RIGA COMM 2025 PROGRAMMA BŪS PIEEJAMA AUGUSTĀ/SEPTEMBRĪ

 

RIGA COMM 2024 PROGRAMMA

12 KONFERENCES – 6 SKATUVES – 2 DIENAS – 1 BIĻETE

Salesforce & LeverUP Digital skatuve

10:00

Registration. The event venue is open to attendees

11:00

MADTech: How to Make Every Channel a Shopping Channel

  • Daria Nemchonok, CEO, Co-founder and MarTech expert, LeverUP

11:25

Ultimate Product Page Guide for Local and International Markets

  • Tomass Berzins, Head of Business Development, WD Market

11:50

How to Scale Your Dropshipping Business from €0 to €10,000

  • Joosep Sibul, Founder, Hertwill

12:10

E-commerce Evolution: Understanding Consumer Behavior and Payment Preferences

  • Valdis Vaisla, Head of Cash Management Sales Support Department, Swedbank

12:30

Break & Exhibition

13:10

Discussion: How to build a connected customer journey with Salesforce

  • Daria Nemchonok, Moderator | CEO, Co-founder and MarTech expert, LeverUP
  • Katazyna Viduto, Account Director, Baltics, Salesforce
  • Grete Kikas, Digital Services Development Manager, Synlab
  • Lauma Rikmane , Sales Operations Manager, Printful
  • Kristaps Sadovskis, Digital Growth & Performance Manager, SEB Bank

13:45

The Key Drivers of Successful E-commerce Optimization

  • Ihor Sokolov, CEO, Conversion Rate Store

14:10

The Future of Retail: The next big wave of growth is here, starting with eCommerce

  • Heikki Haldre, Founder, Miros

14:40

Too Slow to Grow? The Impact of Low Website Speed on Revenue

  • Elina Loseva, Head of Marketing, Magebit

15:00

Break & Exhibition

15:30

Visual Search for B2B and B2C Ecommerce

  • Matt Judge, VP Sales, VizSeek

15:45

HootCore: How to optimize the whole e-commerce business with only one tool

  • Olga Vysochynska, Head of Product, IT Hoot

16:00

How to calculate advertising budget and ROAS for e-commerce business?

  • Simona Saule, Founder, Intelligence Media
  • Jorens Kvēle - Kvāls, Co-founder, Intelligence Media

16:20

How Immersive Short Videos are Enhancing UX and Boosting Sales in E-commerce

  • Maks Kondratjevs, Founder, Twistoo

10:00

Registration. The event venue is open to attendees

10:50

Why Data is the New Gold – Future of Marketing: AI analytics as the key for success

  • Nikolas Adamopoulos, Founder, CEO, Talonic AI

11:20

Keep up with the times: product recommendations based on AI

  • Erkki Markus, Founder, CEO, Smaily

11:40

Navigating the Digital Dialogue: The Future of Reputation Management with AI

  • Raivis Balodis, CEO, Delight Solutions

11:55

Human Touch vs. AI: Trusting AI in Content Creation and Training for Quality

  • Marija Vorkule, PR consultant, LU lecturer and PhD student

12:10

Break & Exhibition

12:50

Unf**k Your Customer Journey: Untrap Data, Automate Marketing, and Personalize for Profit

  • Vilius Kavaliauskas, Digital Solutions Director, Salesforce

13:20

How to boost returns on creative: The TikTok Blueprint for Systemized Creative Testing & Scaling

  • Madara Dakse, Client Solutions Manager for TikTok Ads, Aleph

13:45

Perspectives and Trends in the Latvian Display Advertising Market

  • Uldis Vītiņš, Managing Director, Digital Matter

14:05

State of the Baltic Digital Advertising Market

  • Kaarel Oja, MP for Quantitas Innovation, Board Member & Head of Research, IAB Baltics

14:20

Break & Exhibition

14:50

How to get unlimited ideas for LinkedIn without ChatGPT?

  • Ilze Svarcbaha, Founder, CEO, Not Scheduled

15:10

Winning B2B SEO Strategies in 2025

  • Daniel Dramshev, CEO & Founder, Netrocket

15:30

Discussion: Is Affiliate Marketing Right for You?

