Back to the Future: World Summit AI returns to Amsterdam with bold new tracks and big global impact

English , International - بین الاقوامی , / Thursday, September 25th, 2025

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London, 25th September 2025

This October, Amsterdam will once again become the beating heart of global artificial intelligence as World AI Week kicks off and World Summit AI returns for its 9th edition.

Hosted at Taets Art and Event Park on 8–9 October, the summit brings together the brightest minds and biggest players in Artificial Intelligence for two days of breakthrough innovation, fierce debate and meaningful connection.

World Summit AI is part of World AI Week, the world’s leading week-long gathering of the global AI community. A high-energy series of 50+ cutting-edge events across business, science, technology and networking. Together, they showcase how AI is transforming business and society, with a focus on automation, creativity, diversity, innovation, responsibility and optimisation.

According to Grand View Research, the global AI market is projected to reach USD 3.5 trillion by 2033, growing at a CAGR of 31.5%.*

As AI investment accelerates and real-world deployment scales up, World Summit AI Amsterdam and World AI Week serve as a vital platform to explore, understand and guardrail for what’s next in AI, but also what’s happening right now. Known as the world’s most influential and inclusive AI summit, World Summit AI convenes leaders from across the ecosystem – enterprise, big tech, startups, academia, investors and government – to inspire innovation, drive positive change and tackle the most pressing challenges shaping our collective future.

“World Summit AI is the most prestigious AI summit – it’s that simple: miss it and you’re not in AI,” said Sarah Porter, CEO and Founder of InspiredMinds!

More than a B2B conference, World Summit AI is a festival of ideas and impact. With a theme of “Back to the Future: It’s About Time,” the 2025 edition dives headfirst into the urgency of this AI moment, one where opportunity and responsibility collide. From AI4Good to regulation, technical deep dives to moonshot visions, the summit offers an unmatched mix of depth, access and energy.

World Summit AI 2025 will feature cutting-edge tracks including:

Frontier AI
Collaborative Intelligence
Moonshot Mothership
Physical AI
AI & Entrepreneurship
Intelligent Learning
Innovation Insights
Startups, Scaleups & Unicorns
AI for Good
Technical Deep Dives
Accelerating AI Adoption
Money AI
Responsible AI & Governance
Startup Showcase

A Global Speaker Line-Up. Confirmed speakers include:

Karen Hao, NYT Bestselling Author and Journalist
Peter Sarlin, CEO and Co-Founder, AMD Silo.AI
Max Welling, CTO & Co-Founder, CuspAI
Jochen Rudat, Chief Growth & Revenue Officer, Humanoid
Catelijne Muller, President, ALLAI, Observer CAI (Council of Europe), Member, OECD
Fernando Dominguez Pinuaga, Vice President, SandboxAQ
Tanuja Randery, Managing Director and VP of AWS EMEA, AWS
Magesh Bagavathi, Chief Data and AI Officer, PepsiCo
Ellen Svanström, Chief Digital Information Officer, H&M Group
Wendell Wallach, Semi-retired: Scholar/Author/Activist, Formerly: Yale Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics & The Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs
Helia Mohammadi, Ph.D., Chief AI & Precision Health Officer, Microsoft Canada
Dr. Ebtesam Almazrouei, Director and Co-Founder, AI-Cross Center Unit, Technology Innovation Institute (TII)
Jason Snyder, Global Chief AI Officer, Momentum Worldwide
Zack Hicks, Chief Digital and Technical Officer, Kimberly-Clark
Dr Ambica Rajagopal, Group Chief Data and AI Officer, Michelin
Anja Kaspersen, Director Global Markets, IEEE
Jan Hajic, Coordinator and Co-Leader, OpenEuroLLM
Daniel Gebler, CTO, Picnic
Alejandro Saucedo, Director of Engineering, Applied Science, Product & Analytics, Zalando
Robert Petrosino, Strategic Engagement Advisor: Artificial Intelligence, FBI