Welcome & Keynotes
Opening speech
Mindaugas Ubartas, CEO, INFOBALT
Andres Sutt, Minister of Entrepreneurship and Information Technology of Estonia
Casper Klynge, Vice President, Microsoft European Government Affairs
PANEL DISCUSSION I
Data sovereignty: Pros and Cons Open Data, GDPR Restrictions Potential
Moderators: Ieva Ilves, Advisor to the President of Latvia for Information and Digital Policy, Anna Vladimirova-Krjukova, Lawyer and certified data protection specialist at Cobalt Latvia
Participants: Eglė Markevičiūtė, Vice-Minister of Lithuanian Ministry of Economy and Innovation, Āris Dzērvāns, Deputy State Secretary on Information and Communication Technology, Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development of Latvia, Casper Klynge, Vice President, Microsoft European Government Affairs, Mart Mägi, Director General at Statistics Estonia
PANEL DISCUSSION II
Data Economy: what we are aiming for?
Moderator: Mindaugas Glodas, President, INFOBALT/CEO, NRD Group
Participants: Susanne Dehmel, Managing Director and Member of Executive Board at Bitkom, Elijus Čivilis, CIO, Lithuanian Railways, Valts Ābols, CEO, Children’s Clinical University hospital (CUH) in Latvia, Oliver Väärtnõu, Chairman of the Management Board at Cybernetica
PANEL DISCUSSION III
Building European data spaces in GAIA-X framework – what‘s there for Baltics
Moderator: Luukas Ilves, Head of Strategy, Innovation and Research Cooperation at Guardtime.
Participants: Ilkka Lakaniemi, GAIA-X Hub Finland, Rimantas Žylius, Advisor to Lithuanian Prime Minister on Digital Transformation, Open Data, Public Procurement and their leverage on industrial policies, Indrek Õnnik, Global Affairs Director at Government CIO Office, Estonian Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications, Gatis Ozols, Director of Information Society Development department at Latvian Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development