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Schedule

QED 2027 | Mastery

ZADAR CITY CENTRE

1:00 pm

Wings For Life World Run

1:00 pm - 3:00 pm (120 min)
ZADAR CITY CENTRE
HOTEL IADERA, RECEPTION

3:00 pm

5:00 pm

Conference Registration

3:00 pm - 5:00 pm (120 min)
HOTEL IADERA, RECEPTION

Bus Transfer to the Opening Event

5:00 pm - 5:30 pm (30 min)
HOTEL IADERA, RECEPTION
ZADAR, ST. NICHOLAS CENTRE

6:00 pm

6:15 pm

7:00 pm

7:30 pm

9:00 pm

Official QED Conference Opening

6:00 pm - 6:15 pm (15 min)
ZADAR, ST. NICHOLAS CENTRE
Vedrana Miholić

Panel discussion: Beyond the Individual – AI as a Partner in the Human Collective

6:15 pm - 7:00 pm (45 min)
ZADAR, ST. NICHOLAS CENTRE
Boris ŠurijaBoris JokićAnnabelle Seewald

Dalmatian A Cappella

7:00 pm - 7:30 pm (30 min)
ZADAR, ST. NICHOLAS CENTRE
Klapa Kapric

Dinner

7:30 pm - 9:00 pm (90 min)
ZADAR, ST. NICHOLAS CENTRE

Bus Transfer to the Hotel Iadera

9:00 pm - 9:30 pm (30 min)
ZADAR, ST. NICHOLAS CENTRE
FORTIS CLUB, VENTUS HALL

9:00 am

9:30 am

11:00 am

11:30 am

12:15 pm

QED 2026 – Let’s go!

9:00 am - 9:30 am (30 min)
FORTIS CLUB, VENTUS HALL
Ivan Krnić

Keynote conversation with Nassim Nicholas Taleb

9:30 am - 11:00 am (90 min)
FORTIS CLUB, VENTUS HALL
Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Coffee break

11:00 am - 11:30 am (30 min)
FORTIS CLUB, VENTUS HALL

Panel discussion: Building Human–AI Collaboration Across Generations

11:30 am - 12:15 pm (45 min)
FORTIS CLUB, VENTUS HALL
Tim McKeounTamara TomasevicLovro KrčelićPetar Zrinščak

Panel discussion: Digital EU Sovereignty

12:15 pm - 1:00 pm (45 min)
FORTIS CLUB, VENTUS HALL
Martin PluschkeJoachim GuckerMartina DrvarVedrana Pribičević
HOTEL IADERA, RESTAURANT JADRAN

1:00 pm

Lunch

1:00 pm - 2:30 pm (90 min)
HOTEL IADERA, RESTAURANT JADRAN
FORTIS CLUB, AETHER FORTIS CLUB, VENTUS HALL FORTIS CLUB, STRIKE PUB FORTIS CLUB, TERRACE

4:30 pm

Workshop: Taming the Chaos – Scalable AI-Assisted Coding

4:30 pm - 6:30 pm (120 min)
FORTIS CLUB, AETHER
Hrvoje ŠimićIvan LovrićIvan Križanić

Workshop: Leading AI Adoption at the Speed of Trust

4:30 pm - 6:30 pm (120 min)
FORTIS CLUB, VENTUS HALL
Nikša Ilović

Workshop: The Collective You Never Hired — And Their IDs Are Expiring

4:30 pm - 6:30 pm (120 min)
FORTIS CLUB, STRIKE PUB
Marija KulišićIgor SokačHrvoje Milas

VMware Takeout: How to Make Your Decision?

4:30 pm - 6:30 pm (120 min)
FORTIS CLUB, TERRACE
Milan JovanovićMate Bogović
FORTIS CLUB, TERRACE

8:00 pm

Dinner

8:00 pm - 9:30 pm (90 min)
FORTIS CLUB, TERRACE
FORTIS CLUB, LOBBY
HOTEL IADERA, RECEPTION

8:30 am

Mindfulness Meditation: Relax, Realign, Refocus

8:30 am - 9:30 am (60 min)
HOTEL IADERA, RECEPTION
Dejan Cepetić
HOTEL IADERA, LEVANT HOTEL IADERA, TRAMONTANA

10:00 am

10:30 am

11:00 am

AI-Assisted Governance — Scaling Quality and Speed in API Ecosystems

10:00 am - 10:30 am (30 min)
HOTEL IADERA, LEVANT
Giovanni Bassi

The Enterprise Storage Standard for OpenShift

10:00 am - 10:30 am (30 min)
HOTEL IADERA, TRAMONTANA
Andrej Gursky

Four Pillars of AI at Enterprise Scale

10:30 am - 11:00 am (30 min)
HOTEL IADERA, LEVANT
Robbie Jerrom

The Reality of Building Modern Platforms


10:30 am - 11:00 am (30 min)
HOTEL IADERA, TRAMONTANA
Denis JajčevićBernhard Hopfenmüller

Bringing an AI Platform Into Your Organization

11:00 am - 11:30 am (30 min)
HOTEL IADERA, LEVANT
Petar ZrinščakRobbie Jerrom

The Secret Operating System of Organisation

11:00 am - 11:30 am (30 min)
HOTEL IADERA, TRAMONTANA
Hubert Baumgartner
HOTEL IADERA, LEVANT

11:30 am

12:00 pm

12:30 pm

1:15 pm

1:45 pm

Coffee break

11:30 am - 12:00 pm (30 min)
HOTEL IADERA, LEVANT

Why Should You Care About Quantum Computing?

12:00 pm - 12:30 pm (30 min)
HOTEL IADERA, LEVANT
Miroslav ČerkezLana Ilović

Panel discussion: The Collective AI Advantage

12:30 pm - 1:15 pm (45 min)
HOTEL IADERA, LEVANT
Damir KopljarSean NearyRenata DevčićLeonarda Degoricia

Fireside chat: Co‑Creating the Future – How AI Enhances Human Development Work

1:15 pm - 1:45 pm (30 min)
HOTEL IADERA, LEVANT
Sanjin BićanićIvan Križanić

QED 2026 Conference Closing

1:45 pm - 2:00 pm (15 min)
HOTEL IADERA, LEVANT
Vedrana Miholić
HOTEL IADERA, RESTAURANT JADRAN

2:00 pm

Lunch

2:00 pm - 3:30 pm (90 min)
HOTEL IADERA, RESTAURANT JADRAN
Note
The official language of the conference is English. CROZ reserves the right to change the schedule.

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