Anna Záhorčáková
Anna Záhorčáková has been with DITEC since 2010. She has been the CEO since July 2025, following nine years as Sales Director. Her role is to develop the company's business and marketing activities. She has been working in the field of information technology since 1986. After graduating in Automated Control Systems from the Faculty of Economics and Management at the Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, she took up the position of analyst-programmer. She is currently the chairwoman of the board of directors of D. Trust Certifikačná autorita, a joint-stock company providing accredited certification services (issuing qualified certificates and time stamps). Among the business cases that have advanced her career and personal development are the Financial Administration Portal and the Central Electronic Folder (also known as the Single Window). She is interested in women's issues worldwide. She has been hosting the interdisciplinary ekvalIT conference for five years, which aims to inspire women to succeed in a stereotypically male-dominated world. She also considers it her mission to help girls and young women interested in studying or pursuing a career in the field of IT. She is actively involved in several projects with this goal, cooperates with several associations and organizations dedicated to this area, and acts as an ambassador for women in IT.
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DISCUSSION "What is the Future of the IT Business in Slovakia?"
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1on1 interview
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DISCUSSION "Women in IT"
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What is the digital future for women?
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DISCUSSION: Why do we need a functioning and competitive digital state?
Discussions about leadership in any field lose their meaning if the functioning of the state, by its very nature, places obstacles and does not create an environment for the fulfillment of these ambitions. What does it mean in practice if we want Slovakia to be a world leader in something? In its current state, will the public sector support or hamper such efforts? Let us look at this through the eyes of those whose activities and business are significantly affected by the efficiency of state operation, rapid administration, availability of skilled labor and other areas, and answer the question of how the state and its digitization should go further, if Slovakia is really to play a leading role in something.
Speakers: Veronika Remišová (Deputy Prime Minister of investments, regional development and informatization of the Slovak Republic), Ronald Blaško (AmCham), Radoslav Danilák (Tachyum), Mário Lelovský (Republican Union of Employers), Anna Záhorčáková (DITEC)
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Women - an opportunity for IT
Not only in Slovakia, we are facing an acute shortage of skilled people who would be able to fill thousands of offered positions in IT. Still, headhunters can't attract enough women. There are nine male colleagues per lady in our sector, and the situation at universities is similar. There are several reasons. Prejudices and stereotypes, but also differences in the mentality of men and women. Why do women think they have to work for four to gain recognition in the male world? Is the excessive demands of women on themselves the reason why so few of us help to improve (not only) Slovak IT? What can we, as a society, do to prevent this opportunity from being missed? -
Discussion
Discussion of invited guests:
Mária Bieliková, Kempelenov inštitút
Marcela Havrilová, Microsoft Slovakia
Tomáš Jucha, MIRRI
Ivan Láska, Trexima
Mário Lelovský, ITAS
Anna Záhorčáková, DITEC
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Opportunities for women in IT