — founder pitches, investor panels, deal flow. This one is the opposite. Every session on stage is a case study from a peer company with AI running in production.
We built this to share how your peers have made AI work inside their companies — concrete examples so it's easier to do the same in yours. A day of what works, told by the people making it work.
A full day of case studies, honest trade-offs, and patterns you can take back to your team. The measure of a good session here is whether you walk back to your desk on the next day with something concrete to apply.
Nothing is recorded — no cameras, no audio, no livestream. It is the only way the people on stage can be honest, and the only way the Campfire breakout works at all.
Speakers
Shipped something worth an hour of this room's attention, or know someone who has? Tell us.
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- 08:00 –09:00 Break Registration, coffee, and light breakfast
Buffer for late arrivals; early networking.
- 09:00 –09:15 Talk Welcome
The execution-not-hype tone-setting from the host.
- 09:15 –10:00 Keynote Scania's ChatGPT rollout — decentralisation, team-based adoption, and what held up
Scania — heavy industry, a global workforce, 130+ years old — began rolling out ChatGPT Enterprise a year ago and chose decentralisation over a central AI programme: licences pushed out by the team, training structured around whole teams instead of individuals, and adoption measured by where the tool ended up embedded in real processes. The opening keynote walks through what they built, what worked, what they walked back, and what AI adoption actually looks like inside an established industrial company once you stop calling it a pilot.
Track · Signature
- 10:00 –10:30 Break Morning coffee & networking
- 10:30 –11:30 Talk Shipped in production — three case talks, back to back
Three 18-minute case talks with 2-minute transitions. The conference's architectural signature: concrete AI deployments that went all the way to production. Acceptance filter: no pilots, no POCs, no 'we're planning to' — only shipped systems with real scale, real cost, and real business impact.
Track · Signature block
- 11:30 –11:45 Break Stretch break
Short reset. No coffee.
- 11:45 –12:30 Panel Past the pilot graveyard
Moderated panel with up to four panellists on what separates the AI projects that survive their pilot from the ones that die on the shelf.
Track · Strategy
- 12:30 –13:45 Lunch Lunch — seated
Premium seated lunch. An Executive-only networking room is open 13:00–13:45 in an adjacent space.
- 13:45 –14:30 Keynote What we shipped, what we walked back — a year of AI customer service at Klarna
In February 2024 Klarna announced an OpenAI-powered assistant handling 2.3 million customer conversations in 35 languages, the equivalent of 700 full-time agents, with average resolution dropping from eleven minutes to under two. In 2025 the company publicly said they had leaned too hard on automation and were rehiring for complex cases. This session walks the full arc — the architecture that scaled, the quality signal that told them they had overshot, and the hybrid pattern they landed on.
Track · Production AI
- 14:30 –14:55 Talk Fireside chat
Conversational format — lower cognitive load than a straight talk.
Track · Governance & risk
- 14:55 –15:25 Break Afternoon coffee & networking
- 15:25 –15:55 Talk Breakouts — three rooms, three formats
- Deep Dive AI in regulated industries
- Roundtable Building the AI org
- Campfire Vendor landscape
Three parallel rooms, each a different format: a Deep Dive on AI in regulated industries, a Roundtable on building the AI org, and a Campfire peer discussion on the vendor landscape. The only slot of the day where attendees choose their own path.
- Deep Dive AI in regulated industries. One speaker, 20 min + 10 min Q&A. For compliance, legal, senior product/engineering in regulated sectors.
- Roundtable Building the AI org. 4 participants + moderator, ~30 attendees in a semicircle. For CIOs, COOs, Chief AI Officers, HR leaders.
- Campfire Vendor landscape deep-dive. No speaker, chairs in a circle, Chatham House rule. For buyers and evaluators of AI products.
Track · Parallel · 3 rooms
- 15:55 –16:40 Keynote Closing keynote
Brings everyone back into the main room.
Track · Signature
- 16:40 –17:00 Talk Closing remarks — and what's next for 2027
The host's signature close and a short preview of the 2027 edition.
- 17:00 –19:30 Reception Evening reception
Drinks, food, and the conversations that actually move things forward.
Pre-event workshops
Three parallel, hands-on sessions the afternoon before the main day. 25–30 seats each. Optional add-on to any pass.
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A Building the AI operating model How to organise teams, governance, budget, and decision paths for AI.
For CIOs · CTOs · COOs · VPs of Strategy · Chief AI Officers
Format Three hours. Framework introduction, peer discussion in small groups, and a hands-on exercise where participants design their own operating model on the room.
Why it fits The single item exec buyers wrestle with most right now — and the thing a talk format cannot deliver.
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B Agentic AI in production Reliability, security, and the deployment patterns that actually work.
For CTOs · VPs of Engineering · CISOs · Heads of AI · senior product leaders evaluating or already rolling out agents
Format Three hours in three blocks plus Q&A. (1) Agent architecture in the wild. (2) Security and governance for privileged agents — credential handling, shell-execution risk, what a CISO needs to require before agents roll broadly. (3) Deployment patterns that actually work — hybrid deterministic and agentic architectures, reliability scaffolding, cost control. Facilitated by a practitioner who has run this in production.
