The guessing game is over: time to play!

New Commission, New Era, New #WeeklyDEbrief! ?

This week brought us many surprises, and now that the cards are on the table ??, let's look at how we want the 2024-2029 Commission to play...

In this edition, you'll discover:

• Which new commissioners have caught our attention (and why)??
• The 3 reasons why Europe's top priority is competitiveness, straight from our Director General Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl ! ??

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?? SPOTLIGHT

?? It's time to play: Ursula von der Leyen has revealed her hand for the new European Commission . Three Commissioners have drawn particularly interesting cards:

• Henna Virkkunen : her card is Tech Sovereignty, Security, and Democracy. Her play? Bridging digital innovation with security, we hope. Ms Virkunnen is a great choice - she's worked closely on digital before!

• Valdis Dombrovskis: his card on Implementation and Simplification plays to streamline EU laws. That would make the game easier, and would help innovative European companies to thrive.
• Stéphane Séjourné: his card (Industrial Strategy & Single Market) should be used to remove market barriers and help EU businesses sell online across EU borders instead of moving abroad.

Want to play too? Click here?? . And for a full breakdown of this team’s potential, see our DG Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl 's reaction here , and on Euronews .

??From one challenge to another: Our focus on competitiveness as a priority for the next five years of the EU remains as strong as ever.

• WATCH this video to discover the 3 key reasons:

??Learning about data centres: This week, our Digital Transformation chief Ray Pinto led an exciting #DigitalDeepDive on data centres and how they're facing energy consumption challenges while keeping up with the demands of the AI era.

• Special thanks to our speakers Pascal Lecoq , Niamh Gallagher , Andrea Voigt , Eren ?am and European Commission 's Paula Pinho, as well as everyone who joined as attendees! ??

?? Figure of the week: AI can help data centres save around 30% of energy use

? YOUR TO-DO LIST

???Re-watch (or watch for the first time) our Tech Talk episode on AI and health: in this episode, we heard from Corti 's CEO Andreas Cleve about why he moved his business to the US instead of staying in Europe.

?? Dive into our solutions to close the critical tech gap: How can Europe lead in technologies like AI and quantum, where we are currently behind? Here's how:

??? PROJECTS CORNER

?? What’s a Virtual Human Twin? Discover the future of healthcare on Sept 25 – join us online! ??

?? Upgrade your blockchain skills for the EU market! Join us on 27 Sept at the CHAISE Workshop "Teach and Work on the Blockchain Landscape".

?? That's all for today, friends. We'll bring you more digital hits next week.

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