The Digital Alps Conference (DAC) is a major event of the Macro regional strategy for the Alpine area EUSALP organized by Action Group 5.
DAC 2024 organized in cooperation with AG2 and AG3 focusing on the EUSALP Cross-sectoral initiative “Promoting the Digitalisation in the Alps”.
The aim of the DAC is to organize a recurring event to bring together all initiatives and projects dealing
with digitalisation in the Alpine region and to unleash the potential of digitalisation.

Digital Alps Conference 2024 - 18 September 2024
Plenary session part 1

Opening, introduction into the Conference and welcome addresses

Mitja Ruzzier
Moderator of the event

Carlo Vigna
Leader of EUSALP Action Group 5

Nataša Čerin
Deputy Mayor of Izola

Tanja Strniša
Slovenian National Coordinator for EU Macro-regional Strategies

 

Keynote speech on the relevance of the digital transformation of rural and mountain territories
Dr. Emilija Stojmenova Duh
Minister of Digital Transformation, Republic of Slovenia

Keynote speech on AI perspectives for mountain and rural areas from EU Commission
Stefanos Kotoglou
European Commission, DG DIGIT

Introduction to parallel workshops
Mitja Ruzzier Moderator of the event

Digital Alps Conference – 18 September 2024
Plenary session part 1

https://youtu.be/pbHi_yRs2WE

Thematic Workshop

Opportunities for digital transformation of rural territories: the role of macro-regional strategies

Workshop

“Opportunities for digital transformation of rural territories: the role of macro-regional strategies ”

Moderator:
Peter Niederer
SAB

Speakers:
Esa Kokkonen
The Baltic Institute of Finland
Denis Goja
Padna Local Community
Marina Balaic
Green Point
Darja Kukovič
ITC Murska Sobota

“Opportunities for digital transformation of rural territories: the role of macro-regional strategies”
https://youtu.be/axj8CiIF2lo

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WS 1Opportunities for digital transformation of rural territories: the role of macro-regional strategies

Thematic Workshop

The potentials of Dataspaces & Artificial Intelligence in the Alpine area

Workshop
“The potentials of Dataspaces & Artificial Intelligence in the Alpine area”

Moderators:
Elisa Morganti
HIT Foundation
Mario Pichler
SCCH

Speakers:
Mohammed Kussai Shahin
Trentino Digitale
Matteo Gerosa
Bruno Kessler Foundation
Christian Micheloni
University of Udine
Gianmarco Piola
Piemonte Innova Foundation
Chiara Cortiana
EUSALP Youth Council

“The potentials of Dataspaces & Artificial Intelligence in the Alpine area”
https://youtu.be/780WMi-BXPM

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WS 2The potentials of Dataspaces & Artificial Intelligence in the Alpine area

Thematic Workshop

New ways of work to encourage the settlement of youth in mountain areas

Workshop

“New ways of work to encourage the settlement of youth in mountain areas”

Moderators:
Annalisa Cevasco
ANCI Liguria

Speakers:
Cassiano Luminati
Polo Poschiavo
Lionel Croissant
Institute of Advanced Studies in Education and Training
Luca Daprà
BASIS
Martine Chaligné
AFRAT
Sandra Pasaricek
EUSALP Youth Council

“New ways of work to encourage the settlement of youth in mountain areas”
https://youtu.be/evJp8iqp1Yk

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WS 3 – New ways of work to encourage the settlement of youth in mountain areas

Digital Alps Conference 2024 - 18 September 2024
Plenary session part 2

Plenary session: Wrap-up of the workshops

Mitja Ruzzier
Moderator of the event
Peter Niederer
SAB
Elisa Morganti
HIT Foundation
Annalisa Cevasco
ANCI Liguria

Conclusions and way ahead
Carlo Vigna
Leader of AG5

Digital Alps Conference 2024 – 18 September 2024
Plenary session part 2

https://youtu.be/RSsH8-4Q674

Our actual focus areas

DIGITAL
INFRASTRUCTURES

SMART
COMMUNITIES

SMART SMALL MEDIUM
ENTERPRISES’S DIGITALIZATION

OPEN DATA / BIG DATA

DIGITAL ACCESSIBILITY
TO SERVICES OF GENERAL INTEREST

CROSSBORDER
MOBILITY

EUSALP - EU Strategy for the Alpine Region

80

MILLION PEOPLE

7

COUNTRIES

48

REGIONS

80

MILLION PEOPLE

7

COUNTRIES

48

REGIONS

addressing together common challenges and opportunities

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