The Art of Digitalisation
Episodes
Cybersecurity, phishing, and digital resilience
16 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we explore how the cyber threat landscape is evolving in an increasingly digital society. Gert Auväärt, Director of Cyber Security ...
Rethinking learning in the age of AI
17 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we explore Estonia’s AI Leap and what it means for learning in the age of artificial intelligence. Through conversations with teach...
How digital systems make business easier
18 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we examine what truly makes it easy to start, run, and scale a business in a digital society. Ivar Merilo, serial entrepreneur and fo...
Insights for the UK’s eID debate from Estonian experience
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this special episode, we examine what happens when a country with decades of digital-state experience meets a nation only beginning to debate digit...
Cyber command: defending a digital society
23 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we explore how national defence changes when society itself becomes digital. Mikk Tikk, Deputy Commander of the Estonian Defence Forc...
Digitalisation, cleantech, and the green transition
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we examine how digitalisation accelerates the green transition. Mikk Vainik from Rohetiiger outlines how secure data, interoperabilit...
AI and the future of e-health
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we dive into the future of e-health and pharmaceuticals. Kertti Merimaa from Nortal shares how AI is already transforming healthcare ...
Vattan PS and the future of AI sovereignty
01 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, visionary founder Vattan PS explains why countries cannot afford to depend solely on a handful of global AI providers. We discuss Est...
Creativity, technology, and AI
19 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We explore how digital technology is reshaping the creative industries in Estonia, from live AI-generated theatre to immersive VR dance and the future...
Education, innovation, and the AI Leap
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We explore Estonia’s bold leap into AI-powered education with insights from Gert Jervan, Dean of the School of Information Technologies at TalTech. ...
AI, e-governance, and the future of digital transformation
22 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We dive into Estonia's e-governance journey with insights from Joel Burke, AI policy expert and author of Rebooting A Nation. Joel shares his exp...
The cyber security challenge: protecting nations and industries
18 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This time, we explore the critical role of cyber security in an increasingly digital world. Our hosts, Johanna-Kadri Kuusk and Petra Holm, talk with t...
Estonia's e-ID journey and the rise of the EU Digital Identity Wallet
18 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We delve into the intriguing world of electronic identification, exploring its evolution and impact from local and global perspectives. Join our hosts...
Estonia: 100% digital and 0% bureaucrazy
29 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join us in celebrating Estonia's remarkable achievement of full digitalization of all public services, including divorce, marking a new era of 0%...
Straight to business: from e-Residency to real-time economy
17 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This time we uncover how Estonia, the world's leading digital society, is transforming government and business operations through innovative tech...
Future of medicine: personalisation, genomics and AI
20 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We explore the cutting-edge of healthcare digitalisation through the lens of genomics, artificial intelligence, and e-health strategies. Liis Leitsal...
Green futures: cleantech, biotech, and AI
22 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We explore the game-changing world of cleantech and sustainability, showcasing the crucial roles and innovative approaches of industry leaders. We&apo...
Defending our future: NATO DIANA, AI and drones
17 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We explore the intersection of defence and digital innovation, shedding light on how modern technology is transforming national security. Our discussi...
Modern classrooms: girls in tech, STEM TV show & Irish education
19 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This time we focus on educational transformations and innovative approaches to integrate technology in learning environments. Taavi Kotka, Estonia&ap...
From AI to EdTech - from Estonia to Indonesia
14 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Explore transformative education through technology, featuring insights from Sten Kapten of Estonia's Ministry of Education and Research, Kevin E...
EU digital wallet and beyond
16 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The latest podcast episode delves into global digital infrastructures and the implementation of a unified EU digital wallet initiative.How countries l...
Elections, visionaries and govtech
12 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast episode, we delve into the topics of digital democracy, gov tech and digital visionaries.More than 80 countries and more than half of ...
Global digitalisation insights from Canada to AI
13 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We start the new podcast season with a little twist of the format. With our hosts, Digital Transformation Advisers Erika Piirmets and Carmen Raal, the...
