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

9h30 – 9h40
Arnaud Thysen
Director General, European Business Summits
9h40 – 10h00
Regulation of digital is key to create a competitive, sustainable, and resilient European economy. Adapting to the digital age while shaping it holds many challenges and opportunities for stakeholders.
Ivan Bartos
Deputy Prime Minister for Digitalization, Czech Republic
Bruno Liebhaberg
Director General, CERRE
10h00 – 10h15
Eva Kaili
Vice President of the European Parliament
Bruno Liebhaberg
Director General, CERRE
10h15 – 11h00
The recently adopted Digital Markets Act (DMA) establishes a set of criteria defining so-called “gatekeepers” in order to regulate digital markets and rein in abuses of dominant positions. The Act’s implementation will be critical and particularly complex.
Alberto Bacchiega
Director for Information, Communication & Media, DG COMP
Damien Gerard
Prosecutor General, Belgian Competition Authority
Amelia Fletcher
Research Fellow, CERRE, and Professor of Competition Policy, Norwich Business School
Moderated by:
Javier Espinoza
Financial Times Correspondent
11h00 – 11h15
11h15 – 12h15
Lucilla Sioli
Director for Artificial Intelligence, DG CONNECT
Svenja Hahn
Member of the European Parliament
Christian Borggreen
Vice President, CCIA
Jens-Henrik Jeppesen
Senior Director Corporate Affairs, EMEA & APJ, Workday
Miriam Buiten
Research Fellow, CERRE, and Assistant Professor of Law and Economics, University of St. Gallen
Moderated by:
Luca Bertuzzi
Euractiv Correspondent
12h15 – 13h15
13h15 – 14h15
The transatlantic relationship will be crucial to developing the EU’s digital agenda. The arrival of the Biden administration has allowed to relaunch the EU-US collaboration, however significant challenges remain.
Gerard de Graaf
Director for Digital Transformation, DG CONNECT
Bernd Lange
Member of the European Parliament, Chair of the INTA Committee
Eric Loeb
Executive Vice President for Government Affairs, Salesforce
Bruno Liebhaberg
Director General, CERRE
Moderated by:
Javier Espinoza
Financial Times Correspondent
14h15 – 14h35
Entrepreneurship plays an important role in the economy as a driver of innovation, job creation and economic growth. Therefore, everyone should have the opportunity to start a business. This requires the creation of inclusive entrepreneurship policies, in order to increase awareness, build motivations and most importantly address market, institutional or behavioural failures that disproportionately affect people in under-represented and disadvantaged groups.
Maryam Mujica
Vice President for Public Policy, Shopify
Moderated by:
Dave Keating
France 24 Correspondent
14h35 – 14h50
What future for data protection in Europe? Should the rules and institutional design be updated?
Wojciech Wiewiórowski
European Data Protection Supervisor
Moderated by:
Luca Bertuzzi
Euractiv Correspondent
14h50 – 14h55
Didier Reynders
EU Commissioner for Justice
14h55 – 15h15
15h15 – 16h15
Standardisation is key to maximise the interoperability of systems and devices, and thereby ensures that markets remain open. On a global level, it can boost open collaboration between the EU and its partners, for instance in the development of 6G. However, standards are more and more politicized. Illustrating the geostrategic dimension of the digital world, they have become strategic issues.
Elena Santiago Cid
Director General, CEN CENELEC
Michael Eslamian
Vice President & Corporate Officer, Standardization & Industry Development Europe, Huawei Technologies
Pierre Larouche
Research Fellow, CERRE, and Professor of Competition Law, University of Montréal
Moderated by:
Jennifer Baker
EU Tech Reporter
16h15 – 17h15
Europe is investing on an unprecedented scale to meet its ambitious digital targets for 2030, which are a cornerstone of the recovery. Both the public and private sector have essential roles to play.
Antoaneta Angelova-Krasteva
Director for Innovation, Digital Education, International Cooperation, DG EAC
Ellen Helsper
Professor of Digital Inequalities, LSE
Victor Negrescu
Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur of the Shaping Digital Education policy file
Ania Helseth
Strategic Policy Manager EU Affairs, Meta
Moderated by:
Beatriz Rios
Luxemburg Times Correspondent
17h15 – 17h35
A conversation with:
Nicolas Schmit
EU Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights
Bruno Liebhaberg
Director General, CERRE
17h35
Arnaud Thysen
Director General, European Business Summits
17h35-18h30
European Business Summits
info@ebsummit.eu – 0032 (0) 2 645 34 80
TRANSPARENCY REGISTER 268958411031-65
PRIVACY-POLICY | GENERAL TERMS OF SALES
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