Dušan Velič is the State Secretary of the Ministry of Investment, Regional Development and Informatization of the Slovak Republic. He brings to his work experience from working at the academy and foreign institutions, or from cooperation with the Nobel Prize winner for physical chemistry, Professor Gerhard Ertl. He is still active as a professor at Comenius University in Bratislava and as a scientist at the International Laser Center, which he founded. He has devoted his entire life to the transfer of innovation. At MIRDI SR, he is currently responsible for investment management, creating a suitable environment for the development of innovations in many areas and regional development.  

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.