Between 2000 and 2002, he worked as a spokesperson for Prague City Hall. After one-year break in private sector, he returned to public administration as a spokesperson for Central Bohemian Region. His responsibility was public communication and presentation of regional tourism. In 2009, he worked as a spokesperson and director of Communication Department at the Ministry of Transport. As director of media section and spokesperson for Civic Democratic Party (ODS), he participated in a campaign for 2010 parliamentary elections in. He was also involved in all subsequent campaigns. In June 2010, he became a spokesperson for the Czech government. After ODS claimed victory in 2010 local elections, he became mayor of Líbeznice municipality. He successfully defended the position in 2014 and 2018 elections. He also became a member of Central Bohemian Region Council Board after successful 2016 regional elections. His area of expertise was public health. In 2020, he returned to the Council as a deputy president of the region for road transport. In autumn 2017, he was elected member of the Czech parliament and successfully defended his position in 2021 elections.

Jan Dusík was born in 1975 and graduated from the Faculty of Law at Charles University and subsequently from Oxford University (M.Sc. in Environmental Change and Management). He started his professional career at the Ministry of the Environment, where he worked in progressively increasing positions between 1998 and 2010. Between 2003 and 2004 he worked in the Legal Unit of the European Commission's Directorate-General for the Environment. From 2006-2009 he was Deputy Minister for the Environment and from November 2009-March 2010 he was Minister for the Environment. His main specialization was foreign relations and legislative and legal affairs, and in 2009 he led the agenda of the first Czech EU Presidency. From 2011-2019 he worked at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in Geneva, first as Director of the European Office, and later as Senior Advisor for Arctic and Antarctic Strategic Affairs. Between 2020 and 2022, he served in the Arctic Programme of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), most recently as its Interim Director. Since 1 June 2022, he has served as Deputy for the Management of the Climate Protection Section at the Ministry of the Environment.

Pavel Cyrani is Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Commercial and Strategy Officer in the CEZ Group. His responsibilities include electricity and gas trading, electricity and gas supply to end customers, energy and engineering services as well as overall strategic development. Before joining Board of Directors in 2011 he was responsible for Generation Asset Management and Group Planning and Controlling. Pavel Cyrani is Member of Energy Committee of the Confederation of Industry of the Czech Republic.

Before his engagement in ČEZ, a. s. he worked as a management consultant in McKinsey & Company, where he specialized in the energy industry. Pavel Cyrani graduated from the University of Economics, Prague, Department of International Trade, and obtained a MBA title in finance at the Kellogg School of Management in the USA.

He was born in Warsaw and studied business management. Since July 2019, he has been the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the petrochemical group ORLEN Unipetrol, which is the only crude-oil processor in the Czech Republic. ORLEN Unipetrol is part of the state's critical infrastructure and invests approximately eight billion crowns in its development every year. By 2030, it plans to invest 35 billion crowns in green projects and digitization. In 2050 at the latest, ORLEN Unipetrol wants to be fully emission-neutral. ORLEN Unipetrol owns the network of Benzina ORLEN filling stations, which is the largest network in the Czech Republic with 421 stations and a market share of 25.2%. Since 2019, Benzina ORLEN has also been operating in Slovakia. At present, its network includes 20 filling stations.

Jiří Maláček joined ŠKODA AUTO in January 2020 after many years of successful sales and marketing experience at Toyota and took over the management of the ŠKODA brand sales department on the Czech market. ŠKODA AUTO Česká republika has been headed since September 2020. A graduate of Charles University, majoring in Management and Marketing.

Pavel Elis is Chairman of the Board of Directors, CEO of Pražská energetika and also since 2006 member of the Supervisory Board of PREdistribuce. During his career he worked in various managerial and professional positions within the company - from 2002 to 2004 as Director of Trading and Services Division and before as Head of construction department. He graduated from the Prague International Business School and the Czech Technical University with specialization in economics and energy management.

Since 2017, Vladimír has been working for ABB Electrification that produces and delivers products and solutions for the power distribution and control at low and medium voltage levels, e-mobility and wiring accessories. Prior ABB, he worked for electrical engineering and industrial automation companies in the Czech and Slovak Republics, where he held a number of management positions. He has a degree from the Czech Technical University in Prague with a focus on control and automation components. He also graduated from the Business Institute in Prague, where he obtained an MBA majoring in executive management.

