The webinar will explore the important role of regions, cities and local communities in achieving the ambitious goals of Europe’s Digital Decade. It will take place on WebEx on Wednesday 16 March, 2022, from  13:00 to 15:00pm.

When the time comes you can join via WebEx here.

Draft Agenda

Europe’s Digital Decade: the Role of Regions and Cities

13.00    Introduction ‘Europe’s Digital Decade – the role of regional and local level’ – Ms Rita WEZENBEEK, Director, 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    ‘Measuring the Digital Decade – the quest for local and regional digital indicators (LORDI)’ - Presentation by the Committee of the Regions on the development of LORDI and potential benefits though the Living-in.EU movement, Mr Marek Bobis, Policy Officer, ECON Commission

13.35    Panel discussion: ‘Strategies for localising the Digital Decade in cities and regions’

Dr Stefania Papili, Head of IT, Emilia-Romagna, contributor to the DT4Regions project;

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 Parraga, Director General for Innovation and Digital Economy at Government of Catalonia

14:20    Q&A with panel

Participants will be invited to post their questions directly on the “Governing the Digital Decade” discussion forum, in order for conversations to continue even after the webinar.

14:50    Conclusion and next steps - Eddy HARTOG, DG CONNECT