Gary is a lecturer, writer and consultant on the future of work, learning, and the organization. His focus is on helping individuals, organizations, communities and countries to thrive in the transition to a digital economy. He currently serves as Chair for the Future of Work for Singularity University, leading the organization’s efforts to empower a global community with the mindset and skillset to create an abundant future of work and learning. LinkedIn

Andrej Kiska is a Slovak enterpreneur, philantropist & writer. A former businessman, Kiska was elected President of Slovakia in 2014 and has written two books about happiness, success and leadership. In 2006, Kiska co-founded a non-profit charitable organization Dobrý anjel, in which donors help families that have found themselves in a difficult financial situation as a result of a family member contracting a serious disease.

The co-creator of a breakthrough gene-editing technology CRISPR who warned against his own invention is coming to talk about one of the most challenging topics of our time – man-controlled evolution. Gene editing is no longer the domain of sci-fi movies. Sam’s research focuses on the mechanism of DNA targeting by RNA-guided bacterial immune systems (CRISPR-Cas9) and on the development of these systems for genome engineering applications. Sam is a part of the scientific team lead by Dr. Jennifer Doudna who discovered the method. He is also the co-author of A Crack in Creation, a popular science book about the discovery, development, and applications of CRISPR-Cas9. LinkedIn

Kerstin Ewelt is Head of Marketing & Business Development Northern Europe, for Quora. She is responsible for growing Quora in Northern Europe and is dedicated to the mission of bringing together people on Quora seeking to gain and share knowledge. She joined the company in April 2017, after serving as Country Manager Search for Germany, Austria, and Switzerland at Yahoo. Kerstin began her career as a journalist in Germany, working for newspapers including Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and Berliner Zeitung. LinkedIn

Top-rated Future Port Prague 2018 keynote speaker is back, this time to deliver a half-day seminar digging deep into what it takes to become an exponential organization. Coming from the interaction of technology, strategy, innovation, organization, and digitization, and focusing on technological, organizational and personal transformation and innovation, Yuri has helped leaders and organizations globally to embrace exponential thinking and doing since 2008. As co-author of the highly acclaimed best selling (more than 300.000 in 20 different languages) business book “Exponential Organizations”, he impacted corporates, agencies, startups, governments, communities and purpose-driven organizations. How? Via keynotes, workshops, training and executive coaching. LinkedIn

As Head of Innovation and Ventures Office, Frank is overseeing the largest Space entrepreneurship network in the world. His team has initiated over 320 industry transfers, supported over 720 start-ups invested over 45 Mio. Euro in Seed since started. His department also supports the exploitation of the ESA patent portfolio, promotes the ESA Business Application programme to tech companies. Over 500 businesses have been supported with this programme. LinkedIn More about Frank  

Rachael Rekart is the Vice President of Customer Success at Soul Machines, an innovative AI tech-company striving to re-imagine how humans connect with machines. She is an AI leader and active evangelist of human-machine augmentation for customer engagement both inside and outside the company, featured in publications including The Wall Street Journal, VentureBeat, Vogue, and Fast Company, as well as interviewed on Bloomberg TV and Cheddar. Additionally, Rachael is also a San Francisco Business Times’ Most Influential Women in Business award recipient and a Women Innovators Network (WIN) honoree. LinkedIn

Vitor is leading a biotechnology and cell culture program towards the development of cultured meat at JUST. His main focus is to select animals and breeds of interest and strategically isolate, identify, and characterize novel cell candidates amenable for manufacturing. The primary mission of JUST is to produce cultured meat that is affordable, delicious, and available to everyone while simultaneously overcoming food safety, environmental and ethical hurdles that we’re facing nowadays with conventional meat production. LinkedIn

Stephan Gillich Director of Artificial Intelligence – GTM for Intel EMEA Datacenter Group, who is responsible for the positioning of Intel solutions in the AI environment for the EU region and the Middle East. Stephan joined Intel as a Computer Scientist in the Supercomputing Division. Since then, he has gained expertise in numerous business areas and on various management positions with responsibility for technology and positioning and marketing. As a member of the Digital Video Broadcasting Project he has also worked towards the expansion of unified standards in the media industry.

