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CEE AI Summit 2026

The CEE AI Summit is the premier regional initiative shaping the future of digital policy, innovation, and cooperation in Central and Eastern Europe. It brings together policymakers, innovators, and industry leaders to advance a shared vision for digital leadership in the region. The summit focuses on building AI-powered economic infrastructure, agile regula…

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30Speakers
5Sponsors
75On the bill · sessions
24Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at CEE, in alphabetical order.
Anna Chrzanowska-Kovács
GTM CEE · ElevenLabs
CEE Ministers
Dariusz Standerski
Secretary of State, Ministry of Digital Affairs, Poland · Poland
Diego Solier
Member of the European Parliament and lead rapporteur for the Cloud and AI Development Act · European Parliament
Ekatarina Zaharieva
European Commissioner for Startups, Research and Innovation
Ekaterina Zaharieva
European Commissioner for Startups, Research and Innovation
Holger Peters
Member of the Board of Management for Finance, IT and Legal Affairs · Škoda Auto
Jan Kavalirek
CEE AI Ambassador and Former Deputy Minister for Industry and Trade · Czechia
Kamil Konikiewicz
Director, Data & AI · Allegro
Karel Havlíček
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Industry and Trade, Czechia · Czechia
Krzysztof Gawkowski
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Digital Affairs · Poland
Lenka Kučerová
CEO · prg.ai
Lucilla Sioli
Director, EU AI Office · European Commission
Lukáš Kačena
Government Envoy for AI · Czechia
Luukas Ilves
Advisor to Deputy Prime Minister, Ministry of Digital Transformation, Ukraine; Former CIO of Estonia · Ministry of Digital Transformation, Ukraine
Maria Bielikova
Director-General, Kempelen Institute of Intelligent Technologies · KINIT
Mark Boris Andrijanič
Member of the Governing Board of EIT, Former Minister for Digital Transformation, Slovenia · Slovenia
Marko Dagelić
CEO · Datum
Max Reddel
Founder & CEO · Arq Foundation
Michal Pěchouček
Rector · Czech Technical University in Prague
Milena Stoycheva
CEO and Co-founder; Former Minister of Innovation and Growth · The Edge, Bulgaria
Miloš Mastník
Director · Czech Radiocommunication (CRA)
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
Allegro
APPlink
Datum
Mcomputers
Oxylabs
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Agenda

Selected from 75 sessions on the bill.
  • 10:00

    Welcome Address

  • 10:00 – 10:05

    Welcome Address

  • 10:05

    Europe’s AI Moment: Why CEE matters now

    Keynote speech

  • 10:05 – 10:20

    Europe’s AI Moment: Why CEE matters now

    Keynote speech

    Keynote speech
  • 10:20

    From Lab to Market: Scaling CEE’s AI innovation

    CEE does not lack breakthrough technology. It lacks the ecosystem to scale it. Across the region, founders and researchers are building globally competitive technology – and then h…

  • 10:20 – 11:10

    From Lab to Market: Scaling CEE’s AI innovation

    CEE does not lack breakthrough technology. It lacks the ecosystem to scale it. Across the region, founders and researchers are building globally competitive technology – and then h…

    Panel discussion
  • 10:50

    CEE Success story

  • 10:50

    From Factories to Pharma: Industrial AI at Scale

    CEE’s greatest AI opportunity lies in transforming the real economy. From automotive production lines to healthcare systems and logistics networks, this session explores how AI is …

  • 11:10

    CEE Success story I.

Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 24 companies show up, and 3 bet on three roles at once?

24 companies. three 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
3All threespeak · spons · exh
2Sponsoringsponsor only
19Companies Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

Allegro·Datum·Oxylabs

Speakers by seniority

43% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite930%
  • Director / Head of413%
  • Manager / Lead13%
  • Research / Science27%
  • Advisor / Investor27%
  • Other roles1240%

Of 30 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01AllegroSp1V
  2. 02DatumSp1V
  3. 03OxylabsSp1V
  4. 04APPlinkSp
  5. 05Czechia3V
  6. 06McomputersSp
  7. 07AI Chamber CEE2V
  8. 08Poland2V
  9. 09Arq Foundation1V
  10. 10Beyond.pl1V
  11. 11Czech Radiocommunication (CRA)1V
  12. 12Czech Technical University in Prague1V
  13. 13ElevenLabs1V
  14. 14European Commission1V
Sponsors by tier
unspecified5
100% of 5