Dear Colleagues,

let me kindly invite you to a panel discussion titled “Who Will Pay for Slovakia’s Transformation? Companies, Employees, and the State in the Era of Transformation,” which we are organizing as part of the Košice Economic Forum (KEF).

The panel discussion will take place on Thursday, November 12, 2026, at

9:30 a.m., in the Volkswagen Slovakia Auditorium (TUKE campus).

The panel discussion will feature:

Monika Benedeková (Chairwoman, OZ KOVO, Slovak Metalworkers' Federation) Miroslav Kiraľvarga (President, Slovak Employers' Federation) Rastislav Machunka (President, Federation of Employers' Associations of the Slovak Republic)

Event schedule:

9:30–9:40 a.m. Opening of the event

9:40–10:40 a.m. Part 1 of the panel discussion

10:40–11:00 a.m. Coffee break

11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Part 2 of the panel discussion

12:00 – 12:30 Q&A session with the audience and conclusion of the panel discussion

12:30 – End of the event

You can find the event poster at the following link:

https://tinyurl.com/KEF-20261112-panel-en

Short bios of the panel participants can be found in the attachment and also here:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/monika-benedekova-8224ab113/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/miroslav-kiraľvarga-557810175/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/asociácia-zamestnávateľských-zväzov-a-združení-azzz-sr

At the following link, you’ll find a list of all past and upcoming presentations (use the drop-down menu below to navigate between academic

years):

http://tinyurl.com/khhym2b

A history of the event can be found at the following link:

https://ekf.tuke.sk/sk/kef-kosicke-ekonomicke-forum

Thank you all for your support of this event.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Sincerely,

Rajmund Mirdala

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Prof. Ing. Rajmund Mirdala, PhD.

Faculty of Economics

Technical University of Košice

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