8th Estonia´s Friends International Meeting Program
Please note that our 2019 event is fully booked and registration is now closed.July 5th, 2019
10.00 – 14:00 Symposium “Quo vadis, Estonia?”: Development in the Digital Age.- Welcoming words by President of the Republic of Estonia, Mrs. Kersti Kaljulaid
- Opening of the session by the Patron of the EFIM, President Toomas Hendrik Ilves
- Keynote presentation by Ott Kaukver, CTO of Twilio, the communications platform that powers most of the apps on your phone’s home screen. Ott has scaled Twilio from the first few dozen engineers to the thousand+ in current global footprint of 23 offices, from San Francisco to Tallinn. The company’s successful IPO and current $17B valuation make Ott effectively the highest ranking tech executive in the world with an Estonian passport. Not to even mention that his previous gig was as the VP Engineering of Skype, scaling from startup days to 300M active users and the eventual $8.5B exit to Microsoft.
- Moderated Sten Tamkivi, tech entrepreneur and CPO of Topia.
14:30 – 16:00 Tour of the Stenbock House and a buffet lunch in the Prime Minister's Office
Location: Stenbock House, Rahukohtu 3, Tallinn
18:30 – 20:00 Reception hosted by the Minister of Foreign Affairs
Location: Alexela Concert Hall, Estonia Ave 9, Tallinn
20:00 – 22.00 Concert GREAT SUMMER GATHERING. FRIENDS.
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Neeme Järvi.
Location: Alexela Concert Hall, Estonia Ave 9, Tallinn
July 6th, 2019
10:30
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12:30 Visit of the Arvo Pärt Centre
Location: Arvo Pärt Centre, Kellasalu Road 3, Laulasmaa
July 4th - 7th, 2019
XXVII Song and XX Dance Celebration „My Fatherland is My Love“
https://2019.laulupidu.ee