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SUMMARY:Digital Transformation Week Europe
DESCRIPTION:Advanved DTX strategies for a “digital everything” world. Digital Transformation Week\, 20-22 April 2021 (BST) is a FREE virtual event and conference consisting of top-level content and thought leadership discussions exploring the world of digital transformation. \nDigital Transformation Week will provide insight and strategies for technology decision makers seeking to explore and evaluate thought-leadership topics and valuable strategies to drive business forward. \nThe online conference is perfect for those technology professionals making investment and strategy decisions\, or building and executing pioneering projects within their organisation. \nThe event will consist of live and on-demand sessions from over 40 speakers sharing their unparalleled industry knowledge and real-life experience in the forms of solo presentations\, expert panel discussions and in-depth fireside chats. \nAttend the event to learn: \n\nUnderstanding risk and Security – Why Cybersecurity needs to be a priority in your Digital Transformation Journey\nCrisis Response and Fresh ways of working – Discussing digital transformation during the time of COVID-19\nArtificial Intelligence – using AI to understand and anticipate the behaviours of customers in order to serve them better\, more personal\, more relevant experiences that lead to increased loyalty over time\nShifting your IT spend from legacy to leading edge – Understanding how edge computing can enable optimisation of artificial intelligence and machine learning\, 5G\, IoT and more\nVlockchain as an accelerator of Business Processes\, a game changer for supply chain and the standard for digital transactions.\n\n…and so much more! Register for free here: https://digitaltransformation-week.com/
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SUMMARY:Competition and regulation in digital markets and the evolving role of platforms
DESCRIPTION:This conference will examine the way forward for regulation and competition in digital markets\, and the evolving role of platforms. \nWe expect discussion to focus on the role of the Digital Markets Unit in addressing digital competition issues going forward\, and what further action might be needed from policymakers and regulators. \nFurther sessions examine the international regulatory landscape and the evolving role of platforms and regulation in tackling online harm \nThe agenda: \nCompetition regulation in the global digital economy – the evolving landscape\nDeveloping a competition regime for digital markets in the UK\nAddressing competition issues in digital markets – setting out clear guidelines\, encouraging innovation and supporting smaller enterprises\, and ensuring consumer benefit\nNext steps for international collaboration and developing effective digital competition frameworks worldwide\nThe evolving role of platforms in tackling online harm – setting boundaries\, freedom of expression\, and the future for regulation\nKey priorities for the new Digital Markets Unit and policy in the UK \nAreas for discussion: \ndigital competition – the international landscape\, and key developments in the sector\nregulation – priorities for developing a competition regime for digital markets in the UK\, and the role of the Digital Markets Unit:\na code of conduct – looking at development and enforceability of a regime for platforms funded by digital advertising that are designated as having strategic market status\nenforcement practicalities:\npowers that will be needed for the Digital Market Unit to be effective\nlooking at the ability to impose financial penalties for non-compliance and introduce pro-competitive interventions\nregulatory agility and future proofing – how can it be ensured that the Digital Markets Unit is able to adapt changing market conditions and dynamics\nSMEs and new entrants – the role of any future regulation framework in addressing barriers and supporting smaller players\nM&A activity in digital markets – assessing its impact and the role of regulation in fostering innovation and safeguarding consumer benefit\ninternational approaches to regulation – priorities\, and what can be learned from developments and practice in different territories:\nthe impact of the European Commission’s Digital Markets Act and Digital Services Act:\nwith the EU Commissioner for Internal Market\, Thierry Breton\, writing in a column for Politico following recent events:\n‘Just as 9/11 marked a paradigm shift for global security\, 20 years later we are witnessing a before-and-after in the role of digital platforms in our democracy’\nthe US regulatory framework and whether steps are needed to curb the power of big tech:\nincluding potential changes to Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act – under which internet platforms can publish and moderate content from third parties without being held legally liable for what they say\nthe evolving role of platforms in tackling online harm – and implications for future regulation and liability:\nfreedom of expression online – with a number of platforms banning President Trump following recent unrest