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After our last webinar on Multi-Country Projects, we are happy to invite you to the third webinar of the Digital Decade Futurium Community to explore the important role of regions, cities and local communities in Europe’s Digital Transformation. The webinar will take place on WebEx on Wednesday 16 March, 2022, from 13:00 to 15:00pm CET. Mark this date on your calendar and, when it’s time, click on the link under "Registration URL" at the top of the page.

Do you believe in the co-creation of a European Digital Transformation that results in economic and social benefits for all local communities? Are you the representative of a city, municipality, region, organization, research enterprise, non-profit foundation or just simply a supporter of an inclusive digital Europe? This event will be an opportunity to learn more about the Digital Decade Policy Programme and to exchange ideas on how to get involved in achieving Europe’s digital targets at a local level. 

The webinar will be divided into two parts:

1. First, our Commission experts will briefly go through the Digital Decade Policy Programme and present ways in which interested stakeholders can get involved to contribute to Europe’s digital transformation. Then we will have keynote speech by a Minister leading her Region’s transformation. Following from this we will show you how the Living-in.EU community, is working on a tool to help measure digital progress at a local level.
2. Second, a panel of local representatives and research organisations will exchange thoughts, experiences and best practices of local actions supporting the Digital Decade. The discussions will not only address ways to develop a digital strategy at local level, but also how to implement and cooperate at a local level to reach the Digital Decade targets, for example working with European Digital Innovation Hubs.

The webinar will conclude with a Q&A session. Participants will be invited to post their questions directly on the “Regions, Cities and Local Communities” discussion forum, in order for conversations to continue even after the webinar.  

We hope you will make it to the webinar and join our Futurium community to stay in touch.

See you soon,

The Digital Decade Community Team

Detailed Agenda

13:00  Introduction and what to expect – Ms. Clara KRAUSE, Legal Assistant, Implementation of the Regulatory Framework, DG CONNECT.

13.02    ‘Europe’s Digital Decade: the role of regional and local level’ – Ms. Rita WEZENBEEK, Director Connectivity, DG CONNECT

13.10    ‘Hessen’s Digital Decade Strategy’- Prof. Dr. Kristina SINEMUS, Minister for Digital Strategy and Development, Hessen (Living-in.EU signatory)

13:25    Short Q&A with Minister SINEMUS – moderated by Clara KRAUSE. Participants will be invited to post their questions directly on the “Regions, Cities and Local Communities” discussion forum in order for conversations to continue even after the webinar. Make sure to join the subgroup beforehand!

13.30    ‘Measuring the Digital Decade: the quest for local and regional digital indicators (LORDI)’ - Mr. Marek BOBIS, Policy Officer, ECON Commission, Committee of the Regions

13.40    Break – presentation of 2030 Digital Compass video

13.45    Panel discussion: ‘Strategies for localising the Digital Decade in cities and regions’ - moderated by Ms. Cristina MARTINEZ, Deputy Head of Unit Technologies for Smart Communities, DG CONNECT.

- Mr. Wim DE KINDEREN, Programme Director, Brainport Eindhoven (Digital Innovation Hub) and Vice-President, ENoLL (European Network of Living Labs)

- Mr. Vincent DEMORTIER, President, Faubourg Numérique DIH, Saint-Quentin

- Mr. Daniel MARCO PARRAGO, Director General for Innovation and Digital Economy at Government of Catalonia

- Ms. Stefania PAPILI, Head of IT, Emilia-Romagna, contributor to the DT4Regions project;

- Mr. Petri Räsänen, Director, Council of Tampere Region (Pirkanmaa)

14:25    Q&A with panelists – moderated by Clara KRAUSE. Same as above Q&A.

14:50    Conclusion and next steps – Mr. Eddy HARTOG, Head of Unit Technologies for Smart Communities, DG CONNECT