01 AREAS
Research areas
A broad call for work shaping more capable, efficient, and responsible intelligent systems.
- 01
Energy
- 02
Sustainability
- 03
Intelligent Systems
- 04
Artificial Intelligence
Frontier research belongs
in the room.
Papers, PhD presentations, frontier research, and practical knowledge exchange from AI labs across Europe—bringing academic work into direct conversation with the people building and applying AI.
Last year sold out 19 days before the doors. 480 people were in the room.
9+companies
9published speakers
01full day
06stages total
RESEARCH
BH Futures Foundation Teknopark İstanbul BH Futures Foundation Teknopark İstanbul
DEEP TECH
the University of Sarajevo – Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. Canton Sarajevo the International University of Sarajevo the University of Sarajevo – Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. Canton Sarajevo the International University of Sarajevo
Built for Researchers, PhD Candidates & Academics, the day connects strategic context with concrete decisions, operating realities, and people already doing the work.
Bring the questions that do not fit in a product demo. The goal is useful detail, honest trade-offs, and conversations that continue after the stage.
Published lineup
9 speakers and counting The people taking this stage.
The programme
The agenda.
Day 216 October
Bosnian Cultural Center · Gallery · Floor 0
- – 09:10opening
Official Stage Opening
- – 09:30keynote
How open source robotics fuels the physical AI revolution
LeRobot: How to use it in a project?
- – 10:15
Blum Institute's Applicants — Research Presentations
- – 11:00workshop
Profitmaxxing Your Research
Understand commercial pathways and maximize your upside, with or without leaving your lab.
Powered by Swiss EP
- – 11:15break
Short break & Blum Institute Research Posters Gallery
- – 11:35keynote
Trust Is the Real Infrastructure — Why people, not models, decide who wins
- – 12:20
Blum Institute's Applicants — Research Presentations
- – 12:50panel
The Future of Research and Infrastructure
Moderated by Alema Pelesić · Blum Institute
- – 13:00closing
Blum Institute and Research Stage Winners — Announcement and Awards
- – 14:00break
Networking break powered by Ptrade Lavazza
Companies on this stage
Organisations represented across the programme.
Hugging Face
Fraunhofer HHI
Blum Institute
BH Futures Foundation BH Futures Foundation
Teknopark İstanbul Teknopark İstanbul
the University of Sarajevo – Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. the University of Sarajevo – Faculty of Mechanical Engineering.
Canton Sarajevo Canton Sarajevo
Blum Institut
the International University of Sarajevo the International University of Sarajevo
Submit your research
The Research Stage connects the application process to presentation, feedback, and knowledge exchange at the summit.
Inside the Research Stage
One programme.
Three territories.
Explore the themes here and the confirmed timetable above.
02 PRESENT
Ways to participate
Different formats give early ideas, developed work, and visual research a place in the program.
- 01
Tiny Papers
- 02
Oral Presentations
- 03
Poster Gallery
03 EXCHANGE
Featured exchange
Connect research practice with engineering expertise and Europe's deep-tech ecosystem.
- 01
Two Hands-On Workshops
- 02
Knowledge Exchange with Hugging Face Engineering Experts
- 03
Deep-Tech Insight with Fraunhofer HHI Professionals
THE RESEARCH PATH
From submission to a room full of peers.
The Research Stage connects the application process to presentation, feedback, and knowledge exchange at the summit.
Submit
Share the research direction through the open call.
Review
Selected work moves through the program review process.
Present
Join through a tiny paper, oral talk, or poster format.
Exchange
Discuss the work with researchers and engineering experts.
October 16, 2026 · Sarajevo
