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27-29 MAY 2026

Tech Agenda

SESSIONS

Peristylion Stage

Megaron Stage

Cinema Stage

Welcome - Day One

Peristylion Stage

09:30

09:48

Welcome - Day One

Megaron Stage

09:30

09:48

Welcome - Day One

Cinema Stage

09:30

09:48

Secrets of the Untracked Path: Bolt's journey from Estonia to the World

Peristylion Stage

09:50

10:10

Markus Villig - Bolt
Moderator: Menelaos Mazarakis - Mene Capital

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Physical AI: Lab to Market & Hype vs Reality

Megaron Stage

10:00

10:20

Minas Liarokapis - Acumino
Nikos Kalliagkopoulos - Big Pi Ventures

Why Storytelling matters

Cinema Stage

10:00

10:25

Seb Johnson - Scaling Europe
Madeline Lawrence - Aikido Security
Georgia Ritter - Giant Ventures
Carolina Neri - Singular

The Road to Open Superintelligence

Peristylion Stage

10:12

10:32

Ioannis Antonoglou - Reflection
Moderator: Mark Bergen - Bloomberg

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Read AI: Meeting intelligence transformed into a system of action

Megaron Stage

10:22

10:42

David Shim - Read AI
Elena Poughia - Dataconomy

How Finance is Being Rebuilt

Cinema Stage

10:27

10:57

Christian Owens - Clove
Danai Antoniou - Gradient Labs
Victoria Toli - Finny AI
Moderator: Tasos Zachos - Fortune Greece

The Hidden Systems Behind $1.5 B ARR

Peristylion Stage

10:34

10:54

Shuo Wang - Deel
Moderator: Menelaos Mazarakis - Mene Capital

Starting Where Nothing Exists

Megaron Stage

10:44

11:09

Fotis Dimeas - Progressive Robotics
George Palaigeorgiou - LearnWorlds
Panos Papadopoulos - Marathon VC

Finding Europe’s Alpha: Sequoia’s View

Peristylion Stage

10:56

11:16

George Robson - Sequoia
Moderator: Seb Johnson - Scaling Europe

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The Pros of Dealing with Complexity in the Age of AI

Cinema Stage

10:59

11:19

Davor Tremac - Fonoa
Evgenia Plotnikova - Dawn Capital

From Pilots to Scale: The AI Challenge

Megaron Stage

11:11

11:41

Bill Karnazes - Viohalco Corporate Services
Kostas Mallios - Applied Materials
Dino Bekis - Qualcomm
Moderator: Pavlos Konstas - IBM

Leadership in the Era of AI

Peristylion Stage

11:18

11:38

Peggy Antonakou - Google
Moderator: Las Ramsussen - Panathēnea, Google Maps

From Hype to Discipline: Fintech Investing Today

Cinema Stage

11:21

11:51

Alexandros Bottenbruch - Paypal Ventures
Julien Leze - Speedinvest
Philippe Teixeira da Mota - Shapers
Moderator: Anna Fedulow - Croton Capital

Adapt or Rebuild: Reinventing What No Longer Works

Peristylion Stage

11:40

12:05

Eynat Guez - Papaya Global
Moderator: Sam Eshrati - Nordic Angels

When AI Meets the Oldest Industries

Megaron Stage

11:43

00:03

Antonis Malaxianakis - HarborLab
Oana Jinga - Dexory
Ben Blume - Atomico

The Balkan Builder Generation

Cinema Stage

11:53

12:23

Miljan Tekic - Deyta
Sergiu Negut - FintechOS
Angelos Stavrakis - Safesize
Moderator: Teodor Antonio Georgiev - Recursive

Opportunities and threats: entering the AGI area

Megaron Stage

12:05

12:25

Saturnin Pugnet - Factor Omega
Moderator: Audrey Handem - Acadian Ventures

Panel

Peristylion Stage

12:10

12:40

Mati Staniszewski - ElevenLabs
Panagiotis Karampinis - Endeavor
TBA

Europe’s Hard Tech Renaissance

Cinema Stage

12:25

12:50

Julien Etaix - Novum Partners
Andreas Klinger - Prototype
Moderator: Charlie Perreau - Les Echos

