Speakers

Černý Josef | Senior WMS consultant and project manager, ICZ a.s.

Josef Černý graduated from the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of Charles University, majoring in Informatics. He began to deal with logistics through programming of integrated production systems including their material supply. Between 1993 and 1999, he was the Managing Director of a company engaged in the supply of information systems for the management of warehouse and manufacturing operations. Since 2000 he has been working at ICZ a.s., where he held the position of consultant and head of logistics department. He is currently engaged in logistics consulting and development of product and project opportunities. He is a member of the Chamber of Logistic Auditors and a long-term member of the Presidium of the Czech Logistics Association.

Drábek Dušan | Associate Director Industrial Agency at Savills Czech Republic & Slovakia

Dušan Drábek is an expert having more than fifteen years of experience in the field of logistics. In BNP Paribas Real Estate he works as the general manager for the Czech Republic and Slovakia within the Industrial & Logistics team. His key responsibility is to provide tailor-made solutions to clients in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, while utilizing all his professional experience from the logistic sector. Among other things, he focuses on business development in the field of industrial real estate in close cooperation with the headquarters for the Central and Eastern Europe in Warsaw.

Grešlová Lenka | Head of International Logistics Planning and ŠKODA AUTO Aggregates

Holec Jakub | Owner and CEO, 108 AGENCY

Jakub Holec is the owner and CEO of 108 AGENCY, a real estate consulting company that focuses exclusively on commercial real estate. He founded the company in 2009 and is personally involved in a number of crucial transactions. Jakub's main concern is the development of the entire "Hundred eight" and building relationships with partners. The idea behind foundation of his own business was that Jakub wanted to see a company built on precise knowledge of the Czech market. He believes in an individual approach to clients and "out of the box" thinking. He is convinced that this way of thinking ensures 108 AGENCY a competitive advantage in the long run. 108 AGENCY has traded over 8.6 million square meters of space on the Czech, Slovak and Hungarian markets since its establishment. Clients turn to 108 AGENCY for rental and sales mediation, investment advice and marketing and management of development projects. As a result of the last year's strategic acquisition, 108 AGENCY is the new exclusive alliance partner of BNP Paribas Real Estate for the Czech Republic.

Janů Pavel | Project Manager, K2 atmitec

Pavel Janů is a graduate of the University of Economics and Business in Prague. He has been helping companies deploy and develop internal systems on the K2 platform for 17 years. In his practise as a project manager, he makes use of the experience gained during the implementation of large-scale domestic and foreign projects. He focuses on finding bottlenecks and optimizing internal company processes. His specialization are the analysis and implementation of complex solutions in the fields of production and controlled warehouses.

Jonáš Jakub | Managing Director, Ferag CZ

The new Managing Director of Ferag CZ, Mr. Jakub Jonáš, took his current office in January 2022. His task is to expand the company's market share in the field of intralogistics on the Czech and Slovak markets. He has been working in logistics for over 10 years, he gained hands-on experience in intralogistics and 3PL logistics. This also was the field of his studies at the Jan Perner Faculty of Transport of the University of Pardubice. Beside his family and particular interest in logistics, Jakub is a big fan of travel and aviation, which he is actively involved in.

Kamola Marcin | Commercial Manager, DCT Gdansk

Marcin Kamola, Commercial Manager, DCT Gdansk. At DCT Gdańsk from 2012; responsible for responsible for the company’s relationships with all existing or potential customers including sales pipeline and sales development of new products. During his career in DCT he was also active in development of intermodal services as well as marketing, customer service and communications. Before joining DCT Gdansk, Marcin was working in the railway industry. Graduate of University of Gdańsk and the University of Warsaw.

Kodada Jan | Proxy Holder, Director of Sales and Marketing at Gebrüder Weiss Czech Republic

He has been in the field of logistics for more than 23 years. He worked on various management positions at MTC and Lagermax. He is currently the Director of Business and Marketing and the Procurator of Gebrüder Weiss in the Czech Republic, which he joined in 2008. In 2007, he completed his master's studies at the Czech Technical University in Prague at the Faculty of Transport Sciences, and six years later successfully completed his doctoral studies at the same university and faculty.

Kopeček Karel | Country Business Manager, Webfleet

Karel Kopeček graduated from the Prague University of Economics and Business, majoring in International Trade. He worked as the sales manager for BP CR and later as the sales and marketing manager in Berendsen CR and then as a representative of Transics for the CR and Slovakia. He currently holds the position of Country Business Manager at Webfleet Solutions.

Kožej Vlastimil | Sales Director, CID International, a.s.

He started in CID International in 2000 as a sales representative, since 2010 he has been working for the company as the sales director. Vlastimil was engaged in expanding the company to the Polish market, where he among other things took an active part in implementation of logistic information systems. He has been developing and supporting sales and marketing activities of the company not only in the Czech Republic, but also in Slovakia and Poland. Before joining CID International, he worked for Allianz pojišťovna a.s. where is specialized in corporate clientele.

