Gisele Roesems - Kerremans (EC) presentation for Big Data in Secure Societies Workshop -Brussels, 30th Septmebr 2015-

1. Towards a data-driven
economy in Europe
Gisele Roesems
European Commission
DG CONNECT - Data Value Chain)
Brussel
nd International Conference on Health Informatics and Technology
Big Data in Secure Societies
Brussel, September 30th , 2015

2. 'Big data' Communication – July 2014
• First ever EU-wide initiative addressing data in a holistic
manner
• The Communication sketches the necessary features of the
data-driven economy (vision)
• It seeks to initiate a debate with the Parliament, Council
and other stakeholders in order to prepare a more detailed
action plan.
• It is fully consistent with a wider set of actions under the
Digital Single Market Strategy

3. Ambitions of the new Commission
Digital Single Market Strategy of 6 May 2015:
• Aims at boosting growth and jobs
• Examples action areas targeted by the DSM building a data
economy:
• ‘Free flow of data’ initiative
• Standards and interoperability
• Digital skills
• E-services, including e-government
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4. EU actions will aim at:
• Ensuring a data-friendly policy and regulatory
environment (e.g. privacy, IPRs, security, ownership)
• Developing a well-functioning European data ecosystem
for a Digital Single Market
• Supporting competence (skills)
• Building of secure and reliable infrastructure
• Enhancing data availability and interoperability
• Promoting multilingual solutions
• Building EU-wide data-community
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5. Ongoing actions
 Big Data Value PPP
• Launch October 2014; open to new members
• Strategic Research & Innovation Agenda
(SRIA) for 2016-2020;
 European Data Science Academy
 Open Data Incubator for SMEs
 Consultation, Workshops
 CSA Big Data Europe
 H2020 WP2016-2017
 …

6. Big Data in H2020 WP 2016-2017
 LEIT (Industrial leadership)-Content technologies
Big data PPP
 SC1: Health, demographic change and wellbeing > Big
Data supporting Health policies
 SC4: Smart, green and integrated transport > Innovative
ICT solutions for future logistics
 SC6: Europe in a changing world – inclusive, innovative
and reflective societies > Policy making in the age of Big
Data
 SC7: Secure societies – protecting freedom and security
of Europe and its citizens > risk management6

7. • Data has become an economic and societal asset creating
fantastic opportunities for new business but also some
threats (information overabundance, privacy)
• Current challenges and obstacles to a thriving data economy
require an EU-wide set of actions
• Industry involvement is key to ensure a successful data
ecosystem in Europe
• The results of our ongoing consultation exercise will
contribute to a detailed roadmap for the data-driven economy.
Summary

8. Thank you for your attention
Gisele.Roesems@ec.europa.eu
cnect-G3@ec.europa.eu
Disclaimer: This presentation only represents the views of its author and cannot be seen as binding the
Commission in any way.