Agenda



08.30 - 09.30
Participant registration

09.30 - 10.00
Forum opening

Mikhail Anisimov, Global Stakeholder Engagement Sr. Manager Eastern Europe & Central Asia, ICANN
Pavel Tkach, First Deputy Minister of Communications and Informatization of the Republic of Belarus 
Oleg Sedelnik, CEO of Belarusian Cloud Technologies LLC (beCloud™) 
Sergey Povalishev, CEO of Reliable Software, Ltd. (hoster.by brand)

10.00 - 11.30
Section1. IT-trends and digital development strategy

Moderator: Mikhail Duka, Deputy director for Telecommunications of BeCloud

  • Digital transformation of Belarus: achievements and challenges
    Anna Ryabova, Deputy Minister of Communications and Informatizations of the Republic of Belarus
  • New horizons of digital dvelopment
    Sergey Prokopov, Deputy General Director for Information Technologies, Belarusian Cloud Technologies LLC.
  • Digital transformation of education: issues and development prospects.
    Maksim Davydov, First Vice-Rector of BSUIR, Associate Professor.
  • Technologies changing us: facts about digital consumer behavior.
    Tatiana Lisitskaya, Director and founder of the International Social and Marketing Research Agеency MASMI in Belarus.
  • Anthropomorphic robots and digital twins: interaction with the world by trial and error.
    Tatyana Kim, United Institute of Informatics Problems of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Belarus, Laboratory of Robotic Systems No. 116

11.30 - 11.50
Coffee break

Moderator:

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11.50 - 13.40
Section 2. Cybersecurity and personal data: numbers, forecasts, best practices

Moderators: Nikolay Savanovich, DPO hoster.by and Anton Trostyanko, Head of SOC hoster.by

  • Current trends in personal data protection in the major jurisdictions.
    Anastasiya Parkhimovich, Master of Law, CIPP/E, GDPR DPP Data Privacy Office.
  • Planned innovations in technical and cryptographic protection of personal data in Belarus.
  • Video surveillance: safety or privacy threat? Exploring the Balance between Citizen Protection and Privacy Rights.
    Andrey Gaev, Director of the National Center for Personal Data Protection.
  • AI and personal data: Balancing Innovation and Rights Protection. 
    Kirill Laptev, Partner at the Anischenko Laptev Law firm
  • Cybersecurity in numbers: who, how, who is attacked and what’s next?
    Anton Trostyanko, Head of SOC hoster.by

13.40 - 14.30
Lunch break

14.30 - 16.00
Section 3. Internet for all: Protecting children and inclusivity

Moderator: Sergey Kuzmenko

  • Challenging of creating an inclusive digital space in Belarus.
    Evgeny Shevko, Chairman of the Public Association "Republican Association of Wheelchair Users"
  • Dark patterns in social media and their influence on minors. A TikTok case study
    Anastasiya Markovskaya, Senior Legal Counsel at Kufar Tech LLC.
  • Children’s digital addiction: what should you do if a child can’t live without gadgets.
    Katerina Kovrova, Head of the Family Center, Practicing Family Psychologist, Art Therapist, Founder of a Social Workshop for the Rehabilitation of Alcohol-dependent Men and Women, Head of the Family Project "OFFLINECAMP", Coordinator of the Charity Action "Box of Courage".
  • Personal data on the Internet: how to teach children safe behavior. Practical cases of NCPD.
    Olga Shibko, Deputy Head of the Department of Educational Services and Public Relations of the National Center for Personal Data Protection.
  • Threats for minor users: viral trends or real risks?
    Pavel Klimyato, Deputy Head of the Department for Ensuring Digital Development of Preliminary Investigation at the Institute for Advanced Training and Retraining of the Investigative Committee of the Republic of Belarus.

16.00 - 16.20
Coffee break

16.20 - 18.00
Section 4. New reality – new media. How does the Internet change the rules?

Moderator: Dmitriy Alfer, entrepreneur, co-founder of Probusiness Media and Pro business Club

  • Traditional media and new technologies: synergy or conflict
    Larisa Korshun, General Director of the Information Agency "Minskaya Pravda"
  • Magic button: how to reload Belarusian Internet media
    Pavel Tukhto, editor-in-chief, Tochka.by
  • Journalist’s education in the age of digital media
    Aleksandr Gradushko, Associate Professor of the Department of Periodical Press and Web Journalism at the Faculty of Journalism, Belarusian State University, Deputy Dean for Digital Technologie
  • Bloggers and advertising: new rules of the game
    Inna Gavrilchik, Head of the Department for Consumer Rights Protection and Advertising Control, Ministry of Antimonopoly Regulation and Trade of the Republic of Belarus.
  • How to be a million-subscriber blogger in Belarus. A Case Study on Promoting Educational Content in the Energy Sector.
    Alexander Malkov, Creator and Host of the YouTube Channel "Energolikbez", Blogger.
  • Ministry of Emergency Situations of Belarus. New media as a security guide.
    Evgeny Baranovsky, assistant to the minister – press secretary of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Belarus.

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