Red Hat Innovate Together
13/10/2026 - 14/10/2026 | Šibenik | Croatia
Event overview
Thank You for Joining Us at Red Hat Innovate Together!
Thank you for being part of Red Hat Innovate Together at Amadria Park Convention Centre in Šibenik!
It was great to have you with us for two days of open source innovation, collaboration, and networking on the coast. We hope your experience inspires ongoing partnerships across our ecosystem to help you achieve your business ambitions.
You can check the session slides directly in the Agenda section below or in Session catalog.
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Tech Journey: Workshop week
Take the next step after Innovate Together with hands-on technical workshops across four key areas. Explore real-world use cases, work with Red Hat experts, and gain practical experience you can apply to your environment.
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Agenda
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Day 1 | Tuesday, October 13, 2026 |
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| 14:00–15:00 | Registration, welcome coffee | ||
| 15:00–15:10 |
Welcome Stanisław Leszczyński, Regional Sales Manager, |
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| 15:10–15:30 |
Executive Fireside: Strategy to Code Moderator: Stanisław Leszczyński, Regional Sales Manager, Strategic Continuity in Turbulent Times with Dinko Eror, Vice President for EMEA Central, North and Eastern Europe Modern Software Engineering & Lightwell with Radek Vokal, Senior Engineering Manager, |
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| 15:30–15:45 |
Building Trust in the Age of Sovereign AI with Sonel Popatlal, EMEA Leader DC, AI, Client & Gigafactory, Intel Corporation Agnes Fabok, General Manager CEE, |
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| 15:45–16:35 |
Open by Design: Your Platform. Your AI. Your Choice.
Wojciech Furmankiewicz, Head of Technology Sales CEE, Andrzej Kowalczyk, Principal Solution Architect, Jacek Skórzyński, Pricipal Solution Architect, Jarosław Stakun, Principal Solution Architect, Patrik Plachý, Senior Solution Architect, |
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| 16:35–17:00 | Coffee break and Partner Expo | ||
| 17:00–19:00 |
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Track 2
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Track 3
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| 17:00–17:20 |
Silver Sponsor Nimium | One OpenShift, Multiple Architectures
Miodrag Prelec, Linux Platform Engineer, Nimuim |
Silver Sponsor Everpure | The Data Foundation for Modern Infrastructure
Cristian Stan, Cloud Native Architect, Everpure |
Silver Sponsor cloudWerkstatt | Delegate the work. Keep control. – AI agents run your SDLC with OpenShift AI
Janos Mahovszkij, Innovation & Product Manager, cloudWerkstatt Lena Reisinger, AI & ML Senior Architect, cloudWerkstatt Stephan Kraft, Business Development, OpenShift & Application Services, |
| 17:30–17:50 |
Powering O2’s next-generation 5G network with
Jakub Votava, Director, Network, O2 Czech Republic Martin Tóth, Network Specialist, O2 Czech Republic |
Kubernetes Gateway API, AI Gateway, API Gateway - One solution many use cases
Andrzej Kowalczyk, Principal Solution Architect, |
Vibe-Coding vs. The Law: Scaling Delivery via AI-Led Evidence
Michael Thirion, Principal Solution Architect, |
| 18:00–18:20 |
Hidden treasures: Top 10 underrated tools included in your RHEL subscription
Ahmed Dahia, RHEL SSA, Sam Wachira, Principal Technical Account Manager, |
Solving the Innovation vs. Keeping the Lights On Dilemma: A Case Study
Armin Warda, Global FSI Architect & EMEA FSI Technology Lead at |
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| 18:30–19:00 |
Success Story: Accelerating Cloud Adoption with
Bartosz Smela, Telecommunications and IT Systems Engineer, Veolia Centrum Usług Wspólnych Krzysztof Korzela, Associate Principal Solution Architect, |
Storage for OpenShift Virtualization - how-to and best p ractices for your start Matthias Muench, Principal Specialist Solution Architect, |
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| 19:00–20:00 | Refreshment break | ||
| 20:00–00:00 | Dinner & Networking & Party | ||
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Day 2 | Wednesday, October 14, 2026 |
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| 09:00–09:10 |