Jan was an early adopter of digital technologies for the creative area. In 2012, Jan started his career at Audi AG as team leader of the VR team at the Audi IT. His long-time passion for AR and VR led him to establish the center of competence as a network hub for AR&VR, the place to inspire and influence the XR activities within Audi AG. With his private label advisXR Jan advises startups and supports established companies on their journey through the digital transformation. LinkedIn

Jay Latta is an Emerging Technology Strategist with over 25 years of experience focused on industrial and enterprise IT. He has a passion for analyzing complex technologies and systems, clearly defining actionable insights and helping the C-suite better implement effective technology solutions. Jay is now developing open networks and building partnerships to support emerging technology markets, better-enabling innovation and maximizing the benefit to all involved. LinkedIn

Chris is the co-founder and Chief Architect of the Learning Economy. A serial entrepreneur, he is also an author, technology architect, and futurist. He speaks in global forums about blockchain, the slippery slope of progress and the importance of art with purpose. LinkedIn

Janet Rafner is the director of Learning at ScienceAtHome, Center for Hybrid Intelligence at Aarhus University, Denmark. Her current research includes theoretical and phenomenological turbulence, creativity, citizen science, human computer interfaces, and Research-Enabling Game-Based Education. She was formerly a U.S. Fulbright Fellow, and holds degrees in physics and studio art. LinkedIn

Technologist and scientist in the field of artificial intelligence, specializing in applications and technology transfer. CTO at AVAST Software and Head of the Center of Artificial Intelligence at ČVUT. He studied and worked at foreign universities. He led scientific projects funded by the US Defense Agencies (FAA) and NASA. Co-founder and investor of several successful Artificial Intelligence start-ups (Cognitive Security, AgentFly Technologies, Blindspot.AI), is a Venture Partner of Evolution Equity Partners. In the past, he worked as a director of the R&D center for artificial intelligence and computer security of CISCO in Prague and also as a strategist for new technologies. In 2015, he was included in the New Europe 100 List of Exceptional Innovators. He is a co-founder of the non-profit initiative PRG.AI. LinkedIn

In 2016, Ambuj has founded Feed A Billion, which has provided over 4 million meals to those in need around the globe. This nutritional program specifically focuses on the prevention of human trafficking by providing daily, consistent nutrition to children in schools by leveraging AJ’s industry connections and technology to create a large, sustainable impact. Ambuj has spoken on stages across the globe, including those of Tony Robbins, TedX, and A360. LinkedIn

16 years old, Canadian, and striving to develop the future of technology. Shalev Lifshitz is one of the world’s youngest AI researchers and entrepreneurs. He’s passionate about inspiring people to explore and think about the future of AI as well as what questions we need to ask in order to be prepared human-level artificial intelligence. LinkedIn

How can we move people and things more seamlessly in the future? Changing current reality fast requires an ecosystem perspective! Roland has a passion for innovating mobility services. He is a multi-entrepreneur, innovation and adoption specialist (AI, IOT & Platforms). He worked for start-ups and corporates. Roland is keen on identifying areas where information economy benefits can make a change. He supports start-ups, is CEO of the innovation company Consilis and partner at Theron Advisory Group.

