Case study

The International AI Summit 2024

5 December 2024 Brussels

The International AI Summit 2024

Key Speakers Included

Ulrik Vestergaard Knudsen

Ulrik Vestergaard Knudsen
Deputy Secretary-General, OECD

Dariusz Standerski

Dariusz Standerski
Secretary of State at the Ministry of Digital Affairs, Poland

Amandeep Singh Gill

Amandeep Singh Gill
UN Secretary-General's Envoy on Technology/Under Secretary General

林宜敬 Yi-Jing Lin

林宜敬 Yi-Jing Lin
Deputy Minister of Digital Affairs, Taiwan

Oleksandr Tsybort

Oleksandr Tsybort
Deputy Minister for Digital Transformation, Ministry of Economy, Ukraine

Signe Ratso

Signe Ratso
Deputy Director-General for Innovation, Prosperity and International Cooperation, DG Research and Innovation (RTD), European Commission

Job titles correct at the time of the event

Event Partners

Forum EuropeMLexEIT AI Community

 

Event Sponsors

MicrosoftAmazonAccentureAtlassianCiscoIntuitQualcommSalesforceCentre for Future GenerationsEU DisinfoLab

 

Event Overview

The International Artificial Intelligence Summit 2024 took place in Brussels on 5 December 2024. It brought together prominent figures in AI policy, governance, and industry to discuss the latest advancements in AI.

This event once again served as a pivotal gathering for stakeholders interested in AI’s business, regulatory, and ethical dimensions, offering a comprehensive platform for dialogue and collaboration on shaping the future of AI governance.

This conference came at an opportune time, following the recent UN Summit for the Future, the union of GPAI with AIGO, and amidst the ongoing Hiroshima Process. It also coincided with the emergence of the EU AI Office and took place just ahead of the French AI Summit, making it an ideal moment for the global AI governance community to take stock of developments and examine how these various initiatives interacted, reinforced each other, and contributed to forming a cohesive AI governance ecosystem.

Over 190 participants joined us in-person, in addition to over 320 participants joining us online, representing over 60 different countries. We were joined by 35 high-level speakers to discuss the pertinent topics facing AI, including how European and global AI governance cooperation is evolving, the shape of emerging governance structures, and whether adequate attention is being given to ensuring AI is democratised, accessible and equitable.

What we did:

  • Research and programme production
  • Identification and invitations of speakers, as well as regular contact with those confirmed to organise the content and format of their contribution
  • Sponsor recruitment and management
  • Venue research, liaison and management on site 
  • Marketing campaign; raising awareness for the event through mailings, personal invitations and social media posts and translating these activities into registrations
  • Website and registration platform design and maintenance
  • Registrations and delegate management
  • Full AV set up and fulfilment, stage design and collaboration with suppliers
  • Virtual attendance enabled to maximise global participation and accessibility
  • Onsite presence at the event to coordinate all final technical and choreographic arrangements, catering organisation, welcome of speakers and assistance to delegates.
  • Onsite marketing including posting on social media and creating content such as a highlights video and speaker interviews. 
  • Organisation of an exclusive, invitation-only pre-Conference dinner for speakers and sponsors of the conference, as well as selected top-level experts.
  • Press activities:
    • Press invitation tailored to the different media audiences
    • Supervision and assistance to press with registrations and their work at the event.
    • Facilitation and supervision of journalists’ engagement, questions, planned and impromptu interviews.
    • Creation of a press report with summary of key activities, feedback and highlights of outcomes. 
  • Coordination of the side event – EIT Community: Artificial Intelligence, ensuring seamless execution and engaging discussions.
  • Collaboration with exhibitors, including:
    • Microsoft’s interactive booth, featuring hands-on software demonstrations for delegates.
    • Amazon’s immersive walkthrough experience floor, providing an engaging and innovative showcase.

Highlights Video

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Testimonials

“International exchanges like Forum Europe’s International AI Summit promote multistakeholder and multilateral dialogue, which is critical to shaping human-centric, safe, secure and trustworthy AI.”

Ulrik Vestergaard Knudsen, Deputy Secretary-General, OECD

“This event has become a regular occurrence in Brussels. So I'm looking forward to an update on last year's discussions and seeing how a fast-moving space like AI, particularly in Europe, is looking at new issues, new topics, digesting some of the regulations that come from Brussels, but also increasing the international nature of this event and some of these discussions.

So getting everybody in one place for a day like this and some of the recent hot topics, I think it's just a great way to collect stakeholders and see how things have changed over the past year and how we expect things to change over the next year.”

Jeremy Rollison, Head of EU Policy, European Government Affairs, Microsoft Europe

“Thanks for having us - it was a real success! The way you organized it, the agenda, the team - top level. I have not seen something like this in Brussels before.”

Iryna Begma, Head of Sales, MLex

Post Event Report

The detailed report, including the breakdown of all organisational types that have attended—such as government bodies, private sector organisations, NGOs, and academia—is available for download here.

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