The 2027 edition
The Next Shift.
One day. One room. 700 of Norway's leaders.A national AI arena, built from Bergen — for the people deciding how AI is built, bought and governed.
Where Norway goes from AI ambition to AI action.
Norwegian AI Summit brings together 700 of Norway's decision-makers, builders, investors and policymakers for one focused day in Bergen. One room. One programme. No parallel tracks.
- 01LeadershipWorld-class speakers — and the people making the decisions.
- 02BuildingLive demonstrations of what can actually be built with AI.
- 03ImpactReal conversations about business, productivity, policy and society.
The room · concept visualisationNot a trade show. Not a sales stage.One room. One programme. The people shaping Norway's AI future.
AI has moved from the IT department to the board agenda.
Three things have happened at once — and together they set the timing.
- 01Decisions, not demosLeaders are now expected to decide on AI — budgets, risk, workforce, regulation — not just to understand it.
- 02The room does not exist yetThe conversation happens in London, Paris and San Francisco. Norway has the companies and the capital, but not the room.
- 03The window is 2027The choices boards make in the next eighteen months set their trajectory for a decade. Timing is the point.
The Next Shift — the 2027 theme, as a timeline
- 2019 – 2023The IT departmentPilots, proofs of concept, a few enthusiasts.
- 2024 – 2026The budget lineReal spend, real risk — and the first regulation, as the EU AI Act reaches Norway through the EEA.
- 2027The board agendaStrategy, workforce, capital. The year the decisions are made — and the year the room meets.
Seats. Curated for the people deciding how AI is built, bought and governed.
Invitation-led · One room, one programme · Grieghallen, Bergen · 13 April 2027
One dot per seat. 700 — not 7,000. The room is the product.
Who is in the room
- CEOs and board members
- Investors and owners
- Founders and builders
- Technology leaders
- Public-sector leaders
- Researchers and policymakers
Not another conference. A standard for the room.
- No sales pitches on stageEvery session is prepared, briefed and moderated by the summit. Partners speak for themselves — and earn the room, not buy it.
- Invitation-led700 seats, curated across leadership, technology, capital and policy. Not a ticket you buy — a seat you are given.
- One room, one programmeNo parallel tracks. Everyone hears the same argument, sees the same build and leaves with the same references.
- Closed rooms, real conversationsThe Executive Room and the Board Briefing run under the Chatham House Rule. No press, no recording, no pitch.
One designed day.Four programme pillars.
The programme is being built now. Every session is prepared, briefed and moderated by the summit — no sales pitches on stage. Names follow when they are confirmed, not before.
- 01LeadershipThe opening keynote, The Conversation and the closing keynote — how leaders decide, fund and govern AI.
- 02FrontierThe Frontier Keynote and The Adoption Room — what the models can do now, and what boards should do about it.
- 03RulesThe Rules Segment and The Board Briefing — liability, governance and the EU AI Act as it reaches Norway.
- 04BuildOne real business problem turned into working software, live on the main stage — and The Build Lab for the whole room.
- 09:00Arrival
- 09:30Opening keynote
- 10:20The Conversation
- 11:30Frontier Keynote
- 12:00Rules Segment
- 13:00AI Experience · lunch
- 14:30Live build
- 16:00Closing keynote
- 18:30Summit Dinner
Proposed shape of the day. Highlighted: the opening session, when the whole room is in the same seat. Times are set with the programme; speakers are announced from autumn 2026.
The day does not end when the stage goes dark.
The AI Experience, the Summit Dinner and a broadcast built to travel — designed as one experience, not a programme with side events.
Photo · Svein-Magne Tunli · CC BY-SA 4.0Built in Bergen.Designed for Norway.
A national AI platform, built from Bergen. Norway's most important business conversations do not all have to happen in Oslo.
- IndustryMaritime · energy · finance · media · technology
- CapitalOwners, investors and institutions with national reach
- TalentResearch, universities, founders and technical communities
- AmbitionOne day can create attention. A recurring platform can change perception.
Not a conference hosted in Bergen — an annual arena that puts Bergen firmly on the map for AI, technology and business. Bergen is the place. Norway is the market. The standard is international.
Built with partners.Not sold to sponsors.
World-class events are built before they are sold out. Delivering at this level requires early commitment — from the organisers, the delivery team and a small group of partners who believe in the ambition before everyone else sees it.
- TalentGlobal-calibre speakers secured early — before the programme is public.
- ProductionA room and a broadcast experience worthy of the audience.
- Audience700 carefully selected leaders, not anonymous footfall.
- DistributionA story that starts months before 13 April and continues after it.
- PartnersA small coalition willing to build before the outcome is obvious.
The first partners are announced together with the programme. Positions are limited — one per category — and discussed directly. The first partners do not simply sponsor the event; they make the ambition possible.
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700 seats, one at a time. Tell us who you are — we review every request and reply personally.