10TH OF OCTOBER 2024

 Estonian Entrepreneurship University of Applied Sciences in cooperation with Ülemiste City is proud to announce the 12th Annual Entrepreneurship and Innovation Conference (EIC)

 

SMART MACHINES AND SYSTEMS AT THE SERVICE OF MANKIND

 

10th of October 2024 at Öpiku Conference Center, Ülemiste City, Tallinn, Estonia.

Overview

Photo gallery

Speakers’ video recordings

Poster Session

Proceedings

Program

Moderator Johannes Tralla

9.00–10.00 Registration, morning coffee
10.00–10.10

Conference welcome words

Karin Jaanson, Executive Director of Estonian Research Council
10.10–12.00

Keynote Speakers on the topics as follow:

  • Timo Seppälä, University Lecturer (Operations Management) of Aalto University – “Contemporary digitalization: AI diffusion monitoring among S&P500 companies”
  • Jaan Raik, Tenured Full Professor at the Department of Computer Systems and the Head of the Center for Dependable Computing Systems at the Tallinn University of Technology (Taltech) – “Why Estonia Cannot Remain a Technology Player Without Its Own Chip Industry” 
  • Andrus Pedai, Rector of Estonian Entrepreneurship University of Applied Sciences – “Quantum computers as foundation for the humanity’s next breakthrough”
  • Eduard Maron, founder of DocuMental and DocuMental Clinic, visiting professor at Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, UK– “Digital Mental Health: current achievements and challenges” 
12.00–12.45 Lunch
12.45–14.00

Presentations of scientific papers:

  • Ihor Vakulenko – “The Smart Energy Transition: Analyzing Renewable Capacity Growth Factors Across EU Member States”, Institute of Economic Research, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava (Slovakia)
  • Rakell Pärnamäe – “Prediction of process resource requirements using artificial intelligence”, Piletilevi Group AS (Estonia)
  • Liudmyla Saher – “Inclusive Growth: The Role of Innovation and Economic Stability”, Institute of Economic Research, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava (Slovakia)
  • Tarmo Koppel – “A methodological framework for redesigning business processes with large language models”, Department of Software Science and Department of Business Administration of Tallinn University of Technology (Estonia)

POSTER SESSION

All posters can be found here!
14.00–14.20 Coffee break
14.20–14.50

Keynote Speakers on the topic as follows / Case study presentations:

  • Masahiro Fukuhara, CEO and Founder of  IGS, professor of Keio University and Hitotsubashi University – “Designing Education System for the Next Millennium: The Role of Smart Systems in Human Advancement”
14.50–16.00

PANEL DISCUSSION

“Between the technology and mankind: perspectives of education, industry, society”
International panel of elected representatives from companies and universities:

  • Andrus Pedai, Rector of Estonian Entrepreneurship University of Applied Sciences (Estonia)
  • Timo Seppälä, University Lecturer (Operations Management) of Aalto University (Finland)
  • Eduard Maron, founder of DocuMental and DocuMental Clinic, visiting professor at Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, UK (Estonia)
  • Andri Haran, CEO of Federation of Estonian Engineering Industry (Estonia)
16.00 Closing of the Conference

 

Venue

The Conference will be held at Öpiku Conference Centre (Valukoja 8), Ülemiste City, Tallinn, Estonia.

 

Ülemiste City is The Place where future happens. It’s the largest Smart City in the Baltics and the biggest privately-owned business campus in Northern Europe.