Highlights and full video from GIGAEurope Launch Event.

Connecting for Recovery

17th November, 2020

The programme featured representatives from the European Commission and the European Parliament, as well as executives from the connectivity industry.

17th Nov. 2020

ONLINE

Video about GIGAEurope, actions taken in response to COVID-19 and building a connected, digital, green and inclusive Europe.

Irina Varlan

Managing Director GIGAEurope

Highlights Irina Varlan
at GIGAEurope Launch Event.

Mike Fries

CEO Liberty Global

Highlights Mike Fries
at GIGAEurope Launch Event.

Nick Read

CEO Vodafone

Highlights Mike Read
at GIGAEurope Launch Event.

Joakim Reiter

Chief Corporate Affairs Officer and Executive Committee Member, Vodafone Group and GIGAEurope Co-Chairman

Highlights Joakim Reiter
at GIGAEurope Launch Event.

Manuel Kohnstamm

Senior Vice President and Chief Corporate Affairs Officer Liberty Global Co-Chairman GIGAEurope

Highlights Manuel Kohnstamm
at GIGAEurope Launch Event.

A panel exchanged ideas on what is needed to further increase the rollout of gigabit networks and the uptake of secure and reliable digital services, and to achieve a gigabit society. It will consider what it will take to make this shift economically viable, green and inclusive, as well as ask what we can learn from the impact of COVID-19. The panel was moderated by Jennifer Baker, Freelance EU Correspondent. Speakers of the panel were:

Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, MEP, Vice-Chair of the Special Committee on Artificial Intelligence in a Digital Age, Member of ITRE
Anthony Whelan, Digital Policy Adviser, Cabinet of President von der Leyen, European Commission
Jeroen Hoencamp, Chief Executive Officer, VodafoneZiggo
John Porter, Chief Executive Officer, Telenet