Why it fits The most timely workshop topic of 2026. Differentiates this programme from US conferences through its security and compliance angle; maps directly onto the execution-not-hype thesis.
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C EU AI Act in practice What the Act means operationally — not legally — for your organisation.
For Legal · Compliance · senior PMs · DPOs · AI leads
Format Three hours. Case walkthroughs across risk classifications, compliance checklists, and Q&A with a practising AI lawyer or DPO.
Why it fits The strongest Nordic and European differentiator of the programme. US conferences don't cover this. Exactly the content a European buyer would pay for to avoid pulling in an external consultant later.
Venue
A former industrial hall on the edge of Stockholm's city centre — high ceilings, daylight from three sides, step-free access, and the kind of acoustic that makes a 400-person room feel like forty.
- Airport
- 25 min from Arlanda (ARN)
- Metro
- T-Centralen · 4 min walk
- Access
- Step-free · induction loop in the main hall
- Language
- English
Final venue name confirms in August 2026.
Tickets
| Tier | Founding through 30 Jun | Early Bird 1 Jul – 31 Aug | Standard 1 Sep – 7 Oct | Final Week 8 – 14 Oct |
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| Main Pass ~70% of seats | €745 | €845 | €995 | €1,095 |
| Executive Pass ~17% of seats | €1,395 | €1,595 | €1,795 | €1,895 |
| Startup Rate ~8% of seats | €395 | €445 | €495 | €545 |
| Academic Rate ~4% of seats | €295 | €345 | €395 | €445 |
| Public Sector Rate ~4% of seats | €295 | €345 | €395 | €445 |
Every pass includes
- Full-day programme Wednesday 14 October
- All keynotes, talks, panel, breakouts, closing
- Morning coffee and afternoon fika
- Premium seated lunch
- Evening reception, 17:00–19:30
- Printed programme on the day
- Off-the-record attendance — no recordings
Executive Pass adds
Limited allocation · 40 seats
- Private dinner with selected speakers and senior attendees (13 October evening)
- Executive-only networking session during the event
- Front-row reserved seating
- Fast-track check-in
All prices in EUR, excluding Swedish VAT (25%) where applicable. Single-ticket prices lock through their window. Seats transfer freely between colleagues. Full refund up to 60 days before the event. Team discount: Order three or more passes together for 20% off; five or more for 25% off. Applies to the Main Pass and the Executive Pass, Early Bird through Final Week. Does not stack with the Founding rate or apply to discount tiers and add-ons.
Add-ons · 13 October
- Speaker Dinner €395 Private dinner the evening of 13 October with selected speakers and senior attendees.
- Pre-event Workshop €395 Half-day workshop the afternoon of 13 October. Topic announced closer to the event.
Partners
- Headline Partner 01
- Headline Partner 02
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- Partner 02
- Partner 03
- Partner 04
- Partner 05
- Partner 06
- Community Partner 01
- Community Partner 02
- Community Partner 03
- Community Partner 04
Interested in partnering? hello@aiexecutionsummit.eu
FAQ — Before you ask
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Who is this for?
AI, product, and operations leads inside established companies — businesses with real customers, real constraints, and a concrete need to figure out where AI actually fits. Every case study on stage is from a peer company you can see yourself in, so you leave with patterns you can apply. It is not a startup showcase or an investor day.
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What makes this different from other Nordic AI events?
The stage is reserved for practitioners at established companies who have actually shipped AI — sharing what worked, what it cost, and what broke. Every session is a concrete case study. The room is for people with a team, a budget, and a real problem to solve, who want patterns they can apply back at their own company.
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Will talks be recorded?
No. Every talk, panel, fireside chat, and breakout is off camera and off audio — nothing is recorded, nothing is livestreamed. This is a deliberate choice. It strengthens candor on stage, protects the off-the-record Campfire breakout, and reinforces the premium 'be in the room' positioning. If post-event recordings are a requirement for you, other AI conferences will serve you better.
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Is there a student or academic rate?
A limited number of reduced-rate passes are held for full-time students and academic researchers. Apply via the registration page; we respond within five business days.
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What is the refund policy?
Full refund up to 60 days before the event, 50% refund up to 30 days before, and transferable after that. Transfers to a colleague are free at any point.
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What is the code of conduct?
AI Execution Summit follows a zero-tolerance policy on harassment or discrimination, on-site and online. The full code of conduct and reporting channel are published on the registration page.
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How do I sponsor or partner?
We work with a small number of partners whose products we genuinely believe help teams ship AI. Write to hello@aiexecutionsummit.eu and we will reply with the current options.
Reserve a seat
Passes include the full day, materials, meals, and the evening reception. We'll send an invoice within 2 business days. Transfer to a colleague any time. Full refund up to sixty days out.