Despite a significant drop in funding in 2024, the Central and Eastern European (CEE) startup ecosystem continues to demonstrate resilience in the face of geopolitical and economic challenges. While the gap between investors and startups may seem wider than ever, there are still plenty of opportunities for them to connect. Tech conferences and events, in particular, play a crucial role in bridging this divide and could fuel a strong recovery in 2025.
AIN has curated a list of the most significant and largest IT events across Poland, Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Slovakia, Austria, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Finland that will take place in 2025. Attending these events will give you firsthand exposure to the CEE tech scene, helping you discover new employees, clients, startups, investors, media opportunities, and valuable connections.
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| Name | Date | Location | Attendees | Target audience |
| sTARTUp Day | January 29-31 | Tartu, Estonia | 3500 | Executives, Startups & Investors |
| Cloud Tech Tallinn | January 30-31 | Tallinn, Estonia | – | Cloud tech specialists |
| TechChill | February 5-7 | Riga, Latvia | 2000 | Tech startups |
| Innovation Explorer | February 25 | Sofia, Bulgaria | – | Innovations |
| Czech On-line Expo | February 26-27 | Prague, Czech Republic | 7000 | E-commerce & online business |
| DevGamm Conference | February 27-28 | Gdańsk, Poland | – | Game Developers |
| Ruby Warsaw Community Conference | February 28 | Cracow, Poland | – | Developers |
| Amper | March 18-20 | Brno, Czech Republic | 25000 | Electrical engineering experts |
| Next Block Expo | March 19-20 | Warsaw, Poland | 2000 | Web3 Executives, Startups & Investors |
| CEE VC Summit | March 25-26 | Warsaw, Poland | 200 | Startups & Investors |
| Voxxed | March 26-27 | Bucharest, Romania | – | Developers |
| Scalar Conference | March 27-28 | Warsaw, Poland | – | Scala developers |
| 19 Linux Session | April 5-6 | Wroclaw, Poland | – | Developers |
| wroclove.rb | April 11-13 | Wroclaw, Poland | – | Developers |
| Reboot Develop Blue | April 14-16 | Dubrovnik, Croatia | 2500 | Gaming |
| KCD Hungary | April 24 | Budapest, Hungary |
Developers (Open source, Cloud data)
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| KCD Romania | May 5-6 | Bucharest, Romania | – | IT specialists |
| Wolves Summit | May 6-7 | Warsaw, Poland | 32000 | Startups & Investors |
| DotNetDays | May 6-8 | Iasi, Romania | – | Developers |
| Lead Today. Shape Tomorrow | May 8-9 | Vienna, Austria | – | Startups & Investors |
| ViennaUP | May 8-16 | Vienna, Austria | 10000 | Startups & Investors |
| Ghost Day | May 9-10 | Poznan, Poland | – | IT specialists |
| PODIM | May 12-14 | Maribor, Slovenia | 1000 | Startup & tech conference |
| SQLDay Poland | May 13-14 | Wroclaw, Poland | – | Developers |
| Impact’25 | May 14-15 | Poznan, Poland | 6000 | IT (Fintech) |
| Nordic Testing Days | May 14-16 | Tallinn, Estonia | – | QA specialists |
| 0100 Conference CEE | May 14-16 | Budapest, Hungary | 1000 | Startups & Investors |
| GeeCON | May 14-16 | Krakow, Poland | 1000 | Developers |
| Dev Sum | May 16-17 | Kista, Sweden | – | Developers |
| Digital Dragons 2024 | May 18-20 | Kraków, Poland | – | Game Developers |
| DevDays Europe | May 20-23 | Vilnius, Lithuania | 700 | Developers |
| DevOps Pro Europe | May 20-23 | Vilnius, Lithuania | 700 | DevOps engineers |
| CyberWiseCon | May 20-23 | Vilnius, Lithuania | 700 | Cybersecurity, IT |
