Agenda

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JUNE 09 |

8:40
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16:30

Visionary Stage - Access: Onsite & Online
Master of Ceremonies: Sirma Penkova, Journalist, Capital

8:40

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9:20

Registration and Welcoming Coffee

9:20

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9:25

Welcoming Video Address

Ivan Vasilev, Minister of Innovation and Digital Transformation

9:25

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9:40

Visionary Intro: Will AI Change the Way We Think? And Change the World

Interviewer: Sirma Penkova, Journalist, Capital

Aric Dromi Jankov
Visoko Darvo Foundation
Botty Dimanov, PhD
Tenyks
Alexander Ivanchev
Ficosota Food

9:40

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9:55

Keynote: The Quiet Disappearance of Agency in the Age of AI Agents

Victor Tchervenobrejki
Cloud Office

9:55

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10:10

Keynote: AI’s Payment & Shopping Revolution

Petya Rusinova
Visa

10:10

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10:25

Keynote: Cut the AI Bill, Ship AI Agents: A CEO Playbook for AWS in 2026

Daniel Rankov
Several Clouds

10:25

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11:00

Discussion panel: The New Venture Cycle: Is CEE Investable at Scale? The Role of Institutional Capital

Patric Gresko
EIF
Pavel Dvorak
EBRD
Siby Diabira
IFC Venture Capital and Private Equity, Europe Regional Lead
Moderator: Todor Breshkov
LAUNCHub Ventures

11:00

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11:25

Networking Coffee Break

11:25

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11:45

Interview on stage: Space Opened for Business

Raycho Raychev
EnduroSat
Delian Asparouhov
Founders Fund

11:45

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12:00

Keynote: Local LLMs for AI Sovereignty

Anton Alexandrov
INSAIT

12:00

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12:15

Keynote: How Europe Will Win the AI Battle

Hristo Todorov
DiscreteStack

12:15

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12:35

Fireside Chat: The AIrport That Knows You

Jesús Caballero
SOF Connect
Jordi Valls
SITA Innovation Labs
Interviewer: Konstantin Nikolov
Capital

12:35

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12:55

Fireside chat: Building the Infrastructure Behind the AI Economy

Vince Gaydarzhiev
Alcatraz
Ivailo Gospodinov
BlackPeak Capital

12:55

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13:10

Interview on Stage: What Powers AI Beyond the Model

Lazar Agatonovic
Amusnet
Interviewer: Konstantin Nikolov
Capital

13:10

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14:00

Networking Lunch Break

14:00

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14:15

Fireside Chat: Fintech is (not) Dead: Building Unicorns from Eastern Europe

Alex Stroud
Concentric
Stoil Vasilev
Paypercut

14:15

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14:30

Interview on Stage: 101: How to Get Acquired by Meta

Tomislav Tomov
Meta
Interviewer: Mary Ivanova
Capital

14:30

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14:55

Discussion Panel: How Institutional LPs (Pension Funds) in the Region Allocate Capital and Why This is an Opportunity for the Economy

Petar Vlaić, CFA
Erste d.o.o.
Miroslav Marinov
PAC Doverie
Moderator: Elvin Guri
INVENIO Partners

14:55

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15:10

Keynote: The App Store for the Messaging Era

Petar Dobrev
Jest

15:10

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15:25

Keynote: Building an AI-native Super App at Global Scale

Ofir Eyal
Rakuten Viber

15:25

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15:45

Panel Discussion: How Regional Ecosystems could boost innovation

Linda Capusa
Europe Startup Nations Alliance (ESNA)
Alexander Nutsov
BESCO
Momchil Vassilev
Endeavor - Bulgaria & SEE
Moderator: Robin Wauters
European Startup Network

15:45

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16:00

Keynote: Why LLMs Still Cannot Build Production-Grade Machine Learning Models

Zvezdelin Stoyanov
MFG

16:00

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16:15

Panel Discussion: Who Do You Trust in the AI Era? Digital Identity, Infrastructure, and Secure Online Services

