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Read the story7 min readHuman × AI Conference / 2027
Building Europe’s Sovereign Growth Engine
Ecosystems and capital for industrial transformation
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- Vienna, Austria
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- Vienna UP 2027
The organisations building Human × AI 2027
01 / The mission
A continent of ideas.
An engine for progress.
Human × AI 2027 will give the stage to some of the brightest minds building Europe’s new growth engines.
Through a wide-format agenda, the event will present ideas and use cases on how Europe can create the economic foundation to develop, finance, govern and scale the technologies and business models that anchor its sovereignty.
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The context
We operate in multi-crisis and highly uncertain times. Global balances are shifting and an entirely new geopolitical landscape is emerging.
In parallel, AI is accelerating transformation across every domain and becoming a foundational layer of a new economic logic.
The Challenge
In this complex environment, Europe must respond with fundamental structural reform.
It needs to accelerate the conversion of ideas into economic value, address the gap in innovation, capital, market access, and secure its strategic autonomy over the assets on which its future depends.
The Opportunity
Transformative endeavours and forces capable of advancing this economic reinvention are gaining strength across Europe - from Vienna to Warsaw, from Zurich to Athens.
This moment carries immense opportunity and Human × AI was built to seize it.
On 11 May, the platform will convene the people who can reinforce the foundations of Europe’s prosperity through cross-industrial ecosystems and alliances connecting ideas, talent, and capital.
02 / Content streams
Nine ways
to move
Europe forward.
Ideas meet industry.
Ambition meets action.
01How Europe can reinforce its growth engine
Reforging Europe’s economic architecture through technological breakthroughs and sovereign digital infrastructure.
Explore this stream02The Ground Beneath Prosperity
Why democracy, security and institutional quality are crucial mechanisms for economic progress
Explore this stream03Startups and Scale-ups: Europe's Competitive Edge
What it takes to secure capital, enter new markets, build high-performing teams and create long-term value
Explore this stream04AI from Models to Machines
AI as the underlying force for new business models and market categories, supported by European compute, chips and networks
Explore this stream05Deeptech as Economic Power
Moving advances of cutting-edge science and technology into commercial and industrial application
Explore this stream06Energy for Industrial Transformation
Cost-competitive and clean energy as the foundation of productive and resilient industry.
Explore this stream07Cross-Border Ecosystems
How regional cooperation and inclusive alliances foster innovation and expand access to economic opportunity
Explore this stream08Capital for Entrepreneurial Vanguard
The role of institutional and private investment in financing ambitious founders and capital-intensive innovation
Explore this stream09The People Behind the Engine
The skills, mindset and workforce architecture required for European companies to scale and compete
Explore this streamThematic directions for the conference and Content Hub. They are not a confirmed programme; the 2027 programme will be announced. All streams in the Content Hub
03 / Who we bring together
Progress has
a human side
- Technology companies building AI layer
- Businesses that align innovation with impact and create shared value
- Private and Institutional Investors that back the bold and enable long-term transformation
- Startups and Scale-up that challenge incumbents and invent new market segments
- Universities that nurture curiosity, talent, and breakthroughs
Voices from 2026
Meet the 2026 speakers
CEO & Co-Founder, Another EarthMaya Pindeus
Chairman, Centre for Liberal Strategies | Permanent Fellow, IWM ViennaIvan Krastev
Co-Founder & CEO, European Capital of Democracy | Partner, Innovation in Politics InstituteHelfried Carl
Different disciplines. Shared ambition.
The conversation continues in 2027. Speakers for 2027 have not been announced yet.
04 / Speakers
2027 lineup to be announced
The people
moving ideas forward.
Original thinking. Practical evidence. A European perspective. The 2027 lineup will be published here when confirmed.
05 / Agenda
2027 programme to be announced
A day for
the bigger questions.
11 May 2027, Vienna. The full schedule and session details will be published here when confirmed.
06 / The meeting point
See you in Vienna.
· Vienna · Venue to be announced · Part of Vienna UP 2027
A continuing conversation, since 2026. The latest perspectives, with every chapter connected.
The previous edition / 19 May 2026
One day in Vienna.
A conversation that continues.
29 speakers. 200+ attendees. 30+ countries.
Revisit the people, programme and perspectives.
Build it with us / 2027
Europe’s next chapter
needs your perspective.
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