HIPTHER Warsaw Summit 2026 to Focus on AI, Legislation, and Fintech

The event’s programme will be especially insightful for gambling brands preparing business strategies for 2027. Delegates will discuss emerging legal standards and tech opportunities, and explore growth prospects in an ever-evolving landscape.

2025 Event’s Success and Future Outlook

In 2025, the European Gaming Congress wrapped up with a record-breaking number of guests. The organisers then claimed that the conference would be rebranded as the HIPTHER Warsaw Summit in 2026, with changes also extending to the programme’s content.

The key highlight of the 2026 edition is the Academy track, which features educational seminars and hands-on masterclasses. Visitors will gain valuable insights and practical experience to apply to their daily operations and facilitate project development.

The business event is organised into 3 Stages:

1. Compliance — certification, legislation, cybersecurity, anti-money laundering (AML), and law enforcement.
2. TechXperience — AI-driven tools and other innovations, fintech matters, and digital services.
3. Keynote — presentations and strategic discussions led by premier industry representatives.

This year, 300+ guests from 20+ countries are expected, and more than 60 speakers have already confirmed their participation. The 2-day conference will give visitors the opportunity to explore current market challenges from technological, legal, and commercial perspectives.

Key Discussion Topics in 2026: From Supervision to Fintech

The programme encompasses 3 interlinked pillars: regulatory changes, innovation development, and hands-on applications. Participants may select sessions across different Stages according to their business priorities.

Compliance and Regulatory Affairs Across the EU

This track is devoted to shifts in legislation and operational requirements. Region-specific challenges will be examined together with the peculiarities of individual European markets.

Among the key topics will be:

• outlook for Poland’s online gambling sector;
• major trends across Central and Eastern Europe (CEE);
• licensing peculiarities in Malta, Germany, and the Netherlands;
• contractual relationships between operators and providers in the face of tightening oversight.

Discussions will also cover responsible gaming and the identification of dubious financial activity. A special section will explore ways to expand verification mechanisms beyond basic KYC procedures.

On the 1st day, the IMGL will run a workshop dedicated to prediction platforms and sweepstakes. Lecturers and guests will debate whether such offerings should count as pure iGaming, financial solutions, or an absolutely new hybrid segment. Defining the legal status of these projects would bring far greater clarity to supervision.

Other presentations will address:

• adherence to affiliate marketing rules;
• whistleblowing and corporate accountability;
• business popularisation under paid advertising constraints.

These topics will allow participants to understand how regulatory standards affect visibility strategies and communication with partners. With project promotion still facing strict limitations and prohibitions, this section is set to offer particularly valuable insights.

TechXperience: Artificial Intelligence and Financial Infrastructure

This track unites talks on AI-powered agents, payment systems, and virtual economics, with a particular emphasis on how they are applied commercially within legal segments.

The agenda will focus on:

• digital euro;
• instant financial transactions;
• human supervision of AI-driven assistants;
• autonomous agents within payment services, etc.

The conference’s organisers have also scheduled seminars on tech solutions for the gambling sphere, cooperation between B2B platforms, and the barriers female founders encounter when raising funds. Attendees will additionally debate remote identification under the evolving eIDAS and EUDI Regulations.

The programme will cover both concrete solutions and wider matters, with business expansion, competition, and access to financing set to take centre stage.

HIPTHER Academy: Turning Theory into Practice

This track shows how to apply new knowledge to everyday operations. Sessions will address:

• human-centric AI personalisation;
• startups founded by women and their funding;
• optimisation of decision-making under pressure;
• transition from tech prototypes towards proven, verifiable solutions.

Another theme is content’s search visibility across generative engines. Visitors will explore how these systems index materials and choose sources to formulate displayed results.

The conference’s organisers are preparing one more lecture within the track, with details to be revealed soon. They also stress that the programme may be modified.

Strategic Objectives of the Conference

Zoltán Tűndik, HIPTHER’s Co-Founder & Head of Business, stated that the forthcoming event’s primary goal is to connect key legislative changes with practical implementation. In his view, as 2027 draws closer, it is becoming harder to treat compliance, technological progress, and industry growth as separate fields.

Mr Tűndik is convinced that, to achieve stable development, brands need to merge regulatory restrictions, automation prospects, and commercial objectives into a single strategy. This idea is mirrored in the summit’s programme, which examines legal challenges alongside groundbreaking solutions and practical issues in building projects.

Supplementary Activities

Alongside the business-oriented agenda, the summit offers networking opportunities, additional educational sessions, and entertainment activities. Furthermore, the EiGE Awards will take place on the evening of October 27th.

Other events scheduled for the same day:

• morning yoga class;
• pre-track networking with badge access;
• finger food and an open bar, available until midnight;
• social gathering at Podwale Bar and Books, held together with the ceremony.

Ahead of the main programme, another lively event is planned: Welcome Meet. Billed as a Day-0 party, it will take place on October 26th at AZYL Shot & Craft Beer Bar. The gathering is meant to let guests get to know each other in a laid-back setting and help the rest of the show run more smoothly.

The final day will open with a morning 6–7 km run/jog. On the evening of October 28th, participants will meet at Steam Bar Cocktail Bar Warszawa for the closing Halloween party — a chance to relax after intense educational seminars.

Coffee breaks, brunches, and evening drinks are included to encourage informal communication. Via the HIPTHER Lounge platform, attendees can arrange meetings with delegates they are interested in ahead of time.

Sponsors and Partners of the Forthcoming Summit

The event is backed by companies and organisations from a range of fields, among them gambling solution testing, legal services, and iGaming development.

The following partners and sponsors have confirmed their contribution in the respective categories:

• GLI — Grand Quality & Compliance;
• Superbet — Compliance & Operations;
• IMGL — Expert Legal Content;
• Kanggiten — Badges & Bracelets;
• DSTGAMING — Lanyards;
• Gaming In Poland, RM Legal — General.

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