program
The schedule may be subject to change.
Programs are presented in-person at the event.
Future Data Summit 2025 will take place on 7-8 October 2025 in Helsinki, Kattilahalli.
Timezone: EEST – Eastern European Summer Time, UTC +03:00
Horizon of opportunities
Finland focus day 7.10. Invitation only.
17:00 - 17:20
Arrival, Welcome refreshments
17:20 - 18:30
Talks
18:30 - 21:00
Networking & cocktail´s
Shaping the future
Conference day 8.10.
8:00-9:00
Registration, networking & breakfast
9:00 - 9:10
Opening show
9:10 - 9:30
Welcome to Future Data Summit 2025:
Shaping the Future.
Fdca team
9:30 - 10:00
TBA
10:00 - 10:30
why tiktok is investing data center in finland?
Christian Hannibal
Head of Public Policy, Finland and Denmark, TikTok
10:30 - 10:35
closing session 1.
10:40 - 11:10
Café & networking break
11:10 - 11:35
Data center boom in finland? what fdca's market study tells us.
Eero lindqvist
Senior Adviser, Finnish Data Center Association
Maija tenhunen
Business Leader, Strategic Sustainability Consulting, Finland, Ramboll
11:35 - 12:00
Next-generation cooling system for HPC & ai chip to chiller
Thierry Chamayou
Vice-President, Schneider Electric
12:00 - 12:25
QuanTENcomputing in hpc environments
Dr. Jan goetz
Co-CEO and Co-founder, IQM Quantum Computers
12:25 - 13:55
lunch & networking
13:55 - 14:25
EED for data centers: energy efficiency labelling and minimum performance requirements
Emma fryer
Director Public Policy Europe, Cyrus One
14:25 - 14:50
PoWER Systems in Finland 2025–2035:
Transition Pathways
Jesper Schaumburg-Düring
Commercial Director, Eurowind Energy
Jukka Leskelä
Managing Director, Finnish Energy
jaakko jääskeläinen
Director of Strategic Market Intelligence, Fortum
risto kuusi
Senior Advisor, Strategic Grid Planning, Fingrid
moderator
TUULA MÄKI
Vice President, Business Integration, P2X Solutions
14:50 - 15:15
Hunger for Power:
Engineering Datacenters for AI and High-Performance Computing peak and variable loads
Marcelo pizzato
Account Manager, Business development manager, Eaton, NordicEPOD
Jiri Vidgren
Senior Solutions Architect, Dell Technologies
Atte Hietaoja
Chief Development Officer, kW-set
moderator
Lauri ikonen
Head of Technology, Polarnode
Domagoj Talapko
Global Business Development Leader, ABB
15:15 - 15:45
Café & networking
15:45 - 16:15
Who Will Build 3 GW?
Delivering Finland’s Next Wave of Data Centers
John Gallagher
Operations Director , Mercury
tuomas särkilahti
CEO, Skanska Finland
juho siitonen
Vice President, Building Systems, YIT
mika mäenpää
CEO, GRK
Jari innanen
Director of Data Center Business , Granlund
moderator
16:15 - 16:30
Closing words
16:30 - 17:30
shaping the future social hour
