Smart Country Convention Pre-Event

​Join us on October 12, 2026 — the day before the Smart Country Convention for an SCC Pre-Event by the Israel Embassy & IBM — to explore tech innovations and digital initiatives, and discuss how we can work together to build a smarter, more sovereign, resilient, and secure society.

​Technologies in focus will address cybersecurity, digital safety & resilience, innovations in healthcare & lifesciences, digital sovereignity, and futureTech in general.

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​Preliminary Agenda:

​12:00 Open Doors & Networking (coffee & tea, lunch)

​13:00 Welcome remarks, Marco Endrich & Sebastian Grodzietzki

​13:15 Berlin-Partner: Meet Berlin's Tech Hubs, Startup Program and Digital Ecosystem, Michael Lesch

​13:30 Quantum Computing - A New Reality, Sebastian Grodzietzki

​13:50 Digital Sovereignity, Shift-Left Security and Automated Resilience for Outage Prevention & Disaster Recovery, Georg Ember

​14:10 Break

​14:30 Panel discussion (tba.)

​15:00 10 Elevator Pitches

​16:00 Wrap-up, finger food & beverages, Networking

​17:00 Closing Doors