Speakers

discover womens voices in ai

Meet the women shaping the future of AI.

Our speakers are innovators, researchers, leaders, and changemakers from across the AI ecosystem. This catalogue showcases diverse voices ready to share insights on ethics, innovation, inclusion, and the technologies driving tomorrow.

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Because representation matters — on every stage.

Anja Ruder Buch
Anja Ruder Buch

Anja Ruder Buch

Anja Ruder Buch is a journalist with a master’s degree in data science. She has applied her expertise in AI across the public sector in Denmark—using machine learning to detect potential tax fraud and developing chatbots for the healthcare sector. In September she...

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Benita Mackay
Benita Mackay

Benita Mackay

Benita is an IP advisor based in Norway, specialising in AI and patents. She has a PhD in applying AI to physics and medicine, and is passionate about increasing diversity across AI and IP fields. She frequently speaks at innovation events, explaining how IP rights...

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Bilyana Hansen
Bilyana Hansen

Bilyana Hansen

Bilyana is the Head of Product at Magic Feedback, where she helps turn customer feedback into actionable insights with AI. She is passionate about building products that improve customer experience and drive business growth. With a strong focus on innovation and...

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Gemma Whitehouse
Gemma Whitehouse

Gemma Whitehouse

Gemma is a Consultant CTO based in the UK. She works with VC and PE-backed Scale-ups to optimise results for investors and their portfolio companies. She has extensive experience with a particular focus on AI and B2B SaaS. Gemma has a strong connection to the...

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Helena Neves
Helena Neves

Helena Neves

Helena Neves is an AI expert in Regulatory Affairs at 3Shape, working with innovative AI-enabled medical devices in digital dentistry. Equipped with her technical background in leveraging AI models to support clinical decision-making, she bridges the gap between...

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Irena Pereira
Irena Pereira

Irena Pereira

Irena Pereira is a 25 year veteran game developer, notably on the hit titles World of Warcraft, Game of Thrones: Conquest and Monopoly GO! Today she serves as CEO of Unleashed Games - a game development studio leveraging a mix of tradition and AI-centric tools to...

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Malou Lokdam
Malou Lokdam

Malou Lokdam

Malou an engineering background in data science from DTU and a strong interest in the intersection of technology, law, and ethics. As a Product Data Scientist at 2021.AI, She develop AI solutions for their governance platform, focusing on navigating the EU AI Act...

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Martina Johannesson
Martina Johannesson

Martina Johannesson

With a background in innovation, entrepreneurship, and product management, Martina is a leader in the practical application of AI. Equipped with a master’s in digital business, she possesses expertise in AI, cybersecurity, and legislation. Currently working as a...

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Mie Hvas
Mie Hvas

Mie Hvas

Mie is the head of the data and AI team at Sund & Bælt, a state owned company that develops and maintains marine mega infrastructure projects (think Storebælt) and operates digital traffic solutions. She works on creating digital change from within in a...

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Naram El-Shamary
Naram El-Shamary

Naram El-Shamary

Naram El-Shamary is the Co-Founder & Managing Partner at ImproveMatic ApS and will share insights on how AI is reshaping the life sciences sector.    She is passionate about making a difference and leveraging responsible AI in life sciences, with extensive...

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Nikhila Pothukuchi
Nikhila Pothukuchi

Nikhila Pothukuchi

Nikhila is a senior AI and hardware engineer with over a decade of experience. At Google Hardware Research, she develops TensorFlow infrastructure and TPUs powering AI at scale. Previously at Microsoft and Intel, she drove innovations in efficient hardware design....

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Olivia Heslinga
Olivia Heslinga

Olivia Heslinga

Olivia Heslinga has a background in Management and Marketing, specializing in SaaS companies. She utilizes digital marketing tools, data analytics, and communication skills to enhance brand awareness. As part of a successful teams that sold to U.S. companies, she...

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Rikke V. Stoltz
Rikke V. Stoltz

Rikke V. Stoltz

Rikke V. Stoltz is a speaker, mentor, and entrepreneur with a background in global strategy, offshore energy, and human-centred innovation. She co-founded the company behind the world’s largest windfarm installation vessels and now leads the storytelling universe...

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Saria J. Beainy
Saria J. Beainy

Saria J. Beainy

Saria Joseph Beainy, with a decade of experience in Tech, is the Country Lead for AI at Accenture. Driven by foresight and resilience, she began exploring and upskilling in AI in 2019, demystifying it through talks and a TEDx success on AI’s sustainability impact....

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Serena Leka
Serena Leka

Serena Leka

Serena Leka is an Innovation Lecturer at Aarhus Universitet and an AI enthusiast blending academia with industry insights. From mentoring startups to implementing AI-driven solutions for radical innovation during her Ph.D., she thrives at the intersection of...

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Simone Bjerring
Simone Bjerring

Simone Bjerring

Simone is co-founder of Baetter, a headhunting firm specializing in the next generation of executive talent. With a background in finance and consulting, she explores how AI can help identify leadership potential, drive decision-making, and improve diversity....

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Sine Zambach
Sine Zambach

Sine Zambach

Sine Zambach is a researcher in GAI and received her PhD in AI/computer science in the early 2010s. She works in data science and is also interested in how GAI can be used to ensure learning in the educational system and has written the practitioner's book "AI I...

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Stefani Vujic
Stefani Vujic

Stefani Vujic

Blending creativity with strategic thinking, Stefani crafts compelling narratives as a Copenhagen-based independent writer. Her expertise lies at the intersection of copywriting, UX writing and AI-enhanced content development. When not busy consulting Danish and...

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Stella Grasshof
Stella Grasshof

Stella Grasshof

Stella is an Assistant Professor in the Data Science section at the IT University of Copenhagen, and the Pioneer Centre for AI. Her research focuses on human-centred Machine Learning, particularly in the area of generative AI for visual data. She is working on...

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