AIxIA 2025 brings Europe together – moving from talk to action in applied AI

The Franco-German AI conference impresses for the sixth time with around 250 participants, over 30 speakers, 6 sessions, 2 panels and 2 keynotes – greetings from Berlin, Paris, Brussels as well as from the regions of Baden-Württemberg and Grand Est

AIxIA – The Franco-German AI Conference set on Ocotber 14th, 2025 a clear focus on trustworthy, sustainable and resilient AI in its sixth edition under the motto “Beyond Intelligence – The Next Era of AI.” Around 250 participants, over 30 speakers, 6 sessions, 2 panels and 2 keynotes – by Lucilla Sioli, Director of the EU AI Office, on the newly published Apply AI Strategy of the EU, and Ulrich Schmidt of Bosch Mobility with hands-on impulses from Bosch. The political greetings underlined the importance of the conference – from Berlin (Thomas Jarzombek, State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Digital Transformation), Paris (Thomas Courbe, Directeur général at the French Ministry of the Economy) and Brussels (Henna Virkkunen, Vice-President of the European Commission for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy) as well as from the regions Baden-Württemberg (Michael Kleiner, Ministerialdirekcor at the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labour and Tourism Baden-Württemberg) and Grand Est (Mathieu Vermel, Directeur général for Economic Attractiveness of the Région Grand Est).

Outcomes & Highlights 2025

Focus areas: Trust by Design, Public Sector 4.0, Frontiers of AI, Health, Mobility, Manufacturing & Intralogistics – with transferable use cases and concrete follow-ups.

Cooperation: Numerous Franco-German project initiations and SME/public administration follow-ups confirm the transfer towards scaling.

Context: The AIxIA Conference has existed since 2019 and in 2025 acts as a milestone on the road to the “European Summit on Digital Sovereignty 2025” on 18 November in Berlin, initiated by Germany and France.