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//HIGHLIGHTS
Two Days
World-Class Keynotes
Five stages
Networking
Dragon Awards
Kraków 2.0
//WHAT THIS EVENT IS
- Kraków’s flagship event for leadership teams, top talent and partners across the tech and global business services ecosystem
- Hosted by ASPIRE and its member companies, with partners from business, city and education
>> The purpose is to:
- Speed the development of Kraków’s tech and global business services sector
- Share best practice across organisations
- Connect business with local stakeholder
- Forge a spirit of shared purpose
//WHAT YOU GET IN TWO DAYS
- Clear keynote ideas that explain the moment
- Practical sessions from companies and peers doing the work
- High quality connections across the ecosystem
- Visible team showcase
AI is everywhere. Advantage is local.
The Dragon’s Teeth 2026 is a conference about how best to leverage local assets – talent, institutions, culture, collaboration and confidence – to ensure machines amplify not diminish us
>> Day 1 (22 September)
Opening Summit
- Keynotes
- Shared reference points
- Kraków 2.0 context
- Networking
- Afternoon start
>> Day 2 (23 September)
Main Conference Day
- Morning Plenary
- Breakout waves across multiple stages
- Leadership exchange
- Applied use cases
- Awards
Stages and spaces each providing a specific focus on the challenges and opportunities of AI:
>> World Stage
Big questions, strategic choices and wider landscape
>> People’s Pavilion
Organisations, skills, teams and culture
>> Future Forum
AI, tools, risk, governance and applied innovation
>> War Room
Interviews, clinics, peer exchange and leadership huddles
>> The Zone
Films & Posters, demos, activations and discovery
World-class keynotes to frame the moment:
- Human strength and augmentation
- Mission-driven innovation and public-private cooperation
- Culture and trust in transformation
- Human–machine communication
- Global perspectives on tech and services in the AI era
//DRAGON AWARDS
- Enter the ASPIRE Dragon Awards through our film and poster competitions
- Join the Awards Showcase and receive the recognition of your peers
- Best entries presented with the ASPIRE Dragon Award
//TICKETS
Come as a team. Learn together. Take the energy back into your centre
- Tickets from 1,200 PLN per person
- One ticket covers both conference days
- Booking bands for 1–4, 5–9 and 10+ delegates
- Buy more, pay less per person
- Catch Super Early-Bird and Early-Bird Prices
//VENUE
The conference takes place in Kraków’s vibrant Kazimierz district
>> Kraków’s Old Tram Depot (Stara Zajezdnia)
Our main hub for plenary sessions and networking
>> Museum of Engineering & Technology
Partner venue linked to the story of tools, invention, and progress
//PARTNER WITH US
Show up inside the delegate experience
>> Partner benefits
- visibility across the conference journey
- on-site presence and showcase opportunities
- included delegate passes
- curated content opportunities