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Event reports

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24 May 2023

Navigating the opportunities and challenges of the metaverse

15 March 2023

Child safety online: fighting child sexual abuse

09 November 2022

Debate with the EC Vice-President for Values and Transparency Vera Jourova

04 October 2022

European Health Data Space (EHDS)

15 September 2022

The EU Artificial Intelligence Act

12 May 2022

Skills in the digital world: a path towards inclusive transformation

25 April 2022

Music digital consumption trends

16 March 2022

Online ticket resale and the DSA: how to ensure fairness for consumers and live event organisers

17 February 2022

EU-Africa partnership: enhancing digital learning for all

08 February 2022

The EU Artificial Intelligence Act: the right framework for trustworthy AI and innovation?

09 December 2021

IGF2021 – preparatory meeting

09 December 2021

The limits of self-regulation in tackling harmful content

26 November 2021

Digital Tax – what will it mean for Europe's businesses, and for fairness in taxation?

23 November 2021

EU cybersecurity strategy - how to ensure a more cybersecured EU?

22 October 2021

Digital Markets Act: Where do we stand?

13 October 2021

Digitalisation of the Health Sector

07 October 2021

Debate with EU Commissioner Mariya Gabriel

13 July 2021

EIF-GSMA High-Level virtual discussion on Europe’s Digital Transformation: Now to 2030

09 July 2021

Building back Greener and more Digital

29 June 2021

Decrypting the encryption debate: How to ensure public safety with a privacy-preserving and secure Internet?

10 June 2021

Digital Services Act: creating effective rules for content moderation in the EU

10 June 2021

Open RAN

03 June 2021

Towards Transatlantic Partnership: the role of digital transformation

19 May 2021

Ecommerce or Digital Trade or both? What’s negotiated at the WTO in Geneva

03 May 2021

Diversity in Tech

28 April 2021

Investing in Europe’s 5G infrastructure as a path to growth

21 April 2021

The role of SMEs in Europe's digital transformation

01 April 2021

Virtual debate with ICANN CEO Göran Marby

26 March 2021

Data governance: How to ensure a fair & competitive data economy?

18 March 2021

Debate with EC Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager

08 March 2021

Digital Identity: Digital Citizenship & e-Government

01 March 2021

EU Industrial Policy for Digital leadership

11 February 2021

Internet Governance Forum 2020 key take-aways

02 February 2021

The European Alliance for Industrial Data and Cloud

15 December 2020

Cybersecurity priorities in Europe

07 December 2020

What is needed for smart farming?

26 November 2020

A European digital skills strategy

23 November 2020

Energy transition and Digital revolution: towards a zero-carbon, consumer-driven future

12 November 2020

Europe's Digital Sovereignty

06 November 2020

Geo-blocking: the next steps

23 October 2020

Emerging Technologies: Artificial Intelligence and Supercomputing

22 October 2020

The European Data Strategy

06 October 2020

The Digital Services Act - Interoperability as a tool for innovation?

05 October 2020

Digital Services Act: What outcome would we like to see?

23 September 2020

Meet the CEO: Qualcomm's Steve Mollenkopf

07 July 2020

Rebuilding Europe through digital transformation

16 June 2020

Towards a new European cybersecurity strategy: what are the priorities?

18 May 2020

Digital innovation in the European creative and cultural sectors

05 May 2020

Technology and the coronavirus emergency

26 February 2020

Encryption, data protection and law enforcement

13 February 2020

EIF Reception with EU Commissioner for Internal Market Thierry Breton

10 December 2019

The digital transformation of the financial sector

20 November 2019

IGF 2019 Preparatory meeting

16 October 2019

Very High Capacity Connectivity for future services

01 October 2019

The Top 10 Digital Trends that will shape Europe's future and demand Political Leadership

28 March 2019

Innovations in healthcare delivery: digital change

27 March 2019

Tech Saving Lives: Emergency Warning Systems

27 March 2019

The race for AI Leadership

18 November 2019

The digital transformation & taxation: opportunities and challenges

23 October 2018

The impact of GDPR

12 December 2018

Social media and democracy

06 November 2018

MEP Study Visit to Israel

10 December 2018

Denmark's Tech Ambassador

28 November 2018

Online platforms

12 November 2018

IGF 2018 Preparatory meeting

17 October 2018

Future of Work - debate with Commissioner Bienkowska

04 October 2018

Gender in Tech

29 June 2018

World Refugee Day: the role of the Internet and ICTs

18 May 2018

Technology driving sustainability – the role of e-Mobility

27 June 2018

Artificial Intelligence and Ethics

02 May 2018

Cultural Heritage and innovation

28 March 2018

Investing in the future of digital Europe

26 March 2018

The EU Cyber Security Act

12 March 2018

EP delegation visits the MWC 2018

12 March 2018

Fake News & Hate Speech

12 March 2018

EIF/GSMA High-Level Roundtable Discussion 'The global 5G promise'

06 March 2018

What happened at IGF 2017?

