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By the Numbers

350+ Attendees

3 Days

30+ Sessions

50+ Speakers

Schedule

Programme

Day 2 (24 September) is the congress day. The detailed programmes for Day 1 (23 September) and Day 3 (25 September) will be announced soon.

10:00 Welcome Speaker to be announced For nearly a decade, residents of Breda have been closely i… Read more → Main Stage Main Hall

10:30 National keynote speaker Speaker to be announced The Netherlands faces one of the greatest spatial challenge… Read more → Main Stage Main Hall

11:00 International Keynote Speaker Speaker to be announced What if the city didn’t wait for a resident to fill in a fo… Read more → Main Stage Main Hall

12:00 Workshop: Make the invisible city visible with Geospatial Knowledge Graphs Experts to be announced Spatial planning is about analysis and decision-making. But… Read more → Workshop Multiple Rooms

12:00 Workshop: Residents in the driving seat — deciding together on AI in your city Martijn de Waal — Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (HvA) Who actually decides which AI applications come to your cit… Read more → Workshop Multiple Rooms

12:00 Demo: Spatial, economic and social Experts to be announced Three demos about specific AI applications and challenges.L… Read more → Demo Multiple Rooms

12:00 Demo: Autonomous and democratic Experts to be announced Three demos on specific AI applications and challenges.Loca… Read more → Demo Multiple Rooms

12:00 AI Walk: What is the challenge and how do we process the data locally? Experts to be announced Most AI applications run on large data centres far outside … Read more → Excursion Breda City

12:00 AI Walk: How do you create small and local models? Experts to be announced Most AI applications run in large data centres located far … Read more → Excursion Breda City

12:00 Pitches: Economic Experts to be announced Three pitches on specific AI applications and challenges.Lo… Read more → Pitch Multiple Rooms

12:00 Lecture: Who controls AI in your city? Experts to be announced Technology is not neutral. Every decision made when designi… Read more → Lecture Multiple Rooms

12:00 Lecture: From European AI strategy to economic opportunities for your city Experts to be announced The European Commission is working hard to establish a new … Read more → Lecture Multiple Rooms

12:45 Networking Lunch Connect with colleagues, researchers, companies, and governments. Read more → Break Exhibition Hall

13:45 Workshop: Social — Local Experts to be announced New technologies in smart cities, AI, sustainable energy, and mobility. Read more → Workshop Multiple Rooms

13:45 Workshop: Economic — European Experts to be announced AI is increasingly becoming a job creator. AI makes operati… Read more → Workshop Multiple Rooms

13:45 Demo: Spatial, economic and social Experts to be announced New technologies in smart cities, AI, sustainable energy, a… Read more → Demo Multiple Rooms

13:45 Demo: Autonomous and democratic Experts to be announced New technologies in smart cities, AI, sustainable energy, a… Read more → Demo Multiple Rooms

13:45 AI Walk: How do you set up the local infrastructure and what energy savings does it deliver? Experts to be announced Most AI applications run in large data centres located far … Read more → Excursion Breda City

13:45 AI Walk: How do you connect the local AI to the local energy grid and other networks? Experts to be announced Most AI applications run in large data centres located far … Read more → Excursion Breda City

13:45 Pitches: Spatial Experts to be announced Three pitches on specific AI applications and challenges.Lo… Read more → Pitch Multiple Rooms

13:45 Pitches: Autonomous Experts to be announced Three pitches on specific AI applications and challenges.Lo… Read more → Pitch Multiple Rooms

13:45 Lecture: No time for pilots — What does digital autonomy mean in practice? Experts to be announced Ukraine has built the world’s most advanced digital governm… Read more → Lecture Multiple Rooms

13:45 Lecture: How AI-ready is your city? Experts to be announced Many cities want to get started with AI, but aren’t quite s… Read more → Lecture Multiple Rooms

14:30 Break Coffee and informal networking. Read more → Break Foyer

14:45 The Great AI in the City Vibe Coding Experiment As a conclusion to the AI in the City Congress you get to work yourself. Read more → Main Stage Main Hall

16:30 Networking Drinks End the congress day with drinks and new connections. Read more → Networking Rooftop Terrace

18:00 Closing ELBA\REC & Bredata Thank you and see you tomorrow for excursions! Read more → Main Stage Main Hall

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