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Cabinet of Vice-President ANSIP - Minutes of Meeting
MEETING CONCLUSIONS
Title
"Tomorrowlab" International Executive Roundtable
Dater
04 September 2018
Participants
Ext :
1.
BNP Paribas Fortis
2. Jo Pauwels, CEO ABB Benelux
3. Johan Decuyper, CEO Belgocontrol
4. Jacques van den Broek, Global CEO Randstad
5. Jean-Paul Van Avermaet, CEO G4S
6. Kurt Pierloot, CEO Mail & Retail bpost
7.
Randstad België
8. Giovanni Verhaeghe, CEO OneSpan Belgium
9. Joachim De Vos, CEO Living Tomorrow / TomorrowLab
10. Herman Van Rompuy, President Advisory Board TomorrowLab &
President emer. of the European Council
COM: Andrus Ansip, Jörgen Gren
Issues raised
Topics:
& follow-up
Data protection: discussion around trust in the online environment as a
key resource for a digital society. Increasing trust is the common
objective. VP mentions that the new comprehensive data protection
rulebook, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) addresses this
challenge. Discussion around the implementation of the GDPR in the
companies present and how to deal with the issue of consent eg for
employees.
Free flow of data: data flows are increasing between countries. VP
mentioned the need to address data localisation inside the European
Union in due respect of the GDPR. This is why the Commission proposed
the free flow of non-personal data initiative. The companies present
were happy with the initiative and agreed that it was an important
initiative also for their businesses.
Research programmes: general discussion around the next MFF and
digital investment. VP mentions the digital Europe programme (EUR 9.2
billion from 2021 to 2027) and the research programmes in our MFF
proposal. The VP puts this into the context of the investment in
supercomputing powers and how we have been working with Member
States to establish the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking and support the big
data ecosystem. He also mentions the comprehensive Artificial
Intelligence strategy for Europe and that an EU investment gap exists
with the rest of the world. The companies support a strong digital focus
on the EU funds.
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