Program
*We reserve the right to change the program
DAY 0
26 October, Thursday
08:00-20:00
Office tour
Office visits by bus to (mainly) IT companies in Odorheiu Secuiesc.
Partner: Harghita Business Center
19:00-21:00
VIP dinner
By prior invitation to speakers and sponsors.
Location: Septimia Resort
20:00-21:00
Dinner
For students participating in the office tour.
Location: Septimia Resort
DAY 1
27 October, Friday
08:30-09:30
Registration
Location: Plenary room
09:30-10:00
Welcome speeches
- László Derzsi, managing director (IT Plus Cluster)
- Károly Simon, president (IT Plus Cluster)
Location: Plenary room
10:00-13:00
Plenary presentations, with one break
Exciting trends in the world of cyber security (IoT, post-quantum, AI)
Dr. Levente Buttyán, Co-founder & senior manager (Ukatemi Technologies)
Homo Productivitus
- György Balássy, principal software engineer, architect (LastPass)
ConfigCat, the half-decade story of a tech startup
- Zoltán Dávid, business developer (ConfigCat)
Software building on the border between chaos and order
- Máté Láng, Managing Partner (Binhatch)
Smart Village – The driving force of the digital countryside
- Attila Balla, Deputy Professional Manager (Neumann János Nonprofit Public Benefit Ltd.)
Fintech Panorama of Hungary
Vice President (Hungarian Fintech Association), Co-Founder, Head of Business Development and Operations (PastPay.com)
Location: Plenary room
13:00-14:30
Lunch
14:30-16:00
Online Feature flag management with ConfigCat, across multiple platforms
14:30-16:00
Web hacking 101
14:30-16:00
Local government digitalization
Round table discussion
Moderator:
- Anna Bogya, Former State Secretary (RMDSZ)
Attila Rácz, Managing Director (Magic Solutions)
Invited speakers:
- Attila Korodi, Mayor (Miercurea Ciuc City)
- Csaba Tóth-Birtan, Deputy Mayor (Sfântu Gheorghe City)
- István Barna Jakab, Vice-President (Covasna County Council)
- István Szőcs, director (Directorate of Human Resources and Communication, Harghita County Council)
- András Szőcs, System Administrator (Odorheiu Secuiesc City Hall)
Location: Conference Room
16:30-18:00
Research and development projects in medicine
Presentations:
Automated algorithms can help with cancer diagnosis
- Zoltán Bálint, Associate Professor (Faculty of Physics, Babeș-Bolyai University)
Federated machine learning: the FeatureCloud platform from concept to deployment
- Sándor Fejér, Senior Software Engineer (Egnosis)
Revolutionizing cloud communications: the FeatureCloud platform from design to deployment
- István Horváth, PhD student (University of Pécs)
Moderator:
- Béla Bihari, CEO (Egnosis)
Location: Plenary Room
16:00-16:30
Coffee break
16:30-18:00
Tales of the...' - stories from the world of incident management
Presentation
- Roland Kamarás , CTO (Ukatemi Technologies)
- Kristóf Tamás, head of security services (Ukatemi Technologies)
Location: Mirror Room
16:30-18:00
Developers’
Presentations, workshop
Intro to Model Garden and GenApps on Google Cloud
- Márton Kodok, Google Developer Expert, Senior Software Architect (REEA.net)
I write great code; why am I not a senior already?
- György Balássy, principal software engineer, architect (LastPass)
Location: Plenary Room
16:30-18:00
Business Digitalization
Round-table discussion
Invited speakers:
- Csaba Hajdó, CEO (ALT Technologies Transylvania)
- Zsolt Komoróczy, CEO (Melinda Impex)
- Attila Kováts, CIO (Promelek XXI)
- István Szilágyi, Economist (Szilágyi Cont)
Moderator:
- Ilyés Szabolcs György, Managing Director (RegioConsult)
Location: Conference Room
19:30
Dinner
Location: Septimia Resort
DAY 2
28 October, Saturday
08:30-09:30
Registration
Prior booking is recommended.
Location: Plenary Room
09:30-13:00
Plenary presentations, with one break
The impact of artificial intelligence on the future of work
- Csaba Tamás, Strategy Advisory Lead (Amazon Web Services, Berlin)
A personalized future: looking forward to it, or should we dread it?
Zsuzsanna Tamás, product manager (Amazon Music)
Using technology in the surgical operating room – for education, teamwork, efficiency
- Surgeon (Laparoscopic and Bariatric Surgery; Therapeutic Endoscopy – Toronto Western Hospital),
Research and development in private healthcare: opportunities and challenges
- Szilárd Fejér, chemist-researcher (Pro-Vitam Diagnostics and Research Center)
An insight into the world of patents in the field of AI *online
- Stan Johann, Examiner in ICT (Directorate 1207, European Patent Office)
Visit Harghita 2027 – dance call for local IT companies
- Károly Szabó, Director (Visit Harghita)
Location: Plenary Room
13:00-14:30
Lunch
14:30-16:00
Cloud&DevOps
Tech presentations
GitOps for Application Deployment
- Anna Sándor-Kiss, Software Developer (Codespring)
Infrastructure management using software engineering methods
- Láng Máté, Managing Partner (Binhatch)
Extending DevOps practice towards Platform Engineering
- Tamás Csaba, Strategy Advisory Lead (Amazon Web Services, Berlin)
Moderator:
- Károly Simon, Assistant Professor (BBTE Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics), President (IT Plus Cluster)
Location: Plenary Room
14:30-16:00
Robotics
Presentations
Fifteen years of BME VIK’s annual RobonAUT competition
- Dr. Ákos Nagy, Assistant Professor (Department of Automation and Applied Informatics, BME), Co-founder (Birosign)
Job-eating robots – myth or reality?
