European Business Summits
info@ebsummit.eu – 0032 (0) 2 645 34 80
TRANSPARENCY REGISTER 268958411031-65
PRIVACY-POLICY | GENERAL TERMS OF SALES

9:10 – 9:15
Arnaud Thysen
Director General, European Business Summits
Bruno Liebhaberg
Director General, CERRE
9:15 – 9:30
The Commission recently presented new initiatives to transform the connectivity sector, including the ‘Gigabit Infrastructure Act’, which aims at answering the growing demand for more bandwith. But infrastructure is only one part of the answer. Fostering innovation, boosting citizens’ and workers’ skills as well as created a safe ecosystem are also crucial to accomplish the digital transformation succesfully, and while leaving no one behind.
Petra De Sutter
Deputy Prime Minister of Belgium
Kim Mackrael
Wall Street Journal
9:30 – 10:25
The newly adopted DSA and DMA need to be implemented in an effective and proportionate manner. By disclosing their EU user-counts, large online platforms have taken the first step towards strengthening their accountability. They will also shortly be subject to more stringent rules.
Dr. Jaime Gonzalo
Chief Operating Officer
Aspiegel
Alexandre de Streel
Academic Director
CERRE
Rikke Riber Rasmussen
Senior Economist, Chief Economist Team
Google
Jack Parrock
EU Reporter
10:25 – 10: 45
Rosie Birchard
EU Reporter
10:45 – 11:00
11:00 – 12:00
Data is the new infrastructure for innovation and therefore ensuring the free movement of data remains fundamental in an interconnected global tech market. The von der Leyen Commission took many initiatives to build a single market for data, with the Data Governance Act, the Data Act, and the common European data spaces. The EU’s data strategy aims to strengthen Europe’s digital sovereignty and boost economic growth and innovation. However, the question of how to turn the idea of digital sovereignty into a digital breakthrough in Europe remains.
Bjoern Juretzki
Head of Unit, Data Policy & Innovation
DG Connect
Alexander Roure
Director, Public Policy
CCIA Europe
Daniel Schnurr
Research Fellow
CERRE
Inge Graef
Assistant Professor
Tilburg University
Jack Parrock
EU Reporter
12:00 – 13:00
States around the world are willing to take back control of the cyberspace with new rules and standards. However, digital services are inherently global and therefore, it is key that those new regulations and their enforcement are coordinated at the global level.
Marietje Schaake
International Policy Director at the Stanford Cyber Policy Centre
Advisor to EVP Vestager
Paul Scully
UK Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Tech and the Digital Economy
Aliki Fonikopoulou
Senior Director, EU Government Affairs and Public Policy
Salesforce
Eva Maydell
Member of the European Parliament
Bruno Liebhaberg
Director General, CERRE
13:00 – 14:00
Lucilla Sioli
Director for AI and Digital Industry
DG Connect
13:00 – 14:00
14:00 – 15:30
ChatGPT’s raise to popularity undoubtedly highlighted the increasingly large part Artificial Intelligence plays in our daily lives, from social media to medical devices or customer services, and in industries such as agriculture With the AI act still under negotiations between the Council and Parliament, the definition of AI, the scope of the regulation and what counts as a high-risk area is still being decided.
Lucilla Sioli
Director for AI and Digital Industry
DG Connect
Irakli Beridze
Director, Center for Robotics and AI
UNICRI, United Nations
Chandler Morse
VP Public Policy
Workday
Yvonne Kiely
Head of Advisory Europe
Avanade
Nanna-Louise Wildfang Linde
Vice President of European Government Affairs
Microsoft
Sasha Rubel
Head of Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning, Public Policy, Europe, Middle East, and Africa
AWS
Brando Benifei
Member of the European Parliament
Jennifer Baker
EU Tech Reporter
15:30 – 15:50
ICT has been recognised as a vital enabler of greater efficiency and sustainability across sectors such as energy, transport, housing and agriculture. However, some policymakers and civil society organisations are expressing concern that the environmental footprint and energy consumption of the ICT sector itself may undermine gains made elsewhere. EU legislative initiatives such as the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation and the recently proposed “Right to Repair” Directive aim to tackle this issue at the product level, while other recent proposals also aim to improve the environmental footprint of facilities such as data centres. Additionally, consumer voices are also calling for, in addition to sustainable product design and recyclability, increased durability across the board.
Nils Behrndt
Deputy Director General
DG JUST
Anne Yvrande-Billon
Director of Economic, Market and Digital Affairs
Arcep
Alice Hancock
Financial Times
15:50 – 16:10
16:10 – 17:10
There are claims that the current generation of networks are not ready for the ongoing digital transformation – encompassing technologies like connected cars or smart cities. The Gigabit Infrastructure Act (GIA) will put forward new rules to enable faster, cheaper, and more effective networks. There is also a need to develop smarter and faster services to drive demand for these networks, including new cloud, data, AI, and VR technologies.
Kamila Kloc
Head of Unit B3 Markets, Competition and Roaming, Acting Director in Directorate B Digital Decade and Connectivity
DG Connect
Kostas Masselos
2023 Chair
BEREC
Siada El Ramly
Director General
DOT Europe
Yohann Benard
Director Public Policy
Amazon
Fadhel Lakhoua
Director EU and Economics Regulatory Affairs
Orange
Jennifer Baker
EU Tech Reporter
17:10 – 17:25
Despina Spanou
Head of Cabinet of EU Commission Vice-President Margaritis Schinas
Jennifer Baker
EU Tech Reporter
17:25 – 17:30
Arnaud Thysen
Director General, European Business Summits
European Business Summits
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PRIVACY-POLICY | GENERAL TERMS OF SALES
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