Program 2021

12th May 2021*

10:00 - 10:05	Welcome Speech Jan Macháček Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Institute for Politics and Society (Czech Republic)
10:05 - 10:30	Keynote Speech Andrej Babiš Prime Minister, Government of the Czech Republic (Czech Republic) Alena Schillerová Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Government of the Czech Republic (Czech Republic) Karel Havlíček Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Industry and Trade, Minister of Transportation, Government of the Czech Republic (Czech Republic)
10:30 - 12:00	Panel 1: Digital transformation to greater economic competitiveness  Karel Havlíček Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Industry and Trade, Minister of Transportation, Government of the Czech Republic (Czech Republic) Jiří Hlavenka Entrepreneur and Investor in the field of Information Technology, Councilor of the South Moravian Region for Science, Research, Innovation and IT (Czech Republic) Petr Konvalinka Chairman, Technology Agency of the Czech Republic (Czech Republic) Vojtěch Petráček Lecturer, Czech Technical University (Czech Republic) Moderator: Helena Horská Chief Economist, Raiffeisenbank (Czech Republic)
12:00 - 13:30	Panel 2: A cashless society as a step towards losing freedom? Alena Schillerová Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Government of the Czech Republic (Czech Republic) Marek Mora Vice Governor, Czech National Bank (Czech Republic) Ondřej Kovařík Member, European Parliament, Renew Europe (Czech Republic) Tomáš Sedláček Economist and University Lecturer, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University (Czech Republic) Sacha Polverini Vice President, Government Engagement Europe, Visa (United Kingdom) Moderator: Aleš Rod Economist, CETA Research Director (Czech Republic)
13:30 - 13:45	VIP Talk Vladimír Dzurilla Chief Digital Officer, Government of the Czech Republic (Czech Republic)
13:45 - 15:15	Panel 3: Internet regulation, data collection and the role of AI Dita Charanzová Vice-President and Member, European Parliament, Renew Europe (Czech Republic) Karel Řehka Director, National Cyber and Information Security Agency (Czech Republic) Tomáš Mikolov Researcher, CIIRC CTU (Czech Republic) Moderator: Petr Očko Deputy Minister for New Technology, Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic (Czech Republic)

13th May 2021**

10:00 - 10:05	Welcome Speech Šárka Prát Member of the Board, European Liberal Forum (Czech Republic)
10:05 - 10:30	Keynote Speech Věra Jourová Vice-President, European Commission (Czech Republic) Mariya Gabriel European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, European Commission (Bulgaria) Robert Plaga Minister of Education, Youth and Sports, Government of the Czech Republic (Czech Republic)
10:30 - 12:00	Panel 1: The crisis as an opportunity for development of eHealth Petr Smejkal Physician and Chief Epidemiologist, IKEM Institute (Czech Republic) Vladimír Dzurilla Chief Digital Officer, Government of the Czech Republic (Czech Republic) Florian Marcus Digital Transformation Adviser, e-Estonia Briefing Centre (Estonia) Ladislav Dušek Director, Institute of Health Information and Statistics of the Czech Republic (Czech Republic) Moderator: Tomáš Doležal Director, Institute for Health Economics (Czech Republic)
12:00 - 13:30	Panel 2: A step forward, two backwards - what lesson did the year of digital education teach us? Robert Plaga Minister of Education, Youth and Sports, Government of the Czech Republic (Czech Republic) Gunilla Svantorp Member of Swedish Parliament, Chairperson of the Education Committee (Sweden) Tiia Rüütmann Professor, Tallinn University of Technology (Estonia) Moderator: Martina Dlabajová Member, European Parliament, Coordinator of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE), Vice-Chair of the Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT), Renew Europe (Czech Republic)
13:30 - 13:45	VIP Talk
13:45 - 15:15	Panel 3: Intelligent urban mobility for the 21st century  Martin Kolovratník Member of the Parliament of the Czech Republic, Vice-Chair of the Committee on Economic Affairs and Vice-Chair of the Supervisory Board of Railway Administration (Czech Republic) Franciszek Sterczewski Member of Polish Parliament, Member of Infrastructure Committee in Polish Sejm (Poland) Bohdan Wojnar President of the Association of the Automotive Industry of the Czech Republic, Member of the Board of Directors of the Confederation of Industry and Transport of the Czech Republic (Czech Republic) Petr Konvalinka Chairman, Technology Agency of the Czech Republic (Czech Republic) Moderator: Rút Bízková Former Minister of the Environment of the Czech Republic, former Chairwoman of the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic (Czech Republic)

* Organized by the Institute for Politics and Society.

** Organized by the European Liberal Forum with the support of the Institute for Politics and Society.