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Connect Day 26 is an event featuring deep dive topics in FrontierTech & AI, GreenTech & Manufacturing, MedTech & LifeScience, and UrbanTech, Mobility & EnergyTransition. It includes interactive panels, startup pitches, and B2B 1:1 matchmaking. The event is for startups, corporates, SMEs, and investors.

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The essentials

Event details

Dates
November 2026
Location
Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Austria
Organiser
Connect Day
Industry
EdTech

Who attends

The audience

Startups, Corporates/SMEs, Investors and Austria's & Europe's dynamic innovation ecosystems meet with each other - all in one location & one day.

As described by the organiser

Agenda themes

Topics covered

  • Education & Training

On stage

Speakers

  • Thomas Neubauer, Dimetor
  • Marianne Röchling, Business Development Manager, GATE Space
  • Nenad Belancic, Director, Head of Application Management Robotics, Infineon Technologies Austria AG
  • Inga Ulmane, Commercial Attaché of Latvia in Austria, Investment and Development Agency of Latvia
  • Bernhard Puttinger, Green Tech Valley
  • Verena Judmayer, CEO & Co-Founder, MATR by Circularful GmbH
  • Clemens Zillner, Startup Consultant / Programm Manager
  • Lukas Lassbacher, SILICON ALPS Cluster
  • Natalie Staniewicz, Moderator & Innovation Expert
  • Bernhard Nußbaumer, Managing Director & Co-Owner, ACMIT Gmbh
  • Eren Cerman, Klinik Donaustadt Augenheilkunde, Eyestrab GmbH
  • Lucanus Polagnoli, Investor, Calm/Storm
  • Verena Gruber, Director Western Europe, Austrian Business Agency GmbH

On the floor

Sponsors and partners

  • Austria Wirtschaftsservice Gesellschaft mbH (aws)
  • Global Incubator Network Austria (GIN)
  • Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG)
  • Erste Bank
  • WKO Aussenwirtschaft Austria
  • Austrian Center for Medical Innovation and Technology
  • Austrian Business Agency (ABA)
  • AplusB Academia meets Business
  • Vienna Business Agency
  • Green Tech Valley Cluster
  • Silicon Alps
  • BABEG Success in Carinthia
  • Infineon
  • AKELA Attorneys at Law
  • Enterprise Europe Network
  • Born Global Champions
  • Wiener Stadtwerke
  • Startupmark & SFG Neues Denken Neues Fördern
  • oesterreichisches Patentamt
  • Ernest & Young
  • ATC3: Austrian Chips Competence Center
  • Country Kaernten

Logistics

Where to stay

Places to stay near the venue.

  • Seepark Hotel ★★★★

    360 m from the venue

    MapHotel site+43 463 204499-0

  • Studentendorf

    hostel · 440 m from the venue

    MapHotel site+43 463 27008792

  • Jugendgästehaus Klagenfurt

    hostel · 510 m from the venue

    6 Neckheimgasse, Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, 9020

    MapHotel site+43463230020

  • Pension Wachau

    780 m from the venue

    19 Wilfriedgasse, Klagenfurt am Wörthersee

    Map+43 463 21717

  • Hotel Rösch ★★★

    1.3 km from the venue

    55 Wörthersee-Südufer-Straße, Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, 9020

    MapHotel site

  • Dermuth ★★★★

    1.3 km from the venue

    52H Kohldorfer Straße, Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, 9020

    MapHotel site+43 463 21247

  • Hotel Weidenhof

    1.4 km from the venue

    66 Wörthersee-Südufer-Straße, Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, 9073

    Map

  • Rokohof

    1.5 km from the venue

    135 Villacher Straße, Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, 9020

    Map

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