
International GovTech Day
Over the last years, GovTech surged from a niche market and local meetups of tech activists to a global phenomenon, increasingly embraced by tech startups, accelerators and policymakers alike. International GovTech Day will bring together global GovTech community to discuss the progress of GovTech over the last years, both from startup and public sector perspective.
The Covid-19 crisis showed that “business as usual” does not work in emergencies – you need out of the box solutions to tackle novel situations. The event will explore how startups delivered these kinds of solutions in a fast and reliable manner. In three different showrooms, startups and innovative companies will pitch their world class solutions that helped businesses get back on track during and after the crisis, assisted community in the time of crisis and ensured physical safety in the time of social distancing.
Agenda
12:00 Five years of GovTech: how has the community changed? | Keynote by Daniel Korski, CEO and Co-Founder of Public
12:10 How to set up a GovTech programme? | Panel discussion with Justyna Orłowska, Director of GovTech Polska; Mark Elliott, Programme Director at CivTech Scotland; Andrew Niere, Public Sector Innovation Manager at Department of Premier and Cabinet of Victoria, Australia; Arūnė Matelytė, Manager of GovTech Lab Lithuania (moderator)
13:00 Why were startups critical to our response to Covid-19? | Panel discussion with Annalee C. Babb, Special Envoy and Special Advisor at Government of Barbados; Alan Costello, Venture Investment Leader at NDRC; Elijus Čivilis, Former Vice-minister at the Ministry of the Economy and Innovation of Lithuania; Kert Pütsepp, Co-Founder of MASC; Mikk Vainik, Head of Accelerate Estonia (moderator)
13:45 Showroom: getting businesses back on track | Pitches from startups
Presentations from Startups about their solutions to help businesses get back on track during or after the crisis
- Pard.app (Lithuania)
- Bankera (Lithuania)
- Zelos (Estonia)
- Scottish Tech Army (Scotland)
- Vistalworks (Scotland)
- Jon Hazell, Strategic Account Management at Innovate UK (moderator)
14:45 Showroom: community in the face of crisis| Pitches from startups
Presentations from Startups about their solutions to help the community to deal with the crisis
- Midletic (Lithuania)
- VAAB (Estonia)
- Voxsio (Scotland)
- Maneki (Lithuania)
- #FakeHunter (Poland)
- Barbara Mills, Challenge Sponsor Lead at CivTech Scotland (moderator)
15:45 Showroom: ensuring physical safety | Pitches from startups
Presentations from Startups about their solutions to ensure physical safety in the time of social distancing
- Wales Ambulance Cleaning SBRI (Wales)
- UVIRESO (Lithuania)
- ProteGO Safe (Poland)
- CovidGenomics (Poland)
- MASC (Estonia)
- Reactec (Scotland)
- Carol Sinclair, Associate Director at Public Health Scotland (moderator)
International GovTech is part of a 5-day GovTech Week_.
Event is funded from the European Regional Development Fund.