Workshops Overview

The ADRF25 Conference offers a variety of hands-on workshops designed to give participants practical skills, new insights, and opportunities to collaborate. Workshops are led by experts and cover topics ranging from data governance and privacy to advanced analytics and evaluation methods.

The European AI, Data, Robotics Forum (ADRF) is the annual community gathering event organized by the AI, Data and Robotics Association (Adra) in collaboration with the European Commission. This event serves as an arena for inspiration and matchmaking of actors and stakeholders in Europe with the goal of promoting research, innovation and deployment of AI, Data, and Robotics (ADR) towards boosting competitiveness and improving technological leadership and welfare across Europe. The call for workshops is thematically open to any topic at the cross-roads between AI, Data and Robotics.

What to Expect

  • Diverse Topics: Sessions span data science, ethics, technology, and evaluation practices.

  • All Levels: Options for beginners, intermediates, and advanced participants.

  • Interactive Format: Each workshop is designed to be practical and collaborative.

  • Expert Instructors: Learn from leaders across research, government, and industry.

 

Workshop Sessions Condensed Agenda

Day 1, 23 September, 2025

TimeWorkshop TitleSpeakers
09:45-11:00Pushing the limits of robotic and AI technologies for advanced
object manipulation towards reducing human labour
Dimitios Giakoumis
CERTH-ITI
ADR and Digital SovereigntyMarianne Schoenmakers
Program Manager Digital Society. TNO
AI, Data, and Robotics for the Future of European DefenceKrzysztof Lipiec
Director Of Commercialisation
Department, Łukasiewicz-piap
Securing Europe’s Future: Ethical and Reliable Data for
Europe's Autonomy
Phd Marianne Pouwer
Business Developer AI
OOST NL (AI-hub Oost-Nederland
Generative AI for Humanoid Robots: Advancing Intelligence
and Interaction
Francesco Ferro
PAL Robotics
12:00-13:15AI and Data Sovereignty in a Fragmented WorldStefano Bertolo
Scientific Programme Officer
European Commission, CNECT G1
  
AI, Your Way: Trusted, Scalable, and Ready for to DeliverSusie Ruston McAleer
Md & Founder
21cconsultancy
Mapping the EU AI ecosystem – one year on and lift-offGeraud Guilloud
TNO
AI, Data and Robotics in road transport: technology means
geopolitical power
Dr. Bernhard Peischl
Innovation Manager
AVL List GmbH
Automating Compliance for a Value-Based European Digital
Economy
PhD Nikolay Nikolov
Research Scientist
SINTEF
Human-Centered Intelligence: Enabling Next-Generation
Human-Robot Collaboration Across Industries
Dr Wael Mohammed
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Tampere University
15:05-16:20Infrastructures for an AI continent - Accelerating Deployment
and Innovation Through tripartite Collaboration
Ms Kristina Karanikolova
Consultant And Researcher
TNO
Building Resilient Swarm Programmability: From Edge
Intelligence to Cyber-Secure Collaborative Deployments
Kevin Keyaert
Martel innovate
Enhancing resilience and sustainability of European critical
infrastructures using ADR technologies
Antidio Viguria
Avionics And Systems Director
CATEC
AI-Enabled Robotic Solutions for Critical Maritime
Infrastructure: Inspection, Maintenance, and Security
Dr. Barbara Arbanas Ferreira
Acting Head Of Research
CoE MARBLE
The Human-Centric and Value-driven Approach to Artificial
Intelligence, Data and Robotics at the intersection of Law,
Ethics and Technology
Dr. Marina Cugurra
S&D Consulting Europe
Breaking Boundaries for Europe: Driving Innovation Through
Data Spaces, AI-Enhanced Value Networks, and Emerging
Robotics Applications
Laura Gavrilut
Project Manager
21 Consultancy
16:50-18:05Creating Impact: Innovation, deployment and uptake of AI-
Data-Robotics technologies.
Iddo Bante
University of Twente
Fostering a paradigm shift in the AI value chain through HW/SW
co-design
Maxim Chantillon
IMEC
Urban Mining & AI-powered Robotics: Securing Europe's
Critical Raw Materials supply
Dr. Nabil Belbachir
Research Director Darwin
NORCE Research
AI-Powered Search & Rescue Robotics: Boosting European
Resilience and Innovation
Dr. Ivana Kruijff-Korbayová
Lead For Research, Development And Tran
German Rescue Robotics Center
From Problem to Prototype: Needs-Based AI Innovation
through EDIH–University Collaboration
Dr. Otilia Zvoristeanu
Teaching Assistant
Technical University Gheorghe Asachi Iași
Efficient and trustworthy AI frameworks: making the best of
cloud-edge European data for scalable real-world industry
deployments
Susanne Kuehrer
EIT Digital

Day 2, 24 September, 2025

 

TimeWorkshop TitleSpeaker
08:45-10:00Science for AIMario Fritz
CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information
Security
Transforming Research into Reality: Effective Strategies for
ADR Integration
Hala Elrofai
Eindhoven University of Technology
Harnessing ADR Convergence for Sustainable and Resilient
Aquaculture: Navigating the Future of Food Security
Lars Ebbesson
NORCE
Trustworthy AI for energy resilience: driving strategic
autonomy through TEFs, SMEs, and data innovation
Ms. Mayte Carracedo
Chief Ecosystem Officer
Fundingbox
Toward Sustainable AI Hardware: Addressing Environmental
Impacts Across the Lifecycle
Dr. Sagar Sen
Research Manager
ENFIELD
Translating AI/ML research into impact in the manufacturing
industry
Dr Katharina Roettger
Principal Scientist
CPI
11:30-12:45Adra's Strategic Research, Innovation, and Deployment
Agenda & Digital Twin Topic Group
TBD
Trustworthy Multi-Agent AI & Robotics for Global Resilience,
Autonomy and Security
Assia Belbachir
Senior Researcher
NORCE
Regional Innovation and ADR technologies convergence for EU
Industrial Competitiveness: a Human Centric, Resilient and
Sustainable approach in Didactic Factories for students and
SMEs
Sergio Gusmeroli
Politecnico di Milano
Paving the way towards Trustworthy and Safe AIDr. Rodica Mihai
Senior Researcher
NORCE RESEARCH
Who’s to Blame When Robots Go Wrong? Accountability in AI-
Driven Industry
Petra Dalunde
RISE
When AI meets MachinerySusanne Stenberg
RISE