prof. Dr. Jan POLIVKA
Head of the Department of Urban Planning and Development
Institute for Urban and Regional Planning
TU Berlin, Germany
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He has long been involved in spatial planning and urban design, regional and urban development with a focus on the adaptability of urban settlements. His specialty is research in the field of urban design process, urban morphology and adaptability of urban systems with a focus on housing stock.
significant publications: https://www.tu.berlin/bestandsentwicklung/ueber-uns/jan-polivka
David VELVÉTHY
Gen AI & Technology Lead
PwC Czech Republic
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Dynamic executive with 11 years of experience helping organizations reach their full potential. Having six years of experience under European financial regulation, with strong knowleckde of management of business operations, increasing profitability, and developing effective business strategies. He is keen to drive institutional adoption of emerging technologies in FinTech.
His recent achievements include:
- Building Institutional-grade crypto custodian for CEE
- Setting digital assets operations
- Cold storage solution and custodian services implementation
- Tokenization projects under cross-nation regulatory frameworks
Dr. Jayant JAGTAP
Researcher in the field of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
NIMS University
Rajasthan, Jaipur, India
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An active researcher in the fields of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Pattern Recognition, Medical Image Analysis, Digital Image Processing, and Computer Vision. Strong education professional with a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) focused on Digital Image Processing and Pattern Recognition.
His area of expertise is Artificial Intelligence and its application to everyday life. In his words: May the field of artificial intelligence be endowed with ample strength to expand its applications in assisting natural intelligence to comprehend the intricacies of human behavior's colors, aiding in making robust decisions through trustworthiness, explainability, and ethics.
significant publications: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=cs&user=wUmNP5AAAAAJ
prof. Miroslav BÁRTA
Czech Institute of Egyptology
Charles University, Czech Republic
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Miroslav Bárta is an Egyptologist and archaeologist, former long-time director of the Czech Institute of Egyptology at the Faculty of Arts of Charles University and vice-rector of the Charles University.
He leads Czech excavations in Egypt and Sudan, and the focus of his archaeological activities is on the site of the pyramid builders in Abusir near Cairo. He is the recipient of many prestigious international awards for his work in science. Since 2023 M. Bárta is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
His main areas of scientific interest include archaeology and history of the 3rd and 2nd millennia B.C. He is intensively involved in the relationship between man and the landscape in antiquity, the development and collapse of complex societies.
significant publications: https://cuni.academia.edu/MiroslavBarta
