DATA & AI Summit Danube tour in Bratislava

To bring our European Data & AI Summit closer to our partners, we are proud to launch the first edition of this event outside of France. Each year, in addition to our traditionnal gathering in Paris, we will go on a European tour, to showcase our members' achievements and ongoing projects. 

The 2026 edition will take us to Bratislava, where EONA-X is bringing data spaces to Slovakia in partnership with the Slovakian Industry Innovation Cluster.

11:00am: The event will kick off with a light lunch, followed by an opening speech from our host Comenius University. 

11:40am - PANEL 1: FINANCIAL FUNDING & COHESION POLICIES

Cohesion Policy, European funds & Cross-Border Financing

Speakers:

• Former President of the European regions committee - Mercedes Bresso 
• French Ambassador in Slovakia - Nicolas Suran 
• Ministry of Investment, Regional Development and Informatization of the Slovak Republic, State Secretary -Radoslav Štefánek 
• Corsican Regional Assembly representative -  Flora Mattei 

Moderator: Former SGAE (General Secretariat for European Affairs) - Patrick Faucheur

12:55pm - PANEL 2: TOURISM DEPLOYTOUR

(Common EU Data Spaces) in the Central EU, Interoperability, Crossborder. 

Speakers:

• Austria Tourism - Stefan KREPPEL 
• OBB Rail Tours GmBH - Eva BUZZI 
• DEPLOYTOUR / EONA-X - Jonathan HUFFSTUTLER 
• Business at OECD - Nicole PRIMMER

Moderator: Charles Telitsine / EONA-X

 2:20pm - PANEL 3:  MOBILITY & LOGISTICS

From downtown to airports: connecting passengers and freight to multimodal hubs

Speakers:

Groupe Aéroport de Paris - David KRIEFF 

• Slovak Lines -Pavol LABANT 
• Renault Group - Pierre HOULES 
• CMA-CGM - Katarina Stancova

Moderátor: EONA-X - Frédéric Novello

3:40pm - PANEL 4: WOMEN & TRANSPORT

Designing inclusive mobility: The role of women in tomorrow’s transport. 

Speakers:

• OCDE representative (TBC)
• OBB Holding representative (TBC)
• CUE representative (TBC)
• prof. Ing. Beáta Gavurová, PhD. MBA 

Moderator: Mélanie Veissier / EONA-X 

4:45pm: We're glad to invite participants to network around a cocktail.