The next edition of ADRA's Future Ready event is here : Harnessing AI, Data, and Robotics for Next-Generation Innovation.
In collaboration with the European Commission and the European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA).
The rapid evolution of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Data Science, and Robotics is reshaping industries, economies, and societies. Research and innovation projects funded globally are generating transformative technologies, yet maximizing their impact requires strategic sharing, collaboration, and exploitation of outcomes. The Future Ready 2026 aims to bring together researchers, innovators, industry leaders, and policymakers to showcase successful projects, explore synergies, and identify opportunities for further development and commercialization.
The event serves as a platform to showcase cutting-edge results, discuss key challenges, and unlock opportunities for collaboration. A special focus was placed on engaging with Adra Topic Groups,—where diverse stakeholders unite to drive forward shared goals.
Important information before registering : Please note that all in-person registration is now closed. You can still register to attend the event online via the form below.
Event Objectives:
- Showcase project outcomes: Present success stories of AI, Data, and Robotics projects nearing completion, highlighting their impact, innovations, and lessons learned.
- Promote synergies and collaboration: Identify opportunities for collaboration across ongoing and future projects, fostering joint exploitation of research outputs.
- Facilitate project exploitation: Support the uptake, commercialization, and scaling of technologies emerging from funded projects.
- Engage stakeholders: Bring together academia, industry, investors, and policymakers to co-create strategies for a future-ready technology ecosystem.
- Inspire future initiatives: Provide insights for upcoming project calls and funding opportunities, linking research outputs to societal and economic needs.
Future Ready 2026 Agenda
AGENDA IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE (Last updated: 2 Mar 2026)
| Time | Session | Speaker / Project Names | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00-09:30 | Registration & Networking | Welcome Coffee and Participant Registration | |
| 09:30-10:00 | Opening Remarks | Cecille Huet, Jean-Francois Junger, Philip Piatkiewicz | Overview of Future Ready Event, objectives, and significance |
| 10:00-11:00 | Success Stories Showcase | AI4REALNET, AIDEAS, dAIry 4.0, GEYEDANCE, MAMMOth, TALOS, ELIAS | Success stories of EU funded projects |
| 11:00-12:30 | Project Synergies & Collaboration Opportunities | Showcasing Project Synergies & Collaboration Opportunities | |
| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch & Networking | Informal discussion and networking | |
| 14:00-14:55 | Adra & Collaboration Opportunities | Philip Piatkiewicz, Victor Afonso, Iria Galinanes, Ricardo Bessa, Margriet Van Schijndel-de Nooij, Krzysztof Lipiec, Françoise Siepel | ADRA TGs introduction and short pitch of TG highlights and expectations |
| 14:55-16:40 | Panel Discussion and interactive Breakout Sessions | Panlists: Cecille Huet, Stefan Lijnen, Viorel Peca, Isabelle Seigrist, Diva Tommei Moderator: Philip Piatkiewicz | Beyond Project Completion: Deployment and Scaling Pathways |
| 16:40-17:00 | Close | Wrap up and lessons learned |
Expected Outcomes
- Increased visibility of projects nearing completion and their impact.
- Identification of synergies across projects for joint exploitation and continuation.
- Clear roadmap for commercialisation and scaling of innovative solutions.
- Strengthened network among researchers, industry partners, and policymakers.
- Insights for shaping future funding calls and collaborative initiatives.
Target Audience
- Project coordinators, and researchers from AI, Data, and Robotics projects
- Industry partners and potential investors
- Policymakers and innovation facilitators
- Academia and research institutions
- Breakdown of Projects
Speakers
Françoise Siepel received her M.Sc. in Technical Medicine with specialization Robotics and Imaging in 2010. She obtained her PhD in 3 years and has spent more than 15 years on research, winning approx. 1 million euros of personal awards including one PhD and 2 Postdoc grants and has currently 50+ publications. She has international experience from the University of Bergen, Kings College and more than 5 years at the Stavanger University hospital where she worked out various technical medical related projects. In 2016 she joined the Robotics and Mechatronics group, and focuses on medical technology and especially image guided robotic interventions and is involved in research/education. She performs the coordination of the European DIH-HERO, MURAB and national SUNRAM, Nextgen project.
Philip Piatkiewicz is a seasoned leader in European affairs and project management, currently serving as the head of Adra – the AI, Data, and Robotics Association. Adra is a leading strategic technology network of stakeholders from academia, industry, and the public sector, dedicated to advancing and adopting AI, data, and robotics technologies across Europe. Adra acts as the private side for the AI, Data, Robotics public-private partnership in Horizon Europe.
Philip’s expertise encompasses strategic planning, stakeholder engagement, policy analysis, and project execution. He has successfully managed and coordinated complex collaborative projects that support the research, innovation, and industrial agendas of regional, national and EU level, with a particular focus on key enabling technologies and digital industries.
Ever since PIAP’s origins in 1965 it’s role was to introduce new technologies to industry. PIAP acknowledges the low level of digitalisation in Polish manufacturing companies relative to other European countries and wants to facilitate the upcoming boom in this field in the Mazovian Region and in the whole country. Nowadays PIAP helps companies in the region become more competitive by improving their business/production processes as well as products (and services) by means of digital technology. This is being achieved by offered support with expertise and infrastructure, consulting and training services.
PIAP’s established role of competence centre for robotics, automation and measurements for industrial purposes has been accompanied by a number of services based on the expertise such as technology audits, technology scouting and technology brokering. By runnig a Hub in Warsaw PIAP intends to extend its impact to the SME sector by offering services to companies which currently have a relatively low level of digitisation and which do not have the resources or personnel to address the digitisation challenge.
The hub has access to a number of labs used for scientific and commercial purposes. These are being integrated in processes supporting business in order introduce the one-stop-shop principle. Our goal is to have the capacity to offer companies possibilities to test and experiment with technologies. To support the technology providers and users to carry out an experiment and to test whether the proposed approach would indeed be beneficial for the user. At the same time this experiment can be useful for the provider that has an early customer and can adapt the technology to the needs of a certain class of users.
Technologies developed by PIAP, its partners and clients may take advantage of PIAP’s commercialization good practices offered in the form of supporting service. Upon request they will be subject to commercialization potential evaluation by PIAP special purpose vehicle PIAP-Scientech Sp. z o.o.. The methodology developed in cooperation with an SPV of the Warsaw University of Technology will be applied. If the technologies show potential of commercialization, the process will be launched and the success fee will be distributed among parties involved in commercialization and R&D. Several networks and organizations (National Chamber o Commerce, Polish Institute of Technology, VCs and intermediaries running investment opportunities scans) will be involved in the process. Playing the role core partner in PIAP HUB Fundingbox Accelerator Sp. z o.o. provide access to cascade funding, acceleration andincubation programs and cascade funding distribution.
The role of the animator of the hub will be not only to offer its expertise and resources but most of all to integrate the potential of the whole ecosystem of public and private labs, technology and service providers. Hundreds of project implemented by PIAP resulted in a great network of partners from all sector. Their potential will add to the background PIAP already has and result in creation of a vibrant hub participating in international networks and national initiatives.