19 February 2018

EIF publishes priorities for a Transatlantic Digital Transformation Agenda

01 February 2018

Future of work & the impact of technologies: from apps to AI and robotics

01 February 2018

Copyright in the Digital Single Market

19 January 2018

Language Access to the Internet

14 December 2017

Preparations to the next Internet Governance Forum

09 January 2018

EP delegation participates at the 12th IGF in Geneva

14 December 2017

ICT & Development

25 November 2017

The impact of Brexit on data flows

26 November 2017

Mid-term review of the Digital Agenda With Roberto Viola

25 October 2017

The Transatlantic Digital Agenda 2020

27 September 2017

EIF exchange of views with Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society, Mariya Gabriel

02 October 2017

Innovation, mobile commerce and the future of digital retail

06 September 2017

Cybersecurity

29 June 2017

From connected health to digital health

12 June 2017

Future of Urban Mobility

19 May 2017

Connected Cars

19 May 2017

e-Government: What does it really mean?

29 March 2017

Digital Skills of Tomorrow

20 February 2017

e-Privacy

20 February 2017

Copyright and Creation in the Internet Era

03 February 2017

Internet Governance Forum 2016 – follow-up

03 February 2017

Open Service Platforms – Opportunity for industry and users?

12 December 2016

The Future is Here: Creating Space for Robots in our Lives

22 November 2016

On the search for the European Silicon Valley model

22 November 2016

5G in Europe: obstacles and promises

02 November 2016

What is the role of Digital Platforms in the Connected Society?

02 November 2016

Smart Energy 4 all Europeans - How can policy makers help?

10 October 2016

The Future of European Content in Europe

29 September 2016

#EIFAsks: How to ensure access to pluralistic and vibrant content in Europe?

24 August 2016

What happened in Silicon Valley?

12 July 2016

How to solve EU's taxation problem?

01 July 2016

#EIFAsks: How to solve EU's taxation problem?

30 June 2016

#EIFAsks: More diversity - more innovation in Europe

29 June 2016

Does the Privacy Shield solve Europe’s problem?

20 June 2016

#EIFAsks: Does the Privacy Shield solve Europe’s problem?

03 June 2016

Ensuring Trust & Cyber-security: Stakeholders call for coordinated actions

02 June 2016

Smart Cities: advantages for society & opportunities for businesses

30 May 2016

#EIFAsks: Trust & Cybersecurity - Are we safe online?

12 May 2016

Target 2°C: Digital Solutions for Climate Change

12 May 2016

Fighting Children Sexual Abuse in the Internet Era

10 May 2016

EIF Members met Sharon White, Ofcom’s Chief Executive

29 March 2016

#EIFAsks: Fighting Children Sexual Abuse in the Internet Era

29 March 2016

An ambitious EU framework for 5G deployment

29 March 2016

Connected audio-visual devices: media convergence

25 February 2016

The Future of Content Portability in the DSM

05 February 2016

Digital Inclusions: no one left behind

04 February 2016

Online Platforms in Europe – next steps forward

26 January 2016

EU assessment on the role of Online Platforms

20 January 2016

Drones in Asia and Cyberbullying in South Korea

11 December 2015

IGF 2015 Follow-up

11 December 2015

Representatives of the Shared Economy asks for XXI century regulation for XXI century companies

25 November 2015

Leaving the ink and paper behind: the new era of publishing in Europe

25 November 2015

Massive open online courses: expanding the classroom from 10 to 50.000+ students

23 November 2015

South Korea’s Relentless Quest for Innovation and Competitiveness

23 October 2015

Standards, the backbone of the Digital Single Market

23 October 2015

Digital Transformation of Europe’s industry and enterprises

07 October 2015

EU Spectrum Policy: finding a way to coexist

20 October 2015

Internet Governance Forum 2015: issues and themes

07 October 2015

Startups and digital entrepreneurship in Europe

28 September 2015

Ajit Jaokar: Bridging the ICT gap

27 July 2015

Claudio Murri, EIF Asia Advisor, reports on the innovation in the UAE

10 July 2015

DSM: Digital identities unlocking e-Government

10 July 2015

ICT and developing countries

07 July 2015

EIF marks its 15th anniversary with Commissioner Oettinger

29 June 2015

Claudio Murri, Asia Advisor to EIF, on cloud computing and wearable technology in Asia

