AAIC – Applied AI Conference 2026
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Join us live from Vienna for the Applied AI Conference (AAIC) 2026, hosted by AI Austria in cooperation with AUSSENWIRTSCHAFT AUSTRIA. AAIC brings together leading minds from business, technology, research and the AI ecosystem to explore how artificial intelligence is being applied today — and what comes next. 📅 24 September 2026 🔴 Livestream from approx. 08:45 CEST 🎤 Opening at 09:00 CEST 📍 Vienna, Austria Learn more: www.aaic.forum #AAIC2026 #AppliedAI #ArtificialIntelligence #AIAustria 00:00:00 Pre-event silence 00:30:00 Opening Remarks — Natalie Staniewicz 00:49:45 AI @ IBM: Scaling Beyond the Pilot — Verena Trost 01:06:53 How AI Simplifies Visual Communication — Clara Cordes 01:21:02 Presentation of the Enterprise Europe Network — Jana Gumpinger 01:26:36 Visibility Creates Courage: Austria’s AI Map — Saskya Lipp 01:43:15 Industrial AI from the Inside Out — Franziskos Kyriakopoulos 02:30:00 The Future of AI in Cybersecurity — Bernhard Grill 02:52:35 From Functional to Trustworthy: Rethinking What “Good AI” Means — Thomas Doms 04:27:01 AI Without Losing Control / Who Controls the Intelligence? Why Sovereign AI Is a Business Imperative — Daniel Eder 04:50:29 Generating Virtual Worlds — Ben James 05:25:17 No Accountability, No Scale — Carina Zehetmaier 05:51:29 Applied AI in Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area — Prof. Dong Sun JP 06:25:29 How Will AI Transform Your Business? — Valentin Czuczumanov 06:49:47 Governance and Trust in AI-Assisted Coding — Katrin Freihofner 07:56:54 AI in Customer Conversations: More Productivity, Sharper Insights, Better Sales Teams — Gerald Zankl 08:20:52 Taming the AI Wild West — Michael Mayr and Harald Reisinger 08:43:06 Closing Remarks: Takeaways from AAIC 2026 — Clemens Wasner, Patrik-René Felbauer, and Natalie Staniewicz