Event :: V4 Conference on Digital Transformation

Topic: Digital Transformation in the New Era: Current status and Future Challenges

When: 6 June 2019, 08:30 – 13:30

Where: Permanent Representation of the Slovak Republic to the EU, Avenue de Cortenbergh 79, 1000 Brussels

Registration: is now open under the link

 

The digital transformation and the integration of digital technologies into all areas of society and economy is the most recent challenge that the European Union is facing, and the Visegrad Group region is no exception. Digital transformation has already become a powerful driver of social transformation, reshaping individual lives and interactions.

Digital transformation means a strategic, planned and organizational change – this change calls for the development of appropriate policies, regulations and various instruments to support this process while keeping it in within the limits we consider necessary. The Visegrad countries as the members of the Union are contributing to the commitment of establishing the Digital Single Market and want to ensure that people and companies fully benefit from the digital transformation.

Therefore, the aim of the Conference is to bring together distinguished experts, professionals, researchers and practitioners from various areas, which have been directly confronted with the uptake and real applications of digital transformation. The event is divided into two main parts: 1) the panel discussion of the EU policy representatives will focus on different policy initiatives at the European level and their interaction within the next MFF (2021-2027); 2) the second part will present concrete examples from the Visegrad group countries, both from practitioners’ and governmental perspectives, that confirm the continuous interest of our region to be an active player in ongoing processes proper to the digital transformation at EU level.

In terms of audience, up to 100 participants covering Member State and Associate Country delegations (attachés); European Commission, European Parliament, Committee of Regions, national offices; IGLO members; associations and other stakeholders interested in digital transformation.

 

Preliminary agenda (to be updated):

08:30 Registration

09:00 Welcome speech by Petra VARGOVÁ, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Slovak Republic to the EU

09:05 Opening remarks by Khalil ROUHANA, Deputy Director General, DG CONNECT, European Commission

09:25 Roundtable discussion: How will the different policy initiatives at the European level interlink and reinforce each other in the light of the next MFF (2021-2027)

• Fabienne GAUTIER, Head of Unit, Innovation Ecosystems, DG RTD (tbc)
• Fabrizia BENINI, Head of Unit, Digital Economy and Skills, DG CONNECT (tbc)
• Andrei BUNIS, Policy Officer, Advanced Technologies, Clusters and Social Economy, DG GROW

10:15 Coffee break

10:30 Examples from the Visegrad group countries:

• Governmental Perspective – panel discussion
• Practitioner’s Perspective – presentations

12:00 Closing remarks by Anne CARBLANC, Head of the Digital Economy Policy Division, OECD

 

The event is followed by lunch reception.

 

We encourage you to register now and join us in June!

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