More than 14 years of experience in automotive industry in various positions. At the beginning of his career he started as a Sales Manager for General Motors dealership in South Bohemia and help to create a greenfield dealership, which became the number one in its region.  After successful almost 4 years, he took the opportunity to become the part of second world biggest automotive industry supplier Magna International. He spent 3 and half years as a Quality engineer in Magna regional unit in Czechia. After this period, he became the part of Magna Europe Head Office in Germany as a Resident Engineer for Skoda Auto and spent there next 7 years. As automotive market is dramatically changing, he decided in 2018 to took the challenge to lead the e-mobility for E.ON Czechia with main focus to establish the completely new business.

Petr Knap is the leading partner of the EY Consulting division in the Czech Republic, and the leading partner for the automotive sector in the regions of Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe and Central Asia. After working experience at Procter & Gamble, he has been a consultant since 1996, joining EY in 2002. His professional experience is mainly related to the automotive and manufacturing sectors, including consumer goods; in the past he also worked for clients in telecommunications and in the public sector. He has led management consulting projects focused on strategy development, organizational change, process optimization and cost reduction. Petr works and has worked for AutoSAP, Eberspaechaer, ŠKODA AUTO, Porsche ČR, Schaeffler and Witte among others. He is also actively involved in initiatives focusing on innovative trends in the future of manufacturing, such as digitization, Industry 4.0, autonomous vehicles, e-mobility and mobility services.

Martin Saitz is Managing Director in Hyundai Motor Czech. Martin has more than twenty years experiences in automotive industry, where he held a number of management positions. In Hyundai Motor Czech is Martin responsible for business activities of the Hyundai brand on the Czech market.

In 1997 – 2001 Martin worked in Volvo Auto Czech. First position was Financial Controller and since 1999 he worked as General Manager. He was responsible for shortterm and longterm company stratégy on Czech market.

Since 2002 he has worked as a Regional Director in Škoda Auto. He was later promoted to Sales Manager for the Czech Republic, where he worked until 2007.

Since 2008 he has held high managerial positions in Europe, for example in BMW Vertriebs, Hyundai Motor Slovakia, Mitsubishi Motors Slovakia or Mitsubishi Motors Czech.

Before joining Hyundai Motor Czech, he worked as Managing Director in Autobinck CZ / SK.

Martin Saitz has a degree in mechanical engineering in ČVUT in Prague. During his career in auto-moto, he completed a number of professional trainings. In his free time he focuses to his family and various sports activities. He is interested in literature, art and history.

Mr. Ing. Arnošt Barna has been working over 14years for Kia Czech. He graduated from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, ČVUT in Prague, specializing in the construction of passenger cars and internal combustion engines. He started his career in the automotive industry more than 25 years ago, having several positions in the field of trade, network development and strategic planning for both the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic.

Robin Švaříček has extensive experience in the field of mobility. During his studies at the University of Economics in Prague, he joined the public transport company Leo Express, where he quickly rose to the position of CFO and COO. He also co-founded the P2P carsharing platform SmileCar, which now operates on the Czech, Slovak and Polish markets under the brand HoppyGo as part of ŠKODA Auto DigiLab. Robin has been CEO there since 2019. Under his leadership, HoppyGo has entered new markets and is preparing for expansion into other markets, while adjusting its strategy towards greater support for electromobility and the core business of parent company ŠKODA AUTO.

Tom has been responsible for the charging stations construction project in Brno since 2020, when he joined the municipal company Teplárny Brno a.s., where he now works as the head of the Emobility department. Before joining Tepláren Brno, he worked as a sales team leader in an energy company. He also has experience from the investment group CYRRUS, a.s., or from the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic. He graduated with a master's degree in Economic Policy and Administration at the Faculty of Economics and Administration of Masaryk University.

Radim is the business architect at the Sygic Enterprise Solutions division. His main expertise is in system modelling and architecture design for complex IT systems such as mobile applications, server computing systems, and client to server communication systems. He graduated at Slovak Technical University of Bratislava in 1993. From 1997 to 2001 he was the research engineer at IMEC, Leuven with the focus on HW/SW co-design methodologies for ASIC design. From 2001 to 2005 he was the system engineer at RFMD, San Jose with the focus on the system design of the system-on-chip solutions in the field of wireless communication. In 2007 he joined Sygic and since then he has been responsible for product definitions of various navigation components, and project lead for developing business solutions with many business partners.

