EP 27: Alex Wellman - E-Estonia and Digital Governance

11/12/21 • 42 min

In this Geoeconomics Podcast episode, Aleksa Burmazovic talks with Alex Wellman, the marketing and communications leader for Estonia's E-residency program. The discussion goes into how long e-governance has been around, what it's doing and where it will take us in the next 20 years.

See the Open Zone Map:

https://www.openzonemap.com/

Alex's linkedin:

https://www.openzonemap.com/

Alex's Twitter:

https://twitter.com/WellmanAlex

Estonia's E-governance:

https://e-estonia.com/

Digital Testbed:

https://e-estonia.com/testbed/

X-Road:

https://x-road.global/

Nordic Institute for Interoperability:

https://www.niis.org/

Milton Friedman's "Free to Choose":

https://www.amazon.com/Free-Choose-Statement-Milton-Friedman/dp/0156334607

The Tax Foundation and Estonia:

https://taxfoundation.org/country/estonia/

Luxembourg Data Embassy:

https://digital-luxembourg.public.lu/initiatives/data-embassy

Remote work in UAE's Free Zones:

https://blog.dmcc.ae/covid19-uae-free-zone-labour-regulations-update

eIDAS Framework:

https://ec.europa.eu/futurium/en/content/eidas-regulation-regulation-eu-ndeg9102014.html

Gilbert & Sullivan's "The Sorcerer":

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sorcerer

Estonia's e-Residency White Paper 2.0:

https://s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/ereswhitepaper/e-Residency+2.0+white+paper+English.pdf

This podcast was produced by the Adrianople Group. The Adrianople Group is a business intelligence firm that focuses on special economic zones, venture capital, private equity, and geoeconomics.

Take a look at our free and open-source map of special economic zones:

https://www.openzonemap.com/

https://www.adrianoplegroup.com/

https://twitter.com/geoeconomicspod

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See the Open Zone Map:

https://www.openzonemap.com/

Alex's linkedin:

https://www.openzonemap.com/

Alex's Twitter:

https://twitter.com/WellmanAlex

Estonia's E-governance:

https://e-estonia.com/

Digital Testbed:

https://e-estonia.com/testbed/

X-Road:

https://x-road.global/

Nordic Institute for Interoperability:

https://www.niis.org/

Milton Friedman's "Free to Choose":

https://www.amazon.com/Free-Choose-Statement-Milton-Friedman/dp/0156334607

The Tax Foundation and Estonia:

https://taxfoundation.org/country/estonia/

Luxembourg Data Embassy:

https://digital-luxembourg.public.lu/initiatives/data-embassy

Remote work in UAE's Free Zones:

https://blog.dmcc.ae/covid19-uae-free-zone-labour-regulations-update

eIDAS Framework:

https://ec.europa.eu/futurium/en/content/eidas-regulation-regulation-eu-ndeg9102014.html

Gilbert & Sullivan's "The Sorcerer":

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sorcerer

Estonia's e-Residency White Paper 2.0:

https://s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/ereswhitepaper/e-Residency+2.0+white+paper+English.pdf

This podcast was produced by the Adrianople Group. The Adrianople Group is a business intelligence firm that focuses on special economic zones, venture capital, private equity, and geoeconomics.

Take a look at our free and open-source map of special economic zones:

https://www.openzonemap.com/

https://www.adrianoplegroup.com/

https://twitter.com/geoeconomicspod

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EP 26: Jacopo Dettoni - The (Electric) Power of SEZs

In this Geoeconomics Podcast episode, Aleksa Burmazovic talks with Jacopo Dettoni, the editor of fDi Magazine, a specialist publication of the Financial Times. The conversation speaks about international trade, and shifts into electrical energy in SEZs, as well as their sustainability.

