Michal Kardoš is Executive Director at Slovak Alliance of Innovative Economy. He has more than 10 years of experience working for business, state administration, NGOs but also from his own business. He has been long term dedicated to supporting Slovak companies in export activities, e.g. to the USA and Israel as head of exports at SARIO. He worked as an expert for government and interinstitutional relations in the American Chamber of Commerce, where he participated in topics such as the digital agenda, energy and others to improve the business environment through various legislative proposals and a number of projects in Slovakia and also at European level.