


19.4.2023 | VIRTUAL EVENT
GOING LIVE 9AM CET & 10 AM EEST
#smartindustrynordic

EMPOWERING THE NEXT GENERATON OF MANUFACTURING
The landscape of technology and manufacturing is constantly evolving.
Industry 5.0 represents a significant shift in the way manufacturing and industrial processes are carried out, with the integration of advanced technologies leading to increased efficiency and competitivness in the industry. It is characterizied by the integration of emerging technologies such as quantum computing, biotechnology and nanotechnology, which have the potential to significantly enhance the capabilities of Industry 4.0 technologies and bring about even greater level of automation and efficiency in manufacturing.
The Fifth Industrial Revolution, has also added human-centric, sustainable, and resilient concepts to the industrial revolution and it will revolutionize the manufacturing systems worldwide by preventing repetitive tasks from human workers.
In order to remain the engine of prosperity, industry must lead the digital, but also the green, transitions. This approach provides a vison of industry that aims beyond efficiency and productivity as the sole goals, and reinforces the role and the contribution of industry to society.
Join us to discuss a future in which even more advanced technologies are integrated into the manufacturing process, how the next revolution will involve a more profound human and robot collaboration that enables the increased efficiency, productivity, sustainable and competitivness that Industry 5.0 aims to achieve.
Welcome to Smart Industry 5.0!

HUMAN-CENTRIC
AND RESILIENT INDUSTRY
THEMES
INTEGRATION OF
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES
REVOLUTIONAZING
THE WAY WE WORK AND MAKE THINGS
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PETER NYMAN
JOURNALIST, TV-HOST
Peter Nyman is a well-known, charismatic and experienced TV-anchor and business event moderator. He is a journalist, news-anchor and media professional that coaches on three languages. Peter has run communication trainings for business directors- and experts for years, but speaks about communication skills also to bigger audiences.

SPEAKERS 2023
Seán O’Reagain
Deputy Head of Unit Industry 5.0, Directorate General for Research and Innovation | European Commission | (BE)
Sean leads the development and adoption of Industry 5.0 as a human-centric, sustainable, and resilient approach to industry digitalization. He previously managed the set-up and implementation of the Joint Technology Initiatives as the first public-private partnership in research and innovation at the European level. He also managed the Industrial Technologies program under the Horizon 2020 European Framework for Research and Innovation. Prior to that, he managed the European Commission’s Benchmarking for Competitiveness and Innovation Initiative. And finally, before joining the European Commission, Sean held management positions with Enterprise Ireland and with the Irish Industrial Development Agency


SEONHI RO
Manufacturing Industry 4.0 Specialist at Research and Advanced Manufacturing Europe | Ford Motor Company (DE)
Seonhi is a Manufacturing Industry 4.0 Specialist at Ford R&A Europe. She has worked for Ford, car manufacturer, more than 20 years and 8 years at Vaillant, heating device producer. Her former roles were Manufacturing analytics (GDIA) manager, Business operating manager for European powertrain (PT) manufacturing, PT integration supervisor and cycle planning supervisor in PD at Ford. Research engineer and project manager at Vaillant.
Seonhi is pragmatic and data driven decision maker. Experience in industry 4.0 technologies, data analytics, manufacturing, Product development/ Powertrain integration, strategy, planning and research. She has her Ph.D. in mechanical engineering at the technical University Braunscheig in Germany.
MARC WINKELMAN
Global Director of Procter & Gamble’s Product Supply Manufacturing, Innovation & Capability center of excellence | P&G (BE)
Marc is is a Global Director at Procter & Gamble’s. His 25+ years of professional experience in P&G spans multiple supply chains, manufacturing sites and corporate functions. He has worked in many areas of product supply: at country-, regional- and global level, from initiative planner to manufacturing execution roles, from site responsible to manufacturing excellence within and outside P&G.
He is recognized as a very pragmatic expert. For the last 4 years, he has a leading role in consulting P&G’s manufacturing excellence methodology, “Integrated Work System” (IWS) in the alliance with EY Consultancy to coach the methodology at non-P&G’s companies.


