The conference is held under the auspices of the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, prof. PhDr. Petr Fiala, Ph.D., LL.M., Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic, prof. MUDr. Vlastimil Válek, CSc., MBA, EBIR, the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Masaryk Universityprof. MUDr. Martin Repko, Ph.D., the Governor of the South Moravian Region, Mgr. Jan Grolich, and the Mayor of Brno city JUDr. Markéta Vaňková.