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Digital Czech Republic 2020 POLICY PROGRAM AND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
4 European Liberal Forum
18 Future of Government and Democracy
5 Institute for Politics and Society
20 International Conference the Digital Czech Republic 2020
6 Prague will be one again the center of digitalization
22 Program of the Conference
7 Introduction
30 List of the Keynotes
10 Innovative Republic. How to Reach it?
35 List of the Speakers and Moderators
11 Future of Jobs, Companies and Social Contract
55 Contacts
12 Future of Payments: Cashless Society
13 Digitalized Transport System as the Key to the Competitiveness
14 AI for Citizens Safety
15 How Can Digitalisation Turn Czechia into Global Leader in Health?
CON–
16 Future of Education in the EU
17 Future of Family in the Digital Era
European Institute for Politics
Liberal Forum and Society
The European Liberal Forum (ELF) was founded by the Alliance of The mission of the Institute is to cultivate the Czech political and
Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party (ALDE). A core aspect of public environment through a professional and open discussion
the foundation‘s work consists in regular issuing of publications on and to create a living platform that names the fundamental
Liberalism and European public policy issues. issues, elaborates their analyses and offers recipes for their
solution in the form of cooperation of experts and politicians,
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European politics, and offers training for liberal-minded citizens. The and social analyses available to Czech society as a whole. We
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The foundation is composed of a number of European think tanks, the nature and causes of individual problems is a prerequisite for
political foundations and institutes. The foundation also provides its any successful solution to the problems of contemporary society.
members with the opportunity to cooperate on European projects
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ELF operates throughout Europe, as well as in the countries of adapting to emerging climate change and sustainable
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involved in European issues and building an open, liberal Europe. spaces, and last but not least, the issues of values in politics and
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the views of the European Parliament and/or the European Liberal Forum. 4 5
Introduction
Prague will be one Digital Czech
again the center Republic in 2020
of digitalization Šárka Prát
Executive Director, Institute for Politics
and Society
The fifth annual international conference and foreign guests from the USA, Japan, Ladies and gentlemen, can become world leaders in their fields.
DIGITAL CZECH REPUBLIC 2020 will be Morocco, France, Austria, Germany, the Our policy program does not provide a
held on the 12th and 13th of March 2020 Netherlands, and Italy. These guests rep- Digitalization is a key area for the devel- “recipe” for achieving such as success but
in Prague. This year there will also be an resent important technology companies opment and future of the Czech Repub- seeks to create conditions that will make
interactive exposition focused on robot- and organizations, like Google, Micro- lic. If we want to stand up to the strong this path significantly easier for us.
ics, virtual reality, and artificial intelli- soft, MasterCard, LinkedIn, ŠKODA AUTO competition of the globalized world, we
gence as a part of the program. DigiLab, Rohlik.cz, Kiwi.cz, EdenRed, and simply cannot do it without smart tech- The topics of the 5th Digital Czech
National Cyber and Information Security nologies. Digitalization is a huge opportu- Republic Conference are the main areas
Among the speakers at the conference Agency. A complete agenda for the con- nity that opens up new possibilities, but we want to focus on in this year’s policy
DIGITAL CZECH REPUBLIC 2020, there will ference can be found here. also poses a great challenge. It is up to program. The labor market will undergo
be Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš, us whether we capitalize on this chance, a fundamental transformation in the
Minister of Industry and Trade and Min- For two days, we will be focusing on cur- or if we waste it. The Institute for Politics near future, and the automatization
ister of Transport Karel Havlíček, Minister rent hot topic issues, like automation and and Society firmly believes in the first and robotization of work will create new
of Finances Alena Schillerová, Minister of robotization of work, future of mobility, option and does the most for its success. professions. Artificial intelligence will
Health Adam Vojtěch, Vice-president of artificial intelligence in relation to security, Policy Program Digital Czech Republic is make life easier for us in more and more
the European Parliament Dita Charan- security at the age of cyber war, eHealth, the flagship of our activities in this area aspects, whether in health or security.
zová, and Member of the European Par- digitalization and education, future of gov- and, like last year, we plan to organize a Smart transport system will shorten the
liament Martina Dlabajová. ernment and democracy, cashless society, number of activities in this area as well. distance, we are not going to be meas-
and family in the digital age. Complete uring it in kilometers but, rather, in min-
We will also welcome Hungarian Minis- annotations of individual events and pan- This year we entered a new decade. I utes. But let us not forget the threats. We
ter for Innovation and Technology László els of the conference can be found here. am convinced that at the end of it the are increasingly encountering cyber-at-
Palkovics and president of ALDE Hans van Czech Republic will be exactly where we tacks and influence on public opinion
Baalen. Vladimír Dzurilla, Prime Minister The conference DIGITAL CZECH REPUBLIC all wish for today: courageous, ambitious through the virtual world. It is evident
Advisor for ICT and Digitalization, will intro- is held in cooperation with the Ministry of and respected. However, this requires that digitization extends to many spheres
duce the process of digitalization of the Industry and Trade, Ministry of Interior, a clear vision. We must not be afraid to which we should pay attention. The
state. A presentation of unique research Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport, to set global trends and address issues Digital Czech Republic Conference is an
about the Czech attitude towards digitali- and the Ministry of Health. Additional that have an impact on the digital world. ideal opportunity to open a discussion
zation will also be part of the conference. information can be found on the official Companies like Avast, AVG or Kiwi prove on these topics.
website www.digital-czech-republic.eu. that even start-ups from the Czech basin
At our Prague conference, we are happy
to welcome a number of both domestic
6 7
Introduction
Dita Charanzová Martina Dlabajová
Vice-President and Member of the European Member of the European Parliament, Renew Europe,
Parliament, Renew Europe (Czech Republic) Vice-Chair of the Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT),
First Vice President of ELF (Czech Republic)
Cars that drive themselves. An alarm that Republic must not lag behind in this It is an opportunity to transform the on acquiring corresponding abilities, no
wakes you up based on traffic jams along regard. We must adapt to the pace of the structure of our labor market and take matter whether it is digital literacy, soft
your route or even a refrigerator that times; we must be able to change our advantage of it. Europe, including the skills, or support of creative fields and
watches over your shopping list or is able strategies and prepare for changes in Czech Republic, is fully capable of doing jobs. These areas cannot be robotized.
