13 – 14 October 2026 · Porto, Portugal 
The agenda can be changed by organisers - Many sessions are under construction. Come back soon!
| 07:45 | Registration |
| 08:30 | The State of the Union for ADR (Opening Ceremony) Opening: Antonio Gouveia Santos (Executive Director of Alfandega do Porto), Pedro Teixeira (Rector of the University of Porto), João Claro (President & CEO, INESC TEC), Emanuela Girardi (President of ADRA), Roberto Viola (Director of DG CONNECT, European Commission). Defining the "Apply AI challenge" — Setting the goal of moving billions in R&D to billions in industrial ROI. |
| 09:00 | Keynote + Panel 1: European Renaissance 2.0 Kristina Knaving (Swedish Post and Telecom Authority), Nicolas Schneider (AIRBUS), Monsignor Vincenzo Paglia (President of the Pontifical Academy for Life), Ana Casaca (EIC Board Member) The elements of European ADR leadership. |
| 10:00 | Coffee Break & Matchmaking (30 min) |
| 12:30 | Lunch |
| 13:15 | Plenary 2 (60 min): Pooling capital to scale - Davide Rota (Generative Bionics), Reet Pärgmäe (TALTech), John Blankendaal (Brainport Industries), Steve Smith (Dewhurst.tech) |
| 16:30 | Coffee Break & Matchmaking (30 min) |
| 17:30 | Plenary 3 (60 minutes): The geopolitics of trust: Strengthening Europe's global position - Stephen MacDonell (University of Wellington), Jung Hoon Lee (AI Advisor to the RoK government), Mallory Durran (executive director of Nesta’s applied research and methods), Emilia Tantar (Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer at the Luxembourg House of Cybersecurity) |
| 10:30 | GenAI4EU Central Hub (60 min) |
| 11:30 | Building Europe's Next Technology Advantage (60 min) SILO AMD - BOSCH - BDVA - Generative Bionics
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| 14:00 | Apply AI in Robotics and Manufacturing (75 min) - Bruno Arias (Michelin), Néstor Garcia Hidalgo (Eurecat/GRAIL), Mustafa Omer Mohammed Elamin Elshaigi (Comau), Sergio Gusmeroli (EuroFMX), Joen van Os (Signify) |
| 15:15 | Technology Foundations: Robotics and Trustworthy AI MANiBOT, RoboSAPIENS, EXTRA-BRAIN, AIXPERT (40 min); Discussion (20 min) |
| 10:30 | Beyond Pick-and-Place: Advanced Robotic Manipulation in Dynamic and Unstructured Environments (60 min) |
| 11:30 | Measuring Europe’s ADR Capabilities: From Sovereignty Policy Actions to Observatory KPIs (60 min) |
| 14:00 | Data and AI for Circular Industrial Equipment: Re-use, Remanufacturing, Re-build and Upcycling Across Device, Data and Material Levels (75 min) |
| 15:15 | AI for Circular Materials: From Hyperspectral Perception to Autonomous Sorting (75 min) |
| 16:45 | Multimodal perception: from mature technologies to industrial deployment (75 min) |
Organizers Room – 13 October.
VIP / Speakers Lounge – 13 October.
| 10:30 | European Gateway for Trusted AI in Digital Health: Orchestrating Innovation from Data to Deployment (60 min) |
| 11:30 | Beyond the Pilot: How European Robotics Reaches Certified Industrial Deployment (60 min) |
| 14:00 | Manufacturing-as-a-Service. Powering Europe's next Industrial model and Standardization Pathways in the EuroMaaS Projects Cluster (75 min) |
| 15:15 | A European co-design workshop on developing successful humanoid robotics projects for healthcare. (75min) |
| 16:45 | Digital Twins as the Operational Layer for AI, Data and Robotics in European Industry (75 min) |
| 10:30 | AI-Driven HMI Design for CCAM: Methods, Tools, and Human-Centred Validation (60 min) |
| 11:30 | Data and AI infrastructures to power a sovereign and trustworthy Physical AI in EU Manufacturing and Robotics Ecosystems (60 min) |
| 14:00 | Human-Robot Interaction In Europe: Building Trustworthy Collaboration from Lab to Deployment (75 min) |
| 15:15 | From Task Intentions to Reliable Multi-Robot Work in Human-Centred Environments (75 min) |
| 16:45 | "From Policy to Action — Europe's Tech Sovereignty Roadmap" (75 min) |
| 10:30 | Sovereign Physical AI for Europe's Energy Resilience through Autonomous Robot Inspection and Maintenance (60 min) |
