EY AI Week 2025

EY AI Week (3–7 November 2025) is a hybrid event with a program dedicated to helping you to harness the power of AI with executive insights, alliance showcases, and hands-on EY.ai Lab sessions to drive scalable impact.

As organizations embrace AI, they face a pivotal challenge: how to balance its transformative potential with the risks it brings. The stakes are high, but when done right, AI can drive operational excellence, improve employee satisfaction, enhance customer experiences, and support sustainable growth. To help harness the power of AI, we’re dedicating an entire week to it during EY AI Week, 3–7 November.

EY AI Week is a hybrid program, online and in-person, featuring perspectives from industry experts and visionary thinkers, along with hands-on sessions.

Explore the full program and sign up for your preferred sessions here.

EY AI Week Program

Monday

08:30 – 09:15 (Online)
AI & Humanity: Innovating for the Future of Work (EY AI Week Opening)
We open AI Week with a brief program introduction by Menno Bonninga, covering core themes and how to get the most from the week, followed by an inspiring keynote from Deborah Nas (Keynote speaker, Innovation expert, Professor, and Author) on leveraging AI for innovation and the future of work.

10:00 - 12:00 (In-person)
AI Ready Data Platforms: How to Build a Data Foundation to Power Safe and Scalable AI
Data is the differentiator for AI that is both high impact and trustworthy. As agentic and autonomous AI accelerate, success will depend on unifying internal and external data – structured and unstructured – in real time, at scale, under strong governance and security. In this session, we unpack the key trends and considerations to build a data foundation for successful AI adoption.

12:00 – 12:45 (Online)
Human purpose and competing on Imagination in the age of Machine intelligence
A forward-looking session on how agentic AI will redefine human work and why organizations must build “institutional imagination” to compete—featuring Igor Mikhalev (EY) and James O’Dowd (CEO, Patrick Morgan) on the disruption of professional services, from the end of apprenticeship models and billable hours to productized IP, outcome-based pricing, and rapid, ROI‑driven sprints.

14:00 – 16:00 (In-person)
Four Futures of AI (Immersive experience – Invite only)
Explore the "Four Futures of AI" and discover how each scenario can impact your organization in this tailored, invite-only workshop. This immersive experience will empower your team to strategically navigate the complexities of AI transformation, assess risks, and align your vision with potential future outcomes.

Thuesday

10:00 – 12:00 (In-person)
The Four Futures of AI in Tax
Navigate the four possible futures of AI in Tax to understand the risks and opportunities ahead and turn them into today’s decisions on strategy, operating model, compliance, and technology investments.

13:00 – 14:00 (Hybrid (Online and In-person))
The Future Organization: What Can’t Be Replaced by AI
An interactive panel with esteemed female tech leaders from ING, Dell, and Pera, on how AI is reshaping work and leadership, focusing on the human skills, culture, and responsible practices that remain essential and how people and AI together unlock creativity and innovation

15:00 – 17:00 (In-person)
Four Futures of AI (Immersive experience – Invite only)
Explore the "Four Futures of AI" and discover how each scenario can impact your organization in this tailored, invite-only workshop. This immersive experience will empower your leadership team to strategically navigate the complexities of AI transformation, assess risks, and align your vision with potential future outcomes.

Wednesday

10:30 – 12:30 (Hybrid (Online and In-person))
Responsible AI in Practice — with Joris Krijger
Joris Krijger (AI Ethicist, PhD and AI Officer at ASN) unpacks why Responsible AI is a socio-technical challenge, not just a technical fix, and shows how to turn ethics into concrete choices in design, governance, and culture. Followed by a Q&A with Bernadette Wesdorp on practical next steps.

14:00 – 16:00 (In-person)
Four Futures of AI (immersive experience – invite only)
Explore the "Four Futures of AI" and discover how each scenario can impact your organization in this tailored, invite-only workshop. This immersive experience will empower your leadership team to strategically navigate the complexities of AI transformation, assess risks, and align your vision with potential future outcomes.

Thursday

10:00 - 12:00 (In-person)
AI in Finance - Hype or Reality?
Join us for a lively session where we cut through the noise and explore the reality of AI in Finance together with Larysa Melnychuk (CEO at the FP&A Trends Group, the leading online resource for FP&A professionals).

12:00 – 12:45 (Online)
Me Becomes We: The Implications of Collective Memory for Customer Experience
Explore how an AI-enabled collective customer memory turns insights into timely action through journey management and an operating model that empowers teams.

13:30 – 15:30 (In-person)
Four Futures of AI (Immersive experience – Invite only)
Explore the "Four Futures of AI" and discover how each scenario can impact your organization in this tailored, invite-only workshop. This immersive experience will empower your leadership team to strategically navigate the complexities of AI transformation, assess risks, and align your vision with potential future outcomes.

15:30 – 17:00 (In-person)
Four Futures of AI (Immersive experience – Invite only)
Explore the "Four Futures of AI" and discover how each scenario can impact your organization in this tailored, invite-only workshop. This immersive experience will empower your leadership team to strategically navigate the complexities of AI transformation, assess risks, and align your vision with potential future outcomes.

15:30 – 17:00 (In-person)
Round Table: AI and the Future of the Public Sector (Invite only) (Dutch)
This closed round table brings together executives and top officials from the public sector to explore how AI can be deployed responsibly, feasibly, and sustainably, with a focus on public value and trust. We will discuss working applications, governance, and ethics, and translate strategic dilemmas into a joint agenda for the government of tomorrow.

15:30 –17:00 (In-person)
Round Table: Agentic AI in the Financial Sector (Invite only)
An interactive round table for the financial sector on Agentic AI, focusing on real-world use cases and the latest developments. We’ll discuss how autonomous agents are applied in practice, along with lessons learned and early success factors you can take back to your organization.

15:30 –17:00 (In-person)
Round Table: AI in the Consumer Products & Retail sector (Invite only)
An interactive executive round table for CP&R leaders on putting AI to work across the value chain.

17:00 – 18:00 (In-person)
Network drinks following round table sessions (Invite only)

Friday

08:30-09:15 (In-person)
Navigating the Future: Maximizing Impact with AI — with Joe Depa (CIO, EY)
Join us for an insightful fireside chat featuring Joe Depa, EY Global Chief AI & Innovation Officer alongside Menno Bonninga, AI Lead EY Netherlands. This dynamic discussion will delve into the latest breakthroughs in AI and their transformative potential across industries and society. The conversation will explore cutting-edge advancements in Physical AI and discover how EY is harnessing this technology to elevate client services. Joe will also share his visionary perspective on the future of AI and innovation at EY, emphasizing the critical roles of AI with data, trust, value.

10:00 – 12:00 (In-person)
Agentic AI in Action: Proving the value of AI (Invite only)
See how EY.ai Lab moves agentic AI from concept to production with secure hybrid deployment and proven cases. This session is invite only for C suite and innovation leaders.

13:30 – 15:30 (In-person)
Four Futures of AI (Immersive experience – Invite only)
Explore the "Four Futures of AI" and discover how each scenario can impact your organization in this tailored, invite-only workshop. This immersive experience will empower your leadership team to strategically navigate the complexities of AI transformation, assess risks, and align your vision with potential future outcomes.