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.
Video about GIGAEurope, actions taken in response to COVID-19 and building a connected, digital, green and inclusive Europe.
Highlights Irina Varlan
at GIGAEurope Launch Event.
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 Nick Read
at GIGAEurope Launch Event.
Joakim Reiter
Group External Affairs Director
Vodafone Group,
Co-Chairman GIGAEurope
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
Miapetra Kumpula-Natri
Speaker
MEP, Vice-Chair of the Special Committee on Artificial Intelligence in a Digital Age, Member of ITRE
Highlights Miapetra Kumpula-Natri
at GIGAEurope Launch Event.
Anthony Whelan
Speaker
Digital Policy Adviser, Cabinet of President von der Leyen, European Commission
Highlights Anthony Whelan
at GIGAEurope Launch Event.
Jeroen Hoencamp
Speaker
Chief Executive Officer Vodafone Ziggo
Highlights Jeroen Hoencamp
at GIGAEurope Launch Event.
John Porter
Speaker
Chief Executive Officer Telenet
Highlights John Porter
at GIGAEurope Launch Event.
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