Czech-Slovak Business Forum 2026

Czech-Slovak Business Forum 2026 

On 23 September 2026, the Czech-Slovak Business Forum 2026 took place in Žilina, creating a platform for strengthening business cooperation between Slovak and Czech companies.

The event, held at the Holiday Inn Žilina, brought together 92 companies, including 55 Slovak and 32 Czech businesses. Throughout the day, participants took part in more than 300 pre-scheduled individual B2B meetings focused on establishing new business contacts, identifying concrete cooperation opportunities and developing cross-border business partnerships.

The forum was officially opened by Rudolf Jindrák, Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Slovakia; Pavol Vitek, Chairman of the Board of the Žilina Regional Chamber of the Slovak Chamber of Commerce and Industry; Jiří Dorňák, Head of the Department for EU, EFTA and Western Balkan Countries at the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic; and Gabriel Gottgeisl, Director of SARIO’s National Project Department.

Participating companies represented a broad range of sectors, particularly mechanical engineering, defence industry, electrical engineering, energy including renewable energy sources, water management, environmental and green technologies, woodworking and furniture, medical technologies, food production, ICT, digitalisation, artificial intelligence and cybersecurity. Other represented areas included the automotive industry, industrial manufacturing and infrastructure.

The Czech-Slovak Business Forum focused primarily on creating opportunities for direct company-to-company meetings, the presentation of business capabilities and the identification of potential future commercial and technological cooperation between Slovak and Czech partners.

The event built on the long-standing economic cooperation between Slovakia and the Czech Republic while offering companies a practical format enabling them to hold several individual meetings with potential business partners within a single day.
 

The event was implemented within the national project Support for the Internationalisation of SMEs 2, co-funded by the European Union under the Programme Slovakia.