Business Innovation Summit 2025 will bring together CEOs, investors and experts who are not just looking for change, but who know how to turn it into concrete results.
From the case study of how maib has become a modern transformational leader, to how artificial intelligence is changing the way companies are managed and how startups and corporations interact, the summit will offer a practical look at innovation as a real tool for development.
It's an event where ideas connect with action and leadership becomes a major driver of growth.
Where experience meets perspective
The Business Innovation Summit 2025 stage will feature speakers who are shaping the future of their industries:
- Giorgi ShagidzeCEO maib - architect of the region's largest banking transformation;
- Vasile Tofan, Senior Partner Horizon Capital, Chairman of the Board Purcari Wineries - expert in bringing local companies to the international market;
- Tatiana Arventi, Microsoft - Artificial intelligence specialist and co-author of the global startup Copilot;
- Wil Nefkens, Plug and Play Tech Centre - An expert on interactions between corporations and startups;
- Ömer Hantal, Fark Labs - Creator of regional technology ecosystems;
- Nick Himowicz, Imperial College London - innovation and leadership coach;
- Philip M. Sparks, Global Innovation Management Institute (GIMI) - international expert on practical implementation of innovations;
- Roman Balteanu, Google - Specialist in digital transformation and advertising technology for emerging markets.
They will share how technology, investment and people are helping organisations - from start-ups to corporations - to move forward and improve efficiency.
Innovation as part of the company's strategy
Business Innovation Summit 2025 is not an exhibition of ideas, but a platform for leaders who see innovation as the foundation for sustainable growth.
In one day, the summit will bring together more than 300 executives, entrepreneurs, investors and professionals ready to share experiences and find solutions that can be applied immediately.
The programme will focus on three areas:
- Growth Stage - business growth and scaling;
- Corporate Open Innovation - co-operation between corporations and start-ups;
- Product Management - how to create products that are in demand in the market.
Discussion topics include:
- Application of artificial intelligence in business and decision making;
- adapting business models to the digital economy;
- formation of an innovative corporate culture;
- investments with a long-term effect;
- co-operation as a source of flexibility and new opportunities.
Each session aims to give participants practical tools, approaches and examples that can be implemented today.
Why it's important right now
Moldova is going through a period where flexibility, knowledge and digital skills are becoming key to competitiveness.
Business Innovation Summit 2025 creates a space where business, technology and government meet to work together to find solutions that can strengthen the country's economy and give it new points of growth.
The Summit helps transform innovation from a theory into a real leadership tool and strengthens Moldova's role as a centre for regional development and digitalisation.
An invitation to those who want to keep up with the times
Attending Business Innovation Summit 2025 is an opportunity to be among the people who are shaping the future.
This is where ideas are born, partnerships are built and decisions that affect the development of the entire region are discussed.
Date: 7 November 2025
Location: MAIB Park (31 August 1989 St 127, Chișinău)
Programme and registration: bis.technovator.world
Organisers and partners
The Summit is organised by Technovator with the support of the Ministry of Education and Research of the Republic of Moldova, maib, Innovate Moldova programme (funded by Sweden) and Ukraine-Moldova American Enterprise Fund (UMAEF).
Funding is provided by the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and implementation by GIZ within the framework of the project Digital Transformation of SMEs in Eastern Partnership Countries (DT4SME).
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