Digital Summit

Agenda
Tuesday, 17 June

08:00 - 09:00
Registration & Welcome Coffee

09:00 - 09:10
WELCOME REMARKS
Dariusz Standerski, Secretary of State for Digital Affairs of Poland

09:10 - 09:25
DIGITAL DIMENSION OF THE SINGLE MARKET STRATEGY
Jakub Boratyński, Director, European Commission (DG GROW)

09:30 - 10:30
Breakout Sessions
BREAKOUT 1: USE OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES BY SMES
Moderator: Karol Tokarczyk, Economic Analyst, Polityka INSIGHT
/auditorium - green area/
• Piotr Ciski - CEO, Symfonia
• Charlotte Andersdotter - International Director, Confederation of Swedish Enterprise
• Sebastiano Toffaletti - Secretary General, European DIGITAL SME Alliance
• Jakub Boratyński - Director, European Commission (DG GROW)
• Przemysław Mikus - President, Soda
• Peter Lochbihler - Global Head of Public Affairs, Booking.com
BREAKOUT 2: QUANTUM APPLICATIONS FOR THE ECONOMY
Moderator: Pamela Krzypkowska, Director of Research and Innovation, Ministry of Digital Affairs
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• Anna Topol - CTO, IBM Research
• Rafał Duczmal - Chair, Governing Board, EuroHPC Joint Undertaking
• Helmut Leopold - Head, Center for Digital Safety and Security, AIT
• Anna Kamińska - Director of Quantum Systems, Creotech Instruments
• Marjana Prifti - Founder & CEO, AI Albania
• Robert Pękal - Director, Poznań Supercomputing and Networking Center

10:30 - 11:00
Coffee Break

11:00 - 12:00 / 12:10
Breakout Sessions
BREAKOUT 3: SIMPLIFICATION OF LAW AND REDUCTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE BURDENS
Moderator: Katarzyna Prusak-Górniak, Head of Digital Affairs Unit, Permanent Representation of Poland to the EU
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• Marie Allikmaa - Director for Business and Industry, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications, Estonia
• Katarzyna Szymielewicz - Co-founder & President, Panoptykon Foundation
• Michał Kanownik - President, Digital Poland Association
• Milena Jabūrková - VP, Confederation of Czech Industry
• Margarete Rudzki - Head of Unit Digital Economy, ZDH (Germany)
• Sophia Zakari - Director for Enterprise Policy & Legal Affairs, SMEunited HIGH-LEVEL SESSION: THE FUTURE OF DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE
Moderator: Agnieszka Jankowska, Chairperson of the Digital Council
/auditorium - green area/
Introductory speech by Manuel Mateo Goyet - Head of Unit, Cloud and Software, European Commission + Panel discussion• Jan Goetz - CEO & Co-Founder, IQM Quantum Computers
• Marcin Lebiecki - EVP, Asseco Cloud
• Andrea Sassetti - CEO, Aruba PEC
• Anna Eriksson - Director General, Agency for Digital Government
• Art de Blaauw - Chief Information Officer, The Netherlands
• Benjamina Revcolevschi - CEO, OVH Cloud
• Manuel Mateo Goyet - Head of Unit, Cloud and Software, European Commission12:00 - 13:00
Networking Lunch

13:00 - 13:05
OFICIAL OPENING OF THE SUMMIT
• Krzysztof Gawkowski, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Digital Affairs of Poland

13:05 - 13:30
FIRESIDE CHAT: Baltic Digital Perspective

13:30 - 14:30
HIGH-LEVEL PLENARY SESSION 1: INNOVATION & COMPETITIVENESS IN DEVELOPING THE DIGITAL SINGLE MARKET
Moderator: Piotr Mieczkowski, Managing Director, Digital Poland Foundation
• Margrethe Vestager - Former EVP, European Commission
• Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl - Director General, Digital Europe
• Jevgeni Kabanov - President, Bolt
• Renate Nikolay - Deputy Director-General, European Commission (DG CNECT)
• Astrid Arndt, Member of the Board, Zalando SE

14:30 - 15:30
HIGH-LEVEL PLENARY SESSION 2: SKILLS GAP - ENSURING ICT TALENT DEVELOPMENT
Moderator: Olaf Osica, Director, Strategy & Analyses, City of Warsaw
• Liisa-Ly Pakosta - Minister of Justice and Digital Affairs, Estonia
• Deemah AlYahya - Secretary General, Digital Cooperation Organization
• Pilvi Torsti - Director, European Training Foundation
• Jarosław Królewski - CEO & Founder, Synerise
• Stefan Andonovski - Minister of Digital Transformation, Northern Macedonia
• Sandro Gianella - Head of Europe & Middle East Policy & Partnerships, OpenAI

15:30 - 16:00
Coffee Break

16:00 - 17:10
HIGH-LEVEL PLENARY SESSION 3: AI CONTINENT - WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE
Moderator: Pamela Krzypkowska, Director of Research and Innovation, Ministry of Digital Affairs
Introductory speech by Lucilla Sioli - Director, AI Office, European Commission + Panel discussion• Dariusz Standerski - Secretary of State, Ministry of Digital Affairs
• Dominique Leroy - President, Deutsche Telekom Europe
• Daniel Abbou - President, European AI Forum
• Nanna-Louise Linde - VP European Government Affairs, Microsoft
• Nicodemos Damianou - Deputy Minister of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy, Cyprus
• Lodovico Benvenuti - Director of Multilateral Relations and Regional Director Europe, IFIPI
• Lucilla Sioli - Director, AI Office, European Commision

