Tourism is not just a key industry in Europe (10.3% of EU GDP, so ahead of car manufacturing!). This is the case globally. And it has strong impact on economies and development. Which is why the United Nations has its own Agency dedicated to tourism, Worl…lnkd.in/eSzwkjkP

Very insightful. Digital Markets Act, Gatekeepers. What does it mean practically. The answer below thanks to the team at Sitra lnkd.in/e5xnB6tr

Week-end read (Part 2): I explain to my 14 year old niece and her friends what I am working on as part of DATES Tourism Data Space: Preparing the Tourism Data Space Who Uses the TDS? Many different people and organizations use the TDS. Companies, both b…lnkd.in/ePjH3y69

Week-end read: I explain to my 14 year old niece and her friends what I am working on as part of DATES Tourism Data Space: Preparing the Tourism Data Space. Enjoy! Tourism is an important industry (10.3% of EU GDP, ahead of car manufacturing), and in tod…lnkd.in/e9QXyuNY

Congratulations for the hard work dear PILAR DEL CASTILLO , Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Damian Boeselager, colleagues and team! With DGA coming up in September and now Data Act round the corner, the EU Data Strategy will soon make a huge difference for Europ…lnkd.in/eqxKXTGd

DATA STRATEGY UPDATE: Bjoern Juretzki of the European Commission this morning at #EUDigitalSummit, on the remaining discussions over the #dataact , which should conclude next week. And also on the #DigitalSingleMarket, pointing, as an example, at what…lnkd.in/eT_G4uK6

Access to data should be a basic human right. Bring #broadbandinternet ito rural and peri-urban communities across #africa is our goal at Sunrise. Better participation to today’s world, access to information and entertainment, but also better access to…lnkd.in/eu8857wN

Green IT and Data Spaces. Inspiring discussion with Frank Van Assche, sustainable Technology Manager of Belgian Bank Belfius. Question: Will data sharing through data spaces help increase green IT? My take is that: 1.     It should have a positive impac…lnkd.in/ee88tiMN

As the perils of proprietary AI are making the headlines, and as the European Parliament adopted the AI Act this week, this insightful article explains why Open AI may not be the obvious solution one imagines. Interesting parallel…lnkd.in/eiXShAyV lnkd.in/eE-jtQwr

Talent is universal. Opportunity has to be! Ondernemers voor Ondernemers vzw has been coaching #entrepreneurs and supporting them with loans in #africa -and especially #uganda - for over 20 years. Proud of our partnership with ovo to go the next steps,…lnkd.in/es_z4BuH

Sitra Rulebook for a fair data economy now available in French! Le Rulebook de Sitra est maintenant disponible en Francais. Ce recueil de règles propose des instructions et des modèles pour faciliter la construction des réseaux de…lnkd.in/ebWdmz3P lnkd.in/exDunAYR

Building the future of tourism. For travellers, for communities, for jobs, and well… for all DATES Tourism Data Space aNewGovernance lnkd.in/eK8f4bdQ

#GreatGreenWall. La Grande Muraille Verte: Inspiring high level conference today at European Parliament My key take away? Stop talking. Act! This is a great opportunity for #africa and #europe . We are not just talking of a 7600km long (15km wide) refo…lnkd.in/eHpguMzY

Inspiring and fruitful discussions at European Space Agency - ESA security conference. Key take aways on how #space contribution to #security and #europe #sovereignty can be enhanced: ·       #collaboration and mutualization are paramount  ·       …lnkd.in/eJ2kZSHJ

#datasharing in #tourism is a world of opportunities. For tourists and business travellers, but also for all actors along its value chain. This is what DATES Tourism Data Space is about:  Preparing the next data-driven disruption…lnkd.in/ejJv46dY lnkd.in/ejUfffsa

#tourismdataspace panel at European Commission #europeantourismday Björn Juretzki @dordonyez Urska Starc Peceny DATES Tourism Data Space aNewGovernance lnkd.in/e8_cWWNP

#tourism and #data is also about #metaverse. Travelling in Brussels at #europeantourismday where the #tourismdataspace DATES Tourism Data Space is presented on stage by our dear @dordonyez and Urska Starc Peceny European Commission @MisaLabarile…lnkd.in/eBitzFax

As Henry Kissinger, Eric Schmidt of #google and Daniel Huttenlocher of MIT Schwartzman College pointed in their book The Age of AI, "while the number of individuals capable of creating #ai is growing, the ranks of of those contemplating this technology'…lnkd.in/eAjcyzqg

Time for Europe and European Data Spaces to get Personal Data more on-board. First and foremost because when you deal with #mobility , #jobs , #health , #finance , #tourism you have to take end-users (call them citizens or consumers) into account if you…lnkd.in/dyMbRCGG

Artificial Intelligence (AI) moved from the buzz word and regular progress to what looks now an incredible (and hazardous?) race. Definitely time to debug what is said about it. This new paper from Chatham House argues that many assumptions about artifi…lnkd.in/ew4ZaSvW