EAIF - 9th Edition

European AI Forum (2024-06-20)

We are pleased to invite you to the 9th edition of the European AI Forum, which takes place on 20th June, 2024 in Vilnius, Lithuania. 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 Vilnius.

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.

Preliminary program

Time (EEST zone)	Title	Description
10:00	Welcome & Reaction to the AI Act (Daniel Abbou, Marloes Pomp, Linas Petkevičius)	Daniel Abbou, President EAIF, General Manager German AI Association Marloes Pomp, Vice-President EAIF, Coordinator NL Coalition Linas Petkevičius, President Artificial intelligence association of Lithuania, Board of Directors EAIF
10:05	Opening speech	Erika Kuročkina, Vice-minister Economy and Innovation Ministry, Lithuania
10:09	Opening speech & Keynote	Tomas Lamanauskas, Deputy Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
10:25	Keynote	Dr Volker Wissing Federal Minister for Digital and Transport, German
10:31	AI regulation: how to protect democracy and human rights and foster innovation at the same time?	Thomas Schneider, Chair of Council of Europe Committee on AI (CAI)
10:52	AI, Disinformation and Automated Influence - Challenges for Society, Economy and Democracy	prof. Volker Wittpahl, Managing director of the Institute for Innovation and Technology (iit).
11:13	Henri VERDIER	Ambassador for Digital AffairsMinistry for Europe and Foreign AffairsFrance
11:19	Current situation assesment. Where are we? (Panel discussion)	Moderator Thomas Schneider, Piotr Mieczkowski, General manager Poland AI Association, Board of Directors EAIF Marloes Pomp, Vice-President EAIF, Coordinator NL Coalition Chloé Plédel, Head of European and Regulatory Affairs, Hub France IA, Board of Directors EAIF
11:35	The environmental impact of AI: reconciling innovation and ecological awareness	Chloé Plédel, Head of European and Regulatory Affairs, Hub France IA
11:57	Emotion recognition and AIAct	Prof. Lucas P.J.J. Noldus, Radboud University
12:06	Paradox of Progress: AI, Loneliness, and Social Disconnection	Aco Momčilović, Board Member CroAI
12:10	Lunch Break
13:02	Keynote Head of AI Office	Lucilla Sioli DG Connect and AI Office
13:08	Dual use of AI (Panel discussion)	Moderator: prof. Paulius Pakutinskas (LT) Simona Pūkienė, Science and Innovation advisor, Research Council of Lithuania Tomas Krilavicius, Dean of Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics VMU, President Infobalt, REMOTE Eliza Kruczkowska, Innovation Director, Polish Development Fund, REMOTE
13:29	Standardisation in the AI Act	Valeria Orlova, MCs @ Cambridge
13:37	Standardisation in AI, from an investors perspective	Rok Zaloznik, Swiss AI Association, President and cofounder
13:45	The impact of Digital Trust on humans and their decision-making and why Trustworthy AI is the first important step	Dr. Katharina von Knop, VDE Association for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies
14:06	Empowering Europe's Leadership in Innovation: Embracing Immersive Futures	Orestis Trasanidis, EIT Digital
14:23	AI Village How to convince SME to apply AI	Alex Dickmann Project Lead AI Village
14:33	European AI Awards announcment	Anouncing EAIF Awards
14:38	Goodbye & Wrap up and Farewell	Daniel Abbou, President EAIF, General Manager German AI Association Marloes Pomp, Vice-President EAIF, Coordinator NL Coalition Linas Petkevičius, President Artificial intelligence association of Lithuania

Keynote Speakers & Panelists

Thomas Schneider

Chair of CoE Committee on AI (CAI)

Dr Volker Wissing

Federal Minister for Digital and Transport, Germany

Dr. Katharina von Knop

VDE Association for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies

Tomas Lamanauskas

Deputy Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

Erika Kuročkina

Vice Minister of Economy and Innovation, Lithuania

Chloé Plédel

Head of Europeana and Regulatory Affairs @HubFranceIA

prof. Volker Wittpahl

Institute for Innovation and Technology

Lucilla Sioli

DG Connect and AI Office

Orestis Trasanidis

EIT Digital

Valeria Orlova

Technology Policy, MSc @ Cambridge University

Henri VERDIER

Ambassador for Digital Affairs Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs France

