Gathering & Registration
Opening Words
Sandra Särav
Host of Thinking in Billions, Deputy Secretary General for Economy and Innovation
Tiit Riisalo
Minister of Economic Affairs and Information Technology
Panel: Health Tech
First Health Tech Unicorn by 2030 – Is It Possible and How Can We Get There Faster?
This panel will address the topics on how can startups validate and accelerate the development of their product faster, how can state be of assistance either region wide or have hospitals join in by offering clinical testbeds. Today, Health Tech startups face tough challenges due to the amount of time and money it takes to validate and test out their products at an early stage. How can we accelerate the creation of clinical testbeds, so upcoming businesses can get ready to reach markets faster? Which regulations within the EU and in Estonia are out of date and slowing down innovation? What are ways of collaboration between the public and private sector to accelerate the process? And the most burning question – in a nation full of unicorns, why we still don’t have one in Health Tech?
Speakers:
Jaanika Merilo
Head of eHealth Strategy in Estonian Government
Siim Saare
CEO & Founder of Lifeyear
Dr Katrin Kaarna
Head of Clinical Research Centre of Tartu University Hospital
Moderated by Andres Sutt
Former Minister of Entrepreneurship and Information Technology
Panel: AI & Data
Regulation or Innovation: Must AI Choose?
The panel will focus on what is the impact on EU AI act for both in public and private sector; how will startups be affected by it and what should they do to already prepare for facing these regulations. The panelists will discuss what support is can actually be provided by the public sector in order to enable the private sector to thrive, what is the role in international collaboration regarding regulatory AI sandboxes and how sandboxes can raise trust regarding AI as well as enable innovation followed by a discussion on ethical, regulatory, technical and innovation frameworks to enable AI development.
Speakers:
Kristel Kriisa
AI Adviser to the Secretary of State Government Office
Alberto-Giovanni Busetto
Chief AI Officer at HealthAI; Global Future Council Member of the World Economic Forum
Linda Capusa
Operations Director, Europe Startup Nations Alliance
Moderated by Ebba Josefson Lindqvist
International Relations Manager at AI Sweden
Coffee Break
Keynote: The Key to Accelerating Defence Innovation is a Common Language
By Gene Keselman
MIT Director & Lecturer
Keynote: The Role of the Estonian Defense Fund in Supporting Defence Tech Ventures
By Sille Pettai
Board Member of SmartCap, Estonian Defence Industry Investment Fund
Keynote: The Evolution of Civil-Military Cooperation in Defence Tech and Dual-Use
By Amit Ganjoo
Founder and CEO of ANRA Technologies
Panel on Dual-Use in Defence Tech: The New Role of Defence Tech in Global Security
The panelists will dive into the topic and share concrete practices on how and where Dual-Use startups can test out their products legally with real impact, what is urgently missing from defense tech, what investors are looking for in their next success story, errors and possibilities regarding regulations and sandboxes surrounding Defence & Dual-Use tech today, and why is it now more important than ever to create value both in the civil and military sector.
Speakers:
Gene Keselman
MIT Director & Lecturer
Amit Ganjoo
Founder and CEO of ANRA Technologies
Sille Pettai
Board Member of SmartCap, Estonian Defence Industry Investment Fund
Moderated by Kaidi Ruusalepp
CEO & Founder of Funderbeam
Closing Remarks
Networking at the Venue
