AI_dev: Open Source GenAI & ML Summit Europe 2025

AI_dev: Open Source GenAI & ML Summit Europe 2025

28-29, August 2025
Amsterdam, Netherlands
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09:00 CEST

Keynote: Welcome + Opening Remarks - Mark Collier, General Manager, AI & Infrastructure, The Linux Foundation with Special Guest Ricardo Rocha, Computing Engineer, CERN

Thursday August 28, 2025 09:00 - 09:10 CEST

Speakers

Ricardo Rocha

Computing Engineer, CERN

Ricardo leads the Platform Infrastructure team at CERN with a strong focus on cloud native deployments and machine learning. He has led for several years the internal effort to transition services and workloads to use cloud native technologies, as well as dissemination and training... Read More →

Mark Collier

General Manager, AI & Infrastructure, The Linux Foundation

Mark Collier is a longtime open-source strategist and the current General Manager, AI & Infrastructure at the Linux Foundation. He co-founded both the OpenStack project and the OpenInfra Foundation, guiding a small NASA–Rackspace collaboration into one of the most active open-source... Read More →

Thursday August 28, 2025 09:00 - 09:10 CEST
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Keynote Sessions

09:10 CEST

Keynote: Malte Pietsch, CTO & Co-founder, deepset

Thursday August 28, 2025 09:10 - 09:25 CEST

Speakers

Malte Pietsch

CTO & Co-Founder, deepset

Malte Pietsch is CTO & Co-Founder at deepset, where he builds Haystack and the deepset AI Platform to enable developers all over the world to build, optimize, and embed LLM applications efficiently in their products and processes. Before founding deepset in 2018, he conducted NLP... Read More →

Thursday August 28, 2025 09:10 - 09:25 CEST
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Keynote Sessions

09:25 CEST

Keynote Sessions to be Announced

Thursday August 28, 2025 09:25 - 10:00 CEST

Thursday August 28, 2025 09:25 - 10:00 CEST
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10:00 CEST

Keynote: Zhou Yu, Associate Professor, Computer Science Department, Columbia University

Thursday August 28, 2025 10:00 - 10:15 CEST

Speakers

Zhou Yu

Associate Professor, Computer Science Department, Columbia University

I am an Associate Professor at the Computer Science Department, Columbia University. I am also a co-founder of Arklex.ai that centers its efforts on harnessing the power of AI Agents to empower and shape the future landscape of the workspace. Before that I was an Assistant Professor at UC Davis. I received my PhD at Language Technology Institute under School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University... Read More →

Thursday August 28, 2025 10:00 - 10:15 CEST
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Keynote Sessions

10:15 CEST

Keynote: Hagay Lupesko, SVP, AI Inference, Cerebras Systems

Thursday August 28, 2025 10:15 - 10:30 CEST

Speakers

Hagay Lupesko

SVP, AI Inference, Cerebras Systems

Thursday August 28, 2025 10:15 - 10:30 CEST
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11:15 CEST

Sponsored Session: Vibing with Data -- Multi-Agent Data Modeling and Construction - Andreas Kollegger, Neo4j

Thursday August 28, 2025 11:15 - 11:40 CEST

Vibe coding is an amazing force multiplier. What about code's sidekick, data? Working with data could be like that too! We'll walk through a multi-agent system for data analysis, schema creation and knowledge graph construction.

We'll see how to:
- generate a schema from a pile of files, then import them
- generate a schema for a domain, then synthesize the data
- attach hints for later retrieval

Speakers

Andreas Kollegger

Senior Developer Advocate, Neo4j

Andreas is a technological humanist. Starting at NASA, Andreas designed systems from scratch to support science missions. Then in Zambia, he built medical informatics systems to apply technology for social good. Now with Neo4j, he is democratizing graph databases to validate and extend... Read More →

Thursday August 28, 2025 11:15 - 11:40 CEST
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Breakout Sessions

13:35 CEST

Sponsored Session: DeepSeek-R1: Game Changing Power of AI Reasoning Models - Ozgun Erdogan, Ubicloud

Thursday August 28, 2025 13:35 - 14:00 CEST

The frontier in AI models is shifting from general purpose LLMs (like GPT-4o) to advanced reasoning models. Models like OpenAI o1 and DeepSeek-R1 can now think through the question; and they excel in math and coding benchmarks.

This talk first describes how these models are taught to reason on hard questions. We then talk about DeepSeek-R1, a state of the art open source model. We conclude by examining DeepSeek's desirable properties and why it took the world by storm.

