N100 AREAS
N100
TECHNOLOGY
CHARTING THE FUTURE
AUTOMATION, AUTONOMIZATION AND ROBOTICS
FUTURE MATERIALS & NANO
COMMUNICATION, TECHNOLOGY
ENGINEERING
FLOWS OF DATA & INFORMATIONS
MOBILITY
N100
POLITICS
GLOBAL ORDER & DIPLOMACY
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS & GLOBAL GOVERNANCE
HUMAN RIGHTS
DIPLOMACY & INTERNATIONAL LAW
DEFENCE, SECURITY, WAR
TECHNOLOGY & GOVERNANCE
N100
ECONOMICS
EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES IN TRADE & COMMODITIES
& IN FINANCES & MARKETS
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AID & COOPERATION
ECONOMIC GOVERNANCE IN A FLUID WORLD
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY & FINANCIAL GOVERNANCE
MONOPOLIES & REGULATIONS AT A GLOBAL SCALE
PARALLEL & SHARED ECONOMIES
N100
SOCIETY
FUTURE OF LABOUR
THE WAY WE LIVE
MIGRATION
SOCIAL ASPECTS OF TECHNOLOGY/FUTURE OF WORK
CIVIL SPACE & TECHNOLOGY(MEDIA, EDUCATION)
URBANISATIONS & SMART CITIES
INFRASTRUCTURE:
TRANSPORT & MOBILITY
N100
science &
INNOVATION
COMPLEX SCIENCE/
SYSTEMS
MEDTECH /
HEALTH SCIENCE
QUANTUM COMPUTING
OPEN ACCESS SCIENCE
APPLIED MATHEMATICS / FUZZY LOGIC
SPACE EXPLORATION
ASTRONOMY
SATELLITE IMAGERIES
N100
ENVIRONMENT
& ENERGY
N100 ENVIRONMENT
& ENERGY
SDG 2030 AGENDA
SMART GRIDS
CLIMATE & ENVIRONMENT
WASTE
PEOPLE & PLANET
ENERGY
SUSTAINABILITY
RENEWABLE ENERGY
ENERGY STORAGE
N100
Security
& Defence
GLOBAL SECURITY, DEFENCE & WAR IN A TECHNOLOGICALLY TRANSFORMED WORLD
AI & AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS IN DEFENCE & WARFARE CAPABILITIES
SECURITY IN A CYBER WORLD
NON-STATE ACTORS
NEW TECHNOLOGIES & DATA SCIENCE IN ANALYSING SECURITY ENVIRONMENTS
DEFENCE INNOVATION
SPACE DEFENCE
what WAS discussed...
NEXT100 POLITICS
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Globalizing World and Political Backlash: Overcoming Anxieties, Securing Identities, Innovating Polities Around Global Challenges Tomáš Petříček, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Czech Republic, Tony Curzon Price
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Impact of Data Mining on Politics (Users vs Uses): Tony Curzon Price
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Foreign Influence in the Balkans, Teresa Reiter, Filip Šebok, Tomáš Strážay
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Will China Rise? Why we worry about the wrong 'Thucydides Trap’, David Welch, University of Waterloo
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BREXIT AT TIFFANY'S (Brexit Breakfast Briefing) Monika Brusenbauch Meislová (Masarykova Univerzita, Tony Curzon Price
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Africa and Europe: Language of opportunities instead of Crisis, Henni Brandstötter (Austrian Parliament)
NEXT100 SOCIETY
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Innovation for social good, Jan Bizik, Vodafone
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Making robots usable in everyday life, Patrizio Pelliccione
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Education for the digital 21st century - the story of Czechitas, Barbora Buhnova (Czechitas, Masaryk University)
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The Harmonious Relationship between People & Tech, Mathew Oh, Forefront Charity
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Automation and Society: Between politics, business and technology, Martina Dlabajova (MEP), Thomas Roca (Microsoft)
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Knowledge Triangle in the 21st Century, Jiri Drahos (Czech Senate), Barbora Buhnova (Czechitas, Masaryk University)
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No Future (book presentation) Bob Kartous (EDUIn)
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Personal Freedom and Technology, Shmuel Bar, Jan Lipavský
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Integrating Segmentation through People, Mathew Oh (Forefront Charity)
NEXT100 ECONOMY
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Key Note on Global Sustainability: Jeffrey Sachs (online)
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American First’ and the problem with the battle against corporate tax abuse, Ronen Palan, City University, London
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Why does Europe "punch beneath its weight? Iain Begg, London School of Economics
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Analysing the data-flow of stories, Tony Curzon Price
NEXT100 ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT
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Climate Change: Is the Science Done and Dusted? Tim Palmer, Oxford University
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AI and Climate Change, Ludovic Sinet, Good Tech Lab
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Renewable Energy in the Visegrad Countries: Policy Discussion, Adéla Denková (Evropa v Datech)
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Beyond energy efficiency and its role in the future energy system, Ondřej Šrámek Tomasz Waszkiewicz (EU-ESA)
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Electricity as the cryptocurrency of the future, Petr Rokusek (NANOEnergy)
NEXT100 TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATIONS
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AI applications are not even nearly intelligent—we can solve this, Patrick Van Der Smagt, Volkswagen Group
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Spotlight: Jim Balsillie on Innovations
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Global challenges to automation, Sarah Trippl (NEOS), Jan Svejnar (Columbia University), Slavoj Musilek (Universal Robots), Barbora Buhnova (Masaryk University)
