AI Austria Meetup

☕ AI Breakfast: Real Talk, No Slides

We’re hosting the AI Breakfast Vienna — a casual, high-signal meetup for the AI community.
Whether you’re a researcher, an AI engineer," a founder, or a policy innovator, this is your space to connect. We’re breaking down the silos between research, product, and engineering to spark real discussions before the workday even begins.

• When: Oct 23th, 9:00 AM
• Where: Cafe Museum - Literatursalon - Table reserved under "Cristian Hofmann / AI Austria"
• Hosts: Cristian, Amin, and Ruben
• Cost: Order breakfast at your own expense

Space is limited!
👉 RSVP only if you’re 100% sure you can make it.

Dear AI Austrians,

It’s time to get together again.

No agenda, no talks, no program. Just good conversations, familiar faces, and meeting new people from the AI Austria community.
Whether you’ve joined our meetups before or this would be your first one: you’re warmly invited. Come by for a quick hello or stay the whole evening — totally up to you.

📍Location:
sophie7
Apollogasse 21, 1070 Vienna

🕖 Time:
From 18:00 - open end.

Looking forward to seeing many of you there,
AI Austria

AI Governance is often framed as a constraint. We see it differently: done well, it enables organizations to move faster, scale AI responsibly, and build lasting trust.

In this edition of the AI Austria Community, we explore how governance, compliance, risk and law can become practical enablers for AI adoption — from effective guardrails and legal compliance to operational resilience, cost control and autonomous systems.

Together with leaders from Austria’s AI, legal, risk and compliance ecosystem, we will discuss the frameworks, operating models and lessons learned that help teams deploy and scale AI with confidence.
Hosted by AI Austria, in collaboration with AI Factory.

Agenda
16:45 – Doors Open & Arrival

17:00 – Welcome & Opening
Hosted by AI Austria — Amin Khater
→ Why AI Governance is a scaling factor

17:10 – The AI Act and Beyond: Trusted AI & Legal Compliance
Stefan Humer
→ Turning regulatory requirements into clear, workable action

17:25 – Governance, Risk & Resilience in Practice
Thomas John
→ How clear controls, accountability and operational resilience enable AI adoption in regulated environments

17:40 – From Effective to Economic: Taming AI Cost
Danail Ginin
→ How to control, plan and reduce token spend

17:55 – Who Does What, When, and How: Governance for Autonomous Work
Jürgen Eckel
→ Building the architecture for policy definition, audit layers and enforceable rules for every autonomous system in the company

16:45–20:00 – Networking, Drinks & Conversations
→ Meet the speakers, exchange ideas and connect with the AI Governance community

📍 Location
AI Factory, Karl-Farkas-Gasse 22, 1030 Vienna

🗓 Date & Time
17 November, doors open at 16:45
Talks begin at 17:00

🎟 Admission
Free and open to the community