Taftie Policy Forum 28th November 2019 Mondorf les Bains (Luxembourg)

Digital Europe Programme - Role and opportunities for innovation agencies

Welcome words

Ian Cresswell - Luxinnovation & Taftie Chairman

Introduction to Digital Europe Programme and country cases
 

General introduction of Digital Europe Programme: structure, objectives, instruments, state of play

Vesa Terävä - Head of Unit, Research Strategy and Programme Co-ordination, DG CNECT

Digital innovation - strategy for a data-driven economy, presentation of the Luxembourg case

Sasha Baillie - CEO, Luxinnovation

The Digitalisation Agency in Austria

Wolfgang Wisek - Project Manager Digitisation, FFG Austria

Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence in Digital Europe Programme
Juha Heikkilä - Head of Unit, Robotics and AI, DG CNECT

How Bpifrance is boosting AI adoption in France?

Raphaël Didier - Development Director, Innovation Department, Bpifrance

Cybersecurity and trust

Cybersecurity and trust in Digital Europe Programme

Jean-François Junger - Deputy Head of Unit, Cybersecurity Technology and Capacity Building, DG CNECT

Our trust in Hardware

Jan-Henrik Fischer-Wolfarth - Head of Electric Mobility, VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik GmbH

Advanced digital skills and use of digital technologies across the economy

Advanced digital skills and use of digital technologies including DIHs

Silvia Merisio - Policy Officer, Digital Economy and Skills, DG CNECT

How the Luxembourg Digital Innovation Hub contributes to the data-driven economy

Marina Guérin-Jabbour - Head of Digital Innovation Hub, Luxinnovation

Supercomputing

Digital Europe Programme - Supercomputing

Evangelia Markidou - Policy Officer High Performance Computing & Quantum Technology, DG CNECT

Examples of how an innovation agency promotes supercomputing to foster innovation capabilities

Eduardo Maldonado - President, ANI Portugal

Conclusion

e-Estonia, building a digital society

Anett Numa - e-Estonia