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.
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
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
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
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)
According to the latest report from Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, Catalonia continues to lead entrepreneurial activity in Spain with a TEA of 6.9%.
Meritxell Bassolas
Coordinator
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
Events and calendar
Opinion pieces
We live in an era dominated by AI applications: from personalized recommendations in streaming services to sophisticated driving assistance systems.
Adan Garriga
Director of the Multimedia Technologies Unit
- 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.