Agenda

Thursday, 7 September

  • 11:45 Transfer: Lapland Hotels Oulu – Oulu Hall

  • 12:00 Lunch & networking

    Location: Oulu Hall

  • 13:00 iLOQ20 – Life Made Limitless opening

    Location: Oulu Hall

  • 13:05 Changing the game: The first iLOQ years – From a single innovation to a global revolution

    iLOQ’s CEO will describe how the small start-up company founded by Mika Pukari 20 years ago has now become a global phenomenon that has changed the locking industry forever.

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  • 13:25 Smart living beyond borders – Living in a future smart city

    Natalia Rincón, is an influencer, a woman in tech, and the Founder and CEO of CHAOS, a Helsinki-based prop-tech startup. CHAOS is an urban-analytics and forecasting company for real estate investors and developers. The company merges urban databases and crowd insights to analyze and predict investment and development opportunities in order to create livable cities.

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  • 13:45 Fireside chat: Building the future of smart living & cities

    Anders is a senior digital change leader with a proven track record in the turnaround of B2C and B2B digital business in the financial, media and retail industries. His key competence areas include Platform Economy, Digital marketing, Future of Retail, New Business Development, AI/Data and analytics, start-ups, cloud and new business ventures.

    Ville Tolvanen is a digitalist era active avant-garde, a forerunner who has made a significant difference in how the Finnish leaders, brands and experts grasp the opportunities of digitalization. In these rapid days of change Ville Tolvanen is talking the talk but also walking the walk.

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  • 14:00 From Perfection to Excellence – How to revolutionize industries, markets and companies

    For over a decade, Laura Winterling taught spacecraft systems to international and European astronauts. With a background in physics, she became an Astronaut Instructor for the European Space Agency in the field of spacecraft systems and spacecraft sensors. As a member of two of ESA’s main Astronaut Training Teams, she was responsible for the training of the dynamic phases of ESA’s Cargo Vessel ATV and the Lift Support System of ESA’s space laboratory Columbus. She provides an exclusive insight into modern space flight ventures accompanied with her very own personal experiences gathered from around the globe.

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  • 14:30 Networking

    We will take a short break to allow participants to network with each other and soak up the product experience.

  • 15:00 Winning with iLOQ – How we conquer the world together

    iLOQ’s Chief Sales Officer will discuss iLOQ’s growth and scalability and how we will fulfill our goal of being the market leader in smart locking on every continent.

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  • 15:10 Success stories

    Satisfied customers are the best references. We are delighted to bring on stage three major customers of iLOQ that are world-recognized brands. This will be an amazing opportunity to hear directly from our customers how iLOQ has fulfilled their requirements for maximized security with minimized lifecycle costs.

    Sunniva Roux, Director of Student Housing, Anker Studentby
    Rene Stamer, Co-Founder, GuestCompass
    Timo Koivisto, Real Estate Engineer, Vaasa Hospital District

     

  • 15:40 Saving the world from batteries – Creating a more sustainable planet with iLOQ

    Erja Sankari, iLOQ’s Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, is responsible for the comprehensive management and development of iLOQ’s global operations, internal practices, way of working and driving forward management systems. Sustainability is a key part of our business and strategic goals. It is closely related to everything we do. One tangible fact is that iLOQ’s battery-free solutions are currently eliminating 100,000 kg of unrecyclable battery waste every year. This segment will discuss how iLOQ’s unique technology sets us apart from our competitors and keeps us on a path of helping to protect our planet and those who live and work on it.

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  • 15:50 Creativity & innovation: Thinking outside of the box – How to create the new and unexpected?

    Henri has a passion for challenging conventional thinking. Whether writing a book or article, doing a television show, giving a keynote speech or whatever, his objective is to combine story telling, scientific research, creative thinking and engaging life-case examples to inspire, influence and challenge people to think differently.

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  • 16:25 Conclusions

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  • 16:30 Transfer: Oulu Hall – Lapland Hotels Oulu

  • Free time

  • 18:40 Transfer: Lapland Hotels Oulu – Oulu Hall

  • 19:00 Dinner reception

    Location: Oulu Hall

  • 19:30 iLOQ20 Anniversary Gala

    This will be a spectacular event. We will enjoy a delicious dinner together, find out who has been recognized in iLOQ’s awards ceremony and then party the night away with an amazing band.

    Location: Oulu Hall

  • 22:30 Shuttle buses start to run from Oulu Hall to the hotels

    Buses run every 15min until the end of the event.

  • 00:00 Event ends

Friday, 8 September

Please note that the agenda is subject to change.

