VDE releases position paper on digital sovereignty
VDE has released a new position paper entitled ‘Technological Sovereignty: Methodology and Recommendations. The aim of the paper is to discuss the concept of technological sovereignty and analyse how Europe can recover technological sovereignty, and to define specific recommendations. The paper argues that fostering training and boosting research are key for warranting technological sovereignty in …
JRC launches a DigComp Self-reflection tool
The report ‘DigCompSAT. A Self-reflection Tool for the European Digital Competence Framework for Citizens’ has been published by the Joint Research Centre (JRC). DigCompSAT is meant for testing empirically the set of DigComp 2.1 competences corresponding to levels 1 to 6 (foundation, intermediate and advanced), through a set of prepared questions covering all 21 competences …
Background papers on sustainable digitisation published by youth experts
In the second half of 2020, the German Informatics Society set out to explore environmental, social, structural, and economic aspects of digital sustainability in the international project Youth4DigitalSustainability. The 50 experts, who are all under 30 years of age, brought with them perspectives from all world regions. A set of 12 policy recommendations were presented …
McKinsey identifies key tech talent clusters for companies
McKinsey has mapped relevant skills and roles and identified about 4,000 tech skills, separating them into seven key clusters needed in the modern company.
GI publishes 12 youth recommendations for a sustainable Internet
In the global policy development project #Youth4DigitalSustainability, the German Informatics Society has brought together 50 young people from 32 countries in order to identify key challenges to make the Internet and digitisation environmentally, socially, and economically sustainable.
Automation and AI use in companies on the rise, McKinsey reports
McKinsey has published a survey of business executives around the world asking them to help shape the picture of the post-COVID workforce.
Commission releases report on the trends in innovation and tech uptake in EU27
The report ‘Advanced Technologies for Industry – general findings’ has been published. It reveals that advanced manufacturing technologies are one of the technologies where the EU27 are strong while cybersecurity is a technology where the region falls behind.
Why digital transformations fail
In his book “Why Digital Transformations Fail”, former P&G executive Tony Saldanha introduces ‘Five-Stage Digital Transformation Model’, which is a step-by-step roadmap to help guide companies through their transformation.
