Conference Agenda

AI as Geopolitical Actor

What Happens When Tech Elites No Longer Need the Public

Ivan Krastev Chairman, Centre for Liberal Strategies · Permanent Fellow, IWM Vienna Alexei Lazarov Interviewer Co-founder & CEO, Visibilio AI

The Democratic Case for European Competitiveness

Helfried Carl Founder & CEO, European Capital of Democracy Alexei Lazarov Interviewer Co-founder & CEO, Visibilio AI

If Europe Wants Sovereign AI, It Needs Sovereign Founders First

Hannah Wundsam Managing Director, AustrianStartups · Board Member, European Startup Network

Can Europe Build Its Own Technology Foundation?

And Why It Matters for Every Sector

Hannah Wundsam Managing Director, AustrianStartups Victor Caduc Co-Founder & CEO, Proxima Konstantin Bezuhanov CEO, Evrotrust Zoran Arsovski Moderator Founder, Verto Digital

The VC Playbook Behind European Sovereign Tech

Jeremy Teboul Partner, OTB Ventures Tichomir Jenkut Partner, Presto Tech Horizons Valentin Tabus Venture Partner, Bitdefender Voyager Ventures Joachim Enegaard Investor, Rockaway Ventures Valeri Petrov Moderator Partner, Eleven Ventures

The Quiet Disappearance of Agency in the Age of AI Agents

Victor Tchervenobrejki Head of AI and ML Solutions, Cloud Office

What European Founders Need to Stay and Scale

Sabtain Ahmad CTO & Co-Founder, ManaMind Alexandru Badut Venture Partner, Underline Ventures Cristian Santibanez Founder, Ethiqs.ai Ralitsa Ivanova Moderator Co-Founder, Appolica Venture Studio

Why Europe Has to Move at AI Speed

Colonel Daniel Hikes-Wurm Senior Advisor for Defence Policy, Federal Ministry of Defence, Republic of Austria

Quantum Security

The Science, the Capital, and the Defence Case for Europe

Colonel Daniel Hikes-Wurm Senior Advisor for Defence Policy, Austrian MoD Klaus Grössinger General Partner, Onsight Ventures Rupert Ursin Founder & CEO, zerothird

Where Does AI End and the Artist Begin

Mate Steinforth Artist, Creative Director & Independent Researcher Pavel Pavlov Interviewer Co-Founder & Design Director, FourPlus Studio

The Discoverability Layer

Who Decides What Europe’s Customers See

Patrick Schmid Co-Founder & CMO, Rankscale AI Alexei Lazarov Co-founder & CEO, Visibilio AI

How Cities Can Emerge as Active Architects of a Human-Centred AI Future

Michael Leitner-Hickisch Team Lead Digitalisation & AI, UIV Urban Innovation Vienna Ovidiu Cimpean Member of Romanian Parliament Maya Pindeus CEO & Co-Founder, Another Earth Ognyan Georgiev Moderator Director, City Ideas Institute

When AI Can Learn Anything, What Do You Teach Humans to Stay Irreplaceable?

Priv.-Doz. Dr. Thomas Leoni, MA Head of Faculty of Business, FH Wiener Neustadt

From Observer to Architect

How Ordinary People Become Active Agents in AI Transformation

Luciana Villanti AI and Human Educator · Founder, Bologna International Homeschool

AI Made Everything Easier. Then Why Is Work Harder

Maria Stoeva Founder & Executive Consultant, SISTEMMA