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AI & Big Data Expo Europe 2026

The AI & Big Data Expo Europe 2026, part of TechEx, is the ultimate gathering for industry leaders, visionaries, and tech enthusiasts. The event features groundbreaking technologies from hundreds of exhibitors, 200+ expert speakers sharing real-world experiences and strategies, and opportunities to network with over 8,000 attendees from various sectors. It c…

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6Speakers
35Sponsors
146Exhibitors
12On the bill · sessions
163Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at AI, in alphabetical order.
Bernat Coma Puig
AI Tech Lead · GLS
Candyce Costa
Founder · Female Tech Leaders Community
Konstantin Grigoroff
Principal AI Engineer · Shell
Madhusudhan Konda
Principal Lead AI Engineer · EBRD
Mohit Joshi
Director of Data Engineering & AI · Ford Credit
Parinita Kothari
Engineering Lead · Lloyds Banking Group
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
EYPlatinum
GleanDiamond
IBMDiamond
NTT DATADiamond
OutsystemsDiamond
ParloaPlatinum
Unitree RoboticsPlatinum
ZervePlatinum
DatadogGold
EvernexGold
ExpereoGold
In The PocketGold
LoketGold
Loket.nlGold
OktaGold
SenzingGold
SnowflakeGold
Splunk (a Cisco company)Gold
StarburstGold
SyndioGold
ExadelSilver
AnyFormat AIBronze
Arch ConsultingBronze
AskNewsBronze
Think AutomationBronze
Think Automation (OptimaGPT)Bronze
Think Automation x OptimagptBronze
Wonderful AI BVBronze
Henkel Adhesive Technologies (Uniquely Wired)Bag Sponsor
Henkel Adhesive Technologies – Uniquely WiredBag Sponsor
Henkel Adhesive Technologies Uniquely WiredBag Sponsor
Henkel Adhesive Technologies: Uniquely WiredBag Sponsor
OverleafTrack Sponsor
SAS InstituteTrack Sponsor
Uniquely Wired with HenkelBag Sponsor
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Agenda

Selected from 12 sessions on the bill.
  • 09:30 AM - 09:45 AM

    Chairperson’s Opening Remarks

    Chairpersons welcome and opening remarks

    AI Developer
  • 09:45 - 10:25

    Panel: GenAI for Software Development - Beyond the Hype, Into the Code

    What’s real vs. hype: Where GenAI is already delivering value in dev workflows, and where it still falls short. - Velocity vs. quality: Does GenAI speed up coding without introduc…

    AI Developer
  • 10:30 - 11:00

    Presentation: Ship with Confidence - LLM Evaluation & CI for RAG and Agents

    As Large Language Models (LLMs) become integral to Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems and AI agents, ensuring consistent quality and reliability is critical. This session…

    AI Developer
  • 11:05 - 11:25

    Presentation: Context is King - Evaluating Long Context vs. RAG for Data Grounding

    Grounding Large Language Models in your specific data is crucial, but notoriously challenging. Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) is the common pattern, yet practical implementat…

    AI Developer
  • 11:25 - 11:55

    Networking Break

    AI Developer
  • 11:55 - 12:25

    Presentation: AI-Powered Commerce at Scale: Generative Experiences, Autonomous Agents, Fulfillment Intelligence, and Trusted Ecosystems for the Next Retail Era

    Commerce is entering an AI-native era, where intelligence is embedded across the entire commerce lifecycle - from seller onboarding to post-purchase engagement. This talk presents …

    AI Developer
  • 12:30 - 13:00

    Presentation: Why your RAG sucks and how to fix it

    “Why Your RAG Sucks and How to Fix It” dives into the common pitfalls of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) implementations, from poor retrieval quality to misaligned embeddings …

    AI Developer
  • 13:00 - 14:00

    Lunch Break

    AI Developer
  • 14:00 - 14:40

    Panel: Architecting AI Agents: From RAG to Agentic Systems

    As AI applications evolve from conversational interfaces to intelligent systems capable of reasoning, planning, and taking action, development teams are rethinking how AI products …

    AI Developer
Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 163 companies show up, and 21 bet on three roles at once?

163 companies. 21 are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page, cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
21All threespeak · spons · exh
11Sponsoringsponsor only
125Exhibitingexhibitor only
6Companies Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

anyformat.ai·Arch Consulting·Datadog·Evernex·Exadel·Expereo·Henkel Adhesive Technologies – Uniquely Wired·IBM·In The Pocket·Loket·NTT DATA·Okta·OutSystems·Parloa·Senzing·Snowflake·Splunk, a Cisco Company·Starburst·Syndio·Unitree Robotics·Zerve

Speakers by seniority

33% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • Founder / Owner117%
  • Director / Head of117%
  • Manager / Lead467%

Of 6 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01anyformat.aiSp·BEx
  2. 02Arch ConsultingSp·BEx
  3. 03DatadogSp·GEx
  4. 04EvernexSp·GEx
  5. 05ExadelSp·SEx
  6. 06ExpereoSp·GEx
  7. 07Henkel Adhesive Technologies – Uniquely WiredSp·BEx
  8. 08IBMSp·DEx
  9. 09In The PocketSp·GEx
  10. 10LoketSp·GEx
  11. 11NTT DATASp·DEx
  12. 12OktaSp·GEx
  13. 13OutSystemsSp·DEx
  14. 14ParloaSp·PEx
Sponsors by tier
diamond4
11% of 35
platinum4
11% of 35
gold12
34% of 35
silver1
3% of 35
bronze7
20% of 35
bag sponsor5
14% of 35
track sponsor2
6% of 35
At peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

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