- Dr. Zoltán Forgó, Head of Department, Lecturer (Sapientia EMTE, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Târgu Mureș)
Robotics & AI: opportunity or challenge?
- Dr. Levente Tamás, University Lecturer (Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Department of Automation), Founder (Robotics.AI)
Szeklerland in the 21st Century: robotics innovations and opportunities
- János Kovács, Business Development Management (Kovács Trade Company)
Moderator:
- Sándor Kolumbán, Assistant Professor (BBTE Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics), Managing Director (Explorer Consulting)
Location: Mirror Hall
14:30-16:00
Hospital digitalization initiatives
Round table discussion
Invited speakers:
- András B. Fecső, surgeon, research physician (University of Toronto, Canada)
- Judit Konrád, Hospital Manager (County Emergency Hospital of Miercurea Ciuc).
- Róbert András-Nagy, Hospital Manager (Dr. Kristóf Fogolyán County Emergency Hospital, Sfântu Gheorghe)
- Levente Vass, Executive President (Studium Prosperum Foundation)
- Gyula József Nagy, Hospital Manager (Odorheiu Secuiesc City Hospital)
Moderator:
- Zsombor Steckbauer, Administrative Director (County Emergency Hospital of Miercurea Ciuc)
Location: Station
14:30-16:00
FinTech
Round table discussion
Invited speakers:
- Dr. Bálint Réti, Vice President (Hungarian Fintech Association), Co-Founder, Head of Business Development and Operations (PastPay.com)
- Véglesi Júlia, economist (Richmond Global Sciences startup)
- István Szakács-Paál, manager (Harghita Business Center)
- Barnabás Székely, lawyer, privacy expert, founder of Privacy Pro
Location: Conference Room
16:00-16:30
Coffee break
16:30-18:00
Agri-digitalisation: from farm to fork
Round table discussion
Invited speakers:
- Dr. Boróka Júlia Bíró, Adjunct Professor (Sapientia EMTE, Sfantu Gheorghe)
- Péter Varga, expert (Cibus Hungaricus Foundation)
- Attila Bustya, digitalisation expert (Association of Szekler Farmers’ Organisations)
- Cilip Árpád, Director (Harghita County Development Agency), Coordinator (Szekler Product Trademark System)
Moderator:
- Ervin Miklós, CEO (LGT Proiect)
Location: Mirror Hall
16:30-19:00
Artificial Intelligence
Tech presentations and discussions
Can my “IT” idea be protected?
- Stan Johann, ICT Examiner (European Patent Office)
AI at MI, or the application of artificial intelligence in an enterprise from Szeklerland
- Dr. Zoltán Nagy, data analyst (Melinda Instal)
Invited speakers:
- Dr. Lehel Csató, Professor, AI researcher (BBTE Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics)
- Dr. Zoltán Nagy, data analyst (Melinda Instal)
- W. Szabó Péter, MI researcher, founder (Tengr.AI)
Prompt writing workshop
- Szidónia Hajdú, prompt engineer (Tengr.ai)
Location: Plenary Room
16:30-19:00
IT and STE(A)M education programmes
Round table discussions in two parts
STE(A)M education programmes
- Szilárd Molnár, Education Expert (Digital Knowledge Centre, Kecskemét)
- Rozália Csáki, programme coordinator (Odorheiu Secuiesc Community Foundation)
- Szabolcs Becze, CEO (ExarLabs)
Challenges and opportunities in IT higher education
- Dr. Charaf Hassan, Professor, Dean (Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, BME)
- Dr. Zalán Bodó, Deputy Dean (Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics, BBTE)
- Dr. József Domokos, Dean (Sapientia EMTE, Faculty of Târgu Mureș)
Moderator:
- Sándor Kolumbán, Assistant Professor (BBTE Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics), Managing Director (Explorer Consulting)
Location: Conference Room
19:30
Dinner & Friday Rehab concert
Location: Septimia Resort
OPEN EVENTS:
28 October, Saturday
18:00-19:30
Where to make a career?
Discussion
Invited speakers:
- Zoltán Bálint, Associate Professor (Faculty of Physics, Babeș-Bolyai University)
- András-Botond Fecső, Surgeon (Laparoscopic and Bariatric Surgery; Therapeutic Endoscopy – Toronto Western Hospital), Assistant Professor (University of Toronto), Clinical Researcher (University Health Network)
- Csaba Tamás, Strategy Advisory Lead (Amazon Web Services Berlin)
Moderator:
- Szabolcs György Ilyés, Managing Director (RegioConsult)
Location: Kalapos Coffee House
EXPOSITIONS @Septimia
Otaku interactive exhibition
By Ukatemi Technologies
- Otaku is a cyber-physics learning environment developed by Ukatemi Technologies to train security experts, which models an industrial environment’s physical and digital elements. This wargame is available throughout the conference with simplified functionality to allow visitors to test their IT security skills. Recommended for beginners and advanced users alike!
Robotics
By Kovács Trade Company
- Display of the robotic arm of the Kovács Trade Company, an IT company from Reghin.
AI-controlled robotic arm drawing artist
By Tengr.AI
- Péter W. Szabó, computer scientist and founder of the artificial intelligence startup Tengr.ai, will present an image-generating model and a robot arm that can draw from it to those interested in machine learning.