2026 Nordic CIO Community Inner Circle

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Join Nordic's top CIOs for an intimate networking dinner and facilitated discussion on key business challenges. Enjoy a relaxed evening of dinner and drinks with your peers to share best practices, make new connections and build professional relationships.

Join your peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CIOs today:

Assuming leadership of cross-functional AI adoption

Achieving operational resilience through strategic agility and risk management

Uncovering real value from technology investments

Governing Body Co-Chairs

Hillevi Agranius

Securitas
Group CIO

Ashish Agrawal

KONE
SVP & CIO

Atul Bhardwaj

LEGO Group
EVP & CDTO

Karin Hedlund

Axfood
CIO

JP Iversen

Electrolux
Group CIO

Peter Muld

ICA Gruppen
CIO

Carl-Magnus Månsson

Essity
CDIO

Malin Persson

Ericsson
CIO

Sofia Sirvell

Sandvik
EVP & Group CDO

Tommi Tuovila

Neste
CIO

Agenda

8 September 2026

16:30 - 17:30 Executive Networking Reception

17:30 - 18:30 Discussion Topics

Pivoting Under Pressure – Strategic Shifts for Organisational Agility

CIO success in the months ahead will depend on strategic pivots rather than static plans, as economic and geopolitical turbulence persists and AI becomes a cornerstone of IT strategies. Despite these complexities, IT budgets are expected to grow only marginally in 2026. CIOs will face sustained pressures to improve employee productivity and translate those gains into measurable financial impact.

To succeed, CIOs must know how—and when—to decisively terminate underperforming projects, weigh global versus local vendor trade-offs, and mitigate risk in a complex regulatory environment.

Discussion Questions:

How can CIOs ensure AI investments deliver measurable financial impact—not just efficiency gains?
What proven approaches convert employee productivity gains into measurable business value?
What strategies enable CIOs to continuously reprioritize IT initiatives amid ongoing disruption?
How should sourcing strategies adapt to new digital sovereignty laws and geopolitical risks?

18:30 - 19:00 Networking Break

19:00 - 20:30 Summary Discussion & Dinner

20:30 - 21:30 Social Hour

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Grand Hôtel Stockholm

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