Long-time Huawei manager with experience in building and managing teams, projects, in diverse areas of telecommunications, enterprise ICT infrastructure, and more recently in the energy sector, from PV solutions including battery storage, non-IT technologies for datacenters such as UPS, batteries, cooling to charging infrastructure for e-mobility. Apart from Huawei, and before that telecom company Motorola in mobile and TETRA networks TB also worked in the startup space during his career and was involved in several projects in technology and software development in the travel, and hospitality industry.

Kristian Kuhlmann is a core member of Boston Consulting Group's Industrial Goods and Operations practices. His work focuses on the automotive and chemicals industries. He leads the firm’s work in business line manufacturing and supply chain for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Kristian has particular expertise in production strategy, production network optimization, and future production setups including the introduction of Industry 4.0. Before joining the firm, Kristian was Chief Engineer, Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering, at RWTH Aachen University.

Marc Schmidt joined Boston Consulting Group in 2016. He is a member of the Operations and Industrial Goods practices at the firm, with a focus on manufacturing and supply chain topics primarily in the automotive industry (OEMs and suppliers). He works with clients to improve manufacturing, plant logistics, and maintenance through digital and lean applications as well as advanced analytics solutions. Marc has a particular interest in the Factory of the Future and Industry 4.0 target picture and roadmap development. He has worked on engagements in Germany, France, England, Saudi Arabia, China, and the US. Prior to joining BCG, he worked in the investment banking division of Goldman Sachs and the production planning division at Ford.

Lukáš Rosůlek started as a trainee at ŠKODA AUTO and has worked in the automotive and industrial sectors throughout his career. He spent almost 13 years at Continental, 3 of which were spent managing the Manila plant in the Philippines. Upon his return in 2015, he took up the position of Plant Manager in Trutnov, where he has remained since. After the creation of Vitesco Technologies in 2019 and the subsequent separation from Continental in 2021, he will hold the position of Managing Director and Country Head of Vitesco Technologies Czech Republic, in addition to the position of Plant Manager in Trutnov. 

Ondrej Votruba has long experience working both in private and public sectors, in the Czech Republic and abroad. His main expertise is in working with foreign investors (he was working 9 years in CzechInvest), but he was also working in trading company Elematec Europe, part of the Toyota Group as Executive Director. When he worked as expat at the Tokyo HQ, he was a member of the Automotive Group of the parent company Elematec Corporation and partially was active also in projects in electromobility. Currently he works as Executive Director in the Association for Foreign Investment – AFI.

From his previous diplomatic experience at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, he brings knowledge of the functioning of state administration, understanding of European law and management of legislative procedures in Prague and in Brussels.

It was there that he took part in the formulation of specific legislative measures, which included, among other things, the technical requirements for the production and operation of vehicles or the context of their impact on the environment. Upon his return to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he defended the European Union's way of applying these standards in our country.

Zdeněk Petzl worked as a senior lawyer in the office of government representative for the Czech Republic before the EU Court of Justice and also as Legal Advisor to the Internal Market Ambassador at the Permanent Representation of the Czech Republic to the EU. He has experience with leadership and organization of the team of lawyers, he has wide network of contacts both in the Czech state administration and within the Brussels administration.

Since 2016 he represents Czech Automotive Industry Association. In his role as Executive director he actively defends the interests of its member companies and he participates in the creation of programs and policies supporting the automotive industry.

Lucie Krčmářová is s Director of the Sectoral Expertise and Industrial Policy Department at the Ministry of Industry and Trade. Her agenda includes, among others, the preparation of opinions on the draft Regulation strengthening the CO₂emission performance standards for new passenger cars and new light commercial vehicles, and the National Action Plan for Clean Mobility. From 2018 to May 2022, she worked at the Czech Automotive Industry Association, where she focused on drafting comments on Czech and EU legislative proposals. Her other activities included low-emission mobility and industrial research and development support. Previously, she worked at the Permanent Representation of the Czech Republic to the EU in Brussels, where she defended the interests of the Czech Republic, for example in the field of industrial policy and consumer protection, and at the Ministry of Industry and Trade, where she participated in the preparation and execution of the first Czech Presidency of the Council of the EU and then focused on innovation support. She graduated from the Prague University of Economics, Faculty of International Relations.

