Bridging the Global Digital Divide: Building Cyber Capacity and Digital Skills for a Secure Future.

Black Box stage

Speakers
Kristina Kallas

Minister of Education and Research

Estonia

Margarida Balseiro Lopes

Minister of Youth and Modernisation

Portugal

Matthew Blakemore

CEO

AI Caramba!

Christiane Kirketerp de Viron

Acting Director for Digital Society, Trust and Cybersecurity

European Commission

Siim Alatalu

Cybersecurity Fellow and Associate Director of Tallinn Digital Summit 2024

ICDS

This panel will assess existing cyber capacity across regions and sectors, identifying challenges and barriers to developing cyber skills. The discussion will emphasize integrating cybersecurity education into curriculums, focusing on future-proof strategies that prepare students for an evolving digital landscape, including Artifical Intelligence. Experts will explore effective training programs and certifications while highlighting collaborations among governments, the private sector, and academia. Additionally, the panel will address the role of AI in enhancing training initiatives and discuss upskilling and reskilling the workforce to meet digital economy demands, along with financial and resource requirements for effective capacity building.