​Edge AI Makers Forum

​Data, Models, Chips, Boards and Software: Building AI into Your Products, Together, Here

​🔵 Digital Innovation · Technology Forum

​AI is moving beyond the data centre. The next wave of innovation is bringing intelligence directly into products.

​From machines and sensors to medical devices and industrial systems, Edge AI enables faster decisions, greater autonomy, lower energy and connectivity costs, and better control over sensitive data.

​For European companies, it opens new opportunities to differentiate products, create business value and strengthen industrial competitiveness, while addressing growing challenges around energy efficiency and technological sovereignty.

​But turning Edge AI into market-ready products requires capabilities few companies master alone. From developing and optimising AI models to designing chips and integrating them into products, each step relies on different expertise, and on the right connections between technology providers, developers and industry.

​The Edge AI Makers Forum brings together companies looking to embed AI into their products with technology partners and researchers from Belgium and neighbouring countries.

​The ambition? Connect the different players across the Edge AI value chain, explore technological opportunities and help turn expertise into concrete industrial collaborations.

​What to expect

​Over one afternoon, we will:

• ​Explore the shift from cloud to device — Why Edge AI matters now, how it complements cloud AI, and its impact on product innovation, business models and industrial competitiveness.

• ​Connect the entire Edge AI value chain — Discover technological innovations and solutions across the different stages of developing intelligent products.

• ​Address real-world deployment challenges — Discuss technology choices, the journey from prototype to production, costs, explainability, regulatory compliance and technological sovereignty.

• ​Connect with potential partners — Meet companies, technology providers, researchers and innovators, share project needs and explore collaboration opportunities during networking and drinks.

​The detailed programme and speakers will be confirmed progressively.

​Who should attend?

​The forum brings together two complementary groups:

• ​Companies developing or looking to develop AI-enabled products: CEOs, CTOs, R&D and innovation leaders, product developers and senior engineers exploring opportunities to integrate AI into their products.

• ​Technology providers and researchers: Companies and experts working across data, AI models, embedded software, semiconductors, electronics, chip design and system integration, looking to develop new applications and industrial partnerships.

​Whether you're looking to bring AI into your products or contribute your expertise to the technologies behind them, join us to explore what's possible and connect with the people who can help make it happen.

​About the organisers

​Co-organised by ChipsWIN, the Walloon competence centre for microelectronics, and The POD, Louvain-la-Neuve's digital and tech innovation hub, the forum brings together expertise across software, hardware, research and industry to support the development of the Edge AI ecosystem.

​Partners:

​UCLouvain · ICTEAM · IGNITY · Imagine Microelectronics · AILouvain

​Participation is open to everyone. See you there!