  • David Vince, Moderator | Co-founder, Baltic Affiliate Consulting Group
  • Agne Zukauskaite, Founder, Affiliate Boutique
  • Sofia Aleksejeva, Senior Affiliate Manager, Printify
  • Santa Barkevica, Head of Affiliate Marketing, Alfor
  • Adam Bednarek, CEO, DoAff.net

Executive skatuve

10:00

Registration. The event venue is open to attendees

11:00

E-Invoicing Mandate in the EU: The Devil is in the Details

  • Jan Druppel, Business Development Director, Unifiedpost

11:25

FinTech Instrument for Tax Advantages

  • Arturs Piliksers, Board Member, Bonusukarte.lv

12:05

Empowering Digital Payments on a National Scale: Tietoevry helps transform banking and payments in the Maldives

  • Andrejs Vinakovs, Lead Business Developer, Tietoevry Banking

12:30

Break & Exhibition

13:10

Boosting E-Commerce with Innovative Financial Tech

  • Dainis Skrinda, Country Manager, Inbank Latvia

13:45

Biometric Facial Recognition for Secure Payments Across Industries

  • Timur Miyassarov, Head of Export Department, Uzinfocom Ukraina

14:05

Discover Opportunities: How to Seamlessly Integrate Fintech Products into Your Business

  • Armands Liseks, CEO, inGain

14:30

Embedded trust services as enabler for digital, compliant and secure financial services. Typical aspects for successful result.

  • Edgars Stafeckis, CEO, TrustLynx

14:50

Break & Exhibition

15:20

Discussion: Exploring the EU’s Digital Identity Wallet: What Should We Know?

  • Ieva Treija, Moderator | Co-Founder & Communication Specialist, Finday.lv
  • Arnis Perkons, Head of e-Services Division, Latvia State Radio and Television Centre
  • Ilja Nogicevs, Head of Digital Banking Latvia, SEB
  • Jans Slihte, Senior Project Manager, Riga Technical University
  • Rinalds Celmins, Director of the Digital Policy Department, Ministry of Smart Administration and Regional Development

15:50

Discussion: Overcoming Common Challenges in Fintech Product Development

  • Uldis Karlovs-Karlovskis, Moderator | Co-founder & CTO, Zen IS
  • Erik Kaju, Chief Product and Technology Officer, Member of the Management Board, Inbank
  • Ewan Weinberg, CTO, Engine
  • Andris Gangis, CTO, Cube Systems

16:20

Discussion: What should the next Latvia’s National FinTech Strategy look like?

  • Madara Ambrēna, Moderator | Senior Researcher and Industry Advisor, The Baltic Finance Center at RTU Riga Business School
  • Tīna Lūse, Managing Director, Fintech Latvia Association
  • Alexander Apostolides, Lead Researcher, The Baltic Finance Center
  • Marine Krasovska, Deputy Director of the Financial Market Policy Department, The Bank of Latvia
  • Dina Buse, Head of the Financial Technology Supervision Department, The Ministry of Finance of The Republic of Latvia

10:00

Registration. The event venue is open to attendees

10:30

Reimagining SOC: Dynamic Teams for the Modern Threat Landscape

  • Pavel Lapte, Head of SOC, NEVERHACK Estonia

10:50

Selective disclosure: Empowering privacy in a connected world

  • Sanita Meijere, Head of Business Relations, SK ID Solutions

11:10

The Role of AI in Enhancing SOC Capabilities

  • Artur Bicki, CEO, Energy Logserver

11:30

Continuous Threat Exposure Management: Stay Ahead of the Game

  • Normunds Aizstrauts, CISO, NS Advisory
  • Kaspars Iesalnieks, Founder, CITM Advisory

11:50

The evolution of the SOC market in Lithuania

  • Lukas Vytautas Dagilis, Technical Product Manager, NRD Cyber Security

12:10

The Endpoint Security Challenges in the Age of AI

  • Kaspars Kalnins, ASUS Commercial Product Manager in Baltics, Asus

12:30

Cybersecurity for digital manufacturing

  • Dr. Sashi Bakka, Ph.D., Regional Head – Continental Europe, UST

13:00

Break & Exhibition

13:20

Beginner’s Guide to Buying and Selling Crypto

  • Anastasija Plotnikova, CEO, Co-Founder, Fideum Group

13:40

Discussion: Do Latvian Banks Care About Crypto? Exploring the Intersection

  • Demet Zubeyiroglu, Moderator | Co-Founder, PrimeX
  • Sofian Berrahal, CEO, NexPay
  • Tim Ferland, CEO, Let Know Pay
  • Edgars Valmers, Member of the Board, Magnetiq Bank

14:10

Will Latvia become the next Web3 hub?

