Relisten to the event's debates and roundtable discussions.
- Opening remarks by Petra De Sutter, Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of Public Administration, Public Enterprises, Telecommunication and Postal Services and Introduction on Green Digital EU initiatives on Telecom & Digitalisation with Roberto Viola, Director General DG CONNECT, European Commission and Kurt Vandenberghe, Director General DG CLIMA, European Commission
- Roundtable on the Green Digital Twin transition: What measures have already been taken, and what remains to be done? Introduction, Tomas Lamanauskas, Deputy Secretary-General, International Telecommunication Union - United Nations
- Catherine Bals, Sustainability Department Lead, Proximus
- Katelijne Leemans, Chief Finance Officer, SAP Belux
- Laurens Van Reijen, Board of Directors, EUDCA
- Monique Goyens, Director General BEUC, the European Consumer Organisation
- Olivier Vanden Eynde, CEO, Close the Gap
- Moderator: Francesca Vanthielen, Conference host
- Session I - Navigating the Path towards Greener Telecom Presentations & discussion on measuring sustainability in telecommunications Introduction, Pearse O’Donohue, Director, Future Networks, DG CONNECT, EU Commission
- Prof David Bol, Université Catholique de Louvain
- Emmanuel Gabla, Member of ARCEP Executive Board
- Elizabeth Tchoungui, Executive Vice-President of Corporate Social Responsibility, Orange Group
- Melissa Schoeb, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, Nokia
- Moderator: Pearse O’Donohue, Director, Future Networks, DG CONNECT, European Commission
- Session II - Digital Solutions for a Sustainable Future Presentations & discussion on the role of digital infrastructures and digital solutions for the Green Deal goals, including examples from the field.
- Mathieu Michel, State Secretary for Digitalisation in charge of Administrative Simplification, Privacy and Buildings Administration
- Mathias De Clercq, Mayor of Ghent
- Steven Latré, Lead AI Research at IMEC, Professor at University of Antwerp
- Luc Bossaert, CEO Ethernetics, SME
- Sergio Molinari, Managing Director, Siemens Belux
- Floriane de Kerchove, Senior Advisor Advocacy Digital at Agoria and Vice President of the Executive Board of DigitalEurope
- Moderator: Ilias Iakovidis, Advisor on digital aspects of green transition, DG CONNECT, European Commission
- Interactive debate with EU Ministers and closing remarks
- Minister for Digitalisation of the Netherlands: Alexandra van Huffelen
- Minister for Digital Government and Gender Equality of Denmark: Marie Bjerre
- Minister of Transport and Communications of Lithuania: Agne Vaiciukeviciute
- Minister of Public Administration, Public Enterprises, Telecommunication and Postal Services of Belgium: Petra De Sutter
- Moderator: Philippe Defraigne, Cullen international