Speakers
Head of Penetration Testing and Incident Response, Netsecurity AS
Vegard Vaage is the Head of Penetration Testing and Incident Response at Netsecurity AS. He has a background as a software developer for TV 2 AS and Vimond Media Solutions amongst others, but his real passion is in the offensive side of information security. He is a certified penetration...
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Director of Research And Innovation, Wolftech
Sergej is the Director of Research and Innovation at Wolftech Broadcast Solutions, where he is driving the innovation of a collaborative news and media production tool that is used by more than 11 thousand of users on a daily basis. Sergej holds a PhD in Computer Science in the field...
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Data Journalist and Investigative Reporter, Bergens Tidende
Anders Grimsrud Eriksen works as a data journalist and investigative reporter in Bergens Tidende. He is passionate about sensor journalism, coding and using big data for journalism. He has received multiple national awards and diplomas for investigative projects using data journalism.Originally...
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Data Journalist, Bergens Tidende
Lasse Lambrechts, 43 years old and father of three. Data journalist and newsroom nerd at Bergens Tidende. Passionate about toilet paper orientation, guitar riffs and workflows. A living proof that 10.000 hours of practice does not make you an expert.
Statistician, Human Rights Data Analysis Group (HRDAG)
Speaker at MCB HackTalk title: Missing data challenges in human rights researchBio on Maria Gargiulo:Maria is a Statistician at the Human Rights Data Analysis Group (HRDAG), which was awarded the 2021 Rafto Prize. In her work, Maria uses statistical methods to bring clarity to human...
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Associate Professor in Media and Communication Studies, The University of Gothenburg
Jenny Wiik is an Associate Professor in Media and Communication Studies at the University of Gothenburg, and Malmö University. Her research interest is professional journalism as an ideological construct as well as a democratic institution, focusing on journalistic identities in...
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Director of Software Leadership, Avanade
Originally educated in arts and design, Anders has spent the last twenty years writing code. He has given numerous talks and keynotes at conferences such as JavaZone, NDC, J-Fall, Øredev and many more. Have given 100+ conference talks to a variety of audiences including media, design...
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Product Manager, Factiverse
Gaute is a product manager at Factiverse, a startup working to fight fake news and spread digital literacy with AI and NLP. He has broad experience in gamification, working to make products and services engaging and fun. Gaute also founded a fact-checking start-up in 2015, before...
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Development Editor, Kommunal Rapport
Espen Andersen has been involved in journalism since the beginning of the 90's, and is now working as a Development Editor in Kommunal Rapport. He has previously worked for 12 years as a researcher and developer at the documentary and social department at NRK, and before that as a...
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Strategic Advisor and Journalist, NRKbeta
Eirik Solheim is a senior strategic advisor in the development department of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK). He is leading projects involving internet services, interactive TV, social media and broadband strategies. His experience includes years of work as a consultant...
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Dean, Journalist, Public Policy Analyst & Author, American University’s School of Communication (SOC)
Sam Fulwood III is dean of American University’s School of Communication (SOC) and a prominent journalist, public policy analyst and author, whose work addresses key issues of media influences on American life. He has written and lectured extensively across the United States and...
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Data Journalist, Datenfreunde
Marco Maas works as a data journalist based in Hamburg. His company Datenfreunde works with ten people on developing prototypes for new ways of storytelling, data journalism and media distribution for smart speakers/displays. Their projects won several awards like LEAD-Awards, Grimme...
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Senior Project Manager, Media City Bergen
Ketil is a Media and Technology passionate on a mission to fuel the future's most engaging and innovative viewer, listener, and reader experiences. Born, raised, and based in Bergen, Norway, he is currently a Senior Project Manager at
Media City Bergen.Over the past 18 years, Ketil has worked in the media industry's editorial and technological sectors – enjoying the intersection in the middle the most. His experience includes product and team leadership, project management, software design and development, online broadcast o...
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