Ana C. Rold is the CEO and Publisher of Diplomatic Courier, the flagship media network and magazine for top diplomats in Washington, DC, New York, Brussels and Geneva. Rold is also the co-founder of Learning Economy, an education and blockchain and AI venture. LinkedIn

During his time in the software industry, he has worked with the Canadian and European Space Agencies and CERN on distributed software systems, grid, and cloud computing development projects. In 2007 he realised one of his dreams and founded SixSq. His current focus is edge computing technologies, DevOps and hybrid cloud solutions. With SixSq software and his team, he builds Smart City, mobility, and big data solutions to deliver real and tangible benefits to society. Marc-Elian regularly talks at local, national and international events LinkedIn

Kaimana Chee is the Chef Ambassador for JUST, a San Francisco-based company on a mission to build a food system where everyone eats well. For the past three years Chef has been traveling across the globe as a culinary ambassador for JUST, promoting sustainable, delicious and healthier food products. Starting his professional culinary journey on a food truck a decade ago, Chef Kaimana has since appeared in several food industry related publications and earned a collection of culinary accolades that include numerous television appearances on the Food Network and culinary competitions. LinkedIn

Šárka Petříková – First Violin Jan Palouček – Second Violin Daniel Menhart – Viola Dora Hájková – Chello  The PFK Orchestral Academy Quartet – Prague Philharmonia was created in 1998 as the first scholarship program of its kind in the Czech Republic, offering opportunities to 12 young classical musicians each year. They spend a year studying orchestral composition with the leaders of the PKF – Prague Philharmonia orchestra and artistically participate on a number of PKF’s projects, including tours abroad. Members of the Orchestral Academy also work with chamber music and are included in individual educational programs. Web   

Neil had an antenna permanently implanted into his skull that allows him to perceive colors despite being colorblind from birth. He thus became the first human that was officially recognized as a cyborg. The technology he developed captures colors using a sensor and interprets them as sound. Not only did Neil acquire the ability to perceive and differentiate colors, but he can now “see” in the invisible part of the spectrum. Neil can even connect to the International Space Station and listen to the sounds of colors from space! He uses his ability to perceive colors in a completely different way to create astonishing works of art and his Cyborg Foundation defends the interests of people who decide to have pieces of technology permanently implemented into their bodies. LinkedIn

The world’s largest technology giants eagerly await Bryony’s annual Future of Sex report where she predicts trends in combining technology and human intimacy. She attracted the world’s attention with her Future of Sex podcast where she and other experts discuss modern sexuality and the role of technologies such as artificial intelligence, fertility tracking, and applications to prevent sexual abuse. Her talks about femtech and sextech, ie. technologies focusing on female health and sexuality resp., enjoy a huge amount of interest all around the world. Bryony also organizes sextech hackathons and fosters a platform to support sextech companies led by women. LinkedIn

Amy is an evangelist for AR/VR development in the commercial arena. Her personal mission is to see VR/AR fundamentally improve every aspect of our lives and change the way we work, learn, communicate, and play. LinkedIn

Besides his ministerial post, Karel Havlíček is also Deputy Prime Minister for the Economy and a member and Deputy Chairman of the Government Council for Research, Development, and innovation. He’s also been active in the academic world for some time, building the Economic Studies Faculty at the University of Finance and Administration where he designed the economics and management study program. He’s written several erudite books about small- and medium-sized businesses, as well as dozens of articles published at home and abroad. He was also the executive director of the SINDAT group within the Association of Small- and Medium-Sized Businesses of the Czech Republic, which he built into a respected investor into small- and medium-sized industrial companies and new technologies.   

Ondřej is a combination of venture investor and one of the most successful Czech businessmen active today. He built and managed MALL.cz, one of the largest internet retailers in the Czech Republic, which he sold in 2012 in the largest Czech e-commerce transaction to date. He invested the proceeds into Reflex Capital, which became his main focus since then. LinkedIn

Margus Simson has been working in the field of digitalization for the last 20 years. He has been involved in practically every aspect of the digitalization in Estonia – the banks, telecoms, utilities, healthcare, government. The focus of his work is always on the radical simplification of services and processes and strong customer orientation. In addition – digitalization is more about business model change than the implementation of cool technology in IT team. Combining the customer orientation with change in business model means, usually a complete change in the company’s culture and positioning. LinkedIn

