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Former Government CIO of Estonia | Partner, Digital Nation
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WHY SIIM
Siim helped build the world's most advanced digital government — and now shows leaders not just what to copy, but how to actually lead digital transformation in the public sector.
KEYNOTE TOPICS
As one of the architects of the world's most advanced digital government, Sikkut takes audiences inside how Estonia did it — e-Residency, once-only data, digital identity — and, crucially, what other governments and organizations can copy and what they should avoid.
Drawing on his book, Sikkut argues the hard part isn't knowing what to build but how to lead it. He shares the leadership and governance practices that separate digital-government success from expensive failure.
Sikkut unpacks how Estonia built trust-by-default into its digital state — data protection, security, and the citizen's control over their own data — and what it takes to earn public trust in digital services.
Sikkut looks ahead at how AI and emerging technology will reshape public services and governance, and how governments can modernize their institutions for a digital, AI-shaped era.
Siim Sikkut led the digital government and digital policy area in the Government of Estonia for a decade, most recently as Government Chief Information Officer from 2017 to 2022 — a period in which Estonia cemented its reputation as the world's most advanced digital society. Responsible for strategy, policy, and the key initiatives and regulation spanning digital government, cybersecurity, and connectivity, he was also, as a self-described "serial intrapreneur" in the public sector, one of the founders of Estonia's groundbreaking e-Residency program. Apolitical has recognized him as one of the world's twenty most influential people in digital government.
Today a Managing Partner at Digital Nation, an Estonian-born advisory network, Sikkut advises governments and leaders worldwide on digital strategy, governance, service reform, and public-sector innovation. He is the author of Digital Government Excellence: Lessons from Effective Digital Leaders, distilled from conversations with twenty remarkable digital-government leaders around the world. Before becoming CIO, he served as a digital policy adviser to the Estonian government, co-authored the country's Digital Agenda 2020, and advised bodies including the Inter-American Development Bank.
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