02/12/2022 – 

14-15 December, Gran Canaria, Spain

From the rise in cross-border data flows to the growing presence of artificial intelligence in everyday applications, digitalisation increasingly fuels the global economy, permeates across sectors and affects all aspects of life. This digital transformation carries great potential for innovation, well-being and prosperity, with data accessibility and openness in particular emerging as a means to empower people and businesses, yet also bringing risks of misuse and harm, and new policy challenges for governments.

Ministers, policy makers, business, technical and civil society representatives from nearly 40 countries will come together at an OECD Digital Economy Ministerial Meeting in Gran Canaria, Spain, on 14-15 December to discuss how governments can find a balance between unleashing the benefits of the digital transformation for all while protecting people, society and economies from the risks it can create. This will include discussions around rights in the digital age, connectivity and other digital divides, the issue of online misinformation, and how to ensure the digital transformation supports the green transition and net zero goals.

OECD member countries will be represented, along with, Brazil, Bulgaria, Croatia, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Indonesia, Peru, Romania and Ukraine. The OECD countries will present four new Recommendations on digital security, aimed at helping governments to combat cyberattacks and build safer digital societies. The Ministerial Meeting will also see the launch of new reports and findings from OECD work on data governance for growth and well-being, and the adoption of a Declaration on Government Access to Personal Data Held by Private Sector Entities, to serve as a basis for fostering trust in cross-border data flows.

Following is a list of sessions that are open to media and can be either attended in person or followed remotely. For either physical or virtual participation,journalists are required to register in advance. All times are in local time (Western European Time or UTC).

 

Wednesday 14 December

 

• 09:00-10:00, ExpoMeloneras Conference Centre Auditorium

Welcome Address and Setting the Scene with Ministerial themes

With:

Ángel Víctor Torres Pérez, President of the Government of the Canary Islands, Spain

Mathias Cormann, OECD Secretary-General

Nadia Calviño, Vice-President and Minister for Economy and Digitalisation, Spain

Mustafa Varank, Minister of Industry and Technology, Türkiye

Carme Artigas, Secretary of State for Digital Transformation and AI, Spain

Ulrik Vestergaard Knudsen, OECD Deputy Secretary-General

Nathaniel Fick, Ambassador at Large, Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy, United States

Sarah Healey, Permanent Secretary of the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sports, United Kingdom

 

• 10:00-11:00, ExpoMeloneras Conference Centre Auditorium

Towards a human-centric and rights-orientated digital transformation

Speakers include:

Nadia Calviño, Vice-President and Minister for Economy and Digitalisation, Spain

Dohyun Kang, Deputy Minister, Minister of Science and ICT, Korea

Gunn Karin Gjul, State Secretary responsible for Digital Policy, Norway

Roberto Viola, Director-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology, European Commission

Ulrik Vestergaard Knudsen, OECD Deputy Secretary-General

Göran Marby, CEO & President, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

JoAnn Stonier, Chief Data Officer, Mastercard

 

• 11:30-12:15, ExpoMeloneras Conference Centre Auditorium

Conclusions from Going Digital III – Data Governance for Growth and Well-Being

Speakers include:

Stefan Schnorr, State Secretary, Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport, Germany

Francisco Javier Acuña Llamas, President Commissioner of the National Institute for Transparency, Access to Information and Personal Data Protection, Mexico, and Chair of the Global Privacy Assembly

Takayuki Morita, President and Chief Executive Officer of NEC Corporation

Pam Dixon, Executive Director of the World Privacy Forum

 

• 12:30-13:00, ExpoMeloneras Conference Centre Auditorium

Launch of the OECD Recommendations on Digital Security

Speakers include:

Sérgio Freitas de Almeida, Vice-Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, BrazilYves Verhoeven, Director of Strategy, Agence Nationale de la Sécurité des Systèmes d’Information (ANSSI), France

Shira Lev-Ami, Head of the National Digital Agency, Israel

Ana Paula Assis, General Manager, IBM Europe, Middle East and Africa

 

• 14:30-15:15, ExpoMeloneras Conference Centre Auditorium

Launch of the OECD Declaration on Government Access to Personal Data Held by Private Sector Entities

Speakers include:

Mathias Cormann, OECD Secretary-General

Shuhei Ohshima, Personal Information Protection Commissioner, Japan

 

Thursday 15 December

 

• 14:30-16:00 ExpoMeloneras Conference Centre Auditorium

Presentation of Meeting Outcomes

Speakers include:

Ángel Víctor Torres Pérez, President of the Government of the Canary Islands, Spain

Carme Artigas, Secretary of State for Digital Transformation and AI, Spain

Ulrik Vestergaard Knudsen, OECD Deputy Secretary-General

• 16:15 ExpoMeloneras Conference Centre Room 2  

Closing Press Conference

With:

Ángel Víctor Torres Pérez, President of the Government of the Canary Islands, Spain

Carme Artigas, Secretary of State for Digital Transformation and AI, Spain

Ulrik Vestergaard Knudsen, OECD Deputy Secretary-General

 

The following new OECD reports are available for download:

 

Further information, including the Ministerial agenda and the list of speakers is available on the Digital Ministerial website. Media queries can also be sent to Catherine Bremer in the OECD Media Office in Paris (+33 1 4524 9700).  

Working with over 100 countries, the OECD is a global policy forum that promotes policies to preserve individual liberty and improve the economic and social well-being of people around the world.

 

 

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