Kaja Kallas
The e-Governance Academy, Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and ESTDEV invite you to the 9th e-Governance Conference, the world-leading event on this subject.
At the conference, you will meet fellow public sector strategists, decision-makers, policy implementers, and donors to chart a future course for digital transformation.
This year, we focus on drivers for viable social change. From capacity-building, service design and AI, to fostering a culture of cybersecurity.
For example, we’ll share real-life transformational stories from Estonia, Gambia, Finland, Montenegro, Costa Rica, and Uganda. And everyone can take inspiration from Ukraine, harvesting digital dividends despite the war.
For two decades, eGA has inspired governments to make their activities more digital, transparent, and inclusive. The e-Governance Conference is one way of sharing our passion with you.
We invite you to participate online and on-site in Tallinn!
Join us!
Digital governance holds huge potential to improve citizens’ lives. However, only seven percent of government leaders around the world say their organizations have met their digital transformation goals. Digital innovation is about removing outdated processes and building new ones. For this reason, digital transformation is also tightly linked to human resources and needs a capacity-building mindset.
Join us to discuss:
Why do we need to talk about mindset changes and good Human Resources when we want to build capacity on individual and government levels?
How can we use learning effectively to empower people?
Given the unprecedented speed of digital developments, they have created a new type of vulnerability that can affect anyone due to war, national catastrophe, or temporary disability. Digital vulnerability is the lack of awareness of digital issues, lack of access to technological benefits, or when digital illiteracy hinders engagement in political decision-making and access to services.
Join us to explore:
What are the main obstacles to designing processes, services, and policies to address digital vulnerability?
What solutions could be used to identify the most vulnerable citizens and design processes, services, and policies to engage and empower them?
Global progress in technology stacks means the availability of new methods and solutions on a continual basis. These tools enable a leap to new levels of digital government. Yet these new tools also offer new ways of approaching and evaluating data and its role in the digital ecosystem, meaning existing policies and practices in regard to data must be reviewed and re-evaluated.
Together we’ll consider:
How should data be governed in the public sector, and what impact does it have on society?
How automation and machine learning changes data governance processes, and how may citizens benefit?
For a modern digital society, cybersecurity is more than just a technological and organisational challenge. A level of awareness and preparedness for crises is required for all of society, as well as skills to manage cyber risks in order to preserve our way of life and continue to benefit from digitalisation.
We’ll explore:
How can governments improve cybersecurity behaviour across society by better considering humans vis-à-vis technology?
What are the pressing challenges and priorities for strengthening a country’s cyber resilience, and how can we support citizens in crises or emergencies?
Which mechanisms can help leverage existing technical cooperation for enhanced political cooperation?
Registration is mandatory for all participants.
Conference language is English.
*Application required. Click 'Apply here'
2 days on-site
On-site Expo
Networking event
Gala dinner
Deadline 19 May
2 days online
Online Expo
Access to all talks
Participation via Q&A and chat
*Onsite invitation code applies
also for online tickets
*Have a code? Use it at check-out.
2 days conference
Expo
Access to all talks
Participation via Q&A and chat
Networking event on-site only
Gala dinner on-site only
Deadline 29 May
Our conference venue Creative Hub is located in the heart of Tallinn within walking distance from the Old Town on the border of Kalamaja. Viru Gate and the Port of Tallinn are only a few hundred metres away. The distance to the airport is 6.5 kilometres.You can easily reach the Creative Hub via public transport, and taxis have good access. You can park in the nearby car parks.
The networking venue is in Tallinn Port cruise terminal. The award-winning building brought into focus the creation of a new urban space and the opening of the city to the sea. The multifunctional terminal building offers modern spaces for various events and creates new business opportunities both locally and internationally. The new urban space created on the rooftop promenade offers a 360-degree view of the sea and the city.
The e-Governance Conference is an annual event organised since 2015 by the e-Governance Academy. The 2023 conference is co-organized with Estonia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Digital transformation is a top priority for Estonia since it is key to achieving sustainable development goals.
The e-Governance Academy (eGA), www.ega.ee, is a centre of excellence to increase the prosperity and openness of societies through digital transformation.
This year marks the 20th anniversary of eGA. Driven by our mission, eGA has since 2002 worked with more than 280 organisations and 141 countries around the world to build successful digital societies that improve their citizens’ lives, strengthen their economies, and deliver transparent, democratic and effective public administration. Explore more about our magnificent 20 years of championing digital societies at eGA web page!
Contact the organizers at conference@ega.ee.
