East Innovation Conference in Košice
Wednesday, Nov 13, 2019 From 09:00 to 15:30
Tabačka Kulturfabrik, Gorkého 2
Driving Positive Change.
Program
9:00 Official Welcome
- Gabriel Galgóci, President, AmCham Slovakia
9:10 Opening Keynote
- Rudolf Schuster, President
9:25 Panel 1: FUTURE LEADERS
- Adam Nedoroščík, Representative, Youth council of Kosice region
- Patrik Čižmadia, Student, Co-owner of Zlatý strapec
- Erik Kajati, Co-founder, CHECkuP & PhD. Candidate, Technical University of Košice
- Zuzana Eperješiová (Skyva), PhD. Student, UPJŠ / Singer, Song-writer, Pianist
- Martin Mudrák, Director of Košice Office, AmCham Slovakia (Moderator)
10:05 TED TALK: Building a local innovation ecosystem of the future
- Peter Kolesár, CEO, CIVITTA
10:20 Coffee Break
10:45 Panel 2: R&D Made in Eastern Slovakia
- Ľudmila Majláthová, Economic Counselor, European Commission
- Tomáš Ružicka, Design & Development Manager, CEMM THOME
- Attila Pósa, Head of Research & Development, ANTIK Telecom s.r.o. & ANTIK Technology Ltd.
- Veronika Gregorková, Director / Founder, Lean Institute SK (Moderator)
11:30 Remarks: Innovation Ecosystem - Regional Examples
- Gina Kassem, Regional Environment Science Technology and Health Officer at U.S. Department of State
11:45 Panel 3: START Small – THINK Big – INNOVATE Fast
- Ivan Radvák, Business Owner IT, T-Systems Slovakia
- Zsuzsa Makara, Startup Team CEE, Microsoft
- Matúš Kirchmayer, Founder / CEO, Matsuko
- Mary MacPherson, President & CEO, Slovak-American Foundation (Moderator)
12:30 Remarks: How to innovate your business leveraging AI and cognitive applications
- Július Oboril, Cognitive Process Transformation Leader, IBM Slovakia
12:45 East Innovations
- Lightning presentations by Eastern Slovak Start-ups
13:00 Closing
- Ronald Blaško, Executive Director, AmCham Slovakia
13:10 Lunch
Documents to download
Connection magazine report
Format: .pdf, size: 1.16MB
EIC2019_executive_summary
Format: .pdf, size: 1.02MB
EIC2019_agenda
Format: .pdf, size: 0.11MB
EIC2019_sponsorship_opportunities
Format: .pdf, size: 0.12MB
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