World Summit AI 2021 | World Summit AI Ltd | 13 October 2021 | Beurs van Berlage, Damrak 243, 1012 ZJ Amsterdam, Netherlands

The world’s leading and largest AI summit gathering the global AI ecosystem of Enterprise, BigTech, Startups, Investors and Science, the brightest brains in AI as speakers every year in Amsterdam to tackle head-on the most burning AI issues and set the global AI agenda.

Get ready for a mind-blowing lineup of speakers, cutting-edge CPD accredited content, tech talks, use cases, Q&As sessions and networking.

CEOs, CTOs, heads of AI, scientists, technologists, academics, startups and investors from every corner of the globe.

World Summit AI is brimming with opportunities for partnerships and engaging conversations with our 200,000 community members of multi-disciplinary experts.

Come explore our networking lounge, AI-driven networking event app and series of evening social events where you can bond with your next investor/partner/customer over a beer or a dance-off.

2021 Speakers

Dr Kai-Fu Lee
Chairman and CEO, Sinovation Ventures

Joseph Sirosh
Chief Technology Officer, Compass

Lady Nicola Mendelsohn
Vice-President for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Facebook

Hilary Mason
Co-Founder | Hidden Door, Data Scientist in Residence | Accel Partners

Dr. Rumman Chowdhury
Director of ML Ethics, Transparency & Accountability, Twitter

Jaan Tallinn
Co-Founder, Centre for the Study of Existential Risk

Lord Gerry Grimstone
Minister for Investment, Department for International Trade, UK

Dr. Mona Keijzer
State Secretary for Economic Affairs and Climate Policy, the Netherlands

Cédric O
Secretary of State for Digital Transition and Electronic Communications, France

Manuela Veloso
Head of AI Research, JP Morgan Chase

Xian-Sheng Hua
Vice President/Distinguished Engineer, Alibaba

Dr. Peter Lee
Corporate Vice President, Research and Incubations, Microsoft

Corinne Vigreux
Co- Founder and CMO, TomTom

Grady Booch
Chief Scientist for Software Engineering & Fellow, IBM Research

Omar Sultan Al Olama
Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, Digital Economy and Remote Work Applications, United Arab Emirates

Christina Montgomery
Vice President and Chief Privacy Officer, IBM

Bing Song
Vice President | Berggruen Institute, Director | the Berggruen Institute China Center

Anil Seth
Professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience, University of Sussex

Professor Max Welling
Research Chair, Machine Learning, University of Amsterdam

Vilas Dhar
President, Patrick J. McGovern Foundation

HRH Prince Jaime de Bourbon de Parme
Climate Envoy, The Netherlands

Carlo Ruiz
EMEA Director, NVIDIA

Amandeep Singh Gill
CEO and Project Director | The International Digital Health & AI Research Collaborative (I-DAIR)

Amy Challen
General Manager for Data Science, Shell

Michel Van Der Stappen
Digital R&D Director, Unilever

Francesco Marzoni
Chief Data and Analytics Officer, IKEA Retail (Ingka Group)

Ivana Bartoletti
Global Privacy Officer | Wipro, Co-Founder | Women Leading in AI Network

Sandeep Dadlani
Global Chief Digital Officer, Mars

Prince Constantijn Van Oranje
Special Envoy, TechLeap.NL

Sarah Porter
Founder and CEO, Inspired Minds

Rob Thomas
Senior Vice President, Global Markets, IBM

Babita Sharma
Television Presenter, BBC

Prof. Dr. Maarten De Rijke
Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Information Retrieval, University of Amsterdam

Marcin Detyniecki
Group Chief Data Scientist & Head of AI Research and Thought Leadership, AXA

Dr. Larry Heck
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Tech

Okezue Bell
Student, Young Ai Developer & Researcher

Kautilya Katariya
Computing Explorer

Selin Alara Ornek
Young AI Developer

Ratneshwaran Maheswaran
Student, Entrepreneur, Activist and Author

Dan Diasio
Global Artificial Intelligence Consulting Leader, EY

Bart Hamers
Head of AI, BNP Paribas Fortis

Dr. Patrice Latinne
Head of Data & AI, EY Belgium

Chen Qiufan
Author, Creative Producer and Curator

Victor Pereboom
CTO, UbiOps

Kay Firth Butterfield
Head of AI & Machine Learning, World Economic Forum

Janet Adams
Chief Operating Officer, SingularityNET

Paul Nemitz
Principal Advisor | European Commission

Chris Barton
HM Trade Commissioner, Europe, Department for International Trade, UK

Dr. Cindy Gordon
Founder and CEO, SalesChoice

Dr. Evert Haasdijk
Senior Manager, Deloitte

Renata Fernandes Monteiro
Senior Manager- Financial Crime and Conduct Risk Advisory, EY

