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Former Executive Director of the Aspen Institute Prague, Radek Špicar is the Vice-President of the Federation of Industry and Transportation of the Czech Republic. He graduated from Cambridge University and then spent one year as a Fulbright scholar at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. After his return to the Czech Republic he joined the government and later became a Deputy Minister for Economic Affairs. He recently worked in the Czech Republic’s largest private company, Škoda Auto (Volkswagen Group), as Head of External Affairs. He is also active in the non-profit sector and academia as a member of the Corporate Council of Václav Havel’s Forum 2000 Foundation, as a lecturer at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, and at the Diplomatic Academy of the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Former Executive Director of the Aspen Institute Prague, Radek Špicar is the Vice-President of the Federation of Industry and Transportation of the Czech Republic. He graduated from Cambridge University and then spent one year as a Fulbright scholar at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. After his return to the Czech Republic he joined the government and later became a Deputy Minister for Economic Affairs. He recently worked in the Czech Republic’s largest private company, Škoda Auto (Volkswagen Group), as Head of External Affairs. He is also active in the non-profit sector and academia as a member of the Corporate Council of Václav Havel’s Forum 2000 Foundation, as a lecturer at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, and at the Diplomatic Academy of the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Martin drives the Košice City Hall’s Economic and Innovation Development efforts as a Senior Policy Officer. He graduated from P. J. Šafárik University in Košice as a master in Translation and Interpretation for European Institutions and Economy. For several years he worked in the field of IT and Project Management. Since 2015, Martin has been responsible for leading the American Chamber of Commerce in Slovakia Košice Regional Office, where he was focusing on supporting regional development and cross-sector collaboration, bolstering the local innovation ecosystem and promoting innovative entrepreneurship.
Martin graduated as a master in Translation and Interpretation for European Institutions and Economy at the P. J. Šafárik University in Košice. Meanwhile he completed an internship at the European Parliament and worked as a freelancer, offering translation and interpretation services to major corporate clients. For several years he worked in the field of IT and Project Management. Since 2015, Martin has been responsible for leading AmCham Slovakia’s Košice Office, focusing on representing Membership interests, Policy activities and Event Management in the region of Eastern Slovakia. His focus has been supporting regional development and cross-sector collaboration efforts, bolstering the local innovation ecosystem and promoting innovative entrepreneurship.
Gábor Takács-Carvalho has been the Science and Technology Counsellor of the Embassy of Hungary in London since 2018 and held the same position in New York between 2013-2018. Before joining the Hungarian foreign service, he worked as a consultant for high-tech start-ups in New York City. For over 12 years he was a sustainable energy consultant and worked on international projects for the European Commission, USAID, OECD and the Hungarian government on designing and analysing efficiency and renewable energy subsidy schemes, regulations and technologies. He also worked on over a dozen of large scale renewable energy investment projects (biogas, wind, land field gas). Gabor taught environmental economics and European Union studies at Hungarian universities for over 10 years.
Gábor Takács-Carvalho has been the Science and Technology Counsellor of the Embassy of Hungary in London since 2018 and held the same position in New York between 2013-2018. Before joining the Hungarian foreign service, he worked as a consultant for high-tech start-ups in New York City. For over 12 years he was a sustainable energy consultant and worked on international projects for the European Commission, USAID, OECD and the Hungarian government on designing and analysing efficiency and renewable energy subsidy schemes, regulations and technologies. He also worked on over a dozen of large scale renewable energy investment projects (biogas, wind, land field gas). Gabor taught environmental economics and European Union studies at Hungarian universities for over 10 years.
Jakub Dovčík is a policy advisor working with the first Chief Innovation Officer of Slovak Republic, at the Research, development and Innovation section of the Government Office. Jakub focuses on various policy and legislative matters related to the interactions of the state with the key sectors of Slovak economy and the reform agenda in the RDI sphere. Previously, he has worked for the strategy and analytical unit of the Slovak Prime Minister’s office and at the analytical institute of Slovak Ministry of Health. He studied technology policy at the University of Cambridge as a Slovak government scholar and prior to that economic anthropology and development economics and London School of Economics and King’s College London.
Jakub Dovčík is a policy advisor working with the first Chief Innovation Officer of Slovak Republic, at the Research, development and Innovation section of the Government Office. Jakub focuses on various policy and legislative matters related to the interactions of the state with the key sectors of Slovak economy and the reform agenda in the RDI sphere. Previously, he has worked for the strategy and analytical unit of the Slovak Prime Minister’s office and at the analytical institute of Slovak Ministry of Health. He studied technology policy at the University of Cambridge as a Slovak government scholar and prior to that economic anthropology and development economics and London School of Economics and King’s College London.
