AI Summit Brainport 2026
AI Summit Brainport 2026
The AI Summit Brainport 2026 will explore this year’s key question:
“AI at work. Use it or lose it?” How can humans and AI cooperate effectively? Which tasks will or should remain the preserve of humans? How will working with AI affect humans? What happens if you choose not to use AI? Can you still make that choice? And how do we prepare organisations and people for the changes that AI tools are bringing about and will continue to bring about?
The AI Summit Brainport 2026 will take place on Thursday 12 November at the Evoluon in Eindhoven.
Expect inspiring sessions with leading experts who will tackle precisely these questions – on cooperation, the boundaries of human work, and preparing for change – grounded in human-technology interaction, change management, ethics, security, and responsible deployment, with practical insights for applying AI safely and effectively across industries.
For further information and to register, please visit the AI Summit Brainport website.
Timetable 2026
Morning Programme
| 09:00 | Drop in with a cup of tea or coffee |
| 10:00 | Welcome and opening |
| 10:15 | Keynote by Josette Gevers |
| 10:45 | Interactive session |
| 11:15 | Coffee break and Expo |
| 11:45 | Morning Track programmes |
Afternoon Programme
| 13:00 | Lunch break and Expo |
| 14:15 | Afternoon Track programmes |
| 16:00 | Closing ceremony |
| 16:15 | Exhibition, networking and drinks |
For further information and to register, please visit the AI Summit Brainport website.
Josette Gevers – Keynote speakerFull Professor of Team Effectiveness and Workplace Collaboration and Vice-Dean of the Department of Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences at Eindhoven University of Technology
The Benefits and Pitfalls of AI Colleagues
“AI at work. Use it or lose it?”
As AI becomes embedded in everyday work, that question suddenly feels very real. With generative AI by our side, we now have a teammate who never sleeps, never complains, and always has an answer. Sounds perfect… or does it?
AI can drastically boost productivity, accelerate decision-making, and transform the way we work. But as we increasingly rely on AI, important questions arise. What happens to expertise, creativity and collaboration when AI always has an answer ready? Are we becoming more productive, or merely more dependent? And in a world where everyone uses AI, can one still afford not to?
In *The Perks and Perils of AI Teammates*, Prof. Josette Gevers explores the social dilemma of productivity in the age of AI. Whilst ever-helpful artificial teammates promise faster, smarter and more efficient work, they may simultaneously erode the very human qualities that drive long-term corporate success.
The central question, therefore, is not whether humans and AI will work together, but how. How do we design effective human-AI collaboration? Which tasks should remain exclusively human? And how can organisations prepare people for a future in which AI is no longer just a tool, but a teammate?
Because that future is already here.
