Kiss the Future · Sarajevo 2026

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Thursday / 15 October

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Main Stage · Engineering Stage · Finance, Legal & Compliance · Create & Grow with AI

15 October / Main Stage

Main Stage

National Theatre Sarajevo

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10:00– 10:30

opening
Opening of the Kiss the Future AI Summit 2026

Moderated by Hatidža Hadžimuhamedović. Welcome address by Bloomteq, UniCredit Bank and the British Embassy Sarajevo.
10:30– 11:00

keynote
Strategic AI transformation at the enterprise level
11:00– 11:30

keynote
Goodbye Clicks, Welcome Autonomous
11:30– 12:00

keynote
AI-Native Competitors and the End of the Middle Manager
12:00– 12:30

Fireside chat
Lost in Translation? Building Europe's AI Champions — From Language to Agents
12:30– 13:00

keynote
From FOMO to FOBO: The Fear of Becoming Obsolete
13:00– 14:00

break
Networking and lunch break
14:00– 14:30

keynote
Decoding the Human: AI, Genomics and the Future of Personalized Medicine
14:30– 15:15

panel
Rewriting the Rules — How AI Is Reshaping Economies and Societies

Moderated by Gana Forić Mehić · Journalist
15:15– 15:45

keynote
Governance as an accelerator, not a brake
15:45– 16:15

keynote
What comes after AGI? The Post-Biology Era
16:15

closing
Closing remarks

15 October / Finance, Legal & Compliance

Finance, Legal & Compliance

Sarajevo Youth Theatre

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10:30– 10:50

opening
Stage Opening
10:50– 11:15

keynote
Who's Accountable When the Agent Acts? AI Governance and Human Oversight
11:15– 12:00

workshop
Strategy Meets Code: How AI Gets Built in the Real World
12:00– 12:25

keynote
The First AI Question Isn't About AI — Why Implementation Starts with People, Processes and Problems
12:25– 13:00

keynote
When AI Starts Talking: Reinventing the Contact Center

Voice Flow — Platform for AI Voice Agents
13:00– 14:00

break
Networking and lunch break
14:00– 14:25

keynote
AI You Can Audit: Innovation Meets Compliance
14:25– 14:50

keynote
Small Team, Big Contract Load: AI Workflows for Lean Legal Functions
14:50– 15:25

panel
Your People, Amplified: Building an AI-Powered Team

Moderated by Dino Selimović · Sarajevo International Airport
15:25– 15:50

keynote
The Singularity Will Not Arrive. You Will Deploy It.
15:50– 16:15

keynote
AI Investment Handbook and findings on AI adoption
16:15– 16:40

keynote
The Future of Regulatory Compliance: Leveraging AI in KYC and Regulatory Reporting
16:40– 17:00

keynote
Everything Is Negotiable: How AI Is Rewriting Procurement

Friday / 16 October

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Engineering Stage · Energy & Manufacturing · Research Stage

16 October / Engineering Stage

Engineering Stage

Bosnian Cultural Center · Main Hall

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10:00– 10:10

opening
Opening of the Engineering Stage Day 2
10:10– 10:40

keynote
Made in Europe, Built for the World: The DeepL Story
10:40– 11:25

workshop
MCP Doesn't Have a Context Problem. It Has a Context Engineering Problem.
11:25– 12:10

Beginner-Friendly Introduction to Speculative Decoding: From Zero to Hero
12:10– 12:35

keynote
Where AI Gets Hard: Scaling in the Enterprise and the Role That Makes It Work
12:35– 13:00

keynote
Inside the VC Mind: How Funding Works and What We're Betting On
13:00– 14:00

break
Networking and lunch break
14:00– 14:20

keynote
The First AI Question Isn't About AI — Why Implementation Starts with People, Processes and Problems
14:20– 15:00

Hands-on session
Faster Than Review: Trust, Speed and Builds in AI-Assisted Engineering
15:00– 15:45

Hands-on session
Give Your AI a Voice: Building Conversational Agents with ElevenLabs
15:45– 17:00

workshop
Building AI Software Factory
17:00

closing
Closing remarks

Choose a stage.

