The Conference 2026: Powering Digital Innovation Across the Danube took place in Bratislava on 21 April  2026. The event was organized by Slovak Alliance for Innovation Economy Sapie, partner PP10 on the Interreg Danube project CapTTict. The event aimed to facilitate the exchange of knowledge and experience, promote good practices, strengthen transnational collaboration, and highlight the role of EDIHs in fostering innovation and economic development across the Danube region.

Two PP4 representatives, Anja Barešić and Tomislav Šmuc, participated in person in this hybrid event. They also serve as representatives of European Digital Innovation Hub (EDIH) AI4Health.Cro, where they closely collaborate with CapTTict PP3, Mreža znanja d.o.o. In addition, five Croatian representatives from EDIH CROBOHUB++ and EDIH Adria attended the conference.

Drawing on the extensive experience of EDIH AI4Health.Cro, its coordinator, Anja Barešić, delivered two presentations:

"AI4Health.Cro Testing Before Investing" within Session 1: "Test Before You Invest: From Concept to Competitive Edge – Real-world Success Stories from EDIHs Across Europe."

"AI4Health.Cro Training & Ecosystem Building" within Session 3: "Skills, Talent & Ecosystems: Building What Actually Works."

In these presentations, she shared the experience of AI4Health.Cro, highlighting how the Test Before Invest service is implemented in practice, how educational programmes are tailored to different stakeholder groups, and how datathons can be organised around real healthcare challenges.

https://interreg-danube.eu/projects/capttict/news/edih-conference-exchanging-knowledge-experience-among-edihs-in-the-danube-region