our top-tier speakers
mikko aho
Head of Businness Unit IT Solutions, Rittal
Mikko is a highly experienced data center expert with over 10 years in the industry. He brings deep expertise in modern, energy-smart data center solutions and is particularly recognized for his work in advancing sustainable infrastructure practices. Mikko is the Head of Business Unit IT Solutions at Rittal, a vice chairman of the board of the Finnish Data Center Association, and Chairman of the Finnish ISO standardization working group for resource-efficient data centers.
veijo terho
Chairman of the Board, Future Data Center Association
Veijo Terho has had a long career in the data center industry and currently works at Verne as the Manager of Customer Success. His experience spans both the public sector and private companies such as Digifinland, Telia, Tieto, and Nokia. In these roles, he has been involved in numerous data center projects across Scandinavia—either in the construction of new facilities or in the modernization of existing ones—serving as a service owner, customer, and technical expert.
Energy efficiency and circular economy have been core values for Veijo in the development of the data center industry.
dr. jan goetz
Co-CEO and Co-founder, IQM Quantum Computers
Dr. Jan Goetz is a quantum physicist and co-founding Co-CEO of IQM (HQ in Espoo, Finland), building next-generation quantum computers. IQM has raised €128 million in Series A2 funding (in 2022), largest ever funding round raised by a European quantum computing company.
Jan did his doctorate on superconducting quantum circuits at TU Munich and worked as a Marie-Curie Fellow in Helsinki at Aalto University, where he holds the title of docent. He holds a Board seat in the European Quantum Industry Consortium QuIC. He is also a member of the German Federal Economic Senate, an EIC Scaling Club Council member, member of the Hall of Future, as well as a Digital Leader and Global Innovator at the WEF.