With 750 on-site participants from 56 countries, the event featured 160 speakers across 26 sessions. It offered an exciting mix of expert insights, hands-on workshops, and plenty of networking opportunities—all aimed at supporting SMEs in Europe.
This year’s conference covered four main themes:
- Quality & impact: experts shared best practices for building regional networks and developing key skills to create real, lasting impact across Europe
- Innovation & start-ups: sessions covered everything SMEs need to succeed, from managing intellectual property to scaling up, and gave participants practical tips
- Industrial transition: tackling big topics like sustainability, AI, and resilience, this track focused on how SMEs can adapt to change and stay competitive in a fast-moving landscape
- Single Market & beyond: these sessions offered guidance for navigating the EU Single Market and growing globally, helping SMEs reach new markets with confidence
Keynote speakers included Katalin Bihari, Hungary’s Deputy State Secretary, Jakub Boratynski, Director for Networks and Governance at the European Commission’s Directorate General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, and Jean-David Malo, Director of EISMEA.