19:30
Evening Programme
Shakespeare Theatre
Wednesday, June 18
08:00 - 08:45
Registration & Welcome Coffee
08:45 - 09:00
PRESENTATION OF MOBYWATEL
• Radosław Maćkiewicz - CEO, Centre for Information Technology (COI)

09:00 - 10:00
EUROPEAN COMMISSION'S REPORT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DIGITAL DECADE
Moderators: Michał Boni - former Minister of Digital Affairs, Poland & Jakub Binkowski, The Union of Entrepreneurs and Employers
Presentation of the Report by Kamila Kloc - Director, European Commission (DG CNECT) + Panel discussion
• Kamila Kloc - Director, European Commission (DG CNECT)
• Silvana Muscella - CEO, Trust-IT Services
• Bartosz Łopiński - CEO, Billenium
• Victoria de Posson - Secretary General, European Tech Alliance (online)

10:00 - 10:30
Coffee Break

10:30 - 10:45
LAUNCH OF INDUSTRY-ACADEMIA NETWORK OF THE CYBERSECURITY SKILLS ACADEMY
• Krzysztof Gawkowski - Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Digital Affairs of Poland
• Henna Virkkunen - Executive Vice President, European Commission

10:45 - 11:00
KEYNOTE SPEECHES: Ahead of the Commission's AI Apply Strategy
• Krzysztof Gawkowski - Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Digital Affairs of Poland
• Henna Virkkunen - Executive Vice President, European Commission

11:00 - 11:30
FIRESIDE CHAT: AI in Public Sector
Moderator: Maciej Kawecki
• Krzysztof Gawkowski - Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Digital Affairs of Poland
• Henna Virkkunen - Executive Vice President, European Commission

11:30 - 11:45
KEYNOTE SPEECH
• Diona Nistor - Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Economic Development and Digitalization, Moldova

11:45 - 12:15
Coffee Break

12:15 - 13:15
PLENARY SESSION 1: Expectations & Recommendations on AI Apply Strategy from SMEs & Scale-Ups
Moderator: Tomasz Snażyk, CEO, Startup Poland Foundation
• Anastasia Stasenko - CEO & Co-founder, Pleias
• Max Junestrand - CEO, Legora
• Piotr Zwoliński - CEO, Neurosphera
• Kacper Grzesiak - Sales Director, ICEYE
• Ligia Kornowska - Managing Director, Polish Hospital Federation
• Till Behnke - CEO, Rulemapping

13:15 - 14:00
PLENARY SESSION 2: BREAKING BARRIERS - DMA & OPPORTUNITIES FOR SMES
Moderator: Ignacy Święcicki, Polish Economic Institute
• Rita Wezenbeek - Director Platforms & Acting Director Connectivity, EC (DG CNECT)
• Dina Lurje - General Counsel, Nord Security
• Monika Król - Vice CEO, Blik
• Andžej Trachimovič - Deputy Minister, Ministry of Economy & Innovation, Lithuania
• Agata Nowacka - Head of EU Public Affairs, Seznam
• Marta Mikliszańska - Director Group Public Policy, Allegro

14:00 - 15:00
PLENARY SESSION 3: ATTRACTING PRIVATE INVESTMENT INTO EUROPEAN TECH COMPANIES
Moderator: Piotr Kobielski, Deputy Director of International Cooperation, Ministry of Digital Affairs
Presentation of DEUSS Project by Petr Očko - Director General, Ministry of Industry and Trade, Czechia + Panel discussion
• Teresa Czerwińska - Vice-President, European Investment Bank
• Christian Dubarry - Head of EU Affairs, Bpifrance
• Adam Niewiński - CEO & Co-founder, OTB Ventures
• Phillipe Tibi - Professor of Finance, École Polytechnique
• Sofia Benjumea - Head of Google for Startups, EMEA

15:00 - 15:15
Closing Remarks

15:15 - 16:00
Networking Lunch

Side Events and Additional Activities:
• 16 June (ECS, 8:30-16:00): Chief Information Officers Meeting (closed for the public)
• 16 June (ECS, 11:00-15:00): European AI Forum
• 16 June (ECS, 9:00-15:25): Business E-Wallet Workshop
• 17 June (ECS, 9:30 - 11:30): Roundtable Digital sovereignty - from words to actions?
• 17 June (ECS, 11:00-12:30): Scaling European E-Commerce: Smart Regulation for a fair, resilient and sustainable single Market
• 17 June (ECS, 14:30-16:30): Roundtable: Towards European Technological Sovereignty and Resilient Public Sphere
• 17 June (Montownia, 15:00-17:30): Launch of the CEE AI Campaign
• 18 June (ECS, 12:00-17:00): Digital Decade Board (closed for the public)
• 18 June (ECS, 16:45 - 18:15): Digital Youth Policy Dialogue (closed for the public)