EIT Digital at the Heart of Europe's Digital Innovation Priorities

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With activities focused on Digital Infrastructure (data science,
machine learning, cybersecurity and next generation networks),
Digital Industry, Digital Wellbeing, Digital Cities and Digital
Finance, the results and impact of EIT Digital are at the heart of
the priorities, recently identified by the European Commission and
national governments.

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In the recently published proposal for the 2021-2027 EU budget, we
see increased investment in Digital through a strong EIT (Digital) in
Horizon Europe (overall increased focus on Digital) and an additional
EUR9 billion Digital Europe program. Several EU member states have
announced increased investments in digital technology, notably
Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity. At our third annual
conference today in Brussels, we present and discuss EIT Digital
results on digital entrepreneurship and skills.

Successful execution of those plans needs talents, skills,
technology and new business ideas. Since our launch, EIT Digital
equipped more than 1,500 students with the skills to innovate and
become entrepreneurs; we supported more than 270 startups and
scaleups to grow internationally, created 60 new companies as a
result of Innovation Activities, and launched more than 250 products
and services commercially.

EIT Digital continues to build on these strong achievements. We
welcome the increased investment in digital skills and technology at
EU and member state level. This strong mandate allows us to have
global impact through European innovation fuelled by entrepreneurial
talent and digital technology.

"The digital transformation is one of the most impactful changes
going on in our society; it affects the daily life of every single
individual," says EIT Digital CEO Willem Jonker. "Europe has to play
a prominent role in this transformation in order to ensure that
European values are respected in the digital world to the benefit of
our citizens, institutions and businesses."

About EIT Digital

EIT Digital is a leading European open innovation organisation.
Our mission is to foster digital technology innovation and
entrepreneurial talent for economic growth and quality of life in
Europe. We bring together entrepreneurs from over 180 top European
corporations, SMEs, startups, universities and research institutes.

EIT Digital invests in strategic areas to accelerate the market
uptake of research-based digital technologies and to bring
entrepreneurial talent and leadership to Europe. Our innovation and
education activities are organised in and around our co-location
centres, where students, researchers, engineers, business developers
and entrepreneurs come together to drive the digitalisation of
society.

EIT Digital is a Knowledge and Innovation Community of the
European Institute of Innovation and Technology
(https://eit.europa.eu/) (EIT). Since 2010, EIT Digital has been
consistently mobilising talents, ideas, technologies, investments and
businesses across Europe and beyond to stimulate disruptive digital
innovation. Its headquarters is in Brussels with co-location centres
in Berlin, Budapest, London, Helsinki, Madrid, Paris, Stockholm and
Trento, as well as a hub in Silicon Valley.

EIT Digital invests in strategic areas to accelerate the market
uptake of research-based digital technologies focusing on Europe's
strategic, societal challenges: Digital Industry, Digital Cities,
Digital Wellbeing, Digital Infrastructure and Digital Finance.

EIT Digital breeds T-shaped entrepreneurial digital talent focused
on innovation through a blended Education Strategy that includes a
Master School, Doctoral School and Professional School.

Detailed information about EIT Digital's achievements can be found
in the latest Annual Report (https://www.eitdigital.eu/fileadmin/file
s/2018/publications/EIT-Digital_Annual-Report-2017.pdf).

For more information visit:http://www.eitdigital.eu

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(https://twitter.com/EIT_Digital)

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