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“None of our member states has the dimension to compete with China and the US, not even Germany!”, Head of EUREKA Pedro Nunes on another Sting Exclusive

June 16, 2014 by The Sting's Team Leave a Comment

This revealing exclusive interview with Pedro Nunes, Head of EUREKA, was conducted by Carlo Motta at the European Sting’s pavilion during European Business Summit 2014. In the following interview Carlo Motta will be signalled as C.M and Mr Nune as P.N. C.M.: I am very please to welcome to our booth Mr Pedro Nunes, Head of EUREKA. So […]

Filed Under: Economy, InfoSociety, Markets, Sting Exclusive, Technology Tagged With: BUSINESSEUROPE, EBS 2014, EUREKA, European Business Summit 2014, European Commission, Eurostars, Horizon 2020, innovation, Pedro Nunes, research

European Business Summit 2014: Sting Report, Day I

May 20, 2014 by Sébastien Martinez Leave a Comment

It was only last week and the time for the annual most important ‘appointment’ of the European industry had come. The rendez-vous was given at the same place as every year; the 12th European Business Summit that took place this year at the prestigious venue of the Palais d’Egmont in Brussels. The European Sting was Media Partner of the […]

Filed Under: Business, Events Tagged With: Assembly of European Regions, BUSINESSEUROPE, EBS 2014, Emma Marcegaglia, European Business Summit 2014, Horizon 2020, Johannes Hahn, José Manuel Barroso, SMEs

How ‘small’ is Europe in Big Data?

February 10, 2014 by Aristotle Margiolas Leave a Comment

One of the major current debates in ICT is the one of open big data. Last December, Neelie Kroes, the Vice-President of the European Commission for the Digital Agenda, made a speech in the European Data Protection Congress in Brussels for the importance of data in the modern world and the numerous opportunities that arise […]

Filed Under: InfoSociety, Telecommunications Tagged With: big data, Data Privacy, digital agenda, European Commission, European Union, Horizon 2020, ICT, Internet, Neelie Kroes, open data

Commission launches ‘Industrial Renaissance’ initiative

January 24, 2014 by Elias Lacon Leave a Comment

Last Wednesday the European Commission presented a ground-breaking communication for a “European Industrial Renaissance”. With it, the EU’s executive arm “is urging Member States to recognise the central importance of industry for creating jobs and growth and to mainstream industry-related competitiveness concerns across all policy areas”. The truth is, however, that industry doesn’t play the […]