Post-digital: new era of governance
10 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the first episode of 2024, we're thrilled to have Andres Raieste, Senior Vice President of the Public Sector from Nortal, as we dive into th...
e-Estonia 2023 wrapped
10 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We end this year’s podcast season with a bang – as we bid farewell to 2023, it’s time to reflect e-Estonia’s journey of the digitalisation l...
Shaping a sustainable digital era
20 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dive into Estonia's digital transformation with a green twist in this podcast episode. Kädi Ristkok from Cleantech Estonia and Kaidi-Kerli Kärn...
There’re no time zones in cyberspace
16 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Our latest podcast episode, as well as the month of October, is dedicated to cybersecurity and raising awareness of cybersecurity. And who would be a ...
S3E7: Digital transformation: measuring impact and navigating the future
19 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast episode, the hosts discuss various aspects of digital transformation, particularly in the context of Estonia's experience. They e...
S3E6: The digital pathfinders: Estonia and Ukraine's strong tech partnership
15 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Estonian and Ukranian tech partnership dates back to 2016 when Estonia helped Ukraine to pave the way for the architecture of digital government. Toda...
S3E5: "From citizen-centric to personalised healthcare: the power of genomics"
23 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Our latest podcast tackles a timely and groundbreaking topic of personalised medicine with Piret Hirv, the manager of the Connected Health Cluster. Pi...
S3E4: "Breaking through the screen: the exciting future of healthcare"
25 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
With experts from TEHIK, Katre Pruul, manager of cross-border data exchange and Tõnis Jaagus, head of the health division, our podcast hosts explo...
S3E3 "Online-voting - the future of democracy or a niche trend? " | Mihkel Solvak, professor and researcher
06 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Estonia is the first and still the only country with nationwide internet elections. The latest general elections in the first week of March saw a reco...
S3E2: Are we ready for an AI government | Colin Van Noordt, Programme Director for AI at Digital Nation
14 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The government is lagging behind the private sector in its use of Artificial Intelligence (AI). In the latest podcast episode, we discuss the reasons ...
S3E1: Navigating a digital country as a CIO | Luukas Ilves, CIO of Government of Estonia
25 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The 3rd season of our podcast series "The Art of Digitalisation" premiers with the boss of digital Estonia - Mr Luukas Kristjan Ilves, who s...
S2E12: Greentech is not yet bankable, and we must solve it | Kersti Kaljulaid, former President of Estonia
14 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It's hard to find a more perfect guest for the end-of-the-year podcast than the former president of Estonia, Mrs Kersti Kaljulaid. She's a g...
S2E11: Digital identity should be free for everyone | Laura Kask, CEO of Proud Engineers
08 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Erika Piirmets and Carmen Raal explore how countries solve the issue of digital identity, how they can learn from each other and what...
S2E10 Kalev Pihl, CEO of SK ID Solutions: eID - a lot of good luck or a great masterplan?
17 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The guest of our latest podcast episode is Kalev Pihl, CEO of SK ID Solutions and one of the key figures behind the Estonian ID-card project. He has p...
S2E9 Merit Valdsalu, Founder and CEO of Single.Earth on sustainability
08 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sustainability, tokens, and the well-being of nature and the world were some of the topics Carmen Raal and Erika Piirmets touched upon with their gues...
S2E8: e-Estonia podcast with Austrian e-resident Dominik Panosch
16 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Our monthly podcast "The Art of Digitalisation" has been taken over by our Digital Transformation Advisers Carmen Raal and Erika Piirmets. T...
S2E7: Ex-Director of Data Policy, Ministry of Economic Affairs & Communications for Estonia, Sandra Särav: Estonia will never monetise its citizens' private data
20 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sandra Särav is a force to be reckoned with. Sandra has worked as the Public Policy Manager at Bolt (the Estonian unicorn mobility startup), becoming...