to cool your drink before you come from the structure of the economy. We need so. Our companies have long understood
work. As we know, this is not sci-fi any- to prepare for robotization and related that if they want to stay competitive, they I wish you all a successful conference,
more. The Internet of Things is becom- changes in the labor-law environment. have to invest in innovations and devel- and thank you to the Institute for Politics
ing a reality, and there is no reason to The state must set the conditions that opment of technologies. and Society for its organization.
believe that it will not grow into our lives will assist these steps, including, but not
in constant progression. limited to, investment in education. When speaking of robots, there is no
point in creating panic over the potential
This will bring a huge amount of data. I see the technological revolution as a loss of jobs. Let’s focus on the upcom-
Data, for which we need not only quality great challenge, but an even greater ing challenges of the transformed labor
networks, but also a way to ensure their opportunity that we must not miss out market instead. That is modernization
security and protect the privacy of their on. This is why I would like to thank to and much-needed reforms of education,
users. There is a long way to go in front the Institute for Politics and Society for introducing elements of lifelong learning,
of us. organizing this year’s conference Digital regular courses, and training. Let’s focus
Czech Republic 2020. Thank you once
The development of technology is faster again for the opportunity to discuss such
than legislative development. At the vital topics.
same time, laws should motivate devel-
opment, not hinder it, and the Czech
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New Economic PANEL
European Forum 1
Future of Jobs,
Innovative Republic. Companies and Social
How to Reach it? Contract
The ability to innovate is fundamental to the economic success of the country. This is The European Union is a place that is historically bound to be associated with the
especially true nowadays in the times of the information society, and it is essential for development of modern technologies. For innovative startups, we usually have
the state to create positive conditions for innovation. Good innovation ability brings to look at the USA or Asian countries such as China or South Korea. The Czech
higher competitiveness of economy, better position on global markets, and prosper- Republic is preparing for automatization and robotization of work with a strategy
ity. Fundamental for supporting innovation are investments into research and devel- called “The Country for The Future” which should place Czechia among the most
opment going hand in hand with quality regulatory framework helping companies to innovative countries of Europe by 2030.
be successful.
Have we really “missed the boat” or it is just that the attractive and sharp
What steps have the Czech Republic and Hungary taken for supporting little companies are not visible enough? Is Europe currently missing out on
innovations and what steps are they going to take next? What is the innovation modern and purposeful industrial politics that could start up research and
strategy of both countries and how it is implemented? What approaches and development? How global could Czech startup ambitions be? And how is it
mechanisms supporting innovation should international organizations such as going to influence the Czech economy, currently dependent mainly on the
the V4 and the EU have? industrial politics, in the future? Do we need a state fund for startups? Are
the state innovative strategies fulfilling? Foreign incoming payments and
data must be adequately protected. What can we do for it?
Karel Havlíček László Palkovics Moderator:
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister Minister for Innovation and Alex Ivančo
of Industry and Trade, Minister Technology, Government of Department Director, Ministry of Jiří Hlavenka Tomáš Čupr Tim Renner
of Transport, Government of the Hungary (Hungary) Finance of the Czech Republic Czech Entrepreneur and Entrepreneur and Investor, Founder of Motor
Czech Republic (Czech Republic) (Czech Republic) Investor, Counselor of the Founder of Slevomat.cz, Entertainment GmbH, former
South Moravian Region (Czech DameJidlo.cz and Rohlik.cz State Cultural Secretary and
Republic) (Czech Republic) CEO Universal Music (Germany)
Petr Šmíd Jason Best Moderator:
Head of Consumer Marketing, Co-Founder and General Miroslava Kopicová
Central and Eastern Europe, Partner, Vectr Fintech Partners Former Minister of Education
Google (Czech Republic) (USA) (Czech Republic)
10 11
New Economic PANEL
European Forum 2
Digitalized Transport
System as the Key to
Future of Payments: the Competitiveness
Cashless Society The automotive industry utterly represents a key segment in the Czech export-ori-
ented economy. Automotive constitutes nearly one quarter of the exports – which
Efficiency, technological progress, speed & reliability. These are some of the at-
is almost ten percent of the Czech GDP – and it employs 150 thousand people.
tributes that describe payments and transactions in a cashless society. Payment in
Nevertheless, its influence is much greater than these numbers indicate. There-
cash have dominated for decades but have recently seen a decline with the advent of
fore, the new technologies arriving alongside with major changes are essential for
FinTech, more prominently cashless transactions and payments.
our future prosperity, competitiveness and sustainable development. It is neces-
sary to maintain and strengthen the position of the Czech automotive industry,
not only on the European scene but also on the international level. Modern tech-
nologies such as digitalization, alternative propulsion systems (electromobility)
Leaving one to question, how far will cashless payments go in replacing hard
and autonomous driving can be a threat and a big advantage for the Czech Re-
currency within society? Eventually, streamlining to a completely cashless soci-
public at the same time. If the state creates convenient conditions, supports the
ety will be inevitable as more businesses and consumers are opting for effective
private sector and establishes clear and effective rules, we can become one of the
and secure payment methods. Or is it? Will all members of society be able and
world leaders in the area of the development of the new means of mobility.
are ready for the possibility changes of becoming completely cashless? With a
cashless society much more transparent, how will the lesser known shadow
economy aspects cope? What risks and concerns are there for these elements
that will resist, bypass and seek alternatives to a new norm of a cashless soci-
Are we fulfilling the memorandum made by the government with the Car
ety? Discussions and polemics of the statements mentioned above will be part
Industry Association in 2017, in which the government promised to support
of the business breakfast program.
digitalization, autonomous driving and electromobility? Why is it often said
that we cannot build large infrastructure, such as high-speed rails?
