Program Committee

Klas Pettersen

Klas Pettersen

CEO, NORA

Klas has led NORA.ai since 2019 and has built the consortium from a handful of universities to cover all of Norway. He is a well-established researcher in neuroscience.

Snezhina Duevska

Snezhina Duevska

Senior Adviser, NORA

Leads NORA.startup, NORA’s innovation network for research-based innovation. Over 7 years of experience working in the tech startup sector in the UK.

Ishita Barua

Ishita Barua

Chief Medical Officer, Liiv Health

Ishita is a medical doctor with a PhD in AI in Medicine. She is a former Fulbright Scholar at Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. In 2024, she received His Majesty the King of Norway's Gold Medal.

Michael Riegler

Michael Riegler

Head of AI, Simula

One of the leading researchers in artificial intelligence in Norway, check out his Google Scholar.

Alex Moltzau

Alex Moltzau

Policy Officer at the European AI Office

Alex has worked on national policy within artificial intelligence for the past five years. He is now a seconded national expert from Norway to the European Commission's AI office.

Kushtrim Visoka

Kustrim Visoka

Senior Adviser, NORA

Kushtrim organises the CuttingEdgeAI series, a leading research seminar in Norway on AI. He also leads the Nemonoor project within NORA.ai.

Sander R. Jyhne

Sander R. Jyhne

Public Ph.D. in artificial intelligence at UiA

Sander is a public Ph.D. student at the Norwegian Mapping Authority and the University of Agder. He is on assignment at BelongieLab and works with Serge Belongie.

Signe R. Sørensen

Signe R. Sørensen

Research Leader, Sintef

Signe is research leader at Sintef, and researches machine learning for industrial use, especially hybrid artificial intelligence, which is the combination of physical models and data-driven methods.