Time zone – EEST
Agenda
Arrival, registration and morning coffee
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Opening Ceremony
Opening ceremony of Techritory Forum 2025.
This session will be streamed on https://techritory.mitto.app/
Raimonds Čudars
Minister, Ministry of Smart Administration and Regional Development
Henna Virkkunen
Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy, European Commission
Opening Fireside Chat - Tech, Trade, and Tensions: The Role of Digital Technologies in Times of Global Power Struggles
- How can digital technologies serve as tools for diplomacy and international cooperation?
- Should Europe push for greater digital independence, or is collaboration with global tech giants as well as other regions of the world inevitable?
- How does the European Union balance their interests and workings with geopolitical pressures?
- How effective are digital sanctions as economic tools, and do they have unintended consequences?
- What are the technologies that our speakers are focusing at the moment, where should our attention and funding be pointed at?
This session will be streamed on https://techritory.mitto.app/
Marjorie Paillon
Presenter, Speaker, Founder, I Love Productions
Henna Virkkunen
Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy, European Commission
Baiba Braže
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Latvia
Keynote Speeches
Continuation of the opening ceremony of Techritory Forum 2025.
This session will be streamed on https://techritory.mitto.app/
Andris Sprūds
Minister of Defence, Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Latvia
Erzsébet Fitori
Executive Director, Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS JU)
Digitalization & Sustainability: Driving Tomorrow's Competitiveness
- Digitalization as a driver of sustainable growth. How can digital tools boost efficiency and innovation while also advancing environmental and social goals?
- Competitiveness through responsibility. Why combining digital innovation with sustainability builds resilience, attracts talent, and earns customer and investor trust.
- How are public and private sector currently approaching digitalization and sustainability? Where we see the biggest challenges or gaps in adopting these practices effectively?
- What mechanisms — such as policy incentives, public–private collaboration, and procurement models — can effectively embed sustainability together with digitalization? If there are examples – how LVM integrate this in organization processes? How public sector and finance sector sees it?
This session will be streamed on https://techritory.mitto.app/
Oskars Priede
Moderator, Me & Media
Māris Kuzmins
Board Member, AS "Latvijas valsts meži"
Rinalds Celmiņš
Director of the Digital Policy Department, Ministry of Smart Administration and Regional Development of Latvia (VARAM)
Artūrs Āķis
Sustainability Expert, Futurcene
European Leadership in Key Digital sectors: Driving FP10 to success
- Digital sectors that will play a dominant role in 2030+ (6G, AI, cloud/edge, chips, satellite)
- Digital sectors that Europe holds a world-leading position and how to maintain it.
- Digital sectors where Europe has a weak position and what can be done to improve it
- Micro-electronics / chips / semiconductors
- Cloud
- Devices
- AI
- Which of these technologies will play a major role for 6G R&I and deployment activities in Europe and what is the roadmap that should be followed?
- Strategic investments for Europe in the next 5 years.
This session will be streamed on https://techritory.mitto.app/
Colin Willcock
Board Chair, 6G-IA
Ingmārs Pūķis
VP & Member of the Management Board, LMT
Ali Nikoukar
Staff Project Manager, IONOS SE
Miguel Gonzalez-Sancho
Head of Unit, European Commission
Sylvia Lu
Deputy Chair, CW (Cambridge Wireless)
From Vision to Execution: Challenges in Operationalizing Digital Identity Wallets
This session will be streamed on https://techritory.mitto.app/
Geert Peeters
Product Manager MobileID, Zetes
Future of Identity - Why yet another Digital Identity?
- What can we learn from the successes and shortcomings of previous identity systems, such as eIDAS 1.0 and existing private solutions?
- The evolving role of digital identity wallets within the broader context of eIDAS 2.0—why they are needed, what’s changing in digital identity regulation, and how these developments will affect individuals, businesses, and governments.
- How can we protect users’ private information while ensuring interoperability across all 27 EU member states?
- Should governments develop their own wallets, or is a multi-provider approach the way forward?