Alena Schillerová Michal Čarný Moderator: Miroslav Svítek Martin Böhm Pavel Kysilka
Deputy Prime Minister and General Manager, MasterCard Aleš Rod Professor, Department of Trans- Head of Unit “Mobility Systems Chairman of the Supervisory
Minister of Finance, Government Czech Republic and Slovakia Economist, Research Director port Telematics, Faculty of Trans- and ITS Deployment”, AustriaT- Board, České dráhy
of the Czech Republic (Czech Republic) of the Center for Economic and portation Sciences, Czech Technical ech (Austria) (Czech Republic)
(Czech Republic) Market Analyses (Czech Republic) University (Czech Republic)
Jarmila Plachá Marek Benio Moderator:
CEO, ŠKODA AUTO DigiLab Vice President, Labor Mobility Martin Kolovratník
(Czech Republic) Initiative Association (Poland) Member of the Parliament of the
Czech Republic, Vice-chairman
of the Committee on Economic
12 13 Affairs (Czech Republic)
PANEL New Economic
European Forum 3
AI for Citizens Safety How Can Digitalisation
Artificial intelligence (AI) technology is advancing rapidly around the world. With key
developments emerging constantly, from the onset of deep fake videos online, au-
Turn Czechia into Global
tonomous driving vehicles, to advanced algorithms capable of machine learning and
predictive analysis. According to the AI Global Surveillance (AIGS) Index. At least sev-
enty-five out of 176 countries globally are actively using AI technologies for surveil-
Leader in Health?
lance purposes. This includes: smart city/safe city platforms (fifty-six countries), facial The digitization of the health care system is an irreversible process that holds
recognition systems (sixty-four countries), and smart policing (fifty-two countries). many promises. Data in the healthcare industry is growing at an exponential rate.
The vast amounts of data collected and to be collected, as well as its exchange,
sharing, analysis and access determines whether the Czech health care system
actually goes to the 21st century seamlessly. The possibilities of reducing adminis-
trative burdens, increasing the safety of health services and increasing the quality
Additional key findings include that Liberal democracies are major users of
of care are some of the benefits of strengthening the awareness of patients and
AI surveillance. The index shows that 51 percent of advanced democracies de-
their active involvement in the digitization of health care.
ploy AI surveillance systems. In contrast, 37 percent of closed autocratic states,
41 percent of electoral autocratic/competitive autocratic states, and 41 percent
of electoral democracies/illiberal democracies deploy AI surveillance technology.
Adam Vojtěch Vladimír Dzurilla Michal Vondraš
Minister of Health, Government Chief Digital Officer, Co-chair, AmCham’s Health
of the Czech Republic Government of the Czech Care Council (Czech Republic)
Jaroslav Šmíd Alex Engler Petr Somol (Czech Republic) Republic (Czech Republic)
Statutory Deputy, National Rubenstein Fellow, Brookings AI Research Director, Avast
Cyber and Information Security Institution (USA) (Czech Republic)
Authority (Czech Republic)
Moderator:
Tomáš Doležal
Director, Institute of Health
Moderator: Economics and Technology
Assessment (Czech Republic)
Petr Očko
Deputy Minister for New Technology,
Ministry of Industry and Trade of the
Czech Republic (Czech Republic)
14 15
PANEL New Economic
European Forum 4
Future of Education Future of Family
in the EU in the Digital Era
Dynamic development of modern technologies, automatization and progressive dig- We, as a society, must prepare for a new system of education and employment.
italization represent instant challenges for the educational systems of all member Most importantly, young people and young families must be prepared for these
states of the European Union. It is the transformations of the goals and the content changes. With the increase in technology innovations, employers and govern-
of education alongside with the teaching methods themselves directly in schools that ments are increasingly concerned about the issue of parents’ motivation to re-
are the key instruments on how to be able to react to this phenomenon. turn to work earlier than it used to be. One of the current ways to motivate young
parents to return to work is to provide vouchers for kindergartens to cover all
the costs of these institutions by their parents. In such circumstances, the State
How will the education of our kids change regarding the development of digital would provide tax relief to companies whose employees would be able to use
literacy and digital competences in the Czech Republic, as well as in the other such vouchers to compensate for voucher expenditure.
European countries?
How will new technologies change the labor market? Are young parents the
most vulnerable group? Are young parents really so important to companies
in this new, digital era? How will the different political parties respond to
these new initiatives – is it possible that they will be completely taken up?
Antonio Argenziano Martin Kotek Michael Šebek
Member of the Presidency Council President, Czech Association Professor of Cybernetics
of the European Movement for Virtual Augmented Reality and Head of the Department
in Italy, Secretary General of (Czech Republic) of Control Engineering, Czech
Young European Federalists Italy Technical University in Prague
and former Treasurer of this (Czech Republic)
association (Italy)
Jitka Čampulková Aurélie Decker Moderator:
Department of Family Policy Director, European Federation Jana Brodani
and Protection of Children’s for Services to Individuals Executive Director, Czech
Rights, Ministry of Labor and (France) Capital Market Association
Social Affairs of the Czech (Czech Republic)
Republic (Czech Republic)
Adam Hanka Moderator:
Data Scientist, CreativeDock and Martina Dlabajová
Policy Lead, Volt (Czech Republic) Member of the European Parliament,
Renew Europe, Vice-Chair of the
Committee on Budgetary Control
(CONT), First Vice President of ELF
(Czech Republic)
16 17
PANEL
Future of Government
and Democracy
Democratic institutions around the world face the same problem. These are digital The European Commission is also responding to new threats. In December 2018,
threats. The Czech Republic, which has often faced cyber attacks against central state it presented an action plan against disinformation, which includes components
administration bodies, is no exception. There are also activities aimed at influencing such as the establishment of an early warning system, enhanced cooperation
public opinion. For example, the Security Information Service highlights Russian infor- with private sector actors, increased resilience and enhanced strategic commu-
mation activities in the Czech Republic. The National Central Office against Organized nication. The new commission also aims to prepare legislation to ensure, among
Crime assessed the activity of so-called alternative media as a threat to the future. other things, greater transparency in the field of paid political advertising.
They, according to police officers, share the same themes and attitudes with populist
entities and can thus support the clarity and radical views of their addressees.
How do society and democratic processes change with the growth of the Inter-
net and social networks? In particular, what should we be vigilant about? How
should we proceed against the agents of misinformation, whether they are sta-
te or non-state actors? What will the future relationship between public insti-
tutions and internet giants look like if they often pursue different interests?