Anna Pasková is the Director of the Department of Environmental Policy and Sustainable Development at the Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic. She graduated from the Faculty of Social Sciences of Charles University and the United Nations University in Environmental Security. In the past, she gained experience at the US Foundation for Environmental Security and Sustainability, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic. She has been working at the Ministry of the Environment for ten years and is responsible for coordination of cross-cutting national strategies such as the Strategic Framework for Sustainable Development Czech Republic 2030, the State Environmental Policy of the Czech Republic and the National Action Plan for Adaptation to Climate Change. She is also responsible for publications evaluating the state of the environment and sustainable development, support for clean mobility, regulatory impact assessments or application of the DNSH (do no significant harm) principle.

Tomáš is a Director of E-mobility at ČEZ, a.s., responsible for public charging infrastructure and charging services and is currently serving as a chairman E-mobility Platform’s steering committee. He has re-joined ČEZ after having worked for eight years as a top-tier Management Consultant supporting clients across the energy sector (including ČEZ where he developed current e-mobility strategy). Previously, Tomáš worked at ČEZ as a commodity trader and he is an economist by academic training.

He has worked for Volvo Group during the las 17 years. His journey started at Renault Trucks in 2004, since 2007 he has held various management positions for Renault Trucks, Volvo Trucks and UD Trucks in Thailand, Indonesia, India and Japan. His latest role was Senior Vice President International Sales for UD Trucks. Since January 2020 he is Managing Director of Renault Trucks Czech Republic and Slovakia.

Matěj graduated from the Czech Technical University in Prague. Since 2011 he has been training truck drivers. Subsequently, he worked in sales of Mercedes-Benz trucks as a Key Account Manager, focusing mainly on long-distance customers. With the addition of BEV trucks to the Mercedes-Benz Trucks range, he took over responsibility for the sales of these vehicles from the position of eKAM.

Miroslav Kuželka graduated from the Technical University in Prague. In the past he worked in IBM in the area of IT, then in Siemens in the area of mobile telecommunication infrastructure. Since January 2009 he has been with ABB where he specialises on advanced technologies and solutions for e-mobility, particularly charging infrastructure for private and public transport associated with the Smart City concept. Director of ABB E-mobility in the Czech Republic from 2022.

Petra is at the helm of Zasilkovna on the green wave. She helped the company become a member of the Czech Hydrogen Technology Platform, was there when the first Zasilkovna e-bike courier pedaled and holds the reins of the group's sustainability strategy. 

Aleš Willert has been with C.S.CARGO since 2010. He first held the position of Director of Operations (2010–2012) and then General Manager and Chairman of the Board (2012–2018) of C.S.CARGO a.s. For the past four years he has been the Vice Chairman of the Board and General Manager of the entire C.S.CARGO Group. However, he has devoted his entire professional life to the transport and logistics business. He also gained experience as the Director of Operations of the logistics company ESA s.r.o., or as the General Manager and Chairman of the Board of Milktrans a.s. Aleš Willert graduated from the Faculty of Business and Economics of the University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice. Currently, he is also the Vice President and Chairman of the Freight Transport Section of ČESMAD Bohemia.

Vojtěch Hromíř is a graduate of the Charles University in Prague and has more than twenty years of experience in the field of road transport. He has been the General Secretary of the largest Czech association of carriers since 2014. He is a member of the Council for Freight Transport of the International Road Transport Union (IRU) and the President of its Committee for the European Union. It cooperates with the Faculty of Transport of the Czech Technical University in Prague and the University of Logistics.

Peter has spent most of his career between trucks. He likes all technology and modern technology. That's why he has recently started working in electric mobility at Volvo Trucks, where he sees a great future.

David is confident in modern trends in information technology, automotive and energy production with a strong emphasis on setting a medium and long-term strategy of the company and its application in practice. At CREDIT INFO CEE, he was also responsible for managing the IT supply project for Toyota Financial Services. At ŠKODA AUTO, he participated in the management of the company's strategic activities in the region of the Russian Federation - responsible for the start of production of the Superb model at the Volkswagen Group Rus production plant in Kaluga and was also a member of the Škoda Connected C@r team. Prior to joining ŠKODA AUTO, he worked as a project manager and system engineer in the area of energy control system supplies. His domain was the design of dispatch visualization systems for hydropower plants for the German-speaking region and locations such as Iceland or Tasmania.

