ECHA IT DAYS

29-30 May 2024 | Helsinki 

Programme


Day 1

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09.00–09.15 - Welcome to ECHA IT Days

Kai Taka-aho, Director of Information Systems, ECHA

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09.15-09.30 - ECHA's new strategy

Sharon McGuinness, ECHA Executive Director

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09.30-10.30 - Keynote: Necessities into Virtues

Jari Sarasvuo, Entrepreneur, Business Coach and Multi-talented visionary

10.30-11.00 - Coffee break

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11.00-11.45 - Setting the scene for IT trends

Heikki Lahdensuo, Gartner

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11.45-12.30 - ECHA IT vision and big rocks for the next 5 years

Loukas Georgiou, Orion Andrews, Fabrizio Francioso, ECHA

12.30-13.15 - Lunch break

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13.15-13.45 - State of AI and future use cases for ECHA

Athanasios Demiris, Panagiotis Karamertzanis, ECHA

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13.45-14.15 - Transformation of regulatory processes end-to-end – TREND initiative

Charis Vezyridou, Elina Liopa and Claudia Rimondo, ECHA

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14.15-14.45 - Learnings from building software in public cloud – case ECHA CHEM

Konstantinos Gkountanas, NRB Trasys and Dimitrios Pantazis, Uni Systems

14.45-15.00 - Coffee break

15.00-16.00 - Collaboration Workshop

Multiple topics:

  • Cloud operating model
  • DevOps in multi contractor ecosystem
  • Power of PowerApps
  • Modernisation of legacy systems 
  • Costs and capacity optimisation in the cloud: better code equals less costs?
  • From waterfall to SAFe; the promises of modern governance

16.00-16.45 - Panel discussion on the workshop outcomes

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16.45-17.00 - Closing of the day

17.00-19.00 - Evening programme

Opportunity to discuss and network on the topics of the day 

Day 2

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08.45-09.00 - Opening of the day

ECHA

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09.00-09.30 - Case: ECHA Design system and benefits of it

Sharon Spiteri Enden, ECHA and Toni Strandell, Reaktor

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09.30-10.00 - Business-IT alignment in practice: the highs, the lows, and the in-betweens of working together with IT – ECHA CHEM

Veronique Janaszek, Aris Vahlas, Anni Fast and François Le Goff, ECHA

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10.00-10.30 - Adapting to change: navigating an evolving threat landscape and a new cybersecurity regulation

Computer Emergency Response Team for the EU institutions, bodies and agencies (CERT-EU)

10.30-10.45 - Coffee break

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10.45-11.15 - The AI opportunities and experiences in European institutions

Petri Pääkkönen, European Medicines Agency (EMA)

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11.15-11.45 - Modern data management and challenges to get the underlying data AI ready 

Mario Monguidi and Giancarlo Franco Costa, European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)

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11.45-12.15 - AI in software development

Jesus Gonzalez Perez, Directorate-General for Digital Services (DIGIT)

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12.15-12.45 - How AI tools are changing knowledge work – Case AI-conic Coffee

Antti Merilehto, AI-entrepreneur, Elev Consulting

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12.45-13.00 - Closing of the event

13.00-14.00 - Light lunch and informal farewell