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Fifteen years from this Thursday, two very different futures are possible. In one, care is more affordable, queues are shorter, and we build rather than rent intelligence. In the other, none of that happens. The difference is not what AI can do, rather what we decide to do with it. In the closing keynote at TechDays, Marco van der Werf, founder of LenAI and Fellow at the UvA, explores the tension between optimism and pessimism, then brings it back to the choices we make right now. Which future are we choosing to build? Three days to go, and this is your last chance to grab a ticket for TechDays 2026: https://lnkd.in/e53qBDmZ #TechDays2026 #AppliedAI #ResponsibleAI

TechDays 2026 opens its first breakout round with four technical deep-dive tracks. 🔍 The sessions move from building a geospatial data agent on top of an existing dashboard and retrieving unexpected legal angles from millions of passages, to combining specification-driven and test-driven development for AI-assisted engineering and examining reliability through SRE, Google Search, and AI. Different domains and architectures, but one shared question: how do we build systems that remain useful, testable, and dependable in real operating environments? Which topic are you most interested in exploring? 💬 Featuring: Felicity Fan Henk Snepvangers Sanne Wielinga Liangliang Zheng Kevin Kewal Almer T. Moderator: Leanne Joseph 📍 TechDays 2026 15 October | Circa Amsterdam 🎟️ Limited tickets left, get yours now: https://lnkd.in/eu6VCu-Y 📢 Already attending? Display your badge: https://lnkd.in/ehBDZWsQ #TechDays2026 #AIEngineering #MachineLearning

Who controls the AI systems Europe increasingly depends on, and how can we build credible alternatives? Lokke Moerel, Professor of Global ICT Law at Tilburg University, will open TechDays 2026 with the keynote “Kickstarting Our Digital Sovereignty.” She will examine what rapid advances in AI mean for Europe’s digital independence, from current EU initiatives to the development of GPT-NL, the first sovereign Dutch large language model designed around European and Dutch legislation and public values. The session will also explore how GPT-NL could support agentic AI applications and what organisations, developers and individuals can do to help build a more sovereign digital future. 🎟️ Limited tickets lefts so grab your tickets here soon: https://lnkd.in/dU_kYG8G 🎓 A limited number of student tickets are also available through the ticket shop. Explore TechDays: https://lnkd.in/dD9PAwb5 #TechDays2026 #DigitalSovereignty #GPTNL #AgenticAI #AppliedAI #AIEngineering #KickstartAI

Dutch companies are experimenting with AI at full speed, but why do so many still struggle to get past the first step? That’s the question at the centre of our feature in the Prinsjesdag edition of De Telegraaf, with KickstartAI CEO Erick Webbe. The article looks at a pattern we see often: promising experiments, enthusiasm, results – and then the difficult part of turning them into something that actually becomes part of the organisation. Erick shares why that takes more than technology, what companies tend to underestimate, and why collaboration matters if we want to get more AI into practice in the Netherlands. Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/eAKB5f4B

Everyone is experimenting with AI, but only a few are successfully running it in production. At TechDays 2026, Sako Arts, CTO of Wonderful, will lead a hands-on workshop exploring how enterprise AI agents move from an initial idea to a deployable system. Sako brings experience spanning deep learning research, AI startups, consulting, and enterprise implementation. He’ll offer a practical glimpse into what separates a promising prototype from an AI agent that organisations can genuinely deploy and trust. Join us on 15 October at Circa Amsterdam. Early-bird ticket sales are ending soon, so grab your tickets today! https://lnkd.in/dgKPNq7G #TechDays2026 #AppliedAI #KickstartAI #AIAgents #EnterpriseAI

This year’s TechDays theme is Applied AI: ideas put into practice, lessons worth sharing, and people learning from one another. Join us on 15 October at Circa Amsterdam for a full day of talks, conversations, and new perspectives. 👉 Tickets are now live! Early bird tickets are available, with a limited number of student tickets, so get yours soon: https://lnkd.in/d9ZEgCPV #TechDays2026 #AppliedAI #KickstartAI #AIintheNetherlands