Event Agenda

Introduction: Luis Neves, CEO, Global Enabling Sustainability Initiative (GeSI)

• Teresa Ribera - Vice President, Government of Spain; Spanish Minister of the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge
• Mário Campolargo, Secretary of State for Digitalisation and Administrative Modernisation, Government of Portugal

A Digital Agenda for a Flourishing Portugal – Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, President of Portugal

Moderator: Peter Lacy, Global Sustainability Services Lead and Chief Responsibility Officer, Accenture

Following the high-level opening of the summit, this session will set the stage for the action agenda of the summit. Digital tools for summit facilitation will be introduced.

Moderator: Erika Staël von Holstein, CEO, Re-Imagine Europe

Speakers:

• Corne Kempenaar, Senior Scientist at Wageningen Plant Research Institute
• Natasha Santos, Crop Science Division Vice President, Head of Global Stakeholder Affairs & Strategic Partnerships, Bayer AG
• Daniel Azevedo, Director Commodities, Trade and Technology, Copa Cogeca
• Julien Willeme, Global Chief Counsel for Data & AI Strategy, Medtronic

Currently, most of the focus on digitalization for health and food systems are improvements in existing sectors, e.g. optimized irrigation with sensors or digitalization of journals in hospitals. These measures are important, but for a world where we are approaching 10 billion people and humans are living longer, the role of digitalization to provide transformative system solutions is absolutely necessary.

How can digitalization fundamentally reshape our food systems in sustainable ways, from synthetic protein and vertical farming, to providing better access to healthier meal choices on the consumer end?

A similar challenge exists for health. How can digitalization improve people and populations’ well-being, lower stress, and minimize exposure to toxic chemicals and unhealthy environments.

For aging populations, digitalization has the potential to significantly increase the quality of life for older people and ensure that they remain an active part of society.

In order for solutions to become reality, support to foster innovation is needed at all levels, from policy-making and public procurement to businesses and startups.

The session will discuss the various issues and synergies between food systems, nutrition, and health.

Keynote: Dirk Messner, President, German Environmental Agency

Moderator: Ingemar Jansson, Board Chairman, Swedish Industry Association for Digitalisation Consultants

Speakers:

• Erik Swan, Director of Digital Business Exploration, Husqvarna Group
• Aimée Aguilar, Climate Change Mitigation in the Environment, Transitions and Resilience Division Lead, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
• Maryke van Staden, Director, Local Governments for Sustainability (ICLEI)’s carbonn Climate Center (Bonn Center for Local Climate Action and Reporting)
• Miguel Eiras Antunes, Public Sector & Infrastructure Portugal & Continental Europe Leader, Smart Cities & Urban Transformation Global Leader, Deloitte
• Bastien Hillen, Global Lead for Sustainability Strategic Engagements, Dassault Systèmes

Cities are major sources of emissions, but also major hubs of innovation. As urban populations rapidly expand over time, cities will need to not just improve upon existing systems and infrastructure but drastically rethink how to address the shifting needs of these growing urban populations. The session will discuss how cities can use the Fourth Industrial Revolution of digitalization to reduce emissions while also becoming providers of exportable and sustainable global climate solutions. Topics such as, using AI for green spaces and new-generation architecture will be discussed.

Moderator: Patrícia Matos, Director of Innovation - Global Media Group

Speakers:

• Maria João Carioca, Executive Board Member, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Sustainability Officer, Caixa Geral de Depósitos
• Jose Miguel Pessanha,  Executive Board Member and Chief Risk Officer, Millennium
• Tom Slocock, Head of International Product Development and Origination, iCapital
• Margarida Couto, CEO, Fundação Vasco Vieira de Almeida
• João Dias, Chief Digital Officer, Novo Banco

Sustainable finance is a topic that has grown in popularity over the past decade. But given the urgency and importance for the planet, has sustainable finance become a top priority for the financial sector yet, or is it still a sidelined, niche topic for certain investors looking to add social and environmentally beneficial components to their bottom lines.  

This session will explore how the market for green financial products is growing, and whether ESG risk analysis, both on lending and on stock selection, as well as green and social bonds are in-demand and becoming more mainstreamed. The panel will discuss how financial players are incorporating sustainability risks into their policies and products and whether we are doing enough to create new sustainable business and governance models. They will examine the role that European regulation can play in all this and where digital with purpose can fit in the transition towards more sustainable financial systems.

