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CEE Digital Summit - HomeThe third regional gathering dedicated to exploring and shaping the digital course of Central Eastern Europe and discussing challenges ahead of the digital economy of our region will take place on October 13th in Warsaw, Poland and online.CEE Digital Summit - Home About us News Statements CEE Digital Trident CEE Digital Summit Contact Registration CEE Digital Summit Warsaw 2024 10th October Venue: Warsaw, Hotel Verte, Podwale 3/5 Registration Edition: 2021 2022 2023 2024 CEE Digital Summit Warsaw CEE Digital Summit Warsaw 2024 is on the way! On October 10th 2024 we will gather in Warsaw, Poland for the fifth time to evaluate the progress of Central Eastern Europe on its digital path and to consider the greatest successes and the most pressing challenges ahead of our transforming region. Join us, as CEE’s forward thinkers, industry leaders, policy-makers, academics, experts and all those invested in bringing forth the wonders of the digital era to Central Eastern Europe delve into discussion, share their hopes and thoughts. Let us once more bring CEE even closer and build a space for shaping the region’s digital future! MAIN PARTNER: PARTNER: MEDIA PARTNER: AGENDA 9:30 AM REGISTRATION 10:00 am WELCOME TO CEE DIGITAL SUMMIT 2024 Let’s set the stage for CEE Digital Summit 2024 and learn more about the leading themes and topics of the meeting. A brief welcome by the host. Speaker: Michał KANOWNIK, President, Digital Poland Association 10:10 am OPENING SPEECH A word from the special guests of the conference. Individuals deeply invested in driving regional cooperation and its digital transformation will address the guests of CEE Digital Summit 2024. Speaker: Krzysztof GAWKOWSKI, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Digital Affairs, Poland Victor NEGRESCU, Vice-president of the European Parliament 10:30 am OPENING PANEL DISCUSSION: TAKING THE LEAD. CAN CEE SHAPE THE EUROPEAN DIGITAL AGENDA? Let’s take a closer look at the nearest future of the European digital agenda from the perspective of Central Eastern European public officials responsible for digital affairs and industry leaders. Boosting and coordinating CEE’s impact in the field will be the focus of our conversation. We will assess the priorities set out for the current EU leaders and consider opportunities stemming from CEE countries’ presidencies in the Council of the European Union. Moderation: Michał KANOWNIK, President of Digital Poland Association, CEE Digital Coalition Speakers: Ivan IVANCIN, State Secretary, Ministry of Investments, Regional Development, and Informatization, Slovakia Erika KUROCKINA, Vice-Minister of the Economy and Innovation of the Republic of Lithuania Marius-Viorel POSA, Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digitization, Romania Dariusz STANDERSKI, Deputy Minister of Digital Affairs, Poland 11:30 AM COFFEE BREAK 12:00 pm FIRESIDE CHAT: RESILIENCE AND GROWTH THROUGH PARTNERSHIP Digitalisation is an increasingly important part of Moldova’s national brand. Its Digital Transformation Strategy for 2023-2030, aims to promote sustainable development, build a digital society, establish a robust and competitive ICT sector, and develop an innovative and resilient digital economy. Significance of digital transformations of state and economy has been proven in Ukraine as a key factor in ensuring the country’s resilience and ability to respond to a gruesome invasion. Surely, it will also be a vital part of rebuilding Ukraine’s economy. Both countries are recognised as Three Seas Initiative’s associated participating states and are continuously strengthening their partnerships with the EU. Let’s seek more opportunities for closer, digitally-driven cooperation between Ukraine, Moldova and other CEE countries. Moderation: Michał GIERSZ Speakers: Ana CHIRITA, Strategic Projects Director, Moldovan Association of ICT Companies Alexandru GOZUN, President of AmCham Moldova, PwC Moldova Office Lead 12:20 pm KEYNOTE SPEECH: TECHNOLOGY NEEDS TALENT. MAKING THE MOST OF CEE’S HUMAN CAPITAL Central Eastern Europe is home to world-class ICT experts. Talented specialists remain one of our region’s strongest assets, driving its digital advance. However, shortage of skilled ICT workforce proves to be a growing issue, hindering the growth of the digital economy across Central Eastern Europe. How do we tap into the full capability of the dormant talents in our region? We may be missing out on the potential of a significant share of our society. Let’s dive right into the latest research and insights on the matter, to better understand the challenge at hand and means for overcoming the hardships. Speakers: Zydrune VITAITE, Co-founder, Women Go Tech, Lithuania 12:30 pm TECHNOLOGICAL CATALYSTS OF CEE’S GROWTH: #AI Amidst diminishing significance of traditional growth drivers, many pin their hopes on artificial intelligence (AI) as a source of sustained economic growth and increased productivity in CEE, Western Europe and globally. Indeed, emerging trends that are set to transform dynamics of the technological landscape of CEE countries include artificial intelligence. In order to succeed, local actors must work together in developing an AI- ready policy framework and creating a digital environment which favors transparency, openness and interoperability. Are we doing our best to capture the power behind AI in our region? Moderation: Anna WITTENBERG, Dziennik Gazeta Prawna