Rok Zaloznik

Swiss AI Association, President and cofounder

dr. Tomas Krilavičius

Vytautas Magnus University, Infobalt

Simona Pūkienė

Ministry of National Defence of the Republic of Lithuania

Eliza Kruczkowska

Innovation Director, Polish Development Fund

Alex Dickmann

AI Village

Prof. Lucas P.J.J. Noldus

Radboud University

Aco Momčilović

Board Member CroAI

Moderation

President @EAIF

VP @EAIF

EAIF

UNESCO, Mykolas Romeris University

European AI Forum (2024-06-20)

Preliminary program

Time (EEST zone)	Title	Description
10:00	Welcome & Reaction to the AI Act (Daniel Abbou, Marloes Pomp, Linas Petkevičius)	Daniel Abbou, President EAIF, General Manager German AI Association Marloes Pomp, Vice-President EAIF, Coordinator NL Coalition Linas Petkevičius, President Artificial intelligence association of Lithuania, Board of Directors EAIF
10:05	Opening speech	Erika Kuročkina, Vice-minister Economy and Innovation Ministry, Lithuania
10:09	Opening speech & Keynote	Tomas Lamanauskas, Deputy Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
10:25	Keynote	Dr Volker Wissing Federal Minister for Digital and Transport, German
10:31	AI regulation: how to protect democracy and human rights and foster innovation at the same time?	Thomas Schneider, Chair of Council of Europe Committee on AI (CAI)
10:52	AI, Disinformation and Automated Influence - Challenges for Society, Economy and Democracy	prof. Volker Wittpahl, Managing director of the Institute for Innovation and Technology (iit).
11:13	Henri VERDIER	Ambassador for Digital AffairsMinistry for Europe and Foreign AffairsFrance
11:19	Current situation assesment. Where are we? (Panel discussion)	Moderator Thomas Schneider, Piotr Mieczkowski, General manager Poland AI Association, Board of Directors EAIF Marloes Pomp, Vice-President EAIF, Coordinator NL Coalition Chloé Plédel, Head of European and Regulatory Affairs, Hub France IA, Board of Directors EAIF
11:35	The environmental impact of AI: reconciling innovation and ecological awareness	Chloé Plédel, Head of European and Regulatory Affairs, Hub France IA
11:57	Emotion recognition and AIAct	Prof. Lucas P.J.J. Noldus, Radboud University
12:06	Paradox of Progress: AI, Loneliness, and Social Disconnection	Aco Momčilović, Board Member CroAI
12:10	Lunch Break
13:02	Keynote Head of AI Office	Lucilla Sioli DG Connect and AI Office
13:08	Dual use of AI (Panel discussion)	Moderator: prof. Paulius Pakutinskas (LT) Simona Pūkienė, Science and Innovation advisor, Research Council of Lithuania Tomas Krilavicius, Dean of Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics VMU, President Infobalt, REMOTE Eliza Kruczkowska, Innovation Director, Polish Development Fund, REMOTE
13:29	Standardisation in the AI Act	Valeria Orlova, MCs @ Cambridge
13:37	Standardisation in AI, from an investors perspective	Rok Zaloznik, Swiss AI Association, President and cofounder
13:45	The impact of Digital Trust on humans and their decision-making and why Trustworthy AI is the first important step	Dr. Katharina von Knop, VDE Association for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies
14:06	Empowering Europe's Leadership in Innovation: Embracing Immersive Futures	Orestis Trasanidis, EIT Digital
14:23	AI Village How to convince SME to apply AI	Alex Dickmann Project Lead AI Village
14:33	European AI Awards announcment	Anouncing EAIF Awards
14:38	Goodbye & Wrap up and Farewell	Daniel Abbou, President EAIF, General Manager German AI Association Marloes Pomp, Vice-President EAIF, Coordinator NL Coalition Linas Petkevičius, President Artificial intelligence association of Lithuania

Keynote Speakers & Panelists