The presentation "Should We Build The Matrix? Some Challenges of the Digital Twin Concept" by Professor Dirk Helbing aimed at showing the arguments for using complexity science when dealing with cities. It was based on the position paper produced by  Complexity Science and Smart Cities expert group.

The European Commission wants to support data sharing among manufacturing companies and with (service) providers by the facilitation of Manufacturing Data Spaces, which will serve as a model to show how sharing industrial data improves company operations, enhances business opportunities, and supports the transition towards a circular economy.

The Recommendation on the protection, safety and empowerment of journalists is part of the Commission's work to support media freedom and pluralism in the EU.

View the staff working document on the policy programme: a path to the digital decade.

View the Commission's proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the 2030 Policy Programme "Path to the Digital Decade".

DevOps combines the software development and IT operations needed to increase an organisation’s ability to deliver applications and services quickly and efficiently. The ENACT project established platform enablers to allow DevOps into the world of trustworthy IoT, boosting both security and resilience of the systems.

Like EU citizens, citizens of Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway can now register a .eu domain name no matter where they live in the world.

The Commission has published the results of a study analysing the economic impact of Open Source Software and Hardware on the European economy.

Marking the BCO Network's five-year milestone, the 2021 Annual Conference will address important EU policy and funding developments, as well as BCOs' achievements and goals. The agenda will include Rural Digital Futures, Gigabit targets and the Digital Compass, EU Structural Funds and the Recovery and Resilience Facility, State aid and evolving technology, and CEF2 Digital. The final agenda will be shared with participants directly. This online event is open to all members of the European Broadband Competence Offices Network.

Part of the 19th European Week of Regions and Cities, this workshop will look at the specific challenges and opportunities of digitalization in smaller and medium-sized cities. 11th October 16:30 to 18:00 CET.