Program

VENUE: Lab28, Nivy Tower

from 8:30 registration

9:00 – 9:20 Welcoming and Opening Remarks

  • Michal Kardoš (Executive director, SAPIE) Rastislav Kulich (Country manager, Google) 

 #eu2030

9:20 – 10:15 EU 2030: A Digital & Innovation Powerhouse – panel discussion

  • Tuomas Nousiainen (Director, Senior Policy Advisor on EU Affair, Confederation of Swedish Enterprise) 
  • Júlia Schvarcová (Government affairs & public policy manager, Google)
  • Vladimír Šucha (Head of the Representation of the European Commission) 

led by: Juraj Holub 

10:15 – 10:40 Coffee Break

#cybersecurity

10:40 – 10:50 Digital Security through Estonia’s lens – keynote remarks

  • Anett Numa (Head of Government Relations and Communications at Accelerate Estonia)

10:50 – 11:45 Securing Digital Frontier: Where Innovation Meets Protection – panel discussion

  • Martin Lohnert (General manager, void SOC)
  • Lukáš Pohan (SME Lead CZ&SK, Mastercard)
  • Zlatan Moric (Head of Cyber Security Department Algebra University)

led by: Anett Numa (Head of Government Relations and Communications at Accelerate Estonia)

11:45 – 13:00 Lunch

12:30 – 13:00 speed dating – networking activity

#AI

13:00 – 13:15 Trends in AI and its benefits for SMEs – keynote remarks

  • Marijana Sarolic Robic (Founder, CroAI) 

13:15 – 13:30 Building AI Ecosystem in Slovakia – keynote remarks

  • Mária Bieliková (Lead and Researcher, KinIT) 

13:30 – 14:20 Scaling with AI: Unlocking New Frontiers of Business Growth – panel discussion

  • Matej Mačák (Partner, Quantum Black) 
  • Mária Bieliková (Lead and Researcher, KinIT) 
  • Ondřej Ferdus (Director of the Digital Economy & Technology Department, Confederation of Industry of the Czech Republic)

led by: Marián Porvažník (Managing Co-founder, VacuumGroup) 

14:20 – 14:40 AI Talk – chat

  • Rastislav Kulich (Country manager, Google) 

14:40 – 15:00 Coffee Break

#finance

15:00 – 16:00 Unlocking Capital for CEE Business Growth – panel discussion

  • Michaela Kršková (Board member, EIC)
  • Zuzana KAPAROVÁ (Head of the EIB Group Office in Slovakia)
  • Daniel Gašpar (Managing partner, Crowdberry)
  • Ján Cifra (CEO, Dedoles)

led by: Peter Kolesár (Partner CIVITTA)

16:00 – 16:20 Success story – How to finance growth – fireside chat

  • Dominik Brichta (Co-Founder and Chief M&A Officer, BBG) 

Connecting innovations