The European Chatbot & Conversational AI Summit 2026
Human-Centric CAI, GEN AI & Agentic AI: Building a Fair, Inclusive & Trusted Digital Future Powred by
The European Chatbot & Conversational AI Summit is a two-day conference and exhibition designed to host industry executives and adopters of Conversational AI, Generative AI, Chatbots, Virtual Assistants, voice technology, and Conversation Design. The summit will highlight the latest trends and recent application changes in the Conversational AI space within the European market.
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Speakers

Lisa Chiang PhD
EU project lead & Co founder @ Cephalgo

Surya L. Ramesh
Data consultant & educator @ Tech Sage Solutions

Sooz Young
Founder & CEO @ Technology Coaching

Adi Mazor Kario
Product Strategy , Design & AI Expert @ Invincible Innovation

Martin Krček
AI Architekt, Strategy & Implementation, Voice bot TOBi, Gen AI @ Vodafone

Rebecca Rutschmann
AI Coaching Innovator & Co-Founder Viva la Coaching Academy

Prof. Karolien Poels
Professor of Strategic Communication and Persuasive Technologies@ University of Antwerp

Hannah Amliwala
Data Scientist @ Jaguar Land Rover

Shubhradeep Nandi
Chief Scientist @ ResponcibleAI / Government of Andhra Pradesh

Oyinkansola Onwuchekwa
PhD Researcher in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science @ University of Hull

Tilman Mürle
Co-Founder @ Komplyzen

Lena Shakurova
co-founder @ ParsLabs

Malak Sadek
MPhil Deputy Director & Teaching Associate @ Centre for Human-Inspired Artificial Intelligence (CHIA)

Mykola Kozak
CEO @ Clover Dynamics

Jörg Schoba
Domain Architect Artificial Intelligence @ OMV

Sydney Eneremadu
Founder @ The EU Chatbot & Conversational AI Summit

Ričardas Kudirka
Chatbot Project Manager @ Hostinger

Raquel Serrano
Senior Manager CS Global Process Excellence @ Booking.com

Rodrigo Aviles
CX Lead @ Hyundai Motor Europe

Daniel Orenes Ferrandez
Customer Experience Lead @ Uber

Birgit Itse
Story Architect @ birgit-itse

Bhanu Chaddha
Lead Engineer @ A.P. Moller - Maersk

Sasha Denisov
Chief Software Engineer @ EPAM

Razvan-Petru Radu
Deputy Head of Unit - OP Portal at Publications Office @ the European Union

Karin Pespisa
Conversation Designer, Gemini UX @ PRPL on behalf of Google DeepMind

Ofer Mendelevitch
Head of Developer Relations @ Vectara

Staffan Larsson
Professor of Computational Linguistics @ University of Gothenburg

Masha Guermonprez
Chief of product and client experience @ Spix Industry

Alex Velinov
CTO @ Tag Digital

Harshdip Singh
Sr. Technical Product Manager @ Amazon

Michael McTear
Emeritus Professor @ Ulster University

Guillaume Blaquiere
Group Data Architect @ Carrefour

Dr Kulvinder Panesar
Assistant Professor of Applied Artificial Intelligence @ University of Bradford

Nele Leosk
Team Lead, Knowledge Hub Digital @ European Commission

Dr Konstantina Martzoukou
Associate Professor @ The Robert Gordon University

Somnath Biswas
Head of Product - Conversations @Totaljobs Group

Kenneth Deeley
Senior Engineering Manager - Conversational AI @ BT

Dr Carl Strathearn
Lecturer and Researcher @ Edinburgh Napier University

Amy Ariya Johansson
Staff UX writer + Conversational AI designer @ IKEA

Ray-Allen Taylor
Head of Innovation @ Ideabay.AI

Jared Browne
Head of Privacy and AI Governance @ Fexco

Adrian Matei
AI Product manager @ Jaja Finance

Salvatore Raieli
Senior Data Scientist @ Oncodesign

Diego Gosmar
Head of AI @ Tesisquare S.p.A

Gabriele Iuculano
Senior Test Platform Engineer @ Schindler Group

Dr Isi Idemudia
Global Program Manager(Office of Responsible AI & Governance) @ HCLTECH

Muhammad Saad
Data Scientist @ Endress + Hauser

Ivona Gudelj
Conversational AI Consultant @ Raiffeisen Bank Conversational AI Lab

Rodrigo de Andrade
Senior Product Manager - Data and AI @ IBM

Emma Horrell
User Experience (UX) Manager @ University of Edinburgh

Pim Zandee
GPM BI Lead @ Heineken Group B.V

Andreas Horn
Head of AIOps @ IBM

Joanna Chochol
GPM Business Consultant – Conversational AI @ Heineken Global

William Corfield
Microsoft AI Business Solutions @ Microsoft

John Young
AI Lead - Chatbots & GenAI @ Lloyds Banking Group

Chris Miles
Group Product Lead - Chatbots & AI @ Lebara

Frank Moreno García
Innovation Leader @ European Artificial Intelligence Office

Rui Teimao
Innovation Engineer @ Lloyds Banking Group

Kane Simms
Founder @ VUX World

Andrew Harrison
Agentic & GenAI Governance Advisor @ ABN AMRO

Fabian Kortekaas
Chief Experience Officer @ Gemeente Den Haag

Anni Chen
Developer Evangelist @ Twilio

Christopher Selby-Rickards
Marketing Director @ NFON UK

Magdalena Jonczak
Senior Vice President & Global Head of AI & Data @ T-Systems International

Laura MacLeod
Conversational Banking Lead @ Virgin Money

Caroline Laurenson
Programme Director @ The EU Chatbot Summit

Christoph Esslinger
Founder and Managing Director @ Ideabay Ai

Hilde Hardeman
Director General of the Publications Office @ The European Union

Richard Lochhead
Minister for Small Business, Innovation and Trade @ The Scottish Parliament
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