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The theme of the sixth CEC conference is Pathways: Building (Y)our Future. It will focus on the prospective sectors for a career in the region, look at the future of its markets, and discuss contemporary issues, threats, and opportunities that Central Europe presents.
Participate in a multi layered debate through panels, workshops, and ‘success story talks’. There will be speakers from industries and academia and young successful Czechs and Slovaks who pursued unconventional career paths after their studies abroad.
WELCOME ADDRESS
Peter Fiala, Czech Prime Minister
Having first entered politics as the Minister of Education, Professor Fiala is also an internationally recognised political scientist and during his academic career, he focused on topics such as European integration, political extremism, and religion.
PANEL: From Assembly to Innovation: Pathways to Economic Prosperity
Ivan Mikloš
President of the MESA10 think tank. Slovak Deputy Prime Minister (1998-2006) & Minister of Finance (2002-6, 2010-12)
Michaela Kršková
The first-ever Chief Innovation Officer of the Slovak government leading the newly established Research and Innovation Authority.
Peter Krutil
CEO of Slovenská sporitel’na since 2018.
PANEL : Missing the Green Chance? Our Pathway to Sustainability
Marián Hlavačka
CEO of CORWIN, an award-winning real estate developer known for its sustainable architecture.
SUCCESS STORY TALKS
Stanislav Fořt
Artificial intelligence researcher and scientist working on developing safe general artificial intelligence (AGI) at a Silicon Valley start up.
Barbara Havelková
Associate professor of law at the University of Oxford.
Nina Formánek Jaganjacová
Founder of a health education NGO sifty.eu. An LSE alumni.
Ivana Kottasová
Senior digital news producer at CNN International where she covers Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Michaela Pobudová
Founder and Director of Mareena, a non-profit organisation that focuses on the integration of refugees and migrants in Slovakia.
Martin Smatana
Healthcare policy advisor to the IMF & Slovak government. Oxford & Imperial College alumnus.
Filip Stollár
Co-founder of Deepnote, a data science notebook for teams.
Michal Tykač
Researcher at the Czech Academy of Sciences University of Cambridge alumnus.
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The event is organised by student societies at LSE, UCL, KCL and Imperial.
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