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CIOXSweden

15 Oct 2026

Stockholm, Sweden

Welcome to CIOXSweden, the premier event exclusively designed for accomplished CIOs across Sweden. Step into the forefront of strategic technology leadership as we navigate the evolving landscape and unlock unparalleled opportunities for enterprise success. Join us at CIOXSweden, where visionary CIOs converge to engage in transformative discussions, gain strategic insights, and address the pressing challenges shaping the future of enterprise technology.

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Immerse yourself in thought-provoking discussions, as top leaders share their expertise and provide you with invaluable insights to propel your strategic initiatives forward.

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Engage with industry peers, thought-leaders, and solution providers to foster meaningful connections and explore collaborative opportunities that drive innovation and growth.

Agenda

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Registration & Networking Breakfast

Welcome & Opening Remarks From EDS

OPENING PANEL: What Broke in 2026? Lessons Leaders Are Taking into 2027

  • Johanna Alkberg
    Vice President Enterprise Processes & Digital (CIO) Secco Tools
  • Anders Björklund
    CISO Martin & Servera
  • Sofia Staaf Frederiksen
    CISO Apoteket
  • John Wibrand
    Digital Portfolio Director Swegon

Application Modernisation and Legacy System Migration

SPOTLIGHT FORUM: The New Technology Balancing Act: Innovation, Control and Resilience

  • Jessica Mellgren
    Global IT Chief Architect Billerud
  • Camilla Straubel
    Chief Architect Apoteket
  • Johan Lovblad
    Head of IAM and IT4IT PostNord

Quick Tech Tale

AM BREAK & 1:1 Xchange

ROUNDTABLE XCHANGE: Discussions on Shared Challenges




  • Enhancing Incident Response and Recovery Plans

  • Vendor Management: A Route To Build a Holistic Third-Party Management Program

  • Communicating the Attack Surface to the Board

In this interactive session, our event partners will take the lead in initiating and facilitating conversations centered on challenges and solutions within the industry. Attendees can expect dynamic discussions where diverse perspectives are shared, fostering collaborative problem-solving and the exploration of innovative solutions to common industry hurdles.

The CISO's New Job: Governing AI Agents Instead of Users

  • Urmas Aamisepp
    Head of Information Security (CISO) Epiroc AB

AI agents are quietly becoming the enterprise’s next workforce — able to read data, make decisions, use tools, trigger workflows, and act on behalf of humans.
That changes the CISO’s job fundamentally.
Security can no longer focus only on authenticating users and protecting systems; it must govern autonomous digital workers with identities, owners, permissions, guardrails, monitoring, and retirement plans. This presentation explores why traditional security models break when software begins to decide and act, why boards will soon ask how many agents exist and what they can do, and why human-in-the-loop approval may become the new segregation of duties. The future of security is more than access control — it is agent governance.

Aligning IT Strategy with Business Goals and Objectives

The process of aligning IT strategy with business goals and objectives is vital, due to the synergistic relationship between technology initiatives and organizational success. Through insightful analysis and practical strategies, attendees will gain invaluable insights into maximizing the strategic impact of IT investments to drive sustained business growth and competitive advantage.

LUNCH & 1:1 Xchange

QUICK TECH TALE: Governance as a Competitive Advantage: How Great Decision-Making Accelerates Transformation

  • Lilian Monti Souza
    CIO Office - Strategy & Transformation Manager Electrolux Group

In a world of AI, cybersecurity threats, cloud transformation and constant business demands, most organizations do not suffer from a lack of ideas. They suffer from a lack of decision-making capacity. Governance has traditionally been viewed as a control mechanism designed to reduce risk and prevent poor choices. Yet in today’s environment, effective governance serves a different purpose: enabling organizations to make faster, clearer and more consistent decisions. Drawing on experiences from large-scale transformation initiatives, this session explores how governance can become a competitive advantage rather than a bureaucratic burden. Through practical examples of demand prioritization, investment decisions and operating model design, attendees will see how clear decision frameworks help organizations reduce complexity, improve focus and accelerate execution. Because the organizations that transform fastest are not those with the fewest controls. They are the ones that make the best decisions consistently.

Enhancing Cybersecurity Defences For Today's Complex Threats

Delve into strategies for bolstering cybersecurity defences amidst the ever-evolving landscape of complex cyber threats. Through an exploration of advanced technologies and proactive methodologies, attendees will gain insights into fortifying their systems against emerging cyber risks.

QUICK TECH TALE: Identity at the Centre: Securing Humans, Machines, AI Agents and Shadow AI

  • Bernard Helou
    Head of Cyber Security Schibsted

Modern organizational perimeters have dissolved, rendering traditional network defenses obsolete. In this hyper-decentralized ecosystem, identity has emerged as the definitive control plane for security. Enterprise environments must now manage and protect a vast, highly diverse directory of entities that extends far beyond the traditional human workforce. Explore the critical challenges of securing this modern landscape, analyzing the convergence of human identities, non-human identities (such as software machines and service accounts), autonomous AI agents, and the emerging threat of Shadow AI, unmanaged artificial intelligence tools deployed without IT oversight. By evaluating the vulnerabilities specific to each entity class, we outline a unified, identity-centric security architecture. This leverages automated discovery, continuous adaptive authentication, and zero-trust orchestration to establish comprehensive visibility, mitigate privilege escalation, and dynamically enforce governance across all interconnected human and algorithmic assets.