Moderator: Veerle Vandeweerd, Co-convener, COVID Education Alliance (COVIDEA); Global Entrepreneurship Centre (GEC)

Speakers:

• Georgios Kostakos, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Foundation for Global Governance and Sustainability
• Jose Crespo Carvalho, CEO, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE) Executive ​Education​
• Stephen Downes, Internet and New Media Researcher
• Rogério Carapuça, President, Portuguese Association for the Development of Communications (APDC)
• Maria Lopes Saraiva, Senior Strategy Manager, Google
   

Keynote: Jeffrey Sachs, Economist, Author, Professor

Moderator: Luis Neves, CEO of GeSI

Speakers:

• Andrés Ortola, General Manager, Microsoft Portugal
• Paula Gomes Freire, Managing Partner, Vieira de Almeida
• Fernando Reino da Costa, CEO, Unipartner
• Ana Paula Marques, Executive Board Member, EDP
• Tony Jin Yong, Vice President, Huawei West European Region

Antonio Costa Silva, Portuguese Minister of Economy and the Sea

Moderator: Jorge Moreira da Silva, Chairman, Platform for Sustainable Growth

Speakers:

• Pedro Tavares, Portuguese Secretary of State for Justice
• Bernd Halling, Bayer Liaison to International Organizations
• Luisa Ribeiro Lopes, Chair of the Board of Directors, .PT
• David Jensen, Coordinator for Digital Transformation, UN Environment Programme
• Andre Aragao de Azevedo, Digital Development Partnerships Director, Microsoft International
• Joao Ricardo Moreira, Board Member, NOS Communications
• Timmy Dooley, Irish Senator, Fianna Fáil; ALDE Party Co-President

A high-level leaders panel from countries, cities, companies, and international organizations convenes in this session to announce the Digital with Purpose implementation agenda for next 12 months.

DWP Summit Commitment: Accelerating Human-Centric Innovation

This session is the final session of the summit and will focus on the “DWP Summit Commitment: Accelerating Human-centric Innovation”. Instead of a general discussion and long-term commitments, all speakers in this session will focus on their relation to the concrete actions needed to deliver globally relevant positive impacts with digital solutions in 2023. The audience will also be invited to indicate what different actions they can support.

Amandeep Singh Gill, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Envoy on Technology

Moderator: Inês Oliveira, Portfolio Sales Executive at Unipartner

Speakers: 

• Allen Vasconcelos, Global Digital Director, EDP
• Clara Mansilha, Sustainability Community Lead, Microsoft
• Sergio Trindade, Director of Information Systems and Digital Transformation, Empresa Portuguesa das Águas Livres (EPAL)
• Vasco Vaz, Assistant Technical Delegate, Worldskills Portugal
• Alexandre Antunes, Datacenter Transformation Service Area Leader at Unipartner

Digital and sustainability go hand-in-hand and allow organizations to make a difference in their ecological footprints, as well as the products and services they offer. GeSI and Accenture’s study “Smarter2030” indicates the cloud as one of 7 major accelerators for sustainability, especially when it comes to organizations.

Unipartner is a consulting and information systems integration company that helps organizations become more sustainable by unleashing the potential of the cloud to reduce their carbon emissions and promote a circular economy. This session aims to explore the opportunities given by the cloud to meet organizations’ sustainability goals and build a future with purpose.

1^ST PART: “Elevating sustainability with the cloud” (20 MIN)

• The cloud can leverage organizations’ sustainability and social responsibility efforts through the reduction of carbon emissions and acceleration of circular economy initiatives. - Alexandre Antunes, Datacenter Transformation Service Area Leader at Unipartner

2^ND PART: Success Story (15 MIN)

• A success story presented by IEFP (the Portuguese Institute for Employment and Professional Training) to demonstrate how they’ve changed the way in which they host their Worldskills Portugal contest. This initiative is extremely important to IEFP as it provides the opportunity to reskill people continuously with the help of Digital - Vasco Vaz, Assistant Technical Delegate, Worldskills Portugal

3^RD PART: Discussion Panel (45 MIN)

