Tech Policy & Ethics Events in Amsterdam
European tech-policy and ethics events have grown into their own circuit, driven largely by the AI conversation and by the continent's unusually active relationship with tech regulation. This page covers the bigger conversations about technology rather than the hands-on building: AI governance, AI ethics, responsible-AI leadership, digital ethics, tech-in-society discussions, and the intersection of AI with education, law, and public institutions.
This page narrows the Amsterdam calendar to Tech Policy & Ethics events. It's a subset of Netherlands's wider tech-event schedule, useful when you want something specific to go to in the city this month.
Amsterdam runs one of the strongest applied-AI event calendars in Europe. The city is full of product engineering teams actually shipping AI features, which shows up as depth in LLM integration, agent, RAG, and evaluation-focused meetups. Product management and design events are also unusually strong here (The Next Web, Mind The Product, Config EU satellites), as is the data-engineering scene around dbt and Snowflake.
Upcoming Tech Policy & Ethics events in Amsterdam
SAIN Amsterdam Discussion Group: Self-Replicating AI Models
Amsterdam, 🇳🇱 Netherlands
🤖 AI Safety Discussion Group
📍 Location: Science Park 904, Room TBD
🕠 Time: 5:30 PM
Join us this Friday to discuss a very recent report by Anthropic's Frontier Red Team: "AI models may be capable of self-replicating without access to a datacenter". It was only released on the 12th of October, but is already making a lot of headlines. You can find the original report here:
https://www.anthropic.com/research/self-replicating-ai
Is this a sign of what is to come? Are small open-weight models about to take over your smart-fridge and doorbell camera? Is the headline a fair representation of the actual findings? Could this maybe be an attempt by Anthropic to force regulation on open-weight models?
Don't forget to write down any questions you might have as well.
Looking forward to seeing you in Science Park!
Booster Session (AI Governance): With Maarten Stolk
Amsterdam, 🇳🇱 Netherlands
Fifteen minutes with Maarten Stolk, CEO and co-founder of Deeploy, at the Data Booster stand at the AI & Big
Data Expo.
No slides, no pitch, one question: how do you govern AI without slowing down the people who use it?
Bring one real AI governance or adoption problem from your own organisation and put it to Maarten.
Booster Session (Finance) hosted by Amal Alshihri: Train before you grant access
Amsterdam, 🇳🇱 Netherlands
Your bank has AI tools. Should every employee get access on day one, or should they first show they can use them safely? And when the auditor asks, how do you prove it?
In this Booster session, Amal Alshihri of Rabobank hosts a short, open conversation about AI readiness in finance: who gets access to which tools, what people need to know first, and how you keep a record that holds up.
15 minutes at the Data Booster stand (T56), no slides. Bring one real AI adoption problem from your own organization and get a proper chance to ask it.
SAIN Amsterdam Discussion Group: Friday the 23rd of October
Amsterdam, 🇳🇱 Netherlands
🤖 AI Safety Discussion Group
📍 Location: Science Park 904, Room TBD
🕠 Time: 5:30 PM
SAIN Amsterdam hosts weekly discussion events about AI safety topics. Topics range from scientific papers, to articles or incidents reports, but always fall within the general category of AI safety.
Everyone is welcome, whether you are deeply involved in AI safety or simply curious about the topic!
The topic of this particular session is still to be determined. Want to have a say in the topic we'll discuss? Join the community here: https://safeainetherlands.org/community
Once the topic has been decided we will share it in the community, but also with those who have already signed up to this event.
Looking forward to seeing you soon!
SAIN Amsterdam Graduation Ceremony! 🎉
Amsterdam, 🇳🇱 Netherlands
Join us for the SAIN Amsterdam Graduation Ceremony 🎉, a special evening to acknowledge the work, growth, and achievements of our community.
We will celebrate the completion of both of our courses: Technical AI Safety and AI Governance ⭐️
We will take a moment to recognise the journey, share some proud milestones, and give proper credit to the people who made it all happen.
**Dress code: **Semi-formal. Dress up nicely, celebratory 👔💃🏻
What to expect:✅ Completion certificates!
👏 Pictures and celebratory atmosphere
🎤 Speakers presenting career pathways:
👥 Social @Eetcafé Oerknal (free snacks & drinks), with the opportunity to connect with all the course participants, facilitators and SAIN team.
🎀 Surprises
The completion certificates will be awarded based on your facilitator’s decision (determined by your attendance & engagement). The certificates are issued by SAIN Amsterdam, not BlueDot.
Want to join next courses?You can apply via this link! https://sainonboard.fillout.com/new
The next course iteration begins first week of November!
Deadlines:
- 20th October to be a facilitator
- 23rd October to be a coursetaker
If you apply after, we will automatically put you into the next cohort!