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UID:plug-and-play-tirana-expo-2026@events.veron3.space
DTSTAMP:20261008T132653Z
DTSTART:20261007T080000Z
DTEND:20261008T180000Z
SUMMARY:Plug and Play Tirana Expo 2026
LOCATION:Innovation Hub\, Pyramid of Tirana\, Bulevardi Dëshmorët e Kombi
 t 5
DESCRIPTION:Grand finale of the second Plug and Play Tirana Accelerator coh
 ort: 22 startups pitch and demo\, 30+ international speakers on two stages
 \, an expo hall\, investor 1:1s and networking.\n\nSkip: The parts worth y
 our time were this morning: Microsoft's Chief AI Architect Fatos Ismaili a
 nd the AI-in-the-enterprise panel. What's left today is ecosystem panels\,
  an investment keynote and the closing ceremony. The 22 pitching startups 
 are applied AI (sales assistants\, drone inspection)\, with no dev tools o
 r agent infrastructure.\n\n• Next year\, go on the first morning for the
  AI talks and skip the investor track.\n\nPrice: Free\n\nhttps://tiranaexp
 o.com/\n\nhttps://events.veron3.space/#plug-and-play-tirana-expo-2026
URL:https://tiranaexpo.com/
CATEGORIES:expo,startups,AI,SaaS,investors
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UID:game-jam-albania-4@events.veron3.space
DTSTAMP:20261008T132653Z
DTSTART:20261016T150000Z
DTEND:20261019T190000Z
SUMMARY:Game Jam Albania 4.0
LOCATION:Coolab\, Rruga e Dibrës 65
DESCRIPTION:48-hour game jam by the Albanian Gaming Community. The theme is
  revealed at Friday's 18:00 opening\; building runs Fri 20:00 → Sun 20:0
 0 and games are submitted on itch.io. 185 registered\, in-person capped at
  120\, plus an online track. Mon 19 Oct is public: playtesting 13:00–17:
 00\, then a keynote by Unity's Mike Geig\, awards (18:00–20:00) and netw
 orking.\n\nGo: The biggest builder crowd of the month: last year 150+ peop
 le shipped 27 games in a weekend. In-person seats are gone\, but there's a
 n online track and Monday is open to the public.\n\n• Check whether the 
 online track still takes sign-ups ("same challenge\, same mentors\, same j
 udging"). A 48-hour jam with Claude Code as your teammate is a great stres
 s test.\n• Monday 13:00–17:00: play the games and ask teams which AI t
 ools actually helped. Stay for Mike Geig's keynote and the 20:00 networkin
 g.\n• Saturday's Grok/Cursor workshop at 12:00 runs inside the jam (sepa
 rate entry).\n\nPrice: Free\n\nhttps://www.gamejam.al/\n\nhttps://events.v
 eron3.space/#game-jam-albania-4
URL:https://www.gamejam.al/
CATEGORIES:hackathon,games,gamedev
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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UID:cursor-grok-workshop-2026-10-17@events.veron3.space
DTSTAMP:20261008T132653Z
DTSTART:20261017T100000Z
DTEND:20261017T113000Z
SUMMARY:Grok Bot Workshop: Build Your AI Team
LOCATION:Coolab\, Rruga e Dibrës 65
DESCRIPTION:Hands-on session by Dorian Kane (Tirana Cursor/SpaceXAI communi
 ty). A bot writes a game design doc\, a Cursor cloud agent builds a Phaser
 /Three.js prototype and deploys it to Vercel\, and parallel agents work on
  separate branches. Runs inside Game Jam Albania 4.0 but is open to anyone
 . 35 registered\, 100 places. Bring a laptop.\n\nGo: The demo is probably 
 familiar territory if you live in Claude Code. Go for the people: Dorian K
 ane runs Tirana's AI-coding meetups (88–133 sign-ups each this year)\, a
 nd this is the easiest way in. It also gets you onto the Game Jam floor on
  its busiest day.\n\n• Register on Luma. Check-in is what gets you the $
 30 in Cursor credits.\n• Afterwards\, walk the jam floor and ask teams w
 hat their agent setups are.\n• Subscribe to the Cursor/SpaceXAI Tirana L
