Organizing Committee 2020

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...

Laura has a multinational personality and doesn’t believe in being tied down to country-specific stereotypes. She has graduated with multiple law degrees and is currently working within the legal field – facts she might mention once or twice. Apart from the legal and political spheres, she enjoys yoga, and running around making sure everything is...

Ovidiu Damian is a 3rd year student at the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca and works as an engineer. He is always over-enthusiastic about maths, describing things numerically, and breaking barriers between humans and computers. Ovidiu’s initiation into the debating community started in the heart of Transylvania where he was adjudicating a final in Turda’s Salt...

Adam is a 20 years old Computer science student born in Prostejov, Czechia. He took part in Czech Debate Club at his school and has attended many CDS debating tournaments. His main hobbies are programming, music and student participation in Czechia. He also took part in the Czech High School Union, where he was organising...

Martin is 33 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...

Denisa is 25 years old and this is the ninth year of her participation at Heart of Europe debating tournament. She studied at Janacek Academy of Music and Performing Arts and her master degree at Masaryk University in Brno. She works as a teacher at high school and drama club and in her free time...

Volunteers Co-Leader Matylda Klosova has begun her university studies at Charles University in Prague, her majors are psychology and sociology. Even if she spends most time in Prague, she’s still returning to the heart of the Czech Republic – Olomouc. 2020 is her fifth year at Heart of Europe. As in the previous years, she’ll...

Dusan is 21 years old guy, who studies regional studies and business administration at Zlin. This year he got a chance to study at another country and he decided to try study at Ljubljana, which is capital city of Slovenia. In his free time he usually travel around the Europe or do some sports activities....

Logistics Officer Petr Molek was born in Slovakia, now he is student living in Prague, Czechia. He has been at many debating competitions and has also adjudigated some. He likes politics, IT and graphics design. In his free time he plays the piano, organises political events, he does photography and you’ll never meet him wearing...

After falling in love with debating and getting some experience in NGOs, he discovered the Heart of Europe Debating Tournament, which he’s looking forward to 350 days a year. In his free time, he likes to discuss things both possible and impossible, tinker with electronics and take photos. Josef is currently working at a biotechnological...

Johana is an sixteen years old high school student based in Zlin. She is a student at heart. Johana is in charge of school student council and takes part in Czech Debate Club at her school and has attended many CDS tournaments. She loves sience, parties, sports and traveling. She spends her free time in...

Klara is 18 years old student. This year she finneshed grammar school Gymnasium and language school in Zlin and she will start at University of Palacky studing IT. She is involved in debating and now she is leading debate club at her school at the same time she is Head Oragniser of Verbattle debate competitions...

Kristyna is a 20-year-old student of Economic Policy and International Relations at Masaryk University, Brno. She has been volunteering at Heart of Europe since 2016, as she joined her school debating club in 2015. In 2015 she also started her career as a tennis referee. Besides debating and helping at her favorite debating tournament, Kristyna...