Speakers

The speakers for WP Suomi 2026 have been selected! The team received 30 excellent applications with various topics, from 24 individual speakers from both local and international communities. WP Suomi will truly have educational and thought-provoking talks for everyone.

Sisu Talks

  • Matias Autio

    Matias Autio

    Matias is a Finnish web developer who loves keeping things simple. He values writing modular, easy to understand code, that is consistent, well documented and most importantly: is readable by humans.

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  • Janne Kalliola

    Janne Kalliola

    Janne is the CEO of Auree that builds enterprise-grade DBaaS solution.

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  • Sami Häkkinen

    Sami Häkkinen

    I have been working with the web for a very, very long time – first as the founder and CEO of trailblazing digital agency Frantic, and now as Innovation Director at Hion Digital.

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  • Rolle Laukkarinen

    Rolle Laukkarinen

    Rolle has developed for WordPress since 2005 and has worked with code for about thirty years. He is the founder and CTO of Digitoimisto Dude Oy, where he works as both a developer and a system administrator.

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  • Sanna Kramsi & Mikaela Kindstedt

    Sanna Kramsi & Mikaela Kindstedt

    Sanna Kramsi and Mikaela Kindstedt both hold technical competence leadership roles at Exove, combining hands-on expertise with team development.

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Lightning Talks

  • Joonas Holm

    Joonas Holm

    Joonas Holm works as a Customer Success Manager at Hion. In his day-to-day role, Joonas acts as a bridge builder and translator between clients and development teams.

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  • Henrik Björklund

    Henrik Björklund

    Henrik Björklund has worked with the web for over two decades, including 18+ years building WordPress systems for clients.

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  • Niko Vittaniemi

    Niko Vittaniemi

    Hi, I’m Niko Vittaniemi, a WordPress and WooCommerce consultant, trainer, and all-around WordPress nerd from Finland.

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  • Jaakko Saarenketo

    Jaakko Saarenketo

    I’ve been working in the software industry since 2009. I started with my own startup and then moved into more stable entrepreneurship.

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  • Marcel Tannich

    Marcel Tannich

    Marcel Tannich is a WordPress consultant, developer, and a member of the WordPress.org Plugins Team. With more than 15 years of IT experience, he specializes in technical troubleshooting, debugging complex WordPress issues, and support engineering.

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  • Pirjo Sohlo

    Pirjo Sohlo

    Pirjo Sohlo is a Content Marketing Strategist at Valve One. After years in organizational communications, both as a consultant and in-house, she shifted her focus to content marketing and SEO.

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Workshops

  • Lisa-Marie Karvonen

    Lisa-Marie Karvonen

    Senior web developer with a speciality in web application security. Decades of experience in building, managing and securing WordPress both in corporate environments and as an entrepreneur.

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  • Lauri Saarni

    Lauri Saarni

    Lauri Saarni is a Senior Developer at Valu Digital, where he works on product development, AI solutions, as a Findkit specialist and is involved in project work as well.

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  • Milana Cap

    Milana Cap

    Milana Cap is a WordPress engineer at Toptal and XWP, software documentation system architect, WordPress Documentation Team representative, WordPress plugin reviewer, and Documentation Focus lead for WordPress 5.8 – 6.2 release cycles.

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  • Tuomas Sauliala

    Tuomas Sauliala

    Tuomas is an Account Director and Conceptualizer who has spent over two decades navigating the digital realm. Having spent roughly equal amounts of time building digital services and trying to sell them, he has experienced web projects from every conceivable angle.

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