Digital Action Day – Every European Digital, Every Sector Digital

A yellow banner with “Digital Action Day” in large blue text. Below, “Every European Digital Every Sector Digital.” At right, a hand points a phone labeled “ACTIVATE”; digital icons like email, cloud, and gears emerge as colorful bubbles.Held on 29 September 2014 in Brussels, Digital Action Day focused on how digital technologies are changing traditional EU industries and policy areas.

Plenary sessions and parallel work sessions explored the transformative and disruptive power of digital technologies. During the event, participants debated lessons learned and actions for policy makers and businesses to generate growth and create jobs.

In a session entitled “Making it in the Digital Single Market: Overcoming challenges and impact of internet ‘gatekeepers’?” Jeanine Vos, Executive Director, Connected Living GSMA, highlighted the key role the GSMA plays in building collaboration between the mobile industry and other sectors.