KSB participates as conference partner in Cashless Society conference and the Startup Summit
The first event was the Cashless Society conference, organized by the publishing house Economia, which took place on 13 October 2016 at the Conference Centre of the Czech National Bank. The main theme of this now third annual conference was the concept of the cashless society and the associated legal and other aspects. The speakers included KSB lawyer Jan Sovar, a financial law expert.
KSB also joined forces with the Startup Summit Conference, held on 26 and 27 October 2016 in CityTower Praha. Its aim was not only to connect startups projects with large corporations, but for example to newly address the issue of Smart Cities and technology, linking them with startups and the development of these projects at the level of not only the Czech Republic but also other member states of the Visegrad Four. Patronage of the conference included the offices of government of the Czech Republic.
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