Speakers

Ozgun Erdogan

Founder & Co-CEO, Ubicloud

I'm the co-founder at Ubicloud, an open source alternative to AWS.Previously, I was a partner at Microsoft, leading PostgreSQL engineering teams. I came to Microsoft through its acquisition of Citus Data. I was the cofounder and CTO at Citus, and I learned a lot about doing startups... Read More →

Thursday August 28, 2025 13:35 - 14:00 CEST
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Breakout Sessions

14:10 CEST

Sponsored Session: Beyond Code Completion: The Shift of AI Programming from Pair to Peer - Nicky Pike, Coder

Thursday August 28, 2025 14:10 - 14:35 CEST

Software development is seeing a shift in how humans and AI interact. What began as simple code completion and suggestion within the IDE has become so much more. We're now seeing AI agents function like pair programming partners, similar to junior developers who can take on GitHub issues but still need guidance and review. At Coder, we've been testing AI agents within our Cloud Development Environments by letting them tackle actual development tasks. In this talk, I'll show you where AI pairing partners excel (documentation, quick prototyping) and where they still struggle. I'll also explore what's coming next: the shift toward "peer programming" where AI becomes a more trusted partner with greater autonomy. You'll see real examples of productivity gains we've measured, learn how to provide isolated environments for safe AI interaction, and walk away with practical steps to start leveraging AI's evolution from helpful assistant to development partner. Whether you're just experimenting with code assistance or ready to deploy AI agents at scale, this session will help you navigate this rapidly changing technology.

Speakers

Nicky Pike

DevRel Lead, Coder

Nicky Pike is a Developer Relations lead at Coder after spending 20+ years making developers' lives easier at some of tech's biggest names. From launching Xbox Live to rebuilding how CVS Health develops software, he's helped shape developer productivity and team experiences at Microsoft... Read More →

Thursday August 28, 2025 14:10 - 14:35 CEST
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Breakout Sessions

09:00 CEST

Keynote: Welcome Back

Friday August 29, 2025 09:00 - 09:05 CEST

Friday August 29, 2025 09:00 - 09:05 CEST
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Keynote Sessions

09:05 CEST

Keynote: Vaibhav Gupta, Co-founder & CEO, Boundary

Friday August 29, 2025 09:05 - 09:20 CEST

Speakers

Vaibhav Gupta

Co-founder & CEO, Boundary

Friday August 29, 2025 09:05 - 09:20 CEST
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Keynote Sessions

09:25 CEST

Keynote Sessions to be Announced

Friday August 29, 2025 09:25 - 10:15 CEST

Friday August 29, 2025 09:25 - 10:15 CEST
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10:20 CEST

Keynote: Chang She, CEO & Co-founder, LanceDB

Friday August 29, 2025 10:20 - 10:35 CEST

Speakers

Chang She

LanceDB, CEO & Co-founder

Chang She is the CEO and cofounder of LanceDB, the developer-friendly, open-source database for multi-modal AI. A serial entrepreneur, Chang has been building DS/ML tooling for nearly two decades and is one of the original contributors to the pandas library. Prior to founding LanceDB... Read More →

Friday August 29, 2025 10:20 - 10:35 CEST
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Keynote Sessions

11:10 CEST

Making AI Unconditionally Open for All - Emmanouil (Manos) Koukoumidis, Oumi

Friday August 29, 2025 11:10 - 11:35 CEST

Speakers

Emmanouil (Manos) Koukoumidis

CEO, Oumi

Leadership, machine learning, NLP, LLMs, multimodality, information retrieval, scalable systems and services. Identifying new opportunities, inventing innovative solutions and bootstrapping new efforts. Improving the world with technology and creating the organizations to pursue... Read More →

Friday August 29, 2025 11:10 - 11:35 CEST
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Breakout Sessions, Ethics and Responsible AI

14:45 CEST

Building Better Systems: The Power of Open-Source POI Data in Spatial Computing - Vikram Gundeti, Foursquare

Friday August 29, 2025 14:45 - 15:10 CEST

We’ll explore the benefits of open-source technology, based on our experience of open-sourcing a layer of our proprietary places dataset and geospatial tools like Kepler.gl. We’ll share lessons learned and demonstrate how building and maintaining an accurate global Points of Interest (POI) database is a mission critical layer to advanced Spatial Computing. This is critical for technologies like autonomous vehicles, augmented reality, and mapping systems that require precise, context-aware location data for seamless user experiences.

