Czechia is nano

Why watch?

Nanotechnology is one of the driving forces behind the ongoing technological revolution, and the Czech Republic, which patented a machine for industrial production of nanofibers back in 2004, has a unique chance to climb among the global economic leaders. How much of this is a utopia? What have we already achieved with nanofibers? How do we currently stand compared to the rest of the world, and where is this situation headed? Jan Mašek will discuss all this and much more with his guests.

What will you learn?

• What Czech nano projects look like.
• How the Czech Republic became one of the world’s largest production hubs.
• How innovations move from the lab to industrial production.

Guests

Jiří Kůs

Jiří Kůs is a Czech entrepreneur, promoter of nanotechnology and the concept of the third industrial revolution. He is a technician with a humanities background.

He studied industrial energy and later sociology and psychology. For twenty years, he worked in industrial automation, foreign trade, and marketing.

He is a co-founder of nanoSPACE, a company that uses nanofibers in anti-allergy bedding. He is the visionary behind the project Česko je nano and chairman of the Czech Nanotechnology Industry Association, which he helped establish.

His dream is for the Czech Republic to be seen by the world as the technological pearl of the EU. In his visions, he sees a world based on sharing and decentralization, where energy is no longer a valuable commodity, autonomous electric vehicles roam the streets, and nanosensors monitor human health.

Lenka Mynářová

Lenka Mynářová is a board member at NAFIGATE Corporation, where she focuses on nanotechnology.

She is also the owner of DATAMAR and currently leads projects in marketing, brand management, and corporate strategy across Central and Eastern Europe. She specializes in CRM, brand management, and marketing for science and research. She has contributed to developing corporate strategies for several major companies including Vítkovice Machinery Group, Bochemie Group, Elmarco a. s., Český rozhlas, IT cluster, National Engineering Cluster, VŠB-TUO, People Management Forum, and others.

She leads the expert team for the Svět techniky - Science and Technology Centre project in Ostrava.