• A discussion panel with the participation of key organizations from different industries, such as IEFP, EPAL and EDP alongside our technology partner, Microsoft, about different approaches to the cloud and what can be done to accelerate sustainability internally and externally - Moderator: Inês Oliveira, Portfolio Sales Executive at Unipartner

Moderator: Julia Schmalenberg, Director European R&I Ecosystems, Huawei Technologies

Keynote: Emmanouil Fragkos, European Parliament Member

Speakers:

• Massamba Thioye, Project Executive UNFCCC Global Innovation Hub, UNFCCC
• Rui Luis Aguiar, Chair of the Steering Board, NetworldEurope European Technology Platform
• Alessandro Gropelli, Deputy Director General, ETNO
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Digitisation is supporting the green transition of a number of key industries and sectors. This panel discussion will focus on the green transition enabled by ICT industry providers, digital technologies and innovations. The panelists will share perspectives on industry and sector trends in ´ICT for Green´ and ´Innovation for Green,´ practical industry case study examples to demonstrate the enabling role of digital innovation, as well as discuss the standards and policy measures needed to amplify and accelerate industry and sector digital transformations in support of the green transition.

Moderated by:

• Massamba Thioye, Project Executive UNFCCC Global Innovation Hub, UNFCCC
• Dennis Pamlin, Executive Director/Senior Advisor, Mission Innovation NCI/RISE

Keynote: Creating a New Paradigm in (Smart) City Management - Pedro Costa Lima, Head of Sales, BrightCity.

Speakers:

• Smita Rakesh, Portfolio Director, Clean Energy and Climate Innovations, Social Alpha
• Ivan Rejon, Head of Strategy, Marketing, Communications and Public Affairs, Ericsson Spain & Portugal
• Pourya Salehi, Acting Head of Urban Research Team, Local Governments for Sustainability (ICLEI) World Secretariat

Corporations have long been viewed as big carbon emitters and sources of environmental and social problems. But thanks to the work of UNFCCC, Mission Innovation, WBCSD, GeSI and others, corporations and companies have been working with organizations to shift and reposition themselves as active participants, stakeholders, and solution providers given the wide reach, leverage and tools available at their disposal.

From public-private partnerships to digital innovation incubators, this session will explore the active roles that companies play in creating, fostering, and supporting sustainable solutions from around the world and the great potential that these solutions can hold to meet humanity and the planet’s future needs.

Moderated by: Ilias Iakovidis, The European Commission - DG Connect

Speakers:

• Gregor Skender, Sustainability Director, Deloitte 
• Angelo Fienga, Sustainable Solutions Director, Cisco  
• Vincent Minier, Vice President Energy Transition, Schneider Electric  
• Chris Tuppen, Managing Director, Advancing Sustainability 
• Laura Fernández Cavas, Head of Sustainable Finance, Telefónica
• Anna Jezewska, Senior Associate, The Carbon Trust 
• Vlad C. Coroamă, Chair of Sustainable Engineering, Technische Universität Berlin 
• Alexander Lehrmann, Senior Director Innovation & Development, Sunrise UPC 

This session presents the objectives, working methods, and target impacts of the European Green Digital Coalition (EGDC). EGDC aims to create a specific, quantitative measurement for the impact of digital solutions on climate, a vital complementary initiative to the Digital with Purpose movement.  

While it is currently possible to estimate the impact of digital on a macroeconomic scale, there is still no adequate evidence and science-based, standardised methodology for assessing the emissions avoidance of digital solutions. EGDC asserts that such metrics will enable financial actors and markets to invest and deploy green digital solutions at scale, leading to a sustainable, digital transformation of key sectors.  

The session will present a current status on progress made developing key performance indicators (KPIs) for organisations when deploying or investing in green digital solutions.  

Moderator: Magda Cocco, Partner, Vieira de Almeida

Speakers:

• Isabel Guerreiro, Head of Digital Europe at Banco Santander and Board Member, Santander Portugal 
• Jonathan Sowler, Vice President of Engineering Customer Apps, Unbabel’s R&D teams
• Stefaan G. Verhulst, Co-Founder, The GovLab
• Steve Rochlin, CEO & Founder IMPACT ROI &  Head of Americas, Global Enabling Sustainability Initiative (GeSI)

Data is an essential resource in this new digital economy and is fundamental for economic growth, competitiveness, innovation and societal progress in general. Never in the history of humankind have we had access to such a volume of data and to such high capacity to store and process it, leading to privacy and data protection concerns as a major priority worldwide, as well as to tremendous pressure on cybersecurity. 