PM BREAK & 1:1 Xchange, Community Conversations

Community Conversations

  • Kimmy Nordqvist
    CISO Vend
  • Marie Hammar
    Head of Business Insights Scania Group
  • Peri Shabbir
    CISO Skandiabanken
  • NIS2 in Practice: Lessons Learned and What’s Next

     

    As NIS2 moves from regulation to reality, this roundtable will explore how organisations are responding in practice. Delegates will share lessons learned, implementation challenges, and approaches to strengthening governance, accountability, third-party risk, and cyber resilience beyond compliance.

  • Changing Behaviour at Scale: Why Technology Isn’t the Hard Part

     

    Successful transformation depends on people as much as technology. This roundtable will explore how leaders are driving behavioural change, overcoming resistance, and building cultures that embrace new ways of working to maximise the value of AI, digital transformation, and enterprise technology investments.

     

  • From AI Pilots to Enterprise Reality: What Actually Scaled in 2026?

     

    As AI moves beyond experimentation, organisations are identifying what delivers real business value at scale. This roundtable will explore the lessons learned from successful AI deployments, the barriers that prevented pilots from progressing, and the practical strategies leaders are using to scale AI securely, responsibly, and effectively across the enterprise.

     

In this final discussion break out, fellow Enterprise Leaders guide discussions on their favourite topic, fostering an environment of open exchange, exploration of diverse perspectives and experiences. Attendees can anticipate engaging conversations driven by shared interests, offering valuable insights and opportunities for collaborative learning and networking.

Navigating Human-Centric Risk: Unveiling the Four Elements

This presentation offers a comprehensive exploration of the intricacies surrounding human behaviour in risk management, dissecting the crucial elements that shape decision-making processes within organizations. By unveiling these four key components, the presentation provides actionable insights to fortify strategies and mitigate risks effectively in an ever-evolving human-centric landscape.

CLOSING PANEL: Speed vs Control vs Cost: Are Enterprises Moving Too Fast to Govern AI and Risk?

  • Håkan Sandell
    Chief Technology Director Mycronic
  • Therez Björnsson
    Head of Digital Northern Europe Heidelberg Materials
  • Paul De Freene
    Vice President Cyber Security & Compliance Permobil

As enterprises accelerate digital transformation, AI adoption, and platform modernisation, leaders are increasingly facing a fundamental tension: how to deliver at speed without losing control. While business demand continues to push for faster innovation cycles, tech leaders are under growing pressure to maintain resilience, manage risk, and ensure operational stability across increasingly complex environments. This closing panel brings together senior technology and security leaders to explore how organisations are navigating this ongoing trade-off in practice. Panellists will share real-world perspectives on where they are deliberately accelerating, where they are introducing control, and how these decisions are shaping enterprise performance and risk going into 2027.

Key Discussion Points:
• What risks organizations are willing to accept to accelerate AI adoption, and what risks they face if they fail to act.
• How leaders are managing real-time tensions between innovation demand, operational resilience, and security constraints.
• What “acceptable balance” looks like in practice as enterprises continue scaling technology under pressure.

Closing Remarks

This presentation explores the evolution of AI security in cloud computing, highlighting past vulnerabilities and lessons learned to pave the way for future advancements and rewards in safeguarding cloud-based AI systems. By analysing past mistakes and leveraging emerging technologies, this session aims to equip attendees with strategies to enhance the security posture of AI deployments in the cloud, ensuring resilience and trust in digital ecosystems.

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FAQs

Who attends?

Attendance is reserved for C-Suite executives and Senior Executives within IT, including Chief Information Officers, Chief Technology Officers, and other senior IT decision-makers from a wide array of industries. Joined by our select sponsor partners, enriching networking opportunities and offering cutting-edge solutions.

What does my delegate pass include?

Thanks to our sponsors, your access is entirely complimentary, providing you with full-day access to all presentations, exclusive networking sessions, personalised one-to-one meetings, delectable catering, and an open bar for added networking.

What are the one-on-one meetings?

These 25-minute meetings provide invaluable opportunities to discover new solutions and expand your network with leading innovative providers that can help solve your current or future complex challenges.

What is the dress code?

Professional business attire is appropriate.

Do I need to prepare anything?

No preparation is needed on your part. We take care of all the final details. Simply arrive at the specified time, date, and location, and we’ll handle the rest to ensure you have a seamless and enjoyable experience.

Why attend?

Our events offer unparalleled experiences where interactive sessions spark innovation, keynotes unveil insights from industry luminaries, and exclusive one-on-one meetings with best-in-breed solution providers unfold in some of the world’s most prestigious venues. This unique format ensures that your challenges are addressed directly, providing invaluable insights, connections, and maximising value for your time. With a compact schedule featuring a variety of presentations, you’ll gain a comprehensive view of the latest innovations and have ample opportunity to network with like-minded peers—all under one roof, and in just one day. This fosters collaboration and forges invaluable connections among executives with a genuine influence, setting the standard for elite gatherings in the industry.

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