100 Years of Estonian-Hungarian diplomatic relations: Contacts and Mergers – From Past Experiences to the Digital Transformation - Anniversary Conference on E-Governance and Cybersecurity

csütörtök 2022. febr. 10. 8:00 → 17:30 Europe/Budapest

Földszint-50. Szent László Kápolna/Ludovika Főépület (Ludovika Főépület)

The International Directorate, the Faculty of Public Governance and International Studies and the Institute of Cyber Security of the Ludovika - University of Public Service, together with the Embassy of the Republic of Estonia are pleased to organise an

Anniversary Conference on E-Governance and Cybersecurity:

„100 Years of Estonian-Hungarian diplomatic relations.

Contacts and Mergers -  From Past Experiences to the Digital Transformation”

Date: 10th February 2022, 08.30-17.30

Venue: University of Public Service, Ludovika Main Building (1083 Budapest, Ludovika tér 2.), St. Ladislaus Chapel

The language of the event is English.

The Conference will be a hybrid event that can be followed in person and online.

Both personal and online attendance is subject to registration.

We would like to kindly draw your attention to the fact that only those can participate at the event in person who present an EU Digital COVID Certificate or Hungarian certificate of vaccination upon entering the venue of the conference. Please note that due to epidemiological preventive measures that are in place at the University, the participants' number is limited in the Chapel, therefore we kindly ask you to make your registration at your earliest convenience.

UPS students can acquire college points by participating at the event personally or online.

The registration is open until 11.59 p.m. on 7th February 2022, or in case of personal attendance until the capacity of the Chapel is full.

For those who were not able to register for personal attendance, but still intend to attend the event in person, we are preparing a waiting list. In such case please indicate your intention to ludovika.registration@uni-nke.hu no later than 7th February.

The online streaming will be provided via MS Teams. To those who register for online attendance, the link of the MS Teams meeting  will be forwarded by 8th February 2022 by e-mail.

The organisers look forward to welcoming you at the event. 

AGENDA_20220210_Anniversary conference_0209_FINAL.pdf

1 Registration

2 Opening speech by Prof. Dr. Boglárka Koller, Vice Rector for International Affairs of Ludovika - UPS and H.E. Ms. Kristi Karelsohn, Ambassador of the Republic of Estonia to Hungary

3 Panel I: Towards a digital society: the two defining decades

Two decades ago, the magyarorszag.hu portal, the flagship project of the Hungarian electronic public administration, was launched. At the same time, almost exactly two decades ago, in 2000, the first e-government service and the pioneering electronic signature system were launched in Estonia. The conference’s inaugural panel discussion (which puts former key players in the developments at a “virtual round table”) highlights the first two decades of government digitization in the two states celebrating the centenary of their relations: showing similarities and differences, success stories, and dead ends.

10:00 Coffee break

4 Panel II: Utilization of public data

One of the most pressing issues in the digitalization of public sectors is the utilization of public data. Mass-generated data promises a new golden age, but it comes at a price. The possession and openness of the data, and thus its actual usability, provokes lively social debates in many countries. At the same time, in connection with public data, issues of privacy and consumer protection are increasingly on the agenda, and even - in the form of data sovereignty - big politics is asking for a word on this topic. In the field of utilization of open public data, Estonia has become an international “trendsetter” by the beginning of the 2020s, so its experience may be particularly interesting.

5 Panel III: Electronic identification

The e-identification function provides the identification and authentication functions required for the use of electronic government and e-government systems with a higher level of security and efficiency than other systems. Its strategic importance is given by the fact that in the long run this function will be available not only at home, but also in other EU member states, with the help of which a cross-border electronic service system will be implemented. Undoubtedly, e-identity is an area where Estonia can claim perhaps the most spectacular, pioneering developments. Advanced solutions for digital identification (through, among other things, the “e-residency” function) have made the Baltic state a model country for social digitization.

13:00 Lunch break

6 Panel IV: Cybersecurity – regulations and governance

Nowadays, cybersecurity has become a central issue in the online realm. The rapid pace of digitalization of modern societies, with the parallel growth of the threat landscape, is highlighting the necessity of efforts and solutions to guarantee the safety of the cyber domain. Another field where Estonia became an undisputed “world leader”: the small Baltic country has become one of the world's most renowned innovators of cyber defense in the wake of the 2007 hacking attacks on its public and private IT systems. Among the efforts to guarantee the security of cyberspace, the development of international regulations and norms is of particular importance, and in this field Estonia has become a recognized “great power” of the European area. With the intensification of geopolitical tensions, cyber diplomacy is definitely in the forefront the EU’s stabilization efforts, with the elaboration of a whole range of coordinated security actions – a toolkit - regarding this digital frontier.

15:30 Coffee break

7 Panel V: Cybersecurity - innovative solutions and resilience

The escalation of cyber threats duting the global COVID pandemic highlighted the importance of critical infrastructure protection, involving the seeking of new forms of deterrence solutions. Besides, with the unprecedented intensification of malicious activities in the cyberspace, a new defence philosophy is taking shape. Without making the issue of cybersecurity an all-of-the-society priority, the search for norms is worthless. The rapid digitisation of the public administration sphere requires a reassessment of security aspects too. Cyber security has become a strategic issue: public organisations relying on digitised ecosystems face new cyberspace challenges not only from a technological point of view, but also from a legal, political, diplomatic, economic and military perspective. Cyber defence is not an engineers’ matter anymore. Social resilience is now the new focus and education can play a central role. The effective development of cybersecurity awareness is a model area where - within the current EU CASPA program - Estonian and Hungarian experts jointly elaborate innovative solutions.

8 Closing remarks