Daniel Vagaský holds the position of Chairman of the Board of Directors of Shell Czech Republic a.s.

He has been working at Shell since 2004, when he joined the Business Finance department. He first held local positions and later moved to regional financial management at Shell Fleet Solutions for Central and Eastern Europe. Daniel Vagaský is currently the director of the commercial road transport department for the Czech Republic and Slovakia, where he leads his team on the road to the decarbonisation of freight transport.

Eurowag is a leading digital platform and payment solutions provider focused on Commercial Road Transport (CRT). Based in Prague, Matthias Maedge is Vice President of CRT Decarbonisation and responsible for the business development of Eurowag’s decarbonisation products and services, including alternative fuels and eMobility. Prior to that, Matthias Maedge was the Secretary General of the European Gas Mobility Association – NGVA Europe. With stations in Berlin, Madrid, Brussels, and Geneva, Mr. Maedge worked for over 15 years in trade associations and as a lobbyist in the automotive and energy sectors and played a key role in developing decarbonisation strategies in road transport. During his time as an industry advocate in Brussels, Mr. Maedge served, among other roles, as General Delegate to the European Union and Head of the International Road Transport Union – IRU. Previously, Matthias Maedge worked as a research associate in the German Parliament (Bundestag), has been a Reserve Officer in the German army, and holds a Master’s degree in Political Science, Media and Communication studies, and English.

Presentation outline Cesmad Slovakia, 25 Sept 2025:

Title: Decarbonisation as a Service by Eurowag – how to manage the energy transformation and create a competitive edge for transport operators

• The real impact of ESG, who reports, who delivers? Net zero and CO2 targets: Anti-business or business opportunity?
• No more fossil fuel? The future is electric, but how? Opportunities for Slovakian transport operators today and addressing the challenges of tomorrow.
• ‘Decarbonisation as Service’: not just a promise, but a clear action plan from advisory to delivery (use cases for green fuel corridors and electric mixed fleets).
• Industry trends 2026 and beyond. Practical guidelines to future-proof the business.

Senior consultant with over 30 years of experience in public policy, research, EU and international affairs, social affairs, mobility, transport and environment.

He leads experts in legislation, driver education, whether those starting in driving schools or professional drivers, and methodology in the field of road transport, where they constantly face various challenges and questions from practice, which they try to solve for the benefit of citizens and in proper symbiosis with the business community.

He graduated from the Faculty of Commerce of the University of Economics in Bratislava with a degree in International Business, and from the Bratislava University of Law and Matej Bel University with a degree in Law. From 2005 to 2020, he held various positions in different bodies of state administration and local government. Since October 5, 2023, he has been serving as the Minister of Transport of the Slovak Republic.

Pavol Piešťanský has been a member of the Presidium and the Chairman of the Central Slovak Region of the ČESMAD Slovakia Association since 2019. In 2023, he was re-elected as the president of the association. Since 2022, he has served as Vice President of the Republican Union of Employers. He has been active in road freight transport since 2010, when he became the General Director of the transport company NAD Martin, and in 2016, he also became the General Director of Yellow Express.

Jozef Viskupič was born in 1976 in Trnava, where he lives with his family. He studied history and philosophy at Comenius University in Bratislava and mass media communication at the University of St. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava. In the past, he worked as a project manager, organizer of cultural events and founder of a regional publishing house. In 2010–2017, he was a member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic, where he focused on public administration, culture and European affairs.

Since December 2017, he has been the Chairman of the Trnava Self-Governing Region, where he focuses on the modernization of public services, digitalization and strengthening regional cooperation. He is also the Chairman of the SK8 Association, which brings together Slovak self-governing regions.