Conversations with Arthur Mensch will center Europe’s position in the global AI program, addressing strategic challenges to boost competitiveness and sovereignty, reduce dependencies, and build European AI capabilities and infrastructure with affordable clean energy and large-scale public-private investment.

The discussions will emphasize Europe’s strategic autonomy in AI, cutting dependencies and investing in energy‑efficient infrastructure and European AI capabilities, with a focus on public and private funding.

Portugal will be represented by Prime Minister Luís Montenegro at the Dublin summit, while Ireland holds the rotating EU presidency.

EU leaders will gather in Dublin for an informal AI-focused summit on November 13, 2026.

The informal Dublin summit will deliberate on artificial intelligence, exploring its opportunities and risks for European societies.

António Costa, European Council president, described the goal as exploring AI opportunities and its transformative effects on economies and societies, including considerations of security and trust.

Two external guests will join: Arthur Mensch, CEO of Mistral AI, and Geoffrey Hinton, Nobel laureate in Physics 2024, to discuss Europe’s AI sovereignty, competitiveness, and societal impacts.

The session will hear from Arthur Mensch on Europe’s AI sovereignty and infrastructure, and from Geoffrey Hinton on AI’s societal impacts, safety, and governance.

The event includes a working lunch for further views, with a planned conclusion around 16:00, and discussions will continue in 2027, including at Alden Biesen.

A steering note outlines two main topics: boosting Europe’s competitiveness and AI sovereignty, and addressing societal impacts, safety, security, rights protection, and democratic integrity.

Although focused on AI, officials may touch on the next EU budget for 2028-2034, with António Costa aiming to present a new proposal ahead of a mid-November extraordinary EU summit in Brussels on November 26-27.

Leaders will have a working lunch to discuss Europe’s path forward in AI, with plans to reconvene in 2027 at Alden Biesen castle in Belgium, date to be determined.