20 speakers · 3 tracks · 100 attendees
On May 26, 2026, C-suite executives, policymakers, product leaders, startups, and investors gathered in Brussels for a day of hands-on workshops, strategic policy debates, and meaningful networking — at the heart of European AI governance.
The first edition of AI Summit Brussels brought together leading AI experts from policy, industry, and civil society to share advanced insights and practical business knowledge.
Policymakers, CEOs, CTOs, CIOs, enterprise leaders, AI startup founders, investors, and researchers gathered at Europe's premier AI conference for a day of hands-on workshops, policy discussions, and strategic networking.
Highlights from AI Summit Brussels 2026 — May 26, U-Residence, VUB Campus.
Join us at U-Residence on the VUB Main Campus — a modern venue in the heart of Brussels' European quarter, minutes from the EU institutions and easily accessible by public transport.
Tuesday, May 26, 2026
U-Residence
VUB Main Campus, Etterbeek
Generaal Jacqueslaan 271
1050 Brussels, Belgium
5 min walk from Etterbeek station · Tram 7 & 25 (VUB stop)
Our agenda focuses on three core themes — AI governance and security, hands-on AI engineering, and the human side of AI transformation.
EU AI Act compliance, GDPR enforcement, digital sovereignty, and AI security — from boardroom strategy to codebase implementation. Explore how regulation shapes product decisions, how to encode governance into engineering workflows, and how to defend AI systems against emerging threats including prompt injection and adversarial attacks.
From AI-powered application design to autonomous agents in production — practical sessions on building, shipping, and scaling AI systems. Learn field-tested workflows for AI-assisted software delivery, agent orchestration, and turning AI acceleration into real engineering leverage.
AI transformation is a human challenge. This theme covers the AI skills gap, team readiness, cognitive load under acceleration, and the emerging solo-economy — where AI enables individuals to operate as independent economic units. Understand why individual AI productivity gains vanish at team level, how to build resilient AI-ready teams, and what the decentralized AI economy means for organizations and individuals.
The experts who spoke at AI Summit Brussels 2026 — 20 speakers from AI policy, enterprise engineering, and emerging markets.
Three parallel tracks across Red (40 seats) and Black (40 seats) rooms.
Builder's honest account of the gap between AI policy framework and engineering
Sepehr Samadi
Why Individual Productivity Gains Evaporate at the Team Level
Ronald Doelen
Why human attention matters more than ever in an AI-driven world
Roger Casas-Alatriste
Featuring Claude Code and RuFlo
Derek Ashmore
How organizations industrialize AI beyond pilots with governance and structure
Hakim Ben Amar
From Principles to Implementation
Alexandre Guillebot
How to 10x your development, devs or founders alike, using Claude Code + Tips
Louis Vanhove
MCP agents as your advisor
Hadrien-Joseph Van Durme
Building Trustworthy Agentic AI Systems in the Enterprise
Mike Korba
Future is liquid
Beata Mosór
Why trust, workflow design, and user control decide whether AI gets adopted
Akshay Nagpal
Building a continuous monitoring and evaluation framework for conversational AI
Maria Yolanda Bile Nlang
Challenges in the Era of Large Language Models
Jelena Milosevic
Why AI strategies fail in real-world systems — and how to design for uncertainty
Mari Sekino
How to Prepare Teams for an Intelligent Workplace
Ralitsa Dobreva
Managing AI Agent Emerging Risks and Liability
Joshua Krook
The first edition was a success. We're already working on the next one. Date and location to be announced — be the first to know.
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