Ritsaart Van Montfrans
CEO, Incision

Janet Sawari
Head of Artificial Intelligence, UnpackAI

Joost Van Der Burgt
Senior Policy Advisor - AI, De Nederlandsche Bank

Amelia Kallman
Futurist, Speaker, Author

Cade Metz
Technology Correspondent, the New York Times

Susan Gonzales
Founder and CEO, AIandYou

Itamar Friedman
Director of Machine Vision, Alibaba

Jos Dirkx
CEO and Co-Founder, Beenova AI

Nayur Khan
Global Head of Technical Delivery, QuantumBlack

Catelijne Muller
President | ALLAI

Edouard D'Archimbaud
Co-Founder and CTO, Kili Technology

Alexander Khanin
VP for AI and Head of MTS AI Center, MTS, MTS

Virginia Dignum
Co-Founder, ALLAI

Per Ottosson
CEO, Artificial Solutions

Alexey Posternak
CFO - MTS AI, MTS

Andrei Varanovich
Head of Data Science, Flo Health

Wouter Hollander
Partnerships & Integrations Manager, UbiOps

Oliviana Bailey
Head of Brand & Community, EscherCloud and NL Ambassador for Women in AI

Iban Garcia Del Blanco
Member, European Parliament (S&D)

Ott Velsberg
Government Chief Data Officer, Republic of Estonia

Professor Jeroen Van Den Hoven
Professor of Ethics and Technology , Delft University of Technology

Kevin Smith
CTO, EscherCloud

Kevin Smith
CTO, EscherCloud

Daniel Jeffries
Managing Director, AI Infrastructure Alliance

Andreas Svanberg
Operational AI Expert, Peltarion

Jim Stolze
Founder, Aigency

Melanie Ter Meulen
Trade Commissioner Digital Industries & Investment, Canadian Embassy in the Hague, the Netherlands

Alexander Chekan
Chief of Staff, Palta

Brian Mullins
CEO, Mind Foundry

Prof. Dr. Emile Aarts
Professor of Computer Science | Tilburg University, Scientific lead ELSA program | NL AIC

Janneke Niessen
Co-Founder, Northzone

Michiel Kotting
Partner, Northzone, Rutger De Haij, Head of Renewable Energy, EscherCloud

Rutger De Haij
Head of Renewable Energy, EscherCloud

Mario Guglielmetti
Legal Policy Officer, European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS)

Torsten Deutsch
Product Manager - Open Telekom Cloud, T-Systems

Marloes Pomp
International Partnerships, Netherlands AI Coalition & Steering Committee European AI Forum

Maarten Sukel
AI Lead, City of Amsterdam

Ferenc Kukucska
AI Architect - Open Telekom Cloud, T-Systems

Jos Röling
EE&U Blockchain CTO, Global Center of Competency for Energy, Environment & Utilities, IBM

Aik Van Eemeren
Head of Public Tech, CTO Office, City of Amsterdam

Tiffany Thompson
Marketing and Event Global Senior Director, Oracle for Startups

Jarno Kartela
Global Head of AI Advisory, Thoughtworks

Harald Fladischer
Commercial Director, neXenio GmbH

Daan Bloembergen
AI Researcher, City of Amsterdam

Iva Gornishka
AI Specialist, City of Amsterdam

Wim Kees Janssen
CEO & Co-Founder, Syntho

Marijn Markus
AI Lead & Data Scientist, Capgemini

Dr. Jochen Cremer
Assistant Professor, Co-Director Delft AI Energy Lab, TU Delft

Liesbeth Luijendijk
Director Agriculture, Food & Environment, OnePlanet Research Center

Joel Myhre
Senior Disaster Management Specialist, Pacific Disaster Center

Krijn De Nood
Co-Founder and CEO, Meatable

Ido Savir
CEO and Co-Founder, SuperMeat

Gil Shalev
CEO and Founder, Equinom

Devashish Paul
CEO and Founder, BluWave-ai

Francis Lalonde
Vice President of Transportation, Walmart Canada

Shane Jones
Vice President of Airport Operations, Alaska Airlines

Jim Haring
Chief Information Officer, MV Transportation

Stina Brock
Vice President of Business Development, Proterra

2021 Sponsors and Partners

LEAD TECHNOLOGY PARTNER:
• Microsoft

HEADLINE SPONSOR:
• Accenture

OFFICIAL CITY SPONSOR:
• City of Amsterdam

SPONSORS:
• StartUpAmsterdam
• Smart Health Amsterdam
• Capgemini
• IBM Watson
• EY CONSULTING BV
• QuantumBlack
• Deloitte
• AXA
• Kili Technology
• MTS AI
• Huawei
• Government of Canada
• Thoughtworks
• Flo Health
• T-Systems
• Seldon
• UbiOps
• Artificial Solutions
• Peltarion
• XOMNIA
• ML6Mind Foundry
• EdgeFlow
• Brainpool AI
• beenova
• KUDO
• BluWave-ai
• Quantum.Amsterdam
• Spectral
• Bybr
• KOSA AI
• incision
• CV Medical Software

HEADLINE START-UP PARTNER:
• Oracle for Startups

COMMUNITY PARTNERS:
• Netherlands AI Coalition (NL AIC)
• Invest in Holland