Programme

Opening

• Keynote Federal Minister for Digital and Transport Volker Wissing
  
• Welcome address State Secretary Dr Franziska Brantner, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action
  
• Scene setter:
  - Volker Wissing, Federal Minister for Digital and Transport
  - Ruszlan Biwoino, Track Sherpa Y7
  - Iris Plöger, Member of the Executive Board, BDI e.V, B7
  - Angela Bähr, Deputy chair of the Board, VENRO, C7

13.30 – 14.30

parallel sessions

Session 1
Digitalisation for the environment and climate: How can digitalisation contribute to improving energy-efficiency in key sectors and in SMEs in particular?

Moderator: Caroline Paunov, OECD
Panelists:

• Georg Riegel, CEO deZem GmbH
  
• Lubomila Jordanova, Co-Founder and CEO, PlanA.Earth GmbH
  
• Luis Neves, CEO, GeSI
  
• Nabil Nasr, Associate Provost and Director, Rochester Institute of Technology
  

Session 3
Data Governance: Learning from good practices and examples in key sectors

Moderator: Urs Gasser
Panelists:

• Lorrayne Porciuncula, Executive Director, Datasphere Initiative
  
• Monica Scannapieco, Head of Division, Italian National Institute of Statistics
  
• Stefan Jungcurt, Lead SDG Indicators and Data,
  International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
  
• Peter Stokes, Integrated Data Programme Director, Office for National Statistics (UK)
  
• Michael Schäfer, CEO, Mobility Data Space

Break

14.45 – 15.45

parallel sessions

Session 2
Greening the digital transformation: How can we reduce the environmental footprints of the production, use and disposal of digital technologies?

Moderator: Elisabeth Schauermann
Panelists:

• Christoph Meinel, President and CEO, HPI
  
• Tiffany Yong, President, Society of Undergraduate Mathematics Students, McGill University
  
• Anne Mollen, Senior Policy and Advocacy Manager, AlgorithmWatch
  
• Dave Rejeski, Visiting Scholar, Environmental Law Institute
• George Kamiya, Digital/Energy Analyst, IEA
  

Session 4
Data free flow with trust: Status quo and perspectives

Moderator: Rebekka Weiß
Panelists:

• Victoria Espinel, President and CEO, BSA (The Software Alliance)
  
• Andrew Wyckoff, Director, OECD
  
• Maximilian Ahrens, Chairman of Board of Directors of Gaia-X
  
• Monika Schnitzer, Economist, German Council of Economic Experts
• Takeshi Kito, Fintech Entrepreneur, Vice-chair, Fintech Association of Japan
  

Break

Closing Session

• Summary of the results and findings of the breakout sessions by the rapporteurs
  
• Presentation of recommendations to G7 digital ministers
  
• Closing remarks: State Secretary Stefan Schnorr, Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport