DigiON Canary Islands will have a program of presentations designed by the team of South summit, one of the world's leading innovation platforms, where we can discover new digital trends:

10.00 – 10.20 Welcome

Antonio Morales, President of the Cabildo de Gran Canaria

10:20 - 11h30

panel on Digitalization Help Lines

Moderator:

Cosme García, Managing Director of the Gran Canaria Economic Promotion Society (SPEGC)

• ACIISI: Carlos Navarro, Director of the Canarian Agency for Research, Innovation and Society of the
Information (ACIISI)
• CDTI: Emilio Iglesias, Head of the Area of ​​Institutional Promotion and Territorial Cooperation, CDTI
• GRAN CANARIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: Anecto Falcón, Director of the Department of Innovation and Digital Transformation
• PROEXCA: Pablo de la Joya, Foreign promotion technician, PROEXCA
• RED.es: Luis Prieto, Director of Digital Economy RED.es

11:30 - 12h00

Coffee

12:00 – 12:45 – #cybersecuritytrends

Marco Antonio Lozano, Head of Cybersecurity Services at INCIBE

12:45 – 13:30 – #risksandthreats – The vision of risks and threats in the domain of cyberspace

Enrique Avila, Director of the Center for Analysis and Prospects of the Civil Guard

13:30 – 14:15 – #ianizarseomorir – Create and direct AI projects (and not die trying)

Natalia Rodriguez, Founder and CEO SaturnLabs

14:15 - 16h00

Rest

16:00 – 16:50 – #elpasaportealmetaverso – Digital identities through avatars

cai felipCEO Union Avatars

16:50 – 17:40 #elcambiodelmundo – How the world changes through technology

Eneko Knorr, Co-founder of Onyze. Investor

DigiON Canary Islands will host the Startup Competition of the OMT (World Tourism Organization) for island destinations and will have a program of presentations.

09:30 – 09:45 Official Opening

– Raul Garcia Brink, Technical Coordinator of Economic Development, Energy Sovereignty, Climate and Knowledge, Cabildo de Gran Canaria
–Isabel Maria Oliver, Office of the Secretary General, UNWTO

09:45 – 09:55 – Main speech (online)

Natalie Bayonne , Director of Innovation, Education and Investment, UNWTO

09:55-10:40 – Panel session 1:

Enhance entrepreneurship and sustainable economic opportunities for island destinations through successful governance and technology models

Moderator:

Peter Janech, Coordinator, Innovation, Education and Investment, UNWTO

• Leslie Vella, Director General of Strategic Development, Malta Tourism Authority
• Olga Theocharous, Senior Tourism Officer, Directorate of Quality Assurance and Tourism Business Licensing, Vice Ministry of Tourism, Cyprus
• Dalibor Cvitkovic, Director of the Tourist Office of Mali Losinj , Croatia
• Claudio Della Lucia, Councillor, Italian Island Hotel Association
• Sergio Moreno, Professor at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
• cosme garcia, Director General of the Society for the Economic Promotion of Gran Canaria (SPEGC)
• Leticia Lauffer Jimenez, Director, Wakalua Tourism Innovation Hub

10:40-11:15 – Presentation Round 1:

Deep Tech: New technologies applied to sustainability

Introduction: Mr Glenn Cauwenberghs, Innovation Specialist, Innovation, Education and Investments, UNWTO

• Artemis Technologies (United Kingdom)
• Farmlike (Spain)
• Inteligg (Greece)
• Playtur (Argentina)
• SOS Carbon (Dominican Republic)

addaia arizmendi, Program Officer, Innovation, Education and Investment, UNWTO

11:15 - 11h30

Coffee break

11:30 – 12:15 – Panel session 2

Harnessing innovation and digital transformation to strengthen competitiveness and build resilience in the island tourism ecosystem in the post-COVID era

Moderator

Pablo Llinares, Managing Director of Tourism of Gran Canaria

• james ellsmoor, Founder and Director of Island Innovation
• Jennifer Ruiz, Director of Global Tourism Innovation Hub, MasterCard
• Patricia Friar. Fund Manager, Archipelago Next
• Jost Neumann, Director of Programs at Fundación TUI
• Ramon Sanchez, Head of Strategic Projects Amadeus for Destinations
• Zulay Rodriguez, Director of Digital Business and Strategic Consulting Atlantis Technology (BINTER GROUP)

12:15-12:45 – Presentation Round 2

Innovation and digitization for island destinations

Introduction: Mr Glenn Cauwenberghs, Innovation Specialist, Innovation, Education and Investments, UNWTO

• Costa Nostrum (Greece)
• Localbird (Spain)
• WROXAI (India)
• Umni (Bulgaria)
• Volvero (Italy)

Addaia Arizmendi, Program Officer, Innovation, Education and Investment, UNWTO

12:45 - 13h00

Winner announcements and awards ceremony

13:00 – 13:15 – Closing remarks

• Antonio Morales, President of the Cabildo de Gran Canaria
• Elizabeth Mary Oliver, Office of the Secretary General, UNWTO