Samuel Arbe works as a consultant for the World Bank and a collaborator of the ITAPA conference. In Slovakia, he launched and managed the Operational Program Effective Public Administration for 6 years, which to this day contributes to the higher quality of the public sector and public services. His expertise is increasing the efficiency of public institutions and digital transformation.

After studies and business, Emil Fitoš spent more than 20 years of his working life at Siemens and later at Atos. In 2014, he became CEO of Atos Slovakia and Czech Republic. Under his leadership, Atos was one of the leading companies on the market with a significant innovative contribution. On 21 June 2017, he was elected President of the IT Association of Slovakia and will defend the position in 2019, 2021 and 2023. He serves as an advisor to the Slovak Government and Deputy Chairman of the Slovak Government Council for the Digitization of the Public Sector and the Digital Single Market. He also influences the digitalisation of Slovakia through his involvement in the activities of the Digital Coalition and the Centre for Artificial Inte…

Since r. 1980  until now he has been working as a university teacher at the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics of Comenius University in Bratislava. He specializes in image processing and computer vision. He works at the Department of Applied Informatics, FMFI UK. From 1990 to 2002 he served as a member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic, in 1998-2002 as Minister of Education. In 2006-2010 he was the mayor of Bratislava-Petržalka and in 2010-2014 mayor of Bratislava. He was also a member of the municipal and regional councils. Since 2015 he has been the Chairman of the Slovak Information Society and a member of the Presidency of the Council of European Information Society. He is also a member of the Government Co…

Ľubor Illek is the founder of the civic association Slovakia.digital, where he also works. He has been involved in eGovernment area, primarily in data management, electronic signature, copyright, security, eGovernment projects evaluation. Since 2003 he has been a member of the Slovak Informatics Society. In 2009, he was one of the founding members of the Open Information Technology Society, in which he pursued the idea of openness in public policy making, especially in OpenData, open standards and the use of free software. He studied informatics at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of Charles University. He has been active in Gordias company where he focuses on information security. Since 2009, he has been teaching social aspects of…

Milan Ištván studied journalism in Bratislava and Paris. Between the years 1998 and 2002 he was the youngest MP. His interests were internet in the schools, liberalization of telecommunication market and electronic signature law. Since 2002 he supports information society through association Partnerstvá pre prosperitu (PPP). He is a member of Advisory Body of Digital Leader of the Slovak Republic. He was a member of Monitoring Committee for Knowledge Society in program period  2007-2013 (OPIS, OPKaHR and OP VaV). At present he is a member of Monitoring Committee for OP Integrated Infrastructure (OPII) and a member of Steering Committee for Priority Axis 7 OPII Information Society. 

Rastislav Janota has more than 20 years of experience in the IT and telecommunications sector. During his professional career, he held several expert and top managerial positions in the field of ICT and cyber security both in the private sector and in public administration, both in Slovakia and in various countries abroad. Since September 1, 2023, he has been working as a special envoy of the NBU for cyber security at the Embassy of the Slovak Republic in Washington, D.C., USA.

Alena Sabelová is the State Secretary of the Slovak Deputy Prime Minister for the Recovery and Resilience Plan and the use of European funds. He has been working in the state administration with a short break since 2001, in several management positions, including the Ministry of Finance and the Government Office. She also led the process of preparing the strategic document "Vision and Strategy for the Development of Slovakia until 2030" and represented Slovakia in the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, headquartered in London, for eight years.

Martina Slabejová worked from 1999 till 2016 for Microsoft Ltd. in different positions. From 2006 she was director for Public Sector in Slovakia, from 2012 GOV Industry Director for Central and Eastern Europe, covering 33 countries in region and in October 2016 she end at the position of Public Sector lead for CEE region covering GOV Industry, Healthcare Industry, Cyber Security Industry and Education Industry. Working in such a divers environment covering GOV businesses in countries of Central Europe such as Poland, Czech, Hungary or Slovakia, ending with region of Central Asia with countries like Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan or Mongolia gave her opportunity to focus on different maturity levels within GOV and utilize examples form more mat…

Martin Sůra (45) holds the position of CEO and manager for Slovak and the Czech Republic since June 5, 2017. Prior to taking the role  at Atos IT Solutions and Services, s.r.o., Martin worked for the last 4 years as CEO at Hewlett Packard Enterprise Slovakia, s.r.o .. After joining HP / HPE in 1998, Martin Sura worked as an Enterprise Account Manager and a Dealer Manager; he was the first employee of the division dedicated to enterprise solutions in Slovakia. In 2003 he  became District manager for Public Sector TSG Sales, and was  responsible for the entire HP portfolio within the public sector in Slovakia. Martin Sura later held a couple of trading roles in the CEE region , the Middle East and Africa. In 2006, he becam…