About the Event

The Apply AI Summit runs November 17, 2026 at the EGG in Brussels and online. It marks the one-year anniversary of the Apply AI Strategy and closes the first European AI Innovation Month, showcasing how trustworthy, human-centric AI can boost competitiveness in sectors such as healthcare, mobility, and the public sector.

Audience & Attendees

The European Commission will gather 900 stakeholders on-site, including industrial representatives, policymakers, and startups, with the parallel virtual conference platform hosting up to 3,000 additional participants. Henna Virkkunen, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission for Technological Sovereignty, Security and Democracy, is confirmed to participate.

Programme Structure

The draft agenda opens with registration and a keynote and opening panel, followed by four rounds of parallel sessions across the day covering different sectors, interspersed with the Apply AI Startup Awards, lunch, and coffee breaks with exhibitions, and closing remarks followed by a cocktail reception.

Main Topics

Parallel sessions cover AI in the energy sector, public administration, frontier AI, cybersecurity, the AI Act and innovation, AI and the workforce, healthcare, environment and climate, robotics, the agrifood sector, media, AI safety, mobility, electronic communications, manufacturing, and defence.

Closing Session

The day closes with remarks from 17:15 to 17:30, followed by a cocktail reception from 17:30 to 19:30.

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