Programme

Event Agenda

Three days of discussions, collaboration, and celebration around AI research and innovation.

ELLIOT Project Plenary — Day 1

European Large Open Multi-Modal Foundation Models — Full plenary with presentations and discussions around Work Packages and use cases.

10:00 – 12:30

Morning Session

Presentations and discussions structured around Work Packages and use cases.

12:30 – 14:00

Lunch Break

14:00 – 16:00

Afternoon Session

Continued WP discussions and updates.

16:00 – 17:30
Poster & Demo Session
Partners and younger researchers present recent work in a conference-style poster format.

ELLIOT Project Plenary — Day 2

Second day of the ELLIOT plenary, including special parallel sessions.

09:00 – 12:30

Morning Session

Continued presentations and discussions on Work Packages and use cases.

12:30 – 14:00

Lunch Break

14:00 – 15:30

Afternoon Plenary

Final round of project-wide discussions.

15:30 – 17:30
Special Parallel Sessions
Focused sessions on specific topics, including WP2 tracks. Co-creation activities and deep-dive discussions organised in parallel rooms.

Inauguration of the UniMORE AI Center & ELLIOT-MINERVA Workshop

The highlight of the week: the official inauguration ceremony followed by a joint workshop co-organised by the ELLIOT and MINERVA European projects, with a parallel CVPL members poster session.

09:30
Welcome & Round Table

                        "Artificial Intelligence: from Research to the Territory"
                    
                        Michele De Pascale — President, Emilia-Romagna Region
                    
                        Rita Cucchiara — Rector, UniMORE
                    
                        Tiziana Ferrari — Director, Confindustria Emilia
                    
                        Francesco Ubertini — President, Cineca
                    
                        Mario Nobile — General Director, AgID
                    
                        Moderated by Luca De Biase

10:20

Collaboration Agreements & International Testimonials

Agreements with AMD and Tetra Pak. Testimonials of international research collaborations.

10:30
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
Official inauguration of the UniMORE AI Center building.

11:00

Keynote Speech

"The Future of Multimodal LLMs in Document Analysis"

Prof. Dimosthenis Karatzas — Associate Director, Computer Vision Centre, Barcelona

11:30 – 14:00

ELLIOT & MINERVA Joint Workshop

"AI and HPC: Model Scaling and Advancing HPC-AI Knowledge"
Addressing methodological challenges, computational aspects, and future research directions at the intersection of large-scale AI and high-performance computing. In parallel, a dedicated CVPL members poster session will be held.

Speakers