Gofore’s annual event Intelligent Industry brings together leaders, decision-makers and innovators from across the industrial sector. This year we invite you to explore one of today’s most pressing themes: courage.
What makes an industrial organisation courageous? What does courage look like in modern industrial operations? How can organisations cultivate courage if it’s not in line with accelerating market and customer demands?
Gofore’s annual customer and stakeholder event Intelligent Industry 26 offers fresh perspectives, ambitious ideas and practical insights for leaders looking to drive renewal and resilience.
This year’s theme of courage stems from an industrial study conducted by Gofore in 2025. The study compiling the views of over 30 industry C-level leaders revealed a notion that avoiding risks poses a major threat to Finland’s competitiveness. Also, over half of the respondents believe that the lack our courage forms a barrier to growth in a challenging and volatile market and geopolitical environment.
Kick start your autumn season and book your spot at the event now!
Event programme and speakers
We are proud to present the speaker lineup for Intelligent Industry 26.
- 12.30–14.00 Gofore Demo World service showcases
- 14.15 Seminar begins: Opening words
- Opening insight: The courage to grow
Sanna Malinen, Executive Director, CTO, New Technologies and Skills, Technology Industries of Finland - Insight: Lifecycle data as the future force of industrial players
Harri Laukkanen, Director of Industrial Digitalisation, Gofore
Tommi Eklund, Head of Partners and Solutions, Gofore - Keynote: Building the future of mining through innovation and digitalization
Mats Eriksson, Managing Director, Sandvik Finland - Keynote: No time to wait – From geopolitics to constant innovation
Hanna-Mari Tuovinen, Head of Marketing, Connected Intelligence, Airbus Defence and Space - Buffet dinner and networking
What to expect?
You can expect insightful keynote presentations, discussions, and inspiration on what it takes for industrial companies to propel themselves to the next level of innovation and profitable growth.
The event will start with the Gofore Demo World: A 90-minute long session of intelligent industry solutions you can explore and experience first hand.
Gofore Demo World – experience intelligent industry in action
The immersive Gofore Demo World takes over the foyer of the venue location with hands-on service showcases—come explore, test and experience the latest industrial tech. Discover industrial concepts for digital product lifecycle, simulators and OT Security, solutions for the space industry, demos for digital product passport, testing and quality assurance, embedded solutions, and production modernisation.
Gofore Simulators
Experience the future before it exists. Visit the Gofore Simulators demo spot and discover how simulation transforms product development, testing, training, and more by bringing tomorrow’s machines to life today.
Embedded Solutions
Get inside the machine before it’s built. Visit the Gofore Embedded Solutions demo and see how MBD tools linked to a simulator platform with virtualised ECU and MBSE process development turn Systems Engineering into a connected, real-time design experience.
GoFactory
GoFactory modernises OT applications into scalable, secure and continuously evolving industrial software. It turns operational data into real-time insight, enabling better decisions and measurable improvements on the shop floor.
Quality assurance
Smarter industry needs smarter quality. See how AI-assisted quality assurance with test automation helps to turn complex industrial requirements into reliable tests, faster feedback and more confident releases.
Space
Visit the space demo on how space technology turns complex data into actionable insights. Explore how space situational awareness, AI-powered data processing and space-grade software quality can support more intelligent and reliable industrial operations.
Change management
Transformation takes courage, and success depends on people. Visit the Gofore Change Management demo stand to experience how organizations turn ambitious transformation goals into lasting business value.
Who should attend?
This event is for industrial leaders, key decision-makers and influencers. Attendance will be prioritised to match the intended participant profile. Please note that the event is not open to our competitors.
Speaker introductions
Sanna Malinen
Sanna Malinen serves as the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Technology Industries of Finland and leads the New Technologies and Competence unit. Her work focuses on strengthening the ability of technology companies to succeed in a rapidly changing world through high-level expertise, new technologies, and innovation. Malinen has strong experience in leveraging data and artificial intelligence across various industries as well as in academic research.
Mats Eriksson
Mats Eriksson is a senior leader at Sandvik with extensive international experience in industrial transformation. Throughout his career he has driven bold strategic choices, business renewal and the use of digitalization, automation and new technologies to strengthen competitiveness and create long-term value in global industrial markets.
Hanna-Mari Tuovinen
Hanna-Mari Tuovinen is heading the global marketing activities for the Airbus Defence and Space Business Line Connected Intelligence. Business Line covers a wide range of digital solutions and services from satellite connectivity to geospatial data and analytics, digital defence solutions (air defence, ISR), mission and business critical connectivity and cyber security. The activities are focusing primarily on defence but also on security and critical infrastructure sectors.
With an extensive background in highly technical environments she has successfully driven business growth, digital efforts and change in several organisations. She has a background both in consultancy and leading marketing, communications, branding in an international environment with Finnish and European industries.
About Gofore
Gofore is a digital transformation consultancy building sustainable and innovative smart industry solutions and products. We help organisations renew boldly and strengthen their resilience in an evolving digital world.
Our work spans from machinery and equipment as well as support for the manufacturing sector without forgetting emerging dual-use knowhow and overall security of industrial sphere. Our mission is to lead the way in smart industry and help our customers thrive.