ITARC 2026
Speakers
We’re excited to introduce the first speakers of the year! Check our website regularly – more exciting names will be announced soon.
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Helgi has over 20 years of experience in leading roles within IT and digital transformation, with broad expertise in enterprise design. He holds degrees in business administration and corporate communication, is the Managing Director of Intersection Group, and a key contributor to the development of EDGY and related methods.
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Helgi has over 20 years of experience in leading roles within IT and digital transformation, with broad expertise in enterprise design. He holds degrees in business administration and corporate communication, is the Managing Director of Intersection Group, and a key contributor to the development of EDGY and related methods.
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Karin Brodén is a researcher in Informatics at Umeå University, specialising in digital transformation with a focus on digital competence in the public sector. Her work sits at the intersection of research and practice, making visible what digitalisation means in the everyday realities of organisations and professionals.
With a long-standing background in the IT industry, where she has worked on the development of mission-critical systems, she combines technical insight with a strong focus on organisational and human dimensions. She collaborates closely with municipalities and regions and is the initiator of Dikios®, a tool for assessing and developing digital competence.
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Karin Brodén is a researcher in Informatics at Umeå University, specialising in digital transformation with a focus on digital competence in the public sector. Her work sits at the intersection of research and practice, making visible what digitalisation means in the everyday realities of organisations and professionals.
With a long-standing background in the IT industry, where she has worked on the development of mission-critical systems, she combines technical insight with a strong focus on organisational and human dimensions. She collaborates closely with municipalities and regions and is the initiator of Dikios®, a tool for assessing and developing digital competence.
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Eoin Woods is an independent consultant in the fields of software architecture, green software and software engineering effectiveness. He is formerly the CTO of Endava, where he was responsible for software engineering and capability development for over 10,000 delivery staff across the world. Prior to Endava he developed databases, created security software and designed way too many systems to move money around. Outside his day job he is interested in software architecture, software security and sustainable (or "green") software. He is a regular conference speaker, has co-authored three books on software architecture and was the recipient of the 2018 Linda Northrup Award for Software Architecture, from the Software Engineering Institute at CMU.
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Eoin Woods is an independent consultant in the fields of software architecture, green software and software engineering effectiveness. He is formerly the CTO of Endava, where he was responsible for software engineering and capability development for over 10,000 delivery staff across the world. Prior to Endava he developed databases, created security software and designed way too many systems to move money around. Outside his day job he is interested in software architecture, software security and sustainable (or "green") software. He is a regular conference speaker, has co-authored three books on software architecture and was the recipient of the 2018 Linda Northrup Award for Software Architecture, from the Software Engineering Institute at CMU.
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Get to know the team behind the program

Rebekka Wohlrab
“My goal is to make ITARC a meeting place where we can bridge the gap between academia and industry. It is exciting to see how research results can bear fruit in industry – and to discuss practical problems that can benefit from research-based solutions.”
I am an Assistant Professor at Chalmers University of Technology. For more than ten years, I have conducted research in software architecture, taught lectures and courses in the field, and published my work at academic conferences. I also have several years of industry experience, mainly as a consultant at Volvo Cars and Volvo Trucks in Gothenburg.

Thijmen de Gooijer
”My ambition is to bring different ideas and people together to grow the architecture profession.”
My daily job is that of lead solution architect in Nordea’s Financial Crime Prevention unit. I have a past in bringing academic research into product innovations, which included talks at multiple research conferences. Before joining IASA Sweden’s board, I was heavily involved in the SEI’s SATURN conference and served on the IEEE ICSA conference program committee.
