CIDAI, the Centre of Innovation for Data Tech and Artificial Intelligence
We drive AI-based innovation and technology transfer working for Catalan businesses and society
Dissemination sessions organised
Participants
Innovation projects
Attendees at the AI Congress Barcelona
High impact projects
We solve real challenges for businesses and governments
- Mobility
- Health
- Digital
- Sports
- Mobility
- Audiovisual
We foster ethical and responsible AI and ensure its maximum impact in Catalonia
We fast-track AI uptake
We encourage innovation by supporting dissemination activities
22-23 October 2025
11th AI Congress Barcelona
On 22-23 October 2025 we will be holding the 11th AI Congress at the Auditori L’illa in Barcelona as an in-person event. We will showcase trends and best practices of groundbreaking businesses, new technological developments and their applications, and inspiring success stories.
Join technology transfer and drive the future with innovative AI-based solutions.
Success stories
We transform the activity of companies and administrations through AI technologies
CIDAI develops generative AI tools for contextualizing and describing news photos from 3CATInfo
CIDAI collaborates with the Barcelona Metropolitan Area (AMB) to optimize the Aerobús fleet efficiency and forecast demand peaks
CIDAI collaborates with Cluster Hub23 and Kognia Sports Intelligence to open new possibilities in football player analysis, optimizing biometric data detection
CIDAI and the Medical Emergency System (SEM) develop an AI model capable of predicting accident density for better resource allocation

We are in a period of widespread "hype" around artificial intelligence, especially everything to do with generative AI.
Albert Cañigueral
Technology transfer and ecosystem development for the Aina project

AI is no longer valued just for what it is capable of doing, but for how it is responsibly integrated into real environments.
Marco Orellana
CIDAI Manager

Using AI responsibly does not mean using less AI. It means using it better.
Alfonso Corral Membrive
CEO of Conversia
Users use LLMs for a large number of applications, possibly the main one being to obtain information quickly and as a useful alternative to traditional search engines.
Miquel Sàrrias Montón
Manager of the Efficient, Safe and Digital Operation area at Cetaqua-Water Technology Center

One of the outstanding subjects presented by the current development of AI is the systemic integration of data in decision-making processes.
Karina Gibert
Director of the Intelligent Data Science and Artificial Intelligence research center (IDEAI-UPC)
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Dean of the Official College of Computer Engineering of Catalonia

The ATM can stand out in the innovative use of AI if it adopts it with criteria of sustainability, inclusiveness and responsibility, and through a well-planned implementation
Francesc Planas
Head of Development and Innovation at Metropolitan Transport Authority (ATM)
Events and calendar
Opinion pieces

AI is playing a key role in generating new knowledge by generating artificial hypotheses that are accelerating new discoveries.
Ramon Pruneda
Technical Director - Metropolitan Area of Barcelona
- Jara Forcadell Ortiz
For the past few years, the conversation about artificial intelligence has focused on its capabilities: larger models, greater accuracy, greater speed. But increasingly, the relevant […]
- Rafael Redondo
Over the past ten years, generative models have gone from being a promising line of research in machine learning (ML) to becoming one of the […]
- Jaume Clotet
Artificial intelligence is no longer a promise of the future—it is a present reality. Every week, new tools and platforms make headlines, and executive boards […]
8-9 November 2024, Espai Bital
Successful AINA HACK: 20 teams with a total of 68 participants
Aina Hack was held on 8-9 November in person for 24 hours non-stop. The participating teams developed an AI application to solve one or more challenges of the Catalan Government.