ICT Technology Transfer Days: For a Greener and more Digital Danube Region

We invite you to join the opening day of ICT Technology Transfer Days: For a Greener and More Digital Danube Region 2026, taking place on 22 January 2026 at the Faculty of Information Technology, CTU in Prague.

The programme will feature pitch sessions by 30 high-potential start-ups from the Danube Digital Accelerator, working on ICT innovations in areas such as AI, digital health, smart cities, sustainability and education. You can also look forward to interactive voting for the most promising start-ups, a networking & matchmaking lunch, and keynote talks on investment decision-making and effective collaboration between investors and start-ups.

Agenda

Day 1 – 22 January

08:00–09:00 Registration and Welcome Coffee 
09:00–09:30 Opening: Welcome by representatives of CTU, introduction of the CapTTict project and Agenda 
09:30–10:00 Keynotes: Inside the Investor's Mind: Emerging Trends and Decision Drivers + Q&A
• Vojta Roček – Partner, Presto Ventures
10:00–11:00 Panel discussion: From Pitch to Partnership: What Start-ups Should Know About Engaging Investors + Q&A 
• Ondrej Lipold – Partner, Tensor Ventures
• Miroslav Kriz – Participal Partner, Momenta
• Megi Mejdrechova – Co-founder & CTO, RoboTwin
• Tomas Cironis – Co-founder Startup Kitchen, host
11:00–11:30 DDAccelerator introduction: selection process, implementation, lessons learned-quick recap 
11:30–13:00  Lunch, Networking & Matchmaking 
13:00–14:00 Pitch sessions: Start-ups from DDAccelerator (15 × 3-minute pitches) + online voting for best start-ups
14:00–14:10 Courtesy break
14:10–15:10  Pitch sessions: Start-ups from DDAccelerator (15 × 3-minute pitches) + online voting for best start-ups
15:10–15:30  Recap, evaluation of the competition
15:30–17:00  Coffee Break & Networking

Day 2 – 23 January 
08:00–09:00 Registration & Welcome Coffee 
09:00–09:15  Opening: Welcome by representatives of CTU, introduction of the CapTTict project and Agenda 
09:15–09:35  CapTTict: Methodology for selection and assessment of ICT technologies for incubation/acceleration and Transnational ICT incubation and acceleration programme: Danube Digital Accelerator 
09:35–10:00  CapTTict: Danube Digital Accelerator, best practice and lessons learned
10:00–10:45  Development of technology transfer – CapTTict best practice examples
10:45–11:00  Coffee break
11:00–12:00  Panel discussion: The future of technology transfer
12:00–13:00  Lunch
13:00–16:30  Networking, matchmaking, CapTTict Consortium meeting (parallelly 13:00-15:00) including A1.6 review meeting led by Ruđer Bošković Institute

Registration is open to anyone interested in ICT innovation and technology transfer – start-ups, investors, researchers, students and other innovation stakeholders. The event may also be attended online – to watch online, please fill out the registration form to receive the link. 

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We look forward to your participation!