Speakers: Evgenia IARINA, Government Partnerships Executive, Coursera Theodor PANAYOTOV, CEO, Ethermind, Board Member of Digital National Alliance, Bulgaria Laura SCHULZ, Public Affairs lead on AI, Booking.com Martina SILOV, President of CroAI, Partnership at Mindsmiths, Croatia Tomasz SNAŻYK, Founder, AI Chamber, Poland Jakub TUROWSKI, Director of Public Policy for Central and Eastern Europe, Meta 1:15 pM LUNCH BREAK 2:00 pm CEE DIGITAL TRIDENT 2024 AWARD CEREMONY The third annual CEE Digital Trident award will be presented in Warsaw to show Central Eastern European digital industry’s appreciation of true challengers making an effort for CEE’s progress on its path of digital transformation. Learn more about the award HERE. 2:15 pm TECHNOLOGICAL CATALYSTS OF CEE’s GROWTH: #CYBERSECURITY Even though CEE is a digitally diverse region, cyber-security tends to be high on the agenda of local decision-makers and business leaders aware that increased expenditure on cybersecurity is crucial to ensure a safe, stable and booming economy. In recent years, the Central and Eastern European countries have experienced a rapid evolution of the cybersecurity landscape. Let’s discuss national cybersecurity strategies and policy-making efforts worth sharing, consider how to make the frontier of threats the hub of innovation and identify opportunities for the CEE cybersecurity sector’s growth. Moderation: Jacek RAUBO, PhD, Cyberdefence24.pl Speakers: Ieva ILVES, Advisor on Cybersecurity Policy, International cooperation, Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine Edgars KIUKUCANS, Director of the Cybersecurity Policy Department, Ministry of Defence, Latvia Marcin KRASUSKI, Government Affairs and Public Policy Manager, Google Oleksandr PLUZHNIKOV, Head of CyberSecurity Office, ELEKS, IT Ukraine Association Col. Jarosław WACKO, Chief expert from Cyberspace Defense Forces Component, Poland Inga ZUKAUSKIEN, Director of Regional Cyber Defence Centre, National Cyber Security Centre, Lithuania 3:00 pm TECHNOLOGICAL CATALYSTS OF CEE’s GROWTH: #CLOUD Cloud is offering business leaders and decision-makers unique opportunities to transform their organizations to be more agile, save costs and act faster — all at once, making it one of the trends set to transform dynamics of the technological landscape of CEE. The rapid, wide spread of on-demand computing solutions has changed the way both private and public actors operate, collaborate, communicate and grow. Due to its ability to accelerate digital transformation and economic development, the private sector and governments in the CEE region can not afford to miss it. While in terms of cloud deployment, CEE still lags behind European leaders, such as Finland, Sweden and Denmark, the usage of cloud in the region has risen substantially over the last years. What’s standing in the way of cloud advance in CEE? What are the region’s greatest successes in the field? Moderation: Karolina ZBYTNIEWSKA, Euractiv Speakers: Przemysław GALIŃSKI, CEE Cloud & Digital Director, PwC Poland Magda IRIMIA, Attorney at Law, APDETIC Romania Egle MARKEVICIUTE, Head of Digital & Innovation Policy at Consumer Choice Center, Former Deputy Minister at Ministry of the Economy and Innovation of Lithuania Tomas MELISKO, CEO, InoCloud, Slovakia Tuuli PARENSON, CEO of Gofore, Board Member of ITL, Estonia Balazs VINNAI, President of IVSZ- Hungary's digital association 3:45 pM CLOSING REMARKS Registration WATCH ONLINE 11:00 Talks about digital school: AI - a challenge or an opportunity for teachers? Konrad WIERZCHOWSKI, CEE Client Solution Education Lead, Dell Technologies Zyta CZECHOWSKA, Teacher of the Year 2019, Owner and Director of the Private Teacher Training Center - Zyta Czechowska specjalni.pl 11:20 Talks about digital school: How to build digital education accessible to everyone - Cisco Networking Academy Program Anna CZACHAROWSKA-RYBKOWSKA, CSR Program Manager, Cisco 11:40 Talks about digital school: Technology at school. How to use it in education? RADOSŁAW POTRAC, Teacher of the Year 2023 Marcin ZARÓD, Superbelfrzy Initiative 12:00 Meeting with technology: Education in the technological age Mateusz KAMIŃSKI, Lenovo Poland 12:20 Talks about digital school: What does research say about how to teach in a digital world? Tomasz GAJDEROWICZ, Deputy Director of the Educational Research Institute 12:40 Talks about digital school: Apple technologies at school - yes, it works! Meeting with representatives of Apple Distinguished Schools Izabela MARCINIAK, Deputy director of the Sports Primary School No. 3. Józef Jaworski in Aleksandrów Łódzki Iwona SOŁTYSIAK, Director of Primary School No. 2. prof. Dr. Władysław Szafer in Wapnica 13:00 Talks about digital school: What do we know about the digital competences of the teachers and the students? Bartosz ZIEMKIEWICZ, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń 13:20 Talks about digital school: HP Idea -'(R)evolution of Education' Mayank Dhingra, Senior Education Business Leader, HP 13:40 Meeting with technology: What can Scratch Coding Cards and similar tools contribute to the implementation of the core curriculum in the area of... law and security? Rafał MALUJDA, lawyer, Szczecin LAB Foundation 14:00 Summary Registration PARTNERS: WATCH ONLINE Partners About us News Statements CEE Digital Trident CEE Digital Summit Contact © CEE Digital Summit 2022 Design and implementation: Link Visualsenen1730666589https://ceedigital.org

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