Meet us at Expo Real 2024 from 7.-9. October 2024
Czech Cities & Regions
City of Ostrava
Hall: A2 Stand: 430
Please make an appointment: invest@ostrava.cz
Monday, October 7
1:00 pm
REASONS TO INVEST IN CZECHIA & NEW STRATEGIC INDUSTRIAL ZONES
Jan Michal / CzechInvest
Jan Elger / SIRS
Petr Knap / EY Česká republika
3:00 pm
KEY ASPECTS OF SUCCESSFUL COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE WORLDS OF BUSINESS, RESEARCH AND INNOVATION
Igor Ivan / VŠB-TUO
Vladislav Kolárik / Fraunhofer ICT in Germany
Adéla Hradilová / MSIC
4:30 pm
Czech Cities & Regions Representatives Opening
Welcome speeches
Networking
Tuesday, October 8
10:00 am
10 PRINCIPLES FOR LIVEABLE CITY IN THE CENTRE OF CENTRAL EUROPE
Petr Hlaváček / City of Prague
Adam Zábranský / City of Prague
Petr Urbánek / PDS
11:00 am
VLTAVA PHILHARMONIC HALL – NATIONAL CULTURAL CENTER
Shane Dalke / BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group
HYDROPOLIS: EXPERIENCE WATER THROUGH ALL SENSES
Pavel Válek / PVS
Jana Lavrenčíková Myšková / Hydropolis
1:00 pm
WORLD ARCHITECTURE IN OSTRAVA. REVITALIZATION OF THE HISTORIC MUNICIPAL SLAUGHTERHOUSE BUILDING.
Robert Konieczny / KWK PROMES
Lucie Baránková Vilamová / City of Ostrava
Ondřej Vysloužil / MAPPA
2:30 pm
CHALLENGES IN RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN OSTRAVA
Clement Duclos / LinkCity
Ondřej Vysloužil / MAPPA
4:00 pm
DEVELOPMENT TALK
Jan Dohnal / City of Ostrava
Adéla Hradilová / MSIC
Igor Ivan / VŠB-TUO
Tomáš Novotný / OAMP
Jakub Kodr / CTP
Wednesday, October 9
Networking, meetings
Robert Konieczny
Robert Konieczny is a leading Polish architect. Born in 1969 in Katowice, he studied architecture at the Silesian Technical University in Gliwice. In 1996 he received certification from the New Jersey Institute of Technology, and three years later he co-founded the KWK Promes architecture studio.
Robert Konieczny is considered a representative of conceptual architecture; his designs are rooted in clear ideas and intentions. His approach is typified by a willingness to depart from his own personal preferences and to seek innovative, often surprising solutions. His KWK Promes studio is renowned for its ability to transform derelict buildings into striking works of modern architecture.
One of Konieczny’s most fascinating recent projects is the revitalization of Ostrava’s historic city slaughterhouse. Thanks to a careful renovation combined with new architectural solutions, the slaughterhouse has become an iconic venue for contemporary art. Konieczny’s KWK Promes studio was responsible for implementing his vision, which has breathed new life into Ostrava’s historic centre.
Jan Dohnal
was elected as Ostrava’s Mayor at a City Assembly session on 26 April 2023. He graduated from the University of Ostrava with a degree in Demography and Social Geography/Regional Development. He is a member of the Civic Democratic Party (ODS). Before entering active politics, he was in the real estate business; from 2008 he was the co-owner and managing director of a real estate company. Jan Dohnal has been a member of the Ostrava-Jih Municipal District Assembly since 2002. He has been the Mayor of Ostrava since April 2023.
Ondřej Vysloužil
He studied at the Brno University of Technology and began his career at the architectural studio Atelier 8000 in Prague, where he contributed to projects involving office and commercial buildings, residential constructions, and urban planning designs. To leave his creative mark in all three of the Czech Republic’s largest cities, he returned to his hometown of Ostrava. There, he and his wife founded the firm VYSLOUŽIL ARCHITEKTI. Since 2019, he has been the director of MAPPA.
Adéla Hradilová
Adéla is a member of the MSIC board, and her role includes coordinating the planning and implementation of activities, services and programmes supporting SMEs and startups as part of the Moravian-Silesian Regional Innovation Strategy. She has many years’ experience offering grant-related consultancy for SMEs in the Czech Republic and other countries, with a particular focus on international grants funded via the Horizon 2020/HorizonEurope framework programme and other EU programmes such as EIC Accelerator, Eurostars and Cascade Funding. Before arriving in Ostrava, she spent several years working for the European Commission and then at JIC in Brno.
