Agenda

May 20

9:30 Registration and coffee

Opening remarks

10:00 - 10:30

Moderator: Laura Čodere

Jānis Vītoliņš, Chair of the Ventspils City Council

Viktors Valainis, Minister of Economics of the Republic of Latvia

Andris Vaivads, Rector of Ventspils University of Applied Sciences

Part 1
Strengthening the IT sector in the region
10:30 - 11:30

Moderator: Signe Bāliņa

Signe Bāliņa, President of Information and Communications Technology Association 

Viktors Valainis, Minister of Economics of the Republic of Latvia

Andris Vaivads, Rector of Ventspils University of Applied Sciences 

Egons Spalāns, Deputy Executive Director of the Ventspils City Municipality

Coffee break

Part 2
AI risks and opportunities
11:45 - 12:45

Moderator: Oksana Sivokobiļska

Oksana Sivokobiļska, Member of the Board of the Artificial Intelligence Latvia Association 

Guntis Čoders, Theo Growth Ltd 

Renāte Strazdiņa, Head of Microsoft Technologies in Central Europe and Central Asia

Part 3
Human resources challenge in the IT era
12:45 - 13:45

Moderator: Maksims Jegorovs

Maksims Jegorovs

Ģirts Lediņš, Telzy 


Lunch break*

*Event participants will be provided with free lunch by the organizers.


Pitch session
14:30 - 17:00

Moderator: Guntis Čoders

Forum language – Latvian. Interpretation at the forum will be provided by SIA TILDE MI (please bring your own headphones).

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