2025 event
The Inaugural Event
On 17 November 2025, Turku became the center of European AI research and innovation.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT / FINALE
THANK YOU.
AI SUMMIT 2025 HAS COME TO A CLOSE. WE EXTEND OUR SINCERE GRATITUDE TO OUR PANELISTS, PARTNERS, AND THE GLOBAL AUDIENCE.
This year also marked an important milestone: the launch of the ELLIS Institute Finland. Our congratulations to the entire ELLIS team on an achievement that will strengthen research, talent and collaboration across Europe for years to come.
"FINLAND'S MOMENT IS NOW. STRENGTHENING THE ECOSYSTEM BY BUILDING ACROSS RESEARCH AND INDUSTRY."
Peter Sarlin
Founder / Foundation PS
OVERVIEW / PURPOSE
World-class research meets global industry.
FINLAND AND THE CITY OF TURKU PROUDLY HOSTED A LANDMARK INTERNATIONAL EVENT, UNITING WORLD-CLASS AI RESEARCHERS AND BUSINESS LEADERS TO DEFINE THE NEXT ERA OF INTELLIGENCE.
The AI Summit marked the official opening of the ELLIS Institute Finland -- a milestone moment that will shape the future of AI and its impact on society and the economy for generations to come.
DATELINE
17 NOV 2025
10:00 — 18:00 EET / TURKU FINLAND
LOCATION
Logomo Hub
Köydenpunojankatu 14 / Finland
EDITION
Inaugural
Archive / 2025
SCHEDULE / TIMELINE
THE 2025 PROGRAM
17.11.2025
Logomo / Turku
Opening of the AI Summit
Official launch of ELLIS Institute Finland
ELLIS Panel: Frontiers of AI research
ELLIS Panel: Connecting science and society
LUNCH BREAK
INTERMISSIONPanel I: Europe's competitiveness, growth and security
COFFEE BREAK
INTERMISSIONPanel II: State of AI research and technology in Europe
Panel III: State of AI companies and startups in Europe
Ending remarks
Cocktail reception
OFFICIAL SIDE EVENT
AI TURUUS AFTER HOURS
NETWORKING AND INSPIRATION FOR THE FINNISH AI ECOSYSTEM HOSTED BY BUSINESS TURKU.
The 2025 Speakers
Samuel Kaski
Founding director & Professor at ELLIS Institute Finland
Serge Belongie
President of ELLIS Society, University of Copenhagen
Bernhard Schölkopf
Director, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems
Petteri Orpo
Prime Minister of Finland
Peter Sarlin
Co-Founder & CEO at AMD Silo AI
Jaakko Lehtinen
Professor at Aalto University and Research Scientist at NVIDIA
Kyunghyun Cho
Professor at New York University
Negar Kiyavash
Professor at EPFL
Amy Loutfi
Program Director at WASP and Professor at Örebro University
Alexandra Gylfe
Founding Partner at Nordic Science Investments
Nina Laaksonen
Chief Product Officer at WithSecure
Kristo Ovaska
Founder & CEO at Taito.ai
Ilkka Paananen
CEO and Co-founder of Supercell
Björn Wahlroos
Chairman of Wahlroos Capital
Henna Virkkunen
EVP & Commissioner at European Commission
Bengt Holmström
Nobel laureate & Emeritus Professor at MIT
Janne Jaakkola
Chief of Defense of Finnish Defense Forces
Elina Valtonen
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Finland
Jussi Westergren
University of Oxford and ex-DeepMind
Neil Lawrence
DeepMind Professor at University of Cambridge
Max Welling
Co-Founder & CTO of Cusp AI
Laurent Sifre
Co-founder & CTO at H Company
Laura Ruotsalainen
Vice Chair of ELLIS Institute Finland
Meredith Whittaker
President & Board Director of Signal Foundation
Anton Osika
Co-founder & CEO of Lovable
Max Junestrand
Co-founder & CEO of Legora
Jacomo Corbo
Co-founder & CEO of PhysicsX
Thomas Wolf
Co-Founder & CSO at Hugging Face