THE NEW WAY FORWARD

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.

Iris Lagerström is an experienced HR executive with more than 20 years of expertise in strategic human resources, HR transformation, talent acquisition, employer branding, reward, people analytics, global talent strategy, and change leadership. Throughout her career, she has worked across a wide range of organizational environments, from Fortune Global 500 companies to public-sector organizations and fast-growing businesses.

At VTT, Iris leads the organization’s Reward, Global Talent Strategy and People Analytics function and serves as a member of the HR Leadership Team. Previously, she was responsible for Talent Acquisition and Employer Branding, where she transformed VTT’s recruitment function from an operational service into a strategic business partner. She also developed VTT’s employer branding strategy and was one of the key contributors to the organization’s enterprise-wide change management framework.

Minna Tornikoski is Senior Vice President, Human Resources at Etteplan and a member of the company’s Group Management Team. She joined Etteplan in 2019, after senior HR roles at Huhtamäki, Tieto and Nokia. At Etteplan, an engineering and technology company with approximately 4,000 employees, Minna leads the change of the organization and its leadership for the AI era. She is known for openly sharing what works, what does not, and what other leaders can learn from it.

Jaakko Kaikuluoma is an experienced growth entrepreneur and an expert in organizational development. He is the CEO and Co-Founder of Teamspective, where his work focuses on developing leadership, teamwork, and employee experience through a data-driven approach. Jaakko has been instrumental in building modern operating models that help organizations understand the state of their teams and develop leadership systematically.

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Jaakko has extensive experience in business, marketing, and sales leadership across the technology and health tech sectors. Before his current role, Jaakko led the sales and customer success team at Kaiku Health, driving growth in Finland, Europe, and the Middle East. In addition, he has worked as a business development consultant for an AI startup and built the Nordic marketing team for a rapidly growing software company.

Jan is the SD Worx HR Evangelist and a researcher at the University of Antwerp. He consults clients on “the future of work and HR”, occasionally teaches and is a well-known speaker on the topic. He co-ordinates the research on “Next Generation Work” conducted by Prof Dr. Ans De Vos in the partnership with Antwerp Management School.

He’s now pursuing a PhD on “the costs and benefits of contingent work”. He’s searching for answers to the question: “why do companies compose their workforce as they do?”.

Jan is also a fellow of Reshaping Work and a researcher with the EU-funded SEISMEC project on human-centric AI. 

Henna Wiklund heads HPP’s employment law practice. She is a consummate employment law professional with over 20 years of experience, most of it as a practising employment attorney. She has previously also led the employment law team of one of Finland’s largest employer companies, ISS Palvelut Oy.

Henna’s expertise covers the full spectrum of employment law matters, from drafting executive and other employment contracts to advising on employee terminations and handling employment-related disputes. She has solid experience in assisting clients in complex organisational restructurings and demanding workplace negotiations, such as mandatory co-operation procedures  and negotiations on local collective bargaining agreements. Henna has a particular interest in legal questions relating to international aspects of employment, such as posted workers and international assignments generally. She regularly advises clients on occupational health and safety matters and represents them in employment-related disputes before both civil and criminal courts.

Lasse Riski heads HPP’s Technology and Data practice, advising clients across the full spectrum of technology, AI and data law. With more than twenty years of experience gained in top-tier law firms and in-house roles, he is a trusted advisor to businesses navigating complex ICT transactions. A significant part of his practice focuses on regulatory compliance, in particular EU data regulation (including the GDPR), the EU AI Act and the broader governance framework for AI and data-driven solutions. He also advises on technology procurement and outsourcing, ICT service arrangements, and mergers, acquisitions and other business transactions involving technology companies.

Lasse regularly helps clients adopt AI and other emerging technologies responsibly and in line with evolving regulatory requirements.