From neurotechnology and applied artificial intelligence to new models for developing innovation ecosystems, the first part of the Game Changer Montenegro 2026 programme indicates that this year’s edition will focus on issues that are already reshaping Europe’s technology and business landscape.
The conference will take place on June 19 at Regent Porto Montenegro, and the organisers have unveiled the first group of speakers and conversations that will explore the development of startup ecosystems, the transformation of companies in the AI era, the future of work and the advancement of emerging technologies.
Among the first confirmed participants is the team from H-FARM, one of Europe’s most influential innovation platforms, connecting education, entrepreneurship, investors and the corporate sector. In the session titled Building Destinations for High-Value Tech Communities, Alberto Fumo from H-FARM College and Valentina Radulović from Science & Technology Park of Montenegro will discuss how technology hubs capable of attracting international talent, capital and new companies are created.
The programme also features Tvrtko Stošić, technology strategist and expert in applied artificial intelligence at Avaya. His presentation, Where Are The Limits – What Can AI Really Do?, will focus on the practical possibilities and limitations of artificial intelligence in business systems, as well as the role of human expertise in an environment that is rapidly becoming automated.
A dedicated part of the programme is focused on the new generation of Montenegrin technology entrepreneurs. The panel From Local Idea to European Market will bring together Itana Bulatović, Mladen Rakonjac, Slavko Kovačević and Dr Filip Jovićević, who will discuss product development for international markets, the use of AI tools in business and the challenges of scaling companies from smaller markets.
One of the speakers will also be Miša Lukić, founder of Brand Sapiens and New Strategy, who will open a discussion on the changing role of brands in the age of artificial intelligence. His session, From Branding to Business Intelligence, will examine the transformation of companies from traditional organisations into systems that use data, automation and AI to make business decisions in real time.
Among the most compelling topics in the first part of the programme is neurotechnology. Bogdan Mijović, Co-Founder and CTO of mBrainTrain, will present the possibilities of mobile systems for monitoring brain activity outside laboratory conditions. The company collaborates with institutions such as MIT, University of Cambridge and ETH Zürich, and the session titled The Brain Beyond the Laboratory will explore the potential of neurotechnology in medicine, education, sports and the development of future AI systems.
The organisers emphasise that this is only the first part of the programme and that additional speakers and content will be announced in the coming weeks.
