Discussion
Discussion of invited guests:
Eduard Heger, Minister of Finance SR
Céline Gauer, European Commission (invited)
Ladislav Miko, Representative of European Commission in Slovakia
Jana Ježíková, Ministry of Health SR
Ján Oravec, Ministry of Economy SR
Ivan Mikloš, MESA
Marek Antal, MIRRI
Rudolf Urbánek, Microsoft Slovakia
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Ivan Mikloš
ex-Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Slovak Republic
Ivan Mikloš was Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Slovak Republic in 2010 – 2012 and 2002 – 2006. He was Deputy Prime Minister for Economics in the first government of Mikuláš Dzurinda in 1998 – 2002. In 1991 he became a Minister for Privatisation (1991 – 1992). Consequently in 1992 he co-founded and led economic think-tank MESA 1…
Ladislav Miko
EC Representation in Slovakia
As the representative of the EC, Ladislav Miko's mission is to be the eyes, ears and voice of the European Commission in Slovakia, to be in contact with national authorities and stakeholders, as well as to inform the media and the public about EU policies. He previously worked for the European Commission as Director in the Directorate-General fo…
Rudolf Urbánek
Microsoft
Since early 2018, Rudolf Urbánek has been managing the Czech and Slovak branch of Microsoft. For 16 years he worked for the T-Mobile Czech Republic and Slovak Telekom, where he has been Executive Director of the Corporate Customer segment for the Czech and Slovak markets in recent years. He was responsible for the entire business strategy of bot…
Marek Antal
Ministry of Investments, Regional Development and Informatization of the Slovak Republic
He started his career at VSŽ Košice as a programmer. Later he became a manager in various positions with responsibility for IT systems, many of which have been operating successfully to this day. After the extensive experience, he then decided to build new IT companies of Ness KDC in Košice and GlobalLogic, which targeted customers abroad. In th…
Eduard Heger
Democrats
Eduard Heger was born on May 3, 1976. He graduated from the University of Economics in Bratislava. He worked as a manager in various companies, but also as a consultant at the Ministry of Defense of the Slovak Republic. He was at the birth of the well-known Slovak brand, which became famous in the USA. He was the second most active member of par…
Ján Oravec
Mr. Ján O R A V E C is the 1st State Secretary of the Ministry of Economy of the Slovak Republic. From 2003 to 2020 he served as a President of The Entrepreneurs Association of Slovakia. He is a founding member and a member of a Presidium of the National Union of Employers. As a Chairman of its´ European Affairs and Foreign Relations Committee h…
Jana Ježíková
Ministry of Health SR
She has been dedicated to healthcare throughout her professional career since 2000. In 2002, she became a member of the reform team of the Minister of Health, where she also worked as an analyst for health insurance. During the same period, she headed the Department of Health Insurance and Health Awards at the Ministry of Health. She has supplem…