  • Reinis Znotins, Executive Director, Latvian Blockchain Association

14:30

Discussion: Do I Need a License for Crypto Business? Unlocking the European Market with a MiCA License in Latvia

  • Reinis Znotins, Moderator | Executive Director, Latvian Blockchain Association
  • Mārtins Puke, CLO at Gravity Team & Board Member at Latvian Blockchain Association
  • Edgars Zarins, CAO, Beetroot Lab
  • Agneta Rumpa, Senior Associate, Sorainen

15:10

Case Study: AirBaltic’s Web3 Customer Loyalty Program

  • Artūrs Garais, Web3 project lead, airBaltic

15:30

Discussion: Stablecoins – CBDCs vs. Private Issuers and How Users Can Benefit from Each

  • Davis Dargelis, Moderator | Founder & CPO of Blockchain Advisory Global, Advisor to Latvian Blockchain Association
  • Greg Klumov, CEO, Co-Founder, Stasis
  • Emils Darzins, Head of the Payment Systems Policy division, The Bank of Latvia
  • Edgars Laimite, Co-Founder, Gravity Team

Future skatuve

10:00

Registration. The event venue is open to attendees

10:55

Introduction of MILA

  • Arvils Kupris, CEO, MILA

11:01

Preparing for a New Nordics AI Center

  • Mikael Ljungblom, Director of Public Policy & International Relations, Sweden AI

11:07

AI for Good Innovation Factory: Elevating the Baltics as a Hub for Sustainable Innovation

  • Tetiana Doktorova, Executive Director, AI for Good Innovation Factory Baltics

11:10

Solo entrepreneurship enabled by AI agents

  • Evalds Urtans, CEO, Asya & Pitch Patterns

11:30

How Latvian Companies Are Harnessing AI in 2024

  • Igors Uhans, Innovation Lead, Helve

11:50

Simple RAG for enterprise search? Really? Think again!

  • Raivis Skadiņš, Director of Research & Development , Tilde

12:10

LLMs for Workflow automation

  • Antons Mislevics, Head of AI/ML, C.T.Co

12:30

Break & Exhibition

13:10

Document management and automation with LLMs

  • Muntis Rudzitis, Lead Data Scientist, Emergn

13:30

AI Capability of Latvia – research, competences, experience

  • Arvils Kupris, CEO, MILA

13:50

AI-Led ERP: Drive your business towards a smarter future

  • Alekss Levsunovs, Pre-sales Specialist, Tietoevry Tech Services

14:10

Advancing Radiology with Computer Vision: Key Opportunities and Challenges

  • Lina Bringe, IT Project Manager, APPLY IT

14:30

Break & Exhibition

15:00

Continuous Product Discovery in the age of AI: mitigating risks and saving millions on development

  • Roman Zatitskiy, Product manager, AI coach for Engineering Excellence, EPAM Systems

15:20

The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Human Autonomy and Critical Thinking

  • Gatis Romanovskis, CEO, Hansab

15:40

Leveraging Large Language Models to Enhance and Automate Anti-Money Laundering Processes

  • Dmitrijs Ozernovs, Founder & CEO, Graphdo

16:00

Practical implementation of AI in industrial products

  • Viktors Roze, Data Science team lead, Accenture Baltics

16:20

The AI-Driven Transformation in Customer Interaction and Sales Operations

  • Vladyslav Bohachenko, Head of Sales, RAI
  • Anastasiia Kohut, Head of Marketing, RAI

10:00

Registration. The event venue is open to attendees

10:50

Networks That Deliver Value: 5G Empowering Digital Industries and Society

  • Lorena Gomez Gaviria, Business and Partnership Development Manager, Nokia

11:20

Discussion: The Future of PropTech: Driving Innovation through Collaboration

  • Girts Ruda, Legal and Administrative Director, SJSC State Real Estate
  • Martinas Eitmonas, President, PropTech Lithuania
  • Janis Berkis, CEO, ITED
  • Jānis Nīgals, Co-founder, COB, FURE Biostone

12:00

The Value of Energy Monitoring: Investment or Expense?

