Artificial Intelligence

“AI: Transatlantic Business and Policy Implications”

The American Council on Germany and eco cordially invite you to a Discussion and Reception on “AI: Transatlantic Business and Policy Implications” in New York City.

date 2023/06/08 placeNew York City

Partner-Event

Datacenter

Three Questions for Christian Schmitz, plusserver

Christian Schmitz, Director OpenSource at the German cloud provider plusserver, explains which factors can influence data sovereignty in an eco interview. He also talks about the potential of open source solutions and Gaia-X.

date 2023/05/25

News

Domains

eco at the ICANN77 Policy Forum in Washington, D.C.

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers has issued invitations to the ICANN77 Policy Forum in Washington, D.C. Once again, eco will be there on site. At this event, Oliver Süme (eco Chair of the Board), Thomas Rickert (eco Director Names & Numbers) and Lars Steffen (eco Director International) will represent the interests of eco member companies. Interested parties can attend either online or on-site.

date 2023/05/25

News

eco

eco #JOINTHESOLUTION Summit – BRUSSELS Digitalisation...

29 June 2023 starting at 5.00pm eco office, Rue de la Loi 38/5, 1000 Brussels eco #JOINTHESOLUTION Summit eco – Association of the Internet Industry & Alliance for the Strengthening of Digital Infrastructures invite you to an exclusive presentation and publication of the study "Digital Transformation for More...

date 2023/06/29

Event

Domains

Video: What is Universal Acceptance?

For the first time since 1999 in Berlin, a meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers will take place in Germany with ICANN78 from 21 to 26 October 2023 in Hamburg. In the run-up, eco is organising a series of events on the DNS (Domain Name System). On 21 April, the geoTLD.group and the eco Association...

date 2023/05/24

News

Policy & Law

German Online Access Act 2.0: eco Calls for a Binding Commitment to Aspiring Digitalisation of Public Administration

The intention of the 2017 German Online Access Act (OZG) was to lay the foundations for digitalised public administration. However, there was an acknowledgement in late 2022 of a clear failure in achieving the act’s goal. Today, the successor regulation for the Online Access Act is now to be adopted in the Federal Cabinet.

date 2023/05/24

press

Datacenter

eco Alliance for Digital Infrastructures: The German Bundestag Must Practically Adapt the Energy Efficiency Act

Tomorrow, Thursday, the German Bundestag will discuss the Energy Efficiency Act in its first reading. The Alliance for the Strengthening of Digital Infrastructures in Germany, founded under the umbrella of the eco Association, considers the current version of the draft approved by the Federal Cabinet in April to be detrimental to Germany as a digital location.

date 2023/05/24

press

eco

5 Questions for Mathias Handsche, nGENn GmbH

Compliance with legal protection targets in IT poses new challenges for many companies, according to Mathias Handsche. In an eco member interview, he explains how nGENn GmbH helps to boost cybersecurity.

date 2023/05/24

News

Policy & Law

German Law on the Protection of Digital Violence Must Not Curtail Civil Rights

The German Federal Ministry of Justice (BMJ) currently intends to draft a “law on the protection of digital violence”, which is intended to strengthen private law enforcement. In preparation for this draft law, the BMJ drew up a key points paper on 12 April. The Association of the Internet Industry has now produced a position paper on these key points.

date 2023/05/24

press

Digitalisation & World of Work

The digital transformation of our world of work is part of the solution in many fields, helping us to address challenges such as the shortage of skilled workers and to make our economy more sustainable and ecological. Artificial intelligence, Internet of Things, cloud computing and Big Data are driving forward the economy’s...

date 2023/05/23

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