Keynote Speech

Tuesday, November 3, 2020 9:30 AM to 10:00 AM · 30 min. (Africa/Abidjan)
Keynote Speech

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Izabela Milewska, Global Digital Skills Leader at Amazon Web Services (AWS) Training and Certification will offer her perspective on Europe’s digital-transformation readiness and on its
societal and economic need for marketable research and innovative startups and SMEs. Ms Milewska will further explore the benefits of a larger uptake in Artificial Intelligence, High-Performance Computing (HPC) as well as other digital technologies by business supporting organisations with a focus on SMEs.  

How can digital solutions offer the best possible support to EU|BICs and Digital Innovation Hubs to become one-stop-shops for SMEs seeking to become more competitive
by providing access to technical expertise and experimentation, so that
companies can “test before invest”?  

  • Which specialized services and tools could be prioritised?  
  • By which actors in the European innovation ecosystem?  

Izabela Milewska works as Global Digital Skills Leader at Amazon Web Services (AWS) Training and Certification. She leads AWS collaboration with government stakeholders in the area of digital skills strategy, reskilling, upskilling and education modernization. Izabela serves as a Chair of Digital Skills Working Group at DIGITALEUROPE since 2018.  

Her professional experience includes roles in education programs management, public sector marketing and EU funds consultancy. Before joining Amazon, she has worked at Microsoft, ministries in Poland (2004-2008): Ministry of Regional Development, Ministry of Economy, and Ministry of State Treasury.   

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