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Nordic Industry Days (hybrid event)
Sep 2 ⢠12:00 – Sep 3 ⢠16:00 CEST
đ Dansk Industri, H.C. Andersens Boulevard 18, 1553 Copenhagen
*All the spots for in-person participation have been filled.
Join us at the Nordic Industry Days 2024 in the heart of Copenhagen to discuss the latest developments in Supercomputing, AI, and Quantum Computing and how they can boost your business model.
- How can small businesses get access to supercomputers for free?
- Is supercomputing crucial to AI development?
- How can businesses use supercomputers to improve their services or products?
Save costs, become competitive, and improve efficiency by harvesting the power of supercomputers in your daily routines.
Who are Nordic Industry Days for?
Are you a professional or a leader in the industry, high-tech startup, and SME interested in learning about new trends, use cases, and innovation within the supercomputing and AI world? Then this event is for you!
Nordic Supercomputing Industry Days bring together speakers and companies from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Finland to share their experiences with supercomputers in their everyday workflows. Take part in the discussions and network with innovators during this 2-day event.
Interested in learning more about our collaboration with industry? Check here.
Agenda
Monday, 2 September 2024
| Time | Topic |
|---|---|
| Registration and Lunch at DI | |
| 13:00-13:35 | Opening ⢠Josephine Wood , Head of Unit Strategy and Governance at EuroHPC JU ⢠Andreas Holbak Espersen , Director at DI Digital ⢠Dennis Lange Wollbrink, EuroCC Denmark – An outlook of Nordic Industry Days An introductory on the importance of supercomputing (HPC) within industry. We will in so many words describe the necessity and importance of utilizing European supercomputers to ensure the competitiveness of European businesses on a global scale. In a dual-sided keynote presentation you will be informed on both a European front and a more local front on why Supercomputing is essential in the pathway to successfully developing and implementing AI. This session is moderated by Dennis Lange Wollbrink, Leader of the Danish National Competence Centre. |
| 13:35-14:30 | AI Factories Keynote ⢠Grazyna Piesiewicz (European Commission) – AI Factories ⢠Lars HĂĽrd (Oxide AI) – How to scale-up a company through AI/HPC ⢠Q&A for opening and Keynotes 15 min In these two keynotes weâll focus on AI advancements. Discover the EUâs latest AI development: AI factories, which provide supercomputing infrastructure to support innovative start-ups and SMEs in training AI models. Learn also how AIâs powerful automation capabilities enable small teams to make significant impacts, driven by large-scale data access and robust computational resources. Explore the critical synergy between supercomputing (HPC) and AI, and understand HPCâs pivotal role in AI success across all levels, from startups to large organisations. This session is moderated by Dennis Lange Wollbrink, Leader of the Danish National Competence Centre. |
| Coffee break Networking and Visiting the Exhibition |
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| 14.45-16.00 | How you can grow a business with supercomputing SME Cases and panel discussion ⢠Jens Otto KjÌrum (Dictus), ⢠Tapio Friberg (Iceye) ⢠Pier Luigi Dovesi (AI Industry Expert) This enlightening session will explore the transformative power of supercomputing in small and medium-sized enterprises. It will feature insightful presentations from innovative SMEs: Dictus, leveraging over 15 years of experience in speech technology; Iceye, providing near real-time intelligence for natural catastrophe response; and a collaborative effort between KTH Royal Institute of Technology, the University of Bologna, and industrial AI labs. The talks will be followed by a panel discussion offering a deep dive into the practical applications and business growth potential enabled by supercomputing. This session will be moderated by Thor Wikfeldt, head of ENCCS, the Swedish National Competence Centre. |
| 16.00-16:30 | Coffee break and networking |
| 16:30-18.15 | Use cases from large industry Welcome to our Large Industry Use Case session. Here, you will meet a selection of companies that all share a commitment to leveraging advanced technologies to drive innovation and efficiency in their respective fields. ⢠Frederik Nikolaj Paulin Larsen (Rambøll DK). Rambøll DK is a part of the Rambøll Group, is a leading engineering, design, and consultancy firm with a strong focus on sustainable solutions in buildings, water, environment, and energy. ⢠Knut Skogstrand Gjerden (Sintef Energy). Sintef Energy is a prominent Norwegian research institute dedicated to improving energy efficiency, developing renewable energy technologies, and optimising energy systems. ⢠Anders Broo (AstraZeneca). AstraZeneca is a global biopharmaceutical company renowned for its innovation in drug discovery and development. This session is moderated by Roger Kvam, Leader of the Norwegian National Competence Centre. |
