Members of the European Parliament, EIF Members and friends will meet EU Commissioner Carlos Moedas in the evening of Tuesday 28 June for an exchange of views on his policy priorities and future initiatives.
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In view of on-going discussions on taxation rules in the Digital Single Market, EIF will organize a debate on “Taxation in the Digital Economy”. This debate will review and discuss policy issues related to the taxation of businesses operating within the digital economy, and the speakers will each present a different perspective on the subject.
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EIF and EU40 MEP members are invited to participate in the upcoming EIF-EU40 Study Visit to Silicon Valley, California, taking place from Monday 18 to Thursday 21st July. A detailed programme will be made available as soon as possible.
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For some a startup is just the smaller version of a large company, however while a start-up can also be a SME, not all SMEs can call themselves startups. A startup is a temporary organization designed to search for a repeatable and scalable business model. Within this definition, a startup can be a new venture or a new division or business unit in an existing company.
The European Commission and the United States have agreed on a new framework for the exchange of transatlantic data: the EU-US Privacy Shield.
Europe is home to a small number of Smart Cities who have leveraged telecommunications technologies to optimize the way they function, reduce waste & tap whatever efficiencies are to be had from innovatively deploying ICTs.
Further to the previous debate organised by EIF on Cybersecurity and the publication of the EIF report 'The Digital World in 2030' in 2014, the context has evolved. The hacking of the TV5Monde worldwide broadcast and social media accounts last year is the tip of the iceberg of increasingly sophisticated cyber-attacks.
