POLITICO Playbook Breakfast in London with Matt Hancock
POLITICO Playbook Breakfast in London with Matt Hancock
BSA sponsored the POLITICO Playbook Breakfast in London with Matt Hancock, former UK Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport on July 4, 2018. Victoria Espinel, President and CEO of BSA │ The Software Alliance gave opening remarks and the discussion focused on emerging technologies, artificial intelligence, ethics, and Internet safety. Jack Blanchard, POLITICO London Playbook writer, led the candid conversation with Minister Hancock on how to make the U.K. tech industry a force for good and to explore the emerging challenges and opportunities it offers.
Minister Hancock discussed key issues from data flows to workflow development. On a data-sharing deal between the UK and the EU, he explained that conversations are ongoing and that he is confident a good deal will be reached as it is in the interests of the EU as well as the U.K. Speaking about the U.K.'s ability to attract top tech talent, he stressed that there are people from all around the world who started great businesses in the country and that the U.K. needs access to the best talent from around the world.
Speakers:
- Welcome: Victoria Espinel, President and CEO, BSA │ The Software Alliance
- Live interview: Matt Hancock, UK Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport with Jack Blanchard, POLITICO Europe, London Playbook writer
Watch the recording: POLITICO’s London Playbook Event with Matt Hancock, Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (Photos)
Event coverage:
- UK Digital Secretary sees Brexit as ‘a positive force for good’ (Politico)
- Matt Hancock: Big tech not too big to regulate (Politico)
- POLITICO London Playbook – July 5 (Politico)
- Digital Secretary Matt Hancock slams tech firms that create ‘highly addictive’ games such as Fortnite and FIFA 18 (The Sun)
- Sky chief Jeremy Darroch calls for an internet watchdog with sharp teeth (The Times)
- Theresa May 'too nervous' to watch England World Cup penalty shoot-out against Colombia (Evening Standard)
BSA 소개
소프트웨어 연합(BSA | The Software Alliance, 이하 BSA)(www.bsa.org)은 각국 정부를 대상으로 세계 시장에서 전 세계 소프트웨어 업계를 대변하고 옹호하는 선도적 연합체입니다. 세계의 가장 혁신적 기업들이 회원사로 참여하며 경제에 활기를 불어 넣고 현대의 생활을 향상시키는 소프트웨어 솔루션을 만들어 내고 있습니다.
워싱턴 DC에 본부를 두고, 30개국이 넘는 국가들에서 운영되는 BSA는, 합법적 소프트웨어 사용을 증진시키고 기술 혁신을 촉진하며 디지털 경제의 성장을 추진하는 공공 정책을 지지하는 준법 프로그램들을 선도합니다.