Committee on Business-Academic Cooperation

Committee Members:

Cisco Systems (Marcel Rebroš, Country Manager, František Jakab, Area Academy Manager), US Steel (Milan Polča, General Director of Human Resources and Service, Matej Stuška, Governmental and EU Affairs Manager), ACCA (Petra Polednová, Katka Benešová), Accenture (Marek Gešo), AINova (Jaroslav Kilian), Arthur Hunt (Katarína Bittalová),  City University of Seattle (Alena Bušíková, Jozef Hvorecký, Minarčíková Martina), CLASS (Ed Wienk), CNAS/Economic University in Bratislava (Michal Kovács, Peter Rusiňák), CSI Leasing (Martin Kardoš), DELL (Silvia Jeleníková), Edymax (Peter Beck), Ernst&Young (Dana Preček), Faculty of Management, CU (Jozef Komorník, Zuzana Kovačičova), Gratex International (Lenka Kožárová), Lenovo (Maxim Strashun), Microsoft (Roman Russev), Neulogy (Kristína Jenčíková), QSI International School (Britt Brantley), PRC (Marián Holienka), PwC (Alexander Mitro), Sheraton Bratislava Hotel (Dana Hupková), Squire Sanders (Janka Bargerová), VISTEON Interiors Slovakia (Zdenka Junasová) and US Embassy (Bob King, Elena Bianchi).

Approved leadership of the Committee:

• Executive Sponsor at the AmCham Board Directors: Marcel Rebroš, Cisco Systems
• Chairman - Mr. František Jakab, Area Academy Manager, NetAcad EEM, Cisco Systems
• Deputy Chair - Mr. Milan Polča, General Manager, Human Resources and Services, U.S. Steel Košice

Main Goals:

• Contribute to effective implementation of Education Reform in Slovakia;
• Foster regular dialogue with key decision-makers (the Ministry of Education and Government Office; Universities and Research Institutions);
  
• Contribute to better conditions for R&D, Innovation and Technology Transfer;
• Provide platform for sharing best practices among AmCham members;
  
• Long-term support of enterpreneurship for enhancing Slovakia's competitiveness;
• Contribute to better vocational education and thus contribute to preparation of a qualified labor force.