Business

All sessions in the Business track, grouped by day.

Thursday, July 2

08:30 – 10:00
Registration & coffee

☀️Registration starting from 8:30h

= Participants: Please register at one of the three registration lines, based on the first letter of your last name.

= Speakers & Companions: Please use the separate registration desk on the left.

📍Location: Pool level, Hotel Ambasador.

You received an email with a QR code, so please have it ready for registration.

Stick around for a short welcome speech by the pool just before the program starts. After the opening, make sure you find your seat in the correct room.

Alejandra Chevey
Business
10:00 – 10:35
Can We, or Should We?
Alejandra Chevey
Talk

Why direction and good decisions become the real advantage once building gets cheap and the question shifts from "Can we build this?" to "Should we?"

About the speaker

Alejandra Chevey - Senior Product Designer, Privacy & Digital Resilience @ Proton

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Johanna Halfmann
Business
10:35 – 11:15
Big Tech as my toxic boyfriend
Johanna Halfmann
Talk · 30 min

An honest human take on AI as a toxic boyfriend and why the "AI is the future" narrative needs challenging, and how much setting boundaries matters

About the speaker

Johanna Halfmann - Product & UX Designer

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11:15 – 11:45
Coffee break
Markus Schork
Business
11:45 – 13:00
What You Model Is What You Get ("The Flexibility Trap")
Markus Schork
Talk · 75 minutes

Poorly designed content models often create unnecessary complexity and developer dependence by prioritizing frontend components over semantic structure. Applying long-term infrastructure principles to design systems and data modeling improves content governance, authoring efficiency, and cross-channel adaptability.

About the speaker

Markus Schork — Director for Technology Solutions and Content Ops @ Codal

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13:00 – 14:15
Lunch
Reception level

at Hotel Ambasador restaurant

Lea Baričić Bićanić
Business
14:15 – 14:50
Case Study: From Digital Wallet to a European Fintech Brand
Lea Baričić Bićanić
Talk · 35 min

How an established European fintech with 1.5 million users rebuilt its brand, website, and digital channels to support international growth - not just a nicer design.

About the speaker

Lea Baričić Bićanić - Head of PR @ Aircash

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Krešimir Ćorluka
Business
14:50 – 15:30
Mythbusting for SEO: What AI really is(n't) changing
Krešimir Ćorluka
Talk · 75 minutes

This presentation evaluates the effectiveness of various AI-driven SEO workflows to distinguish productive strategies from failing ones. The speaker will analyze current industry automation trends and invite debate regarding the practical utility of these tools.

About the speaker

Krešimir Ćorluka — CEO @ Canonical SEO Agency

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15:30 – 16:00
Coffee break
Tobi Stadelmaier
Business
16:00 – 17:15
Building a High-Velocity Agile Engine in Regulated Worlds
Tobi Stadelmaier
Talk · 75 minutes

This session explores how product teams in regulated industries can replace manual documentation with automated "living evidence" integrated into CI/CD pipelines. Participants will learn to apply risk-based change controls and embed regulatory requirements directly into their definitions of done to streamline compliance.

About the speaker

Tobi Stadelmaier - Head of Engineering @ TCC

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19:30 – 21:30
Wine & pasta hangout

at Garden Grill "Hortenzija"

Friday, July 3

Janusz Stabik
Business
10:00 – 13:00
Compounding Advantage: How High-Performing Agencies Grow In A Changing Agency Market
Janusz Stabik
Half-day workshop · 3 hours (with coffee break)

This workshop explores seven foundational principles used by high-performing agencies to build defensible, long-term growth. Participants will pressure-test their business models through collaborative peer discussions and mastermind sessions to identify strategic vulnerabilities and actionable steps for future-proofing.

About the speaker

Janusz Stabik — Managing Partner @ GYDA

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11:15 – 11:45
Coffee break
13:00 – 14:15
Lunch
Reception level

at Hotel Ambasador restaurant

Mateja Terek
Business
14:15 – 14:45
Stop Using the F Word When Hiring
Mateja Terek
Talk · 30 minutes

Generic corporate buzzwords and vague phrases in job postings undermine employer brands and miscommunicate expectations to candidates. This session explains the psychology behind these linguistic pitfalls and provides practical strategies for replacing empty clichés with authentic, clear, and human communication.

About the speaker

Mateja Terek - People & Communication Manager @ Netgen

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Filip Fučić
Business
14:45 – 15:30
Communicate and Price Value When (Not If) AI Dissolves the “Only We Know How” Moat
Filip Fučić
45 min

As AI commoditizes software development, firms must shift from selling technical labor to charging for high-level decisions and outcomes. This transition requires identifying commodity line items and repositioning around accountability to protect profit margins in an automated market.

About the speaker

Filip Fučić - Pricing Mentor @ Fearless Pricing

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15:30 – 16:00
Coffee break
Kristian Susnic
Business
16:00 – 16:35
Compliance with AI — a CEO guide for agencies
Kristian Susnic
Talk · 35 minutes

This workshop covers strategies for managing agency risks related to liability, copyright, and the EU AI Act when integrating artificial intelligence. Participants will learn to protect revenue models against reduced billable hours and adapt client contracts to secure consent for AI-generated deliverables.

About the speaker

Kristian Susnic — CEO @ Coretrek

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Edita Angyalová
Business
16:35 – 17:15
From Custom to Repeatable: How to productize your dev studio in 2026
Edita Angyalová
Talk · 35 minutes

Productizing a software studio offers a resilient alternative to traditional scaling by building proprietary systems and intellectual property. This session explores how firms integrate AI and operational shifts to decouple growth from headcount, creating scalable businesses with higher margins and exit value.

About the speaker

Edita Angyalová — Founder & CEO @ Terzos

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19:30 – 21:30
Beer & BBQ hangout

at Garden Grill "Hortenzija"

Saturday, July 4

08:00 – 08:30
Morning swim in the sea

meet at the Hotel Ambasador pool

Petra Grundler Glavica
Business
10:00 – 13:00
Leadership Radar for Building your Leadership Bench
Petra Grundler Glavica
Half-day workshop · 3 hours (with coffee break)

Identify leadership potential by using a five-point radar to evaluate specific behaviors and evidence-based outcomes. Use small-group exercises to assess candidates through real-world situations and design stretch assignments that validate readiness before a formal promotion.

About the speaker

Petra Grundler Glavica — HR Consultant, Trainer & Coach @ Strive

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11:15 – 11:45
Coffee break
13:00 – 14:15
Lunch
Reception level

at Hotel Ambasador restaurant

Marin Niehues
Business
14:15 – 15:30
From Use Case to Business Case: Why 5,000 Copilot Licenses Are Not an AI Strategy
Marin Niehues
Talk · 75 minutes

This session examines real-world enterprise AI implementations to distinguish genuine business value from superficial tool adoption. Attendees learn to evaluate initiatives through cost-benefit analysis and a structured framework for identifying viable organizational use cases.

About the speaker

Marin Niehues — Founder & Principal Consultant

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15:30 – 16:00
Coffee break
Marko Dabrović
All tracks
16:00 – 17:00
Keynote: Efficiency in Architecture
Marko Dabrović
Keynote · 40 min

Delivered by an architect, this keynote tackles challenges every team knows: time as the only real resource, the balance of billable and non-billable hours, and which processes can run in parallel. It offers an outside perspective from a discipline that has faced these same constraints for decades, with lessons that reach far beyond architecture.

About the speaker

Marko Dabrović - Partner, architect @ 3LHD

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19:30 – 23:30
Dinner & final party
Yacht Club Opatija

at Yacht Club