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Compass Tech Summit 2026

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Compass Tech Summit 2026 ran Oct 1–2, 2026 in Budapest, Hungary. It is a Technology conference. ConferenceGrid lists 75 speakers, 79 sponsors and 86 sessions. Dates for the next edition are not announced yet.

Lineup updated Oct 15, 2026 · dates verified Jul 11, 2026

The Compass Tech Summit is one of the largest technology events in Central Europe, bringing together leading experts to discuss the latest trends and innovations across the tech industry. The conference offers a platform for idea exchange, learning, and networking, featuring presentations, workshops, and discussions on diverse technology topics. Attendees in…

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75Speakers
79Sponsors
86Sessions
127Companies · in total

Speakers

Programmed at Compass, in alphabetical order.

Ádám Drágus
Design Strategist · Ergomania
Alberta Soranzo
VP Design, Experience and Research · Elsevier
András Farkas
Lead Software Engineer, AI Expert · LOGINET
Andrew Jones
Staff Data Engineer · LocalStack
Andy Cotgreave
Speaker and Author, Founder · How to speak Data
Anna-Felicia Ehnhage
UX Researcher · Swedbank
Anna Herasymenko
Staff Product Designer · Meta
Balázs Valkony
Senior Expert of DevOps Engineering · Bosch
Bálint Horváth
Head of Product & Innovation · LOGINET
Blair Fraser
Product Design Manager · UserTesting
Borissza Kitti
Community & Program Strategist · Data
Brian Scanlan
Senior Principal Engineer · Fin
Bryce Adelstein Lelbach
Principal Engineer · NVIDIA
Bryce Johnson
Principal Inclusive Designer · Microsoft
Büşra Coşkuner
Founder & Product Coach, Trainer, Advisor · Producteer
Chris Avore
VP Design & Author · Diligent
Damjan Gataric
Founder, CPO, Product & Growth Consultant · Sando Works, ex-Holycode, EtonDigital
Daniel Fitzpatrick
Manager · Frank Reply
Daria Tarawneh
VP of design · SAP
Dejan Menges
Staff Engineer · Vinted
Dennis Nerush
Director of AI · Elementor
Dmytro Yaroshenko
Factory

Sponsors

The companies behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.

BoschPlatinum
Platinum Sponsor 1Platinum
Platinum Sponsor 2Platinum
AldiGold
BitriseGold
BlackRockGold
CGIGold
ClouderaGold
DeloitteGold
EPAM SystemsGold
EricssonGold
EvosoftGold
GE HealthcareGold
Gold Sponsor 1Gold
Gold Sponsor 2Gold
INFINITGold
Kepler InteractiveGold
MBH BankGold
MOL GroupGold
Morgan StanleyGold
MSCIGold
NI (National Instruments)Gold
OTP BankGold
SonrGold
ArrowSilver
IBMSilver
AGCOBronze
Bronze Sponsor 1Bronze
codecentricBronze
ConfluentBronze
DiligentBronze
EmarsysBronze
FactoryBronze
GitGuardianBronze
MetaBronze
OddbytesBronze
PrímaBronze
Prima AssicurazioniBronze
SEONBronze
SuperhumanBronze

Agenda

Selected from 86 sessions.

  • 10/1 11:05 – 11:50

    The 7 pitfalls of AI

    AI everywhere. Companies hustling not to stay behind. However, things are not as easy as we are usually told if we want to leverage the power of AI successfully. In this session, w…

    Engineering leadership
  • 10/1 11:05 – 11:50

    Why We’ve Tried to Replace Data Analytics Developers Every Decade Since 1974

    Since 1974, new tools have promised to replace the data developer. From SQL to Self-Service BI, and now Generative AI, the dream is always the same: let business users get answers …

    Data
  • 10/1 11:05 – 11:50

    “You Can’t Just Turn It On”: The Hidden Work Behind Enterprise AI

    Everyone wants to turn on AI features. Then Legal walks into the room and says no. The question we will answer is WHY? Enterprise AI comes with questions about data, permissions, s…

