Václav Havlíček is Space Business Manager at TRL Space, a company that develops satellite missions for global clients and operates in the Czech Republic, Germany and Rwanda. He also heads the Brno Space Cluster, the most important Czech association of companies in the space industry. His domain is deep market knowledge, cultivating business relationships and strategic partnerships as well as preparing commercial and institutional projects.

A graduate of biomedical engineering and electrical engineering at Brno University of Technology, he enriched his education with a scholarship year at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. At his alma mater, he actively supports the Space Applications degree program and is involved in educating the next generation of professionals in the promising space sector.