From Capital to Catalysts: The Investor’s Role in Innovation

Megaron Stage

12:27

12:52

Lisa Edgar - Florent VP
Itxaso Del Palacio - Notion Capital
Christian Dorffer - Florent VP

Crazy Enough to Try: From Greece to the Globe

Peristylion Stage

12:42

13:02

George Daskalakis - Kaizen Gaming
Niko Efstathiou - WIRED Greece

Building Businesses That Build Better Cities

Cinema Stage

12:52

13:12

Christos Porios - Schema Labs
Adam markakis - Astylab
Alexis Zitrides - Helidoni Group

Technology Simplified for Real-Life Applications

Megaron Stage

12:54

13:19

Eirini Schlosser - Dyania Health
Jenny Shao - Robyn AI
Moderator: Stergios Anastasiadis - Genesis Ventures

Creating the Conditions for Europe’s Next AI Champions

Peristylion Stage

13:04

13:24

Roxanne Varza - Station F
Moderator: Charlie Perreau - Les Echos

How Plum redesigned Personal Finance

Cinema Stage

13:14

13:34

Victor Trokoudes - Plum
Apostolos Apostolakis - VentureFriends

The Anatomy of a Big Idea

Megaron Stage

13:21

13:41

Jacomo Corbo - PhysicsX
Troy Estes - NVIDIA

Fireside Chat

Peristylion Stage

13:26

13:46

Jack Zhang - Airwallex
Andrew Steele - Activant Capital

The Solo GP Playbook

Cinema Stage

13:36

14:06

Gideon Valkin - Andrena Ventures
Severin Zugmayer - New Renaissance Ventures
Anthony Danon - Rerail
Moderaator: Hale Yildiz - Lumia Partners

The New Security Stack for an AI-Native World

Megaron Stage

13:43

14:03

Evan Kotsovinos - Google
Moderator: Irodion Savvakis - fyi.news

Keynote

Peristylion Stage

13:48

14:03

Judith Dada - Visionaries Club

Beyond the AI Buzz: What’s Real, What’s Next, What Matters

Peristylion Stage

14:05

14:25

Ulrich Homann - Microsoft
Yanna Andronopoulou - Microsoft

Move Fast. Don’t Get Hacked.

Megaron Stage

14:05

14:25

Madeline Lawrence - Aikido Security
Henri Tilloy - Singular

The First AI-Native Generation: Reimagining the Classroom

Megaron Stage

14:22

14:42

Dora Palfi - Imagi
Vasilis Koutsoumpas - AI Adviser to the Prime Minister of Greece
Marita Vlachou - HuffPost

SESSIONS

Peristylion Stage

Megaron Stage

Cinema Stage

From Fragmentation to Flywheel: The Art of Scaling

Megaron Stage

10:10

10:30

Naren Shaam - Omio
Moderator: Robin Wauters - European Startup Network

Fireside Chat

Cinema Stage

10:10

10:30

Hedda Baverud Olsson - Lassie
Sam Eshrati - Nordic Angels

Fireside Chat

Peristylion Stage

10:20

10:40

Neil Rimer - Index Ventures
Connie Loizos - TechCrunch

The Rise of Physical AI

Megaron Stage

10:32

10:52

Oana Jinga - Dexory
Raluca Ragab - Eurazeo

Europe vs Silicon Valley: Two Models of Innovation

Cinema Stage

10:32

10:52

Christian Bach - Netlify
Demetri Kofinas - Hidden Forces

What Makes a Founder Now?

