Digital Alps Conference & Roadshow stop #2

Meeting topic:

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
15:10	Keynote speech: Digitalisation - what people really need!	Sarina Pfründer, Mayor of Sulzfeld (Germany)
15:30	Break, possibility to visit the EUSALP-Roadshow
16:00	Panel discussion: Policy options to unleash the potentials of digitalisation	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
17:15	End of first day

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	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

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
09:30	Workshops in parallel:
	The potentials of Open Data & Big Data for the Alpine area	Moderator: Darja Kukovic, University of Maribor Inputs by: Lucija Brezočnik, University of Maribor Maurizio Napolitano, Bruno Kessler Foundation Guido Sanguinetti, SISSA Trieste Olivier Horent, Grand E-nov+
	Digitalization and education	Moderator: Lars Ludolph, OECD Inputs by: 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
	Digitalisation of the labour market	Moderator: Franco Scolari, Polo Tecnologico Alto Adriatico Inputs by: Riccardo Salomone, Agency for the labour market of the province of Trento Alexandra Tsvetkova, OECD Trento LEED Grégoire Feyt, Grenoble Alpes University Marco Olivotto, Learn Experience Factory (LEF)
	Smart Villages and beyond	Moderator: Gianluca Lentini, Poliedra – Politecnico di Milano Inputs by: Julia Scharting, Standortagentur Tirol Clive Peckham, Nièvre Numerique Claudia Zolla, Unités des Communes Valdôtaines Grand Paradis Alexander Siegenthaler, Region Luzern West
10:45	Break
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	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.