Join us on November 4-5 at TransLogistica in Warsaw, Poland:

https://translogistica.pl/en/

Jacopo's Twitter:

https://twitter.com/jdettoni?lang=en

Jacopo's Linkedin:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jdettoni/?originalSubdomain=uk

FDI Intelligence Magazine:

https://www.fdiintelligence.com/

Codelco:

https://www.codelco.com/

Connectography Book:

https://www.paragkhanna.com/connectography/

Coyol Free Zone, Costa Rica:

https://coyolfz.com/

The Green Park Free Zone, Costa Rica:

https://www.thegreenparkfz.com/

Nkok Special Economic Zone, Gabon:

https://www.gsez.com/nkok-sez.php

Bangladesh EPZ Electrification:

https://openjicareport.jica.go.jp/pdf/12288353_01.pdf

Green Hydrogen in Duqm, Oman:

https://www.deme-group.com/news/kick-hyportr-duqm-green-hydrogen-project

Mahaweli SEZ in Sri Lanka:

https://www.paintsquare.com/news/?fuseaction=view&id=20834

Forest City Malaysia:

https://www.forestcitycgpv.com/

Batam Solar Park:

https://www.thejakartapost.com/adv/2021/08/27/worlds-largest-floating-solar-park-to-be-built-in-batam.html

This podcast was produced by the Adrianople Group. The Adrianople Group is a business intelligence firm that focuses on special economic zones, venture capital, private equity, and geoeconomics.

Take a look at our free and open-source map of special economic zones:

https://www.openzonemap.com/

https://www.adrianoplegroup.com/

https://twitter.com/geoeconomicspod

#Geopolitics #InternationalRelations #Podcast #Adrianople #AdrianopleGroup #Geoeconomics #Economics #Infrastructure #Interview #Expert #Trade #Zone #Economy #Markets #FreeTradeZone #FreeTrade #Business #Development #Sustainable #Regulations #Law #Legal #Governance #Jacopo #Dettoni #FDIMagazine #FinancialTimes #InternationalTrade #EletricalEnergy #Sustainability #Specialist #SolarPower #WindPower #FossilFuels #Future #RenewableEnergy #EnergySources #Coal

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EP 28: Dragan Kostić - A Quarter Century of Experience

In this Geoeconomics Podcast episode, Aleksa Burmazovic talks with Dragan Kostić, the long-serving CEO of Pirot Free Zone, one of the top zones in Europe, who is also on the directors' board of the World Free Zones Organization. He is also the president of the Pirot Chamber of Commerce and a veteran of the zone space.

See the Open Zone Map:

https://www.openzonemap.com/

FDI Awards 2018:

https://www.fdiintelligence.com/article/73024

Belgrade Free Zone:

http://www.szb.co.rs/

Apatin Free Zone:

http://www.freezoneapatin.com/

Yugoslavian Free Zones:

https://scindeks.ceon.rs/article.aspx?artid=1820-31590602217K

Shannon Free Zone:

https://www.shannonchamber.ie/about/about-shannon/shannon-for-business/shannon-free-zone/

Lodz SEZ:

https://sse.lodz.pl/en/

Elixir Group:

https://www.elixirgroup.rs/en/

Chempark Prahovo:

https://icpp.rs/chemical-park/

WFZO:

https://www.worldfzo.org/#

WEPZA:

http://www.wepza.org/

FEMOZA:

https://femoza.org/

AZFA:

https://www.asociacionzonasfrancas.org/es/

AEZO:

https://www.africaeconomiczones.com/

GASEZ:

https://worldinvestmentforum.unctad.org/session/launching-luncheon-of-global-alliance-of-sezs-gasezs-in-partnership-with-regional-and-global-associations-of-sezs/

Yandex & Self Driving Cars:

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/russian-tech-firm-yandex-test-self-driving-taxis-moscow-this-year-2021-09-08/

Tesla Free Zone Gigafactory:

https://electrek.co/2018/05/14/tesla-new-company-shanghai-free-trade-zone-chinese-gigafactory/

Bob Haywood:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-haywood-99291213/

Juan Torrents:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/juan-torrents-381828a7/?originalSubdomain=ch

Aleksandar Simonovic:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/aleksandar-simonovic-74947847/?originalSubdomain=rs

Mohammed Alzarooni:

https://www.worldfzo.org/About-Us/Board-of-directors/id/330/dr-mohammed-alzarooni

Samir Hamrouni:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-samir-hamrouni-4a696413/

This podcast was produced by the Adrianople Group. The Adrianople Group is a business intelligence firm that focuses on special economic zones, venture capital, private equity, and geoeconomics.

Take a look at our free and open-source map of special economic zones:

https://www.openzonemap.com/

https://www.adrianoplegroup.com/