Digit Conference Program 2026 in Tartu

Three stages. One ticket. Endless inspiration.

Choose the stage that matches your interests—or move freely between them throughout the day.

Please note that this is a preliminary program. Additional speakers and sessions will be announced soon.

Digit Stage 

Software development, best practices, adoption, leadership.

  • Your LLM Is Not Your Moat: Seeking Alpha and Staying Relevant in the Age of AI 
    Andrii Kravets (Small Red Flowers)
  • MLVC: Building the World's Most Efficient Video Codec
    Ando Saabas (Microsoft Development Center Estonia)
  • The Life Agentic with Priit & Claude
    Priit Kaasik (nodachi.ai)
  • Putting the C in CSS
    Lyra Rebane (Security Researcher)
  • Skills No One Talks About, But Everyone Hires For
    Karmen Tigas (//kood)
  • Artificial Intelligence Adoption in Enterprise Environment
    Andrei Maier (SEB, Chief Architect)
  • The Future of Agentic Engineering - When Capability Isn't the Bottleneck Anymore
    Siim Vene

Networking breaks and Q&A sessions take place throughout the day.


Data&ML Stage

Python, AI, data science and engineering.

  • Synthetic Counterfactuals for Text Classification: Detecting AI-Written Job Postings in the Wild
    Mauro Pelucchi (Lightcast)
  • Unexpected Side Effects of Becoming a Manager
    Tuule Sõber (Zendesk)
  • Who Decides When AI Decides?  Rethinking Human–AI Delegation Beyond Automation
    Anastasija Nikiforova (Institute of Computer Science, University of Tartu)
  • Building Agentic Systems for High-Stakes Decisions: Error Handling, Evals, Human Control and Trust
    Vitalii Lakusta (Pactum AI)
  • Causal Agentic Data Science
    Thomas Wiecki & Carlos Trujillo (PyMC Labs)
  • And more from Bolt, Cybernetica, Wise

Q&A follows every session.


LLMOverflow stage

Practical AI. Real engineering. Hands-on coding demos. Honest discussions.

  • The Hype-Reality Gap: Notes from the Daily Grind (Panel)
    Bolt, 
    Tekever
  • AI in the Wild: What It Actually Costs to Build with It
    Ivan Elorza Tahum (Amiqa Tech AB)
  • Anatomy of a Production AI Agent
    Natia Kukhilava (Helio AI)
  • Beyond the Horizon: What Does the Future Hold? Can we predict it? (Panel)
    Moderator: Mart Parve (Technology Coach) Panelists: Agur Jõgi, Ivo Kund (Closaria AI), Kristiina Kapten (SEB)
  • How AI is Transforming Software Development in Biotech
    Immanuel Sanka (Icosagen Cell Factory)

Expect open discussions, audience questions and plenty of practical takeaways.



Hands-on Workshops 


Learn by doing. Interactive sessions led by industry experts.

Unlike conference talks, workshops are designed for active participation. Bring your laptop, ask questions, and leave with practical skills you can use immediately.

Digit workshops


  • Train Your Design eye by Elis Laasik (Codeborne)
    In this hands-on workshop, Elis Laasik will help you train your design eye — built for anyone who feels like design "just isn't their thing." We'll start with the core theory: simple, practical heuristics for spotting issues in visual hierarchy, spacing, and consistency. Then everyone gets to practice — applying what we've learned through hands-on exercises, so you leave able to spot what's off in a design.

Data&ML workshops

  • What We Can Learn from Exemplary Python Documentation by Christian Heitzmann (SimplexaCode AG)
    If you’ve attended one of last years’ Python conferences in Europe, you might have seen my talk “Documenting Python Code”, where I introduced attendees to the basics of Python documentation. This year, I will expand on that foundation by looking at what can be learned from exemplary Python documentation. Building on renowned examples from popular Python libraries such as NumPy, pandas, and Matplotlib, this workshop will delve into techniques and tools that help streamline documentation creation while improving clarity and usability.

    The topics covered include:
    • Sphinx documentation generator
    • use reStructuredText as a markup language
    • simplify docstrings with the NumPy and Google format
    • generate function and method documentation with sphinx-apidoc

    How to
    • include code snippets as examples and display them in environment-specific tabs
    • adopt themes and implement appealing styles
    • use admonitions to highlight important content
    • write sophisticated mathematical formulas
    • create versatile diagrams with Kroki
    • generate interactive HTML documentation with embedded notebooks

    Comparison: AsciiDoc vs. Sphinx
    • explore their strengths and limitations for multi-language projects
    • see how AsciiDoc can document APIs by including tagged source code snippets

    This workshop provides practical insights and examples to help developers, technical writers, and maintainers create better documentation and improve their workflows. Whether you are just starting out or refining an established project, this session will provide actionable techniques to overcome common challenges and take your documentation to the next level.




Please note that this is a preliminary program. Additional speakers and sessions will be announced soon.