2019 EDITION

Challenges & Strategies of Member States as Foundations for a European AI Strategy

October 15, 2019 - 16:15 - 18:00
Plenary Room
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The European Strategy on AI cannot be elaborated without a clear understanding of the existing landscape, which is composed by the different players, startups ecosystems and initiatives working in AI at the level of each Member State. Furthermore, even though the potential opportunities of AI are undoubtedly enormous, they may vary from one country to another, even from one region to another. In fact, in most cases, such strategy and the related investments are dependent on the available scientific excellence (robotics, ML, multilingual technologies…) as well as the economic sectors that create more growth and jobs.

In this session you will get insights on some of the AI Strategies defined at National level, the process different MS are following to build them and their vision on how AI should be pushed forward in Europe.

After an initial round of presentations from different countries, our panellists will be invited to debate on their views about the priorities already highlighted in documents like the “Strategic Research, Innovation and Deployment Agenda for an AI PPP” (Joint Initiative by BDVA and EU-robotics), the “Policy and Investment Recommendations for Trustworthy AI” and the “Ethics Guidelines for Trustworthy AI” published by the High-Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence set up by the European Commission. Both of them available through the European AI Alliance.

Defining a European Strategy on AI without understanding the views of Member States would be like building a house by starting with the roof.

CHAIR

  • Nuria de Lama (European Programs Manager, Atos; BDVA Board of Directors)
  • Ilona Lundström (Ministry for Economic Affairs and Employment Finland)

 

SPEAKERS

  • Nuria de Lama (Atos)
  • Ilona Lundström (Ministry for Economic Affairs and Employment Finland)
  • Henk Jan Vink (Managing Director, TNO, Netherlands)
  • Björn Hovstadius (Manager, RISE, Sweden)
  • Allan Hanbury (Professor of Data Intelligence at Institute of Information Systems Engineering, TU Wien Vienna University of Technology)
  • Regine Gernert (Program Manager and International Relations, DLR Germany)
  • Julia Gundlach (International Affairs Forum Digital Technologies, DFKI GmbH, Germany)
  • Ludovic BODIN

 

AGENDA

The Netherlands AI Coalition

  • Henk Jan Vink (Managing Director, TNO, Netherlands)

 

National AI initiatives in Sweden

  • Björn Hovstadius (Manager, RISE, Sweden)

 

AI Strategy in Australia

  • Allan Hanbury (Professor of Data Intelligence at Institute of Information Systems Engineering, TU Wien Vienna University of Technology, Austria)

 

National initiatives on AI

  • Regine Gernert (Program Manager and International Relations, DLR Germany)
  • Julia Gundlach (International Affairs Forum Digital Technologies, DFKI GmbH, Germany)

 

How to transform Europe into an AI Super-Power?

  • Ludovic Bodin (Managing Partner, Kalibrio Capital/Chair International Investment, France AI Hub/Co-founder, European Applied AI)
SPEAKERS OF THIS SESSION
Allan Hanbury
Professor of Data Intelligence at Institute of Information Systems EngineeringTU Wien Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Björn Hovstadius
Manager, RISE Sweden
Henk Jan Vink
Managing DirectorTNO NL
Ilona Lundström
Director General Innovation and Enterprise Financing Department Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment
Julia Gundlach
International Affairs Forum Digital TechnologiesDFKI GmbH Germany
Ludovic Bodin
Managing Partner, Kalibrio CapitalChair International Investment, France AI HubCo-founder, European Applied AI
Nuria De Lama
Consulting Director at IDC
Regine Gernert
Program Manager and International Relations at DLR Germany
DOCUMENTS
The Netherlands AI Coalition
National AI initiatives in Sweden
AI Strategy in Australia
National initiatives on AI
How to transform Europe into an AI Super-Power?
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