Is lab-grown meat the future of how we going to eat? Let us challenge the way you see your lunch! Brian is a chemical engineer with 12 years of industry experience. His company is producing meat from animal cells instead of animal slaughter. Previously, Brian spent eight years as the co-founder of Sixclear, creating software and products to automate the research labs and production environments of customers such as NASA, Cisco Systems, Sandia National Labs, and GE Healthcare.  LinkedIn

Petr is a visionary businessman, an investor into modern forms of energy generation, and the founder of Nano Energies, a respected firm on a number of markets. He’s currently developing energy sharing and flexible aggregation technologies using blockchain as a transparent accounting ledger. The goal is to allow people to invest into their own sources of energy and sell part of their power or send it to their family and friends for free. His approach is built on an innovative combination of natural resources and technologies. LinkedIn

IBM Q Ambassador for Czech Republic and Slovakia. Working with Universities and other institutions in the region to enable, evangelize and develop Quantum Computing. Industry Sector Technical Leader driving strategy for IBM and clients in CEE with leading Industry Solutions and Client Business transformation. Thought leader and Executive Architect with a strong international background as Global Client Technical Advisor for large T&T Clients and experience with Watson IoT solutions. Recognized as an Industry expert with deep knowledge of IoT and Industry 4.0. LinkedIn

During her four years at the reigns, Lucie guided Kiwi.com through an exemplary period of exponential growth, expanding from 10 employees to 2,000 while income exploded from zero to €1 billion. Kiwi.com became the name for technology that makes travelling easier and connects flights from airlines that do not cooperate. Lucie is now leveraging her experience to advise executives and their teams to help them achieve their ambitious goals. Her methods are based on a measured combination of supporting individuals and visions of projects while constantly improving productivity and effectiveness. LinkedIn

Stefan wrote a book about 3D software at the tender age of 15 and its reception catapulted him to success in innovation. His ambition to improve medical magnetic resonation imaging led him to found Brainlab in 1989. The company became a world leader in medical technologies with 1,400 employees all over the world, focusing on digitalizing surgery and radiation therapy that combines intelligent software and intuitive hardware. This technology integrates digital operating rooms to expand a surgeon’s abilities and options while increasing the safety and precision of procedures.   LinkedIn

Petr is a technology startup enthusiast that wants to change today’s society for the better. His space-focused startup S.A.B. Aerospace has developed cosmic technologies since 2014 and it is initiating the opening of the Tech Nest technology center, a facility rumored to have the potential to develop teleportation technologies. He also founded Cape Free, which invests into startups. Petr popularizes space-related topics in the Czech Republic, as well as investment and financing. Over the years he has helped build dozens of companies and continues to be a player on the startup scene. LinkedIn    

Markus is the executive director of the Central European Institute of Technology (CEITEC) headquartered in Brno, which associates 550 researchers focused on the natural sciences, advanced materials, and technologies. Before joining CEITEC, Markus was a project leader in pre-clinical development of viral vaccines and antibody research at Crucell (Johnson & Johnson). He studied genetics and evolutionary biology at Harvard Medical School. LinkedIn

Peter Ivanov is a manger and businessman who created a new approach to leading virtual teams – teams in separate locations connected by technology. His Virtual Power Teams method provides smooth project management and reduces costs. Virtual teams led by Peter have won several prestigious awards, including Best of the Best and the Global IT Connect Award. He also speaks about and coaches people in new methods of leadership. LinkedIn  

Tomáš currently works as a researcher at Facebook AI Research, but he first drew attention to himself as a university student when he achieved a breakthrough in how computers process natural language. He presented models of language based on recurrent neuron networks that describe the structure of language much more precisely than previous approaches. He worked at Google Brain where he created a model for transferring words to a vector map that dramatically improved speech recognition and automatic translations. Tomáš thus became one of the scientists that was able to dramatically improve the performance of Google’s translation functions. His vision is that people in the future will be aided by efficient personal assistants built on artificial intelligence. LinkedIn