Heikki Hiltunen​

President and CEO, iLOQ

This Finnish business leader and sports influencer has been President and CEO of iLOQ since 2017. Before this, he was the Vice President of Vacon in Vaasa. When the Danish company, Danfoss, bought Vacon in 2014, Heikki became the Senior Vice President and Head of Global Sales, Marketing and Service for the Danfoss Drives business unit and a member of the management team. He is also Chairman of the Board of SM-Liiga Oy and Chairman of the Board of Hockey-Team Vaasan Sport Oy.

Natalia Rincón

Founder and CEO, CHAOS

This urban forecasting company for real estate investors and city developers uses its AI platform to process urban data and crowd insights to forecast investment and development opportunities for creating liveable cities.

The European Commission acknowledged Natalia and CHAOS and ranked her in the top 10 EU female tech entrepreneurs who foster the industry, and, in 2019, as one of the 100 women in AI to follow.

See Natalia’s profile here.

Thomas Thörewik

Chief Sales Officer, iLOQ

Joining iLOQ in 2020, Thomas’ previous roles include Senior Vice President, Head of Global Sales and Services for Danfoss Drives; Vice President for Danfoss Drives; Vice President, Northern and Eastern Europe for Vacon Plc; Managing Director for Vacon Drives; Managing Director for Vacon AB; and Manager at Omron Electronics AB.

Erja Sankari

iLOQ Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

Joining iLOQ in 2022, Erja has had a long and distinguished career with both Nokia and Nokia Siemens Networks culminating in a role as Vice President of Global Supply Chain at Nokia.

Laura Winterling

Former ESA Astronaut Instructor and Helicopter Pilot

The subject of human space flight is alluring to most of us. However, only a handful of highly qualified people get the chance to go into space.

For almost a decade, Laura has worked as an astronaut coach at the Astronaut Training Center, an establishment of the European Space Agency. She will share her passion, insights, and experiences from having trained over 80 international astronauts in the European Space Systems.

https://www.ted.com/talks/laura_winterling_from_perfection_to_excellence https://www.ted.com/talks/laura_winterling_speed_defeats_gravity

Henri Hyppönen

Entrepreneur, author, keynote speaker, TV host and creative director

Henri is the founder of several companies including his latest company that creates AI-based tools to understand humans.

He likes to challenge conventional thinking by combining storytelling, scientific research, creative thinking and real-life examples to introduce new ways of thinking and help people see the surprising truth in any given situation.

Anders Stenbäck

Founder, Partner at Good Ventures

Anders is a senior digital change leader with a proven track record in the turn-around of B2C and B2B digital business in the financial, media and retail industries. Key competence areas include Platform Economy, Digital marketing, Future of Retail, New Business Development, AI/Data and analytics, start-ups, cloud and new business ventures.

Ville Tolvanen

iLOQ Chief Marketing Officer (Interim)

Ville Tolvanen is a digitalist era active avant-garde, a forerunner that has made a significant difference in how the Finnish leaders, brands and experts grasp the opportunities of digitalization. In these rapid days of change Ville Tolvanen is talking the talk but also walking the walk.

Mervi Kallio

Mervi Kallio is a multilingual journalist, presenter and event host. With her energy, professionalism and joyful nature, this media and performance professional makes every event a successful one.

Jean-Noel Galliot

iLOQ France Country Manager

Joining iLOQ in 2018, Jean-Noel’s previous roles include Director General France and Africa for Vacon, Director General France and Benelux for SIMON Holding, MD France for PEI Genesis and Distribution Manager South and West Europe and Middle East for ITT.

Joaquim Serrahima

iLOQ Global Key Account Director (Telecom)

Joining iLOQ in 2018, Joaquim’s previous roles include Country Manager iLOQ Spain, Group Marketing Director of Pyrenees Andorra Group, CEO of AIDA RFID, CEO and VP South Europe of Risc Group and Commercial Director (Head of sales) for Shibsted Classified Media.

Toni Päivinen

iLOQ Global Key Account Director (Residential)

Joining iLOQ in 2011, Toni’s previous roles include Sales Director Finland and Baltics and Sales Manager for iLOQ, Managing Director of Laatulukko and Locksmith for Avain-Aitta.

Nicoleta Hajek

iLOQ Global Key Account Director (Energy)

Joining iLOQ in 2020, Nicoleta’s previous roles include Export Sales Director for iLOQ, Head of Global Sales Development for Chemical and Oil and Gas and Global Key Account Manager for Danfoss Drives, Corporate Account Director, Regional Product Marketing Director, Regional Marketing Director and Business Developer Central South Europe, Africa and Latin America and Sales Manager Romania for Vacon Plc.

Ferry Nekkers

iLOQ Benelux Country Manager

Joining iLOQ originally in 2014, Ferry’s previous roles include Head of Sales and Area Manager for iLOQ, Account Manager Security/Project Manager, Business Analyst Security and IT and Sales Engineer Security for Xserius and Team Leader for Super de Boer.