Christiane Vejlø, Speaker | Digital Trends & Ethics, Director

Christiane Vejlø

Navigate the digital landscape with ethical practices and strategic guidance with Christiane Vejlø, speaker, digital ethics advocate.

Christiane Vejlø | Speaker Biography

Leading European speaker on humanity's relationship with technology

Chairwoman of the Danish government's Expert Group on Data Ethics

Creator of the Knomo Elektronista digital clutch, recognized by WIRED & ELLE

Christiane Vejlø is a Digital trends and ethics expert and one of Europe’s leading speakers on the relationship between humanity and tech. As an adviser to the Danish government and top international firms, she passionately advocates ethics in the digital space.

Christiane is a humanist with an academic background in comparative religion and media studies and 15 years of leading positions in tech, telecom, and start-ups. From her base in Copenhagen, she functions as an acknowledged digital trend analyst, strategic adviser, and keynote speaker, guiding CEOs, boards, and the Danish government to the digital future.

She holds several advisory and board roles, including chairman of the expert group on data ethics for the Danish Ministry of Business, member of the Danish Prime Ministers Disruption Council, board member of the Copenhagen Business School Executive Department, Copenhagen Opera Festival, and Danish-listed start-up Conferize. Christiane focuses on how companies, governments, and individuals take responsibility and ensure that the transition into the digital era happens in humanity’s best interest.

Christiane is behind the award-winning tech blog electronica.dk; she hosts a national radio tech show and is a sought-after keynote speaker and chairwoman of the government-appointed Expert Group on Data Ethics.

Christiane holds a master's degree in Media Studies and has a professional background in leading media- and telecom positions. She specializes in digital trends and digital user behaviour, and her work is anchored in the interaction between humans and technology.

Christiane also works at the intersection of fashion and technology/wearables. She is behind the world’s first genuinely functional and stylish handbag, the Knomo Elektronista digital clutch, which has been recommended by WIRED, ELLE, COSMOPOLITAN, USA Today, and many others. As an investor, Vejlø focuses on digital start-ups, the Internet of Things, and wearables.

Her latest book, “The Good Idea – Responsible Innovation for the Future”, focuses on an overview of the most critical social and business trends of the post-pandemic era, how to turn a crisis into an innovation opportunity, the answer to why it’s hard to think new and how to do it anyway, the formula for how to put together the strongest innovation team, and thoughtful inspiration that forces your brain to new places. It focuses on a unique hands-on tool for developing The Good Idea.

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Featured Sessions

Arguments For Humans (About AI)

Christiane Vejlø discusses the ethical implications and societal impacts of artificial intelligence, advocating for human-centric approaches in AI development and deployment.

Dressed For The Working Life Of The Future

In a presentation infused with optimism and good humor throughout, Charlie Bolden shares first-hand stories that bear witness to the possibilities that can be realized through a combination of grit, determination, and American ingenuity. Reflecting on a lifetime of service to country, Bolden offers insight into the incredible human effort that was required to implement ideas that started on a piece of paper to what would eventually become the tangible projects that would set a new agenda for the future of exploration to the Red Planet and beyond.

Thought-Provoking Tech Trends

Over time our society’s notion of success has been reduced to just the acquisition of money and power. This idea of success can work — or at least appear to work— in the short term. But over the long term, money and power by themselves are like a two-legged stool — you can balance on them for a while. Still, eventually, you’re going to topple over. And more and more people — very successful people — are toppling over. To live the lives we truly want and deserve and not just the ones we settle for, we need another measure of success beyond the two metrics of money and power. In this riveting talk, based on her #1 New York Times bestselling book, Thrive, Arianna Huffington shows how we can create a Third Metric based on well-being, wisdom, wonder, and the power of giving.

The Good Idea - About Data Ethics And Responsible Tech

Most companies and schools follow this formula: if you work harder, you will be more successful, and then you will be happy. This formula is scientifically backward. A decade of research shows that training your brain to be positive at work first actually fuels greater success second. In fact, 75% of our job success is predicted not by intelligence, but by your optimism, social support network and the ability to manage energy and stress in a positive way. By researching top performers at Harvard, the world’s largest banks, and Fortune 500 companies, Shawn discovered patterns which create a happiness advantage for positive outliers—the highest performers at the company. Based on his book, The Happiness Advantage, Shawn explains what positive psychology is, how much we can change, and practical applications for reaping the Happiness Advantage in the midst of change and challenge.

From Frankenstein To The Future - The Predictions Of Storytelling

Who teaches a machine what’s right? Should We tax robots? What If my child’s best friend is a chatbot? What Does an algorithm ethicist do? Do Smart machines need therapy? We Are on the verge of one of the biggest technological disruptions our species has ever faced. As automation, algorithms, and artificial intelligence continue to advance exponentially, technology is rewriting the rules of our society that have served us for decades.

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"A very well-prepared and inspiring post that captures the audience immediately. As a listener, you have no doubt that Christiane knows what she is talking about in the field of future digital technology, and you quickly let yourself be carried away by her commitment and broad insight. As a lecturer, Christiane is dynamic, smiling, empathetic and a fantastic communicator. Her lecture can be highly recommended from here." — Ninette Perret-Genti

"Very well done. Exactly as a conference should be moderated. Times were held, she had insightful comments and summaries were succinct and accurate. She Did that excellently. Engaged and interested. Thumbs up!" — GamesBusiness conference