AGENDA
05/05/2015
The opening and networking event takes place at Latvian Railway History museum in Riga at 6:00 pm. This event will act as a closing part of a previous conference „SEMIC 2015 - Semantic Interoperability Conference”(TBC)
06/05/2015
National Library of Latvia, Hall „Ziedona”
Moderator – Martins Daugulis
8:30am - 9:30am
Registration
9.30 – 9.40
Welcome and opening of the conference
Kaspars Gerhards, Minister of the Environmental Protection and Regional Development, Republic of Latvia
9.40 – 10.00
“Public sector modernisation & interoperability” (Title – TBC)
Stephen Quest, Director –General, Directorate General for Informatics of the European Commission
10.00 – 10.20
Public sector modernisation through the use of digital technologies
Arnis Daugulis, State CIO, Ministry of the Environmental Protection and Regional Development, Republic of Latvia
10.20 – 10.40
Cooperation between industry and public administrations towards provision of better public policy and services (Title – TBC )
Elmars Gengers, Chairman of the Board, “Latvian Information Technology Cluster”, Republic of Latvia
10.40 – 11.00
Q & A session
15.30 – 16.00
Coffee break & brief introduction of Riga IT Demo Centre
11.30 – 12.00
SET #1 – “Private & Public Cooperation for Efficient Public Service Delivery”
Elmars Gengers, Chairman of the Board, “Latvian Information Technology Cluster”, Republic of Latvia
12.00 – 12.30
Panel Discussion
Speakers of SET #1 + representatives from:
- Representative of the Industry,
- Member state (TBC)
(up to 6 to 8 persons)
12.30 – 14.00
Lunch break
14.30 – 15.00
SET # 2 – “Digital by Default“
Short presentations - ( up to 10 min)
- Mechthild Rohen, Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content and       Technology of the European Commission
- Margarida Abecasis, Directorate General for Informatics of the European                       Commission (TBC)
- Guna Paidere, Chief State Notary at Register of Enterprises, Republic of Latvia
- DK (TBC)
15.00 – 15.45
Panel Discussion
Speakers of SET #2 +
- Robert Madelin, Director-General, Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology of the European Commission
- Stephen Quest, Director –General, Directorate General for Informatics of the European Commission
- Arnis Daugulis, State CIO, Ministry of the Environmental Protection and Regional Development, Republic of Latvia
- Jānis Bergs, IT industry expert, Latvia
(up to 6 to 8 persons)
15.00 – 15.45
Coffee break
16.15 – 16.45
SET # 3 - „User Experience & Design”
Short presentations - (up to 10 min)
- LV (TBC)
- UK (TBC)
- AT (TBC)
16.45 – 17.30
Panel Discussion of SET #3
- Speakers of SET #3 + representatives from:
- Industry (TBC)
- NGO (TBC)
- Member state (TBC)
(up to 6 to 8 persons
17.30 – 18.00
Conclusions
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