Vladimir Dzurilla graduated from Slovak Technical University in Bratislava, completed study stay in the Netherlands and studies at the British Open University. He worked in Accenture, O2, and within the Ministry of Finance as a consultant and advisor in projects for the exchange and implementation of large IT systems and the implementation of organizational and process changes. Since May 2016 up to the present day, he has served as Chief Executive Officer of the State Treasury of Shared Services Center, whose main task is to provide ICT services for the state administration and operation of the National Data Center. Since January 2018, he is also head of the National Agency for Communications and Information Technology, that create…

After studies and business, Emil Fitoš spent more than 20 years of his working life at Siemens and later at Atos. In 2014, he became CEO of Atos Slovakia and Czech Republic. Under his leadership, Atos was one of the leading companies on the market with a significant innovative contribution. On 21 June 2017, he was elected President of the IT Association of Slovakia and will defend the position in 2019, 2021 and 2023. He serves as an advisor to the Slovak Government and Deputy Chairman of the Slovak Government Council for the Digitization of the Public Sector and the Digital Single Market. He also influences the digitalisation of Slovakia through his involvement in the activities of the Digital Coalition and the Centre for Artificial Inte…

Vice President of IT Association of Slovakia for eGovernment. In 1986, he finished his university studies at the Department of Computers of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, SVŠT in Bratislava. After completing his studies, he continued to work at the university and in 1995 defended his candidate's dissertation in the field of artificial intelligence. He developed several new subjects and actively lectured in the field of artificial intelligence and software engineering. In 1995, he began to devote himself fully to work at DITEC. He worked as the director of the Information Systems Division. In 2000, he was appointed to the position of Vice President for Strategy. In this position, he manages the company's development projects and…

Rastislav Janota has more than 20 years of experience in the IT and telecommunications sector. During his professional career, he held several expert and top managerial positions in the field of ICT and cyber security both in the private sector and in public administration, both in Slovakia and in various countries abroad. Since September 1, 2023, he has been working as a special envoy of the NBU for cyber security at the Embassy of the Slovak Republic in Washington, D.C., USA.

Ing. Gabriel Lachmann was born in 1976. He was studying at FEI STU in Bratislava, majoring in automation. In 1999 he was a co-founder and CEO of software company Elline s.r.o., which dealt with the supply of internet portals, bank and stock market systems. In 2003 he coordinated fusion of companies Elline and Euromove, that eventuated information of system integrator EEA s.r.o. Since 2003 he has functioned in EEA s.r.o. on the position of business director (CBO). He is a co-founder of the civil association Utopia and a member of the Society for open information technologies.

He started his career at VSŽ Košice as a programmer. Later he became a manager in various positions with responsibility for IT systems, many of which have been operating successfully to this day. After the extensive experience, he then decided to build new IT companies of Ness KDC in Košice and GlobalLogic, which targeted customers abroad. In this highly competitive environment, the company managed to create a working IT Valley model where he became Chairman of the Supervisory Board. His 20-year-lasting career allowed him to travel a lot, taught him about himself and about the great potential of his own country.

A graduate of the Technical University in Košice, who started as a programmer. He later worked as a project and line manager in various local and international IT companies in Košice. His positive relationship with the East Slovakian region was reflected in his active involvement in the influential regional association Košice IT Valley, where he served as executive director until 2020. During his tenure in Košice IT Valley he worked intensively on local IT community development, new investments, developing relationships with local institutions and various development, strategic and educational projects.

Pavel Karel graduated from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics of the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava and also completed postgraduate studies at the prestigious Ecole des ponts ParisTech in France. After working at the Institute of Technical Cybernetics of the Slovak Academy of Sciences as a system specialist, he joined Tatra banka, where he spent a significant part of his career as the director of the IT Department and was a member of its Board of Directors for several years. As a business consultant, he worked for IBM, where he managed many international projects. For the last 10 years, he has provided consulting services at his own company Fairdyne. Thanks to his many years of experience in building, op…