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Two Days, One Question: What Do We Build Next?

August 18, 20263 mins read
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Founders, educators və innovators üçün iki günlük forum — keynote, startup showcase və campus tours ilə.Founders, educators və innovators üçün iki günlük forum — keynote, startup showcase və campus tours ilə.Founders, educators və innovators üçün iki günlük forum — keynote, startup showcase və campus tours ilə.Founders, educators və innovators üçün iki günlük forum — keynote, startup showcase və campus tours ilə.Founders, educators və innovators üçün iki günlük forum — keynote, startup showcase və campus tours ilə.Founders, educators və innovators üçün iki günlük forum — keynote, startup showcase və campus tours ilə.Founders, educators və innovators üçün iki günlük forum — keynote, startup showcase və campus tours ilə.Founders, educators və innovators üçün iki günlük forum — keynote, startup showcase və campus tours ilə.Founders, educators və innovators üçün iki günlük forum — keynote, startup showcase və campus tours ilə.Founders, educators və innovators üçün iki günlük forum — keynote, startup showcase və campus tours ilə.Founders, educators və innovators üçün iki günlük forum — keynote, startup showcase və campus tours ilə.Founders, educators və innovators üçün iki günlük forum — keynote, startup showcase və campus tours ilə.

The Programme at a Glance

The forum runs for two days, and each day opens with a different question. The first is about what is being built: product teams show their work on stage while investors sit in the same room. The second is about how it gets built — workshops, campus tours and closed mentor sessions.

Both days are arranged on the same principle: short talks, long conversations. No block on stage runs longer than twenty minutes, because the real work of a forum happens in the breaks.

The value of a forum is not on the stage; it is in the forty minutes after it, when people find one another.

- Narmin Aliyeva, Programme Director, SABAH.HUB

What Happens on Stage

The stage is divided into four blocks, and each builds on the one before it:

  1. Opening talk — the year in figures.
  2. Startup showcase — eight teams, six minutes each.
  3. Panel — an investor, a founder and a city partner at one table.
  4. Closing — the announcement of the next season.

Teams selected for the showcase go through a rehearsal session a week beforehand.

Last year's showcase hall, an hour before the second day opened.
Last year's showcase hall, an hour before the second day opened.

Who Is Taking Part

  • Founders: teams anywhere between an idea and a Series A.
  • Educators and researchers: the people joining university labs to industry.
  • Investors: regional funds and international syndicates.
  • City partners: the bodies supplying venues and data for pilots — reachable through ytp.az.
2Days
48+Speakers on stage
1,200Expected attendees

Registration and Contact

Registration closes two weeks before the forum, and places are limited.For questions: forum@sabahhub.comBy phone: +994 12 505 05 05

There is a separate track for programme teams, which you will find on the programmes page.

  • Community
  • Education
  • Mentorship
  • Startups
  • Central Asia

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