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
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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
Chair of CoE Committee on AI (CAI)
Federal Minister for Digital and Transport, Germany
VDE Association for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies
Deputy Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Vice Minister of Economy and Innovation, Lithuania
Head of Europeana and Regulatory Affairs @HubFranceIA
Institute for Innovation and Technology
DG Connect and AI Office
EIT Digital
Technology Policy, MSc @ Cambridge University
Ambassador for Digital Affairs Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs France
Swiss AI Association, President and cofounder
Vytautas Magnus University, Infobalt
Ministry of National Defence of the Republic of Lithuania
Innovation Director, Polish Development Fund
AI Village
Radboud University
Board Member CroAI
Moderation
President @EAIF
VP @EAIF
EAIF
UNESCO, Mykolas Romeris University