The Standing Committee on Cybersecurity of the Academy of Sciences introduces its risk analysis for Estonian voting technologies. The conference takes place on October 28th, 2024 in the Teachers’ House (Raekoja plats 14, Tallinn). Please register by 22 October here.
The risk analysis is published on October 1st, 2024 in the e-Estonia code repository.
The conference is co-organised by the Academy of Sciences and the Estonian Information System Authority. The first two sessions are in Estonian and the third one will be in English.
PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME
| Session 1. Introduction of the voting technology risk analysis (in Estonian) | |
| 10:00–10:05 | Welcome to participants. Dan Bogdanov, Member of the Estonian Academy of Sciences and Chairman of the Standing Committee on Cyber Security |
| 10:05–10:50 | Introduction of the election technology risk analysis. Dan Bogdanov, Chairman of the Standing Committee on Cyber Security |
| 10:50–11:10 | Sustainability of election technology development. Liisa Pakosta, Minister of Justice and Digital Affairs |
| 11:101–2:10 | Panel discussion: what are the next steps from the risk analysis? (panelists to be confirmed) |
| 12:10–13:10 | Lunch break |
| Session 2. Developments in voting technology (in Estonian) | |
| 13:10–13:30 | Which risks were determined to be low? Kristjan Krips, Standing Committee on Cyber Security |
| 13:30–14:15 | Innovations in election technology. Arne Koitmäe, State Electoral Office and Tõnis Lepik, Information System Authority |
| 14:15–14:50 | Future cryptography: elliptic curves and post-quantum cryptography in elections. Jan Villemson, Standing Committee on Cyber Security; Lauri Tankler, Information System Authority/NCC-EE |
| 14:50–15:10 | Break |
| Session 3. International view (in English) | |
| 15:10–15:40 | Ballot papers. Why it is necessary to change. Kristine Saulite, Chairperson of the Central Election Commission of Latvia |
| 15:40–16:10 | Trends in securing election technology. Juha Mäenalusta, Senior Information Security Specialist, Legal Register Centre of Finland |
| 16:10–16:40 | Geneva perspectives on developing an e-voting solution, in a federal state. Olivier Leclère, Deputy Director of Electoral Operations Office, State of Geneva, Switzerland |
| 16:40–16:50 | Conclusions. Dan Bogdanov |
Contact for substantive questions: dan.bogdanov@cyber.ee
Contact for organisational matters: ylle.sirk@akadeemia.ee and helin.sepa@ria.ee