| The Carpathian Startup Fest | May 21-22 | Rzeszow, Poland | – | Businesses, Startups & Investors |
| Latitude59 | May 21-23 | Tallinn, Estonia | 3000 | Startups & Investors |
| SHIFT | May 22 | Turku, Finland | – | Businesses, IT |
| test:fest | May 24 | TBA | – | QA specialists |
| Digitalk | May 27 | Sofia, Bulgaria | – | Businesses, Technologies |
| Infoshare | May 27-28 | Gdańsk, Poland | 6500 | Executives, Startups & Investors |
| App.js Conf | May 28-30 | Kraków, Poland | 390 | Developers |
| MakeIT 2025 & JCON Slovenia 2025 | May 28-30 | Portoroz, Slovenia | – | Developers |
| JSHeroes 2024 | May 29-30 | Cluj-Napoca, Romania | – | Developers |
| LOGIN | May 29-30 | Vilnius, Lithuania | 4000 | Businesses, IT |
| Craft Conference | May 29-30 | Budapest, Hungary | 2000 | Developers, architects |
| CzechDreamin | May 30 | Prague, Czech Republic | – | Developers |
| Perspektywy Women in Tech | June 4-5 | Warsaw, Poland | 11000 | Executives, Startups & Investors, scientists |
| Arctic15 | June 4-5 | Helsinki, Finland | 2000 | Startups & Investors |
| Game Access | June 6-7 | Brno, Czech Republic | 2000 | Game Developers |
| Devoxx Poland Conference | June 11-13 | Krakow, Poland | – | Java developers |
| Lambda Days | June 12-13 | Kraków, Poland | 500 | Developers |
| Bucharest Tech Week Techexpo | June 14-15 | Bucharest, Romania | – | Executives, Startups & Investors |
| Bucharest Tech Week Business summits | June 16-20 | Bucharest, Romania | – | Tech entrepreneurs, businesses |
| Techsylvania | June 25-26 | Cluj-Napoca, Romania | 3500 | Tech startups & investors |
| Code Europe | June 30-July 1 | Krakow, Poland | 15000 | Developers |
| React universe Conf | September 2-4 | Wroclaw, Poland | – | Developers |
| Friendly.rb 2025 | September 10-11 | Bucharest, Romania | 100 | Developers |
| Infobip Shift | September 14-16 | Zadar, Croatia | 5000 | Managers, Startups & Investors |
| Agile Prague | September 15-16 | Prague, Czech Republic | – | IT specialists |
| Brandminds 2025 | September 23-24 | Bucharest, Romania | 6000 | Businesses |
| IT Arena | September 26-28 | Lviv, Ukraine | 5000 | IT (Executives, Startups & Investors) |
| BSides Kraków | September 27 | Krakow, Poland | – | IT specialists |
| How to Web | October 1-2 | Bucharest, Romania | 2500 | Managers, Startups & Investors |
| CEE Fundraising Conference | October 8-10 | Bratislava, Slovakia | – | Startups & Investors |
| Startup Fair | October 9 | Vilnius, Lithuania | 3000 | Executives, Startups & Investors |
| HUSTEF Software Testing Conference | October 14-16 | Budapest, Hungary | 730 | QA specialists |
| ML in PL | October 15-18 | Warsaw, Poland | – | IT specialists |
| Mobidictum Meetup | October, 21-22 | Istanbul, Turkey | 5000 | Game Developers, IT |
| TestCon Europe | October 21-24 | Vilnius, Lithuania | 800 | QA specialists |
| Wolves Summit | October 29-30 | Vienna, Austria | 32000 | Startups & Investors |
| Big Data Conference Europe | November 18-21 | Vilnius, Lithuania | 700 |
Developers (Big Data, ML and AI)
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| Slush | November 19-20 | Helsinki, Finland | – | Managers, Startups & Investors |
| United XR Europe | December 8-10 | Brussels, Belgium | 2000 | Startups & Investors |
| Urban Tech Forward | TBA | Vilnius, Lithuania | 800 | Managers, executives, Startups & Investors |
Data collected by Oleksandra Orekhova. Photo by Jakub Żerdzicki
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