Alvar Soome
IT relict, from ancient ages. From Assembly to Python, from developer to CIO. From village to city. From books to AI ... Alvar Intelligence.
Session
When we look around, Estonia appears to be doing amazing things, building world-class digital services and leading IT innovation across the globe. Public Wi-Fi reaches even the bogs, and children are learning to code before they reach primary school. This is the story we proudly sell to the world.
But what is the reality behind the curtain?
How do we end up ordering wooden carrots and then wonder why they are not edible?
How is it possible that a simple database modification takes an entire year?
What is the "IT Disaster Formula" in the public sector, and more importantly, can it be fixed?
Why do smart people with great ideas tend to disappear from the public sector, hopefully before burnout takes its toll?
And what do we really mean when we talk about the "security circus"? Who let the clowns out?