Welcoming remarks
Oliver Grün
President (European DIGITAL SME Alliance)
Sebastiano Toffaletti
Secretary General (European DIGITAL SME Alliance)
Sandra Parthie
INT Section President (European Economic and Social Committee)
Keynote speeches
Henna Virkkunen
Executive Vice-President for Technological Sovereignty, Security and Democracy (European Commission)
Enrico Letta
Former Prime Minister of Italy and Author (Report on the Future of the Single Market)
Valentino Valentini
Deputy Minister for Enterprises and Made in Italy (Government of Italy)
Marietje Schaake
International Policy Director (Stanford University Cyber Policy Center)
Towards a European Digital New Deal: Setting the priorities for the new EU mandate
Renate Nikolay
Deputy Director General (DG CNECT - European Commission)
Amaryllis Verhoeven
Acting Director – Tourism, Textiles, Digital Transformation of Industry and Social Economy (DG GROW - European Commission)
Oliver Grün
President (European DIGITAL SME Alliance)
Christel Schaldemose
Member of the European Parliament
Axel Voss
Member of the European Parliament
Sandra Parthie
INT Section President (European Economic and Social Committee)
Isabella De Michelis
Founder and CEO (ErnieApp LTD.)
Strengthening Europe's Standardisation Expertise through Education (SBS ICT Forum)
Mattias Bergdahl
Deputy Head of Unit - Standards Policy (DG GROW - European Commission)
Andrea Raffaelli
Policy Officer and Experts’ Coordinator (Small Business Standards)
Claire d'Esclercs
Director for Membership Development (ETSI)
Emilio Dávila-Gonzalez
Head of ICT Standardisation Sector (DG CNECT - European Commission)
Alexandra Horn
Head of Strategic Association Partnerships (DIN)
Alberto Simeoni
Account Manager for European and International Policy (CEN-CENELEC)
Zaneta Lacova
Assistant Professor (Matej Bel University - Slovakia)
Angeliki Loizou
Standards Officer (CYS)
Successful EU-African joint ventures in the digital sector: opportunities or collaboration and transfer of knowhow
Ariane Labat
Head of Unit for Digital Transformation (DG INTPA - European Commission)
Kedi Välba
Regional Chair for Europe (D4D Hub - Private Sector Advisory Group)
Yoeil Ashraf
Co-Founder and CEO (Progressio Solutions)
Jean-Michel Huet
Partner (BearingPoint)
Jussi Hinkkanen
CEO (Fuzu)
Bobson Rugambwa
CEO and Co-Founder (MVEND Limited)
Giovanni Zazzerini
Secretary-General (INSME)
Dirk Verbeke
CEO (Televic)
Fireside chat
Wouter Vanderheere
Chief Strategy, Financial & Corporate Affairs Officer (itsme-ID)
Tobias Haar
General Counsel (Aleph Alpha)
Timo Harakka
Member of the Finnish Parliament
Stéphanie Yon-Courtin
Member of the European Parliament
Present Your Business
Alex Alexander
Founder (XOOTS)
Isabella De Michelis
Founder and CEO (ErnieApp LTD.)
Luca Scuriatti
CEO (Openapi)
Kasia Toczko
Head of Communications (Simplito)
Conor McGoveran
CTO and Co-founder (Cyber Cert Labs)
Towards a European Digital Public Infrastructure
Audrey Tang
Former 1st Minister of Digital Affairs (Government of Taiwan)
Cristina Caffarra
Co-Founder - Competition Research Policy Network (Centre for Economic Policy Research)
Francesca Bria
Senior Fellow (Stiftung Mercator)
Frederico Oliveira da Silva
Deputy Head of Digital Policy (BEUC)
Alexandra Geese
Member of the European Parliament
Paul Fehlinger
Director of Policy - Governance Innovation & Impact (Project Liberty)
Anne Duboscq
Public Affairs Director (OVHCloud)
Francesco Bonfiglio
CEO and co-founder (Dynamo)
Luca Baraldi
Policy Advisor (Symboolic)
Fostering Digital Resilience in the Era of Economic Security
Fabrice Comptour
European Commission
Katarzyna Prusak-Gorniak
Head of Digital Unit (Perm. Rep. of Poland to the EU)
Maurizio Mensi
Member (European Economic and Social Committee)
Erlend Andreas Gjaere
Co-founder/CEO (Secure Practice)
Patricia Shields
CEO and Co-founder (Cyber Cert Labs)
Mastering the Path to the Green and Digital Transition
Mark Jordan
Chief Strategy Officer (Skillnet Ireland)
Miriam Koreen
Senior Counsellor on SMEs - Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities (OECD)
Roberto Stasi
Senior Loan Officer (European Investment Bank)
Idriss Brockmann-Serbis
CEO & Consultant for Sustainable Digital Transformation (NightlyCode GmbH)
Alessandro Gropelli
Director General (Connect Europe)
Pioneering Emerging Technologies for Europe's Digital Sovereignty
Matthias Koehler
Deputy Director General for Digital Policy (Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action - Germany)
Malgorzata Nikowska
Head of Unit - AI Innovation and Policy Coordination (European Commission - DG CNECT)
Andrei Kelemen
CEO (Cluj IT)
Luca Bertuzzi
Senior AI Correspondent (MLex)
Antonio Grasso
Public Affairs Director (European DIGITAL SME Alliance)
Jurgita Miseviciute
Head of Public Policy (Proton)
Véronique Willems
Secretary-General (SMEunited)
Matchmaking sessions
Toby Sturridge
CTO (SDWAN and SASE Solutions)
Wim Barthier
Founder (CO-DEX) and Security Officer (European Central Bank)
Isidro Laso Ballesteros
Senior Official (European Innovation Council)
Cécile Huet
Head of Unit Robotics & Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Excellence (DG CNECT - European Commission)
Eugenio Bertino
Co-founder (Hausme)
Conor McGoveran
CTO and Co-founder (Cyber Cert Labs)
Carolyn Kelleher
Community Manager (AI-on-Demand)
Yasen Gyurov
Seconded National Expert - European Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights (EUIPO)
Erman Atak
COO (Hybrid Core)
Emilia Tantar
Chief Data and Artificial Intelligence Officer (Black Swan LUX SA)
