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Program

21 January 2019

Economic Forum NRW – Baltic States

Rheinterrasse Düsseldorf, Germany

Joseph-Beuys-Ufer 33, 40479 Düsseldorf

11:00

Matchmaking-Session 1 (Gelber Salon)
organized by AHK and NRW.International / Enterprise Europe Network

11:45

Doors open

12:00

Registration and Networking Coffee / Lunch-Snacks

13:00

Opening and Welcoming Remarks (Rheingoldsaal)
Moderator: Florian Schröder, CEO, AHK
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Thomas Schöllkopf, President, AHK, Germany
Prof. Dr. Andreas Pinkwart, Minister of Economics NRW, Germany
Andreas Schmitz, President IHK Düsseldorf, Vice President IHK NRW, Germany

13:15

Panel: “The Baltic Digital-Model: A way for Germany?”

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Prof. Dr. Andreas Pinkwart, Minister of Economics NRW, Germany
Viljar Lubi, Deputy Secretary General for Economic Development, Estonia
Edmunds Beļskis, Deputy State Secretary for Information and Communication Technologies, Latvia ---------
Elijus Čivilis, Vice-Minister of Economy of Republic of Lithuania

13:45

Keynote Eye-Opener: "How to build a Digital Society? Success story of an Estonian Innovation –
and what future brings”

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Ain Aaviksoo, General Manager, Guardtime, Estonia

14:05

IT-Podium A
"Digital Administration & E-Government – What Future Approach is realistic?"

Moderator: Prof. Heiko Seif, UNITY AG, Germany ----------------------------------------------------------------------------


Taavi Einaste, CEO, Nortal-Deutschland GmbH, Estonia
Asse Hang, VP International Sales, Datel AS, Estonia -----------------------------------------------------------------------
Michael Hagedorn, Executive Vice President, Member of the Board Business Line Government
     Materna, 
Germany-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Jānis Bokta, Chairman of the Board, Latvian State Radio and Television Center, Latvia---------------------------
Valdas Šimas, CEO of Alna Software, e-Lithuania (IT-Cluster), Lithuania

14:50

"Northrhine-Westfalia and Baltic Enterprises: Learnings, Cooperation, Perspectives" 
Petra Wassner, CEO, NRW.Invest, Germany
Dialogue and Reflections with Florian Schröder, 
CEO, AHK, Germany

14:55

Networking Café and Market Place
Parallel: Matchmaking Session 2 (Gelber Salon)

15:20

IT-Podium B
"Cyber Security & Data Protection: Challenges & Business Models"

Moderator: Oliver Weimann, Ruhr Hub, Germany

 

Thomas Schauf, Senior Expert Public & Regulatory Affairs, Deutsche Telekom AG, Germany

Dan Bogdanov, Member of the Supervisory Board, Head of Department, Cybernetica AS, Estonia -----------
Intars Garbovskis, Security Practice Lead, Accenture Latvia, Latvia 
Paulius Petrėtis, CEO, Voras Consulting, Lithuania ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ralf Benzmüller, Executive Speaker G DATA Security Labs, G DATA Software AG, Germany --------------------

16:05

Round-Up

16:15

Deep Dive / Dialogue with the Experts (Parallelsessions)

Podium A: "E-Government" (Silbersaal)

Moderator: Kay-Uwe Schuldt, Director A3A, Strategy Consulting, adesso group, Germany
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Taavi Einaste, Nortal Deutschland, Estonia -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Asse Hang, VP International Sales, Datel AS, Estonia -----------------------------------------------------------------------
Aiga Irmeja, Executive Director, Latvian IT Cluster, Latvia -----------------------------------------------------------------
Kristina Kikalienė, Key Account Manager, Alna Software, Lithuania -----------------------------------------------------


Podium B: "Cyber Security" (Kurfürstenzimmer)
Moderator: Monika Gatzke, CPS.HUB NRW – Competence Center for Cyber Physical Systems, Germany

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Dan Bogdanov, Member of the Supervisory Board, Head of Department, Cybernetica AS, Estonia -----------

Intars Garbovskis, Security Practice Lead, Accenture Latvia, Latvia ----------------------------------------------------
Viktorija Česonytė, Business Development Manager, 
Voras Consulting, Lithuania ----------------------------------

    
Podium C: "Smart Cities / Solutions for Cities of Tomorrow" (Rheingoldsaal)

Moderator: Peter Hornik, Digihub Düsseldorf/Rheinland
, Germany
 

Mart Suurkask, CEO, Bercman Technologies AS, Estonia ------------------------------------------------------------------
Dr. Jan-Fritz Rettberg, CIO, CEO, Allianz Smart City Dortmund, Germany
Ingmārs Pūķis, Vice President, Latvijas Mobilais telefons, Latvia --------------------------------------------------------

Donatas Zaveckas, BTT Group, Smart City Vilnius, Lithuania

17:30

B2B-Market / Networking (Silbersaal)
Parallel: Matchmaking Session 3 (Gelber Salon)

18:30

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