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 2022 was an official event in the EUSALP calendar of the Italian Presidency led by the Autonomous
Provinces of Trento and Bolzano and was hosted by the Autonomous Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia.
DAC 2022 was organized in cooperation with AG3, focusing on the theme of Digital Skills.
The aim of the DAC is to organize a recurring event to bring together all initiatives and projects dealing
with digitalization in the Alpine region and to unleash the potential of digitisation.
Second Digital Alps Conference - Day 1 - 3 May 2022
Plenary session
Opening and introduction
into the Conference
Carlo Vigna and Thomas Egger
Co-Leaders of AG5
and Giuliana Cristoforetti
Co-Leaders of AG3
Welcome addresses
Representative of the Autonomous
Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia
and Mirko Bisesti
Minister of the Autonomous Province of Trento
and delegate of the Italian EUSALP Presidency 2022
Keynote speech:
Digital Decade and Connectivity
policy and its potentials to
strengthen the cooperation
between urban and rural areas
Gerasimos Sofianatos
European commission
DG Connect
Keynote speech:
How to strengthen digital skills and competencies
especially in rural areas
Manuela Geleng
European Commission – DG Employment
Keynote speech:
Digitalization – what people really need!
Sarina Pfründer
Mayor of Sulzfeld (Germany)
Panel discussion:
Policy options to unleash the potentials
of digitalization
Frank Bogovic
MEP and Co-Chair of the Intergroup on Smart villages
Mirko Bisesti
Minister of the Autonomous Province of Trento and
delegate of the Italian presidency of EUSALP
Luciano Caveri
Minister of Valle d’Aosta
Autonomous Region
Tadej Jezernik
EUSALP Youth Council
Lena Lagger
Youth Parliament of the Alpine Convention
Second Digital Alps Conference
Day 1 – 03 May 2022
Plenary session
https://youtu.be/MTOJG1upu_0
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Second Digital Alps Conference - Day 2 - 4 May 2022
Plenary session
Opening of the second day
Carlo Vigna and Thomas Egger
Co-Leaders of AG5
Mauro Casotto
Co-Leader of AG3
Second Digital Alps Conference
Day 2 – 04 May 2022
Plenary session
https://youtu.be/hUVrsonZJtc
Workshops
in parallel
Workshops in parallel:
The potentials of Open Data & Big
Data for the Alpine area
Digitalization and education
Digitalization of the labour market
Smart Villages and beyond
Round table:
Future trends in digitalization of relevance for the Alpine area
Francesco Profumo
President of Bruno Kessler Foundation
Valentina Doorly
Senior Business Advisor, writer, fully accredited member of Association of Professional Futurists, expert in strategic foresight
Ivo Jungo
Vice President Carrier Business, Huawei Switzerland
Stephen Taylor
Deputy Director General Area Science Park
Workshops in parallel
The potentials of Open Data & Big Data for the Alpine area
Workshop
“The potentials of Open Data
& Big Data for the Alpine area”
Moderator:
Darja Kukovič
University of Maribor
Inputs by:
Lucija Brezočnik
University of Maribor
Maurizio Napolitano
Bruno Kessler Foundation
Guido Sanguinetti
SISSA Trieste
Stéphanie Toussaint and Olivier Horent
Grand E-nov+
“The potentials of Open Data & Big Data
for the Alpine area”
https://youtu.be/BOF8DdnslK8
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WS 1 – The potentials of Open Data & Big
Data for the Alpine area
Workshops in parallel
Digitalization and education
Workshop
“Digitalization and education”
Moderator:
Lars Ludolph
OECD
Inputs by:
Angela Cattoni
Centro Studi Erickson Editore
Jorge Martinez Gil
Software Competence Center Hagenberg
Simone Ravaioli
Global Ecosystem and Innovation at Parchment
Co-Chair W3C Verifiable Credentials for
Education task force
Tim Riches
Navigatr co-founder
“Digitalization and education”
https://youtu.be/12IcCZDcz9I
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WS 2 – Digitalization and education
Workshops in parallel
Digitalization of the labour market
Workshop
“Digitalization of the labour market”
Moderator:
Franco Scolari
Polo Tecnologico Alto Adriatico
Inputs by:
Riccardo Salomone
Agency for the labour market of the
province of Trento
Grégoire Feyt
Grenoble Alpes University
Marco Olivotto
Lean Experience Factory (LEF)
Alexandra Tsvetkova
OECD Trento LEED
“Digitalization of the labour market”
https://youtu.be/DofPqZ51g0M
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WS 3 – Digitalization of the labour market
Workshops in parallel
Smart Villages and beyond
Workshop
“Smart Villages and beyond”
Moderator:
Gianluca Lentini
Poliedra Politecnico di Milano
Inputs by:
Julia Scharting
Standortagentur Tirol
Clive Peckham
Nièvre Numerique
Claudia Zolla
Unités des Communes Valdôtaines
Grand Paradis
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
EUSALP - EU Strategy for the Alpine Region
MILLION PEOPLE
COUNTRIES
REGIONS
MILLION PEOPLE
COUNTRIES
REGIONS
addressing together common challenges and opportunities
