Plenary
session 1
WELFARE, INDEPENDENCE AND DIVERSITY:
the faces of digital inclusion
WELCOME SPEECHES
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15:00
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Barbara KUDRYCKA, Minister of Science and Higher Education, representative of the Polish
Presidency of the European Council
Paweł ADAMOWICZ, Mayor of the City of Gdansk
Mieczysław STRUK, Marshal of the Pomorskie Region
POLICY POSITIONS
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Neelie KROES, EU Commissioner for Digital Agenda
Michał BONI, Minister, chairman of the Polish Prime Minister’s Strategic Advisers Board
MODERATOR: Tomasz WRÓBLEWSKI, editor in chief, Gazeta Prawna daily
16:00
Contributions include:
 Danuta HÜBNER Ph.D, Chairwoman of the Committee on Regional Development, European
Parliament
 Gregg VANDERHEIDEN Ph.D, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
 Graham WALKER, Race Online 2012, UK
 Iosif MOLDOVAN, Secretary of State of the Ministry of Communication and Information Society,
Romania
Presentation of the draft the “Gdansk Roadmap for digital inclusion”
Launching of the best video competition: “My personal ICT empowerment”
17:15
Panel
discussion
COFFEE BREAK
WE ARE DIGITALLY INCLUDED!
Debate of e-convinced
17:30
with participation of 4-5 real life examples of the groups in danger of digital exclusion, presenting their
positive experiences on the way to e-inclusion
20:00
GALA DINNER
Plenary
session 2
DOZENS MILLIONS HAVE NEVER CLICKED!
How to open the door to digital literacy in an innovative way
CHAIRMAN: Charles LEADBEATER, Participle, UK
Debate on European digital inclusion policy:
10:00
11:15
Parallel
workshops
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COFFEE BREAK
I. SOCIAL FACILITATORS:
Tutors, Librarians, Champions
and Scouts – main drivers of
digital literacy initiatives
II. EFFECTIVE EINCLUSION POLICIES AND
PROGRAMMES: regional
and local battle fields
III. DIGITAL LITERACY FOR
EMPLOYABILITY AND
ENTREPRENEURSHIP –
from CSR to economic
imperative
MODERATOR: Clara CENTENO,
Institute for Prospective
Technological Studies, JRC,
European Commission
MODERATOR: Charles WATT,
CEO of European Regional
Information Society
Association [eris@ ]
MODERATOR: Katarzyna
BAŁUCKA - DĘBSKA, DG
Information Society and Media,
European Commission
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11:30
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13:00
Parallel
workshops
Magdalena GAJ, Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Infrastructure, Poland
Michael Bach PETERSEN, Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Denmark
Staffan NILSSON, President of the European Economic and Social Committee
Janet SAWAYA, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, USA
Jacek WOJNAROWSKI,
Information Society
Development Foundation,
Poland
Christoph KALETKA,
University of Dortmund European VET Solution for eInclusion facilitators project
Ian CLIFFORD, Telecentre –
Europe, UK
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Charles WATT, CEO of
eris@
Nick BATEY, Head of
public service ICT strategy
& policy at Welsh
Assembly Government
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Egbert HOLTHIUS, DG
Employment, EC
Alfonso ARBAIZA,
Managing Director of
Fundetec Network, Spain
Martin CANTOR, Making IT
Personal: Joining the DOTs,
UK
Noe VIEDMA, European Civil
Society Platform on Life
Long Learning
LUNCH
IV. MY LIFE IS BRILLIANT!
The challenge of ageing
well and healthy
VI. DIGITAL INCLUSION
– financing and economic
rationale
V. DIGITAL AGENDA GOING
LOCAL - Be part of it (2.0)!
MODERATOR: Ilias
IAKOVIDIS, DG Information
Society and Media, European
Commission
MODERATOR: Loris di
PIETRANTONIO, DG Information
Society and Media, European
Commission
MODERATOR: André
RICHIER, DG Enterprise and
Industry, European
Commission
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14:30
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Wojciech DZIWORSKI,
Policy Officer, DG Health
and Consumer Protection
Niamh SCANNELL,
Health Research and
Innovation Group and
Industry Director at the
Technology Research for
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Paul TIMMERS, Director of
Directorate “ICT Addressing
Societal Challenges”, DG
Information Society and Media,
European Commission
Miguel GONZALEZ-SANCHO,
DG Information Society and
Media, European Commission
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Cristiano CODAGNONE
Institute for Prospective
Technological Studies,
Spain
André RICHIER, DG
Enterprise and Industry,
EC
Lieve van den BRANDE,
Independent Living
(TRIL), Centre in Ireland
Marco
D'ANGELANTONIO,
DREAMING project, Italy
John TURNER,
NHS24,UK
Morten LEMBKE,
Ældremobiliseringen,
Denmark
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Discussion with the participation of:
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Plenary
session 3
Wlodzimierz MARCINSKI,
Ministry of Interior and
Administration, Poland
Krzysztof GLOMB, Cities on
Internet Association, Poland
Filip SVAB, AT&T, Czech
Republic
Laure BATUT, European
Economic and Social Committee
Dariusz BOGUCKI, Polish
Information Processing Society,
Poland
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DG Education and
Culture, EC
Jan MUEHLFEIT,
Chairman of Microsoft
Europe
Mateusz WALEWSKI,
Senior Economist, PwC,
Poland
THE CHALLENGE OF SOCIO-DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
Who takes the lead?
MODERATOR: Edwin BENDYK, Director of the Research Centre on the Future, Collegium Civitas,
Poland
16:00
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Miguel GONZALEZ-SANCHO, DG Information Society and Media, European Commission
Nick FERGUSON, Euro-India SPIRIT
Zygmunt SOLORZ-ŻAK, Cyfrowy Polsat, Poland
Arie J.M. van BELLEN, President ECP- EPN
17:30
Adoption of the Gdansk roadmap for digital inclusion
20:00
SOCIAL EVENT
Parallel
workshops
VII. Multistakeholder
Platform for Digital
Literacy and
eInclusion
VIII. Innovative, e-Inclusion
life changing solutions Every European Digital:
empowered, active and
independent
MODERATOR: Alexa
JOYCE, European
Schoolnet
MODERATOR: Aleksander
TARKOWSKI, Digital Centre
„Project: Poland”
MODERATOR: Krystyna
ROSŁAN-KUHN, National
Broadcasting Council, Poland
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9:00
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Alexa JOYCE,
European Schoolnet
Lilla HARRIS, Howard
BASHFORD, Finerday,
UK
George TILESCH,
Director of Strategic
Initiatives TechSoup
Global, USA
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Rui BARROS, CEMSDI
project, Portugal
Andalucia Telecentre
network, 'Guadalinfoentrepreneurs'
Mikus OZOLOS, Chairman of
The Board at SIA, Telia
Latvija, Latvia
Representative of European
IX. Digital television
helps inclusive society
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Peter LOOMS, Chair of the
ITU-T Focus Group on
Audiovisual Media
Accessibility, Denmark
Nick TANTON, BBC Digital
Switchover Support Scheme,
UK
Krystyna ROSŁAN-KUHN,
National Broadcasting
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11:00
George KAMETAS,
National Bank of
Greece, “deixtous”
project
COCKTAIL PARTY
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Disability Forum – accessible
e-Learning example
Steve BARNARD, Hft.
Director of Information
Systems, UK
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Council, Poland
Nadège RICHE, European
Disability Forum
Damir FILIPOVIC, Digital
Europe