{"id":11695,"date":"2023-09-14T10:20:39","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T09:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/europe\/?p=11695"},"modified":"2023-09-14T10:22:21","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T09:22:21","slug":"watch-live-building-a-competitive-digital-and-green-europe-followed-by-politico-lives-spotlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/europe\/news\/watch-live-building-a-competitive-digital-and-green-europe-followed-by-politico-lives-spotlight\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch LIVE | Building a Competitive, Digital and Green Europe followed by POLITICO Live\u2019s Spotlight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uC2E5hJj4Pw?si=KPZ3qC4NP-DmXRhs\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>An event dedicated to the Spanish presidency of the European Union<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The ambition to build a Competitive, Digital and Green Europe is intertwined with the Spanish Presidency\u2019s programme, leading Europe in this crucial time at the end of the current political mandate and before the 2024 elections.<\/p>\n<p>So much of Europe\u2019s competitiveness, innovation potential and strategic autonomy objectives depend on leadership in telecom networks and services. It is therefore the right time to assess how Europe can secure the connectivity needs of its citizens and businesses for today and tomorrow, enabling a robust digital and green future for all.<\/p>\n<p>On 18 September, the GSMA invites you to an evening dedicated to the future of connectivity, discussing how Europe can regain global digital leadership. We will hear from EU policymakers and industry leaders on their vision for a strong digital continent, followed by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/event\/politico-lives-spotlight-connecting-the-future-unleashing-europes-telecoms-single-market-potential\/#event-about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">POLITICO Live\u2019s Spotlight \u201cConnecting the Future: Unleashing Europe\u2019s Telecoms Single Market Potential\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Programme<\/h2>\n<h5><strong>16:30-17:15 | Building a Competitive, Digital and Green Europe<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/europe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Building-Competitive-Digital-and-Green-Europe-An-event-dedicated-to-the-Spanish-Presidency-of-the-EU-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11698\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/europe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Building-Competitive-Digital-and-Green-Europe-An-event-dedicated-to-the-Spanish-Presidency-of-the-EU-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/europe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Building-Competitive-Digital-and-Green-Europe-An-event-dedicated-to-the-Spanish-Presidency-of-the-EU-1.png 900w, https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/europe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Building-Competitive-Digital-and-Green-Europe-An-event-dedicated-to-the-Spanish-Presidency-of-the-EU-1-300x83.png 300w, https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/europe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Building-Competitive-Digital-and-Green-Europe-An-event-dedicated-to-the-Spanish-Presidency-of-the-EU-1-768x213.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Opening remarks by Daniel Pataki<\/strong>, Vice President, Policy and Regulation &amp; Head of Europe, GSMA<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keynotes by\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Dr. Marcos Alonso Alonso<\/strong>, Ambassador Permanent Representative of Spain to the European Union<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda \u00c1lvarez-Pallete L\u00f3pez<\/strong>, Chairman &amp; CEO, Telef\u00f3nica and GSMA Board Chair<\/p>\n<h5>17:15-17:45 | Break<\/h5>\n<h5>17:45-18:45\u00a0 | POLITICO Spotlight Event \u201cConnecting the Future: Unleashing Europe\u2019s Telecoms Single Market Potential\u201d<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/event\/politico-lives-spotlight-connecting-the-future-unleashing-europes-telecoms-single-market-potential\/#event-about\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11641\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/europe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Telecoms-single-market900x300-px.jpg?resize=900%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/europe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Telecoms-single-market900x300-px.jpg?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/europe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Telecoms-single-market900x300-px.jpg?resize=300%2C100&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/europe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Telecoms-single-market900x300-px.jpg?resize=768%2C256&amp;ssl=1 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"860\" height=\"287\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Connectivity is an essential part of Europe\u2019s lives and economy. Society relies on it for communication, entertainment, and commerce; and Europe\u2019s digital leadership is dependent on its networks and connectivity infrastructure. However, the market is still fragmented and at least \u20ac174 billion is the investment needed for the bloc to hit its digital targets by 2030.