The ViennaUP Reports 2026
In 2026, three young and bold journalists were recruited to report on ViennaUP. Their task? To journey through any conferences, pitching sessions, networking meet-ups, workshops and side events that they wished with just one goal: to bring back stories fresh from the horse's mouth. They reported, conducted interviews and reflected on what they had learned. Their daily reports are below.
Dennis Miskić is a Vienna-based freelance journalist, mostly covering the Balkans or Eastern Europe. He studied political science in Vienna, Melbourne and Leiden
Marlene Sofie Weissböck is a Vienna-based journalist with experience in online reporting, TV, radio, and social media. She has worked for several Austrian media outlets, including PULS 4 and the Austria Presse Agentur, where she reports on political, socio-economic, and economic topics across both broadcast and digital formats.
Sophia Tiganas grew up in Romania and moved to Vienna in 2021. Since then, she has worked as a journalist for different Austrian publications and has specialised in Tech, AI, and socio-political topics. She is a fact-checker for the independent media watchblog Kobuk and occasionally covers tech topics for the Austrian newspaper Der Standard.
After a week of reporting from events across ViennaUP, our reporting team shares their final thoughts - about startups, technology and the future of health.
ViennaUP's reporting team gets down to business with Legos at the INSIDEOUT Summit, gathers tips on how to do business in Vienna and interviews an AI pragmatist on the sidelines of the Smart City SuMMIt.
Day 3 at ViennaUP and founder voices are front and center in these wide-ranging interviews from the ViennaUP reporting team.
Female spaces, AI angst and tips from investors on how to craft the perfect pitch. Dive into Day 2 insights and ideas from the ViennaUP reporting team.
Big ideas, bold pitches, and fresh perspectives: Our ViennaUP reproting team shares insights from the people shaping Europe's innovation ecosystem.
