Case study
AIP2 Lab: Brussels – Powering People & Skills
29 January 2026 Brussels
Key Speakers Included
Brando Benifei
Member, European Parliament
Malgorzata Nikowska
Head of Unit – AI Innovation & Policy Coordination, AI Office, European Commission
Chiara Monti
Deputy Head of Unit, Future of work, youth, employment, DG Employment, European Commission
Job titles correct at the time of the event
Event Partners
Forum Europe support Access Partnership with their Brussels based roundtable as the last in the series before the India AI Impact Summit
This invitation-only roundtable, hosted by Access Partnership and Forum Europe, was part of the AI Policy to Practice (AIP2) Lab series and served as an official preparatory event for the India AI Impact Summit 2026.
The series was a transnational initiative connecting insights from Washington, Brussels, London, and Delhi. Outcomes from this roundtable not only informed the Global Skills and Adoption Blueprint, but also fed directly into the comprehensive Global South AI Adoption Framework & Playbook, which was formally launched at the India AI Impact Summit 2026.
The roundtable hosted 22 representatives including policymakers from the European Institutions, national governments and industry partners from Workday, Cisco, Amazon, American Express and IBM, to name a few. They explored the people and skills dimensions of AI diffusion, a critical driver in ensuring that economies not only adopt but truly absorb AI technologies.
The discussion focused on four key themes: the funding, making it a reality by moving from principles to practice, AI diffusion for all including SMEs, and what does this mean for the AI Impact Summit to be held in India. Across the discussions, participants examined the global evolution of AI governance with a focus on the EU and the EU’s AI Act, exchanged ideas on how to operationalise AI governance inside organisations, and assessed the investment, workforce, and regulatory challenges that continue to shape AI uptake across regions.
Read Access Partnership’s full debrief here.
What we did
- Date research and selection
- Programme creation
- Speaker selection and invitations
- Liaising with institutional speakers on availability and content
- Tailored invitations to attendees
- Marketing
- Delegate and speaker communication
- Event day management
- Curation of a Chatham House, exclusive roundtable discussion
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