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REPuBLIc OF EsT0NIA MINIsTRY OF EcoNoMIc AFFAIRs AND C0MMuNIcATI0Ns H.E. Mrs. Lindy Carneron ChiefExecutive Officer at the National Cyber Security Centre Our Ref: 11.08.2022 No 24.1-8/2022/5063- of the United Kingdorn ofGreat Britain and Northern Ireland NCSC P0 Box 74045 London NW5 9HF Dear Mrs. Carneron The rules-based world order is undergoing a seismic shift on multiple fronts. New challenges and geostrategic imperatives obiige us to revitalize and reconfigure relationships among like-minded democracies and our closest partners. We need moral clarity and careful stewardship to ensure our future peace and prosperity, and to ward offa future racked with hardship and oppression. The common thread across our shared efforts is connectivity. The immense giobal demand for infrastructure will be satisfied, one way or another. We must present a united front against authoritarianism and forge a prosperous, inclusive, and sustainable future—together. These themes will underline this year’s Tallinn Digital Summit. We will build upon last year’s focus on Trusted Connectivity as a shared conceptual framework for dernocracies to unite their many connectivily initiatives and to develop digital and physical infrastructure according to our democratic values and our highest standards. Now we turn to delivering trusted connectivity through trusted partnerships. We will explore the role connectivity plays in fostering giobal security, energy security, cybersecurity and data protection, in the development of new technologies and novel digital solutions, as well as in the reconstruction of a free and democratic Ukraine. 1 invite you to join me in person at Tallinn Digital Summit 2022 on 10 and 11 October, focusing on mitigating giobal conflict and cybersecurity threats through trusted connectivity and trusted partnerships. It would be my honor to host you in Estonia and to benefit from your insights. Please find attached to this invitation the concept paper for this year’ s Tallinn Digital Summit. Additional information will soon be forthcorning. The democratic world has demonstrated great unity in our response to Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and against the rules-based world order. Let us translate this unity into tangible results, together. 1 look forward to meeting and welcoming you in Tallinn! Your,.sincerely, 4 ristjan Jäivan Minister ofEntrepreneurship and Information Technology Suur-Arneerika 1 / 10122 Tallinn/ESTONIA Phone: +372 625 6342 / Fax: +372 631 3660 / E-niail: [email protected] / http://www.mkrn.ee  ::::÷ Tallinn .++++ Digital Summit Tallinn Digital Summit 2022 Concept Paper The Tallinn Digitai Summit is an annual event hosted by the Estonian Prirne Minister that brings together leaders frorn Iike-minded and digitally-advanced countries, international organizations, and the private sector to address the rnost pressing issues of today and tomorrow, as well as to seize the opportunities on our road toward a connectcd digital future. Our transition to this digital future, built upon our shared democratic values, has collided with the grim realities of geopolitics and the malign influence of autocracies. Democracies seek to harness the digital transformation to buiid a future that is more free, prosperous, and sustainable, whereas autocracies seek to exploit technology to inflict coercion both at horne and abroad. These opposing approaches are driving a race for technological supremacy. At the heart of this conflict lie trust—our confidence in systerns ofgovernance and in new technologies—and connectivity—physical, digital, and virtual infrastructure. There is now a prernium on presenting a united front against authoritarianism and on trusted partnerships, based on comrnon interests, on dernocratic values, and on the highest staridards—the vety essence of trusted connectivity. At last year’s Tallinn Digital Summit, Estonia introduced Trusted Connectivity as a shared conceptual frarnework to consolidate and ampiify the many connectivity initiatives of like-rninded democracies. This year’s Summit will focus on defivering trusted connectivity through trusted partnerships. The Summit will build bridges arnong various connectivity initiatives and elaborate on what constitutes a trusted and secure digital society, as weil as on concrete steps for governrnents, fnancial institutions, international organizations, technical experts, and the private sector to take to ensure our democratic values, our cornrnitrnents to hurnan freedorn and hurnan dignity, and the rules-based international order prevail. We wili explore the role of trusted connectivity and trusted partnerships across topics such as giobal stability, supply chains, energy, econornic, and cyber security, digital policy, international standards, artificial intelligence, clouds and satellites, digital public goods, and Web 3.0, as well as their role in the reconstruction ofa free and democratic Ukraine. Ali this necessitates the holistic shaping of the requisite politicai, institutional, and entrepreneurial ecosystems to increase public and private investments in connectivity, as well as establishing an architecture of trust within the international system, particularly through plurilateral arrangements such as the transatiantic alliance, the G7, and the Quad. The Summit takes place against the backdrop of several momentous developments. First, rnany new connectivity initiatives have recently been introduced, including the G7’s Partnership for Giobal Infrastructure and Investmcnt, the EU’s Giobal Gateway, the UK’s Clean Green Initiative, and the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity. Second, Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, in conjunction with continuing cyberattacks against vital infrastructure, have amply underscored the geopolitical irnportance of values-based investrnents into trusted connectivity and of reducing our strategic dependencies on malign actors. But new geostrategic imperatives also present an auspicious opportunity to revitalize our cooperation in the face of shared challenges. Main Topics O Globai Security; Buiiding trusted partnerships to alleviate geopoiitical turmoil. O Energy Security: Decoupling frorn untrusted partners and seeking trusted alternatives. O Cybersecurity: Enabling coliective defense and enhancing resilience through trusted connectivity. O Attracting Jnvestments: Public—private cooperation in delivering trusted connectivity in practice. O Modern Problems Require Modern Solutions: Trusted frarneworks and partnerships across the digital dornain, including data governance, artificial intelligence, clouds and satellites, and beyond. Practical Information Tallinn Digital Summit 2022 wiil take place on 10—11 October at the Tallinn Creative Hub. The two days consist of keynote speeches and panel discussions. A welcorne dinner wiii be held at the Port ofTallinn Cruise Terminal at the end of the first day.