Digital Europe 2024

About the event

Digitalisation represents a major opportunity for the Czech Republic, which could help it to become one of the most developed countries in the world. The Digital Europe international conference, organised by the Institute for Politics and Society and its partners, contributes to the achievement of this goal. Over the course of two days, we will focus on the current pressing issues within panels on cyberspace, digital democracy, digital technologies and their role in state defence and more. This year’s conference will also feature an accompanying interactive exhibition. Visitors can look forward to, for example, robots, a life-size 3D avatar with AI technology enabling voice communication, demonstrations of non-formal education, programming of ozobots, experiments with a thermal camera and much more.

Programme

08:00 – 09:00 Economic Forum: Digitalisation as a Key Player in European Growth and the Role of Mobility (invitation only)

08:30 – 09:00 Registration

09:00 – 09:05 Welcome Speech – Antonios Nestoras, Deputy Executive Director, European Liberal Forum (Greece)

09:05 – 09:30 Keynote Speakers

Opher Brayer, Israel’s leading talent development expert, mentor, coach and teacher (Israel)
Jenifer Hu, Chairwoman, Global Taiwan Institute (Taiwan; TBC)
Miles Yu, Senior Fellow and Director of the China Center at the Hudson Institute; Advisor to former US President Donald Trump (USA)

09:30 – 10:45 Digital Democracy

Jenifer Hu, Chairwoman, Global Taiwan Institute (Taiwan)
Jan Macháček, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Institute for Politics and Society (Czech Republic)
Cristian David, Chairman of the Board, Institute for Freedom and Democracy (Romania)
Representative of Google

‍10:45 – 12:00 AI, Robots and Humans: A New Era of Professions

Opher Brayer, Israel’s leading talent development expert, mentor, coach and teacher (Israel)
Josef Holý, IT expert, co-author of the podcast Canaries in the Net (Czech Republic)
Petr Somol, Director of AI Research, Gen Digital (Czech Republic)
‍Moderator: Lukáš Benzl, Director, Czech Association of Artificial Intelligence (Czech Republic)

12:00 – 12:50 Lunch

12:00 – 12:50 Economic Forum: The Impact of Digitalization over Democratic Processes (invitation only)

12:50 – 13:15 VIP TALK: eHealth as a Tool for Extending Life Span

Petr Foltýn, Director, National Centre for eHealth (Czech Republic)
Moderator: Barbora Dubanská, Digital health expert, member of the think tank “Minister of Health” (Czech Republic)

13:15 – 14:30 Digital Technologies and Their Role in State Defense

František Šulc, 1st Deputy Minister of Defence, Ministry of Defence (Czech Republic)
Miles Yu, Senior Fellow and Director of the China Center at the Hudson Institute; Advisor to former US President Donald Trump (USA)
Michal Křelina, quantum technology consultant for NATO, military and investors; scientist, Czech Technical University in Prague (Czech Republic)
Ophélie Coelho, independent researcher, digital geopolitics specialist (TBC, France)
Francesco Cappelletti, researcher, European Liberal Forum (Italy)
Moderator: Kristina Soukupová, Founder and President, DefSec Innovation Hub (Czech Republic)

14:30 – 14:45 Coffee Break

14:45 – 16:00 Digitalisation of Education and Connection With the Labor Market

Vojtěch Petráček, Rector, Czech Technical University in Prague (Czech Republic)
Peter Podprocký, Director of 42 Prague (Slovakia)
Jeff Sheridan, Managing Director, Matrix Internet (Ireland)
Moderator: Barbora Malinovská, Mentor and coach in leadership and digitalization (Czech Republic)

16:00 – 17:00 Networking with a Glass of Wine

Find out more on the official website: International Conference Digital Czech Republic (digitalni-cesko.eu).