In Eurasian region technology has the potential to boost government efficiency, transparency, responsiveness, and citizen trust. What steps should be taken by local authorities, international institutions, local and global IT industry to embody the full potential? These issues to be discussed on StrategEast Live session “GovTech industry in Eurasia”.
In February 2020, the European Commission has released the White paper on Artificial Intelligence “A European approach to excellence and trust”, in which the basic principles and tasks for building the AI ecosystem of trust and excellence in the European Union are formulated. Given the success of the AI-based projects in Eurasia (especially Belarusian and Ukrainian), it is important that this region can become part of the global AI ecosystem. What should be done by the Eurasian governments, leaders of the IT industry, and EU officials? These issues were discussed on StrategEast Live session “Eurasia in European AI Ecosystem”.
One of the industries that received significant acceleration as a result of the coronavirus pandemic and the subsequent lockdown was Fintech Industry. Digital transformation plans, which were designed for many financial companies for years, were implemented in a few months. How would the new post-coronavirus financial services industry in Eurasia look like? These issues were discussed on StrategEast Live session “Fintech industry in Eurasia”.
Although the IT industry and other sectors of the “new economy” generate a significant share of GDP and billions dollars of exports from Eurasian countries, the amount of foreign investment in these sectors remains insignificant. How to assist the new economy of the Eurasian countries to discover not only their production capacity but also the investment potential? These issues were discussed in the StrategEast Live session “U.S. Investment in Eurasian New Economy”.