AI Meetup #1: Are Humans Always in the Loop?

🤖 We’re hosting AI Meetup in Prague: Are Humans Always in the Loop? Join us at our very first public meetup as we unpack how AI is reshaping traditional roles — straight from the perspectives of a Data Owner, Tech Lead, and AI Consultant. We’ll explore where people have already been replaced, where human oversight remains critical, and whether anyone can truly be taken out of the loop. Main information 🗓️ 17 September | 17:30 - 21:30 📍 Quadrio Offices, Purkyňova 2121/3 👋 In-person meetup only (no livestream) 🗣️ Language: English Capacity is limited, so don’t forget to register early! 🚀 Speakers Veronika Špryslová – Data & Analytics Lead, FTMO Michael Olšavský – Technical Domain Lead, Rohlik Group Barbora Malinovská – AI & Digital Solutions Consultant, Applifting Agenda 17:30 – 18:00 | Registrations & Doors open 18:00 – 18:10 | Welcome 18:10 – 18:35 | 1st talk: Veronika ŠpryslováFrom SQL Firefighters to Semantic Architects: What Happens to a Data Team When the Warehouse Can Talk Back 18:35 – 19:00 | 2nd talk: Michael OlšavskýLet the Agents Ship: Removing Friction from Software Delivery 19:00 – 19:15 | Break 19:15 – 19:50 | Panel discussion with our speakersWho's Accountable When the AI Gives the Answer? 19:50 – 21:30 | Wrap-up & happy hour Who should attend Data & Software Engineers, AI professionals and enthusiasts from the tech community shipping real AI solutions. Hosted by Daniel Petrák, Deputy CTO, at FTMO's Prague office. ______ More about our speakers: Michael Olšavský is a Technical Domain Lead at Rohlik Group, where he leads the engineering efforts behind last-mile logistics. Coming from a strong hands-on engineering background, he has been heavily involved in driving AI adoption across engineering, experimenting with agentic software development, and helping shape the company's recent engineering organization. Veronika Špryslová is our Data & Analytics Lead at FTMO. For most of her career, Veronika has worn most of the hats in data (analyst, engineer, architect), and spent years helping companies build their data platforms and the teams behind them, both from the inside and as an external partner. Then she joined FTMO, and with her team, she built a new data platform that stands on proven industry principles but goes all-in on the agentic way of working — both in how they develop it and how people actually use the data. Barbora Malinovská is an AI & Digital Solutions Consultant at Applifting, a Prague/London-based software house of 200+ engineers building custom software, cloud and AI products for clients across Europe. Alongside client work, she trains companies on AI adoption, with 5,000+ professionals trained at organisations including Pfizer, Volkswagen Financial Services, Red Bull, Vodafone, and others. She holds an Oxford AI Governance credential and leads the "AI in Management" working group at the Czech Association of AI (CAUI).