Seminar Invitation: Breaking Barriers to Cloud Customer Choice – Unlocking Europe’s AI and Innovation Leadership
In-person panel discussion on the findings of our new study Breaking Barriers to Cloud Customer Choice: Unlocking Europe’s AI and Innovation Leadership.
We invite you to an in-person panel discussion on the findings of our new study, Breaking Barriers to Cloud Customer Choice: Unlocking Europe’s AI and Innovation Leadership.
The study shows how Europe can accelerate cloud and AI adoption – unlocking up to €1.2 trillion in economy-wide GDP gains and €450 billion annually in public sector fiscal savings – if structural barriers to cloud customer choice – the ability for businesses and public sector users to freely select, combine, and switch between cloud services – are removed.
Key questions to be addressed:
- What are the main obstacles to cloud customer choice in Europe, and how do they hold back AI deployment?
- How can EU competition policy, procurement practices, and regulation be better aligned to promote openness and interoperability?
- How can discriminatory licensing practices be addressed to promote competition and increase switching possibilities?
- What role should standardisation – including open-source contributions – play in advancing multi-cloud adoption?
Programme
The discussion will bring together policymakers and industry experts to explore how regulation, competition policy, procurement practices, and standardisation can be aligned to foster cloud openness, interoperability, and technological competitiveness.
Speakers:
Thibaut Kleiner, Director Future Networks, DG CONNECT
Jakob Veise-Lopes, Chief Adviser International Affairs, Danish Presidency, Council of the European Union
Nicky Stewart, Senior Advisor, Open Cloud Coalition, former G-Cloud lead, UK Cabinet Office
The event will be moderated by Matthias Bauer, Director at ECIPE
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