The European AI Conference 2026
The European AI Conference 2026 is a highly curated event, gathering 300 pre-approved leaders of Europe's AI Ecosystem for a full day of discussion, learning & networking.
A Highly Curated Audience
To ensure the highest quality of discussion, attendance will be strictly limited to:
100 AI Builders & Tech Leaders
70 VCs & Irish AI Startups
60 Product Management Leaders
40 Enterprise AI Strategy Leaders
30 European Innovation Hub Leaders
Agenda (Link)
Confirmed Panellists:
Brian McGeough, Chief Information Officer, Creditsafe
Manuela Locarno Ajayi, SVP and Board Member, TomTom
Product Track Roundtable Moderators:
Dervilla Mullan, VP of Product, Sprout Social
Fionn Delahunty, Head of Product, Synthflow AI
Patrick Monaghan, Chief Product Officer, Phorest
Kevin Stembridge, Head of Strategy, Körber Pharma
Gus Iwanaga, VP of Product - Commerce, commercetools
Jeferson Zanim, Chief Product Officer, Mater Private Network
Somnath Biswas, Head of Product - Conversations, Totaljobs Group
Ryan Jude Soosayraj, VP, Mindset AI; Ex-Product Leader at Cognizant, Indeed & Workshare
Florence Jumpp, Group Product Manager - Customer Data & AI, Sainsbury's Digital, Tech and Data
Mark Brophy, AI Product Leader; Ex-Product Leader at Genesys, TripAdvisor and Ding
Haidee McMahon, Interim CPO; Ex-VP of Product, WP Engine
DJ Gangan, Head of Product
John Martin, Chief Product Officer, Flagstone
Startup Track Roundtable Moderators:
Mary Rodgers, CEO, Portershed
Martina Fitzgerald, CEO, Scale Ireland
Frank Brennan, CEO, Republic of Work
Niamh Sterling, All-Island Director, HBAN
Barry Brennan, Venture Partner, Elkstone
Faye Walsh Drouillard, Founder & Managing Partner, WakeUp Capital
Eric Risser, CTO & Co-Founder, Shepherd
Werner Schmidt, CEO & Co-Founder, Lative
Amy Neale, General Partner, Delta Partners VC
AI Builder Track Roundtable Moderators:
Alan Smeaton, Professor of Computing, Dublin City University
Siddhant Mohapatra, Head of Global Data & Analytics - AI, Trust & Safety, Ads, Vendor Management, Legal, Ops, Pinterest
Emanuele Sparvoli, Senior Director of IT, Fin
Nitin Sinha, Director, Principal AI Architect - Forward Deployed Engineering - Applied AI, Service Now
Barry Duffy, VP Digital & Data, FINEOS
Shay Weiss, Director of Engineering & AI Transformation, Walgreens Boots Alliance
Tiago Nascimento, Head of IT Delivery, HCLTech
Kevin Collins, Founder, echofold
Enterprise AI Strategy Track Roundtable Moderators:
Grainne Maycock, Chief Revenue Officer, Acolad Group
Denis Vukosav, VP of Technology - AI Strategy & Transformation, State Street
Mina Henein, Ph. D., VP of Artificial Intelligence at The Citco Group
Marianna Imprialou, Head of Data Science at Supermetrics
Stanislava Trajlov, Head of Data, Vhi
Niall Byrne, VP Autonomous Networks, Amdocs
European Innovation Hub Track Roundtable Moderators:
Liam Cronin, Director of Innovation, University College Dublin
Jean Arnaud, Director of AI Programmes, ESMT Berlin
Niamh Collins, Centre Director, The Guinness Enterprise Centre
Eoghan Powell, Innovation Centre Director, WorkIQ
Ronan Cunningham, Director, DCU:Innovate
Greg De Temmerman, PhD., Managing Director, Deeptech & Ecosystem, Techleap
Karsten Deppert, Co-Founder, E-commerce Park of Scandinavia
Roundtable Discussion Topics
To ensure conversations tackle the most pressing, real-time challenges in the industry, our roundtables are uniquely community-driven. Upon registering, attendees have the exclusive opportunity to propose and moderate a discussion topic within their specific peer group.
Expect dynamic, peer-matched deep dives across our five core tracks:
AI Builders & Tech Leaders: Technical discussions on implementation, coding, infrastructure & deployment, alongside strategic sessions on architecture, team building & scaling.
Enterprise AI Strategy Leaders: High-level discussions on enterprise ROI, compliance, risk & internal AI transformation.
Product Management: Focused conversations on AI product strategy, roadmapping & defining success metrics.
Irish AI Startups: Dedicated sessions on the local fundraising landscape, strategic partnerships & building defensible moats.
European Innovation Hubs: Conversations on how accelerators, incubators, and other ecosystem organisations must adapt to the AI age.
About Startup Network Europe
Startup Network Europe is an Irish Company that has hosted over 300 Corporate, Mid-Market & Startup Conferences across 50 European Cities since 2019. Our most notable events include:
The Dublin AI Conference 2026 (evening event)
The European Chief Product Officer Conference 2026 (full-day event)
The London AI Startup Conference 2025 (full-day event at Google’s London HQ)
The European AI Conference 2024 (full-day event at Google’s EMEA HQ)
The London Chief Product Officer Conference 2023 (evening event)
The European Startup Conference 2022 (speakers included Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak)
Previous Speakers at Startup Network Europe events
Corporate Leaders
Steve Wozniak, Co-Founder, Apple
Benjamin Faes, CEO, RWS Group
Jörg Koletzki, Chief Information Officer, AerCap
Nathalie Roos, CEO, Lipton Teas and Infusions
Brian McGeough, Chief Information Officer, Creditsafe
Dr. Ingo Stürmer, CTO, Volvo Autonomous Solutions
Peter Wanda, CDAO Shared Services, Zurich Insurance
Katarzyna Stoltmann, Head of Data Science & AI, AstraZeneca
Louise Dennehy, Chief Information Officer, Central Bank of Ireland
Susie O'Donoghue, Global Head of Data & AI, William Grant & Sons
Political & Ecosystem Leaders
Minister Emer Higgins T.D.
Roxanne Varza, Director, STATION F
Lord Mayor of Dublin Councillor Ray McAdam
Gerard de Graaf, EU Ambassador to Silicon Valley
Brigitte Baumann Gervais, President Emeritus, EBAN
Neeta Patel CBE, CEO, The Centre for Entrepreneurs
Gilles Babinet, Co-Chair, The National Digital Council of France
Markus Blume, Bavarian Minister of Sciences and the Arts, Member of the Bavarian State Parliament
Unicorn Founders
Sabeer Bhatia, Co-Founder, Hotmail
Joel Perlman, Co-Founder, OakNorth Bank
Razvan Ranca, Co-Founder & CTO, Tractable
Dmitry Gurski, CEO & Co-Founder, Flo Health
James Eddison, Co-Founder, Octopus Energy
Spenser Skates, Co-Founder & CEO, Amplitude
Jan Goetz, Co-Founder, IQM Quantum Computers
Product Leaders
Rhiannon White, Chief Product Officer, Clue
Marija Nakevska, Chief Product Officer, Pleo
Piero Sierra, Chief Product Officer, Skyscanner
James Colgan, Chief Product Officer, Spendesk
Katya Denike, Chief Product Officer, Holland & Barrett
Sponsorship Enquiries
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