Thomas Dohmen is director of the AI ​​Collaboration Center at Leiden University. Thomas has extensive experience organizing research collaborations in Artificial Intelligence and related domains. He specializes in setting up collaborative AI labs, where academic researchers from various disciplines collaborate with government and industry professionals on knowledge-intensive challenges. In addition, Thomas is Business Director of ICAI – the Innovation Center for Artificial Intelligence. ICAI is a national network of labs where industry, government, and civil society organizations collaborate on AI with all Dutch universities. Thomas continuously works to build sustainable partnerships.