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