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HPE TAKES CENTER STAGE

With Networking, Cloud and AI

Thursday September 10th • 8:15 – 16:30

Welcome to HPE Innovation Day 2026.

The curtain rises on this fall’s most important event: Innovation Day 2026, hosted by Intel and HPE. Packed with insights and direction within networking, cloud, and AI — with a particular focus on how innovation and new technology can best be leveraged to create added value in day-to-day operations.

Please note:
Due to extraordinary circumstances related to the King’s funeral, we have moved the event to Clarion Hotel The Hub, Oslo.
We appreciate your understanding and look forward to welcoming you there.

A beautiful setting for an efficient day

We have provided the best possible setting for the day, with an inspiring venue that invites focus, insight, and productive conversations. In the heart of Oslo, Clarion Hotel the Hub is a spectacular conference hotel, just moments from the city’s vibrant center. The facilities are excellent, and you and the other participants will be treated to high-quality catering as well as professional lighting and sound.

That’s why you should register in advance

You will meet great colleagues and a strong team of experts with up-to-date knowledge on today’s key topics. You will get engaging presentations of customer cases and the latest news from Intel and HPE. You will also gain unique insights that can be translated into value-creating initiatives.

A beautiful setting for an efficient day

We have provided the best possible setting for the day, with an inspiring venue that invites focus, insight, and productive conversations. In the heart of Oslo, Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel change to Clarion Hotel the Hub is a spectacular conference hotel, just moments from the city’s vibrant center. The facilities are excellent, and you and the other participants will be treated to high-quality catering as well as professional lighting and sound.

That’s why you should register in advance

You will meet great colleagues and a strong team of experts with up-to-date knowledge on today’s key topics. You will get engaging presentations of customer cases and the latest news from Intel and HPE. You will also gain unique insights that can be translated into value-creating initiatives.

Agenda

  • 08:15 – 08.55
    Check-in, breakfast & mingling
  • 09:00 – 09.15
    Welcome

    By Kristin Ottestad, HPE Norway Sales Director & Signatory

  • 09:15 – 09:55
    Keynote: Gartner — Top technology trends

    By Erik Lehne, Senior Managing Partner

  • 09:55 – 10:30
    Meet the expert: Dual-Use by Default: Why Every AI Stack Is Now a Sovereign Conversation?

    By Iveta Lohovska, HPE CTO AI & HPC

  • 10:30 – 10:55
    Break
  • 10:55 – 11:25
    Customer keynote: Skygard – How security, sustainability, and sovereignty define the next era of infrastructure

    By Oscar Thøgersen, CCO

  • 11:25 – 11:55
    Meet the expert: Intel – From Strategy to Execution

    By Simon Wilyman, General Manager UK/I & Northern Europe

  • 12:00 – 13:00
    Lunch
  • 13:00 – 14:05
    Breakout Sessions
Breakout 1 – AI/ Compute

Moderator – Thor-Åge Sundsby, Category Manager, HPE Norway.

Breakout 2 – Network

Moderator – Xavier Ducasse, Country Manager HPE Networking Norway.

13:00 – 13:25

Customer keynote: Statkraft — Who’s got the power? Options for datacenter energy access

By Jonas Hyllseth Ryen, VP Growth and Innovation Projects & Iveta Lohovska, HPE CTO AI and HPC

13:00 – 13:25

The Self-driving networks starts here

Speaker: Elliot Townsend, Senior Director Field PLM Campus & Branch

13:40 – 14:05

The Future of Virtualization:

Speaker: Ruben Larsen, Cloud Strategist & Digital Sovereignty SME, Capgemini & Avishek Mukherjee, Strategic Advisor, HPE 

13:40 – 14:05

Integral Security: Zero Trust or Bust

Speaker: Jaye Tillson, CTO Security WW

  • 14:30 – 15:05
    Customer keynote: HRT – Designing the Next-Generation of a responsible AI Factory

    By Gerard Bernabeu Altayo, Compute Systems Lead, Eirik Thue, Data Center Engineer HRT, and Mats Andersson, CCO, Lefdal Mine Data Centers

  • 15:05 – 15:35
    Meet the expert: How to build a Quantum Supercomputer

    By Aaron Lott, Sr. Technical Product and Program Manager, HPE Labs

  • 15:35 – 16:20
    NASA Keynote: Exploration Technologies to Enable NASA Missions

    By Dr. Rupak Biswas, Director, Exploration Technology Directorate, NASA Ames Research Center

  • 16:20 – 16:30
    Wrap up

    By Carsten Nielsen, HPE VP & Managing Director Nordic Cluster & Kristin Ottestad, HPE Norway Sales Director & Signatory

Program

  • 08:15 – 08.55
    Check-in, breakfast & mingling
  • 09:00 – 09.15
    Welcome

    By Kristin Ottestad, HPE Norway Sales Director & Signatory

  • 09:15 – 09:55
    Keynote: Gartner — Top technology trends

    By Erik Lehne, Senior Managing Partner

  • 09:55 – 10:30
    Meet the expert: AI and HPC

    By Iveta Lohovska, HPE CTO AI & HPC

  • 10:30 – 10:55
    Break
  • 10:55 – 11:25
    Customer keynote: Skygard – How security, sustainability, and sovereignty define the next era of infrastructure

    By Oscar Thøgersen, CCO

  • 11:25 – 11:55
    Meet the expert: Intel – From Strategy to Execution

    By Simon Wilyman, General Manager UK/I & Northern Europe

  • 12:00 – 13:00
    Lunch
  • 13:00 – 14:05
    Breakout Sessions
Breakout 1 – AI/ Compute

Moderator – Thor-Åge Sundsby, Category Manager, HPE Norway.

13:00- 13:25

Customer keynote: Statkraft — Who’s got the power? Options for datacenter energy access

By Jonas Hyllseth Ryen, VP Growth and Innovation Projects & Iveta Lohovska, HPE CTO AI and HPC

13:40 – 14:05

The Future of Virtualization:

Time to Reassess Your Options

Breakout 2 – Network

Moderator – Xavier Ducasse, Country Manager HPE Networking Norway.

13:00 – 13:25

The Self-driving networks starts here

Speaker: Elliot Townsend, Senior Director Field PLM Campus & Branch

13:40 – 14:05

Integral Security: Zero Trust or Bust

Speaker: Jaye Tillson, CTO Security WW

  • 14:30 – 15:05
    Customer keynote: HRT – Designing the Next-Generation of a responsible AI Factory

    By Gerard Bernabeu Altayo, Compute Systems Lead

  • 15:05 – 15:35
    Meet the expert: How to build a Quantum Supercomputer

    By Aaron Lott, Sr. Technical Product and Program Manager, HPE Labs

  • 15:35 – 16:20
    Keynote

    By TBA

  • 16:20 – 16:30
    Wrap up

    By Carsten Nielsen, HPE VP & Managing Director Nordic Cluster & Kristin Ottestad, HPE Norway Sales Director & Signatory

Registration

There is a limited number of seats available for Innovation Day 2026. Register now to secure your place at the forefront of inspiring keynotes and valuable insights.

NOTE! NEW VENUE

Clarion Hotel The Hub
Biskop Gunnerus gate 3
0155 Oslo, Norge

Thursday September 10th
8:15 – 16:30