2nd Western Balkan Digital Summit

4 Apr 2019 - 5 Apr 2019

Belgrade, Serbia

Session reports

10:30 - 19:00 Future of digital governance and economy in Serbia (UNDP)
09:30 - 10:45 Grand launch of WB6 digital summit
10:00 - 10:45 Blockchain
10:00 - 10:45 Education reinvented
10:45 - 11:00 Keynote: Boris Koprivnikar
10:45 - 11:00 Tsunami of VR is coming: when and how will virtual reality transform our business and living
10:45 - 11:00 Presentation: Web4jobs + RYCO youth card
11:15 - 11:30 Keynote: Marta Novakova
11:30 - 11:45 Interoperability, electronic seal & signature, open data: Albania case
11:30 - 12:00 Tax incentives for knowledge-based industries in Serbia
11:30 - 12:30 Ministers' discussions
11:45 - 12:00 Space tech convention 2019: Opportunities for companies from South-East Europe in the commercial space Industry
12:00 - 12:45 Digital agriculture
12:00 - 12:45 Strategic alliances and regional approaches for developing the workforce of tomorrow
12:30 - 12:45 Dare to think: Shaping the next generation’s world
12:45 - 13:00 Blockchain and regulation: Perspectives from international markets
12:45 - 13:00 UNDP Accelerator Lab
12:45 - 13:00 UNICEF Innovation Fund: Support for startups developing open-source tech solutions that improve society
14:00 - 14:15 Digitalising Serbia
14:00 - 14:15 Tech presentations: Strawberry enegry
14:00 - 15:00 Digital skills: School reforms for digital future
14:15 - 14:30 Ready to inspire your organization with better learning?
14:15 - 15:00 People, served
14:30 - 14:45 5G use cases and business modelling
14:45 - 15:00 The future has begun: Digital payments in the Balkans
15:00 - 15:15 The growth of the video games industry in Serbia
15:00 - 15:15 Keynote: Indy Johar
15:00 - 15:15 Interoperability solutions for public administration, businesses and citizens: Benefits from joining EU program
15:15 - 15:30 Technology solution for digitalization in energy sector
15:15 - 15:45 Innovative solution for smart cities
15:15 - 16:15 Trust and security
15:30 - 16:15 Medical revolution/digital health
15:45 - 16:00 Award ceremony: 21st century schools
16:30 - 16:45 Digital Serbia: Back to the future
16:45 - 17:00 Keynote: Digital diplomacy with regional perspective
16:45 - 17:30 Digital solutions for better region WB6
16:45 - 17:30 E-commerce as an inhibitor of regional development
17:00 - 17:15 Digital ecosystems: Managing complexity
17:15 - 17:30 How to stay relevant in a disruptive world
17:30 - 17:45 Keynote speaker: The digitisation of medtech
17:45 - 18:00 Digital future of industry, energy and cities
09:30 - Cyber security
09:30 - 09:45 Innovation centre Kosovo*
09:30 - 09:45 What Do we mean by a ‘digital economy’?
09:30 - 10:15 Digitalisation of logistics sector
09:45 - 10:00 Are we ready for the first WB6 unicorn?
09:45 - 10:45 Networks and connectivity
10:00 - 10:15 Science-technology park
10:15 - 11:00 Difficulty to grow alone - from individually to regionally, from competition to complementary!
10:15 - 11:15 Can open data illuminate real-world problems?
11:15 - 11:30 Keynote: Dragana Stanic
11:15 - 11:30 Center for digital transformation
11:30 - 12:00 FinTech
11:30 - 12:15 How can policy makers support start-up ecosystems in the Western Balkans?
12:00 - 13:00 Digital economy and society
12:15 - 13:00 AI world around us
12:15 - 13:00 IT clusters-drivers of cross-sectoral and cross-border collaboration
14:00 - 14:15 Digital fabrication in Serbia and its applications in cellular agriculture
14:00 - 15:00 Business angels in the region
14:00 - 15:00 eSerbia
14:15 - 14:30 Evrotrust - A unified electronic Identification scheme and trust services for Western Balkan countries: A path for digital transformation and EU accession
14:30 - 14:45 Let's build tomorrow's digital world
14:45 - 15:00 Digital visual effects: From here to there
15:00 - 15:15 Digitalization: WB region’s opportunity for faster EU integration
15:00 - 15:45 Digital economy in the Western Balkans: Trends and implications in online labour
15:00 - 15:45 How to facilitate a fast infrastructure deployment?
15:15 - 15:30 Public e-service delivery platform: Driving organizational digital transformation in public services delivery
15:30 - 16:15 Supporting the knowledge economy
15:45 - 16:15 Digitalisation as driver of local socio-economic development
15:45 - 16:30 Beyond digital procurement: open contracting
16:15 - 16:30 INNOFEIT collaboration
16:30 - 16:45 Growing digital together
17:30 - 17:45 Summary of conclusions: Sophia the robot
17:45 - 18:00 Digital summit Western Balkan closing ceremony

Event report

The 2nd Western Balkan Digital Summit was held on 4-5 April 2019 in Belgrade, Serbia. The GIP Digital Watch observatory ran a just-in-time reporting initiative, reporting from over 70 sessions covering topics such as infrastructure, cybersecurity, privacy and data protection and digital economy.

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The 2nd Western Balkan Digital Summit will be held on 4-5 April 2019. The conference is organised by the Office of Prime Minister Ana Brnabic, the Office for IT and eGovernment, the General Secretariat, the Ministry of Trade, Tourism, and Telecommunications, the Chamber of Commer and Industry of Serbia, and supported by the Regional Cooperation Council.

The second Western Balkans Digital Summit will bring together more than 3 000 participants to take regional digital co-operation to the next level. Senior representatives from governments, international institutions, businesses, community organisations, academia as well as individuals will have the opportunity to discuss and propose innovative policy approaches, showcase cutting-edge technologies, exchange ideas and discover latest digital trends.

Please consult the dedicated website for the more information about the Western Balkan Digital Summit.

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