Nowadays, he is responsible for eFleet management of electric cars as a product owner in the eMobility department at EUROWAG. Its task is to prepare the current telematics product used for conventional vehicles for the simple transformation of the customer's fleet into zero / low emission. With knowledge of the automotive, energy sector, agile software development and its characteristic customer orientation, it can very accurately capture and solve the burning problems associated with the arrival of electric cars and plug-in hybrid vehicles in various sectors of passenger cars and commercial road transport.

Miku Kimber has, after starting as a Management Consultant, over 20 years of experience from the automotive industry and the premium brands BMW and Scania. He has always been working with emerging technologies such as; Web, CRM, Digitalisation, Sustainability and Electrification including various management positions. Since over two years ago Miku joined the Electrification part of Scania in Sweden, with a global responsibility of charging the buses. This includes the experience in charging hardware, software and deployments in bus depots. Miku graduated from Uppsala University (Business Administration) and Royal Institute of Technology (Electrical Engineering).

Martin Šilar is the new main coordinator of e-mobility in Siemens, s.r.o. His main task is to coordinate all business activities related to the charging infrastructure and e-mobility solutions. 

He has linked his entire career with the energy sector. Since 2012 he worked in Teplárny Brno as an operator of electrical equipment and then as a manager of development and innovation. In these positions, Martin focused mainly on battery accumulation of electricity and electromobility. In 2019, Martin joined Siemens, where he currently works as a Head of e-Mobility Services. He specializes in charging infrastructure for electric vehicles and battery storage systems.

Martin graduated from the Brno University of Technology in electrical engineering and holds a diploma from the Cambridge Business School in Strategic Management.

Martin Chovanec has devoted his entire professional life to the activities in the Ostrava Transport Company, initially focusing on the construction and maintenance of tram infrastructure and for the last 9 years as Director of the Technical Department, he has been managing the administration, maintenance and development of the Ostrava Transport Company fleet and infrastructure. In his role as supervisor, he has been involved in many of the company's development projects, such as the development of CNG mobility, which included, in addition to the acquisition of buses up to the current number of 225 CNG vehicles, the construction of two high-capacity filling stations. In the area of rolling stock, he was at the origin of the process of modernising the tram fleet with the new Stadler Tango and Škoda 39T trams, including the implementation of new features such as the anti-collision system. In the field of transport infrastructure development, he used his expertise in the gradual modernisation of tram lines in the Ostrava Transport Company and the introduction of speed increases on selected sections. He is also currently devoting his energy to the preparation and implementation of other development projects, such as electromobility in the Ostrava Transport Company and hydrogen mobility in Ostrava Transport Company, or the extension of the new standardised V2X traffic communication, which follows on from his successful participation in the C Roads project.Martin graduated from VŠB TU, Faculty of Civil Engineering, in the field of transport engineering.

Daniel Adamka is the General Director of Arriva in the Czech Republic. Daniel graduated from the Faculty of Transport at the Czech Technical University. In 2002 and 2003, he worked as a transport coordinator for the Regional Organiser of Prague Integrated Transport, and subsequently held several managerial positions in multinational companies such as Keolis and TransPennine Express. From 2008 to 2010 he was Head of Quality Department of ČD. Daniel then worked as a development manager first at Veolia Transport, then at Arriva. In March 2014, he became General Manager of Arriva for the Czech Republic.

Martin Machek studied energy in transport, economics and postgraduate management (MBA at CMI - ESMA Prague). He has been working in the energy sector for a long time on innovative technology and transport projects. He currently works at ČEZ ESCO, a.s., where he is responsible for business development, especially in relation to public administration in the field of complex energy savings, renewable energy, smart grids and construction of charging infrastructure for public transport (electric buses). He also cooperates with TA ČR, where he is a rapporteur and project evaluator in the THETA and DOPRAVA 2020 programs.

Stanislav has been working for PREdistribuce since 2010. He first worked in network development and then headed the data transmission department at OTE, a.s. and Smart Grids development. Since 2015, he has been the Head of the Network Design Section, which includes the activities of investment planning, primary and secondary technology concepts and technical policy, standardization and innovation. During his university studies, he worked with companies from the E.ON and RWE Group. He graduated from the RWTH Aachen University in Germany, where he obtained an M.Sc. degree in electrical engineering.

