Visionary Stage - Access: Onsite & Online
Master of Ceremonies: Sirma Penkova, Journalist, Capital
Registration and Welcoming Coffee
Welcoming Video Address
Ivan Vasilev, Minister of Innovation and Digital Transformation
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
Keynote: The Quiet Disappearance of Agency in the Age of AI Agents

Victor Tchervenobrejki
Cloud Office
Keynote: AI’s Payment & Shopping Revolution

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

Daniel Rankov
Several Clouds
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
Interview on stage: Space Opened for Business

Raycho Raychev
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Delian Asparouhov
Founders Fund
Keynote: Local LLMs for AI Sovereignty

Anton Alexandrov
INSAIT
Keynote: How Europe Will Win the AI Battle

Hristo Todorov
DiscreteStack
Fireside Chat: The AIrport That Knows You

Jesús Caballero
SOF Connect

Jordi Valls
SITA Innovation Labs

Interviewer: Konstantin Nikolov
Capital
Fireside chat: Building the Infrastructure Behind the AI Economy
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Vince Gaydarzhiev
Alcatraz

Ivailo Gospodinov
BlackPeak Capital
Interview on Stage: What Powers AI Beyond the Model

Lazar Agatonovic
Amusnet

Interviewer: Konstantin Nikolov
Capital
Fireside Chat: Fintech is (not) Dead: Building Unicorns from Eastern Europe

Alex Stroud
Concentric

Stoil Vasilev
Paypercut
Interview on Stage: 101: How to Get Acquired by Meta

Tomislav Tomov
Meta

Interviewer: Mary Ivanova
Capital
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
Keynote: The App Store for the Messaging Era

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

Ofir Eyal
Rakuten Viber
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
Keynote: Why LLMs Still Cannot Build Production-Grade Machine Learning Models

Zvezdelin Stoyanov
MFG
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
Digithon Final Pitch: Final Presentations and Winner Announcement

Learn and Share Stage - Access: Onsite & Online
Master of Ceremonies: Teodora Atanasova, News Editor and Podcast Producer, The Recursive
Keynote: Beyond What We Measure: AI, Data, and the Hidden Reality of Industry

Daniel Dimanov
CountingLab
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
Keynote: The AI Builder: How the Power to Build is Shifting Beyond IT

Matt Berry
WRITER
Fireside Chat: AI Safety and Security

Maria Drencheva
INSAIT

Interviewer: Mila Taneva
iUX
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
Fireside Chat: Why Most AI Products Will Die and How to Build One That Lasts

Dilan Sisu
e2vc

Nick Gospodinov
Mandel AI
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
Keynote: Physical AI: The next frontier beyond LLMs

Nikolay Nikolov, PhD
INSAIT
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
Fireside chat: The first AI-native M&A deal in Europe

Nikola Lazarov
Eilla.ai

Aleksandar Ivanov
wellConnected Marketing Ecosystem
Fireside chat: From Ruse to €55M deal with Austrian Post: Inside the euShipments Playbook

Angel Stefanov
BlackPeak Capital

Svetlozar Dimitrov
euShipments
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
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
Keynote: AI and the Office. Strategy and Practice

Stela Zlatkova
Lion’s Head
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
