Economy – How ICT can foster growth and development in Europe? – PL 04 2014

Session title: Economy – How ICT can foster growth and development in Europe

Friday, 13th of June 2014, 09:30

Session subject:

• The role of SMEs in the digital economy
• How to reduce regulatory barriers to innovation to compete with global markets
• New online business models

Session description: Economy – How ICT can foster growth and development in Europe

• The role of SME in the digital economy
• How to reduce regulatory barriers to innovation
• New online business models

What challenges and opportunities do IT-SMEs and Startups face in Europe: finding a European path – addressing issues such as:

• Single digital market but cultural, language, tax, administrative hurdles
• Growing entrepreneurial culture but continued reluctance by investors
• New online business models and the use of meta / big data
• Internationalization of IT-SMEs
• Crossborder interference with Internet infrastructure
• Financing / Venture Capital / Tax issues
• Access to qualified labour
• Access to R&D

Breakout Sessions 11:30 - 13:00:

• Practical examples - successful European IT-SMEs addressing the issue of internationalisation (proposal 69): Session moderator: Dr. Oliver Grün
• Internet business models in Europe: There is a common view, that the "Internet is for free". Users are not aware of business models which create value e.g. from meta data / big data (proposal 45): Session moderator: Ulrich Kohn
• Geographic Top Level Domains (GeoTLDs): between profitableness and public interest (proposal 4): Session moderator: Dirk Krischenowski

For more Information see: Background.

People:

• Focal points:

   * Linda van Renssen, LOAD - Verein für Netzpolitik 
   * Dirk Krischenowski, dotBERLIN GmbH & Co. KG (.berlin Top-Level-Domain)
   * Dean Ceulic 
   * Jimmy Schulz, LOAD - Verein für Netzpolitik

• Live moderator:

• Rapporteur: tbd
• Remote participation moderator: Farzaneh Badii, Hamburg University
• Digital facilitator: Sonia
• Panelists/speakers: (suggested list of panelist/speakers)

   * Alexander Riedl, Deputy Head of Unit, European Comission DG CONNECT
   * Miriam Rupp, Founder & CEO Mashup Communications
   * Dirk Krischenowski, Geo-Top-Level-Domain Interest Group
   * Ana Kakalashvili, law student at Tbilisi State University 

• Key Participants:

   * Dr. Jan Krancke, Vice President Deutsche Telekom, Head of Regulatory Strategy & Economics Division
   * Nadine Karbach, Youth IGF Germany 
   * Thomas Schauf, Bundesverband Digitale Wirtschaft
   * Dr. Oliver Grün, VP PIN-SME, Präsident BITMi
   * Detlef Dauke, Ministerialdirektor, Leiter der Abteilung Innovations-, IT- und Kommunikationspolitik, BMWi
   

Format of this working group at EuroDIG: Plenary. tbd

Protocol. Discussions: See the discussion tab on the upper left side of this page

Further reading:

Live stream / remote participation: Link

Final report from working group: PDF (approx. 2 weeks after event)

Mailing List: tbc

Preparatory meetings:

• 2014-05-06 14:30 - 17:30 Berlin LOAD HQ
• 2014-05-07 15:00 - 18:30 Berlin LOAD HQ
• 2014-05-09 15:00 - 16:00 Telco Focal Team
• 2014-05-13 16:00 - 17:00 Telco Focal Team
• 2014-05-14 09:30 - 10:00 Telco Linda & Dirk
• 2014-06-02 16:00 - 16:30 Telco Focal Team
• 2014-06-03 16:00 - 16:30 Telco Focal Team

Pictures from working group: Link

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