European AI
Forum
10th December 2020
The European AI Forum is an initiative of national AI associations that aims to set the agenda on how AI is approached in Europe, both in terms of policy and entrepreneurship. Following the success of the first European AI Forum held in June, the second edition aims to check in with policymakers in Brussels and Member States to examine new developments relating to AI in terms of digital and green policies and business uptake.
On the last days of the German Presidency and as a new Trio takes the Council of the EU helm, European AI Associations : AI4SI, AI Austria, AI Bulgaria, CroAI, Hub France IA and KI-Bundesverband invite you to join us in finding the right answers on :
Panel 1: Strengthening European AI to compete worldwide
Panel 2: A climate neutral continent – making Europe greener with AI
Panel 3: The state as the first client – a model to ignite Europe’s AI industry
Joint recommendations for AI regulation in the European Union
Keynote Speakers & Panelists
Dubravka Šuica
Vice-President
European Commission
Karina Angelieva
Deputy Minister of Education and Science, Republic of Bulgaria
Nicola Beer
Vice-President
European Parliament
Tomislav Ćorić
Minister of the Economy and Sustainable Development
Croatia
Vladimir Danailov
Executive Director, Member of the Management Board at Fund of Funds in
Bulgaria
Christel Fiorina
Coordinator of the AI national strategy for the economy,
Ministry of the Economy and Finance
France
Luciano Floridi
Professor of Philosophy and Ethics of Information
University of Oxford
Leonore Gewessler
Minister of Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation & Technology
Austria
Kilian Gross
Head of Unit for Technologies and Systems for Digitizing Industry
European Commission
Eva Kaili
Special Committee on Artificial Intelligence in a Digital Age, European Parliament
Anja Karliczek
Federal Minister of Education and Research
Germany
Boštjan Koritnik
Minister of Public Administration
Slovenia
Francesco La Camera
Director-General, International Renewable Energy Agency
Mislav Malenica
Founder & CEO
Mindsmiths
Eva Maydell
Special Committee on Artificial Intelligence in a Digital Age
European Parliament
Cédric O
Secretary of State for Digital Transition and Electronic Communications
France
Margarete Schramböck
Federal Minister for Digital and Economic Affairs
Austria
Rita Schwarzelühr-Sutter
Parliamentary State Secretary for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
Germany
Kristina Sinemus
Hessian State Minister for Digital Strategy and Development
Virginijus Sinkevičius
European Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries
Maikki Sipinen
AI Policy Officer
DG Connect
European Commission
Jens Spahn
German Federal Minister of Health
Germany
Gregor Strojin
President of Ad Hoc Committee on Artificial Intelligence Council of Europe
Lars Zimmermann
Managing Director
PUBLIC
Matija Žulj
Founder & CEO
AGRIVI
Moderation
Daniel Abbou
Managing Director
KI Bundesverband
Jörg Bienert
President
KI Bundesverband
Vanessa Cann
Managing Director
KI Bundesverband
Milly Doolan
Head of Public Policy
CroAI
Gaëlle Pinson
Managing Director
Hub France IA
Jan Stedul
Secretary General
CroAI
Mitja Trampuz
President
AI4SI
With AI Bulgaria & AI Austria participation
Kaloyan Ratchev
Co-Founder & Board Member
AI Bulgaria
Clemens Wasner
Co-Founder
AI Austria
Morning
10:00 - 10:05
Opening remarks by European AI Forum Associations
10:05 - 10:10
Welcome message by the European Commission
- Dubravka Šuica, Vice-President, European Commission
10:10 - 10:20
Welcome message by the German Presidency
- Jens Spahn, Minister of Health, Germany
- Anja Karliczek, Minister of Education and Research, Germany
10:20 - 10:30
The AI perspective from the European Parliament
- Nicola Beer, Vice-President, European Parliament
10:30 - 11:30
To this day Europe falls short in providing a European equivalent to the big American and Chinese technology companies even though potential, expertise and knowledge are abundant. On this panel, entrepreneurs, experts from science and policymakers illuminate the current Status Quo of European AI and discuss possible future strategies, incentives and policymaking needed to push forth a competitive European AI.
