AI & Big Data Expo Europe 2026

About AI & Big Data Expo Europe 2026

RAI in Amsterdam is the venue for AI & Big Data Expo Europe 2026, running in person on Monday, October 19 and Tuesday, October 20, 2026.

The official site lists 50 speakers and 31 sessions. Speakers hold data and AI roles at organizations including Save the Children UK, AXA, BNP Paribas, Michelin, Schneider Electric, Rabobank and Nestlé. Sessions include a panel on architectures for next-generation agents, a keynote titled Redesigning the Enterprise for AI, and a talk on the ROI of AI in the age of token economics. An AI Hackathon and TechEx Meetups are also listed.

Location

Europaplein 24, Amsterdam, 1078 GZ, Netherlands

Venue: RAI

Agenda

• 09:15–09:25 · Chairperson’s Opening Remarks — Tor Bøe-Lillegraven
• 09:25–10:05 · Panel: From Assistants to Autonomy - Architectures Enabling Next-Gen Agents
• 10:10–10:40 · Presentation: Beyond the Black Box - Operationalising Real-Time, Embedded AI Systems — Sebastian Schmidt
• 10:45–11:15 · Presentation: Research Agents at Scale: Lessons from Quant and Data Teams on Separating Signal from Noise — Zach O’Hagan
• 11:15–11:35 · Networking Break
• 11:35–12:05 · Keynote Presentation: Redesigning the Enterprise for AI — Shruti Sharma
• 12:10–12:40 · Presentation: The ROI of AI in the age of token economics — Weiwei Hu
• 12:40–13:25 · Lunch Break
• 13:25–13:45 · Presentation: Your AI Strategy Has a Blind Spot: What are your network goals? — Julian Skeels
• 13:50–14:20 · Presentation: Responsible AI Evaluation at Scale — Hicham Yezza
• 14:20–14:40 · Networking Break
• 14:40–15:10 · Presentation: Data Architecture for Agentic Enterprise — Kevin Redmond
• 15:15–15:45 · Presentation: TBC — Oscar Colino Garcia
• 15:50–16:30 · Closing Keynote Panel: From Hype to Impact - What's Next for Enterprise AI Agents?
• 16:30 · Chairperson's Closing Remarks — Tor Bøe-Lillegraven
• 09:25–10:05 · Panel: From Data Lakes to Data Products - What’s Next?
• 10:10–10:40 · Keynote Presentation: Scaling AI: Why AI Architecture and Operating Models Matter More Than Perfect Data — Charlie Doubek
• 10:45–11:15 · Presentation: The rules of St. Benedict in the age of AI — Claudio Gienal
• 11:20–11:50 · Presentation: TBC — Cristiano Da Silva Marques
• 11:50–12:10 · Networking Break
• 12:10–12:30 · Presentation: AI Coding Agents for Data Engineering: Lowering the Barrier Without Lowering the Bar — Jean-Mathieu Saponaro
• 12:35–12:55 · Presentation: Agents, Skills, and Harnesses: Going beyond the Buzzwords and Building a Framework for Choosing the Right AI Building Blocks — Samer Albadry
• 12:55–13:40 · Lunch Break
• 13:40–14:10 · Presentation: Turning Data into Decisions: How Shell Makes Master Data Work at Scale — Nathalia Beekman
• 14:15–14:35 · Presentation: Skills at Scale: From AI Speed to Software You Can Actually Ship — Thomas Mons
• 14:35–14:55 · Networking Break
• 14:55–15:25 · Presentation: Enterprise Transformation in the Age of AI: From Experimentation to Impact — Julita Davies
• 15:30–15:40 · Presentation: Suseong Alpha City: Your Gateway to Korea’s AI & Digital Innovation — Hyunmee Lee
• 15:40–16:20 · Presentation: Leading with Purpose: GenAI for Customer Experience at Scale — Shahin Shahkarami
• 16:20–17:00 · Panel: Unifying Data, AI & Business Strategy
• 17:00 · Chairperson's Closing Remarks

Speakers

• Shruti Sharma
  Chief Data & AI Officer, Save the Children UK
• Claudio Gienal
  Chief Transformation Officer, AXA Europe & Health
• Vincent Decugis
  Chief Data Officer, BNP Paribas Europe-Mediterranean
• Murat Akturk
  Global Senior Director of Growth, AI & Digital Innovation, GE Healthcare
• Ambica Rajagopal
  Group Chief Data & AI Officer, Michelin
• Philippe Rambach
  SVP, Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer, Schneider Electric
• Cyprian Smits
  Chapter Lead Global AI, Rabobank
• Tom Kerkhof
  AI Lead, Nestlé
• Hiek Van der Scheer
  Chief Data Officer, ABN AMRO Bank
• Radhika Bandarupalli
  Global Head of Engineering - Data & Analytics, BAT
• Ahmed Maklad
  Global Head of Quality Strategy & Digital Transformation, Unilever
• Aatish Kumar
  Head of Data & AI, Eneco Energy
• Tadas Narutavičius
  Omnichannel Engagement Lead Baltics, Roche
• Nathalia Beekman
  Chief Data Officer, Shell
• Anna van den Breemer
  Partner and AI Transformation Lead, EY
• Daniel Gebler
  Picnic
• Shahin Shahkarami
  Global VP of AI & Automation, IKEA
• Kevin Redmond
  Vice President for Data & AI Platform, IBM
• Conny Ploth
  Vice President Global AI Transformation, Santander
• Avinash Jha
  Senior Director | Head of API & Integrations, Volvo Group
• Altaf Patel
  VP AI Reinvent & AI Engineering, Novo Nordisk
• Anindita Misra
  Global Director - Data & Applied AI/ML, Brenntag
• Frank Kartmann
  VP Big Data & Cloud Architecture, Deutsche Bank
• Huy Dao
  Vice President of Platform Engineering, Preply

Networking & recordings

AI Hackathon; TechEx Meetups

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