EU Commission Vice-President Virkkunen to visit Italy to meet media industry and tour EU AI centres

Brussels – From 4 to 6 September, European Commission Vice-President Henna Virkkunen will be in Italy to meet the media sector and visit European centres of excellence in artificial intelligence (AI) and supercomputing innovation in Bologna and Cernobbio. 

On 4 September, the Executive Vice-President will participate in the 82nd Venice International Film Festival and meet with the organisation’s President and the Artistic Director for Cinema. This will be followed by a roundtable with media industry representatives to discuss the next Multiannual Financial Framework, the upcoming European Media Industry Outlook findings, and the European Media Freedom Act, which started applying in August. She will also hold bilateral meetings with EU commercial broadcasters operating in Italy.

The next day, 5 September, the Executive Vice-President’s visit will focus on supercomputing and Artificial Intelligence (AI). She will be visiting Leonardo, one of ten jointly procured EuroHPC supercomputers, and ITA4LIA, one of 13 EU AI factories.

On the final day of the trip, 6 September, Executive Vice-President Virkkunen will participate in the Forum Ambrosetti, in Cernobbio, where she will debate on “The European Way of Innovation and Digital Sovereignty.”