Panel 1: Strengthening European AI to compete worldwide
- Karina Angelieva, Deputy Minister of Education and Science, Republic of Bulgaria
- Kilian Gross, Head of Unit for "Technologies and Systems for Digitizing Industry" in Directorate‑General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology, European Commission
- Kristina Sinemus, Hessian State Minister for Digital Strategy and Development
- Gregor Strojin, President of Ad Hoc Committee on Artificial Intelligence (CAHAI), Council of Europe
Moderation:
- Jörg Bienert, President, KI Bundesverband
- Gaëlle Pinson, Managing Director, Hub France IA
11:30 - 11:45
Keynotes
- Cédric O, Secretary of State for Digital Transition and Electronic Communications, France
- Eva Maydell, Special Committee on Artificial Intelligence in a Digital Age, European Parliament
- Francesco La Camera, Director-General, International Renewable Energy Agency
11:45 - 11:50
Welcoming new European AI Forum partners
11:50 - 12:00
Coffee break
Afternoon
12:00 - 12:15
Keynotes
- Virginijus Sinkevičius, European Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries
- Leonore Gewessler, Austrian Minister of Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation & Technology, Austria
12:15 - 13:15
This panel discusses the potential that lies at the application of AI to the challenges of climate change and for the protection of our environment. It seeks to identify the framework needed for this objective, the possible ways of using AI in and for sustainability and evaluates what impact can be ultimately hoped for.
Panel 2: A climate neutral continent
Making Europe greener with AI
- Tomislav Ćorić, Minister of the Economy and Sustainable Development, Croatia
- Luciano Floridi, Professor of Philosophy and Ethics of Information, University of Oxford
- Rita Schwarzelühr-Sutter, Parliamentary State Secretary for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Germany
- Matija Žulj, Founder & CEO, AGRIVI
Moderation:
- Vanessa Cann, Managing Director, KI Bundesverband
- Mitja Trampuz, President, AI4SI
13:15 - 13:30
Coffee break
13:30 - 14:00
Keynote
- Boštjan Koritnik, Minister of Public Administration, Slovenia
- Margarete Schramböck, Federal Minister for Digital and Economic Affairs, Austria
- Vladimir Danailov, Executive Director, Member of the Management Board at Fund of Funds in Bulgaria
14:00 - 15:00
At the moment, European AI R&D is still in a fledgling state, largely due to a lack of critical mass of demand that is needed for the AI industry to flourish. To ignite the AI ecosystem, Member States have the potential to be the ideal first client by seeking AI solutions to some of the public sector’s key challenges.
Panel 3: The State as the first client
A model to ignite Europe’s AI industry
- Christel Fiorina, Coordinator of the AI national strategy for the economy, French Ministry of the Economy and Finance
- Eva Kaili, Special Committee on Artificial Intelligence in a Digital Age, European Parliament
- Mislav Malenica, CEO & Founder, Mindsmiths
- Maikki Sipinen, AI Policy Officer, DG Connect, European Commission
- Lars Zimmermann, Managing Director, PUBLIC
Moderation:
- Milly Doolan, Head of Public Policy, CroAI
- Jan Stedul, Secretary General, CroAI
15:00
Closing remarks by European AI Forum Associations
The Forum will be held under the patronage of the Representation of the European Commission in Berlin
CroAI's objective is to promote the importance of human-centric AI and its impact on daily life.
Hub France IA's mission is to promote the rapid growth of the French and European AI ecosystem to foster the emergence of new players, strengthen the competitiveness and sustainability of French companies in order to stimulate the adoption of AI in all sectors.
The KI Bundesverband consists of more than 220 innovative companies, SMEs, start-ups and experts, for whom the development and application of technologies based on artificial intelligence is a central business objective.
AI4SI is a non-profit think tank and platform that aims to promote, coordinate and organize efficient knowledge transfer from AI research to implementation in companies and organizations.
Through targeted networking, coordination and promotion of players from science, business, education and society AI Austria's objective is to contribute to the targeted and sustainable use of AI in Austria.
The AI Cluster Bulgaria is a Non-Profit Organization that is bringing the knowledge for ML, NLP, IoT, AR, VR, Computer Vision & Pattern Recognition, Big Data & Analytics, 3D Printing, Cloud Computing and Networking & Interconnectivity - Smart Cities.