Invitation

REPuBLIc OF EsT0NIA MINIsTRY OF EcoNoMIc AFFAIRs AND C0MMuNIcATI0Ns H.E. Mr. Hagiuda Köichi Minister ofEconomy. Trade and + inuusily o apan Our Ref: 22.07.2022 No 24.1- 8/2022/4742-1 1-3-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-890 1, Japan Dear H.E. Mr. Hagiuda, The rules-based world order is undergoing a seisrnic shift on rnultiple 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 off a 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 fi’ont 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 democracies to unite their many connectivity 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 developrnent of new technologies and novel digital solutions, as well as in the reconstruction of a free and democratic Ukraine. 1 commend your government’s leadership in promoting democracy, international cooperation, digitalization, and trusted connectivity between Europe and Japan, and in the Indo-Pacific region, particularly through initiatives such as the Free and Open Indo-Pacific, the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity, Data Free Flow with Trust, the Blue Dot Network, the Japan—European Union Digital Partnership, as well as our recent bilateral Memorandum of Cooperation on digitalization. 1 invite you to join me in person at Tallinn Digital Summit 2022 on 10 and 11 October, focusing on mitigating energy insecurity and on constructing a new, trusted energy architecture. It would be my honor to host you in Estonia. Please find attached to this invitation the concept paper for this year’s Tallinn Digital Summit. Additional information will soon be forthcoming. Suur-Arneerika 1 / 10122 Tallinn / ESTONIA Phone: +372 625 6342 / Fax: +372 631 3660 / E-rnail: [email protected] / http://www.rnkrn.ee The democratic world has dernonstrated 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 Iook f rward to welcoming you in Tallinn! ristjan Järvan Minister of Entrepreneurship and Information Technology 2 (2) ::::+ .++++ Digital ,+++ Summit Tallinn Digital Summit 2022 Concept Paper The Tallinn Digital Summit is an annual event hosted by the Estonian Prime Minister that brings together leaders frorn Iike-minded and digitally-advanced countries, international organizations, and the private sector to address the most pressing issues as veIl as to seize the many opportunities on our road toward a connected digital future. Our transition to this digital future has collided with the grim realities ofgeopolitics. Connectivity is at the heart of this collision because there is immense global demand for infrastructure and because connectivity intersects political, security, energy, econoniic, development, and regulatory cooperation. There is now a premium on presenting a united front against authoritarianism and on trusted partnerships, based on cornrnon interests, on democratic values, and on the highest standards—the essence of trusted connectivity. At last year’s Tallinn Digital Summit, Estonia introduced Trusted Connectivity as a shared conceptual fraiuework to consolidate and amplify the various connectivity initiatives of like-minded democracies. This year’s Summit will focus on delivering trusted connectivity through trusted partnerships. The Summit will elaborate on what constitutes a trusted and secure digital society, as well as on concrete steps for governrnents, financial institutions, international organizations, technical experts, and the private sector to take to ensure our dernocratic values, our cornrnitrnents to human freedom and hurnan dignity, and the rules-based international order will prevail. We wiIl 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, \Veb 3.0, as well as their role in the reconstruction of a free and democratic Ukraine. AlI this necessitates the holistic shaping of the requisite political, institutional, and entrepreneurial ecosystems to increase public and private investrnents in infrastructure. The Summit takes place against the backdrop ofseveral momentous developments. First, many have recently introduced new connectivity initiatives, including the G7, the EU’s GlobaI Gateway, the UK’s Clean Green Initiative, and the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework. Second, Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, in conjunction with continuing cyberattacks against vital infrastructure, have arnply underscored the geopolitical importance of values-based investments into trusted connectivity and of reducing our strategic dependencies on rnalign actors. But new geostrategic imperatives also present an auspicious opportunity to revitalize our cooperation in the face ofshared challenges. Main Topics O Giobal Security: Building trusted partnerships with like-rninded partners through trusted connectivity. O Energy Security: Decoupling frorn the energy of untrusted partners and seeking trusted alternatives. O Cybersecurity: Enabling collective defense and enhancing resilience through trusted connectivity. O Attracting Investments into Infrastructure: Public—private cooperation in delivering trusted connectivity in practice, at horne and abroad. O Modern Problems Require Modern Solutions: Trusted frarneworks and partnerships across the digital domain, including data governance, artificial intelligence, clouds and satellites, digital public goods, and beyond. Practical Information Tallinn Digital Summit 2022 will take place on 10—11 Octobcr at the Tallinn Creative Hub. The two days consist of keynote speeches and panel discussions. A gala dinner will be held at the Port ofTallinn Cruise Terminal at the end of the first day.