AI Roundtable event in collaboration with the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS).

22 APRIL 2025, 2pm - 3:30pm, followed by networking drinks

Academic Conference Center (AKC), Husova 4a, Prague 1

Attendance upon prior registration here.

In order to shape the future of AI, policymakers, entrepreneurs, researchers, and future talent need to understand the what, why, how, when, and where of the global AI revolution. To put Czechia on the map, we must comprehend why and where we are standing today and ask critically: where ought we go?
 
Understanding the current state of AI requires us to locate, process, and analyse data to detect patterns and forecast trends across sectors, technologies, and policy initiatives. This event aims at examining the Czech AI ecosystem by looking at key data about the AI industry, as well as identifying the obstacles and challenges that it faces today or potentially in the future. Further, we contextualise the Czech AI environment in the broader context of strategic objectives of the European Union on competitiveness and strategic autonomy.
 
The goal of this event is to invite critical reflection on a common vision for the future of AI in Czechia in the context of the climate crisis, while extending crucial conversations from Brussels to Prague. 

For this event, CETE-P and HumanAId project are partnering up with the Centre for European Policy Studies and their recent aiworld.eu platform, as well as with prg.ai. 

Speakers
 
- Robert Praas, Data Scientist @ Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) 
- Lukáš Kačena, Director @ prg.ai
- Katerina Lesch, Head of AI & Data @ EmbedIT 
- PhDr. Lenka Škrábalová Ph.D., Head of Department of Digital Economy and Society) @ Ministry of Industry and Trade.
 
Moderator

Paula Gürtler, PhD Researcher @ CETE-P, Associate Researcher @ CEPS

Agenda

- 5 min welcome 
- 15 mins presentation by Robert Praas on data about Czechia in the global AI landscape 
- 50 mins panel discussion with all speakers
- 20 mins Q&A

This event is organized as part of the project Human-centred AI for a Sustainable and Adaptive Society (HumanAId, reg. no. CZ.02.01.01/00/23_025/0008691), implemented by the Institute of Philosophy CAS.
The main objective of the project is to develop methodologies and tools that will enable the potential of large language models (LLMs) to be used in a way that is in line with the value and normative requirements of specific users in civil society and government.
This event received support from the AI World project from the Centre for European Policy Studies.
It received organisational support from prg.ai.