Kamila Balharová, as a doctor in special pedagogy graduated at the Charles University in Prague, has been working at the Elementary School in Prague and has her own private practice. She has been teaching students with dyslexia and other learning disabilities since 1998. She designs websites for students with dyslexia as well as for their teachers, creates books for students with dyslexia that develop their reading literacy, gives lectures at conferences aimed at teaching students with dyslexia and other learning disabilities regularly and writes papers on the topic. She is an official lecturer of the Ministry of Education, a member of an expert group at National Office of Education and a member of the Czech Dyslexia Association. CDA is a member of International Dyslexia Association - IDA and European Dyslexia Association – EDA. She also participated in EC project Literacy as an expert on the adaptation of online tools.
Jakub Balhar is the head of the Software development/IT department in GISAT, leading the team of web design, UX and software development experts. He has strong track record in the computer science, programming, developing web services and web-based functional tools, web app development and design, data collection, quality check and management, including time-series and big data integration and handling. He is an expert in data gathering, processing, analysis and visualizations, including OpenLinkedData, social media data or OSM data. He is responsible for technical leadership of the strategic projects for the company in the IT area, including the development of the GISAT´s framework for analytical platforms with synchronized interactive maps and charts, which has been exploited in a number of commercial and ESA/EC funded projects. He is responsible for handling the challenges associated with delivering desired products in relevant quality on time and with satisfactory non-functional requirements such as security and scalability. Also, he has experience with the development of the Web World Wind framework and of the ERP systems.
Věra Vojtová is Associate Professor of Special Needs and Inclusive Education at Masaryk University, Faculty of Education in Brno Czech Republic, the head of the Department. She is a program tutor for professional development courses in the area of social, emotional and behavioural difficulties at undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral levels. Vera is currently the first supervisor for five doctoral students at the Masaryk University and for one at the Charles University in Prague. She is a consultant to schools, services and Local Authorities nationally and internationally in the area of special needs and inclusive education. Recently she has been involved in many national and European projects related to policies, practice and provision for children and young people with special educational needs in mainstream and specialist provisions. She is involved in the European Agency for Special Needs and Inclusive Education as the National Coordinator for the Czech Republic. Her current research issues focus upon the learning, teaching, supporting children/ young adults with SEN and social, emotional and behavioural difficulties within the quality of their life perspective. The framework of values, prejudices, labelling and needs of children is viewed as the main challenge in her researches. She is also publishing in this field at national as well as at international level.