A Monthly Webinar From the AI-Priori Research Team

Industrial AI, Straight From the Lab.

One live session a month with our Chief of Research, Pekka Yli-Paunu: what we are testing on real machines, ports and terminals, what worked, what didn't, and what it means for your operation.

WhenSecond Wednesday of Every Month
Time10:00 UK · 12:00 Finland
Format45 Minutes Live, 15 of Them Q&A

Next Session · 01 · Wed 11 Nov 2026 · 10:00 UK

Six Years in the FIeld: What the Kalmar Deployment Taught Us About Industrial AI

What survives contact with real machine data over six years in production, and what we would build differently today.

Season One: Twelve Research Questions

November 2026 to October 2027. Each session takes one question we are working on and shows the evidence. Choose any webinar below to register.

Show Sessions About

Nov Wed 11 2026

Session 01 · 45 min · 10:00 UK / 12:00 FI

Six Years in the FIeld: What the Kalmar Deployment Taught Us About Industrial AI

What survives contact with real machine data over six years in production, and what we would build differently today.

DataPX1Guest: Alun Jones, CTO (to be confirmed)

Next Up
Dec Wed 9 2026

Session 02 · 45 min · 10:00 UK / 12:00 FI

From Asset to Terminal: Changing the Unit of Intelligence

Why optimising single machines leaves value on the table, and how yard, berth, gate and cargo flow behave as one system.

Ports & TerminalsHost-led session

Upcoming
Jan Wed 13 2027

Session 03 · 45 min · 10:00 UK / 12:00 FI

Predictive Maintenance Beyond One Machine

Multi-machine correlation: catching the faults that no single sensor stream will reveal on its own.

DataPX1Guest to be announced

Upcoming
Feb Wed 10 2027

Session 04 · 45 min · 10:00 UK / 12:00 FI

Real Plus Synthetic: Inside Dual Data Modelling

How pairing real and synthetic data fills the rare-event gaps that stall industrial AI projects.

ResearchHost-led session

Upcoming
Mar Wed 10 2027

Session 05 · 45 min · 10:00 UK / 12:00 FI

When Should an Agent Decide? AI Agents in Live Operations

Autonomy levels, human-in-the-loop design, and where automated decisions earn trust on the floor.

DataPX1Guest: Craig Stewart, CPO (to be confirmed)

Upcoming
Apr Wed 14 2027

Session 06 · 45 min · 10:00 UK / 12:00 FI

Edge to Cloud Without Lock-In

A three-tier edge, network and cloud architecture for industrial AI that stays portable across infrastructure.

ArchitectureGuest: Alun Jones, CTO (to be confirmed)

Upcoming
May Wed 12 2027

Session 07 · 45 min · 10:00 UK / 12:00 FI

Where Are You on the AI Maturity Curve?

Strategy, Process, Execution, Evaluation, Delivery: a live SPEED™ self-assessment with the audience.

Ai AdoptionGuest: Swap M, CEO (to be confirmed)

Upcoming
Jun Wed 9 2027

Session 08 · 45 min · 10:00 UK / 12:00 FI

Ports in Motion: Shared Data for Terminal Ecosystems

Standards, interoperability and data sharing between terminals, OEMs and operators.

Ports & TerminalsGuest to be announced

Upcoming
Jul Wed 14 2027

Session 09 · 30 min · 10:00 UK / 12:00 FI

Documentation as Infrastructure (Summer Edition)

AI agents do the production work, people own accuracy and governance: technical documentation at scale.

Ai AdoptionGuest: Alpha M, Director, AI Documentation Factory (to be confirmed)

Upcoming
Aug Wed 11 2027

Session 10 · 45 min · 10:00 UK / 12:00 FI

Building Funded R&D Consortia

How industrial companies join EU and Business Finland research programmes, timed ahead of the autumn calls.

ResearchGuest to be announced

Upcoming
Sep Wed 8 2027

Session 11 · 45 min · 10:00 UK / 12:00 FI

Engineering the Industrial AI Workforce

The skills factories actually need, and how engineers move from a course to a production project.

Ai AdoptionHost-led session

Upcoming
Oct Wed 13 2027

Session 12 · 45 min · 10:00 UK / 12:00 FI

The Lab Outlook for 2028

A year of results reviewed, and the research questions AI-Priori is taking on next.

ResearchPanel: Pekka, Alun, Craig and Swap

Upcoming
Pekka Yli-Paunu

About Your Host

“AI should not add complexity to operations. Its role is to make complex systems understandable and controllable.”
  • Chief of Research at AI-Priori, leading the research behind the DataPX platform
  • More than 30 years in industrial R&D, including research leadership at Kalmar and Cargotec
  • Named inventor on AI-Priori's patent-pending filing
  • Active in EU research consortia and Tampere's industrial AI ecosystem
Follow Pekka on LinkedIn →

How Each Session Runs

Short enough for a lunch break in Finland or a mid-morning slot in the UK. Every session ends with the question and date of the next one.

5 Min

The research question and why it matters now

25 Min

Findings, data and a live demo where the work allows it

15 Min

Your questions, answered live by Pekka and the guest

The July session is a shorter 30-minute summer edition. Registrants receive the replay and slides two days after each session.

Save Your Seat

Free to attend. Register here and we'll send the Zoom joining details before the webinar.

Questions

Practical details for joining and replay access.

Who Are the Sessions For?

Operations, engineering, maintenance and digital leaders at OEMs, manufacturers, ports and terminal operators, plus researchers and partners working on industrial AI.

Where Do the Sessions Take Place?

Online, on Zoom. Register on this page and we’ll send the joining details before the webinar.

Can I Watch a Session Later?

Yes. Everyone who registers receives the replay and slides two days after the live session, whether or not they attended.

Will You Cover Our Specific Use Case?

Bring it to the Q&A. For a deeper look, every session is followed by an offer of a discovery workshop with the AI-Priori team.