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…

Anton Jelenčiak, General Director of the Digitization Section, with many years of experience in the international environment and expertise in the field of digital transformation. He specializes in defining digitization strategies and successfully implements them within the framework of EU regulations at the international and national level. He actively represents the Ministry in important international institutions, such as the UN, OECD, EC, ER, etc. Since March 2021, he has been working at the Ministry of Investments, Regional Development and Informatization (MIRDI), where he holds the role of general director. His task is, among other things, to ensure strategies and measures at the level of digitization within the country, to impr…

Tomáš Kakula studied at the University of Economics in Bratislava, where he obtained a PhD. in the field of financial management. In the past, he led a micro-enterprise in the field of Internet sales. He has been working at the Ministry of Economy of the Slovak Republic since 2011, currently as the General Director of the Competitiveness Section. His competencies include improving the business environment, supporting innovation and developing industry. He has also worked for 5 years at the Permanent Representation of the Slovak Republic to the EU in Brussels, where he was, among other things, a member of the elite team of negotiators in the case of state aid for Jaguar Land Rover's strategic investment.

Maroš Čuchta is the director of the Takeda Innovation Center in Bratislava. He graduated in business management from the University of Economics in Bratislava. He has more than 20 years of experience in the field of consulting and information technology in an international environment in the fields of telecommunications, finance, public administration and pharmacy. Since 2014, he has worked as a scientist at the Accenture Technology Center in Bratislava, and last year he took over the management of the newly opened Innovation Center of Takeda, which belongs to the Top 10 global biotechnology companies in the world and has a tradition of more than 240 years.