While remotely, through the Ai Play App, it took place on May 12, 15 and 16, from May 13 to 14 AI Week 2025 was held for the first time at Fieramilano Rho, now in its 6ᵃ edition, the third in attendance. Important numbers for this event, which recorded more than 17 thousand attendees (+100% over 2024), about 8.7 thousand unique visitors. More than 3,500 networking meetings organized between companies to do business and at least 20 thousand accesses in the workshop rooms.
In addition 100 thousand minutes of videos viewed in the online edition shared on the AI Week 2025 platform, AI Play, and more than 100 use cases heard.
As many as ten simultaneous stages including main stage, tech stage, workshops and stand-up corner.
Among the topics addressed and possible fields of application of AI analyzed during the event. Especially, during the two days in Milan, they were countless: from medicine to politics, from astronomy to physics, to the world of customer care.
A landmark both in Italy and abroad
Stressed Giacinto Fiore, co-founder of AI Explained Simple and co-organizer of AI Week 2025: “Exactly one year ago we had the goal of doubling the number of attendees, and we did, indeed we even exceeded the threshold. Choosing Milan for the current edition has paid off and not a little.”
As for the participants, 30 percent are women, while 77 percent of the attendees come from Italy, especially from Lombardy (57 percent) and Lazio (11 percent). While most of the foreign participants came from Switzerland (38 percent) and Germany (10 percent). “We really couldn’t have asked for a better way to celebrate the third edition in attendance ofAI Week 2025, an event that, year after year, is becoming more and more important nationally and internationally.”
There were more than 180 sponsors and more than 500 speakers who animated the many events. Some of the international speakers included Zack Kass and Rory Flynn.
In addition, more than 20 companies were presented with awards named after John Mc Carthy.
In Italy, Lombardy tops in AI investments
“Hundreds of Italian companies are now involved in the artificial intelligence wave,” said Pasquale Viscanti, another co-founder of AI Explained Simple and co-organizer of AI Week 2025 – https://www.aiweek.it -. “A few years ago, organizations were asking us who was able to offer ‘AI addicted’ solutions; now, however, the question is what these vendors can do to improve the business and operations of organizations. The answer, indeed the answers have specific names and can take different forms, including platforms, chatbots and even virtual avatars that can converse.”
Nationally, according to surveys and studies by the event organizers, Lombardy is the region that is investing the most (43 percent), followed by Piedmont (12 percent) and Lazio (10 percent). In the world, however, no one is currently keeping up with the United States in terms of AI investment.