Thomas Martinsen
Global Principal Advisor @ Twoday | Microsoft Regional Director | Microsoft AI MVP | Startup Mentor | Developer by Heart
Copenhagen, Denmark
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Throughout my career, I have been driven by a passion for technology, innovation, and the impact they can have on organizations, industries, and society.
Today, I serve as Global Principal Advisor at Twoday, working across the Nordic region to help customers, partners, and internal teams navigate emerging technologies, shape technology strategy, and turn innovation into measurable business value.
With more than 30 years of experience in software engineering, technology leadership, and strategic advisory, I operate at the intersection of technology, business, and innovation. My focus is on helping organizations understand where technology is heading, what it means for their business, and how they can turn emerging opportunities into real-world advantage.
As a Microsoft Regional Director, I am part of a global community of technology leaders who provide strategic feedback to Microsoft and engage with industry leaders on technology trends, business strategy, digital transformation, and innovation. As a Microsoft AI MVP, I work closely with the Microsoft ecosystem to help organizations understand and adopt artificial intelligence, cloud technologies, and next-generation software engineering practices.
Throughout my career, I have built and led communities, organized conferences and industry events, advised executive leadership teams, facilitated innovation workshops, and worked with organizations ranging from startups to some of the largest enterprises in the Nordic region.
I am particularly passionate about bridging the gap between emerging technologies and real business outcomes. Whether speaking at international conferences, advising leadership teams, or helping shape the future of software engineering and AI-driven organizations, my goal is to help people and organizations prepare for, understand, and successfully navigate the future of technology.
I am especially energized by opportunities where technology moves beyond experimentation and into broad industry adoption through ecosystem development, strategic partnerships, community engagement, and practical business transformation.
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Autonomous AI Agents
Most AI solutions today assist humans. The next generation of AI agents will execute work independently.
We are entering a time where AI is no longer just answer questions, generate content, or assist users through chat. Autonomous AI agents can pursue goals, reason about what needs to happen, discover and evaluate information, and take action across digital environments.
In this talk, we will explore how autonomous agents move beyond traditional automation and predefined workflows. Instead of being told every step to follow, agents can identify what information is missing, determine where to find it, evaluate the quality of available data, and continuously adapt their approach as conditions change.
We will examine the core concepts behind autonomous agents, including reasoning, planning, tool use, knowledge building, orchestration, and safe execution. The talk will also cover what organizations need to consider when introducing agents into real business processes, including trust, governance, observability, security, and maintaining control over autonomous behavior.
This session is for anyone who wants to understand where AI is heading beyond copilots and chatbots. The future of AI is not simply better interfaces—it is autonomous digital workers capable of turning objectives into outcomes.
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- Duration: 30–60 minutes (flexible)
- Language: Danish or English
- Level: Inspiration (200)
Engineering Autonomous AI Agents
Most AI solutions today assist humans. The next generation of systems will execute work independently.
Autonomous AI agents represent a fundamental shift in how we think about AI-enabled systems. Instead of simply responding to prompts or assisting users through chat interfaces, agents can reason, plan, gather information, evaluate options, and take action in pursuit of a goal.
In this talk, we will explore what autonomous AI agents are, why they matter, and how they differ from traditional automation, copilots, and low-code AI workflows. We will look at how agents can discover information, work across multiple data sources, build knowledge, identify gaps, and dynamically determine the next best step instead of following a predefined process.
The session will also address what it takes to move from impressive demos to enterprise-ready agentic systems. We will discuss key architectural patterns, orchestration models, operational concerns, and the safety, governance, and control mechanisms required when AI systems are allowed to act on behalf of users and organizations.
Attendees will leave with a clear understanding of the opportunities and challenges of autonomous AI agents, how they can transform business processes, and why the future of AI is not just smarter chat interfaces—but autonomous digital workers capable of turning objectives into outcomes.
Delivery Options
- Duration: 30–60 minutes (flexible)
- Language: Danish or English
- Level: Inspiration (300)
The quantum advantage gap (for developers)
What software teams need to understand before quantum becomes practical.
Quantum computing sounds like a future breakthrough, but for software teams the important question is more practical: what will it take before quantum becomes something we can actually build with? Today, the gap is not just about hardware. It is about programming models, tooling, architecture, resource estimation, hybrid execution, and knowing which problems are even worth trying.
In this talk, we explore that gap from an engineering perspective. We will look at how quantum workloads differ from classical computing, why hybrid systems will matter, and how quantum may connect with AI, HPC, cloud platforms, and existing software architectures.
Attendees will leave with a grounded understanding of what quantum advantage really means, why it is hard to achieve, and how technical teams can start preparing without pretending quantum is already production-ready.
Delivery Options:
- Duration: 30–60 minutes (flexible)
- Language: English
- Level: Inspiration (300)
Audience:
The talk can be adjusted to target either developers or technical leaders.
The quantum advantage gap (for leaders)
Connecting research, technology, and business value
Quantum computing is no longer just a research ambition — but it is not yet a mainstream business tool either. The real opportunity lies in the gap between the two.
This talk explores how business and technology leaders can understand that gap, prepare for what is coming, and identify where quantum may create advantage before the market fully catches up. We will connect quantum with AI, cloud, cybersecurity, software engineering, and real industry use cases — not as distant theory, but as an emerging strategic capability.
What to ignore, what to watch, and what to do now.
Delivery Options:
- Duration: 30–60 minutes (flexible)
- Language: Danish or English
- Level: Inspiration (300)
Audience:
Business and tech leaders.
Thomas Martinsen
Global Principal Advisor @ Twoday | Microsoft Regional Director | Microsoft AI MVP | Startup Mentor | Developer by Heart
Copenhagen, Denmark
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