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Let’s set the table for CEE Digital Summit 2023 and learn more about the leading themes and topics of the meeting: Competitiveness through digital progress, reasonable policy, regional cooperation and more.

Central Eastern Europe’s digital industry understands the fundamental value of technology and transformation for our region’s economic and social growth. CEE Digital Coalition will express its appreciation, gratitude and praise for those, making Central Eastern Europe fit for the digital age, by granting the CEE Digital Trident Award for the second time since its establishment in 2022.

CEE Digital Coalition expands its ranks! Join us in celebrations of welcoming a new Coalition Member - IT Ukraine Association.

Elections to the European Parliament in June 2024 will mark the beginning of a new European term of office - one where the EU finds itself in challenging geopolitical and economic reality. The discussion will provide an occasion to reflect on the changing role of CEE Member States in maintaining European growth and competitiveness and explore opportunities for greater involvement in European policy-making post 2024 elections

The panel discussion will also look back at the declarations made during the Three Seas Summit and Business Forum in Bucharest relevant to digital transformation of the region and future of digital cooperation in CEE.

The Three Seas Initiative’s ICT sector’s value-added amounts to nearly 5 percent of the region’s GDP. The sector provides 1,64 million jobs across Central Eastern Europe. Let’s set the table for a conversation based on the findings of the latest report on CEE’s ICT sector size, dynamics, impact and challenges it faces prepared by the Polish Economic Institute and CEE Digital Coalition

Let’s take a deep dive into the findings of the latest report on CEE’s ICT sector and cross-examine the region’s experiences and approaches to fully unleashing the potential of the digital economy. How to create an environment fostering digital innovation? What are the stakes and how do we assess the impact of the digital transformation on our economies and societies? Experts will exchange ideas regarding measuring digital impact on the entire economy and speak about the expanding reach of digital technologies in various sectors.

Development of digital technologies accelerated to rates unheard of ever before. Innovations such as tools based on artificial intelligence and advanced cloud solutions show great promise for economic and societal growth. However, their adoption and rapid development is bound to come at a cost and put novel problems in front of us. The challenges at hand regard ensuring relevant and sound policymaking aligned with technological progress, preparing the general population to use the new technologies in a responsible, efficient and safe way, as well as issues of insufficient ICT specialist’s workforce and relatively low level of adoption of digital technology amongst SMEs. How do we make sure regulators, educators and the entire population keep up with fast technological progress?

Nearly 700 days since the invasion, Ukraine stands up to the unprecedented, unprovoked, and unjustified aggression. The war in Ukraine is taking place in the digital realm to an extent unheard of ever before. During the conversation, we will learn more about the way cyberwar has been waged for nearly two years and about first-hand experiences of responding to the attacks.

With the alarming, ever-higher number of digital security incidents and coordinated cyberattacks coming over Central Eastern Europe, particularly ever since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, cybersecurity became one of the top priorities both on national, regional and European level. Efforts to improve cybersecurity across Central Eastern Europe include regulatory initiatives as well as deeper private-public cooperation. Assuring cybersecurity and resilience, however, proves to be a difficult task, not just due to the sheer number of attacks but also due to the need to develop the sound regulatory landscape at a fast pace, shortage of experts in the field, and difficulties with striking the balance between international cooperation and sovereignty. Let’s take a deep dive into the CEE’s strategy for cybersecurity.

Venue: SZUM restaurant (Giełdowa 1)