 uma calendar while you are there.\n\nPrice: Free\, plus $30 in Cursor cred
 its\n\nhttps://luma.com/spacexai-kpc5\n\nhttps://events.veron3.space/#curs
 or-grok-workshop-2026-10-17
URL:https://luma.com/spacexai-kpc5
CATEGORIES:workshop,AI agents,Cursor,Grok
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UID:n8n-tirana-meetup-2026-10@events.veron3.space
DTSTAMP:20261008T132653Z
DTSTART:20261022T163000Z
DTEND:20261022T193000Z
SUMMARY:★ n8n Tirana Meetup – Workflow Automation
LOCATION:Dua Space\, Rruga Naim Frashëri
DESCRIPTION:The first n8n meetup in Albania (70 registered)\, hosted by Dor
 ian Kane. 19:15: Bastian Saß\, AI automation talk and demo. 20:00: Nertil
  Zhuri\, "AI Search with n8n" plus an hour-long hands-on session. 21:30: c
 lose\, then networking.\n\nMust go: Small\, free and built for builders: o
 ne demo talk\, then a long hands-on session on AI search. The page explici
 tly invites people to bring a laptop and demo something. It's the best roo
 m this month for comparing notes on agent workflows.\n\n• Bring a laptop
  with a hobby app ready to show in two minutes. There is no formal lightni
 ng slot\, but demos are welcome.\n• Come with an opinion on n8n vs. code
 -first agents (Claude Code\, Agent SDK). That is the obvious conversation 
 in that room.\n• Say hi to Dorian Kane. He runs Tirana's Cursor and Grok
  Bot meetups\, which is the fastest way into the local AI-builder scene.\n
 \nPrice: Free\n\nhttps://luma.com/n8n-ss64\n\nhttps://events.veron3.space/
 #n8n-tirana-meetup-2026-10
URL:https://luma.com/n8n-ss64
CATEGORIES:meetup,automation,AI,n8n
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UID:bsides-tirana-2026@events.veron3.space
DTSTAMP:20261008T132653Z
DTSTART:20261023T070000Z
DTEND:20261023T150000Z
SUMMARY:★ BSides Tirana 2026
LOCATION:Innovation Hub\, Pyramid of Tirana\, Bulevardi Dëshmorët e Kombi
 t 5
DESCRIPTION:5th edition of the community-run Security BSides\, with 200+ ex
 pected: keynotes\, technical talks and hands-on workshops on network\, mob
 ile and web security\, vulnerability research\, pentesting and forensics. 
 Announced speakers include Leonidas Tsaousis (Reversec)\, Paul Nieto (0x3 
 Security) and Armend Gashi (Sentry). The schedule isn't published yet. Doo
 rs open 08:30.\n\nMust go: The best technical day of the autumn\, and free
 . If you ship agent apps\, this is the room that knows how they break. Arm
 end Gashi red-teams AI systems (including on Anthropic's external red team
 ) and builds multi-agent code-auditing tools\; last year he showed here ho
 w to hijack AI agents with special-token injection\, a talk he also gave a
 t DEF CON 33.\n\n• Get the free General Admission ticket on Eventbrite n
 ow. It covers every talk\; the €25 tier only adds swag.\n• The schedul
 e is not out yet. Check bsidestirana.al the week before and plan around an
 y AI or agent security talk.\n• Look up "Hijacking AI Agents with Specia
 l Token Injection" beforehand. It is a good opener with Gashi.\n\nPrice: F
 ree (or €25 with swag)\n\nhttps://bsidestirana.al/\n\nhttps://events.ver
 on3.space/#bsides-tirana-2026
URL:https://bsidestirana.al/
CATEGORIES:conference,security,pentesting,workshops
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UID:luarasi-cyber-security-ai-2026@events.veron3.space
DTSTAMP:20261008T132653Z
DTSTART:20261102T100000Z
DTEND:20261103T134000Z
SUMMARY:Int’l Conference on Cyber Security & AI
LOCATION:Salla Luarasi\, Luarasi University\, Rruga e Elbasanit 59
DESCRIPTION:First edition of this academic conference\, in person or online
 . Day 1 covers neural-network and ML techniques for AI\; day 2 covers ML f
