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Artificial Intelligence as a Driving Force for the Economy and Society

Europe's Rush to Innovate

January 16, 2024
08:15–09:00 (Europe/Amsterdam time zone)

About this session

Europe is a world leader in science and research, with its innovation performance increasing for the EU as a whole by almost 10% since 2016, but the bloc struggles to capture the economic value of its innovation prowess. With global value chains undergoing rapid transformation and key markets for European goods slowing down, how can leaders from finance, research and government come together to...
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Speakers

DV
Dimitri de Vreeze
Chief Executive Officer
dsm-firmenich
II
Iliana Ivanova
Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth
European Commission
ML
Maria Leptin
President
European Research Council
JE
José Luis Escrivá
Minister for Digital Transformation and Civil Service
Ministry for Digital Transformation and Civil Service of Spain

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