Robin Berg is a sustainable entrepreneur and innovator based in the city of Utrecht, the Netherlands. In 2003, Robin invested in a pilot for high speed wireless and glassfiber internet in the district of Lombok. Since 1999, Robin invested in solar power generation. In 2008, he started installing 10.000 solar panels plants on 25 school roofs in Utrecht and interconnecting these to form one of the first private grids in the country. This resulted in 2016 in the establishment of electric mobility company We Drive Solar of which Robin is director. We Drive Solar has realized several international firsts in the field of electric car sharing and bidirectional charging.

Assoc. Prof. Ing. Tomáš Kazda, Ph.D. works as an associate professor at the Department of Electrical and Electronic Technology, Brno University of Technology. He finished his Ph.D. in 2015 in the field of electrodes for lithium-ion accumulators. In the year 2014, he received the FEI and CSMS (Czechoslovak Microscopic Society) Grant for Young Scientists. He is an investigator or co-investigator of several Czech and foreign battery projects. He participated in several internships abroad (Vienna – Austria, Padova – Italy, Barcelona – Spain, La Plata – Argentina, Braga - Portugal). He has gained knowledge and experience in the fields of electrochemical measurements, synthesis of electrode materials for positive electrodes of Li-Ion batteries, and post-lithium systems. It also works with industry in the application of Li-ion batteries and advanced battery systems, including their recycling. Since 2017 he is a member of the Committee for Sustainable Energy and Sustainable Transport of the Government Council of the Czech Republic. Since 2019 is a Vice-Chairman of the international conference Advanced Batteries, Accumulators and Fuel Cells. Since 2022 is a Chairman of the Czech Battery Cluster.

Martin Šedina works as a doctoral student at the Department of Electrical and Electronic Technology, Brno University of Technology. As part of his dissertation, he cooperates with Škoda Auto and is a member of their doctoral team. The topic of the dissertation is research into the influence of external conditions on the battery life of electric vehicles and primarily focuses on the influence of external pressure applied on batteries. Martingained knowledge and experience in the field of electrochemical measurements and diagnosis and construction of Li-ion batteries. In the past, he was involved in a project investigating the lifetime of Li-ion batteries and their use in second life. Martin is currently involved in the Albatts project in collaboration with AutoSAP, which examines the education needs in the EU for the battery sector. Martin also works on the SEVES project, which takes place in cooperation with Škoda Auto and is focused on the second life of batteries.

Jan Železný is an eMobility expert with a focus on battery technology. At ŠKODA, Jan is developing innovative battery-related business models including energy storage systems, smart grid integration and new battery recycling methods.

Markéta has been with LEEF Technologies since 2012. Participated or lead projects in renewable energy, electromobility and hydrogen as a project manager or analyst. Formerly analyst and development manager at the Strategy department of CEZ. A graduate of the Institute of Economics Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, Prague. More than 15 years of experience in energy sector.

Martin Tengler is BloombergNEF’s Lead Hydrogen Analyst. He sits in Bloomberg’s Tokyo office and has covered Japan’s energy market before specializing in hydrogen.

Prior to joining Bloomberg, Martin co-founded Dendra Systems, a company that offers industrial-scale ecosystem restoration services using drones and other cutting-edge technology. He holds an MA in Economics from Tokyo University and an MSc in Global Governance and Diplomacy from Oxford University.

Martin was born and raised in the Czech Republic.

Jan Sochor is analyst at the Czech Hydrogen Technology Platform. For almost two years in a row, he systematically helps companies to develop hydrogen economy in the Czech Republic. His main activities consist of analysis, coordination, and development of well-informed viewpoints to legislative proposals, strategic plans, and news on the development of hydrogen economy. Part of his job activities consist of consultations with member companies regarding the possible bottlenecks in implementation of hydrogen projects in the Czech Republic. Under his supervision, the platform cooperates with Hydrogen Europe and helps to boost the Czech hydrogen companies’ standpoints on various topics of European legislation and strategic plans in Brussels. Apart from previously mentioned, he also realises the communication strategy of platform and helps with production of various videos, promotional materials, and other PR activities. He believes that hydrogen is a complementary solution to direct electrification which helps to bring closer the goal of gradual and complete decarbonisation. He studied at the Faculty of Social Sciences at Charles University, in the field of European studies. He used to make an educational videos on various topics about the European union.

