Workshopledare
Annika Thomsson är certifierad utbildare i Nonviolent Communication och har i över 20 år arbetat med utbildningar i kommunikation, konflikthantering och grupputveckling – i såväl svensk som internationell kontext. Sedan 2021 arbetar hon med företagsutbildningar på Medlingscentrum, med fokus på hållbart ledarskap och samarbete.
Med en bakgrund som gymnasielärare och utbildningsansvarig inom ideell sektor har hon lett ett stort antal ledarskapsprogram med inriktning på coachande förhållningssätt, grupprocesser och förändringsarbete. Hon är även medgrundare och ordförande i Föreningen Nonviolent Communication i Sverige.
Hennes arbete präglas av en strävan att skapa trygga rum för lärande, där empatisk och ärlig kommunikation bidrar till både professionell utveckling och organisatorisk hållbarhet.
Workshopledare
Annika Thomsson är certifierad utbildare i Nonviolent Communication och har i över 20 år arbetat med utbildningar i kommunikation, konflikthantering och grupputveckling – i såväl svensk som internationell kontext. Sedan 2021 arbetar hon med företagsutbildningar på Medlingscentrum, med fokus på hållbart ledarskap och samarbete.
Med en bakgrund som gymnasielärare och utbildningsansvarig inom ideell sektor har hon lett ett stort antal ledarskapsprogram med inriktning på coachande förhållningssätt, grupprocesser och förändringsarbete. Hon är även medgrundare och ordförande i Föreningen Nonviolent Communication i Sverige.
Hennes arbete präglas av en strävan att skapa trygga rum för lärande, där empatisk och ärlig kommunikation bidrar till både professionell utveckling och organisatorisk hållbarhet.
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Iffat Fatima is a doctoral researcher with the Software and Sustainability (S2) research group at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands. She is also a researcher at the VU Digital Sustainability Center (DiSC). Her research work lies at the intersection of software architecture and sustainability. Her work contributes to developing frameworks and practices that support sustainable software design and sustainability monitoring.
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Iffat Fatima is a doctoral researcher with the Software and Sustainability (S2) research group at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands. She is also a researcher at the VU Digital Sustainability Center (DiSC). Her research work lies at the intersection of software architecture and sustainability. Her work contributes to developing frameworks and practices that support sustainable software design and sustainability monitoring.
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I'm a risk manager who taught himself to vibe-code. Started as a penetration tester, and ended up running risk management for big, tech heavy, corporations, now a risk and security consultant. Built 2 startups along the way. I like to solve problems, especially if they are difficult.
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I'm a risk manager who taught himself to vibe-code. Started as a penetration tester, and ended up running risk management for big, tech heavy, corporations, now a risk and security consultant. Built 2 startups along the way. I like to solve problems, especially if they are difficult.
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Karin is a senior advisor with extensive experience in leading strategic and customer-centric business and organizational development within large-scale operations facing broad transformation needs and cross-functional processes.
She has a strong track record of designing sustainable business solutions and fostering engagement through clear communication and empathy. Her work has consistently contributed to long-term success and resilience in the organizations she supports.
Karin distinguishes herself by her ability to engage leaders and teams to deliver outstanding results under tight deadlines in highly demanding environments. Driven by curiosity and a strong focus on business outcomes, she excels at aligning vision and mission with goals, tactical planning, and operational execution—often with business architecture as the foundation.
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Karin is a senior advisor with extensive experience in leading strategic and customer-centric business and organizational development within large-scale operations facing broad transformation needs and cross-functional processes.
She has a strong track record of designing sustainable business solutions and fostering engagement through clear communication and empathy. Her work has consistently contributed to long-term success and resilience in the organizations she supports.
Karin distinguishes herself by her ability to engage leaders and teams to deliver outstanding results under tight deadlines in highly demanding environments. Driven by curiosity and a strong focus on business outcomes, she excels at aligning vision and mission with goals, tactical planning, and operational execution—often with business architecture as the foundation.
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Eltjo R. Poort leads the architecture practice at CGI in The Netherlands. In his 40-year career in the software industry, he has fulfilled many engineering and project management roles, as solution architect, developer, designer, requirements engineer, manager, consultant, reviewer, teacher, researcher, coach and practice leader. In the 1990s, he oversaw the implementation of the first SMS text messaging systems in the United States. In the last decades, he produced various publications on improving architecting practices, including a PhD thesis.
Eltjo is best known for his work on Risk- and Cost-Driven Architecture, a set of principles and practices for agile architecting, for which he received the Linda Northrop Software Architecture Award in 2016.
Topics of interest: Agile Architecture, Solution Architecture, Software Architecture, Enterprise Architecture, Technical Debt Control, Risk Management, “Non-Functional” Requirements, Architecture Evaluation, ethical and social implications of digital systems, responsible AI.
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Eltjo R. Poort leads the architecture practice at CGI in The Netherlands. In his 40-year career in the software industry, he has fulfilled many engineering and project management roles, as solution architect, developer, designer, requirements engineer, manager, consultant, reviewer, teacher, researcher, coach and practice leader. In the 1990s, he oversaw the implementation of the first SMS text messaging systems in the United States. In the last decades, he produced various publications on improving architecting practices, including a PhD thesis.
Eltjo is best known for his work on Risk- and Cost-Driven Architecture, a set of principles and practices for agile architecting, for which he received the Linda Northrop Software Architecture Award in 2016.
Topics of interest: Agile Architecture, Solution Architecture, Software Architecture, Enterprise Architecture, Technical Debt Control, Risk Management, “Non-Functional” Requirements, Architecture Evaluation, ethical and social implications of digital systems, responsible AI.
