EPP Data Summit: Helping European industry become more competitive in a globalised world

Join us for the EPP Data Summit on Thursday, where we will discuss the future of data with European industry and other stakeholders, as well as with the new Biden administration. The Summit will open with a transatlantic discussion with Christopher Hoff, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Services, U.S. Department of Commerce and Thierry Breton, European Commissioner for Internal Market. The speakers will also include Katryna Dow (Board Member, MyData Global), Dr Magdalena Piech (Regulatory Affairs Expert at Allegro.pl) and Francisco Montalvo (Chief Data Officer of Telefónica). You may find the programme below and you can register here.

Online live event, 15 April 2021

Start: 14:00 GMT +1

End: 17:00 GMT +1

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PROGRAMME

14.00 hrs Welcome

Christian Ehler MEP, EPP Group Coordinator in the Industry, Research and Energy Committee
Andreas Schwab MEP, EPP Group Coordinator in the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee

14.05 hrs Setting the Global Stage on Data

Thierry Breton, European Commissioner for Internal Market
Christopher Hoff, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Services, U.S. Department of Commerce
Olivier Sichel, Chairman of the thinktank ‘Digital New Deal’

Moderated by Angelika Niebler MEP of the EPP Group, Rapporteur Data Governance Act

14.55 hrs Creating the Framework

Katryna Dow, Board Member, MyData, MyData Global
Dr Magdalena Piech, Regulatory Affairs Expert at Allegro.pl.
Eveline Metzen, Head Government Affairs and Public Policy Google Germany
Francisco Montalvo, Chief Data Officer of Telefónica

Moderated by Axel Voss MEP, EPP Group Coordinator in the Committee on Legal Affairs

15.55 hrs Making Data Work

Dr. Amandeep Gill, CEO/Project Director of International Digital Health & AI Research Collaborative (I-DAIR)
Lars Maaløe, Co-Founder & CTO at Corti
Ana Garcia Robles, Secretary General of the Big Data Value Association
Prof. Dr. Isabell M. Welpe, Academic Director of Center for Digital Technology and Management, Technical University Munich

Moderated by Pablo Arias Echeverría MEP, EPP Group Vice-Coordinator in the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee

16.55 hrs Conclusions