AI Salon Eindhoven
Join us on October 22 at High Tech Campus Eindhoven for the kick-off edition of AI Salon Eindhoven.
For our very first gathering, we’re bringing together founders, investors, researchers, operators, and AI builders to explore what it takes to turn artificial intelligence into real-world impact.
Expect an evening of candid conversations, practical insights, and new connections across the Dutch AI and high-tech ecosystem. We’ll hear from leaders working at the intersection of AI, technology, business, and innovation — sharing what they are building, what they are learning, and where they believe AI is heading next.
We’re excited to welcome speakers from:
Brabantse Ontwikkelings Maatschappij, sharing perspectives on innovation, investment, and the Brabant technology ecosystem
Maurits Kaptein, bringing his perspective on AI, data, experimentation, and building intelligent products
Michal Matti from Booking.com, sharing insights from applying technology and AI at global scale
A special thank you to Elastic for sponsoring this first edition and helping us bring the AI community together
AGENDA
17:30 | Welcome
by Jasper Wogum (AI Salon Global) and Rafael Lion (AI Salon Eindhoven)
17:45 | Welcome by Brabantse Ontwikkelings Maatschappij
Sjoerd van Driel welcomes our AI community to Brainport, Eindhoven and Brabant. As Project Manager Digital Tech at BOM, Sjoerd will introduce you with the region's AI industry.
18:00 | Michal Mati, Booking.com
Mati will speak about his experience as a Security Governance, Risk and Compliance leader and as Booking.com's Risk & Complience Manager on this age of AI: what changed, what emerged, what got lost and what does the industry expect?
18:25 | Maurits Kaptein, Kyvvu & TU/e
As a serial entrepreneur, founder of Kyvvu, researcher and professor at TU/e, but foremost as an advicator of AI, Kaptijn will share his perspective on AI agents, security and runtime governance.
18:50 | Thank you
Just before seven o'clock, we will thank our speakers for their contributions and open the informal part of the evening. You will have the opportunity to pitch anything as long as it fits in 60 seconds: your product, your services, your expertise, your availability, your inventions... you can even pitch your pet if you'd like. Meanwhile, at 19:00 the 'borrel' will start to open the informal networking event.
19:00 | Demo Pitches by you?
Check the box on the registration form to apply.
19:00 -21:00 | Food, Drinks, Demo Tables & Open Networking
ABOUT AI SALON EINDHOVEN
Eindhoven is home to one of Europe’s most concentrated high-tech ecosystems: where deep tech, semiconductors, hardware, software, research, and entrepreneurship come together.
AI Salon Eindhoven aims to create a meeting place for the people shaping the practical future of AI: founders building new companies, researchers translating ideas into applications, investors backing the next generation of technology, and teams deploying AI inside established organizations.
Our focus is on the real-world side of AI: the applications, business models, lessons learned, opportunities, and challenges behind turning rapidly evolving technology into products and companies that matter.
Sponsored by Elastic, BOM and the High Tech Campus. And you? Apply to become a sponsor!
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Event location:
AI Innovation Center, High Tech Campus
High Tech Campus 5
5656 AE Eindhoven
Parking can be found closeby on the High Tech Campus.
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