ValgrAI Scientific Council Forum 2025
The ValgrAI Scientific Council Forum is an event of great relevance in the Valencian Community that brings together experts, researchers and leading professionals in the field of artificial intelligence (AI). Organised by ValgrAI (Valencian School of Graduate Studies and Research in Artificial Intelligence), this forum has established itself as a strategic meeting point to address the most significant advances in AI, promote the exchange of ideas and discuss the impact of this technology on society and industry.
ValgrAI is an ecosystem driven in the region of the Valencian Community, with the aim of leading and promoting research, training and knowledge transfer in artificial intelligence, positioning the region as a benchmark in this field in Europe.
Welcome to ValgrAI Foro del Consejo Científico 2025
We are pleased to announce a new edition of the ValgrAI Scientific Council Forum, the benchmark event in artificial intelligence in the Valencian Community. This meeting will be held in a unique setting and will be attended by leading national and international experts, consolidating itself as an essential date in the calendar for professionals, academics and AI enthusiasts.
What to expect from the forum?
The ValgrAI Scientific Council Forum 2025 will be a full day of immersion in the most exciting and innovative topics in the artificial intelligence universe. The agenda of the event will cover various aspects such as:
- Cutting-edge research: we will present the latest studies and projects in AI that are shaping the future in technological innovation.
- Applied innovation: we will explore practical applications of AI in key sectors, driving the transformation of industry and society.
- Advances in technology: we will discuss the challenges and opportunities offered by AI, always with an ethical and sustainable vision.
In addition, the forum is distinguished by fostering a collaborative environment, favouring the exchange of ideas and establishing synergies between the main players in the sector: students, companies and researchers.
Why attend?
- Access to high-level knowledge from leading AI researchers and practitioners.
- Connection with a community committed to technological innovation.
- A unique opportunity to stay at the forefront of advances in artificial intelligence.
PROGRAM
JUNE 26th 2025
9:30 – 10:00 | Welcome
10:00 – 10:45 | KEYNOTE #1 – José Hernández Orallo «AI Evaluation with Explanatory and Predictive Power».
10:45 – 11:40 | The future of AI: ValgrAI Researchers
- Behzad Mehbakhs (UPV): Contamination Budget: Trade-offs between Breadth, Depth and Difficulty
- Lucía Gómez (Htech- UPV): Multimodal Depression Detection in Conversations with Virtual Humans
- Salvador López Barajas (UJI): From Perception to Grasp: Challenges and Advances in Underwater Autonomous Robotic Manipulation with AI.
- Carlos S. Galindo (VRAIN- UPV) “Extraction of main content and comments in hetereogeneous web pages.”
- Vicente Quiles (UMH): “Video game for neurorehabilitation based on brain-machine interface”.
- Carlos Aliaga Torró (VRAIN-UPV) «Adaptive Multimodal Architecture with Intelligent Agents for Educational Process Optimization
- Sergio Gómez (PHRLT- UPV) «Evaluating LLMs: a Python toolkit».
- Ana Sierra García (Htech-UPV): Artificial intelligence analysis of brain electrical and metabolic activity evoked by motor imagery in healthy subjects and patients with altered states of consciousness
- Sandra Goizueta Berheide (Htech-UPV): Assessing consciousness after brain injury through AI analysis of physiological responses to emotional stimulation
- Rodrigo Barriga Porras (Htech-UPV): Prediction of Long-Term Functional Independence in Traumatic Brain Injury and Stroke Patients: Insights from a Machine Learning-Based Retrospective Study in a Neurorehabilitation Setting
11:40 – 12:10 | Coffee break
12:10 – 14:00 | Company talks
- S2 Grupo
- Pangeanic
- Nunsys
- Cristina Baixauli (Hidraqua): “Inteligencia artificial al servicio de las sostenibilidad en la gestión del agua”
- Idrica
- Balearia
14:00 – 15:30 | LUNCH Break
15:30 – 16:15 | KEYNOTE #2 – Georg Gottlob «Psychoanalysis (and therapy) of ChatGPT»
16:15 – 17:30 | Discussion Panel with ValgrAI Scientific Council – AI in Science: challenges and opportunities”
Moderator:
- Ramon Lopez de Mantaras (CSIC)
Participants:
- Marco Dorigo (Universitè Libre de Bruxeles)
- Georg Gottlob (University of Oxford)
- Carme Torras (CSIC)
- Tom Dietterich (Oregon State University)
17:30 – 17:45 | Farewell and closing
JUNE 27th 2025
11:00. Welcome by the General Director of ValgrAI, Vicent Botti and the Managing Director of ValgrAI, Ana Cidad.
11:10. Lecture by Juan Antonio Pérez (Universitat d´Alacant): “Beyond the Digitally Privileged Languages: How Next-Generation Language Models Could Embrace Thousands of Underrepresented Languages of the World”
11:30. Talk by Rafael Berlanga (Universitat Jaume I): «Developing AI-empowered CyberSOCs: two real cases».
11:50. Talk by Joaquín Torres (Universitat de València): “Applied Machine Learning to Indoor and Seamless Positioning”
12:10. Talk by Jordi Linares (Universitat Politècnica de València): » Mediators of complexity: The rise of AI-Mediated interfaces in Human-Computer Interaction»
12:30. Talk by Hugo Albert Bonet and José Daniel Galván (Universitat Politècnica de València):“Restoration of photographs damaged by DANA using segmentation and inpainting techniques”
13:00. Refreshment
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