Back To SpeakersH.E. Rene Tammist
Minister of Entrepreneurship and IT
Rene Tammist is the Minister of Entrepreneurship and Information Technology of the Republic of Estonia from 22 August 2018. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party.
From 2012 to 2018, Rene Tammist was a Member of the Board of the European Union’s Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators.
From 2011 to 2018, Tammist was the Head of The Estonian Renewable Energy Association.
From 2007 to 2009, he was a Member of the Supervisory Board of Eesti Energia.
Tammist has worked as an adviser to the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the Committee on Industry, Research, and Energy of the European Parliament.
Born on 5 July 1978 in Tartu, Tammist graduated from the University of Tartu in 2001 with a Bachelor’s degree in Public Administration and from the University of Manchester in 2004 with a Master’s degree.
Sessions
10/02/2019
03.00 - 03.20
DP World Hall
Artificial Intelligence is the engine that will power the fourth industrial revolution, and countries that seek to keep up with the next generation of technology must be prepared to embrace this new wave of change. Estonia has already proven itself on the cutting edge of digital integration with its ‘e-Estonia’ digital transformation, which has deemed government services among the cheapest and easiest to get access to in the world, but how are they preparing for the AI future? Join us in this session as we learn how the most digitally integrated country on Earth plans to harness the power of artificial intelligence to leap even further into the future with Marten Kaevats, Estonia’s National Digital Advisor.