  • Janis Klavins, Head of Energy Management Sector, SJSC State Real Estate

12:20

Artificially Intelligent R8 Jenny in Real Estate Market

  • Ilmars Vitols, Project Engineer, R8 Technologies

12:35

Break & Exhibition

13:15

TROIA and its future smart asset management solutions

  • Primoz Sevcnikar, CEO, TROIA

13:35

Re-Revolutionizing Wi-Fi with Wi-Fi 7 and AI

  • Jared Griffith, Global Sr Dir Service Provider System Engineering, RUCKUS Networks

14:00

IoT in Numbers

  • Jans Jelinskis, Technical Director, 1NCE GmbH

14:20

Break & Exhibition

14:50

Temperature, humidity monitoring in logistics, harsh environments and IIoT examples

  • Ritvars Stradins, Member of the Board, Will Sensors & IOT SYSTEMS

15:10

Rolling Into the Future: How Simple It Is To Add Robots to Your Business

  • Toms Mols, Development manager, ELIGENT

15:25

How IoT technology can help elderly people to live better and longer at home, at lowest cost for the community

  • Eric Brisset, Founder, 0G Baltics

15:40

Remote monitoring of charging station networks: Ignitis Latvia’s technological expertise in IoT sensor and data transmission solutions for electric vehicle charging

  • Arturs Svekris, Head of Ignitis ON EV Charging Network in Latvia, Ignitis Latvija

Smart skatuve

10:00

Registration. The event venue is open to attendees

11:00

AI in performance of job duties: which course to take – either permit or forbid

  • Irina Rozensteina, Associate Partner, Head of Employment law practice, Ellex Kļaviņš

11:25

Artificial Intelligence in HR and Recruitment

  • Tomasz Teluk, PR Manager, MindPal.co

11:55

Turbocharged HR: Streamlining Documents and Processes

  • Jean Mauris, Co-founder & Head of Product, Avokaado

12:20

5 Strategies to Boost Employee Engagement: HR Solutions That Make a Difference

  • Arturs Banga, Usability analyst and expert, Elva

12:50

Break & Exhibition

13:30

Personality Tests in Employee Performance Evaluation Using AI

  • Aiste Krataviciute-Alisauskiene, Co-Founder, Unlock Tests

13:55

How AI-Voicebot for HR optimizes hiring and are candidates happy about it?

  • Denis Shirokii, Founder, Apifonica

14:20

10 Steps to Your HR Digitalization Journey in 2025: On Budget, Without the AI Hype

  • Vladimir Jelov, Partner, HRMS Guide

14:45

Efficient Candidate Evaluation with Help of AI

  • Kristine Vikle, CEO, Skilloom

15:00

Break & Exhibition

15:30

Discussion: Company page as a 6th player empowers HR efforts

  • Ieva Drazniece, LinkedIn Strategy Business Coach | Moderator
  • Elina Butane, Employer Branding & Communications Manager for LV, LT and RO, Evolution Latvia
  • Kristine Mennika, Head of Corporate Communications at Bite Latvija, Member of the Board at Latvian Public Relations Association
  • Henri Lempu, Head of HR, Printify

16:05

Discussion: A Winning Employee Value Proposition (EVP): Insights from the Baltics’ Most Attractive Employers

  • Rūta Lapinskiene, Moderator | Co-founder, The Promise
  • Kristine Šonmane, Employer Branding Manager, SEB Latvija
  • Liisi Maria Aleksius, Senior PR Manager (Estonia & Latvia), Bolt
  • Ieva Venskuvienė, Employer Branding Manager, Ignitis Group

16:40

Vienkāršā valodā: Kā NIS2 un DORA ietekmē HR lomu uzņēmuma drošībā?

  • Dace Alekna, "Baltijas Datoru Akadēmija" mācību risinājumu nodaļas vadītāja

10:00

Registration. The event venue is open to attendees

10:50

Opening. Riga TechGirls community

  • Anna Andersone, Chief Empowerment Officer, Riga TechGirls

11:00

Learn as if You Were to Live Forever

  • Ursula Koski, CTO for Nordics Partners, Amazon Web Services

11:30

AI education – your first and next steps

  • Agate Ambulte, CEO of Digitālo inovāciju parks & Head of AI at RSU

11:50

How Can CEE Become Europe’s Power Hub for Women in Tech?

