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REPUBLIC OF ESTONIA ) MINISTRY OF EcoNoMIc AFFAIRS AND COMMUNICATIONS Mr Böije Ekholm Ericsson Headquarters Torshamnsgatan 21, Kista Our Ref: 18.08.2022 No 24.1-8/2022/5161- Stockholm 164 83 Sweden Dear Mr Böije Ekholm. The rules-based world order is undergoing a seismic shift on rnultiple fronts. New challenges and geostrategic imperatives obiige us to revitalise 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 ward offa future racked with hardship and oppression. The common thread across oui 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. This will be at the centre of this year’s Tallinn Digital Summit. We will build upon last year’s focus on Trusted Connectivity as a shared framework for democracies to unite various connectivity initiatives and develop digital and physical infrastructure according to our democratic values and highest standards. Now we turn our attention to delivering trusted connectivity through trusted partnerships. We will explore the i’ole 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 ofa free and democratic Ukraine. 1 invite you to join me in person and participate in a discussion at the Tallinn Digital Summit 2022 on 10 and 11 October, focusing on trust in clouds and satellites. It woutd be my honour to welcome you here in Estonia and hear your insights. Please find attached to this invitation the concept paper for this year’s Tallinn Digital Summit. Additional information will be shared soon. 1 look fopward to welcoming you in Tallinn! /‘*‘ 2 istjan Järvan Minister ofEntrepreneurship and Information Technology Suur-Ameerika 1 / 10122 Tallinn / ESTONIA Phone: +372 625 6342 / Fax: +372 63 13660 / E-rnail: [email protected] / http://www.mkrn.ee  ::::+ .++++ Digital Summit Tallinn Digital Summit 2022 Concept Paper The Tallinn Digital Summit is an annual event hosted by the Estonian Priine Minister that brings together leaders from Iike-minded and digitally-advanced countries, international organizations, and the private sector to address the most pressing issues of today and tomorrow, as welI as to seize the opportunities on our road toward a connected digital future. Our transition to this digital future, built upon our shared democratic values, has collidcd with the grim realities of geopolitics and the malign influence of autocracies. Democracies seek to harness the digital transformation to build a future that is more free, prosperous, and sustainable, whereas autocracies seek to exploit technology to inflict coercion both at home and abroad. These opposing approaches are driving a race for technological supremacy. At the heart of this conflict lie trust—our confidence in systems 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 democratic values, and on the highest standards—the very essence oftrusted connectivity. At last year’s Tallinn Digital Summit, Estonia introduced Trusted Connectivity as a shared conceptual frarnework to consolidate and ampiify the ( man)’ connectivity initiatives of like-rninded democracies. This year’s Summit will focus on delivering trusted connectivity through trusted partnerships. The Summit wili build bridges among various connectivity initiatives and elaborate on what constitutes a trusted and secure digital society, as weIi as on concrete steps for governrnents, financial institutions, international organizations, technical experts, and the private sector to take to ensure our democratic values, our comrnitments to hurnan freedom and human dignity, and the rules-based international order prevail. We will explore the role of trusted connectivity and trusted partnerships across topics such as giobal stability, supply chains, energy, economic, and cyber security, digital polic international standards, artificial intelligence, ciouds 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 political, institutional, and entrepreneurial ecosystems to increase public and private investments in connectivity, as weii as establishing ari architecture of trust within the international system, particularly through piurilateral arrangements such as the transatlantic alliance, the G7, and the Quad. The Summit takes piace against the backdrop of several mornentous developments. First, many new connectivity initiatives have recently been introduced, inciuding the G7’s Partnership for Giobal Infrastructurc 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 importance of values-based investments 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 Giobal Security: Building trusted partnerships to aileviate geopoiitical turmoil. O Energy Security: Decoupling from untrusted partners and seeking trusted alternatives. O Cybersecurity: Enabling collective defense and enhancing resilience through trusted conrlectivity. O Attracting Investrnents: Public—private cooperation in delivering trusted connectivity in practice. O Modern Probiems Require Modern Solutions: Trusted frameworks and partnerships across the digital domain, including data governance, artificial intelligence, clouds and satellites, and beyond. Practical Information Tallinn Digital Summit 2022 will take place on 10—11 October at the Tallinn Creative Hub. The two days consist of keynote speeches and panel discussions. A welcorne dinner will be held at the Port ofTallinn Cruise Terminal at the end of the first day.