A global agenda for the digital future

#opportunities #solutions #connections - these are the keywords that define the Parliamentary Private Forum, the first international forum dedicated to national Parliaments and committees, as well as private sector representatives who have a real impact on the field of IT&C. The first edition will be held on the first of October, 2022, at the Palace of Parliament.

More than 13 countries will be represented by parliamentarians, ambassadors, and diplomatic corps officials. Among them, are the United States, Japan, South Korea, Spain, Portugal, Siria, and Pakistan.

In addition, prominent names from the IT&C industry from around the world have accepted the invitation. Members of the management of SpaceX, Apple, Vodafone Technology, NTT DATA EMIAL, UIPath, and Bitdefender will be joined by other experts and leaders in digitization, to talk about how future changes will be implemented in the business world.

"The future belongs to those who understand that together we are better and stronger. It's a useful event for tech companies, but also an opportunity for the entire private sector to be a dialogue partner and actively contribute to the shaping of global policy. It is the first edition, but it will certainly remain a reference event in the industry, which we intend to continue," said Sabin S?rma?, Chairman of the IT&C Committee of the Chamber of Deputies, which initiated this project.

Connecting the unconnected

Emerging technologies are currently connecting continents, bringing people together from all around the globe, and having an ever-increasing impact on the economic and social environment and daily life. We can no longer discuss international development without considering coordinated national actions to build a framework that enables the improvement of the quality of life.

The main objective of the event is to provide legislators and representatives of the private sector with strategic considerations for their actions in the field of communications and digital development at the national level.

The Parliamentarians - Private Sector Forum thus offers a promising start: an applied dialogue with an exchange of views, useful information, and solutions for the digital future and a business environment adapted to the new realities.

Tips and insights from the national digitalization champions

Special guest at this event: former President of the Republic of Estonia, Kersti Kaljulaid.

His Excellency will talk about how Estonians managed to become the most digitized nation in the world. Which steps they have taken for the digital development of the country, which were the needs and solutions for it, and how quickly they have achieved one of their most important goals. Estonia is now the country where Internet access is considered one of the basic human rights and has been included in the country's constitution.

High-ranking representatives of international organizations present at the PP Forum

Among the international guests from the public sector, the current Secretary General of the International Telecommunication Union, the President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, the representative of the UN Secretary-General in the field of technology, the Director of Cyber Security for Europe, but also the future Secretary General of the International Telecommunication Union will be on stage.

They will be joined by high-ranking Romanian government representatives, the Minister of Research, Innovation, and Digitalization, the head of the National Directorate of Cyber Security, and the chairman of the Committee for Information and Communication Technology of the Chamber of Deputies, which has initiated this project.

The event will bring to Bucharest over 300 guests from 13 countries and over 15 speakers. High-level national and international officials, global technology experts, and parliamentarians from all over the world understood that we cannot talk about international development without paying attention to coordinated national actions that help to find and implement the few opportunities to improve the quality of life, both at the individual level and community level.

Partners: The Parliamentarians - Private Sector Forum is organized with the support of the Association of Mobile Operators from Romania (AOMR), ASPEN Institute Romania, Employers Association of the Software and Services Industry (ANIS), NTT DATA, Vodafone, Digi, Banca Transilvania, Carrefour, VISA, AtoS, and SAP.

The Parliamentarian - Private Sector Forum is organized under the auspices of the Romanian Parliament and the IT&C Committee of the Chamber of Deputies, on the sidelines of the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference (PP - 22), which Romania will host between September 26 and October 14.

PP - 22 is the main event of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the specialized agency for information and communication technologies within the UN. Sabin S?rma? is the president-elect of the conference.