#WE ARE ICUK
#HELPING BUSINESSES START AND GROW
#INCREASING THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE ÚSTÍ REGION
We are a respected teammate in the transformation of the Ústí Region into a place where citizens, students and entrepreneurs will like to stay, where they will return and where talented people with the desire to participate in this change will also actively come.
Since 2015, when the Innovation Centre of the Ústí Region was founded by the Ústí Region Office, Jan Evangelista Purkyně University and the Regional Chamber of Commerce, we have been one of the carriers of the vision of a functional innovation ecosystem in the region and a persistent fighter for its creation.
We are a responsible partner to our founders in the preparation and implementation of strategic priorities for the development of entrepreneurship and the knowledge economy. With insight and an open mind, we take inspiration from the best at home and abroad, share our ideas and experience with other partners in the region and together with them create and implement new solutions that support entrepreneurship, business and cooperation of active people in our region.
We help local companies to launch their entrepreneurial dream and grow beyond our region’s borders, connecting partners from the world of business, research and education, and strengthening our region’s attractiveness to high value-added investors.
Helping (smart) companies grow!
DO YOU WANT TO BE PART OF OUR TEAM?
Do you like our region? Are you an expert in your field and do you think you can help us lift the region, create new opportunities, share your know-how? Come work with us! We are continuously looking for talented people, experts, collaborators, and new colleagues.
Contact us at office@icuk.cz or check out the careers page.

PEOPLE AT ICUK
DIRECTOR
services and programmes for companies

Jan Wedlich
Business Development Manager
wedlich@icuk.cz
EXPERTISE IN THE FIELD
- STARTUP GO!
- 1. assistance for start-ups and prospective entrepreneurs

Bc. Pavel Kováč
Business Development
kovac@icuk.cz
EXPERTISE IN THE FIELD
- consulting for established companies
- development of the innovation environment in the region
- funding
- innovation vouchers

Ing. Petr Hlaváček, Ph.D.
Innovation Ecosystem Analyst of the Usti Region
hlavacek@icuk.cz
EXPERTISE IN THE FIELD
- ICUK analyst
- regional data
projects and topics of interest

Mgr. Lucie Podrápská
Chief Strategic Officer and RIS3 Developer for the Cultural and Creative Industries
podrapska@icuk.cz
EXPERTISE IN THE FIELD
- preparation and development of strategic projects and cooperation in the territory
- development of cultural and creative industries (CCIs)
- development of the innovation ecosystem
- preparing new tools in the region
- project financing

Ing. Petr Achs, MBA
RIS3 Developer - Digitalization, Industry 4.0
achs@icuk.cz
EXPERTISE IN THE FIELD
- DIH Programme Manager
- Expertise
- digitalisation
- sustainable mobility

Ing. Tereza Okurková
RIS3 Developer / Innovative Health and Social Services
okurkova@icuk.czPILOT PROJECTS
Mgr. Gabriela Nekolová, DiS.
JobWatch Pilot Guarantor
Ing. Edita Kovaříková, DiS.
JobWatch Pilot Expert
Mgr. Alena Hájková
Welcome Office Pilot Guarantor
Bc. Petra Hrstková
Welcome Office Pilot Expert
MARKETING AND EVENTS

Ing. Petr Vit
Online Marketing Specialist
vit@icuk.cz
EXPERTISE IN THE FIELD
- strategic marketing
- online marketing
TEAM SUPPORT

Ing. Lenka Hyklová
Financial Manager
hyklova@icuk.cz
EXPERTISE IN THE FIELD
- accounting
- financial planning
- HR
QUOTES ABOUT US

Martin Balej
former rector of UJEP
A necessary condition for the successful comprehensive restructuring of the Ústí Region is the ability of key actors in the region to respond to modern trends in the economy and society as a whole. ICUK plays an irreplaceable role of initiator and mediator between private institutions and state and non-state actors leading to the fulfilment of the above.
Adriana Dergam
Former Director of Corporate Communications and Vice-Chairman, Vodafone Foundation
ICUK is a major player in the region, enhancing the area’s economic potential, attractiveness to employers and has a long-term strategy for the region’s economic transformation and investment in social capital.


Filip Molčan
Good Sailors, CEO
As a mentor, I participate in a number of business accelerators across the Czech Republic. I am very pleasantly surprised by the quality of the projects that enter the ICUK business incubator. Definitely one of the best in the country.
DOCUMENTS FOR DOWNLOAD
Regionální inovační strategie Ústeckého kraje – Akční plán 2021
Regionální inovační strategie Ústeckého kraje – 6/2020
ICUK Annual Report 2021
ICUK Annual Report 2020
ICUK Annual Report 2019
ICUK Annual Report 2018
ICUK Annual Report 2017
ICUK Activity Report 2016
Statutes of the Innovation Centre of the Ústí Region (v. 2020)
