xTEF: TEFs full scale operation accelerates the AI and robotics uptake in Europe
Join Us at the TEF Full-Scale Operation Milestone Event in Milan!
The acceleration of AI and robotics uptake in Europe continues! Hosted by agrifoodTEF, this pivotal event in Milan will mark the half-project execution milestone of the four Testing and Experimentation Facilities (TEFs) launched by the European Commission in 2023.
Join us at the Aula De Carli (Politecnico Milano) & MADE Competence Centre in Via Giovanni Durando, 10, 20158 Milan, Italy, for this important get-together of all TEFs.
What to Expect:
- A milestone event showcasing the impact of agrifoodTEF, AI-Matters, TEF-Health, CitCom.AI and CoordinaTEF
- Real-world validation of AI and robotics solutions for key sectors
- Valuable networking with EU policymakers, investors, and industry leaders
- A dedicated exhibition of TEF services for SMEs and Startups (Oct 1 full day & Oct 2 until noon)
This third milestone event, following the Copenhagen launch (2023) and Berlin showcase (2024), demonstrates the growing value of the TEFs in driving Europe’s AI leadership.
Who can attend the event?
We are especially inviting SMEs and Startups to discover how TEFs can support their AI and robotics deployment efforts under real conditions. With support from the European Commission AI Office, Member States (including MIMIT for Italy), and key ecosystem stakeholders, this event will shape a future of safe, responsible, and impactful AI in Europe.
Don’t miss this opportunity to be part of Europe’s AI and Robotics transformation!
1 October 2025
A dynamic conference (Oct 1, 9:00–16:00) featuring:
- TEFs within the broader EU AI Strategy
- Validation needs of sectorial AI/robotics solutions
- Insights from accelerators, investment funds & industrial use cases
- Contributions from public sector institutions and Member States
- Integration pathways with AI Factories, Data Spaces & EDIHs
Agenda
8.30 Welcome participants
9:00-9.30 Institutional Greetings and Opening (from remote): Lucilla Sioli (Head of EU AI Office)
9:30-10.30 Presentation of Success Stories from 4 TEFs Coordinators and CoordinaTEF Intro
10.30 -11.00 Coffee Break
11.00-11.45 “TEF-Multiplicators” on stage - Part I: Session on private domain’s interest for TEFs, introducing the perspective from investments funds, accelerators, big companies; introducing the market for AI and Robotics validation services.
11.45-12.30 “TEF-Multiplicators” on stage - Part II: Session on public domain’s interest for TEFs, introducing the perspective from co-funding agencies from EU Member States, the rationale for supporting testing and validation of AI and Robotics solutions in agrifood, health, manufacturing and smart cities.
12.30-13.30 Lunch Break
13:30-14.45 Other pieces of the EU AI Continent puzzle: Dataspaces, AI Factories, EDIHs, EiC: Presentations from leading European initiatives of instruments that are synergic with TEFs that contribute to the AI Continent Action Plan and more in general to innovation in Europe.
14.45-15.50 – “Airtime” to TEF Customers: detailed success stories of how Testing and Experimentation Facilities have been used during the first half od projects execution.
15.50 – CLOSE OF EVENT (transfer to exhibition space and coffee break at MADE)
After the event, from 16.00 to 18.00 there will be open access to the TEF exhibition space organised at nearby MADE Competence Center, where some of the 4 TEFs results and success stories will be showcased.
Register here for the first day of the xTEF Event
2 October 2025
The second day of the xTEF event is closed to the public and exclusively reserved for TEF participants only.