Daiyuu Nobori Kréko Péter Benedetta Berti
Associate Professor, University Director, Political Capital Head, Policy Planning Office
of Tsukuba (Japan) Institute, Budapest, Europe’s of the Secretary General, NATO
Futures Fellow, IWM/ERSTE (Italy)
Foundation (Hungary)
František Vrábel Moderator:
Founder and CEO, Semantic Roman Máca
Visions (Czech Republic) Analyst, Institute for Politics and
Society (Czech Republic)
18 19International Conference Digital Czech Republic 2020 March 12-13, 2020 Spojka Karlín, Prague
Program March 12
Organized by the Institute for Politics and Society 10:30-12:00 Future of Jobs, Companies and Social Contract
Jiří Hlavenka
08:00-09:15 Innovative Republic. How to Reach it? Czech Entrepreneur and Investor, Counselor of the South Moravian Region
(Czech Republic)
(Invitation only)
Tomáš Čupr
Karel Havlíček
Entrepreneur and Investor, Founder of Slevomat.cz, DameJidlo.cz and Rohlik.cz
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Industry and Trade, Minister of Transport,
(Czech Republic)
Government of the Czech Republic (Czech Republic)
Tim Renner
László Palkovics
Founder of Motor Entertainment GmbH, Former State Cultural Secretary and
Minister for Innovation and Technology, Government of Hungary (Hungary)
CEO Universal Music (Germany)
Moderator:
Jason Best
Co-Founder and General Partner, Vectr Fintech Partners (USA)
Alex Ivančo
Department Director, Ministry of Finance of the Czech Republic (Czech Republic)
Petr Šmíd
Head of Consumer Marketing, Central and Eastern Europe, Google (Czech Republic)
08:30-09:20 Registration Moderator:
Miroslava Kopicová
09:20-09:25 Welcome Speech Former Minister of Education (Czech Republic)
Jan Macháček
Chairman of the Board, Institute for Politics and Society (Czech Republic) 12:00-13:15 Lunch
09:25-10:00 Keynote Speech 12:00-13:15 Future of Payments: Cashless Society
(Invitation only)
Karel Havlíček
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Industry and Trade, Minister of Transport,
Alena Schillerová
Government of the Czech Republic (Czech Republic)
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Government of the Czech
Republic (Czech Republic)
László Palkovics
Minister for Innovation and Technology, Government of Hungary (Hungary)
Michal Čarný
General Manager, MasterCard Czech Republic and Slovakia (Czech Republic)
Vladimír Dzurilla
Chief Digital Officer, Government of the Czech Republic (Czech Republic)
Moderator:
Aleš Rod
10:00-10:30 Coffee Break Economist, Research Director of the Center for Economic and Market Analyses
(Czech Republic)
22 23Program March 12
13:15-14:45 Digitalized Transport System as the Key to the 15:25-16:55 AI for Citizens Safety
Competitiveness
Jaroslav Šmíd
Miroslav Svítek Statutory deputy, National Cyber and Information Security Authority
Professor, Department of Transport Telematics, Faculty of Transportation (Czech Republic)
Sciences, Czech Technical University (Czech Republic)
Alex Engler
Martin Böhm Rubenstein Fellow, Brookings Institution (USA)
Head of Unit “Mobility Systems and ITS Deployment”, AustriaTech (Austria)
Petr Somol
Pavel Kysilka AI Research Director, Avast Software (Czech Republic)
Chairman of the Supervisory Board, České dráhy (Czech Republic)
Moderator:
Jarmila Plachá
CEO, ŠKODA AUTO DigiLab (Czech Republic) Petr Očko
Deputy Minister for New Technology, Ministry of Industry and Trade
Marek Benio of the Czech Republic (Czech Republic)
Vice President, Labor Mobility Initiative Association (Poland)
Moderator: 16:55-17:30 Networking
Martin Kolovratník
Member of the Parliament of the Czech Republic, Vice-chairman
of the Committee on Economic Affairs (Czech Republic)
14:45-15:05 VIP Talk: Security in the Age of Cyber War. Partners of the Institute for Politics and Society
Just Be a User or Be Part of Cyberspace?
Daiyuu Nobori
Associate Professor, University of Tsukuba (Japan)
GENERAL PARTNER OF THE POLICY PROGRAM
15:05-15:25 Coffee Break DIGITAL CZECH REPUBLIC 2020
AmCham
Health Care
Council
GENERAL MEDIA PARTNER MEDIA PARTNER
24 25Program March 13
Organized by the European Liberal Forum with the support 09:30-10:00 Keynote Speech
of the Institute for Politics and Society.
Andrej Babiš
Prime Minister, Government of the Czech Republic (Czech Republic)
08:00-09:15 How Can Digitalisation Turn Czechia into Global Leader
Hans van Baalen
in Health? (Invitation only)* President, Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (Netherlands)
Adam Vojtěch Dita Charanzová
Minister of Health, Government of the Czech Republic (Czech Republic)
Vice-President and Member of the European Parliament, Renew Europe
(Czech Republic)
Vladimír Dzurilla
Chief Digital Officer, Government of the Czech Republic (Czech Republic)
Michal Vondraš 10:00-10:10 VIP Talk: Developing Cultural and Digital Strategies
Co-chair, AmCham’s Health Care Council (Czech Republic) for Metropolis
Moderator: Tim Renner
Founder of Motor Entertainment GmbH, former State Cultural Secretary
Tomáš Doležal and CEO Universal Music (Germany)
Director, Institute of Health Economics and Technology Assessment
(Czech Republic)
10:10-10:30 Coffee Break
08:30-09:20 Registration
09:20-09:30 Welcome Speech
Martina Dlabajová
Member of the European Parliament, Renew Europe, Vice-Chair of the
Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT), First Vice President of ELF
(Czech Republic)
* The event is organized by the Institute for Politics and Society.