  • Zydrune Vitaite, Co-founder, Women Go Tech

12:10

Break & Exhibition

13:00

How can hobbies help in your professional development?

  • Ilze Buša, Talent Acquisition Partner, Sapiens

13:15

From Junior to Founder: A Woman’s Tech Journey to Empower You

  • Ana Tralle, Founder & CEO, Anateqs

13:30

Fireside chat with Ursula Koski

  • Ursula Koski, CTO for Nordics Partners, Amazon Web Services
  • Daiga Ergle, Global Head of HR at The Customization Group and The Executive MBA Program Lead at Riga Business School, The Customization Group

13:50

Discussion: Relocation experiences (powered by Cognizant)

  • Lija Krieva, Moderator, Printify
  • Vishnupriya Venkataswami, NFT Architect, Cognizant
  • Ines Dhouioui, Software Engineer, Swisscom
  • Idania Lizbeth Rodriguez Moncada, Salesforce Developer, Accenture Baltics
  • Cristina Gualtieri, Payment Operations Manager, GoCardless

14:25

Break & Exhibition

14:50

From Intern To Founder. SELFNAMED – Skincare Brand Building Revolution

  • Anete Vabule, Co-founder, CEO, SELFNAMED

15:05

Slowing Down: Confronting Burnout in the Creative Industries

  • Elina Firmane, Integral Master Coach, Group Dynamics Consultant and Host of the Podcast “Kā Tu jūties?”

15:15

From Community Building To Investing

  • Egita Polanska, General Partner, Outlast Fund

15:30

Discussion with Female Founders: Expectations vs Reality: The Real Startup Journey

  • Elvira Zaltane, Moderator | Co-founder of Affire, COO at Riga TechGirls
  • Solvita Kostjukova, Co-founder, CEO, ALINA
  • Mari-Liis Kurg, Co-founder, CEO, Complok
  • Mariana Hagström, Founder, CEO, Avokaado
  • Erika Butler, CEO, HIHR

Arrow skatuve

11:00

Automation for Humans

  • Matti Nieminen, Automation Sales Specialist, Red Hat

11:30

Unlock the Power of AI for Employees

  • Tomasz Maksimilian Prilepskij, Sales Engineer, Ivanti

12:00

Break & Exhibition

12:30

CyberSec on the block

  • Mindaugas Kadunas, Presales engineer, Arrow

13:00

Future Proof your infrastructure

  • Mihkel Meerits, Advisory Systems Engineer, Nutanix

13:30

Break & Exhibition

14:00

SPEED, SECURITY, SIMPLICITY, SCALE and SMARTS, the 5 Ss of why customers pick Cohesity

  • Thomas Krokback, Enterprise Account Executive, Cohesity

14:30

AI Vector Search – Bring AI to your Data

  • Edgars Rungis, Account Cloud Engineer, Oracle

15:00

Break & Exhibition

15:30

Is Mobile Security part of Your Enterprise Security strategy?

  • Leszek Twardowski, Senior Sales Engineer, Ivanti

16:00

Drive Business Transformation with Microsoft Copilot for M365

  • Raido Orumets, Business Development Manager, Arrow

11:00

SPEED, SECURITY, SIMPLICITY, SCALE and SMARTS, the 5 Ss of why customers pick Cohesity

  • Thomas Krokback, Enterprise Account Executive, Cohesity

11:30

Break & Exhibition

12:00

IBM Verify Identity Protection – an innovative answer to most popular attack vector

  • Tomasz Zalewski, IT Security Specialist, IBM

12:30

Drive Business Transformation with Microsoft Copilot for M365

  • Raido Orumets, Business Development Manager, Arrow

13:00

Break & Exhibition

13:30

Build a single platform that spans private and Multiple public clouds

  • Mihkel Meerits, Advisory Systems Engineer, Nutanix

14:00

What can Red Hat do for platform engineers?

  • Timo Vilén, Openshift Sales Specialist, Red Hat

14:30

Break & Exhibition

15:00

AI Vector Search – Bring AI to your Data

  • Edgars Rungis, Account Cloud Engineer, Oracle