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The AI Summit Brainport 2026 will explore this year’s critical question:
“AI at work. Use it or lose it?” How are humans and AI to cooperate effectively? What tasks will or should remain the domain of humans? How will cooperating with AI affect humans? What happens if you choose not to use AI? Can you still make that choice? And how do we prepare organizations and people for the changes that AI tools are and will be forcing?

The AI Summit Brainport 2026 will take place on Thursday, November 12, at the Evoluon in Eindhoven.

Expect inspiring sessions with leading experts who will tackle precisely these questions – on cooperation, the boundaries of human work, and preparation for change – grounded in human-technology interaction, change management, ethics, security, and responsible deployment, with practical insights for applying AI safely and effectively across industries.

Curious about the energy, insights, and collaboration that define the summit? Check out the aftermovie from last year’s edition (below) and stay informed of what’s ahead in 2026.

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Timetable 2026

Morning Program

09:00	Walk in with tea/coffee
10:00	Welcome and opening
10:15	Keynote Josette Gevers
10:45	Interactive session
11:15	Coffee break and Expo
11:45	Morning Track programs

Afternoon Program

13:00	Lunch break and Expo
14:15	Afternoon Track programs
16:00	Central closing
16:15	Expo, networking and drinks

Josette Gevers - Keynote speaker

Full Professor at Team Effectiveness and Workplace Collaboration and Vice-Dean of the Department of Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences at Eindhoven University of Technology

The Perks and Perils of AI Teammates
“AI at work. Use it or lose it?”

As AI becomes embedded in everyday work, that question suddenly feels very real. With generative AI by our side, we now have a teammate who never sleeps, never complains, and always has an answer. Sounds perfect… or does it?

AI can drastically boost productivity, accelerate decision-making, and transform the way we work. But as we increasingly rely on AI, important questions emerge. What happens to expertise, creativity, and collaboration when AI always has an answer ready? Are we becoming more productive, or merely more dependent? And in a world where everyone uses AI, can one still afford not to?

In The Perks and Perils of AI Teammates, Prof. Josette Gevers explores the social dilemma of productivity in the age of AI. While ever-helpful artificial teammates promise faster, smarter, and more efficient work, they may simultaneously erode the very human qualities that drive long-term corporate success.

The central question, therefore, is not whether humans and AI will work together, but how. How do we design effective human-AI collaboration? Which tasks should remain exclusively human? And how can organizations prepare people for a future in which AI is no longer just a tool, but a teammate?
Because that future is already here.