Berlin · Since 2014 · 10th Edition 2026
Europe's Home of
Artificial Intelligence.
Rise of AI connects the people building, funding, regulating and applying artificial intelligence in Europe — through a trusted conference, an exclusive dinner and a community of 30,000+.
A carefully curated room where Europe’s AI conversation happens — around tables, on stage and between the people who matter.
Trusted by Europe's leading AI organisations · Selected past partners
“Europe’s AI future will not be written by one grand strategy alone. It is shaped through thousands of conversations between the people who understand technology, policy, capital, industry and society. That is where Rise of AI plays its role.”
For over a decade, we have brought the right people into the same room — to debate, challenge, learn, connect and move from AI ambition to AI leadership.
What We Offer
One ecosystem. Four ways in.
Rise of AI is more than a conference. It is a platform for Europe’s AI conversation — built over ten years through trust, curation and the belief that the right room changes everything.
Rise of AI Conference
The Conference
Europe's premier AI conference, annually in Berlin. 300 curated guests, 40+ speakers, a full day of keynotes, panels, workshops and conversations — spanning business, policy, research and startups.
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Rise of AI Speaker Dinner
The Speaker Dinner
An exclusive private dinner for 100 selected guests the evening before the conference. Five hours of conversation with the people who shape Europe's AI future — by invitation and Premium Pass only.
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Rise of AI Community
The Community
30,000+ members across Europe's AI ecosystem — decision makers, researchers, founders, investors and policymakers connected through trusted relationships built since 2014. Accessible through the Alumni Network.
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Rise of AI Partnerships
Partnerships
Partner with Rise of AI to reach Europe's most relevant AI audience. Access executive decision makers through the conference, the dinner, content formats and long-term community relationships. Starting from €10,000.
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Rise of AI Conference · Berlin · May 2027
The AI conversation Europe needs to have.
Each year in Berlin, Rise of AI brings together selected leaders from business, policy, research, startups and investment for a day of high-level dialogue, keynotes, panels and strategic conversations.
Themes are chosen for their relevance to Europe’s actual AI challenges: sovereignty, governance, industrial adoption, infrastructure, talent and the societal dimension of AI. Substantive debates, sharp keynotes and real conversations with the people responsible for shaping what happens next.
Speaker Dinner · Berlin · Evening before the Conference
The evening before everything changes.
100 handpicked guests. One private location in Berlin. Five hours of conversation, warmth and genuine connection — with the people who shape Europe’s AI future.
Pure conversation, warmth and genuine connection. The Speaker Dinner is where trust becomes friendship — where the conversations begun at dinner continue on stage the next morning and often far beyond. Human curated to the last detail: handpicked seating, personal table briefings on request, a new exclusive venue each year.
Community Voices
What people say about Rise of AI.
From first-time attendees to long-standing community members — in their own words.
For me it was — like last year — the best AI conference I have been to this year. What I liked most: it felt focused, thoughtful and practical. Ambitious, relevant and grounded.
I arrived curious but held my expectations open. Now I understand what they meant. The people in that room were thinking seriously about the right things. And it showed in every conversation.
What impressed me most were the earnest, direct, no-BS conversations — 1:1 or in small groups. An impressively friendly, thoughtful and smart community.
Dr. Eva-Maria Hempe · Rise of AI 2026
Who You Meet
The full AI value chain.
Rise of AI brings together everyone responsible for building, funding, regulating, adopting and communicating artificial intelligence in Europe.
Full delegation list available upon request
Founded Berlin, 2014
Our Story
A family business. A decade of trust.
Rise of AI was started by Fabian Westerheide in 2014 — ten people in a Berlin basement, discussing the Singularity. Today it is Europe’s most trusted AI platform, still run as a family business with the same values: quality over volume, substance over spectacle, and relationships that last.
Veronika and Fabian Westerheide run Rise of AI with a personal approach that partners, speakers and guests consistently call the defining difference. Every edition is built on the belief that the right room, carefully curated, changes what is possible.
Founded in Berlin — 10 people, one question: what happens when AI changes everything?
First Rise of AI Conference at Technikmuseum Berlin — 350 guests
800 guests, main partners: Microsoft, Mercedes-Benz, EY, PWC, IBM, Telekom
Return to Berlin after COVID — main partners: NVIDIA, HPE
300 guests on-site, 1,600 online — overbooked weeks in advance
10th anniversary edition — 300 guests, 280M+ media reach, Best of AI Awards
Fabian Westerheide
Founder & CEO, AI for Humans GmbH
Veronika Westerheide
CEO, Pandora Events Berlin
KI Bundesverband
Joint cooperation to build, promote and protect the German AI ecosystem — connecting industry, policy and research voices.
Deep Tech Award
Rise of AI supports the Berlin Deep Tech Award as a jury member for AI, contributing expertise and network to the selection process.
Best of AI Awards
Annual recognition for outstanding individuals, companies and research contributing to Europe's AI ecosystem — presented at the Rise of AI Conference.
Ecosystem & Collaborations
Part of a larger European AI ecosystem.
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