in Washington DC and removing support for Parler\nonline harm – assessing effectiveness of strategies and actions taken so far by online platforms and social media companies in tackling online harm\, disinformation and misinformation\nhow regulation in the UK will need to adapt:\nas Ofcom is appointed as regulator for online harms\, alongside the setting up of the Digital Market Unit\nwith the Health Secretary commenting that the action of platforms ‘raises regulation questions’ going forward \nPolicy officials attending: \nOur forums are known for attracting strong interest from policymakers and stakeholders. \nOverall\, we expect speakers and attendees to be a senior and informed group including Members of both Houses of Parliament\, senior government officials involved in this area of public policy\, together with digital and social media platforms\, consumer technology companies\, digital advertising companies\, data analytics companies\, artificial intelligence and machine learning companies\, other industry representatives from across the technology and digital sectors\, lawyers and consultants with an interest in these topics\, organisations and individuals representing the views of consumers and citizens\, regulators\, academics and reporters from the national and trade media.  \nThis is a full-scale conference taking place online*** \nfull\, four-hour programme including comfort breaks – you’ll also get a full recording and transcript to refer back to\ninformation-rich discussion involving key policymakers and stakeholders\nconference materials provided in advance\, including speaker biographies\nspeakers presenting via webcam\, accompanied by slides if they wish\, using the Cisco WebEx professional online conference platform (easy for delegates – we’ll provide full details)\nopportunities for live delegate questions and comments with all speakers\na recording of the addresses\, all slides cleared by speakers\, and further materials\, is made available to all delegates afterwards as a permanent record of the proceedings\ndelegates are able to add their own written comments and articles following the conference\, to be distributed to all attendees and more widely\nnetworking too – there will be opportunities for delegates to e-meet and interact – we’ll tell you how!
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SUMMARY:The new way to compete on analytics: external & shared data
DESCRIPTION:Hear from industry visionary leaders on how they use external data.\nIn a world where businesses demand better agility and where past trends no longer can predict the future\, the best-run businesses are leverage external data for better leading indicators. For CDOs\, focusing on internal data is not enough and yet\, failure to manage duplicate purchases of external data can explode costs. With the cloud\, organizations can more easily share data externally with suppliers and customers\, across the whole value chain\, creating an analytics ecosystem for game-changing competitive advantage and customer experience. \n\nLearn “why now” and what to do\nHear Real-world case studies on challenges from The Hartford\nSee most popular new data sources and use cases seen by Eagle Alpha\nLearn how to leverage the power of The Data Cloud with Snowflake’s Data Marketplace
URL:https://informationmatters.net/event/the-new-way-to-compete-on-analytics-external-shared-data/
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SUMMARY:Next steps for supporting trade and investment for the UK’s tech sector
DESCRIPTION:It is examining next steps for increasing international trade and export markets for the UK tech sector. \nWith the end of transition from the EU and the UK’s new positioning in global markets\, it will be a timely opportunity to assess the landscape as the UK tech sector – as well as priorities for government support and initiatives\, and for attracting investment. \nAreas for discussion include: \n\nopportunities – how can UK tech businesses tap into new demands domestically and in global markets\, particularly with the pandemic increasing the need for innovation and new ways of working\nthe UK’s international competitiveness – and priorities for future trade deals and negotiations\, and the UK’s positioning in emerging economies\, including Asia Pacific\nmaintaining momentum – building on strong trends in investment in UK tech going forward\nlevelling up – encouraging investment in the tech industry across the UK’s regions and nations and linking with local industrial strategies and City Deals\nSMEs – assessing the support they need to access global markets and investment\nskills – looking at attracting global and domestic talent\, diversity\, and educational pathways and professional development\n\nThe discussion is bringing together stakeholders with policy officials who are due to attend from DIT; BEIS; the Cabinet Office; DCMS; the DfE; the DfT; the GCHQ; the Geospatial Commission; the Government Legal Department; HMRC; the Home Office; the MoJ; and the Welsh Government.
URL:https://informationmatters.net/event/next-steps-for-supporting-trade-and-investment-for-uks-tech-sector/
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