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RICAIP: An Ecosystem for Future AI, Vladimir Marik (CIIRC, CUT)
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The state of AI across Europe: analysis, Thomas Roca (Microsoft)
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International Visegrad Fund and Recharging Central Europe: IVF and Innovations, Andor David, Director of the International Visegrad Fund
NEXT100 SECURITY AND DEFENCE
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Counter-Terrorism - How Mass Data Collection Technology and Good Old HUMINT Complement, Shmuel Bar (Intuview), Yan St. Pierre
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From Kinetic to Virtual and Back Again: The Evolution of Conflict in the Wider Middle East Mitchell Belfer, Arthur de Liedekerke
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What future for Technology in War and Conflict? Shmuel Bar, Jiří Šedivý, David Welch
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The future of Central and Eastern European defence industries, Martin Chovančík
NEXT100 SCIENCE
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Open Science: are we walking the walk, Robert-Jan Smits, President, Eindhoven University
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Beyond the Horizon: what future for EU research funding beyond 2020? Daniel Spichtinger
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Jan Lukačevič on Space and Science
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Key Note: Frederick Bordry on the Fundamental Science of Physics and its Impact on the Future of Humanity
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Dialogue between Climate and Physics: Overcoming boundaries searching for the impossible: Frederick Bordry (CERN), Tim Palmer (Oxford University)
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European AI: Global Contender? Holger Hoos
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The State of Art of Alzheimer Research, Martin Tolar (Alzheon)
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AI & Reasoning: A View From the Trenches, Josef Urban (CIIRC)
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Will the future of research be open? Daniel Spichtinger
BEYOND N100
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The Unbelievable Truth: Panel Show Game JP Kloppers, Bill Shipsey, Tony Curzon Price, Michal Koran, Odessa Primus
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Art and Artists and the Fluidity of Our Times, Bill Shipsey, Art for Amnesty
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BrainArt, Alberto Levy
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Conference Cliché Pop Roulette – Next100 Band Improv Show
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Arts, Technology, and Ethical AI. Exploring the Unthinkable with the Republic of Užupis. Max Haarich
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OXFORD-STYLE DEBATE: The voice of the audience
2019 speakers
Barbora Buhnova
Associate Professor, Masaryk University
Co-Founder of Czechitas
David Welch
Professor of Political Science, Chair of Global Security, Balsillie School of International Affairs (BSIA)
Patrick Van der Smagt
Director of Fundamental AI Research, Volkswagen Group
JIM BALSILLIE
JIM BALSILLIE
Former Chairman and co-CEO of Research In Motion (BlackBerry), a Canadian technology company he scaled from an idea to $20 billion in sales globally.
Time Magazine’s World’s 100 Most Influential People and three times Barron’s list of "World’s Top CEOs.”
Co-founder (with George Soros), Institute for New Economic Thinking, Council of Canadian Innovators (CCI), Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), CIO Strategy Council.
Only Canadian ever appointed to US Business Council. Sole private sector representative, UN Secretary General’s High Panel for Sustainability. Only Canadian member of the US Council on Competitiveness and an internationally renowned voice on innovation strategy, competitiveness and international economic policy.
Former Chairman and co-CEO of Research In Motion (BlackBerry), a Canadian technology company he scaled from an idea to $20 billion in sales globally.
Time Magazine’s World’s 100 Most Influential People and three times Barron’s list of "World’s Top CEOs.”
Co-founder (with George Soros), Institute for New Economic Thinking, Council of Canadian Innovators (CCI), Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), CIO Strategy Council.
Only Canadian ever appointed to US Business Council. Sole private sector representative, UN Secretary General’s High Panel for Sustainability. Only Canadian member of the US Council on Competitiveness and an internationally renowned voice on innovation strategy, competitiveness and international economic policy.
JIM BALSILLIE
JEFFREY SACHS
jeffrey sachs
Private sector representative, UN Secretary-General’s High-level Panel for Global Sustainability/ Director, UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network & SDG Advocate.
Joint recipients of the first World Sustainability Award. Blue Planet Prize for contributions to solving global environmental problems. Named one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World by the Time. Also named one of the "500 Most Influential People in the Field of Foreign Policy" by the World Affairs Councils of America.
University Professor and Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, frm. director the Earth Institute.
He has been advisor to three United Nations Secretaries-General and currently serves as an SDG Advocate under Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.