Digital Alps Conference & Roadshow stop #2

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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.

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.

 

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Hotel Savoia, Trieste

Day 1 - Plenary session
Day 2 - Plenary session
Workshop “The potentials of Open Data & Big Data for the Alpine area”
Workshop “Digitalization and education”
Workshop “Digitalization of the labour market"
Workshop “Smart Villages and beyond"