Inauguration of the Centre for AI Innovation
22 April 2026
Welcome to celebrate the inauguration of Karolinska Institutet's Centre for AI Innovation – a strategic initiative aimed at strengthening AI-driven health innovation, while contributing to solutions that enhance diagnostics, treatment, and care.
We look forward to convening leading stakeholders from academia, healthcare, industry, and policy to mark the launch of this new collaborative arena, dedicated to our shared ambition of advancing AI in healthcare and medical research.
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Speakers and panelists
Photo: Liza SimonssonAnnika Östman Wernerson
President of Karolinska Institutet
Photo: N/AJan Beger
Global Head of AI Advocacy at GE HealthCare
Photo: N/AAida Hadzialic
President of Region Stockholm Council
Photo: N/AJohanna Furuhjelm
Director of the Centre for AI Innovation, Karolinska Institutet
Photo: Andreas AnderssonCarl Johan Sundberg
Dean Campus Nord, Karolinska Institutet
Photo: Andreas AnderssonMaja Fjaestad
Senior Advisor to the President of Karolinska Institutet, previously a member of the European Union AI Council
Photo: Region HallandMarkus Lingman
Chief Strategy Officer of board of Halland hospital group
Photo: Johanna FuruhjelmPäivi Östling
Translation and Health Data Specialist at SciLifeLab
Photo: Rickard KilströmMagnus Boman
Professor in AI within Health at Karolinska Institutet
Photo: Ulf SirbornClara Hellner
Senior Advisor Life Science to the President of Karolinska Institutet
Photo: Rickard KilströmDaniel Lundqvist
National Node Lead for TEF-Health – the EuropeanTesting and Experimentation Facility for Health AI and Robotics