Slovak Tech Conference
March 17, 2026
in San Francisco
Builders, investors, and operators connecting Slovakia with Silicon Valley.
Slovak Tech Conference returned to San Francisco for its second year — bringing together founders, investors, and technology leaders who are actively building between Slovakia and the United States.
The evening brings together Slovak companies and founders working across markets with leaders from Silicon Valley’s tech and business ecosystem, including venture capital and private equity. It featured perspectives from people building in AI, investment, and global technology. Designed as a high-level gathering, the event strengthens the bridge between Slovakia and Silicon Valley by connecting founders, investors, and operators from both sides.
This year’s program featured the newest Slovak Startup Awards winners:
Tapaya — Digital
Norriv — Design
CultiWise — Science
Aerostacks — Best Student Startup
PROGRAM
5:00 – 6:30 PM | Main Program
✦ Opening Remarks
Michal Simkovic & Vladimir Lackovic
✦ Official Remarks
Barbara Pivnicka — Honorary Consul of Slovakia in San Francisco
Andrej Droba — Ambassador of the Slovak Republic to the United States
✦ Keynote - Investing in the Future: Building AI Infrastructure from Slovakia to the World
Bob Lesko — Founder, Tatra SuperCompute
✦ Slovak Tech Stars – Slovak Startup Awards Winners Showcase
Tapaya | Norriv | CultiWise | Aerostacks
✦ Lessons from Y Combinator
Matej Novak — CEO at EigenPal AI
✦ Designing Products Used by Billions
Michal Vasko — Product Design Lead, Vision & Strategy for AI Experiences at Meta
6:30 PM onwards | Networking hosted by Slovak Global Network
Conversations with founders, investors, and operators shaping Slovak-U.S. tech collaboration.
Organized by Slovak PRO, the Embassy of the Slovak Republic in the U.S., the Honorary Consulate of Slovakia in San Francisco, KInIT, SGN, Startup Awards SK, and partners.
This event is co-funded by the European Union NextGenerationEU, Component 10: Attracting and retaining talent, Investment 2: Strengthening relations with the diaspora, supporting civic initiatives, Call for support to strengthen relations with the Slovak diaspora with code 10I02-03-V01, within the slovaks.ai project and with code 10I02-03-V01-00015 within the Slovak Global Network project.
