AGENDA
09:30 AM
REGISTRATIONS
Time to register to the conference and have a coffee
10:00 AM
WELCOME TO CEE DIGITAL SUMMIT 2023
Let’s set the table for CEE Digital Summit 2023 and learn more about the leading themes and topics of the meeting: Competitiveness through digital progress, reasonable policy, regional cooperation and more.
Speaker:
- Michał KANOWNIK, President of Digital Poland Association
10:10 AM
INTRODUCTORY NOTES
A word from the special guests of the conference. National and European Union officials deeply invested in shaping the European digital agenda and setting the course for the region’s digital transformation will address the guests of CEE Digital Summit 2023.
Speakers:
- Paweł LEWANDOWSKI, Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Digitalization, Poland
- Marius Viorel Poșa, Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digitalization of Romania
10:30 AM
CEE DIGITAL TRIDENT AWARD CEREMONY
Central Eastern Europe’s digital industry understands the fundamental value of technology and transformation for our region’s economic and social growth. CEE Digital Coalition will express its appreciation, gratitude and praise for those, making Central Eastern Europe fit for the digital age, by granting the CEE Digital Trident Award for the second time since its establishment in 2022.
10:50 AM
ANNOUNCEMENT BY CEE DIGITAL COALITION
CEE Digital Coalition expands its ranks! Join us in celebrations of welcoming a new Coalition Member - IT Ukraine Association.
Speaker:
- Tetiana ILIEVA, Project coordinator of IT Ukraine Association
11:00 AM
BEYOND 2024: THE ROLE OF CEE IN ACHIEVING EUROPEAN GROWTH AND COMPETITIVENESS
Elections to the European Parliament in June 2024 will mark the beginning of a new European term of office - one where the EU finds itself in challenging geopolitical and economic reality. The discussion will provide an occasion to reflect on the changing role of CEE Member States in maintaining European growth and competitiveness and explore opportunities for greater involvement in European policy-making post 2024 elections
The panel discussion will also look back at the declarations made during the Three Seas Summit and Business Forum in Bucharest relevant to digital transformation of the region and future of digital cooperation in CEE.
Moderator:
- Michał KANOWNIK, President of Digital Poland Association
Speakers:
- Fredrik ERIXON, the European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE)
- Valeriya IONAN, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine
- Paweł LEWANDOWSKI, Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Digitalization, Poland
- Marcin NOWACKI, President of European Enterprise Alliance
- Marius Viorel Poșa, Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digitalization of Romania
12:00 PM
COFFEE BREAK
12:30 PM
ICT SECTOR AS THE DRIVER CEE’S POTENTIAL REPORT LAUNCH
The Three Seas Initiative’s ICT sector’s value-added amounts to nearly 5 percent of the region’s GDP. The sector provides 1,64 million jobs across Central Eastern Europe. Let’s set the table for a conversation based on the findings of the latest report on CEE’s ICT sector size, dynamics, impact and challenges it faces prepared by the Polish Economic Institute and CEE Digital Coalition
Speaker:
- Michał KANOWNIK, President of Digital Poland Association
12:45 PM
CAPTURING THE POWER OF DIGITAL ECONOMY
Let’s take a deep dive into the findings of the latest report on CEE’s ICT sector and cross-examine the region’s experiences and approaches to fully unleashing the potential of the digital economy. How to create an environment fostering digital innovation? What are the stakes and how do we assess the impact of the digital transformation on our economies and societies? Experts will exchange ideas regarding measuring digital impact on the entire economy and speak about the expanding reach of digital technologies in various sectors.
Moderator:
- Michał GIERSZ
Speakers:
- Andrey BACHVAROV, Digital National Alliance, Bulgaria
- Paweł GRUZA, Vice-President, PKO BP
- Jaromir HANZAL, Director, AAVIT, Czech Republic
- Corina VASILE, Executive Director, ANIS Romania
- Balazs VINNAI, President of IVSZ – ICT Association of Hungary
- Zydrune VITAITE, Women Go Tech, Lithuania
1:30 PM
LUNCH BREAK
2:15 PM
HARNESSING THE TECHNOLOGY
Development of digital technologies accelerated to rates unheard of ever before. Innovations such as tools based on artificial intelligence and advanced cloud solutions show great promise for economic and societal growth. However, their adoption and rapid development is bound to come at a cost and put novel problems in front of us. The challenges at hand regard ensuring relevant and sound policymaking aligned with technological progress, preparing the general population to use the new technologies in a responsible, efficient and safe way, as well as issues of insufficient ICT specialist’s workforce and relatively low level of adoption of digital technology amongst SMEs. How do we make sure regulators, educators and the entire population keep up with fast technological progress?