| 11:30 | AI + Robotics for maintenance at scale: Turning data into actions and operational value (60 min) |
| 14:00 | Futuring AI Skills in the European Union: Exploring Skills Gaps in key strategic industrial domains (75 min) |
| 15:15 | From Lab to Industry: Scaling Highly Autonomous Robots Under Regulatory Uncertainty (75 min) |
| 16:45 | From Cutting Table to Finished Garment: Robotic Automation in European Apparel Manufacturing (60 min) |
| 10:00 | Qualcomm speaking session - Platinum Sponsor |
| 12:30 | AMD (1), Citeve (2) / BDVA (3) / speaking session - 1 x Platinum, 1 x Diamond + 1 x Gold Sponsor |
| 16:30 | LOBA speaking session - Gold Sponsor |
| 09:00 | Opening Day 2: João Barros (President of National Agency of Research and Innovation - AI2), Ricardo Bento (Vice-President of the North Region Coordination Commission - CCDR-Norte). Keynote: The geopolitics of trust: Strengthening Europe's global position. Plenary 4: ADR in mission-critical environments - Francisco Marques (EDP), Manuela Veloso (Head of JP Morgan AI Research) |
| 11:15 | Coffee Break & Matchmaking (30 min) |
| 12:45 | Lunch |
| 13:45 | Plenary 5: Competitive edge and cross-border scaling Bernardo Almada-Lobo (Founder & Partner, LTP Labs), Joaquim Sérvulo Rodrigues (CEO and Founder, Armilar Venture Partners), Piotr Mieczkowski (Chairman of AI Poland), Rayan El Idrissi (Co-Founder & CTO of Pulsar Robotics) |
| 14:30 | Coffee Break & Matchmaking (30 min) |
| 17:30 | Plenary 6: Porto de Honra – The Catalyst Manifesto (Closing) Fireside with Emanuela Girardi (President, ADRA) and Arlindo Oliveira (President, INESC Holding). |
| 10:00 | AI in Strategic sectors: Manufacturing, Energy, Climate & Environment, Healthcare: DMaaST, COSMIC, TURING, PRIMI, Q&A |
| 11:30 | AI for Impact: Human centricity, Circularity, Sustainability: AI4REALNE, AMALTEA, iBOT4CRMs, MERLIN |
| 14:30 | From projects to policy - Feedback Session Round table discussion: Speakers from AI/HaDEA, Adra and Stakeholders |
| 16:15 | SRIDA - SUPPLY CHAIN (75 min) |
| 10:00 | When Robots Learn to Interact: Foundation Models for Human-Robot Collaboration and Dexterous Manipulation in Healthcare and Industry (75 min) |
| 11:15 | Coffee break |
| 11:30 | European Physical AI for Strategic Autonomy in Field Robotics (75 min) |
| 14:30 | Physical AI, Robotics and Computational Biology as a Compass for Europe Competitiveness (75 min) |
| 16:15 | What is the future of science in the world of AI? (75 min) |
Organizers Room – 14 October.
VIP / Speakers Lounge – 14 October.
| 10:00 | Resilient by Design: Securing Europe's Physical AI and Robotics Supply Chain (75 min) |
| 11:30 | Embodied AI - Challenges and Success (75 min) |
| 14:30 | UAVs for Autonomous Logistics in the Factory - Deep Reinforcement Learning, Applications and Challenges (75 min) |
| 16:15 | Robotics and AI for Inspection of Critical Infrastructures in Extreme Underwater Environments (75min) |
| 10:00 | Designing Ecosystem Governance for ADR: From Governance Gaps to Action (75 min) |
| 11:30 | Trustworthy and Sovereign Industrial Agentic AI: Digital Twins, Standards and Governance (75 min) |
| 14:30 | From Industry Needs to Research Priorities: Developing a European Defence Technology Outlook (75 min) |
| 16:15 | AI for Freight Transportation: From Predictive Models to Technology Transfer (75 min) |
| 10:00 | From Sustainability Challenges to ADRA Action Lines: Connecting Robotics, AI and Data (75 min) |
| 11:30 | Designing the European Hospital of the Future: A Community Roadmapping Workshop on AI, Data & Robotics for Resilient Healthcare (75min) |
| 14:30 | AI, Data and Robotics for Construction 5.0: From European Pilots to Industrial Deployment (75 min) |
| 16:15 | Operational Robotics for Quality Control, Inspection, and Assisted Maintenance for Defense (75 min) |
| 11:15 | TNO - 1x Gold Sponsor speaking session |
| 12:45 | AI on Demand- Deploy AI (1)/ IDENER (2) / TUE (3) / PAL Robotics (4) - 1x Diamond Sponsor & 3x Gold Sponsors |
| 15:55 | AGT Robotics (1) & ADRA (2) - 2 x Gold sponsors |