<\/p>\n<p>This session will include:<\/p>\n<p>Welcome remarks by\u00a0<strong>Mathieu Pollet<\/strong>, Technology Reporter, POLITICO<\/p>\n<p>Opening remark by\u00a0<strong>John Giusti<\/strong>, Chief Regulatory Officer, GSMA<\/p>\n<p>Panel discussion including Q&amp;A with panelists:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Dominique Leroy<\/strong>, Member of the Board of Management, Deutsche Telekom AG<\/li>\n<li><strong>Renate Nikolay<\/strong>, Deputy Director General, DG Connect, European Commission<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ursula Pachl<\/strong>, Deputy Director General, the European Consumer Organisation, BEUC<\/li>\n<li><strong>MEP\u00a0Andreas Schwab\u00a0<\/strong>(Germany, EPP)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An event dedicated to the Spanish presidency of the European Union The ambition to build a Competitive, Digital and Green Europe is intertwined with the Spanish Presidency\u2019s programme, leading Europe in this crucial time at the end of the current political mandate and before the 2024 elections. So much of Europe\u2019s competitiveness, innovation potential and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":11585,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"algolia_discover_type":[5018],"class_list":["post-11695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","algolia_discover_type-article"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v27.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Watch LIVE | Building a Competitive, Digital and Green Europe followed by POLITICO Live\u2019s Spotlight - GSMA Europe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/europe\/news\/watch-live-building-a-competitive-digital-and-green-europe-followed-by-politico-lives-spotlight\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Watch LIVE | Building a Competitive, Digital and Green Europe followed by POLITICO Live\u2019s Spotlight\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"An event dedicated to the Spanish presidency of the European Union The ambition to build a Competitive, Digital and Green Europe is intertwined with the Spanish Presidency\u2019s programme, leading Europe in this crucial time at the end of the current political mandate and before the 2024 elections. So much of Europe\u2019s competitiveness, innovation potential and [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/europe\/news\/watch-live-building-a-competitive-digital-and-green-europe-followed-by-politico-lives-spotlight\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"GSMA Europe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gsma\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-09-14T09:20:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-09-14T09:22:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/europe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Building-Competitive-Digital-and-Green-Europe-An-event-dedicated-to-the-Spanish-presidency-of-the-European-Union-2.png?fit=650%2C320&ssl=1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"650\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"320\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"RutaL\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@GSMA\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@GSMA\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"RutaL\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Watch LIVE | Building a Competitive, Digital and Green Europe followed by POLITICO Live\u2019s Spotlight - GSMA Europe","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/europe\/news\/watch-live-building-a-competitive-digital-and-green-europe-followed-by-politico-lives-spotlight\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Watch LIVE | Building a Competitive, Digital and Green Europe followed by POLITICO Live\u2019s Spotlight","og_description":"An event dedicated to the Spanish presidency of the European Union The ambition to build a Competitive, Digital and Green Europe is intertwined with the Spanish Presidency\u2019s programme, leading Europe in this crucial time at the end of the current political mandate and before the 2024 elections. So much of Europe\u2019s competitiveness, innovation potential and [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/europe\/news\/watch-live-building-a-competitive-digital-and-green-europe-followed-by-politico-lives-spotlight\/","og_site_name":"GSMA Europe","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gsma\/","article_published_time":"2023-09-14T09:20:39+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-09-14T09:22:21+00:00","og_image":[{"width":650,"height":320,"url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/europe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Building-Competitive-Digital-and-Green-Europe-An-event-dedicated-to-the-Spanish-presidency-of-the-European-Union-2.png?fit=650%2C320&ssl=1","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"RutaL","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@GSMA","twitter_site":"@GSMA","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"RutaL","Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/europe\/news\/watch-live-building-a-competitive-digital-and-green-europe-followed-by-politico-lives-spotlight\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/europe\/news\/watch-live-building-a-competitive-digital-and-green-europe-followed-by-politico-lives-spotlight\/"},"author":{"name":"RutaL","@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/europe\/#\/schema\/person\/1c3a54093d0011a353c5075bf8e7fd81"},"headline":"Watch