Representing the Embassy of Slovakia Performers Eva Bodorová Soprano Matthew Tomko Bass Jozef Janík Piano Programme Traditional Slovak Christmas Carols: Canite Jesu Infanti –  Poďme spolu do Betlema (Let’s go to Bethlehem, brothers) Dnešný deň sa radujme (Let´s be jolly today) Povedzte nám pastuškovia (Tell us, shepherds) Do hory , do lesa, valasi (To the mountains, to the forest) Dobrá novina, šťastná... Read more »

Michal Pěchouček, professor  in computer science at the Czech Technical University (CTU) discusses the role of AI enabled cybersecurity problems and how we can increase our privacy and security online. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is changing the way we live. We spend more time online, with more devices connected than ever before. How do we keep... Read more »

In his talk, Dr Lorman will explore how Slovak culture was initially characterised by its rural quality and alienation from the beginnings of mass industrialisation and urbanisation in Hungary (exemplified by the 1896 millennial celebrations in Budapest). He will examine how Slovak national identity was then substantially (but not entirely) transformed by similar processes of... Read more »

Rendezvous in Bratislava combines new music, a four-piece British Slovak band, comedy, cabaret and original 1940s photographs and recordings to share the life story of writer Miriam Sherwood’s grandfather – Jan ‘Laco’ Kalina. Laco Kalina was a dramaturg, satirist, collector of jokes and writer of cabarets, born in Czechoslovakia in 1913. A Slovak Jew, he survived... Read more »

Is autonomous driving an answer to reducing traffic congestion in our cities? Cities are overly congested with traffic and pollution. At present the most widely discussed solution is urban on-demand mobility based self-driving technology. The envisioned automated mobility-on-demand (AMoD) systems employ a centrally-controlled fleet of self-driving vehicles to provide on-demand point-to-point transportation to the users... Read more »