
Background
The Digital Alps Conference is a major event of the Macro regional strategy for the Alpine area EUSALP. The aim is to bring together all initiatives and projects dealing with digitalisation in the Alps and to unleash the potentials of digitalisation. The first Digital Alps Conference was held in May 2021 and brought together more than 200 participants from all over Europe. The Digital Alps Conference is an event organized by AG5 and AG3 of EUSALP.
Aims
The aims of the second edition of the Digital Alps Conference are to:
- bring the topic of digitalisation to the forefront of policy making;
- strengthen the cooperation between urban and rural areas thanks to the potentials of digitalisation;
- discuss how to unleash the potentials of digitalization for education and for training in specific sectors;
- analyse the impact of the digitalization in the labour market;
- identify common objectives and activities for dealing with Open Data and Big Data in the Alpine area;
- provide an update of the work on Smart villages and the Alpine network of Smart villages and Smart Regions SMART ALPS;
- anticipate the future digital trends that are relevant for the Alpine area;
- bring together key stakeholders and networks in the alpine area dealing with digitalisation;
- present the diverse activities of EUSALP though the EUSALP Road-Show.
Program
Location: Savoia Excelsior Palace
Main audience: Decision makers
Main language for presentations: Italian-English (translation provided)
Tuesday, 3 May 2022, 14:00 – 17:30 (Digital Alps Conference, only for registered participants)
Timing |
Topic |
Intervention by |
14:00 |
Opening and introduction into the Conference |
Carlo Vigna and Thomas Egger, Co-Leaders of AG5 and Giuliana Cristoforetti, Co-Leader of AG3 |
14:15 |
Welcome addresses |
Representative of the Autonomous Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia Mirko Bisesti, Minister of the Autonomous Province of Trento and delegate of the Italian EUSALP Presidency 2022 |
14:30 |
Keynote speech: Digital Decade and Connectivity policy and its potentials to strengthen the cooperation between urban and rural areas |
Franco Accordino, European Commission DG Connect |
14:50 |
Keynote speech: How to strengthen digital skills and competencies especially in rural areas |
Manuela Geleng, European Commission DG Employments
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15:10 |
Keynote speech: Digitalisation - what people really need! |
Sarina Pfründer, Mayor of Sulzfeld (Germany) |
15:30 |
Break, possibility to visit the EUSALP-Roadshow |
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16:00 |
Panel discussion: Policy options to unleash the potentials of digitalisation
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Frank Bogovic, MEP and Co-Chair of the Intergroup on Smart villages Mirko Bisesti, Minister of the Autonomous Province of Trento and delegate of the Italian presidency of EUSALP Luciano Caveri, Minister of Valle d’Aosta Autonomous Region Tadej Jezernik, EUSALP Youth Council Lena Lagger, Youth Parliament to the Alpine Convention |
17:00 |
Conclusions from the first day |
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17:15 |
End of first day |
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19:30 Evening reception (only for participants of the DAC)
Tuesday, 3 May 2022, 09:00 – 18:00 (EUSALP Roadshow, open to general public)
Specific article: https://www.alpine-region.eu/roadshowstop-n2
Location: Savoia Excelsior Palace and stand in front of it
Main audience: General public
Main language for presentations: Italian
Timing |
Topic |
Intervention by |
09:00-13:00 |
EUSALP in concrete: The future digitalisation in the Alps workshop (registration mandatory) |
Young people from the 7 EUSALP countries will take part in a Future Workshop, answering these questions: What are the trends that might influence the future digitalization in the Alps? How will digitalization impact the future development of the Alps? |
14:00 |
Opening and introduction into the Roadshow
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Introduction of the Roadshow in connection with DAC 2022 Wolfger Mayrhofer, Permanent Secretariat of Alpine Convention |
14:15 |
EUSALP policy dialogue part 1 |
Streaming from DAC 2022 political introduction |
14:30 |
EUSALP in general |
Presentation by the Permanent Secretariat of Alpine Convention of main themes from EUSALP |
14:45 |
EUSALP in concrete |
Key messages from AG3 and AG5 with stand, roll-ups, posters and interactive games |
16:00 |
EUSALP is building a future for the Alpine region |
Key messages from the EUSALP Youth council (presentation of the results of the morning workshop) |
17:15 |
EUSALP policy dialogue part 2 |
Visit of the Roadshow by the participants from the Digital Alps Conference and possibility to exchange with politicians |
18:00 |
End of the Road-Show Module |
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Wednesday, 4 May 2022, 09:00 – 12:00 (only to registered participants)
Location: Savoia Excelsior Palace
Main audience: Decision makers
Main language for presentations: English
Timing |
Topic |
Intervention by |
09:00 |
Opening of the second day |
Carlo Vigna and Thomas Egger, Co-Leaders of AG5 Mauro Casotto, Co-Leader of AG3 |
09:15 |
Introduction into the Workshops |
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09:30 |
Workshops in parallel: |
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The potentials of Open Data & Big Data for the Alpine area
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Moderator: |
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Digitalization and education
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Moderator: Angela Cattoni, Centro Studi Erickson Editore Jorge Martinez Gil, Software Competence Center Hagenberg Simone Ravaioli, Global Ecosystem and Innovation at Parchment - Co-Chair W3C Verifiable Credentials for Education task force |
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Digitalisation of the labour market
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Moderator: |
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Smart Villages and beyond |
Moderator: |
10:45 |
Break |
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11:00 |
Wrap-up of the workshops in parallel |
Moderator: Thomas Egger, Co-Leader of AG5 Speakers: Moderators of the workshops |
11:15 |
Round table: Future trends in digitalisation of relevance for the Alpine area
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Francesco Profumo, President of Bruno Kessler Foundation Valentina Doorly Senior Business Advisor, writer, fully accredited member of Association of Professional Futurists, expert in strategic foresight Ivo Jungo, Vice President Carrier Business, Huawei Switzerland Stephen Taylor, Deputy Director General Area Science Park |
12:15 |
Conclusions and way ahead |
Carlo Vigna and Thomas Egger, Co-Leaders of AG5 Mauro Casotto, Co-Leader of AG3. |
Logistical aspects
The Digital Alps Conference is a public event. Participation is free of charge. Registration is required at https://digitalalps.eu.
The Conference will be held in English and Italian with translation services provided, only for the first day of the conference.
Hotel Savoia, Trieste