Innovative Prague XXII
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 conventions and conferences with the matching topics.
In the 22nd edition of Prague Innovative we invite you to take a look how Czech firms apply AI in their operations, which innovations were made as a result of it and how researchers utilize it in their projects. You will learn how the Czech education system develops and how did the Czech Technical University earn attention from airports.
Using AI both on the Ground and in the Air
Artificial intelligence has already found its application as an assistant to senior management in most Czech companies. The results of SAP’s survey "The Future of Czech Business in the Era of AI" showed that the value of Czech firms will increase with AI use by an average of 16%. The detailed report including the expected challenges in this field can be found on the websites of Hospodářské noviny. We can also expect the Czech train transport system to be partly operated by AI. The purpose of this would be to prevent bigger delays of trains and deal with unexpected situations. Pilot projects of using AI in train stations are described on the wired.cz websites. Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the Czech Technical University recently invented another exciting system that uses AI. Their special system called Eagle.One can effectively and safely disable drones in ‘No Drone Zones’. Some of the airports operators have already shown interest in this invention along with prisons and border crossings. In addition to the Eagle.One system, we can also find microrobots from the Centre for Artificial Intelligence at the Czech Technical University in Prague in the air. As reported by wired.cz, these microrobots monitor the life of the bee colony and process a huge amount of data on bee behaviour using digitalisation. In the future, microrobots can, for example, warn the colony of certain risky situations, such as upcoming tree spraying.
Czech Science Heads to Space
However, Czech research is also focusing on more distant projects and systems than those moving in the air above us. Local institutions, including those in Prague, play an important role in the European Space Agency's (ESA) Hera mission. This is part of the first ever planetary defence test, which will help protect the Earth from threats of collisions with asteroids and could also be used in planning future space missions, according to the Czech Academy of Sciences. Other achievements of Czech science were also presented at the largest festival of space activities, Czech Space Week, which again this year brought a rich program for both the industry experts and enthusiasts from the general public. A report from the event can be found on the VědaVýzkum.cz website.
Quality Education as a Path to Success
Such excellent results in science and research would not be possible without quality education. The quality of the world's universities has once again been verified by The World University Rankings 2025. 17 Czech universities have made it into the overall ranking this year. The Charles University, ranked 401st – 500th, once again defended its highest position among the Czech universities. Detailed rankings of Czech universities can be found on the VědaVýzkum.cz website. The new National Depository, as reportedy by VědaVýzkum.cz website, should also contribute to more effective research and scientific progress. The Depository serves for uploading and sharing scientific data from publicly funded projects, thus saving significant time in research and implementation of future or ongoing projects.
Autumn Overflowing with Innovative Events
Exciting events have happened recently, including the Forbes annual tech conference called ‘Next Big Thing 2024’. The topic for discussion was innovation, technology and futuristic visions in startups, focusing on a worldwide trend in technology – artificial intelligence. A month later, CzechInvest agency presented their new initiative Czech Startup Week intending to create a platform for networking of those acting in the startup environment. This event already has scheduled dates for upcoming years and hopes to point foreign investors in one specific direction, unifying main startup events in this one week. The details about the new initiative were brought by VědaVýzkum.cz websites.
Would you be interested in learning more interesting facts? Browse through the previous three issues of Innovative Prague: