Season’s greetings from the Allied for Startups team! 🚀

As 2024 wraps up, we wish you holidays full of joy, inspiration, and quality time with loved ones. We’re excited for what’s ahead and can’t wait to drive the #startup ecosystem forward in the new year.

See you in 2025! ✨

Our webinar "Cloud Cybersecurity, Sovereignty, and EU Competitiveness" starts now!

Watch👉buff.ly/3Owj9IG

🧵Follow the thread for highlights of the talk hosted by @MatBauerEcon with @MaxDanRicard (@Allied4Startups), Marcus Corry (@AFME_EU) and @DamienRilliard (@Oracle)

Today's final session was a deep dive into the #AI regulatory landscape! A big thank you to Anne-Gabrielle Haie (@SteptoeLLP), Gianluca Maruzzella (indigo.ai), and Giacomo Pizza (@FIPRAinsight) for their insights on life after the #AIAct and its impact on #startups.

After the keynote, we jumped into an engaging panel on #startup scaling and #competition. A big thank you to Lucia Bonova (DG COMP), Ana Barjasic (Connectology & EIC), and @deCoverlyVeale (@StartupCltn) for sharing their fantastic insights!

#AFSAnnualSummit

Kicking off #AFSAnnualSummit with a dynamic keynote from MEP @AuraSalla on striking the right balance between #innovation and #regulation. Key points: cut red tape, streamline regulations, build a true #CapitalMarketsUnion, and attract top global talent.

Join us for our panel “Bridging the Gap in #DigitalHealth” on 16 Oct 2024 in Brussels! 🚀 Register now and be part of this insightful discussion on how to shape a more accessible, innovative, and interoperable #healthtech ecosystem!

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📨 #Startup your week with our newsletter!

🤖 AFS Annual Summit 2024
🗣️ Draghi Roundtable
🇪🇺 Europe Incorporated @startuphungary
🗓️ Bridging Gaps in Digital Health

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👩🏻‍💻 The Future of Tech is Female @BeCentralBxl! Ready to explore #tech but unsure where to start? Join us for a week of #coding 💻, #UXdesign 🎨, and inspiring talks 🎙️. Check the full program and register for free: ow.ly/Lgxp50TBrMP #FoTiF

📡 Unveiling the future of telecoms: 'Perspectives' from our Telecom Time Capsules!

🔮 Gaze into the telecom crystal ball with @the_info_labs, as we’ve compiled a fresh report on tomorrow's connectivity landscape.

⌚ A timely document, with the Hungarian Presidency of the lding a conference today, 2 October, on the future of telecoms entitled “Regulation Reloaded – Changing the Rulebook of Electronic Communications?”.

🎥 The starting point: our bite-sized video insights from top experts, offering: 
↪️ predictions on the evolving connectivity need of users and businesses, and 
↪️ crucial insights for policy makers on what to enable and avoid.

🧠 Benefit from the insights of our forward-thinking visionaries:

▷  A former US @NTIAgov expert: @fionamalexander | @cepa
▷  A network expert: @petra_arts | @Cloudflare
▷  An industry analyst: @disruptivedean | @DApremium
▷  Startups: @daviddebakker1 | @Allied4Startups
▷  Civil society: @carlgahnberg | @internetsociety
▷  A regulator: @KostasMasselos | @EETT_GR & @BERECeuropaeu
▷  Competitive network operators: @twPSerdengecti | @twECTA
▷  An engineer: @wilwebb1
▷  An economist: @MarethBrian | @CommCham

💡 7 key takeaways:

🔸 Promote an open and interoperable global internet
🔸 Foster innovation by supporting diverse network players
🔸 Preserve net neutrality
🔸 Adopt a consumer-centric approach to telecom policy
🔸 Uphold Europe’s competitive telecom success
🔸 Avoid over-regulation and rethink long-term supply targets and metrics
🔸 Prepare for the future of telecom networks

🔗 Grab your copy: informationlabs.org/reports/ 

🎬 Watch the TTCs: youtube.com/playlist?list=… 

#TelecomTimeCapsules #TTC #BetterRegulation #CDNs #competitiveness #connectivity #Council #DigitalEU #DigitalNetworksAct #dinosaurs #EU #EUCouncil #ΕΕΤΤ #EUpolicy #FairShare #FutureTelecoms #HU24EU #IPInterconnection #NetNeutrality #NetworkFees #NTIA #OpenInternet #startups #sustainability #telecoms #TelecomPolicy #TelecomRegulation #WhitePaper

📨 #Startup your week with our newsletter!

🤖 #GPAI Code of Practice
💪 Time for Action: D9+ Declaration @Ivaerksaetterne
👩🏻‍💻 The Future of #Tech is Female @BeCentralBxl
🗓️ Bridging Gaps in #DigitalHealth

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🤖 We’re excited to have been picked by the @EU_Commission's #AIOffice to help draft the first-ever #GPAI Code of Practice! The Code will guide GPAI providers in following the #AIAct and tackling AI-related risks. Let’s roll up our sleeves and get started!

Mario #Draghi's report on EU #competitiveness highlights the need to strengthen Europe's economic base. As part of the S9+ #startup coalition, we urge #D9+ ministers to step up and drive Europe's #innovation forward. Read our declaration 👉 ow.ly/rhUb50TvgNQ #RevitalizeEU

🇸🇰 We’re at #SAPIEForum in Bratislava! Kicking things off with a panel on EU #competitiveness, diving into the #Draghi report and how to boost the #digital economy, followed by a chat on how #cybersecurity keeps democracy safe and sound! @SAPIE_SK

Big news from Brussels! 🇪🇺 Commission President Ursula von der Leyen introduced her new team, and we’re thrilled to see Ms. Ekaterina Zaharieva as Commissioner for Startups, Research & Innovation. A huge win for Europe’s #startup scene & just what we’ve been advocating for! 🚀

🇬🇷 Join us for Recreating Innovation in Chania, Greece, on Oct 24-26! Hosted by @thefounderhood, the all-in-one #tech #startup platform, this event brings together startups, media, policymakers & industry leaders to boost global #innovation. Register now! lu.ma/gb6o2wvg

📨 #Startup your week with our newsletter!

📔 Startups & the #Draghi Report
ℹ️ Strategic Actions for EU #Tech & #Competitiveness
🗓️ AFS Annual Summit 2024
🇬🇷 Recreating Innovation @thefounderhood

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Last week, Mario Draghi, former Prime Minister of Italy and President of the European Central Bank, published his report on the future of Europe’s #competitiveness.

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To tackle this issue, #Draghi recommends several key strategies for success, such as leveraging the European Health Data Space, establishing clear rules for multi-country trials, cutting red tape, and increasing the focus on public #investment.

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Read our latest article to explore the full scope of Draghi’s recommendations and discover what they mean for Europe’s #startups and the #digitalhealth revolution. ⤵️

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