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Huawei's 2018 Academia Salon took place on 22 November at the Concert Noble, Brussels.

Photos from the event are available here. 

The event was also live streamed from 09:00 until 10:40 and you can watch this again here. 

Speakers include

Stephen Roberts

Faculty Fellow

The AlanTuring Institute

Abraham Liu

Chief Representative to the EU Institutions and Vice-President European Region

Huawei

Antti Peltomäki

Deputy Director General, DG GROW

European Commission

Salwa Toko

President

Conseil National du Numérique (French National Digital Council)

Dino Pedreschi

Professor of Computer Science

University of Pisa

Alea Fairchild

Research Fellow

The Constantia Institute

Raja Chatila

Chair

IEEE Global Initiative for Ethical Considerations in AI and Autonomous Systems; Member, High-Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence

Dan Sobovitz

Digital Communication Strategist to Vice President

European Commission

Walter Weigel

Vice-President

Huawei European Research Institute (ERI)

Kai Peters

Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Business & Law; Member

Group Leadership Team, Coventry University

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Since its launch in 2016, the Huawei Academic Conference has built a reputation of bringing together leading academics from outside the normal Brussels ‘bubble’, with EU policymakers and industry representatives. 

The focus of the event this year was ‘Delivering European Leadership in AI’ and it looked at the building blocks that need to be in place to ensure that we are can maximise the huge potential that AI offers; and at how to best take advantage of our region’s world-class research facilities and highly skilled vertical markets. 

Sessions at the conference included: 

• Exploring new ideas for AI from the experts of tomorrow
• Harnessing the true power of data - ensuring the building blocks are in place
• From the lab to the market - Joining forces to deliver the potential of AI across vertical markets

For more information on last year's edition, please click here.