Igor Ivan
Igor is currently in his sixth year as Vice-Rector for Strategy and Cooperation at VSB-TUO. He played a pivotal role in developing the SMARAGD strategy and is now leading the largest project in VSB-TUO’s history, as well as the largest project in the Czech Republic under the Operational Programme Fair Transformation, named REFRESH. With a budget exceeding CZK 2.6 billion, REFRESH aims to establish a new innovation ecosystem in the region.
Jan Michal
came to CzechInvest from the European Commission, where he served in the Secretariat-General and later as a deputy section director in the
Directorate-General for Communication, where he headed the Political and Economic Intelligence department. During the Czech presidency of the Council of
the European Union in 2022, he served as Deputy Sherpa in the Office of the Government. From 2010 to 2016, he headed the EC Representation in Czechia. During his mission, he took part in, among other things, Czechia’s involvement
in the InvestEU programme and cooperation with the European Investment Bank. Prior to that, he worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as at NATO
headquarters in Brussels and the United Nations in New York.
Shane Dalke
is the leader of the team (BIG) that won the architectural competition for the Vltava Philharmonic.
The new concert hall will become the home of the world-class philharmonic for 1800+ audiences, celebrating the Czech music tradition and cementing the country as a cultural capital in Europe.
An essential public building for the Holešovice district and a new focal point for Prague, the new Vltava Philharmonic extends horizontally and vertically in all directions to create key urban connections and form a recognizable landmark for surrounding communities near and far. Ascending from the Vltava River to the skyline of Prague, a series of grand public plazas will become a new symbol of inclusionary architecture, welcoming the multitude of Prague’s vibrant urban life to flow across, through, under and over the new concert hall.
Jan Elger
is currently the External Affairs Manager at the newly established State Investment and Development Company, where he is responsible for fostering relationships with municipalities surrounding emerging strategic industrial parks, as well as with regional authorities and a diverse range of local stakeholders. His role also extends to representing the company in international matters and cross-border negotiations. Before this, he held a position at CzechInvest, where he took care of the preparation of the Gigafactory project for Volkswagen. His previous experience includes several years at the German-Czech Chamber of Commerce and Industry, focusing on digitalization and sustainability initiatives, and at the British Chamber of Commerce, where he managed a mentoring program for start-ups.
Lucie Baránková Vilamová
Deputy Mayor for strategic development and culture of Ostrava City. She is a graduate of VŠB-TU Ostrava and in her professional practice, she has been involved in project management, trade, and marketing. She has also lectured on marketing and trade at universities and supervised diploma theses. “It is pointless to ask whether life has meaning or not. It has as much meaning as we give it,” with this motto, she entered the prestigious competition of the Czech Management Association, where she competed not only for the title of Manager of the Year 2021, but also for the highest position in her competition category “Public Administration.”
Vladislav Kolarik
is a distinguished scientist and academic with over
thirty years of experience in the research of high-temperature materials and coatings, particularly in the field of energy technologies. Since 1990, he has been working at the Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology ICT in Germany. Fraunhofer ICT belongs to the 76 institutes under the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, one of the leading organizations for applied research in Europe. He received his education at the University of Fridericiana in Karlsruhe, where he studied physics. He earned his Ph.D. from RWTH Aachen University and received his habilitation from the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen. Since 2021, Dr.
Kolarik has been deputy director of the Fraunhofer Innovation Platform for
Applied Artificial Intelligence in Materials and Manufacturing.
Dr. Kolarik has extensive experience in coordinating and implementing numerous European and national research projects.
Petr Hlaváček
is an architect and a lecturer at the Faculty of Architecture at the Czech Technical University. He serves as the head of the Prague Institute of Planning and Development and was elected to Prague’s Municipal Council as an impartial expert, representing the coalition Spojené síly pro Prahu (TOP 09, STAN, and KDU-ČSL). Since the 2018 elections, Hlaváček has been leading efforts to develop Prague, focusing on a clear vision and strategic urban planning, including work on the Metropolitan Plan and various urban projects. He advocates for transparency and public engagement through initiatives like “Prague Transformed” at the Centre for Architecture and Metropolitan Planning (CAMP).