Ondřej currently focuses on investments in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, and Bulgaria. His main interest is seeking out and supporting talented businesspeople just starting out. In the past, he founded a Czech branch of the First Tuesday platform, which was later transformed into the TUESDAY Business Network and stood at the beginnings of the Czech and Slovak startup scene. LinkedIn

Aleksi is a Czech physician, biochemist, and biochemical pathologist. He worked as a visiting professor in Pisa, Italy and as a researcher at the Curie Institute in Paris. He is currently the dean of Charles University’s First Faculty of Medicine, the head of the Institute of Biochemistry and Experimental Oncology, and head of a group of neuro-oncologists. He is also the author of a number of scientific publications. Web LinkedIn  

Jan Řežáb is a Czech businessman and international speaker. He built his first enterprise at the age of 12 and Forbes magazine repeatedly included him on their list of the 30 most interesting businesspeople under 30. His interest went far beyond personal productivity and began to focus on corporate productivity, time as a resource, and effective communication. Jan’s talks that concentrate on social networks, digital technologies, and business have been enthusiastically received at events like TEDx and CMO Forbes. Prestigious higher learning institutions such as the Harvard Business School and Stanford University have also invited him to speak at their events. LinkedIn

Antoine combines elements of astronomy with disciplines like architecture, history, art, and linguistics in a futuristic way. He believes in the need for a revolution in space flight that in his view will be enabled by a mix of cosmic architecture, innovative economics, and future technologies. Antoine has authored several publications on the topic, and he’s compiled a list of hundreds of design aspects necessary for deep space flight. His company Tony Sky Designs Group provides strategic planning and management of specific development projects.

According to Danny, fashion is one of the key motivators in our lives, for better or worse. Her company fashionXact wants to transform the fashion industry by making high-quality fashion available to everyone while adapting it to ever-changing urban cultures and societies. Danny examines how the fashion sharing economy contributes to transforming urban environments and creates new service models. LinkedIn

Jevgeni is the chief product officer at Bolt, previously known as Taxify, which is one of the fastest-growing transportation platforms in Europe and Africa. Over 25 million people use the service in more than 30 countries. He is also the current president of the Estonian Startup Leaders Club and was named Estonian Businessman of the Year by EY in 2015. Jevgeni also supports other startups and sits on the boards of several of them. LinkedIn

Vaclav is bridging the gap between the worlds of marketing & innovation. In his marketing career he has consulted businesses across the globe. In 2013 Vaclav has brought Leo Burnett’s Chicago innovational hub Farmhouse to Prague to foster the innovation within ad business. He also co-founded a brand-tech consultancy Kliché Killers in NYC and in 2016 he co-founded Air Ventures fund with Michal Nydrle. Vaclav is also a partner and creative head of the biggest startup clash in Europe, Startup World Cup & Summit. LinkedIn

Ondřej is the co-founder and leader of Liftago, which operates the highest-rated app for shared travel on the planet. Customers can choose offers from licensed drivers differentiated by prices and other factors. Liftago wants to create a free market using its auction-based system that would integrate today’s providers with future technologies. The company’s goal is to enable smart cities where people will not be dependent on their own cars and to reduce problems with parking. LinkedIn

Privacy. The ultimate topic which touches the lives of everyone. Bulletproof AI builds solution for security of machine learning and statistical techniques applied to credit risk scoring, fraud detection, anti-money laundering and biometric authentication, as well as other AI application domains in finance and security industry. LinkedIn

With a background in engineering and systems neuroscience, Prateep is interested in combining the strengths of algorithms and biology. He is a senior research scientist at the Charité Berlin and working currently on decoding how neurons encode and store memory during a night’s sleep. LinkedIn

