Program

The program of the conference is organized by the European Liberal Forum with the support of the Institute for Politics and Society

7th February 2019 “Towards a New Liberalism in the Digital Age”

The first day of the conference is organized by the European Liberal Forum with the support of the Institute for Politics and Society
08:00 - 09:00 New European Economy Forum - AI in Europe (per invitation only)
Věra Jourová Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality (European Commission)
Roberto Viola Director General for Communications Networks, Content & Technology, DG CONNECT (European Commission)
08:15 - 09:00 Registration for the conference
09:00 - 09:30 Welcome Speech
Jan Macháček Chairman of the Board, Institute for Politics and Society (Czech Republic)
Andrej Babiš Prime Minister, Government of the Czech Republic (Czech Republic)
Tomáš Petříček Minister of Foreign Affairs, Government of the Czech Republic (Czech Republic)
Martina Dlabajová Member of the European Parliament, Member of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL), ALDE/ ANO, Vice-president, ELF (Czech Republic)
09:30 - 10:00 Keynotes
Věra Jourová Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality (European Commission)
Dita Charanzová Member of the European Parliament, Vice-Chair, Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO), ALDE/ANO (Czech Republic)
10:00 - 10:20 Scene Setter
Roberto Viola Director General for Communications Networks, Content & Technology, DG CONNECT (European Commission)
10:20 - 11:45 Panel 1: Czech Republic as AI Heart of Europe
Věra Jourová Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality (European Commission)
Michal Pěchouček Professor at the Czech Technical University in Prague, Deputy head for research at Department of Computer Science (Czech Republic)
Petr Očko Deputy Minister for new technology, Ministry of Industry and Trade (Czech Republic)
Moderator: Jan Klesla Independent Expert, Institute for Politics and Society (Czech Republic)
11:45 - 12:45 Lunch
12:00 - 12:45 New European Economy Forum - Future of Work (per invitation only)
Martina Dlabajová Member of the European Parliament, Member of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL), ALDE/ ANO, Vice-president, ELF (Czech Republic)
Taavi Rõivas Former Prime Minister, former Vice President, Estonian Parliament (Estonia)
12:45 - 14:15 PANEL 2: Intelligent Mobility and Transportation
Dan Ťok Minister of Transport, Government of the Czech Republic (Czech Republic)
Dita Charanzová Member of the European Parliament, Vice-Chair, Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO),  ALDE/ANO (Czech Republic)
Bohdan Wojnar Škoda Auto Board Member for Human Resources Management (Czech Republic)
Tomáš Svoboda Chair of Department of Cybernetics at Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague (Czech Republic)
Mark Boris Andrijanič Public Policy, Central and Eastern Europe, Uber (Slovenia)
Moderator: Ivan Hodáč Founder and President of the Aspen Institute Central Europe (Czech Republic)
14:15 - 14:30 VIP Talk: Cybersecurity in the Age of Thinking Machines
Ondřej Vlček Chief Technology Officer of Avast Software (Czech Republic)
14:30 - 16:00 PANEL 3: Future of Work
Martina Dlabajová Member of the European Parliament, Member of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL), ALDE/ ANO, Vice-president, ELF (Czech Republic)
Taavi Rõivas Former Prime Minister, former Vice President, Estonian Parliament (Estonia)
Aleš Chmelař Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for European Issues, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Czech Republic)
Nicolas Colin Co-Founder and director of “The Family” (France)
Annika Agélii Genlott Project manager at national action plan for the digitalization of school (Sweden)
Moderator: Milena Jabůrková Vice President, Confederation of Industry of the Czech Republic (Czech Republic)
16:00 - 16:20 Coffee break
16:20 - 17:50 PANEL 4: AI Regulation and Ethics
Milan Zubíček Public Policy and Government Relations Manager, Google (Czech Republic)
Zsuzsanna Mátrai Corporate Affairs Director for Central and Eastern Europe, Microsoft (Hungary)
Daniel Braun Deputy Head of Cabinet of the Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality (European Commission)
Alžběta Krausová Researcher at the Institute for State and Law, Czech Academy of Sciences (Czech Republic)
Moderator: Alex Ivančo Head of International Law Unit, Ministry of Industry and Trade (Czech Republic)
17:50 - 18:00 The closing ceremony of the first day of the conference
Jan Macháček Chairman of the Board, Institute for Politics and Society (Czech Republic)
18:00 - 19:00 Networking with a glass of wine

8th February 2019 “Czech Republic becomes reality”

The second day of the conference is organized by the Institute for Politics and Society
9:00 - 10:30 Business Breakfast: Czech Digital Government (per invitation only)
Adam Vojtěch Minister of Health, Government of the Czech Republic (Czech Republic)
Vladimír Dzurilla Chief Digital Officer, Government of the Czech Republic (Czech Republic)
Jan Klesla Independent Expert, Institute for Politics and Society (Czech Republic)
10:00 - 10:40 Registration for the conference
10:40 - 11:00 Welcome Speech
Jan Macháček Chairman of the Board, Institute for Politics and Society (Czech Republic)
Marta Nováková Minister of Industry and Trade, Government of the Czech Republic (Czech Republic)
11:00 - 11:20 Keynotes
Margrethe Vestager Commissioner for Competition (European Commission)
11:20 - 12:30 Panel 1: Czech Blockchain Republic
Pēteris Zilgalvis Head of Unit for Digital Innovation and Blockchain, Digital Single Market Directorate, DG CONNECT (European Commission)
Roberto Mancone Chief Operating Officer, We.trade Innovation DAC (Italy)
Miroslav Lukeš General Manager of Mastercard for the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Austria (Czech Republic)
Alex Ivančo Head of International Law Unit, Ministry of Industry and Trade (Czech Republic)
Moderator: Maria Staszkiewicz Executive Director, Czech Fintech Association (Czech Republic)
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
12:30 - 13:30 New European Economy Forum - Brave New Decentralized World (per invitation only)
Pēteris Zilgalvis Head of Unit for Digital Innovation and Blockchain, Digital Single Market Directorate, DG CONNECT (European Commission)
Roberto Mancone Chief Operating Officer, We.trade Innovation DAC (Italy)
13:30 - 13:50 VIP Talk: Bohemia Internet and Data
Jaromír Novák Chairman of the Council, Czech Telecommunications Office (Czech Republic)
13:50 - 14:00 Youth Ahead: Secondary Student Shines in Technological Organization
Adam Skokan Developer and technician in the Virtual Reality Association, an 18-year-old high school student (Czech Republic)
Martin Kotek President of the Association of Virtual and Enhanced Reality, Head of the Center for Digitization and Educational Technology (Czech Republic)
14:00 - 15:20 PANEL 2: Education for the Digital Age
Robert Plaga Minister of Education, Government of the Czech Republic (Czech Republic)
Louise Palludan Kampmann Director, Division for Digital Overview and Communication, Danish Digitalization Agency (Denmark)
Pavel Kysilka Founder, 6D Academy, former Vice Governor of the Czech national bank (Czech Republic)
Moderator: Martina Dlabajová Member of the European Parliament, Member of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL), ALDE/ ANO, Vice-president, ELF (Czech Republic)
15:20 - 15:30 The closing ceremony of the first day of the conference
Jan Macháček Chairman of the Board, Institute for Politics and Society (Czech Republic)
15:30 - 16:30 Networking with a glass of wine