BeScaled Fireside Chat: When Crisis Hits, Who’s Responsible? Local Government, Startups and Defense Industry at the Same Table

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A crisis doesn’t wait for you to be ready; readiness has to be there already.
On stage are the people who actually carry the responsibility in a crisis, and the people building solutions to help them. We’ll get into how local government can strengthen regional resilience, what actually gives police and rescue services trouble day to day, and how Estonian startups could solve those problems faster and smarter.

The session runs under the BeScaled project, which helps Estonian and Finnish startups enter defense, security and resilience markets.

In the conversation:

  • Local government crisis-preparedness expert (municipality to be confirmed): the local government view and real-life challenges of ensuring resilience

  • Risto Pärn, CEO of Hetk Systems

  • Rene Ehasalu, Head of the Defence Industry Cluster

Format: moderated fireside chat, followed by audience Q&A.