MD. Boris Bánovský graduated from the Faculty of Medicine of Comenius University. He obtained attestation in general surgery. Clinical medicine he practiced at the Clinic of Accident Surgery of the Acad. Dérera at Kramároch (now part of University hospital Bratislava). During his 14-year career he worked in the private sector, working in leading sales and marketing positions with local and regional overlap for a multinational company involved in the development and sales of medical devices and technology. Between 2016 and 2018, he worked on leading positions within Slovak healthcare structures. He has been organizing and conducting conferences under the authority of the Ministry of Health during the Slovak Presidency of the Council of th…

Computer scientist and artificial intelligence expert is one of the leading personalities of science in Slovakia. In 2020, she founded and still leads KInIT – Kempelen Institute of Intelligent Technologies (https://kinit.sk), an independent research institute inspired by similar institutions abroad, which as a center of excellent research and expertise in artificial intelligence supports companies' interest in research, their stronger connection with the academic sector and the circulation of talents between sectors and also between Slovakia, Europe and the world. Until 2020, she worked at the Faculty of Informatics and Information Technologies of STU in Bratislava, which she headed for four years from 2015. In 2016, she received the IT …

Michal has more than 10 years of experience working in state administration and the non-governmental sector. Currently, Michal's mission within SAPIE is to implement and develop projects with a focus on promoting innovative and digital policies and strategies, building an innovative ecosystem and supporting small and medium-sized enterprises in the implementation of digital and innovative solutions. Among other things, Michal is responsible for the implementation of the HOPERO project, which is the European center for digital innovations. Through its services, HOPERO helps small and medium-sized enterprises and public institutions implement digital solutions, especially with the use of artificial intelligence tools. In the past, Mi…

Peter is one of the key representatives of Tachyum in Slovakia as well as a member of the company’s Board of Advisors. After graduating from the Faculty of Commerce, University of Economics, Bratislava, Peter co-founded a PR agency Interel, currently known as Seesame, one of the most successful PR agencies in Slovakia. After a successful entrepreneurial experience, Peter spent 11 years working in the leadership positions in global technology companies Motorola and Microsoft. Between 2011 and 2013, Peter held a Country Manager position at s&t Slovakia. Since 2014, Peter has been Managing Director of Gratex International, Slovakia based software house, with a key focus on scaling up the company’s business internationally, particularly in t…

He works at Interway as a solution architect. In the long term, he concentrates on the topics of SOA-compliant complex design solutions, as well as on topics related to the use of innovative concepts and technologies. Tomas participated in projects in several sectors - public sector, telecommunications, healthcare, etc. He has developed his acquired experience by studying the state-of-the-art trends in this field. He strives to act not only in design phase but also in implementation phase of proposed solution.  

Dr. Marek Havrda is Strategy Advisor at GoodAI, a private R&D company focusing on the development of Artificial General Intelligence and AI applications, where he leads the strategic planning related to long-term impacts of Artificial Intelligence. Marek actively contributes to global discussion about governance and impacts of AI and to various AI initiatives such as IEEE Global Initiative for Ethical Considerations in Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Systems and Global Governance of AI Roundtable. Marek has been invited to talk at global events and universities, including United Nations events and University of Cambridge. Marek is on a long-term personal leave from the European Commission, where he contributed to the Impact Ass…

Peter currently works for company TelenetDoctor as a Sales and Technical Director. He is responsible for the business activities and technological development of the telemedicine platform solution in Slovakia. Over the past 10 years, he has been involved in the implementation of innovative IT governance projects on behalf of several multinational companies such as SOITRON, Hewlett Packard, Oracle. After completing his university studies, he worked as a supervisor of information systems at VÚB, then as a Head of System Support at the Slovak Insurance Company and subsequently at Accenture as Operations Manager for various outsourcing projects.

Miloš Koterec is a Slovak diplomat and politician. From 2009 to 2012 he represented the Slovak Republic at the United Nations, from January 2012 to January 2013 he was the chairman of the UN Economic and Social Council. From 2004 to 2009 he was a Member of the European Parliament. He is currently working for the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister for Investment and Informatization.

Jiří Kůs is the president of Czech Nanotechnology Industries Association, whose establishment he initiated. He graduated from electrical engineering and later also sociology and psychology. He worked over 20 years in industrial automation. In 2012 he founded nanoSPACE, the first company in the world manufacturing anti-dust mite nanofibre bedding. He popularizes nanotechnology and the concept of the third industrial revolution and sharing society. His vision is that of a world where energy is decentralized and for free, there are self-driven electromobiles in the streets and people’s health is monitored by nanosensors.

Since 2015 Hartmut Schultze engages in Memory-Driven Computing in customer use cases. In his various roles he always strove to create value by exploiting technology, optimizing environments, introducing automation and acting as a change agent to make it happen. Between 2001 and 2014 Hartmut led several international customers accounts in his role as Account Executive within outsourcing services. Previously, Hartmut worked as a consultant in different customer situations. Hartmut Schultze studied software and automation technology at the University of Stuttgart and holds a master’s degree in electrical engineering.

Ján Zázrivec is a software developer at Softec. He primarily focuses on the topics of software architecture of distributed and high-availability information systems, Big and FastData issues, data analytics and machine learning methods.