Valentin is founder and managing director of IONIQ, an award winning smart skincare company and heads the innovation lab of Swiss based WAGNER Group, world market leader in industrial surface coating. He is a lecturer, speaker, author and advisor in the fields of innovation, leadership and digital with focus on family owned business. Valentin holds a Ph.D. in corporate strategy and actively supports the Ugandan Hope Development Initiative LinkedIn

Bitcoin is changing how we think about money. But what is so magical about it and why should we be perhaps paying more attention to it? Pavel Moravec is the co-founder of Braiins, one of the world’s leading companies in the bitcoin mining space. With a team of other bitcoin enthusiasts, he operates a global computer network which helps create and secure this money of the future. LinkedIn

A Harvard and UCSF-fellow, Christian is heading the dermato-oncology department at the Technical University of Munich and is the secretary general of the Austrian Society for Dermatology. He is a renowned scientist and scholar, practitioner and mentor, and serves as a board member of several medtech start-ups. Also holding a PhD in medical sciences, he has published in Cell, Nature Cell Biology and PNAS and is a twitter-ambassador for skin health. LinkedIn

Starting his career in the drone industry 25 years ago, Ran has been involved in some of the most innovative and exciting drone projects world-wide, as a pilot, designer, product manager and entrepreneur. Ran is a leading figure in Israeli commercial drones’ ecosystem, as an expert in Israeli and international drone flights regulation, the owner and manager of the Israeli Drone Academy and the founder of the conference The Drones People. For the last year, Ran is leading Gadfin, an Israeli start-up that develops unmanned aerial delivery networks for the Logistics market. LinkedIn

Susanna Bäckman is a respected and accomplished teacher, school director, board member and consultant from Finland. She has over 20 years of professional management and leadership experience in the Finnish national education sector. Susanna is a specialist in the research and development of new models for pedagogy and educational working and leading practices and regularly works with both directors and teachers in these areas. Her leadership innovations have been successfully adopted by the Finnish national education sector and form the basis for their current operations. Susanna is passionate about education, shared and team leadership, learning environments and human development.  

René Morkos is a second generation civil engineer with over 15 years of construction industry experience that is divided between industry and academia. He is founder and inventor of the world’s first Artificial Intelligence software application to optimize construction. His professional experience includes working as a project manager in Afghanistan, underwater pipeline construction, automation engineering for a $ 350 million gas refinery expansion project in Abu Dhabi, ERP system implementations, and various Virtual Design and Construction projects. LinkedIn

Lidija works as a consultant and helped Alza.cz to make its strategy more effective, for example. She focuses on finding effective solutions to problems on the basis of facts and numbers. She previously worked at companies like Intel and AAA Auto. Lidija also authored the “SWICH – Z říše za monitorem” (SWICH – The World Behind the Monitor) educational books for children that use fairy tales to teach children and their parents how to maneuver in the world of smart devices and social networks, leveraging her years of experience in IT. LinkedIn

Michal founded Jyxo search engine, Blog.cz, Testomato and other internet projects. These days his team works on an innovative airplane with vertical take-off and landing (VTOL), called Zuri. The goal is to provide effective air travel from any place, without going to airport and ordered from a mobile app. Michal also invests, usually through StartupYard or directly (BudgetBakers, Pex, Brand Embassy, XTND and others). LinkedIn

David is a co-founder of Blockchain Slovakia, a non-profit organization that educates people about cryptocurrencies and blockchain technologies. He lectures about cryptocurrencies at the University of Žilina and regularly speaks at conferences, seminars, forums, and universities. He also provides his experience to several nascent cryptocurrency initiatives in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Visit David’s website. David’s LinkedIn

Andrew Warrington is a patient, health hacker, and member of the #WeAreNotWaiting open source diabetes care movement. He has contributed to the AndroidAPS artificial pancreas system. In his day job, he works on Digital Therapeutics. LinkedIn

