Petra Zappe works a policy officer of the American Chamber of Commerce in Slovakia since January 2017, prior to which she spent 8 years in Brazil coordinating development projects for reduction of urban poverty at federal and provincial government institutions. As a AmCham policy officer, Petra’s responsibilities include topics such as AI & Data Science, Innovation and R&D, Energy and Healthcare. Petra has a keen interest on broadening her knowledge in general AI, Cybernetics and pursing her PhD degree in International Territorial Studies at the Charles University in Prague. Besides that, she is married and proud mother of two kids.