October 1st, 2025
Milan – Italy
We’re excited to announce that CoordinaTEF will be showcasing its progress at the TEF Full-Scale Operation Milestone Event, hosted by the TEF for Agrifood in Milan!
Why Attend?
This event offers a unique platform to witness how TEFs—including CoordinaTEF, agrifoodTEF, TEF-Health, CitCom.ai, and AI-Matters, —are delivering real-world testing environments that accelerate the deployment of trustworthy AI and robotics across sectors.
Attendees will experience:
- Live demonstrations and validation results from TEF partners
- In-depth discussions on policy, investment, and innovation pathways
- A curated exhibition of TEF services, specially designed for startups and SMEs (open all day Oct 1 & until noon Oct 2)
- Opportunities to engage with EU institutions, national authorities, and technology leaders
What’s in it for CoordinaTEF Stakeholders?
For startups, SMEs, and innovators exploring cross-sectoral AI applications, CoordinaTEF provides a unique orchestration and coordination framework to access and align with Europe’s top testing infrastructures. This event will highlight how CoordinaTEF enables interoperability, visibility, and collaboration between TEFs and the broader digital ecosystem.
October 1 Highlights (09:00–16:00)
A full-day conference will explore:
- The evolving role of TEFs in the EU’s AI strategy
- Sector-specific needs in AI/robotics testing
- Coordination mechanisms across TEFs and links to AI Factories, Data Spaces, and EDIHs
- Case studies from industry adopters and insights from accelerators and investors
- Policy perspectives from the European Commission AI Office and Member States (with representation from Italy’s MIMIT)
Agenda
- 8.30 Welcome participants
- 9:00-9.30 Institutional Greetings and Opening (from remote): Lucilla Sioli (Head of EU AI Office)
- 9:30-10.30 Presentation of Success Stories from 4 TEFs Coordinators and CoordinaTEF Intro
- 10.30 -11.00 Coffee Break
- 11.00-11.45 “TEF-Multiplicators” on stage – Part I: Session on private domain’s interest for TEFs, introducing the perspective from investments funds, accelerators, big companies; introducing the market for AI and Robotics validation services.Moderator:
- Francesco Matteucci, Senior Advisor on Innovation – Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK);
- Sebastiano Toffaletti, Secretary General – European DIGITAL SME Alliance;
- Guus Keder, Founder – Bondo Foundation;
- Nuno Serra, Executive Director – Food4Sustainability CoLAB;
- 11.45-12.30 “TEF-Multiplicators” on stage – Part II: Session on public domain’s interest for TEFs, introducing the perspective from co-funding agencies from EU Member States, the rationale for supporting testing and validation of AI and Robotics solutions in agrifood, health, manufacturing and smart cities.Moderator:
- Raffaele Giaffreda, agrifoodTEF Coordinator – Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK);
- Yohann Ralle, French National Coordinator of AI projects – French Ministry of Economy;
- Pierre Gaillard, DeepGreen coordinator – CEA;
- Federica Zanca, EIC Programme Manager for Medical Imaging and AI in Healthcare – EISMEA;
- 12.30-13.30 Lunch Break
- 13:30-14.45 Other pieces of the EU AI Continent puzzle: Dataspaces, AI Factories, EDIHs, EiC: Presentations from leading European initiatives of instruments that are synergic with TEFs that contribute to the AI Continent Action Plan and more in general to innovation in Europe.
- Moderator:
- Gian Mario Maggio, Chief Strategy Officer for European Affairs – Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK);
- Gaspard Demur, Deputy Head of Unit – European Commission – EU AI Office;
- Hedy Karray, Programme Manager for Artificial Intelligence – EISMEA;
- Petra Delunde, Project Manager – RISE;
- Philip Piatkiewicz, Secretary General – Adra;
- Jurgen Vangeyte, Scientific Director Agricultural Engineering – ILVO;
- Moderator:
- 14.45-15.50 – “Airtime” to TEF Customers: detailed success stories of how Testing and Experimentation Facilities have been used during the first half od projects execution.
- 15.50 – CLOSE OF EVENT (transfer to exhibition space and coffee break at MADE)
After the event, from 16.00 to 18.00 there will be open access to the TEF exhibition space organised at nearby MADE Competence Center, where some of the 4 TEFs results and success stories will be showcased.
Don’t Miss Out
Join us in Milan to see how CoordinaTEF is driving collaboration, scaling innovation, and ensuring that Europe’s AI revolution is grounded in safety, transparency, and real-world impact.
Please note that the second day (October 2) is an exclusive event for the TEF partnerships and consortia only.