AI, Data and Quantum Summit 2026
Top themes shaping Europe’s AI & Quantum landscape
Strategy, Governance & Competitiveness
How AI and quantum computing are shaping Europe’s digital sovereignty, strategic autonomy, and economic strength
- AI strategy & governance: AI regulation and policy frameworks, trustworthy and secure AI, data governance and compliance
- Quantum strategy & policy: national and European quantum strategies, capability-building, and resilience of quantum supply chains
- Security & defence: implications of AI and quantum for defence capabilities, security preparedness, and protection of critical technologies
- Infrastructure & global competitiveness: public-private quantum & AI infrastructures, access and scaling of capabilities, and Europe’s position in global technology competition
Industry Applications & Readiness
From technological potential to real-world impact across key sectors
- AI × Quantum in verticals: use cases, pilots and challenges across sectors such as automotive & mobility, finance, health & life sciences, and manufacturing
- AI in practice: scaling AI from experimentation to deployment, industrial platforms, skills, and sustainable operating models
- Quantum in practice: organizational and operational readiness, evaluation and decision-making, progress from PoCs towards industrial relevance, and integration into existing IT and HPC environments and workflows Form
Technology Frontiers
Advancing the technology stack and architectures behind AI and quantum computing
- AI technology: foundation models and applied AI, data and compute infrastructures, MLOps, model lifecycle management, and efficiency at scale
- Quantum technology: end-to-end quantum computing stack, hardware and software co-design, scaling and fault tolerance, and hybrid integration with HPC and classical systems
- Evaluation & performance: benchmarking, validation, and comparability of AI and quantum computing systems.