SAPIE FORUM

SAPIE Forum celebrates the creative power of innovation and demonstrates the strength and potential of the local innovation ecosystem. The forum’s agenda will focus on various pressing topics of today, including Europe’s ambition to become a global innovation powerhouse, the potential of AI to accelerate business growth of European SMEs, current trends in cybersecurity and e-commerce or the ways to boost funding to European innovations.

The Forum will provide a platform for both formal and informal discussion and networking to generate new ideas to the challenges of our time. Our aim is to gather approx. 250 policymakers, corporate leaders, start-up and SME representatives and NGO experts from the region and beyond. 

In 2024, Slovakia along with other CEE countries celebrate the 20th anniversary of its accession to the EU and transatlantic structures, which are great milestones for the country. Membership in the EU brings numerous opportunities for local businesses which make the best use of the single market, enabling the free flow of capital, services and goods, or using the various financial schemes which help businesses to invest in digitalization and new technologies. 

Making innovation a cornerstone of the European economy is indeed important if  we want to close the gap on global frontrunners. While creating a strong and functional ecosystem, many factors come into play. It requires promoting innovative solutions and their potential, as well as entrepreneurial mindset, attitudes and social values, closer cooperation between business and academia, but also tackling the lack of capital and talent, which hinders faster development of the innovation ecosystem.

When? 18. 9. 2024 9:00

Where? Bratislava