AI Week 2026, held on 19–20 May at Fiera Milano Rho, once again confirmed its position as one of Europe’s leading events dedicated to artificial intelligence. Bringing together more than 700 speakers and thousands of participants from industry, academia, startups and public institutions, the event provided an ideal setting to discuss how AI is reshaping critical sectors and to exchange ideas on emerging technological trends.
For the CyberAId project, the event represented an important dissemination opportunity to engage with a broad and diverse audience. GFT welcomed visitors to its exhibition stand, introducing CyberAId’s vision for strengthening cybersecurity in the European financial sector through advanced artificial intelligence. The informal setting encouraged open discussions with professionals from different backgrounds, creating valuable opportunities to explain the project’s objectives and gather first-hand impressions from potential stakeholders.
Many conversations focused on the growing cybersecurity challenges facing financial organisations as digital transformation accelerates. Visitors showed considerable interest in CyberAId’s integrated approach, which combines AI, Large Language Models (LLMs) and state-of-the-art cybersecurity technologies to improve cyber resilience throughout the entire security lifecycle. The project’s concept of orchestrating multiple cybersecurity capabilities through an intelligent AI layer attracted particular attention, especially its potential to support security teams with contextual recommendations, automated analysis and faster decision-making.
Attendees were also interested in the platform’s key technological building blocks. These include proactive vulnerability management supported by AI, real-time monitoring and threat detection, intelligent incident response, digital twin environments for secure testing, privacy-preserving data analysis and the exploration of quantum-resistant security mechanisms. The project’s emphasis on maintaining human oversight while leveraging AI to enhance operational efficiency resonated strongly with cybersecurity professionals seeking practical and trustworthy applications of artificial intelligence.
Beyond its technological innovations, CyberAId sparked discussions around the evolving European regulatory landscape. Participants recognised the importance of solutions capable of supporting compliance with frameworks such as DORA, NIS2, GDPR and the AI Act while helping financial institutions strengthen operational resilience against increasingly sophisticated cyber threats. The combination of regulatory awareness and cutting-edge AI technologies was widely perceived as one of the project’s distinguishing features.
The event also provided valuable feedback on the clarity and relevance of CyberAId’s communication. Explaining complex concepts to visitors with varying levels of technical expertise offered an opportunity to test how effectively the project’s objectives can be communicated beyond the research community. The positive engagement demonstrated that the project’s vision addresses real concerns shared by organisations navigating the rapidly evolving cybersecurity landscape.
The CyberAId consortium thanks everyone who visited the GFT stand during AI Week 2026 for their interest, insightful discussions and valuable feedback. These exchanges contribute to ensuring that the project continues to develop solutions that respond to the real needs of Europe’s financial cybersecurity ecosystem.
