Europe’s AI era is upon us
Following a sold-out debut in 2025, AI Day returns to redefine the boundaries of innovation.
With Europe at the epicenter of the new AI narrative, TechWolf and Wintercircus gather the brightest minds at the heart of the action. 500+ researchers, founders, builders, policy makers, journalists and investors will meet to shape the future of Europe’s AI opportunity. Join us!
Date & time
Mon, May 4, 2026
14:00 – 23:00
Location
Ghent
, Belgium
Specialized Track + Main Stage
Start in the afternoon. Choose one of the following tracks.
The TechWolf Track
14:00-17:00
A look “under the hood” at our founding story, proprietary AI models, customers cases and engineering culture.
The Ecosystem Track
14:30-17:00
Inspiring talks and fireside chats with top AI founders and global tech pioneers.
Skills Strategy Summit
An exclusive two-day program for +25 HR leaders to master workforce transformation through AI. By invitation only.
Main Stage Only
Join us from 19:30 onwards.
As the sun sets, the focus shifts to the Main Stage for four power talks by renowned speakers.
Benedict Evans
Benedict Evans has spent 25 years analysing mobile, media and technology, and worked in equity research, strategy, consulting and venture capital. He is now an independent analyst.
Martina Domenicali
Martina is the co-founder and CRO of Lexroom, an AI startup redefining legal workflows. Recognized by Forbes Italia 30 Under 30, she previously founded Outcity and built a community of 100,000+ members. She holds an LL.M. from King’s College London and now leads strategic AI partnerships with top European law firms.
Jeroen Van Hautte
As CTO and co-founder at TechWolf, Jeroen steers the product and engineering strategy, while focusing on the impact of AI, the role of AI agents and ethical human-AI collaboration. He blends technical depth with accessible storytelling to drive his ultimate quest: democratizing AI literacy.
Matthias Diependaele
Matthias Diependaele serves as the Minister-President of Flanders and as the Flemish Minister for Economy, Innovation and Industry, Foreign Affairs, Digitalisation, and Facility Management.
Stefan Weitz
Stefan Weitz is the co-founder and CEO of HumanX, an AI transformation platform helping enterprises operationalize AI. He was previously a founding member of Bing at Microsoft and is a GP of SilverCircle, a top-ranked global venture fund.
Talfan Evans
Talfan Evans is the co-founder of Cursive AI, a lab building infrastructure and models for generative software. He was previously a Research Scientist at DeepMind and founded Clay, a Sequoia-backed angel syndicate.
Yasamin Karimi
Yasamin Karimi is the Chief Product Officer at TechWolf, where she leads both Product and Engineering in building the leading AI and data platform for workforce transformation.
William Verstraete
William worked on Tesla’s Optimus team in California, training state-of-the-art AI algorithms for humanoid robots. Now at UMA in Paris, he continues his work on next-generation robot autonomy.
Patrick Debois
Independent advisor and Product DevRel lead at Tessl, focused on AI-native development patterns and context engineering. Patrick famously coined the term DevOps in 2009 and now studies how AI agents are reshaping organizational knowledge and team collaboration.
Andreas De Neve
Advocating for publishing over patenting, TechWolf CEO and co-founder Andreas will talk about the role of founders in advancing AI and the responsible use of technology for global re-skilling.
Dorien Van Steenberge
Dorien is a leader at the intersection of technology and entrepreneurship with a career spanning IT, corporate strategy, scale-up leadership, and ecosystem-building. As the new CEO of Wintercircus Ghent, she’s ready to lead the landmark into its next chapter.
Julie Dumoulin
Julie is a second-time founder and the co-founder of Spotable, where she is building the largest AI construction engine across Europe and the US. Focused on international scaling, she bridges the gap between the traditional construction industry and cutting-edge AI.
Joëlle Snaith
Joëlle Snaith is a designer, artist and visualist working across multiple fields, with an approach rooted in curiosity, systems thinking and experimentation.
Marijn De Kerpel
Previously a NLP researcher, AI Product Manager, and Senior AI Engineer, Marijn now works directly with the CTO of TechWolf on everything from hands-on AI development to strategic AI bets and experiments.
Jens-Joris Decorte
Jens-Joris leads the AI Engineering and AI Research teams at TechWolf. With a PhD in AI applied to HR, he drives the AI that powers workforce decisions for some of the world's largest enterprises.
Vincent Schelstraete
Vincent heads the engineering team at TechWolf, overseeing the development of a scalable, enterprise-grade infrastructure that delivers AI-driven skill intelligence to a global audience of millions.
About the venue
Wintercircus is a beautifully restored historic landmark in Ghent, now a vibrant hub for innovation and creativity - perfectly suited to host the conversations shaping the future of AI.
Questions?
Reach out to us at events@techwolf.ai