Artur is a Founder and CEO of Somnium Space. He has worked as an investment trader for many years before becoming a VR evangelist and an architect of virtual worlds. Artur strongly believes in the ultimate future of Virtual Worlds which will bring society to the next evolutionary level. At Somnium Space Artur connects all the necessary dots to make that vision a reality. LinkedIn  

Martin has invested his career into building and driving innovative products that improve people’s lives. Currently with the Silicon Valley company DNAnexus, he has been making scientific data analysis efficient, secure, and user-friendly for clients in pharma, medical diagnostics, and research. Most recently, he has helped build a development and services center for DNAnexus in Prague. Web LinkedIn  

Tony Hunter is a Global Futurist and consultant specialising in the Future of Food. He is a passionate believer that AgriFood Tech offers massive opportunities to solve the problems of sustainability and feeding the growing global population. Tony travels the world using his combination of scientific qualifications and business experience to convey how new technologies will influence Food Industries. He wants the world in 2050 to look back and thank, not condemn, the Food Industry for its actions. LinkedIn

Can you turn failure into business success? Tomáš Studeník is a radical innovator and strategist with over 15 years of experience in marketing. He organized the first global CEE Hacks hackathon in 2017. Apart from consulting companies on innovation strategy, Tomáš holds monthly FuckUp Nights where lessons from failure are publicly shared by distinguished entrepreneurs, scientists and artists. LinkedIn

Jan Müller has been the head of online magazine Flowee since 2018 and he’s been active in the media for years. He worked at daily Lidové noviny as the head of the Média a komunikace (Media and Communication) supplement and the magazines Pátek and Esprit. Jan also worked at Mladá fronta where he led weekly media and marketing periodical Strategie. He founded the trade publication Právo & Byznys (Law and Business), an “intelligent lifestyle” magazine called ZEN, and he led the periodical Formen. Jan also created the Chinese language publication Esence – Pražský magazín (Essence – Prague Magazine), authored the futurological book “Průvodce budoucností” (A Guide to the Future), and co-authored “Dítě v síti” (Children on the Network).  LinkedIn  

Education Republic aims to facilitate the already ongoing  transition from the educational paradigm of the 19th century to the next level ecosystem where learning is driven by never ending self-determined demand and facilitated by freedom of movement among various educational platforms and institutions. Tomas is heading the Adaptive Learning Team and is a passionate proponent of the principles of learning organizations. LinkedIn  

Tomas is a research scientist at the Slovak Academy of Sciences and a co-founder and CTO of Glycanostics company. After receiving his Ph.D. in biotechnology, he focused fully on novel assay development for early cancer diagnostics. For his work, he won many national and international awards, such as Award from a president of Slovakia, Scientist of the year of Slovakia under 35 or Danubius young scientist award. He also aims to bring science to the general public, especially young people, by letting them in the lab and try things by themselves.   LinkedIn

Instead of studying masters at London School of Economics, Radek (26) cofounded SENS, a leading European cricket protein brand, and decided to change modern diet into more sustainable one. Later, he co-founded as well the world´s biggest cricket farm and now is fully focused on making sustainable cricket protein the new normal. Radek lives in Prague and Berlin, where SENS mainly wants to grow its sales. LinkedIn

After the exit of his AI sales company, He founded the social selling agency Artificial Link and the neuroscience project Braingrade. Happy that He had the opportunity to work with 100+ tech companies to scale their b2b sales incl. Microsoft, Twilio & Zuora. With Artificial Link, they build the digital presence of top executives to scale customer acquisition. With Braingrade, they try to provide direct access to our brain. Besides that, He supports the b2b sales community as a Mentor for Singularity University, Singa, Startupbootcamp, Betahouse and Founder Institute, Lecturer at the BITS University, German Ambassador of Sales Hacker and Chapter Officer of AA-ISP Germany. His charitable activities include Mensa, Sandbox & Founders Pledge. LinkedIn  

