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Thank you to the 170+ delegates who attended The 2nd Annual European Data Economy Conference: Big Data - Towards a data-driven economy for Europe on 25th March 2015.

In the digital age, Europe’s readiness to compete globally for high-quality jobs, to lead in the fields of innovation and research, and to harness the power of data to deliver economic growth and social benefits, will be a central pillar in the challenges it faces in the 21st century. This year’s event gathered over 170 delegates to debate these issues. 

Event day materials

Please see below video highlights of the event:

Further event day material can be viewed by clicking on the "Event Day Pictures and Videos" tab at the top of this page. 

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Event Photos

Video Statements from Roberto Viola, Victoria Espinel and Matt Wolken.

All delegates have received details of how to download electronic versions of the PowerPoint slides shown by speakers at this event, but if you have any questions at all then please contact Anne-Lise Simon on +44 (0) 2920 783 023 / anne-lise.simon@forum-europe.com.

Speakers include

Roberto Viola

Deputy Director General, DG CONNECT

European Commission

Antti Peltomäki

Deputy Director General, DG GROW

European Commission

Michal Boni

Member

European Parliament

Victoria Espinel

President & CEO

BSA | The Software Alliance

Matt Wolken

VP & General Manager, Information Management Software

Dell

John Boswell

Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary

SAS

Jan Neutze

Director of Cybersecurity Policy EMEA

Microsoft

Walter Radermacher

Director General

Eurostat

Fedelma Good

Director of Information Strategy & Policy, Personal & Corporate Banking

Barclays

Pascal Brosset

Senior Vice President, Innovation and CTO

Schneider Electric

Gery Pollet

CEO

ZapFi

Nicolaus von Rintelen

Expert and Shareholder

virtual solutions AG - SecurePIM

Sebastien Deletaille

Founder & CEO

Real Impact Analytics

Mischa Dohler

Professor

King's College London

Rosa Barcelo

Head of Sector, Digital Privacy, DG CONNECT

European Commission

More Information

Big Data, as we have come to know it, is set to be a key driver for productivity and growth globally, fostering new industries and products and creating significant competitive advantages for those harnessing its potential. This conference explored the benefits that data and data analytics can bring to European businesses, the public sector and for wider society, if fostered appropriately. This debate was also an opportunity to review the European Commission's communication "Towards a Thriving Data-Driven Economy” and ask to what extent the European regulatory framework will help foster the development a Big Data ecosystem in Europe.

Sessions at the event covered:

- Maximising the opportunities offered by Big Data

- What does data innovation look like?

- Protecting user data – the obligations on business to keep user data safe

- The European regulatory environment – will it hurt or help data innovation?

The full conference programme can be found here. For more information about the event, please contact Anne-Lise Simon on anne-lise.simon@forum-europe.com / +44 (0) 2920 783 023.