SAPIE Forum 2025

Shaping Europe’s Future – Resilience, Innovation, and The Power of AI

About the Forum:

The SAPIE Forum is one of the leading innovation events in the CEE region. Around 300 participants from politics, business, civil society, and academia come together to discuss digital transformation strategies in the public and private sectors and highlight the potential of the regional innovation landscape.

Key Topics & Sessions:

Day 1 – Building a resilient Europe (September 30):
• Europe’s vision: global innovation leadership
• “AI Made in Europe”: vision, strategy, implementation
• A leading role for CEE in AI?
• How AI is changing our working world
• Cybersecurity through AI innovation
• Scaling deep tech from CEE globally
• The EIC’s contribution to promoting deep tech
• Setting the stage for CEE deep tech pioneers

Day 2 – Strengthening SMEs & entrepreneurship (1 October):
• AI tools & security for businesses
• Defending against new social engineering threats
• Access to EU and national funding for SMEs
• Innovation culture in product development
• Using new technologies in HR, marketing & e-commerce
• Increasing efficiency & reducing costs through the use of technology

Why Participate:

• Strategic insights from politics and industry
• Best practices for digitizing SMEs and public authorities
• In-depth sessions on AI, deep tech, and cybersecurity
• Networking with leading minds in the ecosystem

Who’s Participating:

Decision-makers from administration and business, NGO representatives, start-up founders, SMEs, innovation promoters, investors, and scientists from Slovakia, CEE, and beyond.

And these speakers, among others:

Michiel Scheffer, President of the Board of the European Innovation Council

Egle Markeviciute, EU Affairs manager, Consumer Choice Center Europe

Slawomir Olejnik, CEO & Founder of Deep Tech CEE and the Innovative Poland Foundation

Michal Valko, Chief Models Officer at a stealth startup, Research at Inria

Tomasz Snazyk, CEO, AI Chamber

Mária Bieliková, Founder & CEO, Kempelen Institute of Intelligent technologies (KInIT)

Marcel Muller-Marbach, Senior Regional Representative, Austria, Slovakia & Czech Republic, European Investment Fund

Oleksandr Bulatnikov, Investor at Presto Tech Horizonts

Sandra Stromberger, Industry meets Makers

More details on: www.sapieforum.sk

Organizer: SAPIE