Program

8:15 – 8:55
Registration

9:00 – 9:05

Opening

Ivan Hodáč
Founder, Chairman of the Supervisory Board & Honorary Board Chairman, Aspen Institute CE

  Jakub Landovský
Executive Director, Aspen Institute CE

9:05 – 9:30

Transatlantic and Geopolitical Challenges: Is Europe Ready for the Future?

Keynote speeches and moderated interview:

Misha Glenny
Rector at the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM), Award-winning Journalist

Jan Lipavský
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic

9:30 – 9:40

Special Guest

The name will be announced at the day of the Conference 

9:40 – 10:35

Innovation in Defense: Capabilities for Space and Cyberspace

The panel will be based on a study by the Aspen Institute CE and Daniel Koštoval

Video message:
Daniel Koštoval, Senior Fellow, Prague Center for Transatlantic Relations
Rodrigo da Costa, Executive Director, EUSPA
Radka Konderlová, Director General, Industrial Cooperation Division, Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic
Richard Trojan, Investment Partner, Rockaway Capital

Panel discussion:

Ben Crampton
Director, European Government Affairs, Microsoft

Jerry Javornický
Co-Founder, Spaceknow

Jakub Landovský
Executive Director, Aspen Institute Central Europe

Jan Lukačevič
Space Engineer, NATO 2030 Young Leader

Air Chief Marshal The Lord Stuart Peach
Former Chair of the NATO Military Committee and former UK Chief of Defence Staff

10:35 – 10:50
Break

10:50 – 11:45

The Future of Democracy in Europe and North America

Panel discussion:

Matyáš Boháček
Managing Director, President of Research, SKDK

Alexander Braun
Managing Director, President of Research, SKDK

Benjamin Haddad
Minister Delegate for Europe

Matt Field
British Ambassador to the Czech Republic

Jacques Rupnik
​​Director of Research at CERI, Professor, Sciences Po

Vivian Schiller
Renowned Journalist and Executive Director, Aspen Digital

11:45 – 12:00

Values-based Leadership for the Future

Elliot Gerson
Executive Vice President, Policy Programs and International Partners, Aspen Institute

Katie Albright
Senior Advisor, Safe & Sound / Aspen Institute Trustee

12:00 – 13:00
Lunch

13:00 - 13:15

Team Europe: How to Secure a Safe Future in an Uncertain Era?

 Keynote message:

Jozef Síkela
European Commissioner-designate for International Partnerships

13:15 – 14:30

Education: Managing Educational Systems 

The panel will be based on a study by the Aspen Institute CE and PAQ Research

Keynote message:
Anders Adlercreutz
Minister of Education and Culture of Finland

Video Message:
Karel Gargulák, Analyst, PAQ Research
Monika Dragounová, Principal, Federation of Schools, Panská Pole
Jiří Nantl, Deputy Minister of Education
Tomáš Rosenbaum, Mayor, Municipality of Mšec

Panel discussion:

Mikuláš Bek
Minister of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic

Petra Pecková
Governor of the Central Bohemian Region

Robert Plaga
Chairman, National Accreditation Bureau for Higher Education

Šárka Vondrová
Principal, Elementary school Praha - Nebušice

Jan Zeman
Analyst, PAQ Research

14:30 – 14:45
Break

14:45 – 15:45

MSE: The Role of Key Actors in Strengthening the Competitiveness of the Czech Republic

The panel will be based on a study by the Aspen Institute CE and Data Ethics Lab

Video Message:
Richard Antonín Novák, Founder, Prague Data Ethics Lab & CEO Omnicrane
Jana Lvová, General Manager, Mastercard Czech Republic and Slovakia
Pavla Francke, Co-founder of HAAKON
Ivo Vondrák, Member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic

Panel discussion:

Zuzana Bílková
Founder and Owner, Besky

Pavla Břečková
Vice-Chairwoman of the Board of Directors, Association of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (AMSP CZ)

Robert Králíček
Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Czech Republic

Richard Antonín Novák
Founder, Prague Data Ethics Lab & CEO Omnicrane

František Štrupl
Country Director, Google Czech Republic

Lukáš Vlček
Minister of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic

15:45 – 16:00
Break

16:00 – 17:15

The Future of the Czech Labour Market

The panel will be based on a study by the Aspen Institute CE and Boston Consulting Group (BCG)

Keynote message:
Vít Rakušan
First Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of the Interior of the Czech Republic

Video Message:
Jiří Švejcar, Partner, Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
Lukáš Kačena, Director, prg.ai
Kateřina Štepánková, Director of Employment Section, Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of the Czech Republic
Klára Šimáčková Laurenčíková, Deputy Minister for European Affairs and Government Commissioner for Human Rights

Panel discussion:

Daria Hvížďalová
Director of AI Skills & Learning, 42London

Marian Jurečka
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Labour and Social Affairs of the Czech Republic 

Daniel Krištof
Executive Director, Labour Office of the Czech Republic

Jana Matesová
Economist, former Czech Representative to the World Bank

Vít Rakušan
First Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of the Interior of the Czech Republic

Jiří Švejcar
Partner, Boston Consulting Group (BCG)

17:15 – 17:20

Final Remarks

Jakub Landovský
Executive Director, Aspen Institute CE

Pavel Řehák
President, Aspen Institute CE / Founder, Direct family

The Conference will be chaired by Michala Hergetová.

*Change of the program is reserved.