EU Seeks Experts for Frontier AI Forum

Detected February 17th, 2026

Summary

The European Commission's AI Office is seeking experts for a new Forum on Frontier AI, part of the European Frontier AI Initiative. Interested parties, including AI developers, investors, and industrial actors, can express their interest via an application form until March 12, 2026.

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The European Commission's AI Office has launched a call for expressions of interest to recruit experts for a new Forum on Frontier AI. This initiative, part of the European Frontier AI Initiative, aims to enhance the EU's competitiveness, sovereignty, and security in trustworthy frontier AI. The forum will map existing efforts, address challenges, and identify opportunities. Senior-level participants are sought, including European AI developers, investors, and industrial actors.

Interested parties must submit their applications via an online form by March 12, 2026. The first meeting of the expert forum is scheduled for April 23, 2026. Participants will have the opportunity to present ideas and engage in discussions to shape the future of the Frontier AI Initiative. The discussions will be held under the Chatham House Rule, with key insights to be published by the AI Office.

What to do next

Submit expression of interest via the application form by March 12, 2026, if eligible and interested in participating in the Frontier AI Expert Forum.
Prepare written statements assessing and recommending how the Frontier AI Initiative can achieve its objectives, to be submitted via the application form.
Ensure participation in the forum (if selected) adheres to Chatham House Rule principles.

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The AI Office has opened a call for expression of interest for Europe’s AI actors to participate in an Expert Forum on Frontier AI.

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The forum takes place in the context of the European Frontier AI Initiative that aims to enhance competitiveness, sovereignty and security of the European Union in trustworthy frontier AI.

The forum brings together Europe’s actors in the field of frontier AI, in particular European AI developers, investors and industrial actors, and other frontier AI experts. It is intended for senior-level participants.

The forum will map existing efforts in frontier AI, and address challenges, bottlenecks and identify opportunities for Europe’s competitiveness, sovereignty and security in frontier AI. Participants will have the opportunity to present their ideas and engage with other participating actors, shaping the future of the Frontier AI Initiative.

The first meeting of the expert forum will take place online on 23 April 2026, from 13:30 until 18:00 CET. Applicants eligible to participate in the forum will be notified in advance.

Express your interest and submit written statements

You can express your interest via this application form until 12 March, 18:00 CET. Interested European AI developers, investors and industrial actors, and other frontier AI experts are asked to provide relevant evidence to demonstrate they fulfil the respective eligibility requirements.

All interested stakeholders are invited to submit written statements via the application form. These statements should include their assessments and recommendations on how the Frontier AI Initiative can best achieve its objectives - specifically enhancing Europe's competitiveness, sovereignty and security in frontier AI.

Applicants eligible to participate will be notified at least 14 calendar days in advance of the expert forum on 23 April 2026 and may be invited to take part in subsequent exchanges.

The discussions in the expert forum will be held under the Chatham House Rule. To ensure transparency of the proceedings, the AI Office will ensure that key insights of the expert forum and updates about the Frontier AI Initiative are published.

The Frontier AI Initiative and the expert forum

The European Frontier AI Initiative was announced in the Apply AI Strategy in October 2025 and launched at the Summit on European Digital Sovereignty in Berlin in November 2025. This expert forum, held as part of the initiative, aims to foster a strategic understanding of how the initiative can best achieve its objectives.

So far, the Commission has launched several actions with relevance to frontier AI, including:

the **** Grand Challenge initiative to foster the creation of sovereign, large-scale European AI models
the open call for a Pilot of the “Science for AI” Pillar of RAISE, supporting fundamental research to push the technological frontiers of AI drive scientific breakthroughs
large-scale AI computing infrastructure in AI factories and Gigafactories The Commission will launch additional strategic actions closely guided by the needs of European actors and expert recommendations.