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Data will play a key role in our future. Sometimes called ‘the new oil’, they form a basis for research and innovation and for the development of new products, services and powerful technologies. Innovations arising from open data will improve our lives and boost economic growth.

The upcoming European Conference on Networks and Communications (EuCNC) will be co-located with the 6G Summit. Given the COVID-19 pandemic, the event will be held in a Virtual format.

The Local Digital Twins (LDT) Technology Workshop will bring together technology providers, Research and Technology Organisations, city Chief Technology Officers and other interested players. The aim of the workshop is to raise awareness of digital technology providers and related organisations about the European Union approach regarding Local Digital Twins and discuss how to build European capacity to this end.

The EuroHPC Summit Week (EHPCSW) 2021 will gather the main European HPC stakeholders from technology suppliers and HPC infrastructures to scientific and industrial HPC users in Europe. As in previous years, PRACE, the Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe, organises the eighth edition of its Scientific and Industrial Conference (PRACEdays21) within the EHPCSW 2021. PRACEdays21 will bring together experts from academia and industry who will present their advancements in HPC-supported science and engineering. The EHPCSW 2021 will provide a great opportunity for the attendees to network.

After 4 years working in the design and implementation of a Pre-Commercial Procurement process (PCP) with the aim of defining an eHealth solution for chronic pain patients, the RELIEF project will hold its final conference.

This online workshop will discuss and posit solutions to the principal connectivity challenges of the EU's Outermost Regions, including sub-marine cables, the new standard for Very High-Capacity Networks (VHCN), and being heard in broadband programming discussions. Registration is open to all members of the European Broadband Competence Offices (BCOs) Network. The agenda will be made available to participants directly.

Despite increased interest in the cybersecurity field, the gender gap persists. Women are still highly underrepresented among its ranks, while the majority of jobs are being filled primarily by men. The future of cybersecurity is influenced by its ability to attract, retain and promote more cyber professionals including more women. We need an interdisciplinary approach to reach high level of cybersecurity.

The Commission announced the beneficiaries of several calls for proposals which will produce and disseminate across Europe media content on European topics. Cross-border consortia operating in full editorial independence will offer innovative and attractive formats in several languages covering European affairs, as well as initiatives with specific emphasis on young Europeans.

The workshop aims to provide strategic insights on national digitalisation initiatives, after 3 years of monitoring progress in the context of the Digitising European Industry initiative. This workshop builds on country reports up to the end of 2020, as well as preliminary findings of an overall EU analysis of national initiatives on digitising industry, in collaboration with VVA and WIK.

Following an open Call for Proposals in 2020, two media consortia will receive support to produce and distribute innovative, thought-provoking content around current affairs for young Europeans, allowing them to compare perspectives from across Europe and discover how their interests link to interests of youngsters in other countries, and to relevant EU initiatives. Both projects will operate with full editorial independence.