Physical Event
Organizers:
MIPRO and Jožef Stefan Institute
Contact:
Aleksandra Rashkovska Koceva, aleksandra.rashkovska@ijs.si (Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Chairs:
Panče Panov, pance.panov@ijs.si, Dragi Kocev, dragi.kocev@ijs.si, Aleksandra Rashkovska Koceva, aleksandra.rashkovska@ijs.si (Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Project goal:
The main goal of the SLAIF project is to strengthen the adoption and impact of artificial intelligence across key sectors by providing accessible infrastructure, advanced tools, and user-oriented services. Through this event, SLAIF aims to present its vertical AI services and demonstrate their relevance for real-world applications in areas such as energy, health, digital society, and science.
Given the regional context of the conference, the event will also serve as a platform to foster cross-border AI collaboration, particularly between Slovenia, Croatia, and the wider Western Balkan region, promoting knowledge exchange, capacity building, and the development of a connected and inclusive AI ecosystem aligned with European priorities.
Target audience:
- industry stakeholders and SMEs
- researchers and technical experts
- public sector
- policy stakeholders
Preliminary program:
The programme will feature presentations of mature SLAIF services across all vertical domains, delivered by representatives of the respective development teams.
- AI for Green Transition
- AI for Health and Biotechnology
- AI for Digital Society
- AI for Science
The event will be held in English.
Free access.
Location:
Opatija is the leading seaside resort of the Eastern Adriatic and one of the most famous tourist destinations on the Mediterranean. With its aristocratic architecture and style, Opatija has been attracting artists, kings, politicians, scientists, sportsmen, as well as business people, bankers and managers for more than 180 years.
The tourist offer in Opatija includes a vast number of hotels, excellent restaurants, entertainment venues, art festivals, superb modern and classical music concerts, beaches and swimming pools – this city satisfies all wishes and demands.
Opatija, the Queen of the Adriatic, is also one of the most prominent congress cities in the Mediterranean, particularly important for its ICT conventions, one of which is MIPRO, which has been held in Opatija since 1979, and attracts more than a thousand participants from over forty countries. These conventions promote Opatija as one of the most desirable technological, business, educational and scientific centers in South-eastern Europe and the European Union in general.
For more details, please visit www.opatija.hr and visitopatija.com.