Landa Dominik | Strategic Business Development and Intermodal Director in HHLA International GmbH

Strategic Business Development and Intermodal Director in HHLA International GmbH. Previously Operations Director for Central East Europe Cluster for Maersk Line and Business Development and Commercial Director of DCT Gdansk. Passionate senior executive with a long-proven track record in maritime, transport and logistics industry. Has been involved in major projects that have changed the landscape of the logistics in CEE incl. development of DCT Gdansk strategic vision and execution of commercial strategy, introduction of first direct call into the Baltics with largest container vessels (AE10 service) and deployment of first shipping line intermodal services in Poland (AMBER and BALTIC EXPRESS). Graduate of Transportation and Logistics at the University of Gdansk, Executive MBA program of GFKM and Erasmus University in Rotterdam.

Ludvik Milan | Country Manager, ZETES Czech Republic

Milan LUDVIK graduated from the Czech Technical University in Prague and he has been engaged in the field of automatic identification for 22 years. He works as the Country Manager for the Czech Republic in ZETES, a part of the multinational Panasonic corporation providing complex process optimisation solutions along the supply chain. These solutions include Packaging Execution, Logistic Execution, Proof Of Delivery and Direct Store Delivery, Field Service, In-Store Management and Track&Trace solutions ensuring full trackability and traceability.

Martoch Tomáš | Senior Manager ECR, GS1 Czech Republic

Morávek Jakub | Senior Business Development Manager, FM Logistic

Jakub Morávek is a graduate of the University of Economics in Prague. Between 2014 and 2018, he worked at the logistics company VPS Logistics, s.r.o. in the sales department, where he worked his way up to a leading position within a short period of time. In 2018, he joined the multinational corporate company FM Logistic as the youngest sales representative. After being nominated for the talent program, he used the opportunity to gain theoretical and practical experience with the preparation and subsequent implementation of logistics orders abroad. He later applied this knowledge to his current position, where he is responsible for managing business activities throughout the Czech Republic and reports directly to top management. Currently, he is also dedicated to the development of green logistics and, in cooperation with our partners, oversees the implementation of these principles throughout the supply chain.

Myslík Vladimír | Competence Development Manager, Volvo Group Czech Republic

He graduated from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the University in Pilsen with specialization in transport and handling technologies. Vladimir has been working at Volvo Trucks for 16 years. He started as a driver trainer and now he holds the position of CDM, where he is responsible for technical training of Volvo associates. He is a member of the Press Test team, testing vehicles and new technologies and helping to introduce and raise awareness of alternative powertrains among the public and customers.

Ondráček Lukáš | Country Manager CZ / SK, DKV Euro Service

Lukáš Ondráček was appointed the head of the Czech and Slovak branch of DKV Euro Service at the end of 2018. Before that he worked for Trost Auto Service Technik from 2004, where he became the executive director in 2011, being in charge of successful development of wholesale of spare parts for both commercial and passenger vehicles sold to more than 2,000 clients in the Czech Republic.  He started as a diagnostic tools and garage equipment specialist in the company. As a DKV management team member he is responsible for continuous market share increasing and successful fleet client market entry. He graduated from the Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague with specialisation in road transport.

Panenka Tomáš | Commercial Director, Rohlig SUUS Logistics

Tomáš Panenka graduated from the University of Logistics in Přerov. During his studies he worked in the same field as a sales representative. He has been active in transportation and logistics for over 15 years. As he himself says, business is his life, and in 15 years he has made his way up to the position of Commercial Director at Rohlig SUUS Logistics, where he has worked for 4 years. During that time, he managed to build a successful business team both in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. At the same time as the business, he also manages marketing and is no stranger to operational activities either. Throughout his tenure at Rohlig SUUS Logistics, side by side with the General Manager Mr. Chládek, he has been involved in the development of the company and large projects. One of his biggest successful projects is the transport of racing trucks to the DAKAR rallies.

Pihar Jan | Managing Director of DACHSER Czech Republic

Jan Pihar has linked up his entire professional career with logistics. From 2019 Jan Pihar was appointed Managing Director of DACHSER Czech Republic. Jan Pihar studied at the Faculty of Management and Economics of the Brno University of Technology. After graduating he participated in a study exchange programme in the USA. In 2004 he was behind the establishment of the DACHSER Břeclav branch, where he acted as the Branch Manager. In 2008 he was appointed the General Manager of the DACHSER Kladno branch.

Rindt Jan | Aberle GmbH – Körber Logistics

Jan Rindt graduated from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the Czech Technical University in Prague. After he completed his studies, he has been working for various companies specialising in logistics automation for more than 17 years. At first, he worked for NDC Praha, a company that later became a part of E&K Automation; he was gradually engaged in different positions as the head of mechanical design department, later as a project manager and sales representative. His main objective was implementation of AGV systems. Between 2007 and 2018 he worked for SSI Schäfer as a sales manager in charge for the automated systems sales department. Since June 2018, Jan has been working for Aberle GmbH, a member of the Körber Logistics group (belonging to the international technology group Körber) as the head of automated systems sales department for the Czech Republic and Slovakia, and as the manager of the branch in Prague.