| 18:15-18:30 | Summary and Closing of Day 1 |
| 19:00-22:00 | Social event: Dinner and Networking & Drinks on the Roof Terrace of DI |
Tuesday, 3 September 2024
| Time | Topic |
|---|---|
| 09:00-09:15 | Introduction of Day 2 – Meet the NCCs An outlook of the program on day 2 and an elevator pitch by the National Competence Centres of Denmark, Finland, Norway, Iceland and Sweden giving an overview of their work, challenges and success stories. This session is moderated by Marta Schulze, Project Manager at the Danish National Competence Centre |
| 09:15-09:45 | AI Meets Supercomputing Keynote ⢠Magnus Sahlgren, AI Sweden In this keynote presentation, Magnus Sahlgren, Head of Research for Natural Language Understanding at AI Sweden, will provide an overview of the rapid advancements in open Large Language Models (LLMs) with a special focus on the Nordic region. Discover whether the Nordics are keeping pace with global developments in this dynamic field and explore the current state and future potential of open LLMs in Europe. This session will be moderated by Thor Wikfeldt, head of ENCCS, the Swedish National Competence Centre. |
| Coffee break and networking | |
| 10:15-11:45 | Emerging AI Use Cases on HPC Talks and Panel Discussion ⢠Noah Torp-Smith (DBC – Digital Danish Library Center) ⢠Kimmo Pentikäinen (Supersight) ⢠Guillaume Lanquepin (Norwegian Customs) ⢠Lars HĂĽrd (Oxide AI) The session âEmerging AI Use Cases on HPCâ will feature presentations and a panel discussion with innovators in both industry and the public sector. Supersight Ltd will showcase their development of crypto-specific Large Language Models (LLMs), while DBC (Danish Library Center) will demonstrate their utilisation of AI in library services. The talks and following panel discussion will explore emerging and cutting-edge applications of AI leveraging the power of supercomputers. This session will be moderated by Ingrid af Sandeberg, “af Sandeberg SWATâ Stockholm. |
| 11:45-13:00 | Commercial use of HPC resources ⢠Per Ăster (CSC IT Center for Science Ltd) ⢠Viktor Rehnberg (Chalmers University of Technology) ⢠Glenn Arild Haugland (Cegal Cetegra HPC) Q&A A presentation of Europeâs flagship supercomputer, Lumi, and all the insights as to how a supercomputer enables companies, industrial entities and others to develop, integrate and utilize AI within a vast range of different settings and scenarios. Through a combination of technical insights and case-based demonstrations this session will provide knowledge on how your company, institution or organization can benefit from the usage of supercomputer facilities. This session is moderated by Dennis Lange Wollbrink, Leader of the Danish National Competence Centre. |
| 13:00-14:00 | Lunch at DI |
| 14:00-15:30 | Creating opportunities for industry users ⢠Laura Morselli (EuroHPC AI Support Centre), ⢠Johan Kristiansson (ColonyOS) ⢠Alan O’Cais (MultiXscale) Various EuroHPC initiatives support industrial users who have never leveraged HPC before or would like to scale their AI workloads to make the most of the EuroHPC infrastructures provided. A selected panel from these initiatives will pave the way for an interesting, lively and interactive âFish Bowlâ discussion. This discussion will focus on how those support initiatives and existing infrastructures match the needs of industry in general and SMEs in particular, ensuring that all participants are engaged and part of the conversation. Selected participating SMEs will be allowed for ‘lighthouse talks’ (2-3) to present their business ideas and HPC infrastructure/support requirements. This session is moderated by Morris Riedel, Leader of the Icelandic National Competence Centre. |
| 15:30-16:00 | Summary and Closing of the conference |
Registration (for online participation)
All the spots for in-person participation have been filled. Please register for the online participation by visiting https://events.prace-ri.eu/event/1566/registrations/1130/. By following the streaming you will also have the chance to ask questions through an online platform.
Location
The event will take place in Copenhagen next to the charming Tivoli Gardens, at Dansk Industri, H.C. Andersens Boulevard 18, 1553 København
Fees: The event is free of charge.
However, we would like to make it possible for as many interested parties as possible to take part and not leave any places unused. Therefore, a no-show fee will be charged if you do not take part without canceling.
Organisers
The Nordic Supercomputing Industry Days are organised by the National HPC Competence Centers in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Iceland.
This project has received funding from the European High-Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (JU) under grant agreement No 951732. The JU receives support from the European Unionâs Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme and its associated countries .