26 27Program March 13
10:30-12:00 Future of Education in the EU 13:15-13:45 VIP Talk: Future of Mobility in the EU
Antonio Argenziano Dita Charanzová
Member of the Presidency Council of the European Movement in Italy, Secretary Vice-President and Member of the European Parliament, Renew Europe
General of Young European Federalists Italy and former Treasurer of this (Czech Republic)
association (Italy)
Moderator:
Martin Kotek
President, Czech Association for Virtual Augmented Reality (Czech Republic) Ivan Hodač
Founder and President, Aspen Institute Central Europe (Czech Republic)
Michael Šebek
Professor of Cybernetics and Head of the Department of Control Engineering,
Czech Technical University in Prague (Czech Republic)
13:45-15:15 Future of Government and Democracy
Adam Hanka Daiyuu Nobori
Data Scientist, CreativeDock and Policy Lead, Volt (Czech Republic)
Associate Professor, University of Tsukuba (Japan)
Moderator:
Péter Kréko
Director, Political Capital Institute, Budapest, Europe’s Futures Fellow,
Martina Dlabajová IWM/ERSTE Foundation (Hungary)
Member of the European Parliament, Renew Europe, Vice-Chair of the
Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT), First Vice President of ELF
Benedetta Berti
(Czech Republic)
Head, Policy Planning Office of the Secretary General, NATO (Italy)
František Vrábel
12:00-13:15 Lunch Founder and CEO, Semantic Visions (Czech Republic)
Moderator:
12:00-13:15 Future of Family in the Digital Era (Invitation only)*
Roman Máca
Jitka Čampulková Analyst, Institute for Politics and Society (Czech Republic)
Department of Family Policy and Protection of Children’s Rights, Ministry
of Labor and Social Affairs of the Czech Republic (Czech Republic)
15:15-16:30 Networking
Aurélie Decker
Director, European Federation for Services to Individuals (France)
Moderator:
Jana Brodani
Executive Director, Czech Capital Market Association (Czech Republic)
* The event is organized by the Institute for Politics and Society.
28 29Keynotes
Andrej Babiš Hans van Baalen Martina Dlabajová
CZECH REPUBLIC NETHERLANDS CZECH REPUBLIC
Prime Minister, Government President, Alliance of Liberals Member of the European Parliament,
of the Czech Republic and Democrats for Europe Renew Europe, Vice-Chair of the
Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT),
First Vice President of ELF
Andrej Babiš has been the Prime Minister Hans van Baalen was elected President of Martina Dlabajová (ANO/ALDE) has been a
of the Czech Republic since December the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for member of the European Parliament since
2017. He served from 2014 to 2017 as Europe Party on a two-year mandate on 2014. She is a member of the Committee
Czech Deputy Prime Minister and Minister 21 November 2015 at the Party Congress on Employment and Social Affairs and the
of Finance. He received his degree at the in Budapest (Hungary). He got re-elected Vice-Chair of the Committee on Budgetary
University of Economics in Bratislava, with in 2017 (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) Control. In her work in the European
studies focusing on international trade. and last October in 2019 at the most Parliament she is mainly focused on youth
He began his career as a trader for the recent Congress in Athens, Greece. For employment, labor mobility and free move-
Chemapol company in Bratislava, and later 10 years Hans van Baalen has been an ment of workers. In 2015 the European
continued it for the Petrimex company. In active Member of the European Parliament Parliament adopted her report on match-
1993, he established his own company, specialized in Security, Defense and ing skills and jobs. Martina Dlabajová was
Agrofert, which is now an international Foreign Affairs. Before, he was a Member also the parliamentary rapporteur for the
conglomerate with more than 250 sub- of the House of Representatives in the report on New Skills Agenda for Europe
sidiaries in several industries: chemical, Netherlands from 1999 to 2002 and from adopted by the European Parliament
agriculture, food processing, forestry and 2003 to 2009. He was also the President in September 2017. The report focuses
timbering, ground-technologies, technol- of Liberal International between 2009 mainly on the development of skills needed
ogy and transportation, renewable energy and 2014 before becoming LI President of for future employment on the labor mar-
sources, and media as well. Since 2011 he Honour. ket. She is the author of the project of
has been the chairman of the ANO political motivational traineeships for young people
movement, which received the second larg- “PročByNe?” (“Why Not?”).
est number of votes in the 2013 parliamen-
tary elections.
30 31Keynotes
Vladimír Dzurilla Karel Havlíček Dita Charanzová László Palkovics
CZECH REPUBLIC CZECH REPUBLIC CZECH REPUBLIC HUNGARY
Chief Digital Officer, Government of the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Vice-President and Member of the Minister for Innovation and Technology,
Czech Republic Industry and Trade, Minister of Transport, European Parliament, Renew Europe Government of Hungary
Government of the Czech Republic
Vladimir Dzurilla graduated from the Karel Havlíček is the Deputy Prime Minister Dita Charanzová studied at the University László Palkovics was appointed as Minister
Slovak Technical University in Bratislava, for Economic Affairs, Minister of Industry of Economics in Prague and later at the of the Hungarian Ministry for Innovation
also studied as an exchange student in and Trade and Minister of Transport of the Academy of Diplomacy in Madrid. In 2001 and Technology in May 2018. After serv-
the Netherlands and at the British Open Czech Republic. He graduated from the she successfully defended her dissertation ing as Minister of State for Education for
University. After completing his studies, Faculty of Civil Engineering of the Czech at the Faculty of International Relations, the two years, he held the position of Minister
he worked at Accenture, at O2 then, where Technical University in Prague and from University of Economics (VŠE) in Prague. of State for Education and Government
he started his career as a consultant for the PIBS at the Manchester Metropolitan She has worked as a diplomat, a manager, Commissioner responsible for research
projects to exchange and implement large University. He completed doctoral studies a consultant and as a high government and development of autonomous and elec-
IT systems and to implement organiza- at the Faculty of Finance and Accounting official for EU related issues. She was first tric vehicle systems since 2016. He also held
tional and process changes in companies. and obtained his Doc. title at the Faculty of elected as an MEP in 2014, and five years senior research positions at the Technical
In the present is he working as a Chief Business Administration of the University later she was as the head of the ANO candi- University of Budapest and the College of
Executive Officer for the State Treasury of Economics in Prague. He was Chairman date list when she was re-elected. She con- Kecskemét. Prior to that, he pursued an
Shared Services Center, which main task is of the Board of Directors of the Association tinues with her work in the Committee for international, executive level industrial
to provide ICT services to the state admin- of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises the Internal Market , focusing on the digital career with Knorr-Bremse. He completed
istration and operation of the National and Crafts of the Czech Republic. He is also market and supporting Czech business in his master’s degree and Ph.D. in engi-
Data Center. He is currently managing the affiliated with the University of Finance and internal as well as in third markets. She has neering, specialized on vehicle mechanical
National Agency for Communications and Administration, and has written several been repeatedly listed as one of the most engineering at the Technical University of
Information Technology. The main com- books on the subject of small and medi- influential women in Brussels. Budapest. He is Member of the Hungarian
pany goal is to operate non-public commu- um-sized enterprises and published doz- Academy of Sciences.
