The Brussels Region has played an active and frontrunner role in the development of a vibrant AI ecosystem in the Capital of Europe. Since 2016, companies and academia have received extensive funding support to achieve their AI ambitions and tighten the links between them.

Capitalizing on these efforts, a new Regional Innovation Plan (2021-2027) has been established and will be first presented.

Next, four Brussels companies supported by Innoviris will present how AI helps them meet their objectives and contributes to solve societal challenges in health, environment, mobility and inclusion.

Finally, the joint ULB-VUB Institute FARI (AI for the Common Good) will discuss why and how ethics must be central in any AI (trustworthy & fair) project. The institute will explain how its different activities will facilitate academia, profit and non for profit organisations in Brussels in achieving this.