Inauguration of the Centre for AI Innovation

22 April 2026, Biomedicum

Welcome to celebrate the inauguration of Karolinska Institutet's Centre for AI Innovation – an 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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About the Centre for AI Innovation

Speakers and panelists

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Annika Östman Wernerson

President of Karolinska Institutet

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Jan Beger

Global Head of AI Advocacy at GE HealthCare, thought leader in the field of AI in healthcare

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Aida Hadžialić

President of Region Stockholm Council

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Johanna Furuhjelm

Director of the Centre for AI Innovation, Karolinska Institutet

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Carl Johan Sundberg

Dean Campus Nord, Karolinska Institutet

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Maja Fjaestad

Senior Advisor to the President of Karolinska Institutet,  Centre for AI Innovation Strategic Advisory Board, and previously a member of the European Commission AI Office

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Markus Lingman

Chief Strategy Officer of board of Halland hospital group, Centre for AI Innovation Steering Group 

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Päivi Östling

Translation and Health Data Specialist at SciLifeLab, Centre for AI Innovation Steering Group 

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Pontus Naucler

Pontus Naucler, Professor of Infectious Diseases at Karolinska Institutet, Senior Physician at Karolinska University Hospital, and Centre for AI Innovation Strategic Advisory Board

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Sten Linnarsson

Professor of Molecular System Biology, Dean Karolinska Institutet Campus Solna

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Cynthia Perez Estrada

Senior Scientist, Karolinska Institutet, Harvard and RICE alumni, CEO of CUBO Biotechnologies

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Johan Hartman

Professor of Tumor Pathology at Karolinska Instituet, Senior Physician at Karolinska University Hospital, and Co-Founder of Stratipath

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Alexander Borg

Researcher, MD, PhD on how virtual patient simulations using AI and social robotics to enhance clinical reasoning in medical education

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Joel Preger

Chief AI Officer at Karolinska University Hospital

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Magnus Boman

Professor in AI within Health at Karolinska Institutet, Centre for AI Innovation Steering Group 

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Clara Hellner

Senior Advisor Life Science to the President of Karolinska Institutet, Centre for AI Innovation Steering Group 

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Daniel Lundqvist

Initiator of the Centre for AI Innovtion, National Node Lead for TEF-Health – the European Testing and Experimentation Facility for Health AI and Robotics, Professor of Neuro Imaging