SC7 Workshop 2: Big Data, Societal Challenges and the Policy Context
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The document discusses the EU's initiatives toward establishing a digital single market focused on big data and cloud computing, driven by policy mandates from October 2013 and 2014. It outlines the strategic objectives for creating an efficient data ecosystem to enhance growth and job creation in Europe, emphasizing the need for industry-driven collaboration. Additionally, it highlights relevant projects under Horizon 2020 aimed at developing privacy-preserving big data technologies and addressing ethical issues.
SC7 Workshop 2: Big Data, Societal Challenges and the Policy Context
- 1. Digital Single Market Big Data Value policy context and PPP Big Data Europe SC7 workshop Brussels, 18 October 2016 Kimmo Rossi, Head of R&I sector, CNECT.G1
- 2. Digital Single Market 2 Policy context - mandate • Council conclusions of 25 Oct 2013 called for EU action to provide the right framework conditions for a single market for big data and cloud computing • Towards a Thriving Data-Driven Economy COM(2014)442 – framework conditions for a data-based economy in the EU – mandate for the PPP • Digitisation of European Industry COM(2016)180 – Big Data is an important contributor/element in the DEI • Communication & legislative proposal: Building a European Data Economy (coming around the end of 2016)
- 3. Digital Single Market Strategic objectives 3 I. EU leadership in Big Data technologies through increased investments II. Create a data market III. Create a thriving data economy – engine for growth and jobs
- 4. Europe needs an efficient data ecosystem 4
- 5. Digital Single Market Big Data is transforming Business models
- 6. Big Data Value PPP - characteristics Industry-driven – because it needs to mobilise and transform (both IT and user) industries in order to break a new path to growth and jobs Broad and horizontal – because data challenges appear in most industrial and societal domains – need to achieve synergies and create links with user industries, other PPPs, Societal Challenges, national and regional initiatives 6
- 7. SC7 – synergies with H2020 LEIT WP ICT-18 Privacy-Preserving Big Data Technologies One of the five Big Data PPP topics in H2020 LEIT WP 2016 call for proposals yielded 3 RIA and 1 CSA projects Blockchains, linked data, applications in healthcare, mobile communications, analytics The ICT-18 RIA projects Will start 1/1/2017 (or earlier) Provide industrial use cases for privacy-preserving technologies Empower the data subjects to monitor and decide about the use of their personal data The ICT-18 CSA project Addresses the ethical and societal issues of Big Data Cross-disciplinary, following RRI-SSH principles Will engage broader communities (data subjects, citizens, consumers, NGOs...) 7
- 8. Thank you for your attention! 8