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The Summit brings together the full European Digital Innovation Hubs network, alongside EU institutions, Member States, AI infrastructures, and innovation actors, to examine how Europe's AI ecosystem functions in practice. With the AI Act now in force, the AI Continent Action Plan adopted, and the Apply AI Strategy underway, the central question of this year's programme is whether small and medium-sized enterprises and public administrations can access the right infrastructure, obtain trusted guidance, and progress from initial interest to meaningful AI adoption.
Over two days, sessions explore how EDIHs connect organisations with other parts of the EU AI innovation ecosystem, including AI Factories, Testing and Experimentation Facilities (TEFs), and regulatory sandboxes; how common tools and shared assessment frameworks support this work; and how proven approaches can be scaled across regions and sectors. A recurring theme throughout the programme is how support structures must adapt as generative and agentic AI reshape what organisations need.
The agenda includes work on the network's common tools, among them updates to the Digital Maturity Assessment Tool (DMAT2), revised key performance indicators and dashboards, sessions on access to finance, AI for the public sector, the AI-ready workforce, and dedicated thematic working groups. The programme also features one-to-one matchmaking, the EDIH Network Awards 2026, and high-level panels on European AI policy and Member State priorities for innovation.
For SEEU, participation in the Summit reinforces the University's role within the DigitMak EDIH and its commitment to supporting digital and AI transformation across North Macedonia. The exchanges in Brussels strengthen SEEU's connection to the wider European innovation network and inform how the University, through DigitMak, supports SMEs and public institutions on their path to AI adoption.