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
The adoption of AI within the Catalan public administration should be based on a safe, ethical and reliable deployment of AI
Karina Gibert
Professor and founder of the research center in Intelligent Data Science and Artificial Intelligence at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia
Dean of the Illustrious Official College of Computer Engineering of Catalonia
The difference between a company that ‘uses AI’ and one that ‘learns with AI’ is the same as between copying and understanding
Jordi Herreruela
Director del Festival Cruïlla
We are at a key moment to define the role that Catalonia must play in the deployment of AI
Maria Galindo
Secretary of Digital Policies of the Generalitat of Catalonia
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
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
Europe has chosen its own path: that of democratizing technology as a tool to strengthen its digital sovereignty
Sergi Besonias Cornet i Julia Masvidal i Andreu,
BSC Spin Off Portfolio Manager
Events and calendar
Opinion pieces
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
- Alfonso Corral Membrive
Artificial intelligence has ceased to be an experimental technology and has become an increasingly common tool in small and medium-sized enterprises, which see these technologies […]
- 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 […]
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.