This year, due to the Covid-19 pandemic – which has affected the whole world and has meant that we have all become engulfed in the digital ecosystem – the DE-CIX Istanbul Summit 2020 will take place as an online broadcast on cnnturk.com from the CNN Türk studios on Wednesday, 19 November. You can find the broadcast link here on Wednesday, 19 November to watch the DE-CIX Istanbul Summit 2020. Please notice: The summit is available in Turkish language only!

Digital everywhere, for everything and everyone! The 4th edition of the DE-CIX Interconnection Summit will take place virtually on 12 November. During the one-hour event, high profile professionals & experts will exchange on the (new) role of Madrid & South Europe on the global interconnection map and how the digitalization of enterprise business models impacts interconnection services. The summit is free of charge and will be held both in English & Spanish with simultaneous translation.

On the occasion of the final report of the “Artificial Intelligence” Study Commission appointed in June 2018 – which was presented today to the Bundestag – Oliver Süme, Chair of the eco Association, urges legislators not to approach the future-oriented topic of AI with a mere focus on possible risks

Encryption plays a vital role in increasing the overall trust in the Internet. The European Commission has put encryption high on the agenda of EU policymakers, with ongoing files such as the Digital Services Act and the ePrivacy Regulation as well as recent CJEU rulings highlighting encryption as a critical enabler of privacy and data protection. Nonetheless, some governments have recently called on companies to create backdoors to their encrypted devices and services to provide law enforcement with exceptional access. This webinar, joined by eco Vice Chair of the Board Klaus Landefeld, will bring together leading EU policymakers, civil society, industry, and other relevant stakeholders to discuss latest developments as well as the future trends concerning encryption in the EU. The keynote speech will be given by the European Data Protection Supervisor, Wojciech Wiewiórowski.

The world’s leading Internet Exchange operator DE-CIX was honored at this year’s Global Carrier Awards in the category Best Internet Exchange & Best Internet Exchange Innovation 2020. DE-CIX has now earned this important industry award five times since its inception in 2015.

On November 26, 2020, the eco Association will once again present one of the most prestigious awards in the Internet industry. In six award categories, a jury of experts with representatives from business, science, research or politics selected the three most promising submissions in each case.

The draft law passed today obliges Internet providers and telecommunications companies to cooperate with the German Federal Intelligence Service (BND) and the authorities for the protection of the constitution: In future, companies will be obliged to route “suspicious” data packets to the authorities, who will then subsequently send them on to the actual recipient.

eco – Association of the Internet Industry welcomes the fact that the EU Commission Work Programme for 2021 includes numerous digital focal points and legislative projects to bring Europe through the current Corona crisis both economically and socially, and to make it more resilient.

As part of ICANN69, the eco Association invites you to take a virtual tour of the Smart City Hamburg on 20 October!

At a virtual conference of European digital ministers being held today, an agreement is to be reached on the merging of European cloud capacities. For the Association of the Internet Industry, GAIA-X is considered to be a flagship project in this realm, offering the potential to fully exploit the opportunities of the data economy while at the same time making a reality out of the Digital Single Market.