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Invitation: Science Party Brno: 100 years of Czech science and the future of science, May 11, 2018
On May 11, 2018, VIDA! science centrum, Science Slam, Science and Technology Club, Science Café, Bioskop, Masarykova univerzita, Mendelova univerzita v Brně, Moravská zemská knihovna, JCMM, Technické muzeum v Brně, FNUSA-ICRC, Stromy svobody, Statutární město Brno, Jihomoravský kraj organize Science Party Brno for fans of science of all age groups.
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Prague Joined the TOP 10 Meetings Destinations of the World
Prague has succeeded in the global competition and occupied the eighth place in the ICCA ranking of the most popular congress destinations. In 2017, according to the Czech Statistical Office, 4,127 conferences were held in the Czech capital, representing a third of all the events that took place in the Czech Republic. More than half a million delegates participated in the Prague conferences, according to Prague Convention Bureau.
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Radio Praha: Groundbreaking research by Czech physicist opens door to faster data entry
Experts from the Institute of Physics at the Czech Academy of Sciences recently made headlines with groundbreaking research in which they uncovered a method for data entry and storage in computing that is considerably faster than what is available at present. The team was able to prove that Spintronics based on antiferromagnets could enter data 1000 times faster than in common memory media. Their findings made a splash within the scientific community and it's easy to see why: it has the potential to fundamentally change computing years down the line. Not least in the area of AI research, if a neuromorphic hardware component is achieved, Radio Praha's Jan Velinger wrote..
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AmCham Finance Committee debate on CZK: "The official end of the currency floor turned out not to be the end of general environment and investors still had koruna as a target for investment.”
On April 12, AmCham Finance Committee held a discussion about CZK development with chief economists of our bank members, including Jan Vejmělek of Komerční banka, Jakub Seidler of ING Bank, Michal Skořepa of Česká spořitelna, and Helena Horská of Raiffeisenbank.
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EY Global Fraud Survey 2018: 56% of Czech business respondents believe that corruption in the country is widespread
6 out of 10 Czech managers and 8 out of 10 Slovak managers are ready to compete in a fair way and 56% of Czech respondents believe that corruption in the country is widespread, according to recent EY Global Fraud Survey 2018.
Strategic Directions for Czech Economic Policy
- Transition to High-Tech Manufacturing and Exports
- The City Campus as Idea Factory
- Government Programs and Processes That Drive Innovation
- Government as a Competitive Advantage, including Digitization
Advocacy Priorities for 2023
Technology, People, Infrastructure
Actions Recommended in Areas:
1. Establishing Policy Objectives for Research.
2. Research Investment and Cooperation. Big Bets (Key Technology Projects).
3. Establishing Databases for Tracking Public Policy Outcomes.
4. Public Procurement as an Innovation Tool.
5. Immigration of STEM Talents.
6. Digitization of Immigration.
7. Adult Reskilling and Upskilling.
8. Digitization of Land Use.
9. Infrastructure Development, including Technology Parks.
Read the documents in English and Czech.
Policy pipeline
In Policy Pipeline policy developments in the Czech Republic and abroad are monitored to bring better understanding of current topics and trends.