Keynote speaker:
- Cecilia BONEFELD-DAHL, Director General, DIGITALEUROPE
Moderator:
- Karolina ZBYTNIEWSKA, Euractiv.com
Speakers:
- Michal CIZ, Program Director, SAPIE, Slovakia
- Milly DOOLAN, Croatian Employers Association (HUP)
- Vlaho HRDALO, Partner at Hrdalo & Krnic Law Firm, Head of Legal Tech at Croatian Bar Association
- Levente JUHASZ, Government Affairs & Public Policy Manager CEE, Google
- Gheorghe SARBU, Councillor to the Head of the Chancellery of the PM – Government of Romania, Councillor to State Secretary – Minister of Research, Innovation and Digitalization Romania
3:15 PM
CYBER THREATS LANDSCAPE OF UKRAINE. FIRESIDE CHAT
Nearly 700 days since the invasion, Ukraine stands up to the unprecedented, unprovoked, and unjustified aggression. The war in Ukraine is taking place in the digital realm to an extent unheard of ever before. During the conversation, we will learn more about the way cyberwar has been waged for nearly two years and about first-hand experiences of responding to the attacks.
Moderator:
- Jacek RAUBO, PhD, Cyberdefence24.pl
Speaker:
- Yevgen KOTUKH, PhD, Chief Application Security Engineer at JEVERA, Professor of Cybercrime and Forensics
3:30 PM
MOVING FORWARD WITH CONFIDENCE. OVERCOMING CYBERTHREATS
With the alarming, ever-higher number of digital security incidents and coordinated cyberattacks coming over Central Eastern Europe, particularly ever since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, cybersecurity became one of the top priorities both on national, regional and European level. Efforts to improve cybersecurity across Central Eastern Europe include regulatory initiatives as well as deeper private-public cooperation. Assuring cybersecurity and resilience, however, proves to be a difficult task, not just due to the sheer number of attacks but also due to the need to develop the sound regulatory landscape at a fast pace, shortage of experts in the field, and difficulties with striking the balance between international cooperation and sovereignty. Let’s take a deep dive into the CEE’s strategy for cybersecurity.
Moderator:
- Jacek RAUBO, PhD, Cyberdefence24.pl
Speakers:
- Lauri ALMANN, Board Member of ITL, Co-Founder, CybExer Technologies, Estonia
- Andreas MITRAKAS, Head of Unit – Market, Certification & Standardisation European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA)
- Michał PUKALUK, Deputy Director at Cybersecurity Department, Ministry of Digitalization, Poland
- Madalin STANIU, Managing Partner, Black Bullet, Romania
- Dmitry TERESHCHENKO, Head of Information Security in Sigma Software, IT Ukraine Association
4:30 PM
CLOSING REMARKS
8:00 PM
AFTERPARTY
Venue: SZUM restaurant (Giełdowa 1)
AGENDA
09:00
REGISTRATION
09:30
OPENING OF THE CONFERENCE
09:35
SPECIAL GUESTS’ SPEECHES
KRZYSZTOF GAWKOWSKI, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Digital Affairs
09:45
OPENING PANEL: TOWARDS DIGITAL EDUCATION. STRATEGY FOR EUROPE
The ongoing digital transformation does not omit schools and universities. Education stands on the brink of a revolution. How are the entirely new tools and technologies going to change this sector? What are the new challenges? Can the education system keep pace with the digital transformation? How can we use the new opportunities and meet the challenges associated with the development of breakthrough technologies such as artificial intelligence?
Experts on the education’s digitalisation, as well as representatives of the CEE region’s and the EU’s authorities, will examine actions that are already being undertaken to tackle these changes. The panellists will exchange their experiences, as their discussion is going to focus on a coherent, regional strategy for the digital transformation of education.