Wolfgang Weber
Global Head of Engineering and Industry 4.0 / Digital Transformation | Henkel (NED)
Wolfgang is a Supply Chain leader with > 20 years of experience in all end-to-end competence fields of Supply Chain Management. Originator of Supply Chain’s Digital Transformation program. Recent recognitions: World Economic Forum’s nomination as “4th Industrial Revolution Lighthouse”.
Leading cross-functional interdisciplinary teams on all management levels and geographies. Proven successes in greenfield (new factory construction), brownfield, site master-planning development and implementation, footprint development and restructuring, site divest and production transfers. Management of double-digit MEUR invest projects in key innovation technologies, capacity expansion projects and site development. Successful steering of major acquisitions and post-merger integrations. Profound background process safety, sustainability footprint improvement, HSE and quality management as well as corresponding ISO standards.
SAMI HOLOPAINEN
Managing Director Finland & Acting MD Sweden at Equinix | Equinix (FI)
Sami Holopainen is a known industry leader in the market. He has 20+ years of experience in the ISP and Data Center business – since the first dial-up ISPs came to the public’s knowledge in the early 1990s. In 2002, he founded data center operator Tenue Oy and became its CEO in 2006.
Since 2012, Sami has been focusing his attention on the data center industry and has successfully grown Equinix’s presence in Finland, connecting Western European markets to Russia, the Baltic region, and Asia. Specialties include data center business development and deployment, cloud computing, business development, and making things happen.


Vilhelm BOIJE
Director Supply Chain Management Baltics & Nordics | Miele (SE)
Vilhelm is Supply Chain Management Baltics & Nordic leader at Miele. He has been working for Miele over 6 years. Vilhelm is a goal oriented self-starter motivated by finding solutions and conceptualising them. Ongoing improvement and contributing to organizations as well as peoples personal growth are his guiding principles.
FRODE HALVORSEN
Chief Technology Officer | EDRMedeso (NO)
Frode is the CTO and responsible for Technology & Innovation at EDRMedeso. He has been working for the company since 2005 having various positions, but the focus has always been on bringing new technologies to the market. Finding the balance between being innovative in the technology space while realizing the business value has been a strength.
Currently, the main focus areas for Frode are simulation technology, new solutions that brings AI into the engineering space, IoT analytics and efficient cloud computing.


MARKKU PULKKINEN
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT | Codento (FI)
Markku's responsibilities cover multifaceted business development with leading customers and a special focus on Google Cloud partnership with a close relationship with Google. Prior to Codento.
Markku worked for 15 years at Microsoft both in Finland and Western Europe Area HQ and at Oracle for 15 years in Finland and in the US. At Microsoft, he managed the largest business segment and partner ecosystem in Finland, and in WE he was leading a market transformation and a business model change to public cloud for the key Nordic data center service providers.
SUMANTA SAHA
Smart data analytics lead, Google Finland | Google (FI)
Sumanta is a customer centric, research oriented cloud architect, who loves to bring cutting edge technology into use at industry.


PEKKA MANNINEN
DIRECTOR OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | CSC - IT center for Science (FI)
Dr. Pekka Manninen is the Director of Science and Technology at Advanced Computing Facility at CSC, the Finnish IT center for science.
He has a long experience in supercomputing and supercomputing infrastructures and has been leading and involved in several pan-European e-infrastructure initiatives over the course of years. Most recently he has been leading the efforts related to the Europe's flagship supercomputer LUMI.
He holds a PhD in theoretical physics and is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Helsinki.
Xinyi tu
PhD researcher - Industrial Metaverse | Aalto University (FI)
Xinyi is a rising star in the world of Industry 5.0 and the future of manufacturing. As a PhD researcher at Aalto University's School of Engineering, she is currently finalizing her thesis on "Towards Industrial Metaverse: Combining Digital Twins and Extended Reality in Industry 5.0 Applications". Her research has been published in several journal articles and is funded by the IETA 3 project Machinaide, where she collaborates with 19 academic and industrial partners from 4 countries on innovative concepts for smart industry.
Xinyi holds a B.Eng. in Mechatronics at Tongji University (CN), and M.Sc in AI & robotics at TU Munich (DE). She is currently also working as a Senior Data Scientist and Operations Consultant at PwC Finland Advisory.


JENNI KUUSIVUORI
HEAD OF DIGITALIZATION | Stora Enso, Forest Division (FI)
Jenni is transforming Stora Enso business in Nordics and Baltics towards a Sustainable and Digital future.
She is heading a multi-talented team with various skills from the analytical data-oriented super powers to Service design excellence and commercial expertise.
Jenni has been working for Stora Enso for over 3 years and Digital services, IT, Customer engagement and Customer data are her special fields of expertise.
EXPERTS 2023

Miika Heikkinen
Global Solutions Architect
Equinix

Janne Flinck
Data & AI Lead
Codento

Sumanta Saha
Smart data analytics lead
Google Finland
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