Digital transformation is happening - and its happening fast. But how will it shape the political agenda in Europe? MEP Miapetra Kumpula-Natri delivered this presentation to Rud Pedersen Congress in Helsinki 30 August 2018.

1. DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
– SHAPING THE EUROPEAN POLITICALAGENDA
MEP Miapetra Kumpula-Natri // Rud Pedersen Congress, Helsinki

2. THERE ARE NOW
MORE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD
WITH INTERNET
THAN WITHOUT IT
3.6 Billion users in 2018 // Kleiner Perkins Internet Trends

3. Source: Kleiner Perkins Internet Trends

4. TECHNOLOGICAL
DEVELOPMENT
IS SPEEDING UP

5. Source: Kleiner Perkins Internet Trends
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO REACH
25% ADOPTION OF A TECHNOLOGY?

6. WILL EVERYONE BE
ON BOARD?

7. 1 Connectivity 2 Human Capital 3 Use of Internet 4 Integration of Digital Technology 5 Digital Public Services Grand Total
THE DIGITAL DIVIDE WITHIN EUROPE IS REAL
Rud Pedersen
focus
What will you
offer here?
DESI index, European Commission

8. 74%
67% 67%
65%
62%
59%
57% 57% 57%
54% 53%
51% 50% 50% 50% 49% 49% 47% 47% 46%
44% 44% 44% 44% 43% 42%
38%
37% 36%
THE SHARE OF FACEBOOK
USERS DIFFERS TOO...
Internet World Stats

9. 0.3
0.7
0.9
1
1.1
1.1
1.3
1.4
1.5
1.7
1.9
2.2
2.4
2.8
3.2
3.8
3.8
4.7
4.7
5.3
5.8
6.2
12.3
Greece
Belgium
Germany
Portugal
Czech Republic
Netherlands
Romania
Italy
Spain
United Kingdom
Hungary
France
EU average
Sweden
Poland
Ireland
Lithuania
Croatia
Denmark
Latvia
Estonia
Austria
Finland
USE OF DIGITAL
INFRASTRUCTURE
EVEN MORE SO...
Mobile data use per SIM card in selected EU countries (2017) // Tefficient

10. DIGITAL
DEVELOPMENT
OFFERS NEW
SOLUTIONS...

11. HEALTHCARE
ENERGY
EDUCATION
TRANSPORT
Remote sensors for medical
data, use of big data for
preventing diseases, faster
processes....
Flexible, smart energy
system, thermostatic valves
which operate based on
electricity prices....
Massive online courses
provide education to all...
Smart cars, better planned
routes and optimised traffic
conditions...
A CONNECTED
SOCIETY
AFFECTS ALL
POLICY AREAS

12. ...BUT ALSO NEW
PROBLEMS

14. 8%
12%
12%
14%
15%
16%
16%
17%
20%
25%
26%
27%
28%
29%
30%
38%
Japan
Netherlands
Germany
Canada
France
Spain
UK
Australia
South Korea
USA
Brazil
Global
Italy
Russia
Mexico
China
EUROPEANS ARE
NOT TOO WILLING
TO SHARE THEIR
DATA
Willingness to share personal data in exchange for benefits or rewards // GFK Research 1/17

15. WILL ”DIGITAL”
CHANGE THE
EUROPEAN POLICY
AGENDA?

16. POLITICS
OUTPUTS / SOLUTIONSINPUTS / PROBLEMS
POLITICS IS ABOUT FINDING SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS WHILE
BALACING DIFFERING INPUTS AND REQUESTS

17. POLITICS
GDPR, E-PRIVACY,
CYBERSECURITY ACT,
ENERGY MARKET DESIGN,
RED II....
DIGITAL IS ALREADY CHANGING THE INPUT SIDE OF POLITICS

18. DIGITAL POLICIES
SHOULD BE MADE AT
THE EUROPEAN LEVEL

19. NEXT BIG
CHALLENGE:
ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE

20. "AI is one of the most important things humanity is
working on. It is more profound than, I dunno,
electricity or fire.
We have learned to harness fire for the benefits of
humanity but we had to overcome its downsides too
So my point is, AI is really important, but we have to
be concerned about it.“
Google CEO Sundar Pichai

21. MEP Miapetra Kumpula-Natri
Email: miapetra.kumpula-natri@ep.europa.eu
Web: www.miapetra.fi
Twitter: @miapetrakumpula