Management concerns related to privacy and data protection emerge mainly as a compliance topic and are faced, in general, as a limitation to exploiting the full value of data. But what about digital trust? Does your organization measure digital trust? How can you define a strategy to improve the digital trust of your organization? What are the main challenges and opportunities for public and private organizations?

Moderator: Sebastiano Toffaletti, Secretary General, European DIGITAL SME Alliance

Speakers:

• Ilias Iakovidis, Adviser, European Commission
• Joost de Kluijver - CEO and founder, Closing the Loop
• Tatsiana Zaretskaya - Founder, Laava Tech & Meliora
• Paulo Valente, CEO, SmartLampPost
• Santo Lico, CEO, Huna.io
• Déborah Goll, Project Manager, European DIGITAL SME Alliance

With its European Green Deal and subsequent initiatives, the EU has set ambitious targets to tackle the climate crisis. All 27 EU Member States committed to make the EU the first climate neutral continent by 2050. To get there, they pledged to reduce emissions by at least 55% by 2030^[1].

These targets require a drastic transformation of the European economy, industry and society, necessitating to rethink and develop new business model for all sectors. A challenge that ICT SMEs have taken up, due to their agile nature and innovative mindset. Europe’s twin transition to a green and digital economy is on its way by building on its key strength: innovative SMEs and their business ecosystems.

This session will explore how SMEs can maximise the effects of the EU’s environmental policies, by:

• discussing how ICT SMEs enable the creation of a digital sector that saves resources, energy, increases efficiency, and allows the repairability and re-use of products.
• showcasing impactful and innovative green digital solutions from the DIGITAL SME Focus Group of Green & Digital Innovators, which brings together more than 100 SMEs leading innovation in sustainable ICT and enabling the greening of other sectors.
• looking into the EU policy initiatives for green & digital transformation and current regulatory developments.
• discussing the required regulatory framework to enable and foster sustainable innovation.
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The European DIGITAL SME Alliance is the largest network of ICT small and medium enterprises in Europe, representing more than 45,000 digital SMEs across the EU. The alliance is the joint effort of 30 national and regional SME associations from EU member states and neighbouring countries to put digital SMEs at the centre of the EU agenda.

Moderator: Ruben Eiras, Secretary-General, Fórum Oceano

Speakers:

• Nadia Laabs, COO, SafetyNet Technologies
• Pedro Manuel, BitCliq
• Eduardo Ramos, Senior Analyst, Green Mare Services
• Sérgio Leandro, Director, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria (ESTM-IPLeiria)
• João Tasso, Head, Laboratório de Sistemas e Tecnologias Subaquáticas – LSTS
• Eduardo Silva, Head, INESTEC Ocean
• Jorge Miguel Alberto de Miranda, President, Portuguese Institute for Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA) Directive Council, I.P.
• Augusto Fragoso, Director-General for Information and Innovation, Autoridade Nacional de Comunicações (ANACOM)
• Telmo Dias, Lieutenant Commander, Portuguese Navy

The oceans of our planet have provided us with abundant resources and opportunities over the centuries – from fishing and leisure to shipping and mining. In present times though, there is a strong need for better tools to provide precise and real-time oceanic information to sustainably manage resources and fight against climate change. How can we use digital innovations to solve our problems and protect our oceans which cover 70% of our planet?

There is still a great gap in digital technology use and monitoring for our oceans. At the moment, only 20% of the ocean is mapped. By 2030, as part of the UN’s Ocean Decade, 100% of the ocean seafloor will need to be mapped. This panel will address those issues, focusing on demonstrating concrete operational solutions.

