We build the future based on our common experiences
We experienced the power of sharing through the 2019 Smart Villages Conference in Aosta Valley and the 2020 Smart Villages Policy Conference in Berne. We are now ready for the next step, with a larger recurring event and together with you.
First Digital Alps Conference - Day 1 - 27 May 2021
Plenary session
Opening and introduction
into the Conference
Carlo Vigna and Thomas Egger
Co-Leaders of AG5
Keynote speech: unleash the potentials of digitalization as a tool to develop the alpine area
Steffen Hess
Department Head Digital Society Ecosystems at Fraunhofer IESE Kaiserslautern
Keynote speech: How to foster an Alpine Region innovative digital ecosystem
Andrea Gumina
Senior Policy Advisor to the Italian Minister of foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and to the G20 Sherpa Office. Senior Advisor to the ARGO System
What young people expect in the field of digitalization for the future of the Alpine region
Lena Lagger
student from Innsbruck (A)
and Lorenzo Giacomino
student from Torino (I), as representatives from youth.shaping.EUSALP
Workshop Smart SME’s
(final conference of the project)
Moderator: Peter Niederer, SAB
Digitalization in alpine SME’s:
results of the SMARTSMEs case study,
Olga Boyarintseva, BIOPRO Baden-Württemberg GmbH
The unused potential,
Aida Kamisalic Latific, University of Maribor, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
A roadmap and an action plan for Value Chain building,
Elisa Morganti, HIT, Italy
The way ahead,
Mateja Dermastia, Anteja, Slovenia
Workshop The potentials of Open Data
for the Alpine area
Moderator: Darja Kukovic,
University of Maribor
Open Data – a big white elephant or an unused potential?
Aleš Veršič, Open Data Hub Slovenia
What are the needs for the use of open data in the alpine area?
Guillaume Doukhan, Adrets
A concrete example – Impuls4Action,
Stefano Sala, University of Milan
Let’s draft a roadmap for the shared use of open data in the alpine area,
Vili Podgorelec, Professor of Computer
Science, University of Maribor
Workshop Future-proof digital infrastructures
and platforms for the Alpine area
Moderator: Carlo Vigna, Valle d’Aosta Region
Connectivity for the Alpine Region: European
Perspectives and Funding Programmes,
Franco Accordino, Head of Unit, DG CONNECT, European Commission
Key infrastructures to digitalize marginalized areas,
Jan Dröge, BCO Network
The contribution of EUSALP to close the gap,
Paolo Perucci, Friuli Venezia Giulia region
A federated data infrastructure
for Europe and the Alps,
Leonardo Camiciotti, Executive
Director Top-IX Consortium
An EUSALP DIH for the digital transition
of marginal territories,
Clive Peckham, Coordinator
of CARPE DIGEM project
Let’s draft a roadmap for developing future-proof digital infrastructures in the alpine area
Workshop Future-proof digital infrastructures
and platforms for the Alpine area
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Workshop Digitalization as an important factor
to ease the access to Services of general interest. The case of E-Health
Moderator and Input: Gabi Troeger-Weiss,
University of Kaiserslautern
How to overcome obstacles in the development of E-Health?
Hanna Bock-Koltschin, s.ucin.o,
Manager for Healthcare and social institutions
How digitalization helps to improve the access to health services,
Mauro Grigioni, Head of the Italian
National center for innovative technologies in public health.
MisMi,an integrated health model for an inclusive mountain
Marco Bazzani, Senior Researcher at Links foundation
Workshop Digitalization as an important factor
to ease the access to Services of general
interest. The case of E-Health
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First Digital Alps Conference - Day 2 - 28 May 2021
Plenary session
Opening of the second day
Sebastiano Callari
Deputy President for Technological Innovation and Digital Policy Commission – Italian Conference of Regions and Autonomous Provinces.
Key note speech: The importance of digitalization for all regions in Europe in a post-Covid world
Gerard de Graaf
Director, Digital Transformation, DG Connect, European Commission
Key note Speech: The Smart villages approach as a strategic priority in Europe
Silvia Michelini
Director, Rural Development, DG Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission
Keynote speech: Digitalization in the Alpine area
Christiane Barret
General Delegate of the French presidency of EUSALP
Round table: Use synergies in order to unleash the potentials of digitalization for the Alpine area
Moderator: Thomas Egger
Jan Dröge
Director of EU BCO Network
Riccardo Zanelli
Project Manager at Cluster COMET and member of the EUSALP Subgroup on Digital Industry
Emilija Stojmenova Duh
University of Ljubljana, Partner in the Alpine Space Programme Smart villages project
Anna Giorgi
Leader AG1 of EUSALP on Innovation and Research
Presentation of the Smart villages approach and launch of the new Network of alpine Smart villages
Presentation of the Smart villages approach and launch of the Network by Thomas Egger
Closure of conference – way ahead
Carlo Vigna and Thomas Egger
Co-Leaders of AG5
Our actual focus areas
DIGITAL
INFRASTRUCTURES
SMART
VILLAGES
SMART SMALL MEDIUM
ENTERPRISES’S DIGITALIZATION
OPEN DATA / BIG DATA
DIGITAL ACCESSIBILITY
TO SERVICES OF GENERAL INTEREST
CROSSBORDER
MOBILITY
As Action Group 5 of EUSALP – the EU strategy for the Alpine region – we have been working on these topics since 2016 and have already achieved a lot in each respective field. Starting from 2020, we are bringing these sectors closer together under the overall theme of digitalization.
What DAC represents
A focal point to
gather all initiatives
and projects dealing
with the aspects
of connectivity and
digitalization in the
Alpine area
A display
of the great
potential of
digitalization
An innovative way to
introduce our
international guests
to the topic of
digitalization in the
Alpine area
A unique occasion to
present all AG5’s
activities and other
AG’s initiatives
regarding
digitalization
What DAC represents
A focal point to gather all initiatives and projects dealing with the aspects of connectivity and digitalization in the Alpine area
An innovative way to introduce our international guests to the topic of digitalization in the Alpine area
A display of the great potential of digitalization
A unique occasion to present all AG5’s activities and other AG’s initiatives
regarding digitalization
The 2021 DAC edition
The Digital Alps Conference 2021 marks the start of our series of annual conferences and in 2021 will be held online. Yet, there is more to it. We will celebrate the closing of the SMART SME project, because we believe every conclusion is a new beginning. Furthermore, we will design the way ahead for the topics on digital infrastructures, accessibility to services as well as on Open Data in the Alpine region.
DAC’s focus:
Smart Villages
Important works on Smart Villages have already been carried out, e.g. in the Alpine Space Programme project 2018-2021. Now it is time to build on these experiences and to spread the knowledge to the widest possible range of mountain and rural villages and regions.
What is next? Building up a strong alpine Smart Villages Community, because synergies are the key to evolution. This new Network will be launched at the DAC.
EUSALP - EU Strategy for the Alpine Region
addressing together common challenges
and opportunities
