Our three wishes for Europe's digital future

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!

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👀 SPOTLIGHT

💡 Our wish this holiday season? For Europe to win the tech race! This week, we shared this wish with EU digital ministers and top business executives, presenting our 3-step gameplan to make it happen:  cut (costs), simplify (laws), incentivise (innovation).

• Thanks for a great evening of exchanges on how to implement this strategy over the next five years: to ministers Liisa Pakosta , Dariusz Standerski, PhD , Aida Kamisalic Latific , Ossian Smyth , Ivan Ivančin , Erik Slottner , Martins Kreitus , Zoltan Kovacs , Petr Očko as well as our members from Cisco ( Jeff Campbell ), Mastercard ( Michele Centemero ), Ericsson ( Mikael Bäck ), Google ( Karen Massin ), numeum ( Isabelle Zablit-Schmitz ), and more!

🤝 Our wish for a common European digital approach was at the heart of our Director General Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl 's message at the European Health Summit and Rasmussen Global 's event on EU defence, shared with industry leaders and new EU Commissioner for Defence Andrius Kubilius.

• What's the relation between a shared vision and the future of health and security in Europe? Find the answers here and here.

🦄 Realising wishes: we do this with our Future Unicorn Award, and we do it to support and showcase innovative European companies. This week, we were excited to announce the nominees in both categories of our award. Click below to learn more:

📊 Figure of the week: In the past 5 years, the EU has introduced nearly 40 new digital regulations, causing overlaps and challenges to implement and comply with them

✅ YOUR TO-DO LIST

💼Join the Team: we’re hiring! Apply now for two exciting roles: Policy Officer for Data Economy and Policy Officer for Digital Sustainability, and become part of the team turning wishes into reality!

⚛️Unlock the potential of Quantum: in our latest Digital Deep Dive, we explored why Europe is lagging in quantum tech, but also the solutions to turn it around. Follow this thread for a quick summary, or watch the recording if you want to re-live it all!

• Shout out to our amazing speakers Pascal Maillot, Natalia Stolyarchuk, Jaime Gómez García, Jouni Flyktman, and our stellar moderator Vincenzo Renda.

🔒 Learn More About Cybersecurity in Europe: two months after the NIS2 Directive deadline, 23 out of 27 EU countries have yet to implement it. What does this mean, and why can't it wait any longer? Find the answers from our DG here.

🎄See how our Christmas Reception unfolded! this week, our team and members gathered for a wonderful evening, where they added their wishes to the tree and crafted beautiful wreaths. Watch a recap of our festive spirit here.

🏗️ PROJECTS CORNER

💻We wish for more Digital Skills in Europe! And this is just one of the exciting projects we’re working on with the European Commission . Check them all out here.

👋 That's all for today, friends. We'll bring you more digital hits next week.

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