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Theworldwillnotremainthesameanymore…Itwillbebetter!

IIEuropeanLatvianEconomicForum

“INDUSTRIALrEVOLUTION4.0:DigitalEconomics,DataProtection&ComplianceBest-Practice“

September7–8,2018

MainaimsoftheForum:1. Great attention must be paid in all areas of the economy to future information and communication

technologies(ICT),toEuropeanresourcesintheageofdigitalisationandglobalisationinordertopromoteandestablishLatvia'sleadingpositionsasa'smartcountry'.

2. Thescientificpotentialandthetransferfromresearchandteachingtobusinesstodeterminenewprofilesandachievements for the development of entrepreneurial activities, to observe and stimulate trends ofglobalizationanddigitizationintheeconomyofthe21stcentury.

3. WiththepracticeestablishedintheIEconomicForumwewanttocontinueandusetheForumasaplatformforexchangeofexperienceandcooperationofscientists,entrepreneursandpoliticians,andtopromoteandaccompany innovation and investment of foreign and national investors in Latvia's innovative nationaleconomyasa'smartcountry'.

Forum'sProgram

September7,Friday09.00-10.00 Registration&EarlyMorningCoffee10.00-11.00 OpeningCeremony

· MusicalPerformance· AddressofthePrimeMinisteroftheRepublicofLatviaMr.MarisKuchinkis· AddressoftheEuropeanDataProtectionSupervisorMr.GiovanniButtarelli· AddressoftheMemberoftheEuropeanParliamentprof.,Dr.oec.IneseVaidere· AddressoftheMinisterofFinanceoftheRepublicofLatviaMs.DanaReizniece-Ozola· AddressofMinisterofAgricultureoftheRepublicofLatviaMr.JanisDuklavs· AddressofthePresidentoftheLatvianAcademyofSciencesprof.,Dr.art.OjarsSparitisModerator: Director of the Institute of Economics of the Latvian Academy of Sciences, assoc.prof.,Dr.NinaLinde

11.00-12.30 PlenarySession• KnowledgeandExperience:LatviaontheRoadtoaSmartCountry(Speaker:prof.,Dr.Juris

Binde,Presidentofthe“LatvijasMobilaisTelefons”,Vice-PresidentoftheLatvianAssociationofInformationandCommunicationTechnologies,Vice-PresidentoftheLatvianConfederationofEmployers)

• Are we living in reality or in fiction? Memetic and nature information in the age oftechnologies and the Internet (Speaker: Pamela Bernabei, President of the Scientific andHumanisticResearchFoundationAntonioMeneghetti,Switzerland/Italy)

• WorldwideoperationalimplementationoftheGDPRinthefieldoffinancingillustratedbythe example of Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart (Speaker: Mr. Martin Otten, Founder andManagingPartneroftheLaw&TaxAuditCompanyWPNO,Germany)

12.30-13.30 LunchBreak,B2B,B2SandS2Smeetings

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13.30-15.00 PlenarySession• Newgenerationofmetamodelsanddeepneuralnetworks:scientificnoveltyandpractical

application (Speaker: prof., Dr. Guntis Barzdins, Leading Scientist of the Laboratory ofArtificial Intelligence of the Institute ofMathematics and Computer Science of the LatvianStateUniversity,Latvia)

• The Digital Transformation of Agriculture: Best Scandinavian Practice of Industry 4.0(Speaker:M.Sc. Filip Lundin,ConsultantatMacklean andexpert indigitalization&businessgrowthprogrammes,Sweden)

• Technology, Society, and the Digital Transformation: Digitalisation of Industry (Speaker:M.Sc. Kristaps Banga, Director of the Accenture European Nano Labs, Accenture LatviaInnovation&AccentureLatviaLiquidStudioLeader)

• Cybersecuritychallenges:problemsandsolutionsintheeraofdigitaleconomics(Speaker:AndrisSoroka,DirectoroftheDataSecuritySolutions,cybersecurityexpert)

15.00-15.30 CoffeeBreak,B2B,B2SandS2Smeetings15.30-17.00 Panel discussion with international experts “Next Generation IoT: Science, Technologies and

Innovations”Moderator:PresidentoftheLatvianChamberofCommerceandIndustryAigarsRostovskis

17.00-17.30 InteractiveintroductionofWorkshopsLeaders17.30-18.00 Conclusionandfinalmusicalperformance,closingreception,informalconversationswithaglass

ofwine

September8,Saturday9.00-10.00 Registration&MorningCoffee10.00-13.00 Workshopsinparallelsections“ApplicationofthelatestICTsolutions,scientificachievements

andinnovationsindifferenteconomicalareas”• Smart solutions in digitalisation of industry, transport, logistics and urban governance

(sectionhead:asoc.prof.,Dr.sc.admin.GundarsBerzins,DeanfortheBusiness,ManagementandEconomicsFaculty)

• Smartsolutionsinagricultureandforestry(sectionhead:prof.,Dr.BaibaRivza,academicianoftheLatvianAcademyofSciences,theheadofthestateresearchprogramEKOSOC-LV)

• Engineering and Technologies for Industry 4.0 (section head: prof.,Dr.sc.eng. Talis Juhna,Vice-RectorforScienceandResearchoftheRigaTechnicalUniversity)

• Smart solutions in jurisprudence, data protection, cyber security, in financial and globalbusiness services (section head: Mr. Aivars Borovkovs, President of the Latvian LawyersAssociation,thecreatoroftheinternationalencyclopedia“Timenote.info”)

VenueoftheForum: LatvianAcademyofSciences,Akademijaslaukums1,RigaWorkinglanguages: Latvian/EnglishTargetaudience: entrepreneurs and potential investors, scientists, politicians, representatives of localgovernmentsandministries,representativesofembassies,journalistsInformation and registration: Institute of Economics of the Latvian Academy of Sciences; e-mail: ei@lza.lv;phone:+371-20207092(Poļina),www.economicforum.lv

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