#AItowards2040

The ambitious objectives set out by the Digital Decade, paired with the objectives and requirements established by the AI Act, create a strong momentum for Europe for AI and Connectivity. Artificial Intelligence is going to revolutionize the industrial fabric of the EU, but it cannot truly succeed without investments and improvements in European digital networks.

At the same time, European digital networks can see strong innovation and improvements thanks to AI, when the technology is deployed directly on the networks to improve everything from network management to network security. AI and Connectivity are inextricably linked, and the EU can transform the challenges of realizing the Digital Decade objectives and implementing the AI Act into an incredible opportunity of reaping the benefits of cutting-edge network technology that connects AI, and AI that contributes to making European networks the best in the world.

This discussion will be perfectly timed to discuss the upcoming EU plans for an AI Continent, AI uptake and connectivity.

• Programme

  Opening remarks

  Angelika Winzig MEP and EIF Member

  Speakers

  Silvia Bartolini, Cabinet Expert, Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen, European Commission - invited

  Dr. Jakob Greiner, Vice President European Affairs, Deutsche Telekom

  Matteo Quattrocchi, Head of EU AI Policy, Cisco Systems

  Dean Bubley, Founder of Disruptive Analysis

  Exchange of views with the participants under the Chatham House rule