Interviewer: Dilyana Haralanova, COO & Managing Partner, The Recursive

Svetoslav Hristov
Evolink
Miglen Evlogiev
Evrotrust

16:15

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17:00

Digithon Final Pitch: Final Presentations and Winner Announcement

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Learn and Share Stage - Access: Onsite & Online
Master of Ceremonies: Teodora Atanasova, News Editor and Podcast Producer, The Recursive

10:00
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10:15
Keynote: Beyond What We Measure: AI, Data, and the Hidden Reality of Industry
Daniel Dimanov
CountingLab
10:15
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10:40
Panel Discussion: From Creative Craft to Creative Systems: How AI Is Changing Design, Branding and Storytelling
Andreas Wegner
futur2studio
Martin Bonov
Kickflip
Moderator: Pavel Pavlov
FourPlus
10:40
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10:55
Keynote: The AI Builder: How the Power to Build is Shifting Beyond IT
Matt Berry
WRITER
10:55
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11:10
Fireside Chat: AI Safety and Security
Maria Drencheva
INSAIT
Interviewer: Mila Taneva
iUX
11:10
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11:30
Networking Coffee Break
11:30
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12:00
Panel Discussion: Hardware Meets Software: Deep Tech's Global Playbook
Takayuki Kanekо
Murata Electronics Europe
Alex Chalakov
eNOugh
Boris Iskrev
Uvionix
Moderator: Konstantin Nikolov
Capital
12:00
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12:15
Fireside Chat: Why Most AI Products Will Die and How to Build One That Lasts
Dilan Sisu
e2vc
Nick Gospodinov
Mandel AI
12:15
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12:45
Discussion Panel: From Seats to Outcomes: Pricing in the Age of Agents
Moderator: Маciej Kraus, Partner at Movens Capital
Dani Penev
Slicker
Rangel Milushev
Praven Intelekt
Dusan Omercevic
*codeplain
12:45
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13:00
Keynote: Physical AI: The next frontier beyond LLMs
Nikolay Nikolov, PhD
INSAIT
13:00
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14:00
Networking lunch break
14:00
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14:30
Panel discussion: The VC question: What gets funded when AI is in everything
Jakub Krikava
Credo Ventures
Bogdan Iordache
Underline Ventures
Daniel Kiss-Kiraly
Portfolion Ventures
Moderator: Rumen Iliev
LauncHub Ventures
14:30
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14:45
Fireside chat: The first AI-native M&A deal in Europe
Nikola Lazarov
Eilla.ai
Aleksandar Ivanov
wellConnected Marketing Ecosystem
14:45
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15:00
Fireside chat: From Ruse to €55M deal with Austrian Post: Inside the euShipments Playbook
Angel Stefanov
BlackPeak Capital
Svetlozar Dimitrov
euShipments
15:00
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15:30
Panel Discussion: What are the ingredients of a functioning ecosystem
Tony Aleksandrov
WorkBetter
Georgi Tonchev
MyCFO
Irina Stoyanov
Wave Solutions
Zarko Ackovik
Dubai World Trade Centre
Moderator: Teodor Antonio Georgiev
The Recursive
15:30
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16:00
Discussion Panel: Can Pension Funds Power the Next Wave of CEE Innovation

Moderator: Daniel Tomov, Founding Partner, Eleven Ventures

Samir Deliormanli
Koç Holding
Elitsa Angelova
Mouro Capital
Moderator: Daniel Tomov
Eleven Ventures
16:00
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16:15
Keynote: AI and the Office. Strategy and Practice
Stela Zlatkova
Lion’s Head
16:15
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16:30
Interview on stage: Wall Street, On-Chain: How Regulated Funds Become Programmable Assets for the AI Economy
Rali Perduhova
7RCC Global
Intervewer: Robin Wauters
European Startup Network

Practical Stage - Access: Onsite Only, No recordings
Master of Ceremonies: Mila Taneva, CEO and Co-Founder, iUX

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