Contents of the 2026 Edition

The AI Congress showcases the latest trends and best practices from pioneering companies, as well as new technological developments, their applications, and inspiring success stories

Date: 20, 21 and 22 October 2026

Edition: 12th

The twelfth edition highlighted the importance of aligning the automation capabilities of the new agentic artificial intelligence with human criteria.
According to Ariadna Font, Co-founder and CEO of Alinia AI, “Agentic AI multiplies not only productivity, but also the volume and speed of errors. A person makes a mistake once, but an agent repeats the same mistake a thousand times before anyone notices”

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These were the 2026 keynote speakers:

ARIADNA FONT
Co-founder and CEO, Alinia AI

Ariadna Font is Co-founder and CEO of Alinia AI, where she helps organizations scale artificial intelligence safely while ensuring that humans remain in control. Alinia’s platform adds a regulatory oversight layer that enables companies to accelerate AI deployment.
With a background in Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Artificial Intelligence (PhD from Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)), she led Twitter’s Machine Learning platform and Responsible AI initiatives for more than three years as Senior Director of Engineering. Previously, she served as Director of Engineering at IBM Watson, where she managed a large global organization of engineers distributed across five international laboratories.

JEZABEL R. GARCIA
Head of AI Research, Multiverse Computing

Jezabel R. Garcia is Head of AI Research at Multiverse Computing, where she leads research initiatives in reinforcement learning and alignment, model compression and efficiency, and model evaluation. Much of her work focuses on developing methods that make AI models more capable and reliable, combined with a strong practical interest in evaluation and error analysis.
Jezabel also contributes to her company’s efforts in the field of multilingual models, with a particular focus on models that deliver strong performance across European languages.

POOJA MUNSHI
Data & AI for Environmental Leader, Former UN Environment Programme

Pooja Munshi is an international expert in data, artificial intelligence, and digital transformation, focused on leveraging technology to address complex environmental challenges. She brings more than 20 years of experience across the private sector, the technology startup ecosystem, and the United Nations, having worked in the United States, Europe, Asia, and Africa.
Her professional background spans digital strategy and innovation for global brands such as Nike, Procter & Gamble, and LVMH, as well as the technology startup ecosystem and more than seven years with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

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20 October

HOW TO PREPARE YOUR COMPANY FOR AGI

Ariadna Font, Co-founder and CEO, ALINIA AI

HOW TO DEPLOY GENERATIVE AI WITH PRIVACY, TRANSPARENCY, AND COST CONTROL

Jaume Clotet, Partner de AI & Digital Solutions, Forvis Mazars-Infini

THE PRACTICAL PATH: HOW TO TRANSFORM A TRADITIONAL SOFTWARE COMPANY INTO AN AI-FIRST COMPANY

Pablo Zapata, Technical Business Director, Raona

FROM LARGE MODELS TO SOVEREIGN AI: COMPRESSION, EDGE AI, AND THE FUTURE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Jezabel R. Garcia, IA Researcher Manager, Multiverse Computing

BEYOND INTELLIGENCE TO IMPACT

Pooja Munshi, Data & AI for Environmental Leader, Former UN Environment Programme

WHO GOVERNS THE AGENTS? MCP, MULTI-AGENT ARCHITECTURES, AND CONTROL RISKS

Víctor Garcia, Head of Artificial Intelligence, Conversia
Laura Aparicio
, Senior Legal Consultant, Conversia

AGENTIC AI AND GDPR: THE HIDDEN NEW RISKS

Meritxell Borràs i Solé, Director, Catalan Data Protection Authority

 

 

 

 

21 October

FROM AI MODELS TO AI SYSTEMS: AGENTS, MULTIAGENTS, ORCHESTRATION (I)

Xesca Alabart, CEO, Easyspecs

Albert Iruela, CEO and Founder, Omnios

Oscar Cardona, Head of AI Solutions, Sopra Steria

Toni Alonso, Head of the Artificial Intelligence Area, Hospital General de Granollers

HOW TO GOVERN AGENT SPRAWL IN YOUR COMPANY WITHOUT SLOWING DOWN INNOVATION

Marc Jordana, Digital Lead, Softeng
David Castellà, AI & Data Expert, Softeng

DATA & AI TOGETHER: EMPOWERING EVERY INTERACTION

Lucio Flores, Data Engineer, CaixaBank Tech
Jordi Geli
, AI Technical Solution, CaixaBank Tech

SELF-ASSESSMENT FOR ADVANCING RESPONSIBLE AI: THE PIO MODEL AS A ROADMAP FOR THE ETHICAL AND LEGAL EVALUATION OF AI SYSTEMS

Albert Sabater, Director, Observatory for Ethics in Artificial Intelligence of Catalonia

HOW ORANGE USES AI TO LEAD CUSTOMER SATISFACTION

Albert Rodrigo, AI & Data Specialist, Orange Empresas

INITIATIVES TO BOOST TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION FOR COMPANIES

Estel Blay, Program manager, IEEC (Institut d’Estudis Espacials de Catalunya)

Eudald Lerga, BSC AI Factory Data Services Manager, BSC

Víctor Rotellar, Xarxa RDI-IA coordinator, The Catalan AI Innovation Hub, CVC

22 October

FROM AI MODELS TO AI SYSTEMS: AGENTS, MULTIAGENTS, ORCHESTRATION (II)

José Julián Ariza, CEO, Opsphere

Andreu Giménez, AI and Data Engineer, AVENTEC

Miquel Garcia, Post-Production Manager, Gestmusic

Álvaro López, R&D firmware developer, HP

AI WITH PURPOSE: FROM STRATEGY TO SAFE ADOPTION AT LABORAL KUTXA

Álvaro Perez, Head of Innovation and Open Business, LABORAL Kutxa

DATA AND AI: FROM DATA SPACES TO SYNTHETIC DATA

Diego Torres, Head of Technology, Peninsula Corportate Innovation

Cecilio Angulo, UPC Rector’s IA delegate, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

Jesús Pablo González, Chief Innovation Manager, Nemi Mobility Solutions

AI ADOPTION AT SCALE: MORE THAN A TECHNOLOGICAL CHALLENGE

Marçal Amadó, Global head of digital adoption and employee experience, Nestlé

AI, REGULATION AND TECHNOLOGICAL SOVEREIGNTY: BUILDING ARCHITECTURES FOR AUDITABLE SYSTEMS

Mikel Urizar, Manager of the Generative AI Center of Excellence for Iberia and Latin America, Inetum

Toni Manzano, CSO and co-founder, Aizon

Xavier Manzanera, Head of Digital Office, Data & AI, Esteve Healthcare

Marc Oliveras, Vice president of engineering and CTO at Captio, Emburse

BEYOND LANGUAGE MODELS: MULTIMODAL MODELS

Carles Rams, CEO, Ebantic Systems

Nicolás Carrasco, CTO, Unnic AI

VERTICAL AI MODELS: SPECIALIZATION OR GENERALIZATION?

Ray G. Butler, CEO and Director of Data Science, Butler Scientifics

Aleix Figueres Simó, AI Manager, Fluendo