Local AI community in Belgrade to start operating on March 19

One of the biggest global communities in the field of artificial intelligence will start operating in Belgrade this March.

In addition to Novi Sad, the local AI community is starting to operate in Belgrade as well, on March 19, and its founders believe that Serbia has potential in this domain, but that it lacks initiative that would focus on this IT branch.

Their vision is to promote knowledge in this field, examples of good practice, as well as innovators looking to present their AI products globally.

Although it was launched only several months ago, the local community in Novi Sad has so far gathered more than 1,000 visitors at its events. This year, according to Jovan Stojanovic, one of the founders of the AI community, the plan is to launch the Belgrade AI branch and expand to other cities in the region.

– As the culmination of our activities this year, we plan to organize the biggest AI conference in the region, WONDERLAND AI, which will be held on November 8 in Belgrade. Our aim is to bring world-renowned guests and organize various technical and business-oriented sessions. A distinction should be made between process automation and what AI truly is, as the phrase AI is now used pretty liberally. One of the goals of our organization is to separate fact from fiction – Stojanovic says.

Artificial intelligence has been in the spotlight recently, and its various applications, as well as related myths, are something that draws attention not just among IT experts, but in a wider public as well.

City.AI is the largest global AI community, which is now present in over 60 cities of the world and which features over 280 local ambassadors who work on the democratization of knowledge in the field of AI. What sets this community apart from others is that, thanks to the support of the global community, many world AI experts attend local events, says one of the founders of the Belgrade AI community, Jovana Vukicevic.

– The mission of our local community is to democratize knowledge in the field of AI, to share and promote innovations in this field in an interesting way. Our goal is to transfer knowledge about where AI is at the moment, to promote all local innovations and good initiatives in the global market. The community works by opening new “city” branches, which aim to organize an event where AI will be discussed from various positions at least once every three months. In addition to narrow-interest topics, we want to open much wider AI-related questions, such as its ethics, data policy etc. Furthermore, the scope and the strength of the network built so far globally gives us an opportunity to bring world-renowned AI names to our events. The crown of the community's operations is the World AI Summit, which we organize each year in Amsterdam – Vukicevic says.

The first event, which will mark the beginning of the operations of the Belgrade AI community, has been scheduled for Tuesday, March 19, at the Startit Center in Belgrade.

Application is free, mandatory and available at this link.

Startit centar Beograd

Startit Center Belgrade

AI community

Jovan Stojanović

Belgrade AI branch

WONDERLAND AI

City AI

Jovana Vukićević