🧠The AI Collective Netherlands | Utrecht Meetup
​Join us for the launching AI Collective Netherlands gathering, an evening connecting people who are shaping and applying artificial intelligence in meaningful ways.
​This meetup brings together practitioners, leaders, and learners from across the country to exchange ideas, share practical experience, and explore how AI is being built and adopted responsibly.
​Agenda
​18:00 – 18:30 Welcome, light walking meal, and networking
​18:30 – 19:30 Lightning talks on current AI topics and real-world applications
​19:30+ Live demo and open discussion
​Chris Parker (Product Leader with Ebullient Growth Agency)
​Infusing AI into the strategy and fabric of a company is different from traditional transformation in a few fundamental ways. Chris will share 8 steps to achieve scalable AI adoption in organisations along with practical risks that change makers need to watch out for.
​Pascal Wilbrink (Software Developer at OpenValue)
Building Better AI Agents: Why User Experience Matters: AI agents do not behave like traditional applications. They think, stream, and converse, which requires new approaches to user interaction. Pascal introduces AG-UI, a protocol that standardizes how agents connect with frontends, making it easier to build interactive and intuitive AI experiences.
Merel Theisen (Principal Engineer at QuantumBlack)
Kedro: An Open-Source Framework for Building Maintainable AI Pipelines. Discover how Kedro helps teams bring software engineering discipline to data science, moving from experimentation to production with reproducible, scalable pipelines.
​20:00 onward Informal networking
​Whether you work in strategy, engineering, or education, or are simply curious about where AI is heading, you will find an open and authentic space for dialogue and collaboration.
​This event is hosted by the AI Collective Dutch Chapter, part of the global community, and aligns with its values of ethical practice, community learning, and purposeful application of AI.
​Attendance is free, but space is limited. Register early to confirm your spot.
​Free public parking available, with EV Charging. Location is a ten minute walk from the Utrecht Zuilen station. Address provided on confirmation to meetup!
​The AI Collective is a global non-profit community uniting 100,000+ pioneers – founders, researchers, operators, and investors – exploring the frontier of AI in major tech hubs worldwide. Through events, workshops, and community-led research, we empower the AI ecosystem to collaboratively steer AI’s future toward trust, openness, and human flourishing.
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