Spotlight on Europe’s AI Testing & Experimentation Facilities

Spotlight on Europe’s AI Testing & Experimentation Facilities
Online
4 December 2025 10:00–11:00

Europe’s four sectorial AI Testing & Experimentation Facilities (TEFs) are playing a central role in bringing trustworthy, human-centric AI solutions to market. This one-hour webinar offers a focused introduction to the TEF ecosystem, highlighting concrete success stories that show how TEFs are accelerating innovation for SMEs, startups, and public-sector actors. 

Rather than providing a full technical deep dive, the session offers a clear, accessible snapshot of how TEFs deliver value through testing, validation, compliance support, and real-world deployment environments. 

Aim of the webinar

  • Introduce the four AI TEFs
  • Showcase real examples of TEF-supported innovation
  • Demonstrate how TEFs help SMEs reduce risks, validate solutions, and gain market readiness
  • Encourage closer collaboration across Europe’s AI ecosystem

Who is the webinar for?

EDIHs, AI Factories and other EU initiatives; the ADRA stakeholder community; TEF coordinators and partners; innovators, startups and SMEs; EU policymakers and regulators; researchers and academia.

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Agenda
10:00 am ~ 10:05 am
Welcome & Opening Remarks

A short introduction to CoordinaTEF’s role in connecting the TEFs and supporting Europe’s AI ecosystem and why TEFs matter for Europe’s digital transformation.

Pablo Ivankovich
Pablo Ivankovich

Manager at Intellera Consulting

10:05 am ~ 10:40 am
TEF Presentations

Four short success-story presentations. Each TEF will focus on a single, impactful service or case that illustrates measurable benefits for SMEs. 

  • TEF-Health — Supporting AI innovation in healthcare
  • CitCom.ai — Smart communities, cities and mobility solutions
  • AI-MATTERS — Manufacturing, robotics and industrial AI  
  • AgrifoodTEF — Accelerating AI in agriculture and food systems

Petra Ritter
Petra Ritter

Professor of Brain Simulation at Charité University Medicine Berlin, TEF-Health Coordinator

Raffaele Giaffreda
Raffaele Giaffreda

Chief Innovation Scientist at FBK, AgrifoodTEF Coordinator

Thomas De Meester
Thomas De Meester

Innovation Manager at imec, CitCom.ai Coordinator

Valentina Ivanova
Valentina Ivanova

Deputy Director of CEA-List institute in charge of European and International affairs, AI MATTERS Coordinator

10:40 am ~ 10:45 am
Closing & next steps

Pablo Ivankovich
Pablo Ivankovich

Manager at Intellera Consulting