Digital Estonia - Let Goal introduce you!

About: Estonia is often named ‘the most advanced digital society in the world’. Estonias e-story is unique and fascinates the international community, interest in Estonia’s e-solutions has continued to grow over the years. Additionally, according to Funderbeam Start up Investment Report, Estonia is third in Europe regarding the highest number of startups per capita.

Interesting facts:
• Estonia is one of the most innovative and advanced in technology countries in the world
• Citizens have a fundamental right to the Internet
• Elementary school students learn to program
• a company online within 18 minutes establish, 5 minutes for the tax return
• 90% of Estonians vote online
• 99% of State services are online
• Each person in Estonia that has visited a doctor has an online e-Health record that can be tracked

Our DMC Goal Events will help you make the right connections for your events - from Keynote to after dinner speakers, visits and tours.

What to do and who to meet:
• Visit e-Estonia Showroom - a full overview of our digital society and e-solutions (presentation as well as interview possibility with the manager)
• Meeting with Mr Siim Sikkut, Chief Information Officer of the Republic of Estonia
• Meeting with Ms Maarika Truu, Head of Startup Estonia, the governmental initiative aimed to supercharge the Estonian startup ecosystem
• Visit Science Park Tehnopol and startup incubator – science, business, startup campus which aims to advance technology-based entrepreneurship in Estonia, bring scientists and entrepreneurs together and provide suitable conditions and a suitable environment for the realisation of breakthrough business ideas
• Meeting with a representative from the e-Residency Programme - e-Residency is a government-issued digital ID available to anyone in the world and offers the freedom to easily start and run a global business in a trusted EU environment

Some of the most promising Estonian startups to meet/interview:
• Starship Technologies – Estonian company that produces self-driving robotic delivery vehicles
• Taxify – an Estonian ride-sharing platform that now operates in 20 countries. One of the most promising startups in Estonia. The CEO and founder Markus Villig is only 23 years old.
• Pipedrive - Pipedrive is a software company that offers a sales management tool designed to help small sales teams manage intricate or lengthy sales processes. Pipedrive launched a new data centre in Germany (Frankfurt) at the end of 2017.

Skype
It’s impossible to write about the Estonian startup scene without mentioning Skype. Skype is undoubtedly Estonia’s greatest contribution to the way we live and communicate today and the biggest Estonian innovation. Within one month of launch, Skype had been installed one million times. 14 years later, the number of people who have ever used Skype increased to 560 million. The average time spent on a Skype conversation is 27 minutes.

For further information on how to enhance your Meetings and incentives in Estonia and across the Baltic region please contact us and our DMC Goal Events

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