The Nordic AI Union Summit 2026

How Can We Uphold the Nordic Way in the Age of AI?
Join us on 19th of March from 10.00-17.00
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Where union leaders, experts, and changemakers come together to shape a worker-driven and democratic digital transformation of the future workplace. Through keynote presentations, roundtable discussions, and cross-border collaboration, the summit offers a space for fresh insights, bold ideas, and joint strategies. Together, we will explore how to uphold the Nordic model in the digital age and secure real influence over how AI is introduced, governed, and negotiated at work.
The Nordic AI Union Summit is organised by NITO, Finansforbundet Norway and Delta.
Foto: Sebastian Storvik, NITO ( Nordic AI Union Summit 2025) og foto av Sigrun Aasland krediteres Regjeringen.no
Digitalisation is testing the Nordic model. As AI reshapes our workplaces and new EU digital rules emerge, it’s more important than ever to work together.
Built on trust, cooperation, and social dialogue, the Nordic way has helped us navigate change before. Strong collaboration is key to building a future of work that protects rights, boosts skills, and strengthens our societies.  At the Summit, we explore how unions can drive fair and inclusive digital transformation. Be part of the conversation – and the solution. Sign up now to shape the future of work in the Nordics.
The Program
@10:00
Welcome by presidents of NITO, Finansforbundet and Delta
The State of AI around the world
Lasse Maugesten, Director Strategy & AI-Advisory, TRY
How AI is changing the workplace worldwide:
Through real-world examples, Maugestenhe presents how AI is changing the workplace and what this means for workers, unions, and the Nordic model. AI can be governed in ways that strengthen democracy, participation and fairness.
Emerging AI trends: How will agentic AI impact the way work?
Dag Nyrud, Director, AI Business Solutions, Microsoft Norway
The next generation AI:
Nyrud, explores how the next generation of AI is moving from tools to agentic systems in the workplace. How will automated agents impact tasks, roles, and decision-making? How can unions anticipate and engage with emerging AI technologies, ensuring transparency, participation, and human oversight as automation accelerates at work?
The supremacy of technology: Seductive AI and how to resist its power
Elisabeth Austad Asser, Associate Professor, The Universitetet of Agder
Protecting democracy and human agency against technological dominanc:
AI shapes decisions, values, and power in working life. Austad Asser invites us to reflect on how to resist technological dominance to protect democracy and human agency, and a fair and responsible working life in the growing supremacy of technology. Austad Asser holds a PhD in AI and ethics from the University of Agder in Norway and is the author of "Teknologiens makt – The Supremacy of Technology".
FEPS Fringe Event: Algorithmic Rule - an Author Conversation
Editors Simon Vinge, Chief Economist, Union for Professionals, Akademikerförbundet SSR and Maja Fjaestad, Senior Advisor to the President at KI. Associate professor, former Swedish State Secretary for Health. Moderated by Monty Aal, Digital Policy Analyst at FEPS.
How AI and algorithmic decision-making are reshaping work, public administration, and democratic governance:
As employers and governments in Sweden and beyond increasingly rely on automated decision-making,the book asks critical questions about power, transparency, surveillance, and workers’ rights. It explores real-world algorithmic failures, highlighting what is at stake when democratic control is ceded to technology and Big Tech. Crucially for unions, the book looks ahead to how collective action, regulation, and worker influence over technology can help ensure that the Nordic Way remains viable in the age of AI.
This conversation is organised in the context of the FEPS-Nordic Digital Programme, a collaborative research and policy initiative led by the Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS) in cooperation with Nordic think tanks and trade unions.
Disclaimer: his FEPS fringe event is organised with the financial support of the European Parliament. It does not reflect the view of the European Parliament.

@12:30 Lunch & mingle at The Munch
@13:15
The 10 AI commandments
Eirik Mofoss, Policy Lead & CEO, Langsikt
The 10 AI Commandments: Harnessing AI’s Promise, Guarding against Unprecedented Risk — may The Nordic Model be our Compass?
Langsikt is an independent think tank for long-term policymaking, focusing on global challenges such as AI. Mofoss presents the political and public responses following their launch of the 10 AI commandments. How does AI policy influence power, regulation and the workplace and how can unions influence AI policy and governance?
Roundtable discussion: Negotiating AI in the Workplace
Sharing knowledge, experience and practical exsamples of how trade unions navigate the introduction of AI at work, safeguard workers’ rights, and exercise influence through negotiation and social dialogue.
Key Discussion Themes:
1. The lifecycle of negotiating AI
  • At what stages are unions involved when AI is introduced?
  • From early assessment and procurement to deployment, monitoring and revision
  • Lessons learned from different sectors and countries
2. Essential rights unions must demand
  • Transparency and access to information on AI systems
  • Human oversight, accountability and the right to challenge automated decisions
  • Protection against discrimination, unfair surveillance and deskilling
  • Skills development, training and job security
3. Embedding Rights in Practice
  • Collective agreements and local negotiations
  • Co-determination structures and works councils
  • Company policies, governance frameworks, and ethical guidelines
  • National legislation, regulation, and enforcement mechanisms
Nordic Panel: From insight to action!
A Nordic panel of union leaders, politicians and AI experts.
Participants:
- Vice President Steen Lund, Finansforbundet Denmark
- Vice President Iida Lähdemäki, AI Finland and New Nordics AI
- Policy Lead & CEO Eirik Mofoss, Langsikt
- President Ulrika Lindstrand, Sveriges Ingenjörer
- Dr.Christina Jayne Colclough, TheWhyNotLab

Additional panel participants will be announced shortly.
Closing address by Sigrun Aasland, Norway’s Minister of Research and Higher Education
Her participation highlights the growing national importance of how AI shapes knowledge, skills, and working life — and the need for close collaboration, guided by the Nordic model, to ensure technology strengthens society rather than weakens it.
@17:00 Afternoon mingle
Join us for a debrief and to connect with fellow participants.
@19:00 VIP dinner
Information
Time and place:
The event takes place on the 19th of March at MUNCH, Edvard Munchs plass 1, 0194 Oslo
Prices and sign-up: Follow this link. The day pass ticket does not include the VIP dinner. The dinner has a limited amount of tickets, so be quick if you want to join us for this. If you can´t join for the whole day, we also provide some Half-day-passes.
Hotel recommendation: We recommend staying at Clarion Hotel Oslo, only a four-minute walk away from MUNCH and the Nordic AI Union Summit.
MUNCH is a 60-meter tall architectural masterpiece in Oslo's Bjørvika district, offering breathtaking fjord views. MUNCH has state-of-the-art conference spaces, three restaurants, and a rooftop networking bar.
We recommend arriving early or staying an extra day if you have the chance. Exploring this vibrant art museum and seeing the Norwegian painter Edvard Munch’s work alongside international exhibitions and contemporary artists is worth it.
Contact:
Should you have any questions about the event, please contact us at: hello@nordicaisummit.org
All unions are welcome to get in touch with us if you would like to share your work on AI.
The 2025 Summit:
Some of the Top Speakers from the 2025 Summit: Inga Strümke, Graig Gent, The Norwegian Minister of Digitalisation Karianne Tung, CEO of The Why Not Lab Dr. Christina J. Colclough, Director of Abelia Øystein E. Søreide, Gerard Oosterwijck, EU/Feps, Olivia Rekman, Nordic Innovation, Victoria Kirchhoff- 1. vice-president of Unionen, Sweden and Heidi Nordy Lunde- Member of the Norwegian Parlament (The Conservative Party of Norway-Høyre)