This conference is organized with the aim to seek answers on how Albania can become the digital hub of the Western Balkans.
Day 1 / Wed, Oct 02
Day 1 / Wed, Oct 02
09:30 – 10:00
Opening Session
Balázs Révész | President of FIAA
Blendi Gonxhja | Minister of Economy, Culture, and Innovation
Silvio Gonzato | EU Ambassador to Albania
10:00 – 11:00
Panel 1: Digitalization and Value Creation for Albania Economy
Moderator: Balázs Révész | President of FIAA
Niklas Ström | Ambassador, Embassy of Sweden in Albania
Hoa-Binh Adjemian | Acting Head of Unit at DG NEAR, European Commission, Brussels
Marijana Petrovic | OECD Policy Analyst/Team Leader, South East Europe Division
Ledi Imeraj | General Director, Agency of Innovation and Excellence, Albania
Uranik Begu | Director at Plug and Play Tech Center, Executive Board at Innovation Center Kosovo
11:00 – 11:15
Coffee Break
11:15 – 12:15
Panel 2: Next Generation Connectivity: 5G
Moderator: Erton Graceni | Managing Director at INET Albania Enkelejda Mucaj | Deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Energy
Liam O’Brien | Group External Affairs Strategy Director & EA Leader for EU Markets & Vodafone Investments at Vodafone
Brano Djurovic | CEO at One Albania/4iG
Kyriakos Vergos | Chief Commercial Officer at Intracom Telecom
12:15 – 13:15
Panel 3: Digital Inclusion in Business, AI and Automation
Moderator: Diego Pisa | CEO at Teleperformance Italy Group Shpendi Lala | CIO at Teleperformance EMEA
Aleksander Risilia | Co-Managing Director & CTO at Ritech International AG
Dimitar Popov | Partner at Deloitte
Albana Shkurta | Managing Director at Lufthansa Industry Solutions
13:15 – 14:15
Lunch Break
14:15 – 15:15
Panel 4: Digital Payment and Banking Sector
Moderator: Akil Kraja | Founder at Epos Consulting Resmi Hibraj | Head of PI Lending & Digital Banking, Raiffeisen Bank Albania
Bajame Sefa | Lead Advisory on Digital Innovation, Financial Institutions Group at IFC Europe
Ledia Bregu | Director of Payments, Accounting and Finance Department at Bank of Albania (BoA)
Herjola Spahiu | Board Member of the European Microfinance Network (EMN), and Chief Executive Officer at NOA sh.a
15:15 – 15:30
Coffee Break with Fireside Chat
Pirro Vengu | Minister of Defense of Albania
15:30 – 16:30
Panel 5: Cybersecurity as a Cross-Cutting Challenge to both the Private and the Governmental Sector
Moderator: Edlira Martiri | Associate Professor, Cyber Morfosis Partner and Co-Founder Governmental Sector Eris Sinojmeri | Head of Cyber Risk Analysis Sector at the National Cyber Security Authority
Edlira Martiri | Associate Prof. DDr. FE-UT, Cyber Morphosis Partner and Co-Founder
Erinda Ndroqi | Executive Director at Institute for Activism and Social Change
Donald Elmazi | Director of Research Development, Metropolitan University Tirana
Exhibition area for Sponsors
This conference will also have its exhibition area where different companies will introduce practical business models and digital solutions, introduce their products and services and enable the participants to pick up practical information that can help their everyday business conduct.