nication networks and delivering shared ens of peer-reviewed articles in the Czech
applications used by public administration Republic and abroad. In addition, he is a
such as citizen portal and national identity. member of a number of advisory bodies
Vladimir Dzurilla also acts as an advisor to of the government, including being Vice-
the Prime Minister for ICT and Digitization. Chairman of the Government Council for
He was appointed as Chief Digital Officer Research, Development and Innovation
for IT and Digitization. since 2018.
32 33Keynotes List of Participants
Alena Schillerová Adam Vojtěch Antonio Argenziano Marek Benio
CZECH REPUBLIC CZECH REPUBLIC ITALY POLAND
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister Minister of Health, Government Member of the Presidency Council of the Vice President, Labor Mobility Initiative
of Finance, Government of the of the Czech Republic European Movement in Italy, Secretary Association
Czech Republic General of Young European Federalists Italy
and former Treasurer of this association
Alena Schillerova is the Deputy Prime Adam Vojtěch has a master’s degree in Media Antonio Argenziano is the Secretary- Marek Benio is a lawyer with PhD in
Minister and Minister of Finance. After grad- and Communication Studies and another General Young European Federalists in Economics. He works as a Vice-President
uating from the Faculty of Law at Masaryk one in Law, both from the Charles University Italy (GFE). He has a Master in Modern of the Labor Mobility Initiative Association.
University in Brno she worked in Financial in Prague. He also completed a one-year History with a specialization in History He is a Honorary Member of the Polish
Administration of the Czech Republic. She internship at the University College Dublin, of the European Integration. He has Social Security Association. A the Cracow
was a member of the Scientific Board of the the National University of Ireland. During been a federalist activist since 2012 and University of Economics, in the Department
Faculty of Business and Management and his studies, he led the Všehrd Association has been the National Treasurer of GFE, of Public Economy, he works as an Associate
a member of the Working Committee for of Czech Lawyers and was member of the before being elected twice as Secretary- Professor. He is also supervisor of over 200
Financial Law of the Government Legislative managing board of Randa Foundation that General of this association. He is also a MA and diploma theses and considered
Council. She has had considerable publish- awards scholarships to talented and/or member of the Presidency Council of the one of the best lecturers at the university.
ing and lecturing activities. From 2016 to socially disadvantaged students. In addition, European Movement in Italy and a mem- He is author of key legal opinions on the
2017 she served as the Deputy Minister of Vojtěch worked as a trainee in Brussels. In ber of the Federal Committee of the Union enforcement directive and numerous pub-
Finance for Taxation and Customs. Since 2018 he graduated from Advance Healthcare of European Federalists. He contributes lications on social security, labor law, public
2017 she has been Minister of Finance and Management Institute in Prague and got the to several magazines specialized in politi- economy, and administration. He actively
in April 2019 she was appointed Deputy title Master of Healthcare Administration. cal and European affairs such as The New participates in public consultations and
Prime Minister. Her priorities include com- After completing his studies, Vojtěch worked Federalist, Eurobull, Critica Liberale, and contributes to many international research
bating tax evasion, creating a fair business as a corporate lawyer and subsequently as Stati Uniti d’Europa. programmes.
environment and raising the overall stand- a secretary to the Czech Minister of Finance
ard of living in the Czech Republic. specialized in health care. He focused primar-
ily on economic efficiency within health care;
he was an executive board member of the
General Health Insurance Fund and a super-
visory board member of the Czech Industry
Health Insurance Fund as an appointee of
the Ministry of Finance. Since October 2017
he has been a Member of the Parliament and
on December 13, 2017, he was appointed
Minister of Health of the Czech Republic.
34 35List of Participants
Benedetta Berti Jason Best Martin Böhm Jana Brodani
ITALY USA AUSTRIA CZECH REPUBLIC
Head, Policy Planning Office of the Co-Founder and General Partner, Vectr Head of Unit “Mobility Systems and ITS Executive Director, Czech Capital Market
Secretary General, NATO Fintech Partners Deployment”, AustriaTech Association
Benedetta Berti is the Head of Policy Jason Best is the Managing Partner of Vectr Martin Böhm works as Head of Unit Before joining the Association in 2008, she
Planning in the Office of the Secretary Fintech Partners, a Hong Kong based VC “Mobility Systems and ITS Deployment” worked in the area of legal and tax con-
General at NATO. An Eisenhower Global firm. He co-authored the crowdfund-in- at AustriaTech, a federal agency for tech- sulting. Since 2009, she has been Executive
Fellow, a Foreign Policy Research Institute vesting framework used in the JOBS Act to nological measures, where he provides Director of the Czech Capital Market
Senior Fellow, and a TED Senior Fellow,in legalize securities-based crowdfunding in to the Austrian Transport Ministry pol- Association. In addition to the Faculty of
the past decade Benedetta has held the US. He co-led the 460-day campaign to icy support in ITS related issues. In this International Relations of the University of
research and teaching positions at West change 80-year-old securities laws in the US. respect he represents Austria as national Economics, she graduated from the Faculty
Point, The Institute for National Security He provided US Congressional testimony expert at the European Commission for of Law, Charles University, LL.M. at the
Studies, Tel Aviv University and the Foreign twice, and attended the White House, Rose specification related issues with regard University of London in the UK and a post-
Policy Research Institute, among others. Garden ceremony for President Obama to to the ITS Directive. He is coordinator of graduate program - MASTER Management
Her research focuses on armed groups, sign The JOBS Act into law. His firm has several European projects in the field of et Administration des Entreprises (French
internal wars, and protection of civilians. worked in 45 countries to create Fintech Intelligent Transport Systems including equivalent MBA) at the French-Czech
She is the author of four books, includ- regulation with governments and invest research, development as well as deploy- Management Institute (IFTG). She is cur-
ing “Armed Political Organizations. From in Fintech companies. He co-authored the ment activities. Hereby the evolution of the rently a PhD student at the Department
Conflict to Integration” (Johns Hopkins World Bank’s research “Crowdfunding’s mobility system based on general trends of Finance of the Faculty of Finance and
University Press, 2013) and her work and Potential in the Developing World”. He has (e.g. Internet of Things, Automation) is one Accounting of the University of Economics.