Day 2 Opening Stanisław Leszczyński, Regional Sales Manager, |
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| 09:10–09:25 |
Congratulations, Your Org Chart Is Already Outdated Bruna de Guimaraes, Team Manager | Operations & Product & Engineering, Bluebird |
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| 09:25–09:45 |
Keynote: Building AI Powered Software Factory Andreas Bergqvist, EMEA SSP AI, |
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| 09:45–10:00 |
Fireside chat with Ingram Micro: Beyond the Partnership: Real Stories, Real Challenges, Real Opportunities Igor Petrović, Filip Dałek, Area Sales Manager, |
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| 10:00–10:15 |
Gold Sponsor Arrow | From Manual Work to Enterprise Automation: Two Real-World AAP Stories Gergely Fóti, Senior Systems Engineer, REMEDIOS Zrt Miklós Szabó, Senior Systems Engineer, REMEDIOS Zrt |
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| 10:15–10:30 |
Gold Sponsor CROZ | Carbon.core in Practice: Sovereign AI on OpenShift AI, and the Agents We Build on It Milan Jovanović, Principal Platform Architect | |
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| 10:30–11:00 |
Panel: Navigating the Agentic Era: Sovereignty, Scale, and the New Software Fabric Moderated by: Andreas Bergqvist Robert Nagy, Co-Founder, Chief AI & Technology Officer, Reinventures Adam Filutowski, CIO KredoBank Igor Bohinc, Ministry of the Interior and Public Administration, Republic of Slovenia Sonel Popatlal, EMEA Leader DC, AI, Client & Gigafactory, Intel Corporation |
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| 11:00–11:05 |
Main Stage Wrap-Up & Afternoon Sessions Preview |
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| 11:05–11:30 | Coffee break and Partner Expo | ||
| 11:30–13:30 |
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Track 2
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Track 3
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| 11:30–11:50 |
Silver Sponsor Inter Computer | From brick-by-brick to panel-by-panel: Building IT with Ansible
László Szomor, IT Infrastructure Operations Manager, Groupama Bizitósító Zrt. Viktor Sebestény, CTO, Inter Computer Group |
Silver Sponsor eFellows | From Firefighting to Patrolling: Agentic ITOps and SecOps on OpenShift AI to invert the 90/10 rule (Demo)
Borislav Lazarov, CTO, eFellows |
Silver Sponsor Veeam | Day 2 and Beyond with Veeam Kasten
Fahad Hady, Kasten Specialist EMEA East, Veeam Software/Veeam Kasten |
| 12:00–12:20 |
OTP Bank’s AI transformation journey: From Pilots to Enterprise AI at Scale Gábor Bóna, AI Domain Tech Lead, OTP Bank Magyarorszóg
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Beyond the CVE Tsunami: Scaling Open Source Security with AI and Lightwell
Radek Vokal, Senior Engineering Manager, |
Practical Experience of Transition From Ansible-core to Ansible Automation Platform
Robi Hrvatin, System Engineer, Intesa Sanpaolo Bank Slovenia Jacek Skórzyński, Principal Solutions Architect, |
| 12:30–12:50 |
Romania Sovereign Cloud: Building Large-Scale Infrastructure with
Alexandru Darie, Cloud Domain Architect, Metaminds Alexandru Petcu, Cloud Engineer, Metaminds |
Automation Ansible – Privredna Banka Zagreb Journey
Matej Gotić, Chief Systems Engineer, Privredna Banka Zagreb |
Taming the Chaos: Centralized Management of Modern Virtualization with
Rafal Szmigiel, Principal Solution Architect, |
| 13:00–13:30 |
Cleared for Takeoff: HungaroControl’s Cloud-Native Transformation Journey
Szabolcs Nagy, Infrastructure Architect, HungaroControl |
Humming Around Security: Hardened Container Images and CRA Compliance at APIS-IT
Dario Sindičić, System Engineer, APIS-IT Marek Martofel, Cloud Native and Container Platform Lead, CEE, |
Live Demo: Securing Unreliable AIOps Actions through Ansible Automation Platform as a Trusted Execution Layer
Karoly "Charlie" Vegh, Senior Specialist Solution Architect, Ansible Automation Platform, |
| 13:45–15:00 | Wrap up, Closing Lunch & Networking | ||
| 15:00–18:00 | Additional program: Hands-on labs | ||
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Hands-on Lab 1. AI
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Hands-on Lab 3. Virtualization
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Thanks to our Sponsors!
Travel Information
Amadria Park Convention Centre Šibenik
Hoteli Solaris 86 | Šibenik | Croatia
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