Agenda

Note: This is a provisional agenda and timings are subject to change.

All session timings below are in CET.

21 February

08:30 - 09:15

Opening Coffee and Networking

Registration, Platform and Venue Open

09:15 – 09:45

Opening Keynote Speech

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Alexander de Croo
Prime Minister, Belgium

09:45 - 10:15

Opening Welcome Remarks

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Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl
Director General, DIGITALEUROPE

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Hilary Mine
President, DIGITALEUROPE and Vice President Strategy & Technology, Nokia

10:15 - 11:15

Panel - Europe 2030: A Digital Powerhouse

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Moderated by: Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl
Director General, DIGITALEUROPE

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Renate Nikolay
Deputy Director General, DG CNECT, European Commission

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Eva Maydell
Member, European Parliament

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Mathieu Michel
Secretary of State for Digitalization, Belgium

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Ann Mettler
Vice-President, Europe, Breakthrough Energy

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Mohammed Sijelmassi
Chief Technology Officer, Sopra Steria

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Peter Koerte
Chief Technology & Chief Strategy Officer, Siemens AG

11:15 - 11:45

Networking and Refreshment Break / Play Area

11:45 - 12:30

Breakout sessions

Two parallel sessions, diving further into the detail of the topics.

Session 1: Digital Finance Revolution - Myth or Reality

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Moderated by: Vincenzo Renda
Director for Digital Transformation Policy, DIGITALEUROPE

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Peter Kerstens
Advisor, DG FISMA, European Commission

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Evelien Witlox 
Programme Manager, Digital Euro, ECB

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John Whelan
Managing Director of Crypto and Digital Assets, Banco Santander’s Corporate and Investment Bank

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Lidia Pereira
Member, European Parliament

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Caroline Louveaux 
Chief Privacy & Data Responsibility Officer, Mastercard
 

Session 2: Future of Connectivity

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Moderated by: Milda Basiulytė
Senior Director for Cyber, Infrastructure & Competitiveness, DIGITALEUROPE

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Pilar del Castillo
Member, European Parliament

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Emilija Stojmenova Duh
Minister of Digital Transformation, Slovenia

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Dr Rolf Werner
Head of Europe, Nokia

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Christian Leon
Head of Customer Unit France, BeLux, Algeria and Tunisia, Head of Global Customer Unit Orange, Ericsson

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Peter Weckesser
Executive Vice-President, Schneider Electric & Chief Digital Officer, Schneider Electric

12:30 - 14:00

Lunch

14:00 - 14:40

Breakout sessions

Two parallel sessions, diving further into the detail of the topics.

Session 1: Data, Diagnosis, Delivery: Europe's Path to a Smart, Sustainable, and Accessible Healthcare Future

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Moderated by: Ray Pinto
Senior Director for Digital Transformation Policy, DIGITALEUROPE

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Florian Tursky
State Secretary for Digitalization, Austria

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Marco Marsella
Director C “Digital, EU4Health and Health systems modernisation”, European Commission

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Dr Uwe Heckert
Head of Enterprise Informatics Europe & Managing Director, Philips DACH

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Francesco Buonarroti
VP Head of Technology Innovative Medicines EMEA, Johnson & Johnson

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Loredana Simulescu
Executive Director, Biomedical Alliance in Europe

Session 2: Energy Gets Smart:
Digitising the Grid for the Twin Transition

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Moderated by: Robert Hodgson
Journalist, Euronews

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Mechthild Wörsdörfer
Deputy Director-General, DG ENER, European Commission

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Maria da Graça Carvalho
Member, European Parliament

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Jake Oster 
Director of Energy and Environment Policy, EMEA, Amazon Web Services

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Pablo Hevia-Koch 
Head of Renewables Integration and Security of Electricity, IEA

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Charles Delhaye
CEO, Haulogy

14:50 - 15:10

Fireside chat: Trans-Atlantic digital cooperation and challenges for the period of 2024 - 2029

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Moderated by: Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl
Director General, DIGITALEUROPE

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Valdis Dombrovskis
Executive Vice President of the European Commission for An Economy that Works for People

15:10 - 16:05

Panel discussion: AI - Made in Europe

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Moderated by: Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl
Director General, DIGITALEUROPE

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Emilija Stojmenova Duh
Minister of Digital Transformation, Slovenia

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Julie Linn Teigland
EMEIA Area Managing Partner, EY

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Roberto Viola
Director General, DG CNECT, European Commission

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Peter Weckesser
Executive Vice-President, Schneider Electric & Chief Digital Officer, Schneider Electric

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Dragos Tudorache
Member, European Parliament, Rapporteur for the AI Act

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Dimitris Papastergiou
Minister of Digital Governance, Greece

16:05 - 16:30

Networking and Refreshment Break

Breakout sessions

16:30 - 17:15

Panel Discussion: Securing Europe's future: cybersecurity in an era of geopolitical instability

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Moderated by: Alberto di Felice
Policy and Legal Counsel, DIGITALEUROPE

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Katarzyna Prusak-Górniak 
Head of Digital Affairs Unit, Permanent Representation of Poland to the EU

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Richard Marko
CEO, ESET

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Felicity March
EMEA Cyber Strategy Lead & Global Cyber C-suite and Board Lead, Accenture

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Morten Lokkegaard
Member, European Parliament

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Jeremy Rollison 
Head of EU Policy, European Government Affairs, Microsoft Europe

16:30 - 17:00

Session 2: How to Build a Unicorn

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Moderated by: Jack Schickler
Journalist, Euronews

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Hilary Mine
President, DIGITALEUROPE and Vice President Strategy & Technology,
Nokia

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Balázs Vinnai
President, IVSZ

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Indrek Heinloo
COO, Veriff

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Cybèle Rolland
COO, Aerospacelab

Future Unicorn Award Ceremony

17:15 - 17:25

Opening Keynote

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Iliana Ivanova
European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth

17:25 - 17:50

Panel Discussion with Future Unicorn Nominees and Award

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Moderated by: Mette Walsted Vestergaard
Journalist and Event MC

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Iliana Ivanova
European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth

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Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl 
Director General, DIGITALEUROPE

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Cybèle Rolland
COO, Aerospacelab

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Marta García
CFO, Multiverse Computing

 

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Henrik Teisbaek
Co-founder & CEO, Veo Technologies

 

17:50 - 18:00

Closing remarks

18:00 - 19:00

Cocktail reception sponsored by Schneider Electric

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Peter Weckesser
Executive Vice-President, Schneider Electric & Chief Digital Officer, Schneider Electric

Contact Us

If you are interested in finding out more about the event, please contact Kivanc Akil, Associate Director for Events & Executive Coordination, DIGITALEUROPE:

[email protected]