research have appeared, among oth- spoken at The White House, TEDx, South of his key interests. His main expertise is Since 2009 he has also been a member
ers, in Al-Jazeera, Foreign Policy, Foreign by Southwest, Aspen Institute, Ministry bringing research in the field of Intelligent of the Board of Directors of the European
Affairs, the National Interest, the Wall of Economy in Chile, Brookings Institute, Transport Systems and Services to real Fund and Asset Management Association
Street Journal, and The New York Times; Global Entrepreneurship Summit, and deployments. He holds a master in the field (EFAMA), where she represents the Czech
as well as in academic journals includ- appeared on CNBC, BBC, MSNBC, Al Jazeera, of Geography and a master in the field of Republic. Since 2017 he has been managing
ing Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, WSJ, Bloomberg, Fast Company, Fortune, Traffic Telematics Management. the activities of CFA Society Czech Republic.
Parameters, the Middle East Journal, ORBIS, Forbes, VentureBeat, and TechCrunch.
Democratization, Civil Wars, Government
& Opposition and Mediterranean Politics.
Her work and research have been awarded
numerous awards, grants and fellowships.
36 37List of Participants
Jitka Čampulková Michal Čarný Tomáš Čupr Aurélie Decker
CZECH REPUBLIC CZECH REPUBLIC CZECH REPUBLIC FRANCE
Department of Family Policy and General Manager, MasterCard Czech Entrepreneur and Investor, Founder of Director, European Federation for Services
Protection of Children’s Rights, Ministry Republic and Slovakia Slevomat.cz, DameJidlo.cz, and Rohlik.cz to Individuals
of Labor and Social Affairs of the Czech
Republic
Jitka Čampulkova has been working for the Michal Čarný is Country Manager for the Tomáš Čupr is a businessman, investor Aurélie Decker is the Director of the
Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs since Czech Republic and Slovakia. Michal has and founder of a number of companies. European Federation for Services to
2014. Her main area of expertise is family over 8 years of experience in building and Originally from Svitavy, he moved to the Individuals (EFSI). She represents the views
policy, especially childcare and work-life executing business strategies. He has been UK in 2005. It was there where he started of the personal and household services
balance. She also has foreign experience working for Mastercard for over 3 years to gather the first business experience. In sector industry and works towards a bet-
in this field, which she gained by attend- and in his recent position he is responsi- 2007 he co-founded an agency focused on ter understanding of the sector within the
ing several conferences and seminars, by ble for premium & commercial strategy in internet marketing, two years later he sold European Institutions. In 2018, she co-au-
graduating from the program Erasmus for Czech Republic, Slovakia and Austria. He his part in the company and he started thored the first Personal and Household
public administration in Brussels, but also was also managing Mastercard’s business to work as a CTO in Evolution Funding Services Industry Monitor. Between 2014
thanks to a three-month internship at the with non-traditional issuers such as fintech, where he then created the product Dealer and 2016, she coordinated the EU-funded
OECD where she worked in the Gender, as well as leading a cross-functional tribe Zone for the car financing market. After project “IMPact”, which delivered the “PHS
Justice and Inclusiveness Unit. She is also a coordinating Mastercard’s activities with he returned to the Czech Republic, in policies – Implementation and Monitoring
PhD candidate in Public and Social Policy at key merchants. Prior to joining Mastercard, 2010, he founded the company Slevomat Guide”. It provides guidance for public
Charles University in Prague. Michal gained his professional experience and, two years later, the successful pro- authorities at EU, national and local levels
at the leading management consultancy ject DámeJídlo.cz. In 2014 he introduced willing to design, implement and monitor
company Roland Berger, where he man- Rohlík.cz, followed by Kifli.hu in 2019. He is PHS-related policy. Prior to joining EFSI in
aged key projects for large customers in a partner of the investment group ENERN. September 2011, she worked as a consult-
financial services and telecommunications. ant in EU Public Affairs. She holds a degree
He is a graduate of Economics from the in Political Sciences and an MA in European
University of Chicago and Management Political and Administrative Studies from
& Strategy from the London School of the College of Europe.
Economics.