Moderator:
Michał GIERSZ
Kaisa HUMLEBO, ICT-strategist at Sollentuna municipality, Stockholm region, Sweden
Kristina KALLAS, PhD, Minister of Education, Estonia
Justina KUGYTE, Advisor for transformation of (EdTech) at the Ministry of Education, Science and Sport of Lithuania
Natalia MITEVA, Minister of Education and Science, Bulgaria
Andrzej SZEPTYCKI, PhD, Undersecretaty of State, Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Poland
10:45
COFFEE BREAK
11:15
PRESENTATION OF THE “SCHOOL 4.0” REPORT
How fast and in what way are schools implementing the new digital technologies? How do we utilise them, and what challenges do we face within the digital transformation of education?
Do we have proven legal frameworks that enable an effective and safe usage of new educational methods? An overview of the new report by the Digital Poland Association.
Michał KANOWNIK, President, Digital Poland Association
11:30
PANEL DISCUSSION HOW TO TEACH IN A DIGITAL WORLD?
Are chalk and blackboard relics of the past? Are the teachers ready to consciously utilise the new technologies and effectively develop future skills among the young people?
What challenges do the educators face? How to develop the skillsets of the future among the young people?
Changing role of the teachers in the digitalization era. How does the relation between the educators and technology should look like?
The change of attitude towards teaching is a necessity. The experts will discuss issues such as evolution of the teaching methods, the pupils’ expectations, and how to actually teach at the age of digitalization.
Moderator:
Paweł CZURYŁO, journalist, “Rzeczpospolita” daily
Panellists:
Kinga Gajewska, Polish MP
Maciej JAKUBOWSKI, President, Educational Research Institute
Rafał LEW-STAROWICZ, Vice-President of edTech Poland‘s Fountadion
Dawid ŁASIŃSKI, teacher, Pan Belfer (Youtuber, educational channel)
Paulina PIECHNA-WIĘCKIEWICZ, Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Education, Poland
12:30
LUNCH BREAK
13:15
LAUNCH OF THE “SCHOOL 4.0” INITIATIVE
13:30
PANEL DISCUSSION. TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION
– HOW DIGITISATION CHANGES THE SCHOOLS?
Groundbreaking AI-based technologies, cloud solutions, virtual and augmented reality are becoming increasingly important both for the economy and the state’s apparatus. Are they accommodated at schools for good? How do the latest technological advancements affect education?
The panellists will discuss the challenges related to implementation of digital tools. The experts will also examine the attitudes of educators towards artificial intelligence.
How does digitisation change the schools from the perspectives of educators, students, technology providers, and government representatives.
Moderator:
Anna WITTENBERG, journalist of Dziennik
Gazeta Prawna
Panellists:
DARIUSZ ANDRZEJEWSKI, Director of the Local Government Primary School No. 6 in Września, Member of the Council for Computerization of Education at the Ministry of National Education
Paweł CZERWONY, Head of Google For Education
Leszek JANASIK, Director of high school in Milanówek (Społeczne Liceum Ogólnokształcącego nr 5 in Milanówek)
Jacek ŁĘGIEWICZ, Corporate Affairs Director, Samsung Electronics Polska
Marlena PLEBAŃSKA, PhD, STEAM Poland Foundation, Warsaw University
Sabina SAGI, Head of Research Cooperation, EdTech Estonia
14:30
PANEL DISCUSSION. SECURE DIGITAL SCHOOL - FAKE NEWS, CYBER ADDICTIONS, AND CYBERSECURITY
The digital transformation inevitably brings out entirely new threats, including incidents involving cybersecurity.
School youth is exposed to a greater extent to cyber-challenges than any other generation before them. The youth is exposed to device-addiction, FOMO. fake-news, cyberattacks etc.
What are the major cyber-risks the youth and the teachers face? How to teach the young people to safely navigate through the cyberspace? How do we teach competences of mindful and responsible internet usage?
Moderator:
Krzysztof KIRYCZUK, journalist of Radio ZET, teacher at a Warsaw high school
Panellists:
Beata GALAS, Founder StayDigiSafe
Katarzyna HERNANDEZ, Director of the Digital Education and Online Safety Team, Office of the Children's Ombudsman
Radosław NIELEK, Director, NASK
Patryk ZAKRZEWSKI, Member of the Management Board of the Demagogue Association
Dorota ZAWADZKA, psychologist, Children's Rights Institute Janusz Korczak
15:30
SUMMARY OF THE CONFERENCE
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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
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