Catch-up: Regional Innovation Forum - Europe
Thursday, October 29, 2020 11:30 AM to 4:00 PM · 4 hr. 30 min. (Africa/Abidjan)
Information
This event is organized within the framework of the 2020 ITU Global Innovation Forum. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of digital technologies in enabling economic growth, entrepreneurship, digital inclusion and the capacity to respond quickly to new challenges in a time of unprecedented crisis. It has revealed the shortcomings of many systems, but also accelerated the pace of digital transformation of economies at large. The Regional Innovation Forum for Europe will empower participants with new approaches, insights, tools, frameworks, communities and relevant case studies to understand how to mainstream sustainable ecosystems that accelerate digital transformation in Europe.
Sessions
Opening ceremony
Thursday, October 29, 2020 12:00 PM to 12:15 PM
Jaroslaw Ponder · ITU
H.E. Kyriacos Kokkinos · Cyprus
Session 1 – European regional digital innovation ecosystem
Thursday, October 29, 2020 12:15 PM to 1:15 PM
Marta Arsovska Tomovska
Fabio Pianesi · European Institute of Technology (EIT) Digital
Chris Ruff · Digital Europe
Thomas Hahn · Siemens AG
Lisa Sophia Zoder · GIZ Office Sarajevo, Open Regional Fund for South East Europe
Session 2 – Good practices accelerating ecosystem development and digital transformation
Thursday, October 29, 2020 1:15 PM to 2:15 PM
H.E. Justyna Orlowska · Poland
H.E. Vitalie Tarlev · Moldova
Marten Kaevats · Estonia
Agi Veres · Regional Bureau for Europe and the CIS
Zuzana Nehajova · EY Innovation Hub, Central and Eastern Europe
Session 3 – Innovation journey, stories from the frontlines
Thursday, October 29, 2020 2:15 PM to 3:15 PM
Kasia Jakimowicz · ITU
Ivana Kostic · Health Tech Lab
Gyula Kovesdan · Linistry
Magda Baciu · House of Progress/ Growth Saavy
Olivier Jeannel · Roger Voice
Conclusion and ways forward
Thursday, October 29, 2020 3:15 PM to 3:30 PM