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SIIM SIKKUT
Siim has 10+ years of leading digital policy-making and digital government works in the Republic of Estonia, among them the Government Chief Information Officer (GCIO) role in 2017-2022.
Because of this, Siim is an incredibly sought-after expert speaker for international events and the author of the book “Digital Government Excellence: Lessons from Effective Digital Leaders”.
TALKS ABOUT
digital policy & strategy
leading transformation
governance & operating models
future of digital government
national AI strategy
public sector innovation
ÜLLAR JAAKSOO
Üllar has 25+ years of experience in global business development and strategic management. He has a successful experience in managing and advising public institutions, and guru on digital society and digital innovation, also digital economy at-large.
Because of his C-Suite background in banking, media, smart cities, retail, data centers, telecom etc., Üllar is a visionary expert speaker in leadership circles.
TALKS ABOUT
digital economy
data centres
eID & data exchange
digital society foundations
innovation management
leadership
HELENA LEPP
Helena has over 10 years of experience in digital government. In 2017-2021, she led the Digital Services Team at the Government CIO Office of Estonia, where she launched proactive and life-event service transformation programs.
Helena regularly gives workshops on user-centric service design and delivery, and she facilitates service transformation processes with clients around the world. She is also fluent in French.
TALKS ABOUT
proactive & live-event services
service standards
government customer experience
user-centric service design
service management
digital policy & strategy
KRISTO VAHER
Kristo has worked for 5 years as a CTO for the government of Estonia, being responsible for architecture vision, technology strategy, development principles and leading the engineering community.
Additionally he has worked as a senior engineer, tech team lead, consultant and technology architect in the fields of banking, government and internet media, creating digital services for twenty years. He is most known for being an outside-the-box-thinking evangelist for API centric development and Domain Driven Design. He is a strong believer in de-centralized, non-monolithic microservice oriented architecture, which enables fast scaling and natural migration of technology.
TALKS ABOUT
solutions architecture
event-driven microservices
cloud native architecture
agile development
open source principles
technology strategy
interoperability
technology governance & leadership
domain-driven design
SIGRIT SIHT
Sigrit worked 5 years in the Estonian public sector, including the 3+ years at Estonia’s GCIO Office as a Project Manager for #Bürokratt, the national virtual assistant programme, and a Data Policy Advisor (especially on open data). She led the agile development of the #Bürokratt services, and prepared the introduction of this AI tool for the general public.
Sigrit is enthusiastic about trends in AI and data, and shares her know-how frequently through workshops or articles. She has previously held keynote speeches, and participated and moderated panels on two continents. Sigrit is also fluent in German.
TALKS ABOUT
data governance
data policy & strategy
virtual assistants
artificial intelligence in government
open data
TAAVI LINNAMÄE
Taavi has 20+ of experience in devising, executing and facilitating large-scale policy reforms in the public sector. He is an acknowledged professional in strategic management, strategic communication, government relations, digital transformation, digital skills development, marketing & brand development.
Because of his experience as a strategic advisor to the President of the Republic of Estonia in 2016-2021, Taavi is a prominent expert speaker for impactful and memorable speeches.
TALKS ABOUT
leadership development
government customer experience
stakeholder management
strategic communication
digital society foundations
brand development
AVE LAURINGSON
Ave has 18+ years of experience in promoting ICT education and digital skills. Working at the Government CIO Office she led initiatives to boost digital skill among wider society, increase the number of ICT professionals as well as develop public sector digital competence framework and raise cybersecurity awareness.
Ave is an experienced panelist, delivering thought-provoking conversations, and wanted moderator, facilitating audience-centric discussions.
TALKS ABOUT
nation branding
digital competences
digital leadership
skill development