Prague: city whose history paved way for innovation

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Prague is not only an amazing historical city with a wealth of monuments, excellent gastronomy, cordial residents, and a wide range of events.

It is also a modern and innovative science hub. Prague excels in many fields, such as artificial intelligence and robotics, biomedicine, low-carbon technologies, data technologies and selected creative industries, providing ideal opportunities for holding expert events with the matching topics.

Birthplace of Robot

Experts, fans, as well as general public who follow the development of AI have been using the word “robot” for an incredible century. This word was first used by the acclaimed Czech writer Karel Capek in his drama R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots), which was translated into 30 world languages.

However, the word robot, which is derived from the archaic term for labour - “robota“- is not the only Czech contribution to the fascinating world of robotics. The Czech Republic boasts many successes in this field and is an inspiration for the further development of robotics and AI globally.

Setting Eyes on the Deep of Space

Only few people know the eyes of not only robotics’ experts but also space experts are also often set on Prague. What are the reasons behind it? Prague has the honour to be home to several major institutions dealing with space research or technologies. In 2021, the European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) was established here. Among other things, this agency also includes the Galileo navigation system. The Business Incubator of the European Space Agency ESA BIC Czech Republic sees to it that space technologies find their use on Earth or, on the contrary, that new technologies get into space as soon as possible.

Evaluation for refining the goals

No progress in innovations can be reached without evaluation of goals. In Prague, the Smart Prague Index not only evaluates the results achieved, but also sets the direction and priorities for further developments. Prague Convention Bureau eagerly joins these efforts by including the key industries into its strategy and by actively fostering the exchange of know-how at expert congresses and conferences.