The European AI Rising Stars Award recognizes the most promising AI-driven companies emerging from the European startup ecosystem. To be featured at the Third Annual Rome Conference on AI, Ethics, and Governance, the Award is designed to spotlight ventures that combine genuine innovation with credible business models and encourage them into dialogue with the policymakers, investors, and institutional actors shaping the conditions in which they will thrive.

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Competition Agenda

Thursday, 18 June
Curia Iulia, Rome

9:30 – 11:30 a.m.  |  Startup Pitches and Judging
12:30 p.m.  |  Award Ceremony

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Our illustrious committee of judges includes:

Maurizio Arrivabene  |  Co-Founder, Mach9  |  Member 

Mark Baudler  |  Partner, Wilson Sonsini  |  Vice Chair

Emanuele Calà  |  President & Managing Director, AdR Ventures  |  Member

Gabriele Capolino  |  Founder & CEO, Avvio Capital  |  Member

Martina Colasante  |  Government Affairs & Public Policy Manager, Google Italy and Google Cloud  |  Member

Fabio Corsico  |  Director of Institutional Affairs and Development, Caltagirone Group; Vice Chairman, Anima Holding  |  Member

Tara Doyle  |  Senior Vice President, Business Development, Boston Common Asset Management  |  Member

Valerio Durazzo  |  Venture Partner, Lumen Ventures  |  Member

Carmelo Fontana  |  Senior Regional Counsel, Google  |  Member

Brian Halligan  |  Co-Founder and Board Director, HubSpot;  Senior Advisor, Sequoia  |  Member

Penny Herscher  |  Chair of the Board, Lumentum & Chair of the Board, Penguin Solutions  |  Member

Edward Kliphuis  |  Head of Digital Medicine, Sofinnova Partners  |  Member

Iñigo López de la Osa Escribano  |  CEO, Lopez de la Osa & Franco Real Estate Group  |  Member

Bethany Mayer  |  Chair of the Board, Box; Independent Board Member, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Lam Research, and Astera Labs  |  Member

Ferruccio M. Sbarbaro  |  Professor of Comparative Law and Founding Partner, Libra Legal Partners  | Vice Chair

Lila Tretikov  |  Head of AI Strategy, NEA; Board Director, UBS and Volvo  | Chair

Bill Unger  |  Board Member and Advisor  |  Member