IvI is always well represented at ICT.OPEN. The following tracks involved IvI researchers as chair, committee member or speaker: Paola Grosso and Yuri Demchenko (CompSys Research for a Responsibly Digitalised Society, Hazar Harmuch (at two tracks: The role of Data Management in the Era of AI & The role of Data Management in the Era of AI), Thomas van Binsbergen (Software engineering),  Somaya Ben Allouch & Erman Acar (Applications in AI) and Ana Oprescu (CompSys Research for a Sustainable and Equitable Digital Infrastructure).

Benny Akesson, researcher at TNO-ESI and member of the Parallel Computing Systems (PCS) was one of the keynote speakers. The titel of his keynote was ‘Engineering the Future: Addressing System Complexity in High-Tech Equipment’.
He talked about the challenge of increasing system complexity in high-tech equipment and how TNO-ESI addresses this challenge in an open innovation ecosystem, that includes the University of Amsterdam, by developing engineering methodologies based on model-based engineering, formal methods, and artificial intelligence. Two examples were given of such methodologies, ComMA and Renaissance, highlighting the collaborations in the innovation chain and describing the industry impact. 
He also participated in an NWO Panel session about partnerships in ICT Research, where challenges and best practices for research collaborations were discussed among the panelists and with the audience. In particular, Benny pushed for better funding instruments to transfer research results from universities to applied research organizations and industry.