Rožek Petr | Executive Director, Association of Forwarding and Logistics of the Czech Republic (SSL)

Ing. Petr Rožek, Ph.D. has been working in the position of the SSL executive director since the beginning of 2017. He graduated from the Prague University of Economics and Business, and got his Ph.D. degree at the University in Pardubice.  His main focus lies on sea transport. He was engaged in various management positions in a number of logistic companies. Last time he was in charge of the Czech branch of Eurogate Logistics.

Sobička Ondřej | Business Director and Procurator, HAPPY END CZ

Ondřej Sobička works as the Commercial Director and Procurator of HAPPY END CZ, a.s. He is in charge of product portfolio development, marketing and corporate business strategy. His main focus is on innovations in the field of labor safety in production and logistics operations. Playing active part in the SKLAD association, he initiated the tradition of regular industry research „Trends in Czech logistics“.

Šauer Martin | Executive Director, Balíkobot

After years of experience in various commercial sectors and my own business activities, I have gradually grown from the position of a manager to the executive director of Balikobot.cz. What I like about Balíkobot most is the fact that the service makes sense to clients, really saves their time and thus also money.

Tlapa Martin | Deputy for Management of the Section of non-European countries, economic and development cooperation, MFA of the Czech Republic

Martin Tlapa, MBA is a graduate of the Prague University of Economics and Business, Faculty of Business, and Sheffield Hallam University, CTU, Master of Business Administration (MBA). Currently, he works at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic as a deputy in charge of the section for non-European countries, economic and development cooperation. He received the Manager of the Year award twice. He lectures and publishes on the topics of trade and export policy of the Czech Republic and the EU, managerial approaches in the public sector and international competitiveness. In previous years, he worked for example at the Office of the Government of the Czech Republic, at the Ministry of Industry and Trade, at the Czech Trade Promotion Agency/CzechTrade, at the Center for Foreign Economic Relations or at the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Canada.

Vágner Jiří | CEO, Chairman of the Board of SSI Energy

Jiří Vágner is a graduate of the Faculty of Civil Engineering at the University of Technology in Brno. Since 1995, he has been dedicated to the preparation and implementation of projects in the fields of modern energy, especially ecological energy sources, combined production of electricity and heat, and significantly also projects using RES. He has a number of successful implementations for corporate clients, such as ČEZ, Veolia Energie ČR, MVV Energie or Pražská teplárenská. He also used his experience in the implementation of many projects in the field of industrial energy, where it is necessary to thoroughly understand the specific requirements of the client. At the same time the client has to be offered the most modern technologies and energy-saving solutions with high added value and minimal impact on the environment. Jiří was fully devoted to this customer segment at his previous place of work, ČEZ ESCO. In the SSI Group, where he has been working since 2019, he has been on the position of chairman of the board and CEO of SSI Energy since this year.

Vavřička Lukáš | Safety Consultant Linde Material Handling

Lukáš Vavřička, DiS. works as a consultant for safe operation and handling at Linde Material Handling Czech Republic. His aim is to fulfill the objectives of the Linde Material Handling "Vision 0" project, i.e. to help warehouse and handling equipment operators in reducing the number of accidents and injuries in production and warehousing to the ultimate target of zero. Lukáš Vavrička has been dedicated to traffic safety throughout his professional career. He studied at the University of Hradec Králové, graduated from the Higher Vocational School and Business Academy in Chotěboř with a diploma in Occupational Safety Management. He then worked as a Health&Safety and Fire Prevention technician at Eport Group. From there he moved to Automotive Lighting, s.r.o. where he worked in the position of Health&Safety technician and Safety Liaison of the corporate WCM system. He is the holder of a number of certificates, including professional qualifications in Health&Safety, as well as an internal auditor of systems according to ISO 45001, 14001 and 50001.

Vesecký Richard | Head of the Department of Special Regimes - Methodology, Customs Administration of the Czech Republic

Since 2018, Richard Vesecký has been working as Methodist of the customs department of the General Directorate of Customs and Head of the Special Regimes Department. At the national level, he is responsible for the methodical management of customs matters towards customs authorities and the public - import and export processes and related customs formalities. He is a member of working groups for the development of electronic systems. He specializes in special customs regimes, customs procedures for e-commerce and entry operations - formalities associated with the entry of goods into the customs territory. He participates in the preparation of drafts of legal standards, their amendments and adjustments, including EU legislation in the customs area. At the EU level, he is a member of several working bodies of the European Commission (Expert group for special customs regimes, Customs expert group for general customs legislation, Expert group for e-commerce, Expert group for the INF system).

Žlábek Jaroslav | CEO of Toyota Material Handling CZ

Jaroslav Žlábek, CEO of Toyota Material Handling CZ s.r.o. since 2017. Together with other Toyota associates, he strengthens the company's position on the Czech market through the introduction and support of the most modern technologies in the field of automation, energy-efficient drives, connectivity and novelties within conventional model lines. He strives to build the cooperation with clients and partners on the ongoing improvement and progressive streamlining of all processes, but his focus is also in the field of ​​services (maintainance, fleet management, rental). He emphasizes a comprehensive intralogistics solution based on long life, high efficiency and consistent handling reliability.