PARDAM, the company that Jan leads, focuses on the development and production of materials made from nanofibers using centrifugal spinning technology. He is also the Vice President of the Czech Nanotechnology Industry Association and a member of the board of directors of the Czech Association for Applied Photocatalysis. Jan has extensive experience with electrostatic and centrifugal spinning of both types of nanofiber materials (inorganics and polymers), as well as an in-depth knowledge of how to produce, process, and apply these materials for commercial use. He is the co-author of several patents and commercial applications. LinkedIn  

After 10 years spent in corporate companies in different roles, She decided to quit her job and started to implement one big idea of Smart shoe to reality. In miomove, She is responsible for business strategy, development of HW, SW and sensors, MKT, sales, building strategic partnerships and negotiations with investors and She is doing her best to make it happen. LinkedIn

Lenka works on developing an innovative concept of medical treatment known as digital therapeutics – specifically for type 2 diabetes. She worked as a business analyst at pharmaceutical companies and graduated in Economics at Charles University and in Management of Innovation at Rotterdam School of Management. LinkedIn  

Jindřich builds innovators with a positive impact on people and the world. He leads the innovative Q Designers studio, which develops new products and services. He founded The Greenest Company, which combines nature and technology to improve the working environment. It is behind the Conscious & Craft brand that makes sustainable design. He reads, writes, lectures a lot. As a mentor I help startups in Impact HUB, ESA BIC and Google Launchpad incubators. LinkedIn

Rory is chief executive of Open City, the charity behind Open House London, the world’s biggest architecture festival and the centerpiece of a year-round public events programme exploring architecture, cities and urban design.  An award-winning critic and journalist, Rory was previously editor of the Architects’ Journal. Rory studied architecture at the University of Strathclyde, has worked in practice in Glasgow, Liege and Istanbul, and as a designer and developer in the videogames industry. Open City’s newest programme is Citymaking Sessions, a new platform exploring how we make cities today. Search Open City on Google and citymaking sessions on Youtube. LinkedIn

Šárka Petříková – First Violin Jan Palouček – Second Violin Daniel Menhart – Viola Dora Hájková – Chello  The PFK Orchestral Academy Quartet – Prague Philharmonia was created in 1998 as the first scholarship program of its kind in the Czech Republic, offering opportunities to 12 young classical musicians each year. They spend a year studying orchestral composition with the leaders of the PKF – Prague Philharmonia orchestra and artistically participate on a number of PKF’s projects, including tours abroad. Members of the Orchestral Academy also work with chamber music and are included in individual educational programs. Web   

Michaela is a biochemist and molecular biologist. She did her Ph.D. from Physiology and Pathological Physiology at Masaryk University in Brno. She spent part of her doctoral study at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore in Martin Pumera’s research group. Her research is focused on cancer biology, testing of novel anticancer compounds, nanocarrier-mediated targeted drug delivery and nanomaterial toxicity. She is now working as a postdoc in Advanced Functional Nanorobots laboratory at UCT in Prague. In 2019 she received Werner von Siemens Award. LinkedIn  

Richard Stiebitz and Filip Humpl are the tandem of creative directors of Wuderman Thompson agency, which focuses on linking creative creation with new technologies. Richard and Filip, after years of working in ATL agencies, decided to develop new types of communication based on the exploration of human insights and data analyses. Thanks to their innovative procedures, they have won a number of local and international awards. They both love classical music and they wonder if it is possible for artificial intelligence to enrich human creation with new emotions. LinkedIn Richard LinkedIn Filip

In recent years, Adam has developed firefighting equipment designed to help evacuate people from burning buildings. His research led him to using fascinating new technologies that further improve even the most advanced technologies in this field. The creation of a broad portfolio of these types of innovations could fundamentally resolve several technical problems in the field. Web  

André founded ShipVio in late 2015 and launched year after. He is passionate about startups and mobile technologies in general. He loves to work with talented people. He is currently based in Prague. He holds a Master’s degree (with distinction) in International relations and Diplomacy. LinkedIn