On April 24-25, 2025, the EU-Startups Summit returns to Malta for an unmissable two-day occasion bringing collectively round 2,300 founders, startup fanatics, and buyers for uplifting talks, networking, and industry-leading discussions.
As AI and quantum computing reshape industries worldwide, Europe faces a essential second in defining its function on the worldwide stage. To discover this pivotal subject, we have now assembled a panel of specialists who’re actively shaping the way forward for AI and quantum innovation in Europe in our panel “How Europe Can Compete in Quantum & AI on the International Stage.”
This panel will sort out Europe’s place within the world AI and quantum race, the funding and scaling challenges deep-tech startups face towards well-funded rivals within the US and China, and the function of coverage and regulation in fostering innovation. Our panellists will even discover real-world functions of those applied sciences in finance, healthcare, and superior manufacturing and focus on what must occur for Europe to guide on this deep-tech revolution. Meet the audio system:
Sabrina Maniscalco – Algorithmiq
Sabrina is the Co-founder and CEO of Algorithmiq, a quantum computing firm pioneering superior algorithms for all times sciences, prescribed drugs, and supplies discovery. With a background in quantum info and computing, she can be a Professor on the College of Helsinki and an Adjunct Professor at Aalto College, the place she leads analysis on quantum applied sciences. Beneath her management, Algorithmiq is on the forefront of leveraging near-term quantum gadgets to resolve real-world issues, pushing the boundaries of quantum innovation in Europe and past.
Rodrigo Hernandez – Multiverse Computing
Rodrigo is the International Director of GenAI at Multiverse Computing, a number one quantum AI software program firm that has raised over $71 million to advance quantum and quantum-inspired AI options. Multiverse Computing applies its know-how throughout finance, power, manufacturing, healthcare, and cybersecurity, delivering real-world functions of quantum computing. Rodrigo has performed a key function within the growth of CompactifAI, an AI mannequin compression instrument that reduces mannequin dimension whereas sustaining efficiency and reducing power consumption and prices.
Serge is the Senior Director of the Startups Program at NVIDIA, a worldwide chief in AI, quantum computing, and high-performance computing options. He works straight with strategic companions, buyers, and deep-tech startups globally. The NVIDIA Inception program helps startups scale by varied advantages and entry to cutting-edge AI instruments and software program. With NVIDIA on the epicentre of Al’s evolution, Serge brings unparalleled insights into the way forward for Al and quantum computing
Safe your ticket right now and keep tuned for thrilling updates on our occasion web page—you too can try the complete agenda right here to maintain monitor of all of the audio system and panels.
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The European Innovation Council (EIC) is a flagship initiative of the European Fee to show disruptive European science into groundbreaking industrial propositions and speed up the scale-up of “game-changing” improvements. It’s a key constructing bloc of a strengthened European ecosystem and the New European Innovation Agenda, filling the hole between R&D assist, non-public buyers, and the market. With a finances of over €10 billion beneath the Horizon Europe Programme (2021-2027) it seeks to place Europe as a worldwide chief within the present wave of deep tech innovation.
