Euritas Summit 2021
Rue de la Loi/ Wetstraat 75
1040 Brussels
The Euritas Summit is an invitation only event.
AGENDA (can be subject to change):
| Session | Topic | Speakers |
| 09:45-10:15
Welcome |
Registration and welcome | |
| 10:15-10:20
Opening |
Opening and introduction | Markus Kaiser, President of Euritas, CEO of Austrian Federal Computing Center |
| 10:20-10:45
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Keynote speech | Johannes Hahn, EU-Commissioner for Budget and Administration |
| 10:45-12:15
Panel I |
Public administrations in Europe have to keep full control over their data, especially personal data of citizens, when using cloud services. Several initiatives in Europe try to create standards for such services to ensure public and private actors can use them in compliance with GDPR. The panel will look at concepts to guarantee the safety of public administration’s data in the cloud. | Presentations and panel discussion
Pierre Chastanet, Head of Unit – Cloud & Software, DG Connect, European Commission Ernst Stöckl-Pukall, Head of Unit IV A 5, German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy Herald Jongen, Advocaat | Partner, Greenberg Traurig, The Netherlands David Vannozzi, CEO of Cineca, Italy |
| 12:15-13:00 Lunch Break | ||
| 13:00-14:30
Panel II |
Many public administrations are depending on a few large suppliers for standard software products. Open source software can be an important enabler for Digital Sovereignty of public administrations in Europe by reducing these dependencies. What is necessary for public administration to use more open source alternatives? | Presentations and panel discussion
Martin von Haller Grønbæk, Partner, Bird & Bird, Denmark Thomas Gageik , Director for “Digital Business Solutions”, DG Informatics, European Commission Leonardo Favario, Open Source Project Leader, Digital Transformation Team of the Italian Government Gawain MacMillan, Chief Architect and Programme Management, Dataport, Germany |
| 14:30-15:45
Panel III |
Public administrations ensure the safety of the digital infrastructure and the data of citizens. However, cyber-attacks are becoming more numerous and more sophisticated. Stronger coordination and cooperation are needed to defend the digital sovereignty of public administrations in Europe. | Presentations and panel discussion
Leonardo De Vizio, Policy Officer, DG Connect, European Commission Philipp Amann, Head of Strategy, European Cybercrime Center, Europol Cristian Hesselman, Director of SIDN Labs, The Netherlands Hannu Naumanen, Chief Security Officer, Valtori Government ICT Centre, Finland |
| 15:45-16:00 Coffee Break | ||
| 16:00-17:00
Final discussion |
Markus Richter, Federal Government Commissioner for Information Technology, Germany
Luis Barreira de Sousa, Digital and Cyber Ambassador, Portugal Sasa Bilic, Vice-President of Euritas, Markus Kaiser, President of Euritas, CEO of Austrian Federal Computing Center |
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| 17:00 The Summit ends with a networking opportunity for all speakers and participants. | ||