Peristylion Stage

10:42

11:07

Aino Bergius - Lovable
Robert Lacher - Visionaries Club
Moderator: Seb Johnson - Scaling Europe

Attio × Balderton: Rethinking the Tools We Work With

Megaron Stage

10:54

11:14

Alex Christie - Attio
Daniel Waterhouse - Balderton

Attio × Balderton: Rethinking the Tools We Work With

Megaron Stage

10:54

11:14

Alex Christie - Attio
Daniel Waterhouse - Balderton

Rebuilding the Backbone: Europe’s Critical Industries Are Back

Cinema Stage

10:54

11:14

Hampus Jakobsson - Pale Blue Dot
Devika Thapar - Wilbe
Sam Cash - Entropy Industrial Capital
Benjamin Tincq - Marble

The EU–INC team: How to Fix Europe for Startups, from doers, not talkers

Peristylion Stage

11:09

11:34

Andreas Klinger - Prototype
Iwona Anna Biernat - Project Europe
Simon Schaefer - Factory
TBA

Back Talent, Not Geographies: Why Now Is the Moment

Cinema Stage

11:16

11:36

Hubertus Bessau - EWOR
Greta Pappa - Sigma Squared

VC x Family Offices Today

Megaron Stage

11:16

11:36

Dean Dimizas - Cambridge Associates
George Kourkoutas - Startupper

Where Tech Becomes Experience

Peristylion Stage

11:36

11:56

Tao Tao - GetYourGuide
Moderator: Alexander Argyros - BlueLayer

Spotify × Northzone: A Growth Q&A

Megaron Stage

11:38

11:58

Anna Sandra Ruiz - Spotify
Elena Pantazi - Northzone

TBA

Cinema Stage

11:38

12:08

The Verdict on Founders

Peristylion Stage

11:58

12:23

Niko Bonatsos - Verdict Capital
Wesley Chan - FPV Ventures
TBA

From Startup Speed to Platform Scale

Megaron Stage

12:00

12:20

Duncan Clark - Canva
Mike Butcher - Pathfounders

Sigma Squared Panel: How to start early as founder

Cinema Stage

12:10

12:40

Phillip Hannemann - Quantagonia
Maximilian Oligschläger - ERC System
Julia Zhou - Sigma Squared

From Dating Fatigue to AI Saturation: Why People Are Coming Back to Real Life

Megaron Stage

12:22

12:42

Maxime Barbier - Timeleft
Richard Mullane - Investing for Purpose

The Next Frontier: Teaching AI How the World Works

Peristylion Stage

12:25

12:45

Anastasis Germanidis - Runway
Moderator: Pete Benedetto - Endeavor

Keynote

Cinema Stage

12:42

12:52

Julia Zhou - Sigma Squared

Academic Breakthroughs into Practical Intelligence

Megaron Stage

12:44

13:04

Building a startup in the age of AI

Peristylion Stage

12:47

13:07

Thomas Dohmke - Entire
Don Stalter - Sunshine Lake

TBA

Cinema Stage

12:54

13:14

Fusion: Engineering the inevitable

Megaron Stage

13:06

13:26

Francesco Sciortino - Proxima Fusion
Theodore Mollinger - East X Ventures

Beyond the Model: Turning AI into Products

Peristylion Stage

13:09

13:34

Bar Winkler - Wonderful
Laura Modiano - OpenAI
Freya Pratty - Sifted

Playing the Long Game in a Short-Term Ecosystem

Cinema Stage

13:16

13:36

Niklas Radner - Nellly
Akis Bratsos - Lakestar

Making it rain

Megaron Stage

13:28

13:48

Augustus Doricko - Rainmaker
Shawn Xu - Lowercarbon Capital

Startup Competition

Peristylion Stage

13:35

15:00

Building for National Resilience in Europe and the US

Cinema Stage

13:38

13:58

Peter Goldsbrough - Rune Technologies
Jakob Diepenbrock - Discipulus Ventures

TBA

Cinema Stage

13:38

13:58

The New Space Race: Who Builds the Future Above Us

Megaron Stage

13:50

14:20

Johannes Galatsanos - Diffraqtion
Nikos Perakis - Isar Aerospace
Moderator: Matthew Sutton - Harvard Business School

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