    UX/UI
  • 10/1 11:05 – 11:50

    Your AI Agent Doesn’t Need a Smarter Model - It Needs to Know Your Domain

    Every talk this year is about making AI agents do more - write more code, take more actions, run more autonomously. Yet many enterprise AI pilots still fail to deliver production v…

    AI/ML
  • 10/1 11:20 – 12:50

    Building Ontology Guardrails for Agentic AI

    In this 90 minute hands-on session, you’ll build the guardrail layer from the keynote with your own hands - no prior knowledge of ontologies required, just the ability to read and …

    AI/ML
  • 10/1 12:10 – 12:55

    Architecting the Data Layer for AI Agents: From Transactional Systems to MCP and Semantic Models

    Most conversations about production AI agents focus on the agent itself - the prompts, the orchestration, the framework. But the moment you put an agent in front of real enterprise…

    Data
  • 10/1 12:10 – 12:55

    Closing the loop: the journey towards AI systems that improve themselves

    Building a robust production AI system today means orchestrating hundreds of agents, tools, and prompts. The hard part isn’t building these systems anymore, it’s understanding them…

    AI/ML
  • 10/1 12:10 – 12:55

    Diary studies and the potential to capture decisions as they happen

    As an online grocery store, we often wonder what happens in the exact moments people make a decision. What makes you spontaneously add something to the shopping cart? Why do you de…

    UX/UI
  • 10/1 12:10 – 12:55

    The AI Playbook That Works, and Why Yours Doesn’t

    A year ago, PFF had a ChatGPT subscription. That was it. Today we’ve achieved 10x developer output and built more in the last six months than we did in the previous two years with …

    Engineering leadership

Quick answers

When is Compass Tech Summit 2026?
Compass Tech Summit 2026 ran Oct 1–2, 2026 in Budapest, Hungary.
Where is Compass Tech Summit 2026 held?
Compass Tech Summit 2026 was held in Budapest, Hungary.
Who is speaking at Compass Tech Summit 2026?
ConferenceGrid lists 75 speakers, including Ádám Drágus (Design Strategist, Ergomania), Alberta Soranzo (VP Design, Experience and Research, Elsevier) and András Farkas (Lead Software Engineer, AI Expert, LOGINET).
Who sponsors Compass Tech Summit 2026?
ConferenceGrid lists 79 sponsors, including Bosch, Platinum Sponsor 1, Platinum Sponsor 2, Aldi and Bitrise.
Company intelligence

What does it mean when 127 companies show up, and 12 bet on three roles at once?

127 companies. twelve are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page, cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
12All threespeak · spons · exh
64Sponsoringsponsor only
51Speakingspeaker only

In all three roles

Diligent·Bitrise·Bosch·codecentric·Confluent·Evosoft·Factory·GitGuardian·Meta·Prima Assicurazioni·Superhuman·Wise

Speakers by seniority

41% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite1013%
  • Founder / Owner57%
  • VP-level57%
  • Director / Head of1115%
  • Manager / Lead1621%
  • Product11%
  • Engineer · IC1115%
  • Research / Science45%
  • Advisor / Investor23%
  • Other roles1013%

Of 75 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
#CompanyRolesSpeakers
1DiligentSponsor · Bronze2
2BitriseSponsor · Gold1
3BoschSponsor · Platinum1
4codecentricSponsor · Bronze1
5ConfluentSponsor · Bronze1
6EvosoftSponsor · Gold1
7FactorySponsor · Bronze1
8GitGuardianSponsor · Bronze1
9MetaSponsor · Bronze1
10Prima AssicurazioniSponsor · Bronze1
11SuperhumanSponsor · Bronze1
12WiseSponsor · Bronze1
134fbce881cf3f3f7af039bc362fea8683Sponsor · Professional Partner-
144PLASTSponsor · Professional Partner-
Sponsors by tier
platinum3
4% of 79
gold21
27% of 79
silver2
3% of 79
bronze16
20% of 79
professional partner36
46% of 79
unspecified1
1% of 79
At peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

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