What is ABQ Institute?

ABQ Institute is Eastern Europe's leading independent research and education institute, based in Timișoara, Romania. We focus on AI, blockchain, and quantum computing — delivering expert dialogue events, structured training programmes, and board-level advisory for organisations across Europe.

Who does ABQ Institute work with?

We work with executives and boards making technology decisions, university researchers building ventures, corporate teams developing innovation capabilities, and deep-tech founders navigating the path from research to market.

What are the ABQ Dialogues?

ABQ Dialogues are expert-led discussions on AI, blockchain, and quantum computing held in Timișoara, Romania. Each session brings together up to five experts and 150+ professionals for a focused three-hour conversation. Season 1 (8 sessions) has been rated 4.42/5 by 179 attendees across Eastern Europe.

ABQ Institute — Timișoara, Romania

Independent research and expert dialogue on AI, blockchain, and quantum — for decision-makers.

ABQ Institute gives executives, researchers, and founders the analysis, training, and community to navigate deep-tech transitions with confidence. Based in Timișoara, working across Eastern Europe.

Dialogues Research & Intelligence Enterprise

8 / 10

Sessions delivered, Season 1

4.42 / 5

Average audience rating

4.71 / 5

Highest-rated session

179

Survey responses

40+

Expert speakers

1,000+

Professionals engaged

Advisors & speakers

Vinzenz Treytl — Austrian Blockchain Center Alfred Taudes — WU Vienna Prof. Dr. Florin Drăgan — UPT Rector Ciprian Jichici — CTO, FoundationaLLM.ai Andrei Oros — UiPath Raul C. Mureșan — Research Institute Radu Ticiu — Growceanu Ionuț Stanimir — BCR Sabin Totorean — Nokia Romania GM M. Bogdan Mărgineanu — BioMentorHub

Our mission

We help European organisations make confident decisions about AI, blockchain, and quantum before those technologies make the decisions for them.

About ABQ Institute

Your board is making AI decisions this quarter. Your competitors are already deploying. We provide the independent analysis that makes those decisions confident — not reactive.

Through our programmes, published research, and a network of 1,000+ professionals, we help organisations build evidence-based technology strategy and move with clarity.

Our partners & ecosystem

What we do

Five verticals.
One clear mission.

From board-level advisory to public dialogue to hands-on founder training — each programme serves a distinct need with a dedicated team and a measurable outcome.

Research & Intelligence

The analysis your board needs before AI makes the decisions for them.

AI readiness assessments, technology capability profiling, and board-level advisory. Independent research that gives leadership teams the confidence to act — not just react.

Request a briefing

Enterprise

Your teams have ideas. We give them a system to validate, build, and launch.

A structured innovation programme for corporate teams that converts internal research and internal knowledge into market-ready ventures, with real accountability at each stage.

See how it works

FACE

Give your AI tools the context they need to reflect how your organisation actually works.

A structured methodology for building version-controlled, role-based knowledge bases that any AI tool can read. Every session starts with your organisation's context already loaded — for every team, every tool, every employee.

Explore FACE

NextGen

From researcher to founder — in weeks, not years.

A modular programme for university researchers and early-stage founders combining deep-tech fundamentals with proven go-to-market methodology. 8 intensive days, built for practitioners.

View the curriculum

Dialogues

Eastern Europe's highest-rated technology dialogue series.

Three hours. Five experts. One critical question — recorded, published as long-form analysis, and rated 4.42/5 by 179 attendees. Season 1 covers AI, blockchain, biotech, and quantum strategy.

See all sessions

Why ABQ

4.42/5

Average session rating across 179 survey responses

40+ Expert speakers

7 Sessions published

1,000+ Professionals in network

Independent. Rigorous. Consequential.

Research delivered by domain specialists with active institutional affiliations — not generalist consultants.
Dialogue speakers drawn from university rectors, corporate CTOs, clinical researchers, and government advisors — curated for depth, not reach.
Every session rated by attendees. Every insight published in full. No paywalls on the analysis.
ABQ Institute is Eastern Europe's leading independent institute for applied research and expert dialogue on AI, blockchain, and quantum computing.

Eastern Europe's conversations shaping the technology agenda.

Season 1 — 8 sessions completed, 2 remaining. Topics span AI governance, blockchain economics, biotech longevity, dual-use engineering, and the cognitive impact of digital technology.

See all sessions Read the analysis

4.42/5

Season 1 average rating

Deep-dives published

Sep'26

Season 2 begins

Notable speakers

See all 40+ speakers →

Latest insights

From the dialogue room to the written record.

Every session becomes a long-form analytical article — with Key Findings, speaker quotes, and structured analysis accessible to any reader.

View all analyses

Ready to move?

Let's scope your next step.

Whether you lead a tech team, run a research programme, manage investments, or want to attend a Dialogue — we'd like to hear from you.

Reach us directly

info@abq.institute

Read our analysis

abq.institute/insights

Want to reach us? Open our contact form.

Stay informed — join our newsletter

Research, recordings, and insights from ABQ — straight to your inbox.

Subscribe on Substack →