Biography
Pedro Romera López is a Data, Analytics, and AI Executive who bridges deep technical expertise and commercial leadership. With over 20 years of experience across the full data spectrum—from enterprise analytics to production-ready Generative AI—he has guided organizations of all sizes across Spain and international markets. At CTT he currently serves as AI Solutions Architect, leading the development of its Corporate Agentic AI Platform. His professional foundation is built on nearly six years at AWS, in technical and business development leadership roles across EMEA. Pedro has a proven ability to build and scale data and AI practices from the ground up, with a "production-first" approach that moves AI initiatives beyond experimentation to tangible business results. An experienced leader of people and strategy, he has held senior positions including Data & AI Director and Chief Revenue Officer, combining strategic planning and partner engagement with a focus on problem-solving and customer obsession.
Session
- AI FoundationsSpeaker
Debate 3 — Sovereign AI or Surrender? Should Europe Stop Outsourcing Its AI Future?
Wednesday 23 September, 12:00 – 12:55Auditorium StageEurope is building 13 AI Factories, funding Mistral and Aleph Alpha, demanding open weights, and writing the world's strictest AI law. Yet 90% of European AI compute still runs on AWS, Azure and GCP, and the foundation model leaderboards are American and Chinese. So is sovereign AI the project of the decade for European strategic autonomy — or an expensive industrial-policy fantasy that taxes EU founders without producing winners? One debater says Europe must stop renting its future. The other says we already lost — partner up and accept it.
With Damien Acheson, Justin Strharsky, Jan Kavalírek, Siobhan Fairman, Diego Perino, Nouamane Tazi