Tomáš Novotný
has been active in the Czech real estate market since 2001. Over the past eight years, he has been a member of the investment committee of the ARETE qualified investor real estate fund, where he was responsible for asset management and the development of a real estate portfolio valued at CZK 1.5 billion. Previously, he held the position of regional director at the development company CTP Invest, director of the Czech branch, and a corporate COO role at Point Park Properties (now P3), as well as project manager at the development company Pinnacle CEE.
Tomáš graduated from the Czech Technical University in Prague and, during his studies, completed a one-year scholarship at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh.
Clement Duclos
is a graduate of the Paris Sciences Po
Institute, in the field of public finance and public law. He began his career
by joining Linkcity CZ, the Czech development subsidiary of French group Bouygues Construction in 2008, and worked on several property development projects in various fields (hospitality, residential development, urban regeneration schemes). In 2018, he moved back to France where he was in charge of the land planning part of Linkcity largest development project in the Paris region, including, amongst other infrastructures, over 2,500 flats (PRS, affordable housing, social housing and others). He then settled back in the Czech republic and took the position of Deputy CEO at Linkcity Czech Republic. Convinced by close cooperation with municipalities, he advocates for the (re)generation of open districts whilst emphasizing the quality of public spaces and the use of innovative and low-carbon solutions.
Jakub Kodr
is the managing director and commercial director for the Czech Republic at CTP, which is the leading developer in the European market for industrial-logistics parks. He advanced to one of the key positions in the development sector shortly after joining the company in 2017, and he has held his current leadership position for three years. His alma mater is the University of Economics, Prague. He also holds a prestigious MBA in real estate and is a qualified member of MRICS (The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors).
Adam Zábranský
is a councillor for the City of Prague, responsible for property,
legislation, and transparency, a position he has held since 2023. His focus
includes improving governance, urban development in the city. Before this, he
was the councillor for housing and transparency, starting in 2018. Zábranský
graduated from the Faculty of Law at Charles University, and his political
career is marked by his dedication to enhancing transparency and efficient
management within public administration.
Jana Lavrenčíková Myšková
is the project manager of Hydropolis – a newly emerging science centre, supported by the City of Prague and the companies PVS, PVK, and Veolia. She is an expert in sustainability and ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) practices. Since September 2023, she has been one of the “Faces of Sustainability” for the weekly magazine EURO in the Czech Republic. For 18 years, she worked in waste management, ecology, and circular economy at Pražské vodovody a kanalizace (Prague Water Supply and Sewerage Company), where she led projects focused on sustainability and employee education in ecology. She lectures at universities in the Czech Republic and has previously worked in the CSR division of Kooperativa. She is also active in the non-profit sector as the coordinator of the mentoring programme MINERVA21. Her life motto is: “I aspire to inspire till I expire.”
Pavel Válek
is the Chairman of the Board of Directors at Prague Water Company. He has over 15 years of experience in consultancy, specializing in water and sewerage systems, public services, waste management, and IoT technologies. Pavel worked as a partner at Grant Thornton Advisory for six years, focusing on public service transactions and utilities regulation. Prior to this, he spent 8.5
years with Mott MacDonald, leading projects in water and waste management,
funded by the EU. He has also served as a strategic advisor to the Ministry of
the Environment and represents the Chamber of Commerce on the Water Supply and
Sewerage Regulation Committee. Pavel regularly lectures at domestic and
international conferences.
Petr Urbánek
is the Director of the Prague Development Company (Pražská developerská společnost). He has over 30 years of experience in the Czech real estate market. From 2001 to 2010, he was in management of River City Prague project, while working at Europolis. He also held management roles at Hochtief Development and in expert committee of REICO. Since October 2020, he has overseen land development in Prague, preparing over 700,000 m² of land for building 6,000–8,000 municipal rental flats.
Petr Knapp
is a Senior Advisor at EY Consulting, supporting automotive industry activities across CEE. With almost 30 years of experience, he has worked with prominent automotive and industrial companies, including BMW, Hyundai, Porsche CEE, ŠKODA AUTO, Toyota, Preciosa, OrlenUnipetrol and many others. Petr specializes in strategy preparation, organizational change management, and process improvement. He is passionate about the future of the automotive industry, focusing on digitalization, electric mobility, and autonomous vehicles. He was involved in policy debates regarding Euro 7 regulation, including moderating a key debate in the European Parliament. Petr is a founding member of the Czech Chamber PMI, a member of the Scientific Council at the Faculty of Business Administration (University of Economics in Prague).
PR contact: Lucie Kajnarová
+420 603 544 462
lucie.kajnarova@ostrava.cz