SPEAKERS 2023

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Sean Fielding

Former Director of Innovation, Impact and Business at the University of Exeter in the UK

Jeff Skinner

Teaching Fellow of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at London Business School

Barbara Tan

Policy Advisor Knowledge Transfer, University of Antwerp

Michal Novota

President of Slovakia Advisor for Internal Politics, Founder of Restartup s.r.o.

Michaela Kršková

Government Office of the SR, Chief Innovation Officer

Ján Kyselovič

Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information, General Director

Pavol Šajgalík

Slovak academy of science chairman

Jozef Masarik

Vice-rector for Science, Doctoral Studies and Projects, Comenius University in Bratislava

Pavol Rafajdus

Vice-Chancellor for Science and Research at the University of Žilina

Ján Híveš

Vice-rector for Science and Research, STU

Michal Kardoš

Chief Executive Officer, Slovak Alliance for Innovation Economy (SAPIE), Bratislava

Ján Solík

President, Entrepreneurs Association of Slovakia

Ján Kutan

Chairperson of the Board of Directors, SLOVCA

Ondřej Ferdus

Director of the Digital Economy and Technology Department, Confederation of Industry and Transport of the Czech Republic

Edmund Škorvaga

Head of OP Management and Methodology Department, Ministry of Economy of the Slovak Republic

Zorád Egon

Director of Foreign Trade Department, SARIO

Denisa Kanásová

CEO, Executive director and owner, TechnoNova s.r.o.

Miroslav Gašpárek

CEO and co-founder, Sensible Biotechnologies

Ján Žižka

CEO and co-founder, Photoneo Brightpick Group

Roman Kukuča

Chief Executive Officer, Andis, s.r.o.

Adam Bartoš

Founder and CEO, SIAT s.r.o.

Michal Takáč

Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of DimensionLab

Martin Basila

CEO and Co-Founder of Sensoneo

Martin Pribila

CEO, TalpaHouse.com team

Lucia Rybanská

Director of Slovak Technical University Know-how centre

Danka Moravčíková

Director of The Office for Projects and Technology and Knowledge Transfer, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra

Lenka Levarská

Specialist for university´s intellectual property protection and commercialization, Technology Transfer Centre, Comenius University Bratislava

Jaroslav Bukovina

Head of Research and Innovation Policies Department, Research and Innovation Authority (VAIA)

Martin Macko

Head of Communications Department, Industrial property office of the Slovak republic

Marek Repko

Head of Operations, Ayming Slovensko s. r. o.

Tomáš Bertók

Chief technological officer, Glycanostics, spol. s r. o.

Michal Belko

Business developer, Ayming Slovensko s.r.o

Lucián Gontko

Strategy and development specialist, Ministry of Investments, Regional Development, and Informatization of the SR

Juraj Holub

Former Chief Meeting Designer, Slido

Jiří Vrobel

VP of Business Development The MAMA AI, SE

Artur Bobovnický

Director of Innovations Section, SIEA

Vladimír Borza

Project Manager, Slovak Innovation and Energy Agency

Juraj Popovič

Project Manager and innovation expert, Slovak Alliance for Innovation Economy

Michal Kompan

Researcher, Kempelen Institute of Intelligence Technologies

Jaroslav Noskovič

Head of department for protection and commercialisation of intellectual property technology transfer division, Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information

Lenka Bednárová

Head of Department for Information Support to Technology Transfer, Technology Transfer Division, Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information, Bratislava

Gregor Mareš

Presenter of broadcasts about science and technology VAT and Experiment, Radio and Television of Slovakia (RTVS)

Veronika Panáková

Consultant and coach in political marketing, brands and communication strategies development, Restartup

Vladimíra Kurucová

Legal, Charles University Innovations Prague a.s.

Laura Bachňáková Rózenfeldová

Lawyer, Centre for Technology Transfer, Technology and Innovation Park of Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice

Peter Kopkáš

Senior advisor, B I C Bratislava, spol. s r.o.

Štefan Vrátny

Co-founder, managing director, project coordinator, B I C Bratislava, spol. s r.o.

Mikuláš Vargič

Kristýna & Mikuláš advokáti s.r.o.

Miroslav Kubiš

Head of Technology Transfer Department, Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information

Tomáš Klinka

Partner, SIGNUM legal