Speakers

Vikram Gundeti

Chief Technology Officer, Foursquare

Vikram Gundeti serves as a Chief Technology Officer at Foursquare. He has extensive experience in designing, implementing, and maintaining large scale distributed systems across various problem domains such as e-commerce, communications, application platforms, customer engagement... Read More →

Friday August 29, 2025 14:45 - 15:10 CEST
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Breakout Sessions, Open Models

15:35 CEST

Panel Discussion: Sovereign AI: Building Bridges in a Fragmented Landscape - Anna Hermansen, Hilary Carter, Cailean Osborne & Adrienn Lawson, The Linux Foundation; Anni Lai, Futurewei

Friday August 29, 2025 15:35 - 16:00 CEST

The term “Sovereign AI" has sparked discussion around the future of AI and the role of open source in this trend. Cities, nation-states, and private and public organizations are interested in “sovereign" AI infrastructure as a way to build localized, relevant, and privacy-preserving solutions. LF Research, LF AI & Data, and Futurewei have partnered on a research study to explore this phenomenon, its motivations, challenges, and implications, and the role of open source in this context. In this session, we will discuss the key findings from the study’s webinar series and industry survey, reviewing the insights captured from technology leaders, practitioners, and decision-makers across companies, government agencies, and institutions actively working with AI. The panelists will present study results showing how and why organizations are implementing Responsible AI across different regions, standards and protocols needed to connect sovereign AI systems, and practical ways open source technologies are helping bridge separate AI ecosystems. We will also share concrete evidence on how organizations balance technological sovereignty with ongoing global collaboration.

Speakers

Cailean Osborne

Senior Researcher, Linux Foundation

Cailean is a Senior Researcher at the Linux Foundation, who has a PhD in Social Data Science from the University of Oxford and 7+ years experience in (open source) AI research, policy, and business development. Previously, Cailean worked as the International Policy Lead at the UK... Read More →

Anni Lai

Chair of Generative AI Commons, LF AI & Data, Futurewei

Anni currently serves as the Co-Chair of the Generative AI Commons under LF AI & Data and is also a member LF Europe Advisory Board.

Hilary Carter

SVP Research, The Linux Foundation

Hilary Carter is a writer, researcher, and team leader, producing engaging, decision-useful insights that broaden the understanding of open source and emerging technologies and their impact on business, government, and society. She has contributed to books and numerous research reports... Read More →

Anna Hermansen

Researcher and Ecosystem Manager, The Linux Foundation

Anna is the Ecosystem Manager for LF Research where she supports end-to-end management of the department's research projects. She has conducted qualitative and systematic review research on the integration of technologies to better support health data sharing. Her interests lie at... Read More →

Adrienn Lawson

Director of Quantitative Research, Linux Foundation

ADRIENN LAWSON serves as Director of Quantitative Research at the Linux Foundation, where she leads data-driven initiatives to understand open source ecosystems. With expertise in social data science from the University of Oxford and a background spanning academic and governmental... Read More →

Friday August 29, 2025 15:35 - 16:00 CEST
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Breakout Sessions, Sustainability, Ethics and Responsible AI

16:10 CEST

Defining Open Source AI: Can the “Judgement of Solomon” Help the Open Source Community Find Success? - Jeffrey Borek, IBM

Friday August 29, 2025 16:10 - 16:35 CEST

When faced with a difficult challenge sometimes it helps to look back at lessons from ancient history to guide your thinking. The Open Source Initiative (OSI) is working to create a definition for Open Source AI (OSAID), aiming to apply open source principles to artificial intelligence development, but clearly the 1.0 version is a work-in-progress. Can it find success? How may policy-makers react? Join this session to hear about the latest efforts to define open source AI and what's likely in store for 2025.

Speakers

Jeff Borek

WW Sr. Program Director, IBM

Working across IBM Research to build a scalable and consistent AI software supply chain security framework, while continuing to lead the consumption compliance Open Source Program Office (OSPO), including policy, execution and guidance. Working with IBM Government & Regulatory Affairs... Read More →

Friday August 29, 2025 16:10 - 16:35 CEST
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Breakout Sessions, AI Community and Ecosystem

16:45 CEST

The Self-Healing Pipeline: How Dagger + LLMs Are Making Traditional CI/CD Obsolete - Vikram Vaswani, None

Friday August 29, 2025 16:45 - 17:10 CEST

CI/CD pipelines are stuck in the past - static, fragile, and demanding constant upkeep. But what if your pipeline could think for itself? Imagine a system that diagnoses failures, suggests fixes, and continuously evolves with your codebase!

Speakers

Vikram Vaswani

Consultant

Vikram Vaswani is an open source consultant with 22+ years of software engineering experience. He is the author of seven books on software and database programming for The McGraw-Hill Companies. In addition to his technical expertise, he is well-versed in product lifecycle management... Read More →

Friday August 29, 2025 16:45 - 17:10 CEST
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Breakout Sessions, AI Agents