CEDEG z.s. and NCA successfully organised the second edition of the largest Czech-Slovak Technology Summit in the fields of artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and European digital innovation hubs.
The second edition of the two-day Czech-Slovak meeting of experts in the field of artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and EDIH took place on 7 – 8 June at the state castle in Mikulov, South Moravia, Czech Republic. The CZECH-SLOVAK TECHNOLOGY SUMMIT 2023 (C-STS), which attracted a total of 238 participants on both days, is the largest Czech-Slovak networking event in the combination of the above-mentioned professional topics.
This year´s programme brought the latest findings from Czech, Slovak and foreign technology companies and the research sector. Topics included the dynamics, benefits and risks of the rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI), AI technologies and experiences with their deployment in industrial production, in cybersecurity, for example, the impact of the new EU directive on cybersecurity NIS2, which may negatively affect processes in companies and organisations, the consequences of the war in Ukraine or, for example, the presentation of new services brought by Slovak and Czech so-called European digital innovation hubs (EDIH). The programme also included a Specialised workshop on the use of artificial intelligence technologies, approaches and the use of Testbeds in the topics of Industry 4.0 and IoT for industrial enterprises from the team of CTU/CIIRK in Prague.
The event is intended mainly for professionals in the corporate and public sectors, managers of production operations in companies (including IoT and Industry 4.0), public administration organisations, IT managers, digital security, teams of digital hubs, innovation centres, incubators and other entities that benefit from practical information and services in any of the above topics.
The keynote at the beginning of this year's program was presented from the perspective of connecting AI and cybersecurity by Petr Schwarz, co-founder and member of the scientific board of the award-winning Czech company Phonexia and senior researcher at the Faculty of Information Technology of the Brno University of Technology. Other guests of the following panel discussion were Petr Očko, Chief Director for Digitalisation and Innovation from the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic, Jozef Graňačka, State Secretary of the Slovak Ministry of Investment, Regional Development and Informatization and Ján Adamovský, Technical Director of Slovak Savings Bank. On the topic of cybersecurity and the important topic of the impact of the new European directive NIS2 on the corporate environment and life in organisations, the keynote speakers included Rastislav Janota, Director of the National Cyber Security Centre SK-CERT, National Security Office of the Slovak Republic and Adam Kučínský, Director of the Department of Cyber Security Regulation from the National Office for Cyber and Information Security of the Czech Republic.
"Personally, I am very pleased with the ever-deeper interconnection of the Czech and Slovak technology environment at C-STS 2023. This year, we offered a really diverse and diverse and strong portfolio of professional technology presentations. In future editions we want to strengthen especially the area of presentations related to the development of artificial intelligence in both the corporate and public sectors. However, in the organisation of both days, we do not forget that, in addition to the dynamic development of technologies that can help society in many ways and replace part of human work, we still remain human. Therefore, we try to refresh the spirit and senses of the participants of the event also with an interesting accompanying networking programme", says Ivo Říha, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Central European Grouping for Digitalization and Progressive Environmental Technologies CEDEG z.s., Vice President of the National Cluster Association of the Czech Republic and also Chairman of the Programme Board of the C-STS 2023 Conference.
The next edition of the conference with many inventions in the programme is planned for 12-13 June 2024 and should take place again in the unique late spring environment of Mikulov Castle in Moravia.
The conference programme with videos of the events can be found at IRESA. Technology companies interested in presenting at future editions can apply at info [at] cedeg.eu.
We cordially invite you to the upcoming Clusters meet Regions workshop, organised by CEDEG in collaboration with the Czech National Cluster Association, Klastr MECHATRONIKA, and the Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences. The event will be held on October 23rd and 24th, 2023, at the Institute of Physics in Prague, Czech Republic. Join us to explore the latest advancements in digitalisation, cybersecurity, AI, clean technologies, 3D printing, and the VR industry.
CE Digital & Enviro Grouping (CEDEG) is a research, business and networking grouping that operates predominantly within the Central European area.Through its activities, the organisation fulfils the nature of a non-profit organisation, a transnational cluster grouping (metacluster). The metacluster is dedicated to research, development, dissemination and monetisation of activities in two important topics of contemporary global society - the field of digitalisation and environmentally advanced technologies.