 Aleš Doucek is a graduate of the University of Chemical Technology in Prague, where he obtained a doctorate in the field of chemical and energy processing of fuels. Since 2008 he has been working at ÚJV Řež, focusing on hydrogen technologies. He is currently the head of the Hydrogen Technology and Innovation in Energy department. He is also the Chairman of the Board of the Czech Hydrogen Technology Platform, of which he has been a member since 2013.

Aleš Doucek is a member of the Scientific Board of the Faculty of Environmental Protection Technology of the Institute of Chemical Technology in Prague, a member of the coordination group for the National Action Plan for Clean Mobility, co-chair of the Working Group for Hydrogen Mobility at MDČR and a member of the coordination group for the National Hydrogen Strategy of the Czech Republic

Ivo Marcin is the Director of the Department of Fund Strategy and International Cooperation at the State Environmental Fund of the Czech Republic and is involved in setting up the implementation of subsidy programmes and instruments in the field of environment, energy and climate protection. He is responsible for negotiating investment measures with European and international partners, including investments supported by the Modernisation Fund. In the past, he has also worked at the Office of the Government of the Czech Republic, where he was responsible for coordinating reform measures or was involved in post-conflict transition of unstable regions within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic. He also has experience in the private sector.

Martin Mata has been leading the Innovation Centre of the Ústí nad Labem Region since 2019. He has also applied his managerial experience as Director of the Ústí nad Labem City Services, where he started the digitisation process. He has been involved in building two regional companies. He is a member of the Industrial Council of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Applied Sciences and the Regional Council for Competitiveness of the Ústí nad Labem Region. He started his career as a warehouse worker at KONE, a manufacturer of elevators. He is a fan of the city of Ústí nad Labem, Greece, where he spent part of his life, and of course electric mobility. At the Innovation Centre, he has built an electric vehicle fleet including company chargers. He drives a hybrid himself.

Daniel Minařík po ukončení inženýrského studia dále pokračoval v doktorandském studijním programu s orientací na vodíkové technologie v energetice a konstrukci experimentálních elektromobilů. Od roku 2011 navázal na své studijní zaměření a v rámci snahy o naplnění svých výzkumných ambicí začal svou vědeckou kariéru v rámci Výzkumného centra ENET při VŠB a následně stanul v čele jím vytvořené Laboratoře vodíkových technologií. V roce 2022 byl jmenován Zmocněncem MSK pro rozvoj vodíkových technologií a pověřen tvorbou konceptu a koordinací zajišťování zdrojů financování strategických projektů našeho regionu v tomto nastupujícím technologickém odvětví. 

Vít Tuček has been working for almost 30 years in the field of production and distribution of technical gases. For a significant part of his process life, he was head of Messer's application technology department in the Czech Republic. For more than 10 years he was also the head of the relevant working group of the Czech Association of Technical Gas Manufacturers.

Vít has been involved in solving projects in the field of hydrogen supply for Czech industrial companies for 25 years. During this time he has been involved in the successful implementation of dozens of hydrogen supply projects, both in the form of hydrogen supply in battery trucks, as well as the actual production of hydrogen by electrolysis or steam reforming.

Vlastimil has been with Air Products since its establishment in the Czech Republic. He has spent the majority of his tenure in management positions, helping to grow the company in various technical gas sales divisions. Given his extensive experience, it was therefore no coincidence that last year he was chosen to expand the company's portfolio in Central and Eastern Europe and to focus intensively on new technologies for the production and distribution of hydrogen, biomethane, CCS and LNG. 

Vladislav Smrž is currently responsible for Business Development in Cylinders Holding, a.s., Ostrava. World leading company in production and development of hydrogen storage and logistics solutions. Vladislav has wide range of experience either from public or private sector. Prior his current engagement he used to work almost 8 years as a deputy ministry at the Ministry of the Environment or carried out various environmental projects.

Martin Gajdoš acts as the head of strategy and business analysis at the Unipetrol group for which he works since 2015. His team mostly deals with questions of the company’s potential future directions and searches for suitable development opportunities, apart from others also in the area of hydrogen and circular economy. He has been awarded a master’s degree in the field of international and security studies at the University of Birmingham.

