Annual Data Summit: Harnessing the Power of the Digital Revolution

Annual Data Summit: Harnessing the Power of the Digital Revolution

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We are living in a time of revolution, the digital revolution. Digitalization is transforming all areas of social life and business activity whether it’s shopping, watching films or running a production line. This digital revolution promises to harvest the vast amounts of data generated by connected devices to develop new products and services as well as delivering improvements in areas from health care to transport.

But realizing the potential of the digital revolution will require addressing some of the challenges of our hyper-connected world.

  • Can the huge amounts of data collected by connected devices be used by companies and public authorities to develop new business and services?
  • Who controls the data and can citizens choose who sees their data and what they do with it?
  • Can data flow freely throughout the Digital Single Market?
  • Are consumers free to choose which digital services they use rather than being locked into one company’s products and services?

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As part of an event series which started in Berlin in June and ends with this event, POLITICO recently convened a group of policymakers and stakeholders in Washington D.C. for a frank conversation about the US perspective on US/EU data protections, Privacy Shield, and the future of trans-Atlantic data protection. You can read the report here.

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Residence Palace, Rue de la Loi 155, 1040 Brussels

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Panel II: From Startup to Global Challenger: Digital Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Tech companies dominate the startup landscape. London and Berlin have become centers of tech innovation and investors from Silicon Valley flock there to find promising businesses to invest in. The challenges for tech startups is how to grow to become international players. What needs to be done to help fledgling tech businesses to expand? Will there ever be a European Google or Facebook? What can be done to improve the links between universities and the business world?

  • Hervé Le Jouan, Founder and CEO, Privowny
  • Ann Mettler, Head of European Political Strategy Centre, European Commission
  • Omar Mohout, Professor of Entrepreneurship, Antwerp Management School and Belgium Ambassador, World Startup Report

 

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Registration

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Opening remarks by the Moderator

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Opening presentation by our Partner

  • John Foster, Strategy Director, Telefónica

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Interview with Andrus Ansip, European Commission Vice-President for the Digital Single Market

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Video Interview: Justin Antonipillai, Counselor, Delegated Duties of Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, US Department of Commerce

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Panel I: Consumer Choice: Openness, Portability and Interoperability in the Digital Domain

The digital revolution is transforming every activity from shopping to watching films and logistics. Consumers are happy to share their pictures and likes on social media like Facebook and Pinterest and these services have billions of users. But the popularity of some platforms is raising fears that consumers could be denied choice by being locked in to using certain services.

  • What needs to be done to ensure portability and interoperability?
  • Is more regulation of platforms needed or is existing competition law enough?
  • Wilhelm Eschweiler, BEREC Chair 2016 and Vice-President, BNetzA
  • Evelyne Gebhardt MEP, Member of the Parliament’s Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee
  • Mats Granryd, Director General, GSMA

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Coffee break

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Concluding Remarks and Networking Reception

Speakers

Andrus Ansip

Andrus Ansip

European Commission Vice-President for the Digital Single Market

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Justin Antonipillai

Counselor, Delegated Duties of Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, U.S. Department of Commerce

Wilhelm Eschweiler

Wilhelm Eschweiler

BEREC Chair 2016

Evelyne Gebhardt

Evelyne Gebhardt

MEP, Member of the European Parliament’s Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee

Mats Granryd

Mats Granryd

Director General, GSMA

Hervé Le Jouan

Hervé Le Jouan

Founder and CEO, Privowny

Ann Mettler

Ann Mettler

Head of European Political Strategy Centre, European Commission

Omar Mohout

Omar Mohout

Professor of Entrepreneurship, Antwerp Management School and Belgium Ambassador, World Startup Report

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