Agenda - DIGITAL SME summit

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08:15 - 09:00

Foyer 6

Breakfast & Registration

09:00 - 09:30

Room JDE 62 - Floor 6

Welcoming remarks

Oliver Grün

President (European DIGITAL SME Alliance)

Sebastiano Toffaletti

Secretary General (European DIGITAL SME Alliance)

Katrina Zarina

Member of the European Economic and Social Committee

09:00 - 09:30

Room JDE 62 - Floor 6

Keynote speech

Margrethe Vestager

EVP for a Europe fit for the Digital Age (Temporary withdrawal granted by the President)

09:30 - 10:00

Room JDE 62 - Floor 6

Keynote speech

Kersti Kaljulaid

President of Estonia (2016 - 2021)

10:00 - 10:15

Room JDE 62 - Floor 6

Transition Break

10:15 - 11:15

Panel - Room JDE 62 - Floor 6

AI Revolution: The groundbreaking power of a technology

Opening

Alberto Gago Fernandez

International and EU Digital Affairs Advisor (Spanish Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation)

Panelists

Kersti Kaljulaid

President of Estonia (2016 - 2021)

Kilian Gross

Head of Unit (DG CNCT - European Commission)

Dan-Flaviu Nechita

Tudorache's Head of Cabinet (European Parliament)

Mark Brakel

Director of Policy (Future of Life Institute)

Emilia Tantar

Chief Data and Artificial Intelligence Officer (Black Swan LUX)

11:15 - 11:45

Room JDE 62 - Floor 6

Networking & Coffee

11:45 - 12:45

Panel - Room JDE 62 - Floor 6

Competition in Digital Markets: How to promote openness and fairness?

Opening

Tommaso Valletti

Professor of Economics (Imperial College Business School)

Panelists

Antonio Capobianco

Deputy Head Competition (OECD)

Ursula Pachl

Deputy Director General (BEUC)

Johnny Ryan

Senior Fellow (Irish Council for Civil Liberties and Open Markets Institute)

Paola Sfasciotti (1)

12:45 - 14:00

Atrium 6 - Floor 6

Lunch break

14:00 - 14:15

Room JDE 62 - Floor 6 & Room JDE 3252 - Floor 3

Keynote speech

Věra Jourová

Vice-President for Values and Transparency of the European Commission

14:15 - 14:30

Room JDE 62 - Floor 6

Keynote speech

Stefan Olsson

Deputy Director General (DG EMPL - European Commission)

14:15 - 14:30

Room JDE 3252 - Floor 3

Keynote speech

Elena Contioso-Fleming

Interim Regional Director South (EIT Digital)

14:30 - 15:30

Panel - Room JDE 62 - Floor 6

The European Year of Skills – Fast-Tracking the Digital Transition with Skills

Opening

Brendan McGinty

Chairperson of Skillnet Ireland and the Governing Body of the National College of Ireland

Panelists

Patricia García González

Co-founder and Institutional President (FEMXA)

Mark Jordan

Chief Strategy Officer (Skillnet Ireland)

Maria Walsh

Member of the European Parliament

Francesca Borgonovi

Head of Skills Analysis (OECD Centre for Skills)

Emma Király

Senior Program Manager (JA Europe)

14:30 - 15:30

Panel - Room JDE 3252 - Floor 3

Success Stories of European Digital Innovation Hubs – Driving Digital Decade Targets

Panelists

Malgorzata Nikowska

Head of Unit - ‘Digital Transformation of Industrial Ecosystems, (DG CNECT - European Commission)

Carlos Matilla Codesal

Co-Founder (FuVeX)

Periklis Terlixidis

Operating Officer (Attica Hub for the Economy of Data and Devices)

Andrei Kelemen

COO and Head of Internazionalisation (DIH4Society)

Gábor Vicze

Chief Executive Officer (Innomine DIH Nonprofit Ltd.)

15:30 - 15:45

Room JDE 62 - Floor 6

Transition Break

15:45 - 16:45

Panel - Room JDE 62 - Floor 6

The path to sustainable digitalisation - Measuring the contribution of digital solutions to a climate neutral future

Opening

Elisa Roller

Director, Twin Transition, Economic and Social Affairs (SG - European Commission)

Panelists

Veronika Thieme

Head of Delivery . Europe (Carbon Trust)

Vlad C. Coroama

Founder (Roegen Centre for Sustainability)

Ilias Iakovidis

Adviser, Digital aspects of green transition; Societal Challenges (European Commission - DG CNECT)

Christos Ioakeimidis

Co-Founder and CEO (Inteligg)

Jaanus Uiga

Environmental Manager | Global (Bolt)

15:45 - 16:30

Panel - Room JDE 3252 - Floor 3

SMEs Pitching Session: digital solutions to foster energy efficiency

16:45 - 17:00

Room JDE 62 - Floor 6

Speed networking & Coffee

16:45 - 17:00

Room JDE 62 - Floor 6

Keynote speech

Iliana Ivanova

European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth

17:00 - 17:50

Panel - Room JDE 62 - Floor 6

Europe-led Innovation: SMEs as the enablers of a digitally sovereign Europe

Opening

Laurenţiu Plosceanu

Vice-President of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)

Panelists

Francesca Bria

Former President at the Italian Innovation Fund and Professor ( UCL Institute for Public Purpose)

Oliver Grün

President (European DIGITAL SME Alliance)

Vittorio Bertola

Head of Policy and Innovation (Open X-Change)

Carsten Waldeck

CEO & Founder (Shiftphones)

Amaryllis Verhoeven

Head of Unit (DG GROW - European Commission)

17:50 - 18:00

Panel - Room JDE 62 - Floor 6

Closing remarks

Sebastiano Toffaletti

Secretary General (European DIGITAL SME Alliance)

18:00 - 19:30

Atrium 6 - Floor 6

DIGITAL SME awards and cocktail reception

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