Richard Tuffs has been director of the ERRIN network since October 2010.  ERRIN is a regional network that promotes the regional dimension of the European research and innovation agenda, European project development and management and raises the profile of its..

Marco PINO has worked at the European Commission since 2000 and his current position is ICT Policy Analyst in the Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy, in the Competence Centre on Smart and Sustainable Growth. Apart from his background at..

Peter Helexa currently serves as acting Director Strategy of Informatization of Society and International Agenda at Deputy Prime Minister’s Office for Investments and Informatization of Slovak Republic. Before joining Deputy Prime Minister’s Office in May 2017, he served as Director..

Prof. Ing. Stanislav Kmeť, CSc., Rector of Technical University of Košice Stanislav Kmeť was born on 6th March 1957 in Přerov. He Graduated with honours from the Faculty of Civil Engineering, Košice Technical College where he defended his dissertation in..

prof. Ing. Peter Plavčan CSc.,  Minister of Education, Science, Research and Sports of the Slovak Republic Peter Plavčan was born on June 22, 1960. In 1983 he has successfully completed his studies at the Faculty of Management of the University..

Simone van Trier (Dutch) is a multi-faceted and skilled presenter. Her experience ranges from business meetings, conferences and television programmes to special concerts. Although she started presenting during her studies, these activities took a professional turn in 1997 when she..

Magda DE CARLI, is an economist with a Master’s degree in European Economics and Public Affairs. With almost 20 years’ experience in the field of Innovation, SMEs and Regional matters both at national and international level (the last 13 years..

Zora Jaurova is a dramaturge, producer, art critic, and expert on cultural policies and creative industries. Jaurova has a MA degree in theatre, and worked as dramaturge on various theatre projects in Slovakia. She was a director of a national..

Born in Slovakia, son of an architect and a historian, he studied at the Technical University Košice in Slovakia focusing on engineering and design. He was awarded George Soros’s Open Society Institute Scholarship to study at The University of Washington..