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
- Health
- Digital
- Sports
- Mobility
- Audiovisual
- Digital
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
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
On AI: The main challenge is not technological, but organizational and cultural, and it involves putting people at the center because the real value comes from how we use it.
Albert Iruela
CEO and founder of Omnios
We live in an accelerated digital race in which our capacity for analysis is blocked by our willingness to be surprised.
Carme Fabregas
Director of Systems and Innovation
The European Union's first AI Law, known as the AI Act, has been long awaited, but it is now a reality.
Albert Sabater Coll
Director of the Observatory of Ethics in Artificial Intelligence of Catalonia (OEIAC)
The difference between a company that ‘uses AI’ and one that ‘learns with AI’ is the same as between copying and understanding
Ramon Pruneda
CTO a AMB Informació i Serveis S.A.
Formador i Divulgador Tech DATA & IA
Artificial intelligence (AI) has ceased to be a simple technological innovation and has become a strategic ally.
Marta Regina Cano
Business Intelligence Director at Caixa Enginyers
Events and calendar
Opinion pieces
Catalonia is currently one of the most prominent European hubs in Artificial Intelligence. With a strong academic base and a long tradition.
Josep Lladós
Computer Vision Center - Autonomous University of Barcelona
- 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 […]
- Meritxell Bassolas
- Albert Iruela
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.