European Vision for AI 2021 – an event for all

The European Vision for AI event, held on 22 April 2021, provided an opportunity for the public to hear from members of the European artificial intelligence (AI) community and representatives from the European Commission and parliament. The morning-long session was organised by the VISION project partners in cooperation with four networks of AI centres of excellence (AI4Media, ELISE, TAILOR, Humane-AI-Net). These networks were launched within the European Union's Horizon 2020 Programme in September 2020 and are bringing together scientists across Europe. This event followed hot on the heels of the announcement from the European Commission regarding proposed new rules and actions for artificial intelligence. During the morning, the speakers provided some context and details around this and there was plenty of interesting discussion on potential paths forward for AI in Europe.