The Institute for Politics and Society, in cooperation with its partners, is organising the IXth International Conference Digital Czechia, which will take place on 18-19 June 2024 in Prague.

PRAGUE| Digital Czech Republic, the record-breaking conference focused on digitalisation, has returned for 2024 and is set to be a success in every way! 

The conference will host not only the Czech “digital” elite, but also foreign experts. Participants have the opportunity to hear the European Commissioner DUBRAVKA ŠUICA present the future of digitalization from the perspective of the European Commission! The digitalization will also be discussed by MILES YU, member of former US President Donald Trump’s closest team of advisors, and OPHER BRAYER, Israeli visionary and innovator in the field of artificial intelligence and many other expert Czech Republic and foreign experts.

Visitors to the conference can look forward to a unique interactive exhibition with nearly three dozen exhibitors focused on modern technologies, artificial intelligence, robots, augmented and virtual reality, ozobots, experiments with thermal imaging cameras, and much more.

PROGRAM:

8:00-9:00

Economic Forum: AI Opportunities and Risks (invitation only)

Karel Havlíček, Vice-Chairman, Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic (Czech Republic)

Julia Schvarcová, Government Affairs and Public Policy Manager, Google (Slovakia)

Alžběta Solarczyk Krausová, Head of CICeRo at the Institute of State and Law of CAS, founder and CEO of Respectful AI (Czech Republic)

Moderator: 

Jan Macháček, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Institute for Politics and Society (Czech Republic)


08:30-09:00
Registration

 


09:00-09:05
Welcome Speech

Šárka Shoup, Executive Director, Institute for Politics and Society (Czech Republic)


09:05-09:30
Keynote Speakers

Ondřej Kovařík, Member of the European Parliament (Czech Republic)

Dubravka Šuica, Vice-President for Democracy and Demography, European Commission (Croatia)

Jan Kotora, Executive Director, Česko.Digital (Czech Republic)


09:30-10:45
Economic Transformation as an Opportunity to Return to the First Economic League

Ondřej Kovařík, Member of the European Parliament (Czech Republic)

Bohdan Wojnar, Vice President, Confederation of Industry of the Czech Republic (Czech Republic)

Julia Niemann, Head of Product, Wolt (Germany)

Gérard Pogorel, Professor of Economics Emeritus, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Telecom Paris CNRS Interdisciplinary Innovation Institute I3 (France)

Moderator:

Terezie Tománková, Moderator, CNN Prima NEWS ( Czech Republic)

 


10:45-12:00

Welcome to the World of Tomorrow with AI

Karel Havlíček, Vice-Chairman, Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic (Czech Republic)

Jeremy Rollison, Head of EU Policy & Senior Director, European Government Affairs, Microsoft (USA)

Tomáš Mikolov, leading Czech scientist in the field of artificial intelligence, Czech Institute of Informatics, Robotics and Cybernetics, CTU in Prague (Czech Republic)

Lukáš Kačena, Director, prg.ai (Czech Republic)

Moderator:

Markéta Jedličková, AI & Data Scientist, CRUXO (Czech Republic)


12:00-12:50
Lunch


12:00-12:50

12:50-13:15
VIP TALK: Is the Czech Republic Digital Yet?

Martin Mesršmíd, Director, Digital and Information Agency (Czech Republic)

Jan Blažek, Chairman of the Board, Bank ID (Czech Republic)

Moderator:

Sara Polak, AI archaeologist and AI popularizer (Czech Republic)


13:15-14:30
(In)Secure Cyberspace

Robert Králíček, Member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic (Czech Republic)

Lukáš Kintr, Director, National Office for Cyber and Information Security (Czech Republic)

Miroslav Feix, Director of the Capabilities Planning Section, Ministry of Defence, Czech Army (Czech Republic)

Jakub Ludvík, Chief Security Officer, T-Mobile (Czech Republic)

Moderator:

Lada Hospodková, Principal Data Scientist, Gen (Czech Republic)


14:30-14:45
Coffee Break


14:45-16:00
Security of Communication Infrastructure

Marek Novák, Member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic (Czech Republic)

Juraj Šedivý, General Manager, CETIN Group (Czech Republic)

Radek Haratek, Commander of the Czech Cyber and Information Warfare Command, Army of the Czech Republic (Czech Republic)

Jiří Grund, President, Association of Mobile Network Operators (Czech Republic)

Moderator: 

Tereza Tůmová, Executive Director, Association for Internet Progress (Czech Republic)


16:00-17:00

Networking with a glass of wine


DUE TO LIMITED CAPACITY, ADVANCE REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. PARTICIPATION IN THE EVENT IS NOT POSSIBLE WITHOUT CONFIRMATION OF REGISTRATION BY THE ORGANIZER.

Praha 2-Vinohrady