27 April 2015

Transatlantic data flows: Opportunities for new business

16 April 2015

Reporting from DEF2015: The implications of the Code as Law

07 April 2015

Export of dual-use technologies

07 April 2015

Digital Single Market: Barriers to e-Commerce

01 March 2015

EIF Debate on Internet of Things

28 February 2015

Big Opportunities and Big Challenges for Big Data in Europe

12 March 2015

EIF High-level Roundtable on Sharpening Europe's Mobile Edge

04 March 2015

Wireless Energy: the New Frontier for Transport in China

03 February 2015

EIF debate with Nokia CEO Rajeev Suri ‘Expanding the human possibilities of the connected world’

29 January 2015

EIF met VP Andrus Ansip, EU Digital Single Market Chief

26 January 2015

Hong Kong's growing investments in R&D

10 December 2014

Protecting Children Online

05 December 2014

The Magna Carta for the Internet and it’s implication for permissionless innovation

03 December 2014

Internet Governance in 2015

28 November 2014

Smart City Technology Investment in Asia Pacific to Total $63 Billion from 2014 through 2023

04 November 2014

e-Skills for Jobs 2014 Awards

28 October 2014

Media, research and entrepreneurship in the digital era: technology excellence and innovation in difficult times - Highlights from the EIF Study Visit to Pavia and Milan

23 October 2014

The Hong Kong Protest Movement and Technology

23 October 2014

Highlights from the EIF debate on cybersecurity: Let’s seize the day and let’s protect information

29 September 2014

Ajit Jaokar, EIF Advisor, reports on Internet Governance Forum 2014

25 September 2014

EIF Welcomed MEPs of the New European Parliament

24 September 2014

Innovation and eCommerce in Asia - Claudio Murri, Asia Advisor, reports

24 July 2014

Ajit Jaokar, EIF Advisor, reports from the Digital Venice 2014

17 July 2014

Latest digital policy news from the Asia Pacific region

26 June 2014

Ajit Jaokar, EIF Advisor, Reports from the Transatlantic Week In Washington DC

13 June 2014

Claudio Murri, Asia advisor to EIF, reports on internet usage in Asia-Pacific

21 May 2014

e-Skills for Jobs: Greece case

07 May 2014

Ajit Jaokar, EIF Advisor, reports from NETmundial meeting in Brazil

29 January 2015

The way ahead for mHealth in Europe

29 April 2014

Claudio Murri, Asia Advisor to EIF, reports on mobile market in Pakistan

18 April 2014

The Digital World in 2030 Interview Series: the App Economy

19 March 2014

'The Digital World in 2030' - read it, rate it, comment it!

17 March 2014

Telecoms Package – Keep It Simple

06 February 2014

State of the Net Conference 2014 – Issues and Policies for Transatlantic Collaboration

03 February 2014

Hong Kong Government to initiate an ‘Innovation and Technology Bureau’

03 February 2014

Internet Governance in the post-Snowden era

03 February 2014

To whom does the future belong?

31 January 2014

EIF new partnership with Dutch parliamentary forum iPoort

20 December 2013

Smart Cities: Europe’s opportunity

09 December 2013

Workshops on EIF project ‘The Digital World in 2030’

14 March 2014

Mobile World Congress review – from an IOT and Disruption perspective

Policy papers

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25 March 2023 by ACM Europe Technology Policy Committee

ACM Statement/Principles for Responsible Algorithmic Systems

28 September 2022 by eco - Association of the Internet Industry

CSAM - eco Position Paper

07 September 2022 by eco - Association of the Internet Industry

Data Act - eco Position Paper

21 September 2021 by eco - Association of the Internet Industry

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act - eco Position Paper

21 September 2021 by eco - Association of the Internet Industry

Fit for 55 Package - eco Position Paper

21 September 2021 by eco - Association of the Internet Industry

Digital Services Act (DSA) - eco Focus Paper

07 June 2021 by ACT - Association of Commercial Television in Europe

ACT submission to the consultation on the Digital Markets Act

07 June 2021 by ACT - Association of Commercial Television in Europe

ACT Position Paper on the Digital Services Act

27 April 2021 by GSMA and ETNO

Digital Services Act: Joint Position Paper by the GSMA and ETNO

25 March 2021 by eco - Association of the Internet Industry

Data Governance Act (DGA) - eco Position Paper

25 March 2021 by eco - Association of the Internet Industry

Cybersecurity: NIS2 - eco Position Paper

25 March 2021 by eco - Association of the Internet Industry

Digital Services Act (DSA) - eco Position Paper

09 February 2021 by GSMA

Sovereignty, Resilience and Trust: Strengthening Europe’s Digital Economy after COVID-19

