EAIF - 11th Edition

European AI Forum (2025-06-16)

We are pleased to invite you to the 11th edition of the European AI Forum, which takes place on 16th June, 2025 in Gdansk, Poland. This is our flagship conference, which is produced in cooperation with the nine national AI associations in the EU. We will be broadcasting this year’s edition from Gdansk.

Our conference brings together AI decision makers and entrepreneurs to discuss the most pressing issues driving the AI ecosystem. Among the leading topics, you’ll find discussions on challenges on national level to prepare to AI Act implementations and many other topics.

Agenda:

11.00 – 11.02	Intro VIDEO
11.02 – 11.05	Welcome remarks Piotr Mieczkowski \| VP, European AI Forum, Board Member, KIGEIT Linas Petkevičius, President, AI Lithuania, Vilnius university
11.06 – 11.20	Welcome speech Dariusz Standerski \| Deputy Minister of Digital Affairs, Ministry of Digital Affairs
11.20 – 11.24	Opening remarks Lukas Savickas, Minister of Economy and Innovation of Lithuania, Lithuania
11.24 – 11.28	Opening remarks Jan Kavalírek, Government Envoy for AI and Deputy Minister for AI from Ministry of Industry and Trade, Czechia
11.28 – 11.35	Public policy speech How to build gigafactories and distribute the processing power to AI startups and economy? Alessandro Blank, Policy Leader, German AI Association
11.35 – 12.05	Panel How to build and scale AI infrastructure in Europe? · Marek Magryś, Acting Director, Academic Computer Centre CYFRONET AGH · Kinga Piecuch, CEO, HPE in Poland · Jacek Kawalec, VP, VoiceLab.ai · Rafał Duczmal, Chair of the Governing Board, EuroHPC Joint Undertaking MODERATOR: Marloes Pomp, VP, European AI Forum
12.05- 12.15	Presentation Why open-source AI development isn't just beneficial—it's essential for Europe's technological sovereignty and economic future Alek Tarkowski, Director of Strategy, OpenFuture Foundation
12.15 - 12:50	Panel Cloud Computing and AI: Strengthening Europe's Digital Future. · Stanisław Krzyżanowski, Business Research & Innovation Director, CloudFerro · Piotr Kowalski, Managing Director, Polish Data Center Association · Mateusz Tykierko, VP at Polish Cloud Union, Deputy Director, Wroclaw Centre for Networking and Supercomputing (WCSS) · Manuel Mateo Goyet, Acting Head of Unit, DG CNECT, European Commission MODERTATOR: Robert Paszkiewicz, VP, CEE, OVHcloud
12.50 - 12:56	Public policy speech What EU can do in AI? Daan Juijn, Senior Advanced AI Researcher, Centre for Future Generations
12:56 – 13:03	Public policy speech Apply AI Strategy \| Strengthening the AI Continent Alessandro Blank, Policy Leader, German AI Association
13:03 – 13.35	Panel Applied AI in practise · Robert Zyskowski, CTO, Symfonia Group · Piotr Dorosz, CEO, Deviniti · Krisztián Gál, Ecosystem Lead Region East, EIT Digital · Arek Kwoska, Managing Partner, Rebels Valley MODERATOR: Tomas Krilavičius, President, infobalt
13.35 – 13.50	Fireside chat AI Act and sandboxes Huub Janssen, Chair of the working group of European Regulators, Dutch Authority for Digital Infrastructure Marloes Pomp \| VP, European AI Forum, Lead Government & International, AIC4NL
13.50 - 14.00	AI Up-Skilling Jarune Preiksaite, CEO, Women Go Tech
BREAK 14.00 – 14.30	BREAK 13.50 – 14.30
14.30 – 14.40	Presentation AI Albania \| EAIF new member Prof. Marjana Prifti Skenduli, President, AI Albania Association
14.40 – 14.50	Presentation Georgian AI \| EAIF new member Shota Elkanishvili, Co-Founder and Vice Chairman, Georgian AI Association
14.50 – 15.00	Presentation AI Austria \| Update from our members Ruben Hetfleisch, Lead Generative AI Community, AI Austria Catherine Laflamme, Reinforcement Learning Community Leader, AI Austria
15.00 – 15.55	Polish corner Host: Artur Pruszko, Digital Health Leader, KIGEIT · Pamela Krzypkowska, Director, Ministry of Digital Affairs, · Karol Stryja, Community Builder, Bielik.AI, · Piotr Dorosz, CEO, Deviniti, · Ewa Kieczka, Chief Operating Officer, Graylight Imaging, · Marek Magryś, Acting Director, Academic Computer Centre CYFRONET AGH · Krzysztof Gwardys, CEO, Promity · Mikołaj Sznajder, Head of AI Business Advisory, CampusAI · Grzegorz Borowski, CEO, Infoshare
15.55 – 15.58	Presentation 2nd edition of the European AI Awards Announcement Linas Petkevičius, President, AI Lithuania, Vilnius university
15.58 – 16.00	Farewall Invitation to 12th edition of EAIF in Copenhagen