Thursday, 19 November 2026 · Digital Park, Chișinău
The central day of InnoDays 2026 is where all the themes of the week come together. Around 400 representatives of academia, business, public institutions and the startup ecosystem, alongside international experts, discuss the conditions under which research results can reach the market.
The day opens with addresses from the Government of the Republic of Moldova, the Ministry of Economic Development and Digitalization, the Ministry of Education and Research, diplomatic missions and development partners. A series of presentations follows: national research priorities, presented by Aurelia Hanganu, ANCD; the entrepreneurial university model of the Technical University of Munich, presented by Aline Laucke, TUM International; funding deeptech spin-offs, presented by Tobias Szarowicz, Cambridge Innovation Center; building an effective research, development and innovation ecosystem, presented by Victor Iancu, Strategy and Transformation Expert; and protecting ideas and know-how, presented by Matthias Kaech, Swiss PartnershIP.
The programme also includes a regional panel on digital transformation and innovation adoption in SMEs, and the Science to Business Pitch, where research teams present their products to companies and investors. Parallel sessions cover the Horizon Europe programme and European Digital Innovation Hubs. The day closes with facilitated networking.
The central day ticket costs 300 MDL. With the promo code INNOACADEMIC, access is free. Full programme and registration: https://innodays.technovator.world/e/ziua-centrala-cercetarea-intalneste-piata/
InnoDays 2026 is organised by Technovator, under the patronage of the Ministry of Economic Development and Digitalization (MDED) and the Ministry of Education and Research (MEC), with the support of EU4Innovation East, a regional project funded by the European Union, co-funded by the Government of France and implemented by Expertise France; the project “Digital Transformation of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in the Eastern Partnership Countries” (DT4SME), funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH; the Ukraine-Moldova American Enterprise Fund (UMAEF); the Innovate Moldova Programme, funded by Sweden and the United Kingdom; and the Central European Initiative (CEI), through the CEI Know-how Exchange Programme 2025, funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Republic of Italy.
InnoDays is organised in partnership with Moldova HiTech Park, the National Agency for Research and Development, Agrotek Park, Impact Hub Bucharest, Green Tech Hub, Moldova Innovation Technology Park (MITP), the Technical University of Moldova (UTM) and Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy (USMF).
