Uniting Baltic Sea Coastal States for Enhanced Defence and Resilience

Resilience and security of supply chain is essential hygiene factor for the governments and businesses alike. Covid and Russia’s full-scale aggression in Ukraine has fundamentally changed the way how we assess and manage the risks. Trust in your business partners is essential in selecting the vendors. Building cyber resilience is critical for any business as the ecomnomies are becoming increasingly tech-heavy and tech-dependent. Rapid deployment of AI adds to the sense of urgency. But building the resilience goes beyond the software. It is equally relevant for the critical infrastructure - be it in energy, communications, healthcare or food supply. Attacks on undersea connectors and cables reinforces the point. Dual use technologies are growing in prominence. Europe needs rapid advances in this domain to compete with China. All the above will be discussed and displayed at the Security of Supply conference.

Andres is a member of the Riigikogu and the Supervisory Board of the Bank of Estonia, with more than 25 years of international experience in central banking and finance. As a former Minister of Entrepreneurship and IT, his priorities included the development of the digital society and promoting startup ecosystem, cybersecurity, and encouraging innovation. He is convinced that Estonia’s competitiveness and increase in the quality of life depend on the rapid growth of environmentally friendly modern and tech-heavy industries and clean energy generation capacities, and on how boldly we develop and use artificial intelligence as a tool throughout society.