S2E6: Mari-Liis Kukk of the Estonian Financial Supervision Authority on tokenization, micro-shares and regulating crypto
22 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mari-Liis Kukk is the Head of the Innovation Department at the Estonian Financial Supervision and Resolution Authority. She describes herself as a lon...
S2E5: Taavi Tamkivi’s Salv takes on the trillion-dollar fincrime industry
18 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Taavi Tamkivi is the founder and CEO of a startup called Salv that aims to kill an industry valued at a trillion dollars a year. Salv is an anti-mon...
S2E4: Merle Maigre, senior expert on cyber security, on digital resilience
03 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Merle Maigre works as the Senior Cyber Security Expert at e-Governance Academy. In our podcast, Merle talks to Florian Marcus about:Resilience in cy...
S2E3: Tanel Sepp, Ambassador at Large for Cyber Diplomacy: Any diplomat needs to be a digital diplomat
12 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tanel Sepp is the Ambassador at Large and Director-General for the Cyber Diplomacy Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Es...
S2E2: Jaanika Merilo, Adviser of Ukrainian Minister of Digital Transformation: what we can learn from digital Ukraine?
08 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Florian Marcus’s quest is Jaanika Merilo, the evangelist of e-government, head of PR and Communication of Funderbeam, advisor to Deputy Prime Mini...
S2E1: Andres Kütt, CTO of Proud Engineers: the Biggest Obstacles in Estonia's Path to Digitalisation
25 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The guest of our podcast series first episode of 2022 is one of the most influential men behind e-Estonia, actually. His name is Andres Kütt and he h...
S1E10: X-Road® – the foundation of e-state - turns 20
14 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
X-Road – considered the foundation of the Estonian e-state, is celebrating its 20th anniversary. Taavi Meinberg, Product Owner of the X-Road at the ...
S1E9: Estonia's CDO Ott Velsberg: #Bürokratt - Siri on steroids
16 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Estonian Government's Chief Data Officer Ott Velsberg speaks to Florian Marcus about the next level of development of the digital state in e-Esto...
S1E8: Communication expert Daniel Vaarik: Country's brand as an instrument of soft power
12 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In our latest podcast episode, Florian Marcus talks to communication expert Daniel Vaarik. Vaarik served as the consultant for the famous Estonian e-R...
S1E7: Siim Sikkut, Ex-Government CIO: “Estonia is open for all govtech innovators!”
06 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the seventh episode of our podcast series, “The Art of Digitalisation” our host Florian Marcus gets the Estonian CIO, Siim Sikkut, before his m...
S1E6: Lauri Almann of CybExer “We can't have digital benefits without security”
10 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the newest episode of our podcast “The Art of Digitalisation” our speaker Florian Marcus discusses the current threats and trends of cybersecur...
S1E5: Kevin Tammearu of Cybernetica: e-solutions act as tools for democracy
12 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Our speaker Florian Marcus talked with Kevin Tammearu, the Head of Business Development for Data Exchange Technologies of Cybernetica. Estonian comp...
S1E4: Dermtest's CEO Priit Kruus: the shift towards value-based healthcare
21 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, our Digital Transformation Adviser Florian Marcus talks to Dermtest´s CEO Priit Kruus. Dermtest gives doctors the digital tools to m...
S1E3: CTO of Estonia Kristo Vaher: Estonia dares to be second?
26 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In our podcast's third episode, Florian Marcus talks to Kristo Vaher, the Chief Technology Officer of the Republic of Estonia. The conversation c...
S1E2: Fyma's CEO Karen K. Burns: How to run your AI startup ethically
21 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In our second podcast episode, our Digital Transformation Adviser Florian Marcus talks to computer-vision AI company Fyma´s co-founder and CEO Karen ...
S1E1: Estonia's IT Minister Andres Sutt: risk appetite drives innovation
26 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Estonia’s IT minister Andres Sutt talks to e-Estonia Briefing Centre’s Digital Transformation Adviser Anett Numa in its inaugural podcast about th...