One of the main measures that positively affect the competitiveness of the Croatian economy is digitization. What changes digitization brings, what is needed to make desired progress, which are the global trends and opportunities, how to influence on social and economic change? All of this have already been discussed, but in terms of the industry 4.0 there is always demand to improve in these topics, especially when we’re talking about the technology that is constantly changing. The more we know – the more we improve and with that thought in our mind, there have been several conferences organized in Croatia. Due to the whole situation related to the global pandemic of the corona virus, all events, activities and conferences are postpone. These are some of the highly relevant conferences scheduled for 2020.

The fourth edition of the 4th Industrial Revolution Conference is scheduled for July 2020. Topics are related to the elements of the 4th Industrial Revolution - IoT, AI, Big Data, AR and VR, sensors, 3D printing, robots, machine learning and all of this will be indirectly discussed at the conference, but in the context of potential shifts in the economy.

This year's Digital Takeover summit & expo 2020 enters the realm of advanced technology, transformational change in the management segment, human resources, complex business organizations, futuristic global trends, marketing and goes beyond the boundaries of digital communication with a particular focus on active networking and inspiration. Some of the speakers of this year's Digital Takeover are: Marc Randolph, Cofounder of Netflix, Mate Rimac, Founder and CEO, Rimac Cars and Greyp, Zlatko Dalic, coach of the Croatian national football team, Korado Korlević, Croatian scientist and astronomer, Dr. Morgaine Gaye, Futurologist in the area of the future of food, Lars Silberbauer, Digital Leader - LEGO & Viacom CBS.

LEAP Summit will be held in Zagreb in October 2020 and it is a multidisciplinary conference where changemakers LEAP into action. LEAP gathers entrepreneurs, young professionals, and leaders who are changing the world. LEAP Summit brings people from all over the world at one place to network and learn together in order to solve most pressing challenges of our time. Some of this year's speakers are Martin Mössler, ESA - startup - developer, Isidro Laso Ballesteros, Director Startup Europe - European Commision, Anne Skare Nielsen, Chief futurist - with a vision to win the Nobel Peace Prize before she dies, Vladimir Vulić, Digital transformation strategist who is in constant pursuit of challenging the status quo.

Expert Meeting Croatia 4.0 is a conference on new technologies, robotics and automation in industry and construction. The gathering will bring together and present everyone who in any way comes in contact with new technical solutions in design, construction, production, management, control, operation and traffic such as robotics, automation, remote control, smart homes, buildings and cities, Internet of Things (IoT), Blockchain and Cloud Business.

These events are great opportunity to hear and learn from renowned and inspiring speakers, to learn about future trends, to do networking and maybe meet new business partner with whom you can develop new business ideas. See you in Croatia!

The project ECOS4IN is funded by the Interreg CENTRAL EUROPE Program (https://www.interreg-central.eu) and co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund.