Curated by our Networking Days 2025 local partner, memoQ, for your Budapest experience.
Nestled along the banks of the Danube, Budapest is more than just a postcard city of thermal baths, grand architecture, and rich history. It’s a dynamic, forward-looking city that’s quietly becoming one of Europe’s most emerging destinations for creativity, AI, and business.
For leaders in the language services industry, Budapest offers a special blend of culture, entrepreneurial energy, and creativity that makes it an ideal place to connect, reflect, and rethink the future.
So, what makes Budapest the perfect setting for Networking Days 2025, happening on 22-23 September?
A city full of ideas
Budapest has always been a city of contrasts; East meets West, tradition meets modernity. That tension creates a ground for creativity. Walk through the city’s neighbourhoods and you’ll find co-working spaces housed in 19th-century buildings, tech meetups happening in ruin bars, and AI startups sharing cafés with artists and writers alike. There’s a sense that something is always happening here.
The city’s universities, like Eötvös Loránd University and Budapest University of Technology and Economics, are producing top-tier talent in computational linguistics, machine learning, and software development. Meanwhile, Hungary’s growing startup environment is attracting a lot of attention, with Budapest emerging as a regional hub for AI research and digital transformation.
Creative spaces for the mind
Budapest’s physical spaces are as inspiring as its intellectual ones. The city’s architecture, ranging from neo-Gothic to Bauhaus, offers settings that drive innovation. Places like the House of Music, designed by Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto, or the contemporary Ludwig Museum, are not just cultural landmarks, they’re spaces that invite reflection and encourage creativity.
For those in the language services industry, this matters. Innovation in our field isn’t just about algorithms and automation; it’s about understanding people, cultures, and contexts. Budapest’s rich tapestry of languages, histories, and artistic expression makes it a natural setting for these conversations.
The home for language professionals
Hungary’s linguistic environment and complex grammar have long made it a fascinating case study for linguists and translators. But Budapest’s relevance goes beyond academic interest.
The city is home to a large number of language service providers, localization experts, and multilingual tech companies. It’s a place where language professionals can engage with advanced tools while staying grounded in the human side of communication.
Whether you’re discussing neural machine translation over coffee in District VII or attending a conference at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest offers a setting that’s both intellectually stimulating and personally enriching.
Why now? Why here?
In a world where remote work and global collaboration are the norm, physical location still makes a difference. Budapest’s central position in Europe makes it a natural meeting point for professionals from East and West. Its affordability, safety, and high quality of life make it an attractive base for entrepreneurs and digital nomads alike.
But perhaps most importantly, Budapest has soul. It’s a city that invites you to slow down, think deeply, and connect meaningfully. For LSP leaders and language industry professionals, that’s invaluable. Whether you’re exploring the future of AI-driven translation or rethinking how we build inclusive global content, Budapest offers the space, both literal and metaphorical, to do it well.
As Budapest sets the stage for Networking Days 2025, we’re excited to welcome you to a city where creativity, technology, and language meet. A big thank you to our local partner memoQ, a leading collaborative translation environment and TMS, for curating this glimpse into the atmosphere of Budapest.
See you all soon by the Danube!
Are you joining us? Check out our ND25 pre-event discussion featuring the ELIA Board and Content Committee!
About memoQ
memoQ is a leading collaborative translation environment and TMS delivering premium solutions to the translation industry since 2004. memoQ is dedicated to providing innovation through diverse developments and generative AI, empowering hundreds of thousands of enterprises, translation companies, and freelance translators worldwide.
Keeping in mind both simplicity and effective translation processes, memoQ leverages its ease of use, collaboration, and interoperability in one complex solution. Discover a new world with memoQ!