Main Stage

Opening of the Kiss the Future AI Summit 2026

Strategic AI transformation at the enterprise level

Goodbye Clicks, Welcome Autonomous

AI-Native Competitors and the End of the Middle Manager

Lost in Translation? Building Europe's AI Champions — From Language to Agents

From FOMO to FOBO: The Fear of Becoming Obsolete

Networking and lunch break

Decoding the Human: AI, Genomics and the Future of Personalized Medicine

Rewriting the Rules — How AI Is Reshaping Economies and Societies

Governance as an accelerator, not a brake

What comes after AGI? The Post-Biology Era

Closing remarks

Engineering Stage

Stage Opening

No Good Data, No Good AI: Building on the Right Foundation

Overloaded: The Human Brain, New Jobs and the Real Cost of AI

AI in Enterprise

What the Model Forgot to Learn

Networking and lunch break

From Sarajevo to Zagreb — How Regional Tech Is Powering the AI Telco

Builders and Operators — What It Takes to Scale AI in the Enterprise

Ship It This Weekend: Build a Full-Stack AI App with Supabase

Physical AI, Open to All: Building with Hugging Face LeRobot

Closing remarks

Finance, Legal & Compliance

Stage Opening

Who's Accountable When the Agent Acts? AI Governance and Human Oversight

Strategy Meets Code: How AI Gets Built in the Real World

The First AI Question Isn't About AI — Why Implementation Starts with People, Processes and Problems

When AI Starts Talking: Reinventing the Contact Center

Networking and lunch break

AI You Can Audit: Innovation Meets Compliance

Small Team, Big Contract Load: AI Workflows for Lean Legal Functions

Your People, Amplified: Building an AI-Powered Team

The Singularity Will Not Arrive. You Will Deploy It.

AI Investment Handbook and findings on AI adoption

The Future of Regulatory Compliance: Leveraging AI in KYC and Regulatory Reporting

Everything Is Negotiable: How AI Is Rewriting Procurement

Create & Grow with AI

Official Stage Opening

Opening hands-on session

Everyone's Building. Almost No One's Selling: Finding Product-Market Fit in the AI Era

The Hand Behind the Canvas: Being an Artist in the Age of AI

Networking and lunch break

Director's Cut: Filmmaking in the Age of AI

AI at Checkout: How E-Commerce in BiH Can Leap Ahead

AI For Your Business Growth

Free to Innovate: What Europe Gets Right (and Wrong) About AI

Closing remarks

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Engineering Stage

Opening of the Engineering Stage Day 2

Made in Europe, Built for the World: The DeepL Story

MCP Doesn't Have a Context Problem. It Has a Context Engineering Problem.

Beginner-Friendly Introduction to Speculative Decoding: From Zero to Hero

Where AI Gets Hard: Scaling in the Enterprise and the Role That Makes It Work

Inside the VC Mind: How Funding Works and What We're Betting On

Networking and lunch break

The First AI Question Isn't About AI — Why Implementation Starts with People, Processes and Problems

Faster Than Review: Trust, Speed and Builds in AI-Assisted Engineering

Give Your AI a Voice: Building Conversational Agents with ElevenLabs

Building AI Software Factory

Closing remarks

Energy & Manufacturing

Stage Opening

Smart Grids, Smarter Decisions: AI in the Energy Transition

AI in the Hardest Place to Fake It: German Manufacturing

Matching Power: How AI and Digital Marketplaces Are Rewiring Clean Energy Deals

Behind the Build: How Bloomteq Put AI to Work (Manufacturing Industry Use Case)

AI is ready. Are our factories? Automotive industry use case

Lunch and networking break

The Last Mile Just Got Smart: AI at the Edge of the Network

AI adoption in Industry: What's Actually Working?

Kiss the Future or Miss the Future? AI Readiness in the Western Balkan

Research Stage

Official Stage Opening

How open source robotics fuels the physical AI revolution

Blum Institute's Applicants — Research Presentations