 or cyber security\, closing with a round table.\n\nSkip: There's no way to
  just listen: registration needs an abstract and a paper\, needs organiser
  approval\, and is capped (12 of 20 places taken). No talks are published 
 yet\, and the session titles are generic “NN & ML techniques” with not
 hing on LLMs or agents.\n\nPrice: Free\n\nhttps://indico.cern.ch/event/167
 5321/overview\n\nhttps://events.veron3.space/#luarasi-cyber-security-ai-20
 26
URL:https://indico.cern.ch/event/1675321/overview
CATEGORIES:academic,security,machine learning,AI
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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UID:allweb-2026@events.veron3.space
DTSTAMP:20261008T132653Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261106
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261107
SUMMARY:AllWeb 2026
LOCATION:Namazgah Mosque complex
DESCRIPTION:One-day digital-business conference with Business Magazine Alba
 nia\, now in its 9th Tirana edition: AI in business strategy and marketing
 \, data and analytics\, and customer experience. Announced speakers includ
 e ex-Google business-unit lead Todd Rowe\, reel8's Péter Szántó and Pik
 asa CEO Norik Selimi. The venue is near the Namazgah Mosque.\n\nSkip: €1
 69 for a marketing conference. Last year's programme was GenAI for content
 \, SEO and PR\, and this year's speakers are mostly marketers and brand st
 rategists. The only hands-on builder listed is Boban Ilik (AI marketing wo
 rkflows). There's no cheaper or student pass.\n\n• The one reason to go:
  if a hobby app targets marketers or agencies\, this is where those buyers
  are. The hour-long lunch is the networking window.\n\nPrice: €169 + VAT
 \n\nhttps://allweb.digital/\n\nhttps://events.veron3.space/#allweb-2026
URL:https://allweb.digital/
CATEGORIES:conference,AI,digital business,marketing,data
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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UID:tbu-technology-business-update-2026@events.veron3.space
DTSTAMP:20261008T132653Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261120
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261121
SUMMARY:Technology & Business Update 2026
LOCATION:Tirana Business University\, Rruga “Rezervat e Shtetit”\, Lund
 ër
DESCRIPTION:3rd annual academic conference by TBU and partner universities\
 , with Business & Law and Information Technology panels (AI\, automation\,
  cybersecurity\, e-government\, big data and cloud). In English\, in perso
 n or over Zoom.\n\nSkip: Peer-reviewed paper sessions of 5–15 minutes ea
 ch. The 2025 edition was 41 papers on AI and business\, mostly applied stu
 dies like ChatGPT in education. There's no listener registration\, so go o
 nly if you want to present.\n\nhttps://tbu.edu.al/wp-content/uploads/2026/
 07/Broshura-e-konferences-2026-ok2.pdf\n\nhttps://events.veron3.space/#tbu
 -technology-business-update-2026
URL:https://tbu.edu.al/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Broshura-e-konferences-20
 26-ok2.pdf
CATEGORIES:academic,AI,cybersecurity,e-government,cloud
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UID:devfest-albania-2026@events.veron3.space
DTSTAMP:20261008T132653Z
DTSTART:20261121T090000Z
DTEND:20261121T153000Z
SUMMARY:★ DevFest Albania 2026
LOCATION:Faculty of Natural Sciences\, University of Tirana
DESCRIPTION:GDG Tirana's yearly developer conference: talks\, hands-on sess
 ions and live demos on AI agents\, Gemini and Gemma\, Google Cloud\, Andro
 id\, Flutter\, Angular\, Firebase and the web. Speakers not announced yet.
