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The Tallinn Digital Summit (TDS) 2025, an annual event hosted by Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal, will welcome high-level voices from government, industry, and cutting-edge technology to shape discussions on democracy, security, and innovation in the digital age.
On 9-10 October 2025, TDS convenes global leaders from political, business, innovation, financial, digital, media and security & defense domains for pragmatic dialogue on critical challenges and opportunities presented by Artificial Intelligence and exponential technologies.
The TDS 2025 takes place at the newly renovated Estonian National Library.
Among our honourable foreign guests from over 60 countries are:
Kaja Kallas, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
Frank-Walter Steinmeier, President of Germany
Mehmet Fatih Kaçır, Minister of Industry and Technology of Türkiye
Oksana Ferchuk, Deputy Minister of Defence of Ukraine
Colonel Maksym Pavliuk, Head of Cyberwarfare Directorate, Armed Forces of Ukraine
Michael McGrath, EU Commissioner for Democracy, Justice, the Rule of Law, and Consumer Protection
Daren Tang, Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
Bertrand Rondepierre, General Manager of France’s new Agency for Artificial Intelligence in Defense (AMIAD).
Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl, Director-General of DIGITALEUROPE, the leading digital technology industry association.
The private sector will be represented by distinguished speakers, such as:
Arthur Mensch, co-founder and CEO of Mistral AI
Carlo Ruiz, VP of Enterprise Solutions & Operations EMEA, NVIDIA
Nicholas Butts, Director of Global AI and Cybersecurity Policy of Microsoft
Markus Reinisch, Vice President for Europe Public Policy, Meta
Mustafa Isik, Chief Technologist Sovereignty, Amazon Web Services
Shon J. Manasco, Head of International Defense, Palantir Technologies
Peter Sarlin, CEO & Co-Founder of AMD Silo AI
You can find our list of speakers here.
Themes
Government efficiency - smart govtech means leaner governments, better business environments, and more options to strengthen national security.
Viable applications of technologies in strengthening cybersecurity and resilience. Our discussions will revolve around protecting democracy through digital strength free societies require secure, open, and resilient online spaces.
Invest in the next generation. Estonia has taken the lead with the AI Leap initiative, bringing AI tools directly into classrooms.
The summit will welcome 200 VIP and leadership guests alongside 1,000 carefully selected stakeholders from across the digital ecosystem. Notably, the Summit will coincide with the Arraiolos Group meeting, presided over this year by the President of Estonia, Alar Karis, welcoming heads of state and their delegations to Tallinn, further enhancing opportunities for high-level engagement on digital governance.
As Estonia is chairing the 42-member Freedom Online Coalition in 2025, the Ministerial meeting of the Coalition will also take place during the Tallinn Digital Summit.
Find more information about the TDS and its history: https://www.tds.icds.ee/about
Journalists can register for the event: https://www.tds.icds.ee/register-press
A press working area is available at the event venue for registered media.
For media inquiries and requests for interviews, please contact press@digitalsummit.ee
Photos and videos for free use (during and after the event) will be available via Flickr at https://flickr.com/photos/tallinndigitalsummit.
Live stream of the keynotes and panels is available on the website.
Official website Tallinn Digital Summit
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