Data Flows - The 3rd European Data Economy Conference

Thank you to everyone who participated in Data Flows: The 3rd EU Data Economy Conference!

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As data-driven innovation becomes an increasingly significant factor of economic and social value for Europe, the European Commission has proposed a new European Data Economy Communication as part of its Digital Single Market strategy. The initiatives aim to tackle restrictions on the free movement of data within the EU, and “will address the emerging issues of ownership, interoperability, usability and access to data” to help drive innovation and competition in data markets.

Speakers include

Alexander De Croo

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for the Digital Agenda, Belgium

John Frank

Vice President EU Government Affairs

Microsoft Corporation

Pearse O'Donohue

Acting Director, Directorate E – Future Networks

DG Connect, European Commission

Eva Maydell

Member

European Parliament

Krzysztof Szubert

Plenipotentiary for International Affairs

Polish Ministry for Digital Affairs

Hosuk Lee-Makiyama

Director

ECIPE

Gabriella Cattaneo

Associate Vice President European Government Consulting

IDC EMEA

Thomas Boué

Director General, Policy — EMEA

BSA | The Software Alliance

Cyril Ritter

Big Data Expert

DG Competition

Paul Nemitz

Director for Fundamental Rights and Union Citizenship

DG Justice and Consumers

Philippe Trautmann

EMEA Director High Performance Computing

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

David Osimo

Founder

Open Evidence and Osimo Associates

Paul Adamson

Chairman

Forum Europe

Lewis Crofts

Chief Correspondent

MLex

Hans Graux

IT Lawyer

time.lex

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The benefits in principle that Big Data and data analytics can bring to European business, the public sector and wider society are now broadly recognised, yet existing legal frameworks and the patchwork of national rules need updating and streamlining to provide actors in the value chain with the confidence and legal certainty that they need to invest and innovate. Such certainty will drive economic development and competitiveness, supporting the digitisation of services across all economic sectors and the predicted creation of 100,000s of new data-related jobs in Europe.

This conference debated the key challenges around the free flow of data, data infrastructure and data markets that has to be addressed to ensure Europe harnesses the full potential that data-driven innovation offers.