EPRD Biuro Polityki Gospodarczej i Rozwoju Regionalnego Sp. z o.o.

Digital Partnerships in Action (DPA)

09:00 – 09:30 CET – Welcome Coffee at venue onsite for those present in person in Brussels

09:30 – 09:45 CET / 17:30 – 17:45 JST: Welcome and Opening Remarks

Welcome by the Moderator: Peter Fatelnig, Minister-Counsellor, Digital Economy Policy, Delegation of the European Union to Japan
Opening: Thibaut Kleiner, Director, Policy Strategy and Outreach, DG Connect, European Commission
Views from EU stakeholders: Lasse Heidemann, Senior Director for Outreach, DIGITAL EUROPE
Views from JP stakeholders: Marco Canton, Chair of the Digital Innovation Committee, JBCE

9:45 – 10:15 CET / 17:45 – 18:15 JST: A cyber secure Digital World

Introduction: Raluca Stefanuc, Deputy Head of Unit, Cybersecurity and Digital Privacy Policy, DG Connect, European Commission
Views from EU stakeholders: Roberto Cascella, CTO, European Cyber Security Organisation – ECSO
Views from JP stakeholders: Martin Bell, Vice Chairman of Digital & Innovation Committee, JBCE
Q&A and Open Discussion moderated by Peter Fatelnig

10:15 – 11:00 CET / 18:15 – 19:00: Connectivity including Arctic Connectivity

Presentation of the Digital partnerships in Action (DPA) study on “Benefits and opportunities of Arctic Connectivity submarine cables for secure, resilient and sustainable global connectivity” conducted by Juha Saunavaara, Associate Professor at Hokkaido University Arctic Research Centre – (Online)
Presentation of the “6G-MIRAI-Harmony EU-Japan collaboration” by Tobias Ley, Project Lead, Ericsson Research, and Renato Cavalcante, Technical Lead, Fraunhofer Heirinch Hertz Institute – (Online)
Q&A and Open Discussion moderated by Gianluca Misuraca, Team Leader and Coordinator, DPA

11:00 – 11:30 CET / 19:00 – 19:30 JST: Building Human-Centric Artificial Intelligence

Views from EU stakeholders: Philip Piatkievicz, Secretary General, AI Data & Robotics Association, ADRA
Views from JP stakeholders: Marco Canton, Chair of the Digital Innovation Committee, JBCE
Q&A and Open Discussion moderated by Peter Fatelnig

11:30 – 11:45 CET / 19:30 – 19:45 JST – Closing Remarks and Wrap-up

Closing Remarks by Orsolya Csorba, Head of Sector for Asia-Pacific, Policy Outreach and International Affairs, DG Connect European Commission, JBCE and EU-JP Business Round Table
Wrap up by the Moderator: Peter Fatelnig, Minister-Counsellor, Digital Economy Policy, Delegation of the European Union to Japan

Agenda Stakeholders Consultation Roundtable on 5th March