The timetable is as follows (Estonian time) with MS Teams links:

 2.06 AFTERNOON SESSION

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•  13:00 Adebayo Tiamiyu - NIGERIA’S MONETARY POLICY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: EXPERIENCE OF THE CASHLESS SOCIETY AND AN APPRAISAL OF THE CENTRAL BANK DIGITAL CURRENCY (CBDC)
  Supervisor: Egert Juuse; Reviewer: Nastassia Harbuzova
   
• 13:40 Ashish Mehra - THE CONDITIONS, METHODS AND MECHANISMS FOR RAPID EVOLUTION OF DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE PLATFORMS: THE CASE OF THE DIGIT PLATFORM
  Supervisor: Veiko Lember; Reviewer: Colin van Noordt
   
• 14:20 Bayonle Adebayo - THE ROLE OF TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN THE EMERGENCE OF TECH START-UPS: AN EMPIRICAL AND QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE NIGERIAN ECOSYSTEM
  Supervisor: Erkki Karo; Reviewer: Alexandros Pazaitis
   
• 15:00 Marc Kristerson - MISSION-ORIENTED INNOVATION POLICY IMPLEMENTATION DIFFICULTIES IN A SMALL STATE CONTEXT: THE CASE OF ESTONIA
  Supervisor: Erkki Karo, Veiko Lember; Reviewer: Rainer Kattel
   
• 15:40 Mehwish Nisar - INDUSTRY 4.0 and TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT in MALAYSIA
  Supervisor: Jaanus Müür; Reviewer: Lucas Lemos

 3.06 MORNING SESSION

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• 9:30 Orkun Basaran - HAPPINESS IN CITIES: THE MOMENT-CENTRED CITY
  Supervisor: Erkki Karo, Veiko Lember; Reviewer: Amirouche Moktefi
   
• 10:10 Priya Mukherjee - PUBLIC PROCUREMENT AS A TOOL TO BOOST INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP: CASE OF INDIAN DEFENSE SECTOR
  Supervisor: Veiko Lember; Reviewer: Aleksandrs Cepilovs
   
• 10:50 Riskbek Rustamov - EXPLORING STUDENT BARRIERS TO DISTANCE EDUCATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS IN THE CASE OF UZBEKISTAN
  Supervisor: Shobhit Shakya; Reviewer: Ülly Enn
   
• 11:30 Salina Castle - EXPLORING CROSS-BORDER INTEROPERABILITY IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR – A CASE STUDY ON EUCARIS AS A SUCCESSFUL EU-WIDE DATA EXCHANGE INITIATIVE
  Supervisor: Luiza Schuch de Azambuja, Robert Krimmer, Stefan Dedovic; Reviewer: Tarmo Kalvet

3.06 AFTERNOON SESSION

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•  13:00 Silvia Taimur (CLOSED DEFENSE) - CRISIS POLICY MEASURES EFFECTIVENESS IN VITAL PAYMENT AND CASH CIRCULATION SERVICES: THE CASE OF ESTONIA
  Supervisor: Leno Saarniit; Reviewer: Steven Nõmmik
   
• 13:40 Christman Roos - APPLICATIONS OF REAL-TIME ECONOMY: CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR SYMPATHETIC FEEDBACK SYSTEM TO REDUCE CARBON EMISSIONS
  Supervisor: Veiko Lember; Reviewer: Christos Giotitsas
   
• 14:20 Viswamithra Chennam - “MAKE IN INDIA”: AN EVALUATION OF ITS EFFECTIVENESS IN FDI INFLOWS
  Supervisor: Egert Juuse, Amirouche Moktefi; Reviewer: Salah Chafik

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