 \n\nMust go: The biggest free developer conference of the season\, and it'
 s explicitly about AI agents. Even if the talks lean Google\, the room wil
 l be full of people who ship.\n\n• RSVP on the GDG page now (35 so far).
  It gets you the speaker announcements.\n• Ask the organisers about ligh
 tning talks. A "hobby apps built with Claude Code" demo would stand out at
  a Gemini-heavy event.\n\nPrice: Free (RSVP)\n\nhttps://gdg.community.dev/
 events/details/google-gdg-tirana-presents-devfest-albania-2026/\n\nhttps:/
 /events.veron3.space/#devfest-albania-2026
URL:https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-tirana-presents-dev
 fest-albania-2026/
CATEGORIES:conference,AI agents,Gemini,web,mobile,cloud
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UID:icebit-2026@events.veron3.space
DTSTAMP:20261008T132653Z
DTSTART:20261204T150000Z
DTEND:20261205T230000Z
SUMMARY:ICEBIT 2026
LOCATION:Rogner Hotel Tirana\, Bulevardi Dëshmorët e Kombit
DESCRIPTION:The Faculty of Economy's (University of Tirana) conference on "
 Advancing Intelligent Economies through AI\, Digital Transformation and Su
 stainable Innovation". Tracks cover generative AI and LLMs\, big data\, BI
  and cybersecurity. Abstracts due 11 Oct.\n\nSkip: Economists presenting p
 apers about AI\, not engineers building with it.\n\nPrice: Author fee €3
 0–50\n\nhttps://feut.edu.al/lajmerime/3272-international-conference-on-e
 conomy-business-innovation-and-technology-icebit-2026-advancing-intelligen
 t-economies-through-ai-digital-transformation-and-sustainable-innovation\n
 \nhttps://events.veron3.space/#icebit-2026
URL:https://feut.edu.al/lajmerime/3272-international-conference-on-economy-
 business-innovation-and-technology-icebit-2026-advancing-intelligent-econo
 mies-through-ai-digital-transformation-and-sustainable-innovation
CATEGORIES:academic,generative AI,analytics,economics
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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UID:ut-ic-sight-2026@events.veron3.space
DTSTAMP:20261008T132653Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261217
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261219
SUMMARY:UT IC-SIGHT 2026
LOCATION:University of Tirana
DESCRIPTION:University of Tirana’s multidisciplinary conference “Rethin
 king Education\, Science and Society for Tomorrow”: 15 tracks\, includin
 g digital science\, AI and emerging tech. Hybrid\, in English and Albanian
 .\n\nSkip: Only 3 of 15 tracks touch tech\, and those are about AI governa
 nce and AI in society\, not building. Keynotes TBA\, and “register your 
 attendance” opens the abstract form\, so there's no listener-only route.
 \n\nPrice: Free\n\nhttps://icsight.unitir.edu.al/\n\nhttps://events.veron3
 .space/#ut-ic-sight-2026
URL:https://icsight.unitir.edu.al/
CATEGORIES:academic,AI,digital science,research
STATUS:CONFIRMED
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
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UID:aina-2027@events.veron3.space
DTSTAMP:20261008T132653Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270324
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270327
SUMMARY:AINA-2027
LOCATION:Polytechnic University of Tirana\, Sheshi “Nënë Tereza” 4
DESCRIPTION:41st International Conference on Advanced Information Networkin
 g and Applications: a long-running\, Springer-published academic conferenc
 e on networks\, distributed computing and information systems\, co-organis
 ed by UPT and the Fukuoka Institute of Technology. Papers due 25 Nov.\n\nS
 kip: A serious research conference\, but $600 to sit in academic networkin
 g sessions isn't worth it unless you're publishing.\n\nPrice: From $600\n\
 nhttps://voyager.ce.fit.ac.jp/conf/aina/2027/\n\nhttps://events.veron3.spa
 ce/#aina-2027
URL:https://voyager.ce.fit.ac.jp/conf/aina/2027/
CATEGORIES:academic,networking,distributed systems,cloud,edge
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