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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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47Speakers
14Sponsors
111Sessions
45Companies · in total

Speakers

Programmed at CEE, in alphabetical order.

Anna Chrzanowska-Kovács
GTM CEE · ElevenLabs
Antoni Rytel
Strategy · ElevenLabs
Arnaud Castaignet
Senior Vice President · Skeleton Technologies
Barbara Vodicska
Head of Translational Science · Oncompass, a Genomate Health Company
Benjamin Tallis
Head of Policy & Analysis · Helsing
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
Dóra Dávid
Member of the European Parliament · European Parliament
Dragoș Gavriluț
Vice President of Threat Research · Bitdefender
Ekatarina Zaharieva
European Commissioner for Startups, Research and Innovation
Ekaterina Zaharieva
European Commissioner for Startups, Research and Innovation
Erik Čebík
Head of Strategy · Innovatrics
Fergus O’Sullivan
Chief Editor · Startup Kitchen
Holger Peters
Member of the Board of Management for Finance, IT and Legal Affairs · Škoda Auto
Iraia Ibarzabal
Chief Growth Officer · Multiverse
Ivan Oleksii
Co-Founder & CBDO · DoD Solution
Jan Kavalirek
CEE AI Ambassador and Former Deputy Minister for Industry and Trade · Czechia
Jennifer Beroshi
Head of Policy Strategy and Development · Google DeepMind
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

Sponsors

The companies behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.

accace
Allegro
APPlink
Bile
CloudTalk
CRA
Credo Ventures
Datum
duvo
Google
Mcomputers
OpenAI
Oxylabs
Schneider Electric

Agenda

Selected from 111 sessions.

  • 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.

Company intelligence

What does it mean when 45 companies show up, and 3 bet on three roles at once?

45 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
11Sponsoringsponsor only
31Speakingspeaker only

In all three roles

Allegro·Datum·Oxylabs

Speakers by seniority

55% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite1328%
  • Founder / Owner24%
  • VP-level24%
  • Director / Head of919%
  • Manager / Lead12%
  • Research / Science24%
  • Advisor / Investor24%
  • Other roles1634%

Of 47 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
#CompanyRolesSpeakers
1AllegroSponsor1
2DatumSponsor1
3OxylabsSponsor1
4accaceSponsor-
5APPlinkSponsor-
6BileSponsor-
7CloudTalkSponsor-
8CRASponsor-
9Credo VenturesSponsor-
10Czechia3
11DuvoSponsor-
12GoogleSponsor-
13McomputersSponsor-
14OpenAISponsor-
Sponsors by tier
unspecified14
100% of 14
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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