38 39List of Participants
Tomáš Doležal Alex Engler Adam Hanka Jiří Hlavenka
CZECH REPUBLIC USA CZECH REPUBLIC CZECH REPUBLIC
Director, Institute of Health Economics and Rubenstein Fellow, Brookings Institution Data Scientist, CreativeDock and Policy Czech Entrepreneur and Investor,
Technology Assessment Lead, Volt Counselor of the South Moravian Region
Tomáš Doležal graduated from the Alex C. Engler is a David M. Rubenstein Adam Hanka obtained his formal education Jiří Hlavenka studied thermal and nuclear
1st Faculty of Medicine from the Charles Fellow in Governance Studies at the at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, power at the Brno University of Technology
University. He worked as an Assistant Brookings Institution where he studies the Charles University, Prague, Max-Planck (VUT). Upon graduation in 1989, he went
Professor at the Institute of Pharmacology, implications of artificial intelligence and Institute for Informatics, and Saarland straight into business. He co-founded and
where he also worked on and defended emerging data technologies on society and University. He worked as a researcher in directed the publishing house Computer
his Ph.D. work in pharmacology. He is governance. Engler also teaches classes on artificial intelligence and machine learning Press, publishing academic and expert lit-
the founder of the Institute for Health large-scale data science and visualization at Avast Software. Now, he dedicates his erature in the fields of information and
Economics and Technology Assessment to public policy students at Georgetown’s time to innovative projects at CreativeDock. communication technologies. Computer
(iHETA) and the Director of the commercial McCourt School of Public Policy, where His professional interests include natural Press was the sole representative at the
research organization Value Outcomes. he is an Adjunct Professor and Affiliated language processing and analysis of big time and the main Czech publishing house
He is an external lecturer at the Faculty Scholar. Most recently, he ran Uchicago’s data of any structure and shape. Adam in this field. By the end of the 1990s, he con-
of Medicine at Masaryk University Brno MS in Computational Analysis and Public started his non-formal education process tributed to the creation of many innovative
and the FBMI CTU Prague. He founded Policy at the University of Chicago, and at the age of 17 when he participated in an activities on the Internet, such as the first
the information project otvorrenezdra- designed the MS in Data Science and Public exchange year in Germany. Since then, he Czech e-shop (Vltava.cz), the first auction
votnictvi.cz and is the Editor-in-Chief of Policy at Georgetown University. He was has participated in and organized a large platform and successful penetration into
the journal “Pharmacotherapy”. Between formerly a data scientist and principal number of projects in the area of non-for- the European and international markets
2019-2021, he was elected Chairman of the investigator at the Urban Institute where mal education. Adam also works as a facil- in the area of e-books and e-music sales.
Czech Society for Pharmacoeconomics and he helped found the Center for Technology itator in soft-skills workshops with focus He was a partner in Ostrava NetDirect, one
Health Technology Assessment (ČSFEHZT). and Data Science. Engler is also a proud on intercultural education, and promotes of the biggest producers of e-shops in its
His main topics of interest include evalu- alumnus of Sunlight Foundation’s Labs and non-formal education methods at high region and helped in selling the company
ation of medical technologies, health eco- the Congressional Research Service. schools and universities. He cooperates to the multinational group, Naspers. He
nomics and digitization of health care. with AFS Intercultural programs, where he has been a serial investor since the 1990s,
also served as a board member and head in which he has invested in approximately
of trainers. Currently, Adam dedicates 15 startups, most of which in high-tech
some of his free time to a new project, Volt fields. One of the most successful projects
Czechia. is Kiwi. com, which he co-founded and
became one of its first investors.
40 41List of Participants
Ivan Hodač Alex Ivančo Martin Kolovratník Miroslava Kopicová
CZECH REPUBLIC CZECH REPUBLIC CZECH REPUBLIC CZECH REPUBLIC
Founder and President, Aspen Institute Department Director, Ministry of Finance Member of the Parliament of the Czech Former Minister of Education
Central Europe of the Czech Republic Republic, Vice-chairman of the Committee
on Economic Affairs
Ivan Hodač is a founder and President of Alex Ivančo gained more than ten years of Martin Kolovratník graduated from the Miroslava Kopicová is a graduate of the
the Aspen Institute Central Europe. He experience in the international law, work- Jan Perner Transport Faculty – University Faculty of Philosophy at Charles University
was Secretary-General of the European ing as the Head of the International Law of Pardubice and he is a transport expert. in Prague. She worked as an analyst in the
Automobile Manufacturers’ Association Unit at the Ministry of Industry and Trade. In his capacity as Vice-Chairman of the area of qualifications of the labor force at
(ACEA) from 2001 until October 2013. He was the first to initiate discussions in Committee on Economic Affairs and Vice- the Federal Ministry of Work and Social
He was among other a member of a spe- UNIDROIT and UNCITRAL on global har- Chairman of the Railway Infrastructure Affairs. After 1989 she attended a num-
cial Advisory Group of experts, which was monization of legal framework for artificial Administration, he is responsible for the ber of courses and internships abroad –
advising the European Commission in intelligence and smart contracts. Previously development of high-speed railways in course of Top Management at the Henley
negotiation of the Transatlantic Trade and he also worked for the Czech trade pro- the Czech Republic. He is the organizer Management College UK, internships in
Investment Partnership with the United motion agency in São Paulo, Brazil, and of the traditional international Railway the European Commission and the OECD,
States (TTIP), and an advisor to the Czech as an election observer for the European conference in Pardubice. He stood at the courses UNDP, study stay at the Fielding
Government on European issues. He is also Union. He currently serves as the Director birth of Český rozhlas on social networks Institute USA, etc. She also represented
a Senior advisor at Teneo CabinetDN, a of Financial Markets III, the department in (Facebook, Google+, YouTube) and was the Czech Republic through many inter-
leading consultancy on the EU. The Financial the Czech Ministry of Finance dealing with the main pioneer of live Skype calls from national institutions and she was a leader
Times listed him among the most influen- consumer protection and financial inno- abroad to live broadcasts. He shares the of a number of European programs in
tial personalities in Brussels politics. Before vation. He holds a Ph.D. in Law from the support of liberal ideas, he confesses the the Czech Republic. As a directress of the
joining ACEA, he was Senior Vice-President Charles University. He is interested in the idea of an efficient state and austerity. National education fund, she led almost
and Head of the Time Warner Corporate dispute resolution outside of the formal Thanks to the support of the citizens, he every EU project financed by the PHARE
office for Europe. Previously he was state-sponsored judicial systems, design became a deputy of the Parliament of the program in the area of human resources
Secretary-General of the trade organization of dispute resolution systems and legal Czech Republic in autumn 2013 and he was and the creation of new policies at the
IFMA/IMACE, Senior Economist at Didier & aspects of modern technologies. able to defend this mandate even in the labor market, education, and social policy.
Associates, and Assistant Professor at the 2017 parliamentary elections. As a general secretary, she negotiated the
College of Europe, Bruges. He was born structural funds for the Czech republic with
in Prague, where he studied mechanical the European Commission in two terms of
engineering. He completed his education office. She was the first deputy chairwoman
in economics and political science at the of the Government Human Resources
University of Copenhagen and the College Council.
of Europe in Bruges (European studies).
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