19 January 2021 by ACT - Association of Commercial Television in Europe

Commercial Broadcasters welcome Council Conclusions support for a level playing field, territorial licensing and greater responsibility of Platforms

19 January 2021 by ACT - Association of Commercial Television in Europe

Broadcasters call for Media/Democracy Action Plans to ensure investment in content, media pluralism & trustworthy news

19 January 2021 by ACT - Association of Commercial Television in Europe

DMA/DSA: Broadcasters support Commission proposals to end Platforms’ unfair digital practices and strongly encourage a liability regime that delivers effective accountability online

14 January 2021 by European DIGITAL SME Alliance

SKILLS FOR SMES STRATEGY 2030

08 January 2021 by CEPIS

The European Union must act immediately to improve the level of digital skills

06 January 2021 by Orange

DSA : Orange views on the future liability of online intermediaries

06 January 2021 by Orange

Towards a greener and more sustainable society: Orange’s views on the Green Deal

06 January 2021 by Orange

Orange views on the review of the electronic identification Regulation and the new European Digital Identity

06 January 2021 by Orange

Orange contribution to the EC consultation on the Artificial Intelligence White Paper

06 January 2021 by Orange

Orange contribution to the EC consultation on the Artificial Intelligence White Paper

06 January 2021 by European DIGITAL SME Alliance

COVID-19 ECONOMIC RECOVERY: A RECOVERY STRATEGY BUILDING ON DIGITAL

06 January 2021 by European DIGITAL SME Alliance

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Two-Year Review: Clear guidance for SMEs and stronger European-minded Data Protection Authorities (DPAs)

06 January 2021 by European DIGITAL SME Alliance

DIGITAL SME input on the EC’s White Paper on Artificial Intelligence (AI)

06 January 2021 by European DIGITAL SME Alliance

Position paper on the Digital Services Act (DSA)

18 February 2020 by Association of Commercial Television in Europe

A Blueprint for EU Media Policy - 2019-2024

18 December 2019 by Developers Alliance

Developers Alliance EU Policy Vision

29 November 2019 by EBU

EU policies for media & democracy: public service media priorities

29 November 2019 by Ericsson

Cellular IoT evolution for industry digitalization

29 November 2019 by ETNO

Europe 2030: A shared ambition for Digital Leadership

29 November 2019 by SAP

Guaranteeing Cybersecurity: Ambitions European Cyberspace

29 November 2019 by DIGITALEUROPE

Recommendations on AI Policy November 2019

Events

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27 June 2023

EIF Summer Reception with EC Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager

30 March 2023

Automation towards 2040: a conversation with Kevin Barnard

27 March 2023

Artificial Intelligence towards 2040: a conversation with Dragos Tudorache MEP

06 March 2023

Principal technological developments towards 2040

28 June 2023

Generative AI, Art & copyright: from creative machines to human-powered tools

15-18 May 2023

MEP visit to Israel

25 April 2023

Navigating the opportunities and challenges of the metaverse

23 May 2023

Digital Skills in Education: Equipping Learners for the Digital Decades of the Future

15 November 2022

IGF2022 - preparatory meeting

25 January 2023

Sustainable Digitalisation: how technology can contribute to environmental goals

11 January 2023

The EU’s Digital Decade connectivity targets and the ‘fair contribution’ debate

16 November 2022

The Data Act – opportunities and challenges towards a fair and innovative data economy

25 October 2022

The new EU Cyber resilience Act and Europe’s Digital autonomy

27 April 2022

Skills in the digital world: a path towards inclusive transformation

26 April 2022

European Digital Identity Wallet: What are the ingredients for success?

08 February 2022

EU-Africa partnership: enhancing digital learning for all

25 January 2022

The EU Artificial Intelligence Act: the right framework for trustworthy AI and innovation?

09 February 2022

Europe’s Digital Principles – succeeding at home and in the world

30 June 2021

EIF-GSMA High-Level virtual discussion on Europe’s Digital Transformation: Now to 2030

01 June 2021

Digital Services Act: creating effective rules for content moderation in the EU

29 September 2021

Debate with EU Commissioner Mariya Gabriel

01 July 2021

Building back Greener and more Digital

26 May 2021

Towards Transatlantic Partnership: the role of digital transformation

17 March 2021

Debate with EC Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager

01 July 2020

Rebuilding Europe through digital transformation

28 October 2020

Geo-blocking: the next steps

14 October 2020

Emerging Technologies: Artificial Intelligence and Supercomputing

The Top 10 Digital Trends

that will shape Europe's future and demand Political Leadership

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