This session will be streamed on https://techritory.mitto.app/
Julia Gifford
Co-founder and CEO, Truesix
Gatis Ozols
Deputy State Secretary for Digital Transformation, Government CIO, Ministry of Smart Administration and Regional Development
Riho Kurg
Country Manager, Zetes
Tor Alvik
Subject Director, The Norwegian Digitalisation Agency
Madis Ehastu
Policy Officer, European Commission
Energy Smart, Security Strong – Data Centres for a Demanding Digital Era
- How can the next generation of data centres align with Europe’s green transition goals without limiting digital growth and innovation?
- How can public policy help balance energy stability with the rapid growth of data centres and AI infrastructure?
- How can data centres design for long-term sustainability, beyond just energy efficiency?
- Beyond AI—what other emerging technologies or industries are driving new demand for data processing and storage capacity, and how should infrastructure adapt?
This session will be streamed on https://techritory.mitto.app/
Will Townsend
VP & Principal Analyst, Moor Insights & Strategy
Janis Delvins
Head of Data Center Business Direction, SJSC LVRTC
Dmitrijs Nikitins
CTO, Tet
Adam Sobey
Mission Director, Sustainability, The Alan Turing Institute
Arturs Polis
CTO, DataCrunch
Nils Kleemann
CTO Central Europe, Nokia Corporation
Lunch Break
Build Fast, Fund Smart, Fight Differently - Shaping the Defence Technology Landscape
- How do defence planners navigate the dilemma between investing in next-generation technologies versus proven, traditional capabilities—and what are the risks of overcommitting to either path?
- What role should data infrastructure (e.g. battlefield cloud, satellite links, secure 5G) play in shaping the next generation of defence capabilities—and what are the risks of digital fragility?
- In a world where brute-force deterrence still matters, how should defence planners weigh investments in heavy, conventional assets versus sleek, next-generation technologies that promise speed, precision, and autonomy?
- We see a surge of investment flowing into defence tech, but with governments remaining the primary — and often only — customer, is there a risk of a bubble forming?
This session will be streamed on https://techritory.mitto.app/
Tomass Pildegovičs
Advisor to the Minister on Security and Societal Resilience, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia
Armands Meirans
Head of R&D, LMT Defence
Timothy McGuire
European Lead - H4D, Common Mission Project
Warren Low
Command, Control, and Communications Policies, Capabilities, and Industry Manager, NATO HQ SACT
Uģis Norītis
Undersecretary of State for Planning, Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Latvia
Private 5G Networks - Essential Infrastructure or Expensive Experiment?
- Why choose a private 5G network over Wi-Fi or a public mobile network? What specific use cases justify the investment?
- The open networks movement seems to be slowing in public networks but gaining traction in private ones—why is that, and what does it mean for future deployments?
- Can operators of venues, campuses, or ports monetize premium connectivity services in new ways?
- Are private networks a stepping stone toward more flexible, software-defined mobile networks overall—or are they creating new silos?
This session will be streamed on https://techritory.mitto.app/
Mika Skarp
Senior Business Development Manager, Cumucore
Slawomir Pietrzyk
CEO, IS-Wireless
Kārlis Vilciņš
Head of System Integration Business, LMT
Dustin LaMascus
VP Business Development, Enterprise Wireless, Ericsson
Maria Lema Rosas
CEO, Weaver Labs
Game of Drones
- The evolving landscape of drone warfare and defense, examining both the protection against drone attacks and the defense of drones themselves.
- Current threats, strategic innovations, and emerging technologies shaping drone security.
- Countermeasures from the domains including cyber, electronic warfare, and machine learning.
This session will be streamed on https://techritory.mitto.app/
Bernhards Blumbergs
Lead cybersecurity expert, CERT.LV
Gorazd Mirkovski
Project Director, Dimetor
Kusti Salm
CEO, Frankenburg Technologies
Artis Pabriks
CEO, Association for Military Technology, Drones, and Robotics (MilTech)