Moderator: Simon Pickard, Network Director of Science|Business

13:30 Registration and coffee

14:15 Opening words by Kimmo Koski, Managing Director of CSC - IT Center for Science, on behalf of the LUMI consortium

14:30 Opening words by Tuuli-Maaria Aalto, Finland's Deputy Permanent Representative to the European Union

14:40 Keynote by Andrus Ansip, Member of the European Parliament and former Vice President of the European Commission, on data, computing, AI and talent as building blocks of Europe’s future success

15:00 Panel debate on the societal impact of supercomputing and AI ecosystems

• Panelists:
• Niklas Blomberg, Executive Director of Innovative Health Initiative
• Branislav Jansík, Supercomputing Services Director, IT4Innovations National Supercomputing Center
• Minna Palmroth, Professor in Computational Space Physics, Helsinki University
• Irina Sandu, Director of Destination Earth Service, European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
• David Waroquiers, CEO and cofounder, Matgenix

15:50 Networking break

16:10 Panel debate on the next steps for developing supercomputing and AI ecosystems

• Panelists:
• Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Member of the European Parliament
  
• Rafał Duczmal, Chair of the Governing Board, EuroHPC Joint Undertaking
• Hilary Hanahoe, Secretary General, Research Data Alliance
• Cécile Huet, Head of Unit on Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Excellence, European Commission (DG CNECT)
• Liviu Stirbat, Head of Unit on Industry 5.0 & AI in Science, European Commission (DG RTD)
  

17:00 Q&A with Margrethe Vestager, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission, on the contribution of supercomputing and AI ecosystems to European societies

17:20 Closing words by Kimmo Koski, Managing Director of CSC - IT Center for Science, on behalf of the LUMI consortium

17:30 Networking cocktail