Advances in Artificial Intelligence at Karolinska Institutet 2026
2 December 9.00-13.00
Join us at Karolinska Institutet for a morning celebrating achievements in AI-driven medical research. The programme will include the announcement of this year's AI@KI Award and conclude with a networking lunch.
The initiative Advances in Artificial Intelligence at KI is made possible thanks to a generous donation from the Lundblad and Thelin families.
Foto: Erika BellanderSpeakers
Foto: N/ADaniel Schwabe
Coordinator of Digital Medicine at Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt in Germany, and also representing TEF-Health, the European Testing and Experimentation Facility for Health AI and Robotics. He has been part of developing a METRIC-framework for assessing data quality for trustworthy AI in medicine. This has led to both a practical-support website for assessing data as well as scientific publications.
Foto: Erik FlygAnn Nordgren
Professor of Clinical Genetics at Karolinska Institutet and Senior Physician at Karolinska University Hospital, focusing on rare diseases.
She will talk about how to solve the unsolved with AI agents – AI-assisted rare disease diagnostics combining genotypes, phenotypes and registry data.
Foto: N/AStefan Skare
Professor of Clinical Neuroscience at Karolinska Institutet and MRI physicist at Karolinska University Hospital.
He will present his innovative work on how to use AI to detect anomalies in the brain with fast multi-contrast MRI.
Foto: Liza SimonssonMartin Bergö
Martin Bergö, Vice President of Karolinska Institutet, will give the KI management view on the role of AI in medical research and AI innovation.
Foto: NAPeter Thelin
Peter Thelin, Honorary Doctor at Karolinska Institutet, will reveal the recipient of the AI@KI Award 2026 on behalf of the donor families Lundblad and Thelin. The award recognises a KI researcher for significant contributions to AI in medical research, and the awardee will present their work.
Foto: Andreas AnderssonMaja Fjaestad
Senior Advisor to the President of Karolinska Institutet, and Head of Policy lab for emerging technology at the KI Centre for AI Innovation, and Docent, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Foto: Rickard KilströmMagnus Boman
Professor in AI within Health at Karolinska Institutet, Chair of the Centre for AI Innovation Steering Group – with more than 40 years' experience in the field of AI.
Foto: N/AJohanna Furuhjelm
Operations Director of the Centre for AI Innovation, Karolinska Institutet, PhD in Molecular Biology, will present the next steps for the centre and opportunities to join it's community.
Foto: Rickard KilströmDaniel Lundqvist
Professor of Neuro Imaging, initiator of the Centre for AI Innovtion, National Node Lead for TEF-Health – the European Testing and Experimentation Facility for Health AI and Robotics.