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🌟 Cheers to 2025! 🌟 As we step into the new year, let's celebrate new beginnings while staying committed to our goals. At DIGITALEUROPE, we remain focused on building a Europe that’s more connected, full of thriving economic opportunities, and resilient against challenges. The race for global tech leadership has already started, and we are confident that #EuropeCan win it. Will 2025 be the year Europe reclaims its spot at the forefront of innovation? Let’s work together to make it happen. Here’s to a year of progress, partnerships, and success! 🥂

⏱️ The countdown to the new year has just gotten more exciting, as we have BIG NEWS to share! We’re thrilled to announce an incredible addition to our #MoD2025 lineup: the Hungarian Minister for EU Affairs, János Bóka! 🇭🇺 📅 Want to hear his thoughts about Europe’s digital future? Sign up: https://lnkd.in/dCSTfwM

🎄✨ To everyone... Spending time with family  Or celebrating on your own  Sharing joy with loved ones  Or finding peace in quiet moments    🎀 Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and Happy New Year from all of us at DIGITALEUROPE!

🎁 Don’t wait for 🎅: we’ve got 7 amazing gifts for you!  Unwrap our exciting vacancies to start 2025 as our next: 1️⃣ EU-US Liaison Executive Director 2️⃣ EU-US Liaison Manager  3️⃣ Policy Officer for Digital Sustainability  4️⃣ Policy Officer for Data Economy 5️⃣ Knowledge Management Intern 6️⃣ Intern for Single Market 🏁 If you believe #EuropeCan win the tech race, apply to join us: 🔗 https://bit.ly/42U2YL0  

🧐 Did you know that five years after the devastating fire the iconic Notre-Dame Cathedral has 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 reopened? And that, with their technology, our member Autodesk has played a key role in the restoration process? Well, now you know. And this is exactly the kind of impact Autodesk’s Vice-President Walter Dopplmair had in mind as 👆 of the ✌ things he’d ask Ursula von der Leyen if they shared an elevator. 🎬 Curious about the second question? Check out the clip (below) from our latest #DETechTalks episode with Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl. 👀 Want to watch the full thing? Look for the link in the comments!

🤩 Here come more #MoD2025 confirmed speakers! We are delighted to announce that European Commission's Renate Nikolay, Eva Maydell (Paunova), Sandra Särav, Rolf Schumann, Lucilla Sioli, Julie Teigland, Sandra Gallina, and Kurt Vandenberghe will be at Europe's BIGGEST digital policy event: Masters of Digital, aka our annual flagship event. We look forward to listen to their ideas about the theme for next year's edition: why (and how) #EuropeCan win the tech race 🏁🥇. If you're reading this and want to hear about it too, look in the comments section for the link to sign up for the event 👀.

🎅Ho, ho, ho! Merry Christmas, and happy last #WeeklyDEbrief of the year!🎄✨ Before you go on holiday, come with us down memory lane as we go through the best moments of 2024. 🗓️  Spoiler, it was PACKED💥 And that's why we couldn't choose just one "word of the year", so we went for 12 instead: one per month. 🚦 Ready to dive in? And if you want the latest updates on Europe’s tech scene EVERY Friday, subscribe: https://bit.ly/3JXqU7S 👀 Spotted in our 2024: Alexander De Croo, Iliana Ivanova, Manfred Weber, Henna Virkkunen, Liisa Pakosta, Dariusz Standerski, PhD, Aida Kamisalic Latific, Ossian Smyth, Ivan Ivančin, Erik Slottner, Martins Kreitus, Zoltan Kovacs, Petr Očko, Andrius Kubilius, Dragos Tudorache, Valeriya Ionan, Lubomila Jordanova, Margrethe Vestager, Nadia Calviño, Wim Mijs, Magnus Brunner, Jyrki Katainen, Michelle Price, Denis Redonnet, Ann Mettler, Luuk van Middelaar, Peter Weckesser, Jan Ellsberger, Magnus Madfors, Kateryna Chernohorenko, James Appathurai, Pedro José Hernández, Umit Neset Cayan... and more.

To celebrate #UniversalHealthCoverageDay, we’re throwing it back to our Digital Health event at the European Parliament! We concluded that these 4 things are essential to bring European healthcare (and access to it) to the next level: 1️⃣Put technologies like #AI at the heart of ALL healthcare policies 2️⃣Ensure #data is managed uniformly across the EU 3️⃣Implement the #EHDS seamlessly and simplify ALL other health regulations 4️⃣Invest more in #digital health and health literacy 🌟 Thank you to all the incredible speakers who made this discussion a success. We're confident that #EuropeCan build a unified vision to drive digital innovation in healthcare, are you? ⭐Starring: Brando Benifei, Tomislav Sokol, Sara Roda, Milana Trucl, Thomas Hellebrand, Jaanika Merilo, Olga Mironenko Stampfer, Robert Dossin, Guillaume Martin, Camille VAZIAGA, Zeno Capucci, Ray Pinto, Gianluca Violante.

🂡 𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗘𝗥 𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗔𝗟! We're excited to announce that EU Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis will speak at our flagship event #MoD2025. He will take us through Europe's journey to better implement and simplify EU rules—one of the three steps of our gameplan to win the tech race: 🏁 https://bit.ly/4eQnEbH. We look forward to his contribution to the conversations on why #EuropeCan reach the finish line in pole position🥇. If you want to be part of the conversations too, find the link to register in the comments!

Hello, hello, #WeeklyDEbrief readers!✨ December is here, and we're embracing the holiday spirit! This week, we're sharing our Christmas wishes for Europe to become #aDigitalPowerHouse finally 🌍💻 Here's what's in store: 🎯 Our wish for the next 5 years: winning the tech race. 💡 Our wish for health: a unified EU vision to drive innovation in healthcare. 🏆 Our wish for tech companies in Europe: recognition, support, and incentives. Discover how we can turn all these wishes into reality in today’s read, starting in 1, 2, 3... GO! And if you want the latest updates on Europe’s tech scene EVERY Friday, subscribe: https://bit.ly/3JXqU7S 👀 Spotted in our week: Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl, Andrius Kubilius, Liisa Pakosta, Dariusz Standerski, PhD, Aida Kamisalic Latific, Erik Slottner, Agnė Vaiciukevičiūtė, PhD, Zoltan Kovacs, Petr Očko, Ivan Ivančin, Martins Kreitus, Jeff Campbell, Gerald Schönbucher, Michele Centemero, Uwe Heckert, Mikael Bäck, Karen Massin, Isabelle Zablit-Schmitz, Utku Barış Pazar, Pascal Maillot, Natalia Stolyarchuk, Jaime Gómez García, Jouni Flyktman... and more.