Program

12th May 2021*

10:00 - 10:05	Welcome Speech
10:05 - 10:30	Keynote Speech
10:30 - 12:00	Panel 1: Future of Jobs, Companies and Social Contract Josef Středula President, Czech-Moravian Confederation of Trade Unions (Czech Republic) Tania le Moigne Regional Director for Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia, Google (Czech Republic) Simona Kijonková Founder and CEO, Zásilkovna (Czech Republic) Jana Brodani Executive Director, Czech Capital Market Association (Czech Republic) Moderator: Helena Horská Chief Economist, Raiffeisenbank (Czech Republic)
12:00 - 13:15	Cashless Society and its Role Nowadays (By invitation only)* Alena Schillerová Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Government of the Czech Republic (Czech Republic) Katarína Kakalíková General Manager, MasterCard Czech Republic and Slovakia (Czech Republic) Moderator: Director, Public Policy Europe, MasterCard (Czech Republic) Aleš Rod Economist, Research Director of the Center for Economic and Market Analyses (Czech Republic)
12:00 - 13:30	Panel 2: AI for Citizens Safety Vladimír Dzurilla Chief Digital Officer, Government of the Czech Republic (Czech Republic) Karel Řehka Director, National Cyber and Information Security Authority (Czech Republic) Ondřej Vlček General Director, Avast Software (Czech Republic) Rudolf Urbánek General Manager, Microsoft for Czech Republic and Slovakia (Czech Republic) Eviatar Matania Professor, Tel Aviv University (Israel) Moderator: Petr Očko Deputy Minister for New Technology, Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic (Czech Republic)
13:30 - 13:40	VIP Talk: Security in the Age of Cyber War Raul Rikk National Cyber Security Policy Director, Government CIO Office (Estonia)
13:40 - 15:10	Panel 3: Digitalized Transport System as the Key to the Competitiveness Radek Mátl General Director, the Road and Motorway Directorate of the Czech Republic (Czech Republic) Martin Russ Director, AustriaTech (Austria) Marek Benio Vice-President, Labour Mobility Initiative Association (Poland) Miroslav Svítek President of the Czech Smart City Cluster, Member of the Scientific Board of the Czech Institute of Informatics, Robotics and Cybernetics (CIIRC), Dean Emeritus of the Faculty of Transport CTU (Czech Republic) Martin Kolovratník Member of the Parliament of the Czech Republic, Vice-Chair of the Committee on Economic Affairs (Czech Republic) Moderator: Jan Edlman Senior Project Manager, ŠKODA AUTO DigiLab (Czech Republic)

9th October 2020**

10:00 - 10:05	Welcome Speech Šárka Prát Member of European Liberal Forum Board, Executive Director, Institute for Politics and Society (Czech Republic)
10:05 - 10:30	Keynote Speech Věra Jourová Vice-President, European Commission (Czech Republic) Hans van Baalen President, Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (The Netherlands) Dita Charanzová Vice-President and Member of the European Parliament, Renew Europe (Czech Republic)
10:30 - 12:00	Panel 1: Future of Education in the EU Jaromír Beran Director of the Department of Educational Policy, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports Judith Tielen Member of Parliament for the VVD (The Netherlands) Michael Šebek Professor of Cybernetics and Head of the Department of Control Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague (Czech Republic) Rebecca Christie Visiting Fellow, Think-Tank Bruegel (USA, Belgium) Bohumil Kartous Executive Director, Prague Innovative Institute (Czech Republic) Moderator: Martina Dlabajová Member of the 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)
12:00 - 12:30	VIP Talk: Future of Mobility in the EU Dita Charanzová Vice-President and Member of the European Parliament, Renew Europe (Czech Republic) Moderator: Ivan Hodač Founder and President, Aspen Institute Central Europe (Czech Republic)
12:30 - 14:00	Panel 2: Future of Government and Democracy Věra Jourová Vice-President, European Commission (Czech Republic) Péter Kréko Director, Political Capital Institute, Budapest, Europe’s Futures Fellow, IWM/ERSTE Foundation (Hungary) Benedetta Berti Head, Policy Planning Office of the Secretary General, NATO (Italy) František Vrábel Founder and CEO, Semantic Visions (Czech Republic) Michal Feix Founder and Executive Partner at Chronos Consulting, Former CEO of Seznam.cz (Czech Republic) Moderator: Daniel Kaddik Executive Director, European Liberal Forum (Bulgaria)

* Organized by the Institute for Politics and Society.

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