Transportation
• Will better roads help the region's development?
• Is a quality connection to the TEN-T an opportunity or a risk for the region?
• An integrated public transportation system competing with private transportation?
• How to make cyclotourism more attractive?
Presenter: Martin Moravec, Editor-in-Chief of Magazín MF Dnes
Key guests invited to the "Transportation" panel discussion:
• Petr Moos - Czech Technical University in Prague, Dean of the Faculty of Transportation Sciences
• Petr Jůza - Brno University of Technology, the Faculty of Civil Engineering, a researcher at the Institute of Road Structures
• Václav Kodet - a First Deputy President of Region Vysocina for Transportation and Forestry
• Jaroslav Pospíšil - a South Moravian Region councillor
• Luděk Mališ - PavEx Consulting, Director
• Jaromír Holec - KORDIS JMK, Director
Tourism
• Can integrated tourism promote regional development?
• How to improve cooperation between the private and public sectors in tourism?
• The (supra-)regional impact of interventions in tourism - public support and markets
• Specialised products in tourism - an advantage or a lack of prudence?
Presenter: Jolana Voldánová
Key guests invited to the "Tourism" panel discussion:
• Alois Hynek - Masaryk University, the Faculty of Science, Institute of Geography
• Jiří Vystoupil - Masaryk University, the Faculty of Economics and Administration
• Rostislav Vondruška - CzechTourism, Director
• Marie Černá - Deputy President of Region Vysočina for Regional Development
• Martin Černý - The Regional Authority of the Vysočina Region, Director of the Regional Development Section
• Ivo Minařík - The Regional Authority of the South Moravian Region, Head of the Regional Development Department
• Zdeňka Škarková - Regional Development Agency, Vysočina, Director
Urban and rural development
• Cooperation between municipalities as a regional development factor - the relationship to the structural funds
• Are cohesion regions really cohesive? Development strategy at the NUTS 2 and NUTS 3 levels.
• Can civic amenity support initiate regional development?
• Can municipalities afford assistance from the structural funds? Municipal budget burden as a sustainability risk.
• Do cities need integrated plans?
Presenter: Jaroslav Plesl, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Lidové noviny
Key guests invited to the "Urban and rural development" panel discussion:
• Václav Toušek - Palacký University Olomouc, Faculty of Science, Department of Geography
• René Wokoun - The University of Economics, Prague, the Faculty of Economics and Public Administration, Head of the Department of Regional Studies
• Luděk Sýkora - Charles University, Prague, the Faculty of Science, Department of Social Geography and Regional Development
• Lumíra Kafková - The Ministry for Regional Development, Director of the Operational Programmes Management Department
• Miloš Vystrčil - President of the Vysočina Region
• Roman Onderka - Mayor of the City of Brno
• Jaroslav Vymazal - Mayor of the City of Jihlava
• Marie Zezůlková - Municipal Authority of the City of Brno, Head of the City Strategy Office
• Vladimír Gašpar - Regional Development Agency, South Moravia, Director