Digital Innovation Day: Multimodal Sensing & AI for Industrial Innovation by Sirris
Accelerating industrial innovation with AI and sensing
Join us at Sirris Digital Innovation day, our annual gathering where AI, cybersecurity and digital innovation converge to inspire collaboration and accelerate impact. This event brings together companies, researchers and innovation stakeholders to exchange knowledge, showcase successful initiatives and build valuable connections across the digital R&D ecosystem.
This year’s edition focuses on multimodal sensing and AI, showcasing how the combination of multiple data sources, advanced sensing technologies and artificial intelligence enables smarter, more adaptive industrial systems
Discover how Sirris and its partners address real-world industrial challenges through collaborative innovation, with a particular focus on AI, privacy and cybersecurity. We will also highlight the SINTRA ITEA project, in which Sirris and its Belgian partners are developing advanced AI and cybersecurity solutions for monitoring critical infrastructure through multimodal dynamic sensing technologies.
For whom?
This event is designed for companies looking to turn AI, multimodal sensing and cybersecurity into practical industrial applications.
- R&D and innovation managers shaping the technology roadmap of manufacturing companies
- Engineers and technical experts working on sensing, monitoring, AI and intelligent industrial systems
- Manufacturing companies exploring more data-driven products and production processes
- Technology providers and research partners seeking to collaborate with industry on applied R&D
- Companies looking to develop collaborative innovation projects and access regional or European funding
Key takeaways
Discover how collaborative innovation translates into tangible business value and strengthens Europe’s digital ecosystem. Through keynote presentations, project showcases and interactive discussions, you will gain:
- An inspiring keynote by Prof. Dr. Egor Bondarev on Multi-modal AI and Data Fusion for Critical Infrastructure Monitoring
- First-hand insights into collaborative R&D projects, including the SINTRA project, focused on multimodal AI and cybersecurity applications.
- Keynote from Dirk Elias, Chairman of ITEA.
- The opportunity to engage with regional funding agencies and explore how your innovation ambitions can align with strategic roadmaps and funding programmes.
- Interactive breakout sessions designed to stimulate networking, co-creation and the development of future R&D initiatives.
Programme
Time | Topic | Speakers |
| 12:00-13:00 | Networking lunch | |
| 13:00–13:10 | Welcome and introduction Multimodal sensing, AI, cybersecurity, and new opportunities for collaborative R&D | Ludwig De Locht - Sirris |
| 13:10–13:50 | Multi-modal AI and data fusion for critical infrastructure monitoring | Prof. Egor Bondarev - Eindhoven University of Technology |
| 13:50–14:50 | Security and smart monitoring of critical infrastructures Partner contributions from the ITEA SINTRA project | Sirris Citymesh Macq |
| 14:50–15:05 | Break | |
| 15:05–15:20 | The cyber-physical-metaverse starts thinking When agentic AI becomes an engineer using world models and digital twins | Dirk Elias - ITEA |
| 15:20–15:45 | When technology becomes a commodity, where will your competitive advantage come from? AI beyond the hype, GenAI adoption, and digital security as a business priority | Ludwig De Locht - Sirris |
| 15:45–16:30 | Interactive brokerage session Explore project ideas, collaboration opportunities, and potential R&D partnerships | |
| 16:30–17:30 | Networking drinks |
SustAIn.brussels is a European Digital Innovation Hub in Brussels that serves as a single point of access to sustainable and digital innovation in Brussels with a focus on AI and other emerging technologies. Supported by the European Commission, Innoviris and hub. Brussels