1^st Part: context (8m each)

• How Can Digital Tech Enable Sustainable Ocean Practices – Eduardo Silva, Head, INESTEC Ocean
• Using Digital Technology and Smart Cables for Ocean Protection, Safety and Security – Prof. Miguel Miranda, IPMA President
• Ocean Digitalization by the Portuguese Navy – Telmo Dias, Lieutenant Commander, Portuguese Navy
• Digital Ocean: A connectivity and sensing paradigm – Augusto Fragoso, Director-General for Information and Innovation, Autoridade Nacional de Comunicações (ANACOM)

2^nd part: solutions pitch (5m each)

1. Precision Fishing – Nadia Laabs, SafetyNet Technologies
2. Fish Traceability for Sustainable Consumption – Pedro Manuel, BitCliq
3. Green Shipping Ratings – Eduardo Ramos, Green Mare Services
4. Digital Solutions for the Co-Management of Fisheries – Sérgio Leandro, IPL Director
5. Ocean Robotics for ESG Operations – João Tasso, LSTS-FEUP

Moderator: Francisco Jaime Quesado, Economist and Business Leader, Coordinator of Sharing Knowledge

Speakers:

• Pedro Faustino, Managing Director, AXIANS
• Sofia Santos, Sustainability Champion in Chief, Systemic
• Gonçalo Caseiro, Business Leader and Innovator

The digital age requires citizens and institutions to embrace new and different challenges and to define an alternative sense of purpose in their activities. Our society’s problems are becoming more uncertain and complex which requires new ways of thinking and to come up with solutions. This is why the act of sharing is one of the best ways to help to reconnect networks and to revisit the way we behave collectively in society.

Over the past two years, the digital platform “Sharing Knowledge” has aimed to address this issue by gathering together a wide group of managers, academics and specialists. Through their platform, they have promoted, on a daily basis, new ideas, documents and publications that cover a wide variety of matters related to societal challenges and economic trends.

The group has also been regularly organising “smart discussions” with high-level speakers to open conversations about present-day and future issues.

 This session will serve to reinforce the importance of this sharing value agenda in the digital age. Three members of the Sharing Knowledge Group, with different expertise and experiences, will share with the insights that they have gathered over the past two years.

Moderator: Michael Kuhndt, Collaborating Centre for Sustainable Consumption and Production (CSCP)

 Speakers

Older people are no longer at the periphery of the economy. In fact, silver consumers play an important role in the recovery of economies. Yes, we can look at the ageing population as an economic opportunity. 
 
Older people tend to have higher incomes than younger people (especially in OECD countries due to old-age pensions) and high needs, therefore they are major potential consumers. Seniors are also growing rapidly in number: There are currently 750 million seniors in the world, and that figure will cross the 1 billion mark by 2030. 
 
Due to the economic potential of elderly people there should be a cultural change in the typical image of ageing. Ageing is commonly associated with the loss of faculties and, in some ways, that is true. Nevertheless, older people can stay active and be useful to society – their income is taxed, they spend, and they may carry out voluntary work that saves money for the government. Their professional experience and spending power could contribute to economic growth and development all around the world.

Moderator: João Ferreira, Assistant Professor, University of Lisbon (ISCTE-IUL)

Speakers:

• Luís Reis, Senior Manager, Lead for Transport, Mobility and Smart Territories at Axians Portugal
• João Tremoceiro, Director, Lisboa Urban Management and Intelligence Center

What can data give to businesses in transportation? What is the importance of data analysis, and in which ways does it impact organizational performance?  Whether we are talking about environmental organizations, companies or municipalities, data collection and analysis will provide us with feedback regarding our products or overall business strategies – but how do we excel at such analysis and manage to mirror it in new business opportunities? Universities play an important role in this matter: by analysing and transforming the collected data, educational institutions may help companies and municipalities to understand such results and improve their strategies accordingly to this report.

Moderator: Sérgio Ribeiro, CEO and Co-Founder, Planetiers

Speakers:

• Diogo Teixeira, CEO and Co-Founder, Beta-i
• Rodrigo Tavares, Adjunct Full Professor, NOVA School of Business and Economics (Nova SBE)
• Assunção Cristas, Professor, Nova School of Law, Counsel, Vieira de Almeida

Purpose has become the new buzz word when it comes to sustainability. Big companies in particular have embraced this idea, but what about SMEs? How easy or hard is it for small- and medium- sized companies to incorporate sustainability, digitalization and innovation themes into their strategy and deliver purpose to their clients and to greater society? What data can be used to support these conversations and deliver real, tangible solutions?

In this session, hosted by Beta-i and Planetiers, experts will explore this topic, discussing these critical questions to ultimately set the tone and context for a workshop where the hosts will work with SMEs to collaboratively build an impact matrix and unravel barriers and potential solutions, together.