LIVE | Building a Competitive, Digital and Green Europe followed by POLITICO Live\u2019s Spotlight","datePublished":"2023-09-14T09:20:39+00:00","dateModified":"2023-09-14T09:22:21+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/europe\/news\/watch-live-building-a-competitive-digital-and-green-europe-followed-by-politico-lives-spotlight\/"},"wordCount":361,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/europe\/news\/watch-live-building-a-competitive-digital-and-green-europe-followed-by-politico-lives-spotlight\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/europe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Building-Competitive-Digital-and-Green-Europe-An-event-dedicated-to-the-Spanish-presidency-of-the-European-Union-2.png","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/europe\/news\/watch-live-building-a-competitive-digital-and-green-europe-followed-by-politico-lives-spotlight\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/europe\/news\/watch-live-building-a-competitive-digital-and-green-europe-followed-by-politico-lives-spotlight\/","url":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/europe\/news\/watch-live-building-a-competitive-digital-and-green-europe-followed-by-politico-lives-spotlight\/","name":"Watch LIVE | Building a Competitive, Digital and Green Europe followed by POLITICO Live\u2019s Spotlight - GSMA Europe","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/europe\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/europe\/news\/watch-live-building-a-competitive-digital-and-green-europe-followed-by-politico-lives-spotlight\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/europe\/news\/watch-live-building-a-competitive-digital-and-green-europe-followed-by-politico-lives-spotlight\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/europe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Building-Competitive-Digital-and-Green-Europe-An-event-dedicated-to-the-Spanish-presidency-of-the-European-Union-2.png","datePublished":"2023-09-14T09:20:39+00:00","dateModified":"2023-09-14T09:22:21+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/europe\/#\/schema\/person\/1c3a54093d0011a353c5075bf8e7fd81"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/europe\/news\/watch-live-building-a-competitive-digital-and-green-europe-followed-by-politico-lives-spotlight\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/europe\/news\/watch-live-building-a-competitive-digital-and-green-europe-followed-by-politico-lives-spotlight\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/europe\/news\/watch-live-building-a-competitive-digital-and-green-europe-followed-by-politico-lives-spotlight\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/europe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Building-Competitive-Digital-and-Green-Europe-An-event-dedicated-to-the-Spanish-presidency-of-the-European-Union-2.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/europe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Building-Competitive-Digital-and-Green-Europe-An-event-dedicated-to-the-Spanish-presidency-of-the-European-Union-2.png","width":650,"height":320,"caption":"A digital graphic for a GSMA event titled \"Building Competitive, Digital and Green Europe,\" dedicated to the Spanish Presidency of the EU. Event details: September 18, 16:00\u201320:00, Brussels & Online. Background features abstract green and yellow digital lines."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/europe\/news\/watch-live-building-a-competitive-digital-and-green-europe-followed-by-politico-lives-spotlight\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/europe\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Watch LIVE | Building a Competitive, Digital and Green Europe followed by POLITICO Live\u2019s Spotlight"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/europe\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/europe\/","name":"GSMA Europe","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/europe\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/europe\/#\/schema\/person\/1c3a54093d0011a353c5075bf8e7fd81","name":"RutaL","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0ce1968a20ec1bd97d13831d35fec66fb9c151bde018c44137daa2a51ed9a91f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0ce1968a20ec1bd97d13831d35fec66fb9c151bde018c44137daa2a51ed9a91f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0ce1968a20ec1bd97d13831d35fec66fb9c151bde018c44137daa2a51ed9a91f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"RutaL"}}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/europe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Building-Competitive-Digital-and-Green-Europe-An-event-dedicated-to-the-Spanish-presidency-of-the-European-Union-2.png","featured_image_url":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/europe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Building-Competitive-Digital-and-Green-Europe-An-event-dedicated-to-the-Spanish-presidency-of-the-European-Union-2.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11695"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11695\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11699,"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11695\/revisions\/11699"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11695"},{"taxonomy":"algolia_discover_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/algolia_discover_type?post=11695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}