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May 27
Exclusive Pre-event Ecommerce Dinner
May 28
Central & Eastern European Shopify Meetup 2026
Venues
Two exceptional
settings.
Dinner · May 27
Akos Restaurant
Bucharest · Exclusive pre-event dinner
Event · May 28
Grand Hotel Bucharest
Bucharest · Main event venue
Private Dinner
An evening before
the main stage.
The night before the meetup, we're hosting a curated dinner for a small group of brand and retail leaders we've personally selected. No pitches, no agenda, just great conversations over a great meal.
Invite-only · Strictly limited seats
DateWednesday, May 27, 2026
VenueAkos Restaurant, Bucharest
Time19:00
Hosted byVevol MediaEcommerce TodayAxon
- Intimate gathering of 20-30 carefully selected eCommerce leaders
- Curated guest list of key retailers, ecosystem builders, and leading Shopify representatives
- No pitches, no slides, just great conversations over a great dinner
- Complementary VIP Dinner & Drinks
- A warm start to the biggest Shopify event in Central and Eastern Europe
The Main Event
Shopify Meetup CEE 2026
The biggest official Shopify Meetup in Europe returns for its 2nd edition. After 200+ attendees in 2025, we're going bigger. Grand Hotel Bucharest, May 28.
DateThursday, May 28, 2026
VenueGrand Hotel Bucharest (ex-Intercontinental)
Hours8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Attendance250+ expected
Agenda
08:00-08:45
Reception and Check-in: pastries, coffee and tea
09:20-09:35
What 1,000+ CEE Merchants Taught Us About Multichannel Growth
Steluta Stici · Key Account Manager, Easy Sales
09:40-10:10
Migration to Shopify: From Fragmentation to Unified Execution
David Sima · Key Account Executive, Vevol Media
10:20-10:35
How a Luxury Bundle Builder Became a Premium Commerce Experience
Prakhar Shrivastava · Co-founder, FoxSell Bundles
10:40-11:10
The Power of Data in eCommerce and Communication
Rareș Bănescu · Owner & Founder, TheMarketer
11:15-11:45
Networking break: snacks and beverages
11:50-12:20
Decoding the Cart: Consumer Patterns from 50K Eshop-Affiliate Partnerships
Ana Opriță · Deputy CEO, BusinessLeague
12:25-12:40
The Power of Less: Scaling a Global Brand with 6 People
Grace Radley · Senior Country Partnerships Manager, Mollie
12:40-12:50
Shopping Simplified: From Cross-border to Borderless
Thanasis Psychogios · Sr. Intl. BD Manager, Skroutz
13:00-14:00
Lunch break: buffet included
14:00-15:00
Panel: How AI is Transforming Ecommerce & Retention in 2026
Hosted by Dan Nistor · Co-Founder & CEO, Vevol Media Bogdan Dogaru · Co-founder & CTO, Vevol Media Stefan Chiriacescu · Co-founder & CEO, Ecommerce Today Gabriel Bonciu · Business Development Director, BusinessLeague Abhishek Chandra · Chief Revenue Officer, Gokwik Carlotta Zorzi-Chapman · Head of Market Expansion, EMEA, Shopify
15:05-15:40
Your customers are on WhatsApp, your competitors are not!
Abhishek Chandra · Chief Revenue Officer, Gokwik
15:45-16:15
AI-Powered Email Automation: Smarter Journeys. Higher Profits.
Paul Apostu · Chief Growth Officer, Ecommerce Today
16:20-16:35
Turning Fragmented Omnichannel Retail into Behaviour-Triggered Customer Retention
Bogdan Shkarupa · Co-Founder & CEO, NeuCurrent
16:40-17:10
Building for CEE: What’s Next on Shopify
Carlotta Zorzi-Chapman & Yael Weiss · Shopify
Speakers
Carlotta Zorzi-Chapman
Head of Market Expansion, EMEA
Shopify
Yael Weiss
Lead Partner Solutions Engineer
Shopify
Rareș Bănescu
Founder
TheMarketer
Ana Opriță
Deputy CEO
BusinessLeague
Prakhar Shrivastava
Co-founder
FoxSell Bundles
Grace Radley
Sr. Country Partnerships
Mollie
Steluta Stici
Key Account Manager
Easy Sales
Thanasis Psychogios
Sr. Intl. BD Manager
Skroutz
Abhishek Chandra
CRO
Gokwik
Bogdan Shkarupa
Co-Founder & CEO
NeuCurrent
Ilie Mihalache
Partnership Support
TheMarketer
Tudor Goicea
Co-founder & CRO
Aqurate
Catalin Ciochina
Founder
xConnector
Dan Nistor
Co-Founder & CEO
Vevol Media
Stefan Chiriacescu
Co-Founder & CEO
Ecommerce Today
Bogdan Dogaru
Co-Founder & CTO
Vevol Media
David Sima
Key Account Executive
Vevol Media
Paul Apostu
Chief Growth Officer
Ecommerce Today
What to expect
High-impact talks from top eCommerce leaders across CEE and beyond
Hands-on workshops with practical takeaways you can use straight away
Real networking with 200+ merchants, agencies and app developers
Lunch included, because great ideas need fuel
Afterparty to keep the conversations going after the talks end
A curated Shopify community experience you'll want to return to every year