Organizing Committee 2019

Co-chief Organiser Jakub Kadlec is involved in organising Heart of Europe since 2008. His role in the Czech Debate Society is as the Head of Executive Board and these days he is more involved in bureaucracy than organising events, adjudicating debates or lecturing at workshops. He works in the private sector, therefore the debate society is...

Co-chief Organiser Matylda Klosova has begun her university studies at Charles University in Prague, but she’s still returning to the heart of the Czech Republic – Olomouc. 2019 is her fourth at Heart of Europe. As in the previous years, she’ll be leading a team of volunteers who are taking care of debaters and making your...

Chief Adjudicator, Laura Krawczyk has a multinational personality and doesn’t believe in being tied down to country-specific stereotypes. She is very proud of being at the end of finishing law school and might mention it once or twice. Apart from the legal and political sphere, she enjoys yoga, and running around making sure everything is...

Daniel is a Politics and Sociology finalist at the University of Warwick, and a Civil Servant in the UK Government. He has been the Chief Tabulation Officer at Heart of Europe for 5 years, in addition to being a mentor at debate academies and a former WS debater. Daniel enjoys listening to classical music and...

Martin is 31 years old. He has been part of the Czech debate programme for over 15 years. He studied media and political science at Masaryk University in Brno. In the past, he had worked as a freelance writer and PR specialist, English teacher, and debate lecturer, and now he works for Red Hat, the world’s...

 Denisa is 24 years old and this is the eighth year of her participation at the Heart of Europe International Debating Tournament. She is finishing her studies at Janacek Academy of Music and Performing Arts and her master degree at Masaryk University in Brno. She works as a high school drama teacher and in her...

Otto is 21 years old. He studies Film, Television and Radio Studies at Palacky University in Olomouc and he is CEO of Madcreative Company. Otto is interested in arts, sports and everything to do with video. For him debating is something that taught him how to speak in public. He started debating at high school,...

 Dusan is 20 years old. He is from Prostejov. He now lives in Zlin, the town of shoe producer known all around the world, Bata. At Thomas Bata University he studies regional studies and business administration. He works as a bar attendant. In his free time he goes to the gym. It is his fourth year at the...

Adam is a 19 years old high school student born in Prostejov, Czechia. He is in charge of a student council, takes part in Czech Debate Club at his school and has attended many CDS debating tournaments. His main hobbies are computer science, music and student participation in Czechia. He also took part in the Czech...

 After falling in love with debating and getting some experience in NGOs, he found Heart of Europe Debating Tournament, which is something he is looking forward to 350 days a year. In his free time, he likes to discuss things whether they might be possible or impossible and he loves experimenting with electronics. When he...

Simon is a student of Geoinformatics at Palacky University in Olomouc. He is a long term member of the Czech Debate Society, who provides help in various fields, such as tech support, logistics and managing events.

Monika is a high school student aspiring to do medical studies at Palacky University in Olomouc. She has successfully passed all medical courses – thus her role this year is as medical support. This year will mark the fourth anniversary of her participation at the Heart of Europe International Debating Tournament.

 Nina is an eighteen years old student of Lutheran Grammar School of J. A. Comenius, Kosice, Slovakia. She loves parties, sports and traveling. She spends her free time in cafes reading books and drinking quality coffee. Since she is a party girl she is going to be responsible for socials this year. It is going...

Aneta is 20 years old. She is from Prostejov, a town not so far from Olomouc. She studies at a university in Prague. Her hobbies are reading, watching TV series and sports. She is a social person and she loves parties. You will love her friendly enthusiastic personality.

 Martina is finishing the final year in the international school in Bratislava and is taking a gap year, when she is going to do all exciting things that can be written into this profile. She is a part of the team that organizes Model European Parliament Slovakia. This 4-day conference serves to engage young people...

Mikulas is a 21 year old university student from Brno. He has attended many Heart of Europe tournaments before as a volunteer in Delegates Care group and will be in charge of your complaints this year. He is a huge fan of e-sport, computers, snowboarding and his hobby is graphic design.