6th EBS International Summer School on Digitalisation and Sustainability

Before becoming the Secretary of State, he was the Secretary General of the Ministry of Climate from June 2023. In 2022-2023, Kasemets was a member of the Council of the Tallinn Center of the Stockholm Environmental Institute.

In 2017–2022, Kasemets was the Head of the European Commission Representation in Estonia. From January 2016 to January 2017, Kasemets was the Deputy Secretary General of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications, from 2012 to 2015 he worked as the Deputy Head of the SIGMA program in the Public Governance and Territorial Development Directorate of the OECD. In the years 2001-2012, Kasemets worked in the Government Office of Estonia: starting as the deputy head of the European Integration Office, then as the Director for EU Affairs and after that as the Strategy Director. He graduated from the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Tartu with a master’s degree in political science.

David Seim is a Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics, Stockholm University.

He was previously Assistant Professor of Economics at University of Toronto, a Visiting Professor at Brown University and at UC Berkeley. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the Institute for International Economic Studies, Stockholm University. Seim's research spans the fields of public finance, labor economics, and political economy. In particular, he has studied the effectiveness of various taxes as well as the causes and consequences of inequality.

His work has been published in the American Economic Review, the Quarterly Journal of Economics, and the Review of Economic Studies, among other journals. Professor Seim is a co-Editor of the Journal of Public Economics. He is a Research Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) in London, the Center for Economic Studies/ifo Institute (CESifo), the IZA Institute of Labor Economics and the EU Tax Observatory.

Paul Spörl is a travel and logistics expert at McKinsey & Company. He collaborates with leading global airlines and logistics organizations, focusing on areas such as operational efficiency, on-time performance, and customer experience. Passionate about leveraging innovative digital solutions, Paul drives impactful transformations in the industry. He holds a Master's degree in Supply Chain Management from the University of Cologne. An aviation enthusiast, Paul has a particular fondness for flying, with Estonia being one of his favorite destinations.

More than 25 years working in Financial Services around the world. For the last 22 years, asset backed securities, securitisation, debt capital markets, structuring, Islamic finance and asset management have been my focus and the impact of regulatory change on product development. Specific focus on legal and operational risk particularly as relates to marketing, the prospectus directive, AML and KYC. Cross border distribution and alignment with product development have been key to successes in opening new markets. Lots of shoe leather talking to distribution groups from Hong Kong to Bermuda (going west of course) and developing brand and market penetration strategies through both traditional and online media. Before that, offshore insurance and product development with emphasis on IT and operational/back office development (fintech of the last century). Product and solution development, marketing, strategy and execution. Time spent working with trade bodies (representing both insurers and asset managers) has been well spent. Training, education, and pontification through various online and printed media remains entertaining (hopefully not just for me).