1. Czech Enterprise Demo Day
Matouš Kostlivý| Sector Manager for ICT
New York, June 3, 2014
2. 1. Education
2. Workforce
3. R&D Case Study: IT4Innovations
4. Case Study: Big Data
5. Case Study: Cyber Security
6. List of FDI
7. Summary
Content
3. Population 10.5 million
Labor force 5.3 million
Unemployment 8.0 %
GDP growth (2012) -1.1 %
GDP growth (*2013) 0.1 %
Annual inflation 3.3 %
Hub in the Heart of Europe
Czech Republic
4. HRADEC KRALOVE
Students: 1,832
Graduates: 283
MORAVIA-SILESIA
Students: 4,535
Graduates: 932
OLOMOUC REGION
Students: 516
Graduates: 52
PARDUBICE REGION
Students: 1,656
Graduates: 270
LIBEREC REGION
Students: 867
Graduates: 182
ZLIN REGION
Students: 1,735
Graduates: 473
SOUTH MORAVIA
Students: 9,725
Graduates: 2,363
PLZEN REGION
Students: 2,619
Graduates: 560
Source: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport, 2014
Note: according to the selected educational fields
PRAGUE REGION
Students: 12,071
Graduates: 2,541
CZECH REPUBLIC
Students: 37,752
Graduates: 7,990
ICT University Students & Graduates in Regions
5. ╌ Creative, innovative, experienced and skilled professionals
╌ Quality of the Labor Pool – Tradition, Talent and Passion
╌ Cultural Compatibility and Emotional Intelligence
╌ The Czech Republic maintains a high quality of life
Labor Cost
Comparison of Annual
Wages (EUR) for
Programmer
Source: Global 50. Remuneration Planning Report, Watson Wyatt Data Services
6. IT4Innovations
╌ National Centre of Excellence in the field of information technologies
╌ Strengthening concentration of a wide range of scientific disciplines
relating to information technologies
7. Case Study: Seznam.cz
Seznam.cz, the Czech Google
IT4Innovations supercomputer ready to process topographical data
for a new 3D maps.
Researchers apply computationally intensive algorithms to create 3D
models of towns and cities based on two-dimensional aerial
photographs
Images covering nearly 8000 km2 will be processed in about 6
months, a surface area that corresponds to 10% of the Czech
Republic.
http://beta.mapy.cz/
8. Merck Sharp & Dohme
In 2014 MSD invested in a huge center analyzing patient data
for the best and most efficient treatment
Investments worth 50 million USD and 200 jobs for university
graduates
IT specialists, engineers, economists and doctors with a
unique task, to create computer structures that may analyze
data on patients
Support for all applications it makes for patients -
telemedicine
The algorithms help doctors speed up the diagnosing of
images
9. ╌ AVG Technologies is a leading rock-solid antivirus software formed in
1991 by Jan Gritzbach and Tomáš Hofer
╌ Pavel Baudiš in 1988 (then Prague’s Mathematical Machines Research
Institute) wrote a program able to remove Viena Virus. Later on Eduard
Kučera and Ondřej Vlček join the team and develop Avast! antivirus
Cyber Security
Powerhouse
10. Cognitive Security
╌ Focused on applying artificial intelligence techniques to detect
advanced cyber threats
╌ Their solution integrates a range of sophisticated technologies to
identify and analyze key threats, both external and internal to a customer
through advanced behavioral analysis of real-time data
╌ On February 25, 2013 Cisco announced the completion of its
acquistion of Cognitive Security, a privately held, 28 person company
headquartered in Prague, Czech Republic
Cyber Security Potential -
Case study
12. Geographic Location in
the Centre of Europe
Well Educated and
Skilled Labor Force
Favorable Labor
Costs
R&D and Innovation
Capabilities
Attractive Business
Climate
Why the Czech Republic?
13. The New Technologies Made in the Czech Republic
– Belladati
– Boldbrick
– Invea-Tech
– Modgen
– Safetica
– Trustport
14. Thank you for your attention.
Contact us!
matous.kostlivy@czechinvest.org
www.czechinvest.org
