08:45 - 09:30
Breakfast & Registration
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09:30 - 09:45
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)
09:45 - 10:15
Keynote speech
Enrico Letta
Former Prime Minister of Italy and Author (Report on the Future of the Single Market)
10:15 - 11:15
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)
Axel Voss
Member of the European Parliament
Christel Schaldemose
Member of the European Parliament
Sandra Parthie
INT Section President (European Economic and Social Committee)
Isabella De Michelis
Founder and CEO (ErnieApp LTD.)
11:15 - 11:45
Networking & Coffee
SESSION 1
11:45 - 13:00
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)
Alberto Simeoni
Account Manager for European and International Policy (CEN-CENELEC)
Alexandra Horn
Head of Strategic Association Partnerships (DIN)
Zaneta Lacova
Assistant Professor (Matej Bel University - Slovakia)
Angeliki Loizou
Standards Officer (CYS)
Awards ceremony – Essay competition
SESSION 2
11:45 - 13:00
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)
Bobson Rugambwa
CEO and Co-Founder (MVEND Limited)
Jussi Hinkkanen
CEO (Fuzu)
Giovanni Zazzerini
Secretary-General (INSME)
Dirk Verbeke
CEO (Televic)
AI Innovation and Matchmaking Session
co-organised with
speakers
Cécile Huet
Head of Unit Robotics & Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Excellence (DG CNECT - European Commission)
Carolyn Kelleher
Community Manager (AI-on-Demand)
Eugenio Bertino
Co-founder (Hausme)
Erman Atak
COO (Hybrid Core)
13:00 - 13:45
Networking Lunch
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13:45 - 14:00
Keynote speech
Valentino Valentini
Deputy Minister for Enterprises and Made in Italy (Government of Italy)
14:00 - 14:30
Fireside chat
Timo Harakka
Member of the Finnish Parliament
Stéphanie Yon-Courtin
Member of the European Parliament
Tobias Haar
General Counsel (Aleph Alpha)
Wouter Vanderheere
Chief Strategy, Financial & Corporate Affairs Officer (itsme-ID)
SESSION 1
14:30 - 15:30
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
Anne Duboscq
Public Affairs Director (OVHCloud)
Luca Baraldi
Policy Advisor (Symboolic)
discussants
Francesco Bonfiglio
CEO and co-founder (Dynamo)
Paul Fehlinger
Director of Policy - Governance Innovation & Impact (Project Liberty)
SESSION 2
14:30 - 15:30
Present Your Business: The networking event for ICT SMEs
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)
DIGITAL SME Awards – Society Category
Matchmaking on Cybersecurity and Data Protection
Fireside chat on cyber solutions
Wim Barthier
Founder (CO-DEX) and Security Officer (European Central Bank)
Toby Sturridge
CTO (SDWAN and SASE Solutions)
15:30 - 15:45
Transition Break
SESSION 1
15:45 - 16:45
Mastering the path to the Green and Digital Transition
Roberto Stasi
Senior Loan Officer (European Investment Bank)
Miriam Koreen
Senior Counsellor on SMEs - Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities (OECD)
Mark Jordan
Chief Strategy Officer (Skillnet Ireland)
Idriss Brockmann-Serbis
CEO & Consultant for Sustainable Digital Transformation (NightlyCode GmbH)
Alessandro Gropelli
Director General (Connect Europe)
DIGITAL SME Awards – Green Category
SESSION 2
15:45 - 16:45
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)
Matchmaking on EU funding opportunities
Session's opening
Isidro Laso Ballesteros
Senior Official (European Innovation Council)
Yasen Gyurov
Seconded National Expert - European Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights (EUIPO)
16:45 - 17:00
Coffee Break
16:45 - 17:00
Keynote speech
Marietje Schaake
International Policy Director (Stanford University Cyber Policy Center)
17:00 - 17:50
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)
Luca Bertuzzi
Senior AI Correspondent (MLex)
Andrei Kelemen
CEO (Cluj IT)
Jurgita Miseviciute
Head of Public Policy (Proton)
Antonio Grasso
Public Affairs Director (European DIGITAL SME Alliance)
Véronique Willems
Secretary-General (SMEunited)
DIGITAL SME Awards – Skills Category
17:50 - 18:00
Closing remarks
Henna Virkkunen
Executive Vice-President for Technological Sovereignty, Security and Democracy (European Commission)