The biggest day for
women in tech
in Finland

What assumptions are shaping the future of tech? And who gets to challenge them? In this collaborative workshop, we'll explore the questions our industry should discuss more honestly, challenge familiar ways of thinking, and uncover opportunities for meaningful change together. Together, we'll create space for courageous conversations, fresh perspectives and new possibilities for the future.

How can we ensure AI serves as many people as possible fairly and inclusively? And how do we design digital and physical experiences that are accessible and usable for everyone? In this session, we'll explore the principles of inclusive AI and human-centred design through a practical case example from Flow Festival. Learn how inclusivity is being considered across both digital services and the on-site festival experience, and join us in shaping future ideas.

Nearly 70% of employees use AI daily today, and they feel positive about doing so. According to large scale research carried out by Infosys, 72% of employees feel excited or optimistic, and just 2% expect their role to disappear due to AI. But AI's effectiveness as a tool is not evenly spread across an organisation. Senior leaders live in an “AI bubble,” with more tools, more training, and higher trust, that distorts their view of adoption below them. Middle managers get the worst of the deal: weakest access, least training, fewest incentives, yet they're the linchpin between AI experimentation and enterprise scale. Bursting this bubble is imperative to ensure AI truly achieves transformational benefits for employees, employers and customers.

Shay has a career spanning wildly different timescales and stakes: detecting cosmic events that already happened, from a PhD in astrophysics; monitoring disasters as they unfold from orbit, in satellite analytics; and now, building on-prem systems for tactical defense decisions made in seconds.

In this keynote, she argues that the “ship it, iterate, fail fast” instincts that built the last decade of tech are becoming dangerous — not because the industry got careless, but because two forces are compounding: more of what gets built now carries real, high-stakes consequences, while AI-assisted development tools have made it easier than ever to generate and ship without the friction that used to force people to stop and think.

The talk introduces “impact radius,” a practical way to name how far a decision's consequences travel, and explores why the line between exploratory “vibe-coding” and critical production deployment isn't always obvious to engineering teams — which is exactly where these failures start. It offers a framework for matching review and care to phase and radius rather than to how fast something was produced, with takeaways for any team navigating the gap between how fast they can now move and how much that speed should actually be trusted.

AI and automation are already changing how companies build products, create content and make decisions. But technological capability alone does not determine what gets adopted at scale. Regulation, geopolitics, investment and viable business models increasingly shape which innovations take off, and which remain promising ideas.

This cross-sector panel will look beyond the hype to examine what is actually likely to matter over the next few years. Bringing together perspectives from technology, business, policy and the creative industries, the discussion will explore what turns technological breakthroughs into change worth having.

Rather than trying to predict the next big thing, the discussion looks at the forces that determine whether technology actually creates meaningful impact, and focus on the signals worth paying attention to:

• What technologies or developments are we underestimating — and what are we overestimating?
• What determines whether a technological breakthrough actually changes industries and society, particularly as technology moves into areas like creativity that we have traditionally considered distinctly human?
• As technology becomes increasingly tied to geopolitics, security and sovereignty, where can Finland and Europe genuinely lead?
• What developments should you be paying attention to over the next 2–5 years?

Fear of becoming obsolete is starting to influence how people learn, make decisions and behave at work, particularly in environments where automation and AI are advancing quickly. That acceleration creates real opportunities, but it also brings cognitive overload, uncertainty and pressure to keep adapting.

The panel will examine the practical organizational consequences: the cost of sustained mental overload, the retention risks created by persistent disruption, and how psychological safety and organizational design affect innovation, productivity and long-term performance.

The aim is to move beyond a general "future of work" conversation and get into what leaders can actually do:

• How do you create room for experimentation without exhausting people?
• How do you build adaptability without making employees feel permanently replaceable?
• When does the pressure to move faster begin to undermine the performance it is supposed to improve?

What is the basis of your working rights in Finland? What does the latest research tell us about the gender pay gap? How do you know what you can ask for in job negotiations? Come to this session run by the Academic Engineers and Architects in Finland, TEK, to discuss the background for achieving equal pay and fair working conditions. This interactive session will feature a research presentation and a Q&A with TEK's experts.

Turn your idea into a working digital solution using today's AI coding tools. This beginner-friendly, hands-on workshop is especially suited for people on the non-coding side of tech who want to explore how AI can help bring ideas to life. You'll experiment with AI-assisted coding, explore practical tools, and build your own prototype during the session. No previous coding experience is required. Bring your laptop and an idea you'd like to work on — we'll get straight into building!