B8 Summit 2026 – Basketball Conference in Vilnius
Connecting the Game
Where basketball leaders meet to exchange ideas and push the game forward.
B8 Summit 2026
Vilnius • July 8
What Makes B8 Summit Different
B8 Summit is designed as a live conversation. Instead of traditional presentations, every session is a deep discussion between people from different parts of the game: coaches, managers and performance experts.
The result?
Real conversations. Real disagreements. Real insight.
What you can expect
✓ Open stage conversations with leading basketball minds
✓ Interactive Q&A with the audience.
✓ A highly curated audience of ~200 professionals
✓ Exclusive closed-door workshops (15 people only)
Why people come to the B8 Summit
Because the most valuable ideas in basketball rarely happen on slides.
They happen in honest conversations between people who live the game.
Hurry up!
Last year our tickets sold fast so don’t miss out! The summit will start in:
Scheduled
Sessions
Main stage
Workshops
09:30 - 10:25Chris Fleming - Asst Coach University of Alabama
By Chris Fleming Asst Coach University of Alabama
10:30 - 11:25Regev Fanan - Head of Performance of Maccabi Tel Aviv
By Regev Fanan Head of Performance
12:20 - 13:30Round Table - Dainius Adomaitis, Tomas Balčėtis, Giedrius Žibėnas
By Dainius Adomaitis Alvark Tokyo Head Coach, Tomas Balčėtis CEO of Confluence Valley, Giedrius Žibėnas Rytas Vilnius Head Coach
14:55 - 15:50Maurizio Gherardini - President of LBA (Italian League)
By Maurizio Gherardini President of LBA (Italy league)
16:55 - 17:50Ettore Messina - Olimpia Milano President of Basketball Operations
By Ettore Messina Olimpia Milano President of Basketball Operations
Sponsors
Meet Our
Speakers
Meet the Host
Benas Matkevičius
Boston Celtics, NBA
Basketball Thinker
Benas has spent years working at the highest level of basketball, connecting coaches, executives and performance experts across the game.
The B8 Summit was created to bring those conversations onto the stage.
