Symposium on Data Readiness for Artificial Intelligence

Abstract

The Advisory Group on Data (AGoD) and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) organised a joint Symposium on Data Readiness for Artificial Intelligence on 23 and 24 October 2024 in Parma. The objective of the symposium was the exploration of the transformative impact of AI technologies within the food safety ecosystem. Given the in-person format of the event, particular attention was given to fostering increased cooperation between attendees working in the food safety field around Europe and beyond. This was the first opportunity for the AGoD and EFSA to host a meeting together, and it had been an objective of the AGoD since its first mandate. This event report contains the information from all the sessions and the ensuing conversations. Particular attention is to be given to the way in which the present report was generated; in fact, large language models were leveraged for summarising the speeches given during the symposium, and a specific methodology, which ensured several human-oversight checkpoints, was designed around it. All in all, the symposium was a very productive opportunity for this diverse crowd of experts to come together, learn from each other and discover new challenges. This positive outlook on the event was supported by a post-event feedback survey that showed that the majority of attendees were satisfied. As a follow-up to the event, the AGoD roadmap was updated to incorporate insights and opportunities from the symposium.