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Ola Appelros är Country IS manager för ABB´s svenska verksamhet och ingår i den Svenska ledningsgruppen. Han brinner speciellt för Consumer Experience frågor och samarbete mellan globala funktioner och lokal verksamhet.
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Ola Appelros är Country IS manager för ABB´s svenska verksamhet och ingår i den Svenska ledningsgruppen. Han brinner speciellt för Consumer Experience frågor och samarbete mellan globala funktioner och lokal verksamhet.
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Markus Funke is a Ph.D. candidate at the Software and Sustainability group (S2) of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. He is holding a joint Master’s degree in Computer Science, appointed by the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and the University of Amsterdam. His research interests focus on software architecture, architecture knowledge, and software sustainability, with particular interest in the relation to professional practice and the industry. Prior to joining the VU, he worked as a software developer and technical project manager. As a researcher, he is involved in the VU Digital Sustainability Center (DiSC), the EU research project "uDEVOPS", and he is a member of the Dutch National Coalition Sustainable Digitalization (NCDD).
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Markus Funke is a Ph.D. candidate at the Software and Sustainability group (S2) of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. He is holding a joint Master’s degree in Computer Science, appointed by the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and the University of Amsterdam. His research interests focus on software architecture, architecture knowledge, and software sustainability, with particular interest in the relation to professional practice and the industry. Prior to joining the VU, he worked as a software developer and technical project manager. As a researcher, he is involved in the VU Digital Sustainability Center (DiSC), the EU research project "uDEVOPS", and he is a member of the Dutch National Coalition Sustainable Digitalization (NCDD).
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Dr. Remco de Boer is a managing partner at ArchiXL, a Dutch enterprise & information architecture consultancy, where he leads the development of their semantic knowledge management platform. He is a Research Fellow in Digital Architecture at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, where he also lectures the Digital Architecture course. As a practising architect, he is involved in the design and evolution of national reference architectures for education and cultural heritage. His interests include architectural knowledge management, decision making, and the use of semantic technologies to integrate and link knowledge sources to support knowledge management. His ideas on architectural knowledge management have had a significant impact on the way in which the Dutch public sector and other organizations now treat their architectural knowledge.
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Dr. Remco de Boer is a managing partner at ArchiXL, a Dutch enterprise & information architecture consultancy, where he leads the development of their semantic knowledge management platform. He is a Research Fellow in Digital Architecture at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, where he also lectures the Digital Architecture course. As a practising architect, he is involved in the design and evolution of national reference architectures for education and cultural heritage. His interests include architectural knowledge management, decision making, and the use of semantic technologies to integrate and link knowledge sources to support knowledge management. His ideas on architectural knowledge management have had a significant impact on the way in which the Dutch public sector and other organizations now treat their architectural knowledge.
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Sarah is a technology leader, consultant and conference speaker with a focus on microservices, engineering enablement, observability and DevOps. She has over 20 years’ experience as a developer, principal engineer and tech director across product, platform, SRE and DevOps teams.
She is the author of the O’Reilly book Enabling Microservice Success: Managing Technical, Organizational and Cultural Challenges.
Speaker
Sarah is a technology leader, consultant and conference speaker with a focus on microservices, engineering enablement, observability and DevOps. She has over 20 years’ experience as a developer, principal engineer and tech director across product, platform, SRE and DevOps teams.
She is the author of the O’Reilly book Enabling Microservice Success: Managing Technical, Organizational and Cultural Challenges.
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Daniel Melin har tidigare arbetat som strateg på Skatteverket gällande totalförsvarsfrågor kopplat till samordnad statlig it-drift samt var en profilerad röst i debatten om molntjänster i offentlig sektor. Numera arbetar han som affärsutvecklare hos den svenska molntjänstleverantören Safespring och är fortfarande lika engagerad i frågorna.
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Daniel Melin har tidigare arbetat som strateg på Skatteverket gällande totalförsvarsfrågor kopplat till samordnad statlig it-drift samt var en profilerad röst i debatten om molntjänster i offentlig sektor. Numera arbetar han som affärsutvecklare hos den svenska molntjänstleverantören Safespring och är fortfarande lika engagerad i frågorna.
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Robert has over 25 years of experience in building Internet-based solutions, including his work as an architect at Microsoft. During the early days of cloud computing, he helped early customers adopt Azure. At Active Solution, Robert focuses on architecture for scalable cloud solutions, often integrating cutting-edge AI technologies, with a special focus on Responsible AI, security and governance.
He regularly speaks at conferences like DevSum, Techorama, and Oredev, discussing topics such as AI, security, cloud computing, and architecture.
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Robert has over 25 years of experience in building Internet-based solutions, including his work as an architect at Microsoft. During the early days of cloud computing, he helped early customers adopt Azure. At Active Solution, Robert focuses on architecture for scalable cloud solutions, often integrating cutting-edge AI technologies, with a special focus on Responsible AI, security and governance.
He regularly speaks at conferences like DevSum, Techorama, and Oredev, discussing topics such as AI, security, cloud computing, and architecture.
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Jakob Ehn is a Cloud and AI architect at Active Solution and the company's CTO. With over 20 years of experience, he builds software solutions and educates developers and architects on Microsoft technologies through training, books, and talks.
Jakob is also a Microsoft Azure MVP and frequently speaks at conferences such as NDC, Techorama, DevSum, CloudBrew, UpdateConf, and SweTugg.
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Jakob Ehn is a Cloud and AI architect at Active Solution and the company's CTO. With over 20 years of experience, he builds software solutions and educates developers and architects on Microsoft technologies through training, books, and talks.
Jakob is also a Microsoft Azure MVP and frequently speaks at conferences such as NDC, Techorama, DevSum, CloudBrew, UpdateConf, and SweTugg.