Martin Panáč has been with Siemens since 2003. In recent years, he has been actively involved in the issue of battery storage and new technologies - both in terms of renewable energy production, storage and production/consumption control (Microgrid solution). At the same time, he also serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the AKU-BAT CZ association, whose main goal is to promote conditions for the development of all types of energy storage (batteries, hydrogen, Power 2 Gas, Power 2 Heat, etc.). Martin graduated from the Brno University of Technology in Electrical Power Engineering.

Marek Trešl is a graduate of the University of Economics in Prague. After working in the Czech IT company Software602, he headed to the world of cars, which have been his hobby since childhood. From 2007-2013 he worked in the Czech representation of Ford Motor Company as Brand Manager for larger passenger cars. Since 2013 he has worked for Hyundai Motor Czech as Product Manager, in 2020 he moved to the position of Product and Marketing Director, where he covers brand communication, product and future mobility.

He has been in the logistics industry for more than 23 years. He has held various management positions with MTC and Lagermax. He is currently the Sales and Marketing Director and Prokurist of Gebrüder Weiss in the Czech Republic, where he has worked since 2008. In 2007, he graduated with a Master's degree from the Czech Technical University in Prague at the Faculty of Transport and six years later successfully completed his Ph.D. studies at the same university and faculty.

Graduated from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering VUT Brno. He has been working at the Tatra car company since 1995, in 2007 he was appointed as chief designer, in 2010 then as R&D Driector, in 2016-2018 he was a member of the board of directors. Since 2019, he has also been responsible for development at the partner company Tatra Defence Vehicle.

Milan Černický, over last 14 years working for Shell. Last couple years he lead Network department in Slovakia and was responsible for implementation of low carbon fuels. Currently he is taking care of Key Customers at Hydrogen department at the global level.

Arnošt Gross works at the energy company Veolia Energie a.s. since 2006, where he held several positions in the sales department focused on the sale of thermal energy, price regulation in the heating industry and the development of business IT applications. Currently, his competence includes the department of innovative projects, which is dedicated to projects for the production of "green" hydrogen in the company's thermal power plants.

Aleš Laciok is responsible for coordination of research and development activities in the CEZ Group which covers a broad spectrum of segments from nuclear and fossil-based energy production to renewables, energy savings and energy storage incl. hydrogen. Simultaneously, he is director of the Czech energy technology platform, an association of industry, engineering, research and academic organizations. Aleš is member of many scientific bodies of various institutions and advisory groups. He has vast experience from many international research projects.   

Lukáš Folbrecht is an enthusiastic electromobilist and secretary of the Electromobility Platform, which brings together major players supporting the development of e-mobility and charging infrastructure in the Czech Republic. He is also in charge of the European project ALBATTS (Alliance for Battery Technology, Training and Skills) at the Automotive Industry Association, which explores batteries and their use across their entire value chain and maps the missing competences and skills needed for the development of the battery industry and related sectors. He has previously worked at ŠKODA AUTO, Office of the Government of the Czech Republic and in the media. He has study and work experience in the UK, USA and Brussels.

Jan Fousek is CEO of the Association for Energy Storage AKU-BAT CZ, which supports the development of energy storage, production of hydrogen, flexibility aggregation, building of infrastructure for e-mobility and overall modernization of the Czech energy and industry sector. Jan Fousek acts also as the Chairman of the Board in Solar Association and as the Member of the Board in Modern Energy Union (Svaz moderni energetiky). He has been active in the energy markets since 2007. In the years 2011-2016, he was co-owner and managing director of one of the largest European trading houses with emission allowances and electricity, Virtuse Energy.

Eva has been close to cars since her childhood, when she was always around motorbikes, cars, trucks and tractors in her family driving school. She has been involved in motoring journalism since 2006, when she joined Autocar magazine, the Czech version of the oldest motoring magazine in the world. In 2012-2013, she held the position of deputy editor-in-chief. She then moved to the editorial offices of AutoTip and later AUTO7 magazines. In 2016, she accepted the position of editor of the auto-moto section at Economia Publishing House, and three years later she took over the management of the auto team. She mostly enjoys reporting on motoring topics and interviewing personalities from the motoring industry. She holds a driving license for everything except the bus.

Founder/director of LEEF Technologies, a cleantech advisory and investment firm based in Prague, Czech Republic. Formerly a director/board member of various companies of the Biomass Technology Group, Vertis Environmental Finance and the CEZ Group. Almost 20 years of experience in clean energy and transport. PhD from the Australian National University.