Karel Havlíček
Digital transformation to greater economic competitiveness
Czech Republic
He graduated from the Faculty of Civil Engineering of the Czech Technical University in Prague and from the PIBS at the Manchester Metropolitan University. He completed...
Andrej Babiš
Keynote Speaker
Czech Republic
Andrej Babiš has been the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic since December 2017. He served from 2014 to 2017 as Czech Deputy Prime Minister and...
Alena Schillerová
A cashless society as a step towards losing freedom?
Czech Republic
Alena Schillerova graduated from the Faculty of Law at Masaryk University in Brno. Between 1991 and 2015 she held various positions in the Financial Administration Office....
Robert Plaga
A step forward, two backwards - what lesson did the year of digital education teach us?
Czech Republic
Ing. Robert Plaga, Ph.D. was born on July 21, 1978 in Ivančice. He is married and has two children. Since 2017 he has been serving as...
Mariya Gabriel
Bulgaria
Bulgarian-born Mariya Gabriel is the current European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth. Since November 2019 she is the First Vice-President of the European...
Věra Jourová
Czech Republic
Věra Jourová is currently Vice – President of the European Commission. She is responsible for Values and Transparency. In the previous Juncker’s Commission, her portfolio was Justice,...
Panelists
Bohdan Wojnar
Intelligent urban mobility for the 21st century
Czech Republic
Bohdan Wojnar graduated from the University of Chemistry and Technology in Prague (Economics and Management program) and in 1993 he completed his international studies at European...
Dita Charanzová
Internet regulation, data collection and the role of AI
Czech Republic
Dita Charanzová studied at the University of Economics in Prague and later at the Academy of Diplomacy in Madrid. In 2001 she successfully defended her dissertation...
Jiří Hlavenka
Digital transformation to greater economic competitiveness
Czech Republic
After graduating from vocational school, Hlavenka studied thermal and nuclear power at the Brno University of Technology (VUT). Upon graduation in 1989, he went straight into...
Martin Kolovratník
Intelligent urban mobility for the 21st century
Czech Republic
Martin Kolovratník graduated from the Jan Perner Transport Faculty – University of Pardubice and he is a transport expert. In his capacity as Vice-Chairman of the Committee...
Ondřej Kovařík
A cashless society as a step towards losing freedom?
Czech Republic
Ondřej studied international trade, international politics and diplomacy at the University of Economics in Prague and later completed an international program in public administration, regional development...
Tomáš Mikolov
Internet regulation, data collection and the role of AI
Czech Republic
Tomas Mikolov is a senior researcher at CIIRC CVUT, Prague. Previously, he has been a research scientist at Facebook AI Research and Google Brain. With over 90...
Vladimír Dzurilla
The crisis as an opportunity for development of eHealth
Czech Republic
Vladimir Dzurilla graduated from the Slovak Technical University in Bratislava, also studied as an exchange student in Netherlands and at the British Open University. After completing his...
Florian Marcus
The crisis as an opportunity for the development of eHealth
Czech Republic
In his current role, Florian Marcus engages with the highest of stakeholders from both the public and private sector to elaborate on Estonia’s digitalisation journey and...
Marek Mora
A cashless society as a step towards losing freedom?
Czech Republic
Born on 17 May 1971 in Strakonice. After graduating in international trade from the University of Economics, he worked briefly in the Czech private sector. He...
Sacha Polverini
A cashless society as a step towards losing freedom?
United Kingdom
Sacha Polverini joined in September 2020 to lead VISA’s Government Engagement and public policy activities in continental Europe. He joins Visa from Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA), where...
Gunilla Svantorp
A step forward, two backwards - what lesson did the year of digital education teach us?
Sweden
Born in January 19th, 1964 in Mölndal. She has 4 adult children and 2 grandchildren. She’s been a Member of the Swedish Parliament since 2010 and...
Karel Řehka
Internet regulation, data collection and the role of AI
Czech Republic
Director of NÚKIB since March 2020. Karel Řehka has long been engaged in the topic of military information operations and hybrid warfare. In the army, he...
Petr Konvalinka
Intelligent urban mobility for the 21st century
Czech Republic
Petr Konvalinka graduated from the Faculty of Civil Engineering of the Czech Technical University in Prague (CTU) in the field of Construction and Traffic Engineering. In...
Franek Sterczewskiego
Intelligent urban mobility for the 21st century
Poland
Architect, urban activist, community organizer. Iniciator of the Chain of Light Poznań – protest in defence of the polish juditiory independence. Graduate of the Architecture and...
Vojtěch Petráček
Digital transformation to greater economic competitiveness
Czech Republic
Doc. RNDr. Vojtěch Petráček, CSc., has gone through many important institutions during his career, including foreign ones. Since 2004 he has been working at the Faculty...
Tiia Rüütmann
A step forward, two backwards - what lesson did the year of digital education teach us?
Estonia
Tiia Rüütmann is Associate Professor and Head of Estonian Centre for Engineering Pedagogy at the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, School of Engineering, Tallinn University...
Tomáš Sedláček
A cashless society as a step towards losing freedom?
Czech Republic
He is a leading economist and university pedagogue, one of the world’s most famous Czech economists today. From 2001 to 2003, he worked as an adviser...
Moderators
Martina Dlabajová
A step forward, two backwards - what lesson did the year of digital education teach us?
Czech Republic
Martina Dlabajová (ANO/Renew Europe) has been a member of the European Parliament since 2014. She is a member of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs...
Helena Horská
Digital transformation to greater economic competitiveness
Česká republika
Helena Horská is Chief Economist at Raiffeisenbank in Prague, and since 2019 has been a member of Raiffeisenbank’s Supervisory Board and Committee for budgetary forecasts at...
Petr Očko
Internet regulation, data collection and the role of AI
Czech Republic
Graduated from Information Management and European Integration at the University of Economics in Prague and from Ph.D. studies of Information Economics at the Faculty of Arts...
Rút Bízková
Intelligent urban mobility for the 21st century
Czech Republic
Rut Bízková deals with SMART solutions, innovative practices for development of society. She has been involved in analyses and strategies in the fields of energy, environment,...
Tomáš Doležal
The crisis as an opportunity for development of eHealth
Czech Republic
He graduated from the 1st Faculty of Medicine from Charles University. He worked as an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Pharmacology, where he also worked...
