
The Digital4EU Stakeholder Forum took place in Brussels on 25 February 2016. This one-day event, organised by the European Commission, was centred around the progress made in creating a Digital Single Market in Europe.
Digital4EU 2016 was the second edition of the Digital4EU Stakeholder Forum, which focused on President Jean-Claude Juncker's digital priorities.
Forum concentrated on five areas: The European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) mobilising digital projects; Delivering the Digital Single Market – from the Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI) to action; The Digital Economy: the data and computing opportunities for Europe; Innovate, start and scale-up; Platforms, is there a need to regulate?.
Commissioner Günther H. Oettinger, responsible for the Digital Economy and Society, Wepke Kingma, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the EU and Roberto Viola , Director-General of DG Connect, held keynote speeches during the event.
