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 Draft programme

Wednesday, 17 October 2018 (14.00 – 19.00)

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 The 6th Annual Transatlantic Digital Economy Conference

Emerging technologies promise significant benefits to our economy and society. We need a global approach to enable these technologies to scale-up across borders and find effective solutions to common challenges. In the context of the global race for leadership on artificial intelligence, Member States and the European Commission are defining a common approach to foster and shape the development and uptake of this technology. The EU is also preparing for upcoming elections and a new Commission mandate as well as negotiating the next Multiannual Financial Framework. Our conference will bring together corporate and government representatives from both sides of the Atlantic and beyond to discuss critical questions around the digital economy with a focus on Europe’s next digital agenda and global cooperation.

 

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Draft programme

More speakers will be confirmed soon

13.30   Registration

13.45  Welcome & scene-setting

14.00  Opening 

  • Andrus Ansip, European Commission Vice-President for the Digital Single Market

14.30  Fireside chat: Global policy frameworks for the digital economy

  • Göran Marby, CEO & President, ICANN
  • ​Margaret Peterlin, Senior Vice-President of Global external and public affairs, AT&T

​15.00  Panel: ‘Defining the next digital agenda – when digital becomes the economy’

  • Claire Bury, Deputy-Director General, DG Connect, European Commission
  • Małgorzata Wenerska-Craps, Minister Counsellor, Head of Economics & Trade Section, Permanent Representation of Poland to the EU
  • Marius Basting, Digital & Technology Manager, Europe, Caterpillar
  • Maher Chebbo, Senior Executive, Chief Innovation Officer, General Electric - Global Digital Energy Solutions

​Moderated by Elizabeth Crossick, Head of Government Affairs – EU, RELX Group

 Break 

16.15  Fireside chat: The future of data flows 

  • Steve Wood, Deputy Commissioner (Policy), UK Information Commissioner’s Office
  • James Sullivan, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Services, US Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration

​Moderated by Claudia Selli, Executive Director European Legislative and Political Affairs, AT&T and Chair, AmCham EU Digital Economy Committee

16.45  Panel: ‘Fostering our digital transformation - the realities of artificial intelligence’

  • Eva Maydell, Member of the European Parliament
  • Lucilla Sioli, Director for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Industry, DG Connect, European Commission
  • Andreas Hartl, Head of the Division VI B 3 (Artificial Intelligence, Data Economy), Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi), Germany
  • Stuart McGuigan, Global Head of Johnson and Johnson Technology
  • Gerard Smit, Chief Technology Officer IBM Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg

Moderated by Cate Nymann, Senior Manager Government Affairs and Public Policy, CISCO, and Vice-Chair, AmCham EU Digital Economy Committee

17.45  Closing

  • Mabito Yoshida, Director-General of the Global Strategy Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC), Japan
  • David J. Redl, Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information and Administrator, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, US Department of Commerce

 Networking cocktail 

 

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5th Annual Transatlantic Digital Economy Conference

5th Annual Transatlantic Digital Economy Conference

 

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