💥 You can’t close the gender gap without knowing where it is
On International Women’s Day, we co-hosted the Connecting Women In Digital event, spotlighting Europe’s need to fully include women in tech.
Speakers included Henna Virkkunen, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission for Technological Sovereignty, Security and Democracy, June Lowery-Kingston from DG CNECT, Elena Sancho Murillo, MEP, and our Managing Consultant Liubba El Hadi Hamed.
Thematic Working Groups outlined tangible solutions:
TWG1 recommends evidence-based classroom labs and gender-inclusive pedagogy.
TWG2 emphasises leadership barriers and calls for men’s active engagement in dismantling structural obstacles.
Europe’s digital future depends on every talent.
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🤖 O-CEI Horizon announces its 24 winners of the 1st Open Call
A significant boost for Europe’s tech ecosystem: the first Open Call from O-CEI Horizon has awarded €2.4 million in equity-free funding to 24 high-potential SMEs, each receiving €100,000 to accelerate Cloud–Edge–IoT solutions across energy and industrial sectors.
The programme attracted 249 proposals from 37 countries, underlining both the competitiveness of the field and the urgency of advancing digital infrastructure across Europe.
Beyond funding, winners will enter a seven-month mentoring programme designed to translate innovation into scalable deployment an essential step in bridging the gap between concept and commercialisation, reflecting a strong focus on real-world impact.
A second call is coming soon!
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🤝 Humans and technology: co-evolution, not competition
Na Fu presented at TEDxTrinityCollegeDublin, representing TechConnect and LEADSx2030, she emphasised that the future of work isn’t humans versus intelligent machine, it’s about co-evolution. Drawing on insights from the initiatives, she explored how organisations can enhance human potential while leveraging technology.
Progress should not be measured solely by efficiency or output, but by whether people’s lives improve.
As digital transformation accelerates, the goal is designing systems where human strengths and technological capabilities reinforce each other.
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💡 Join the Open Community for Research in Brussels
The Open Community for Research, under the Eclipse Foundation’s Open Community Experience (OCX), returns to Brussels on 21–23 April 2026. This is a prime chance to discover, connect, and showcase how open source is driving innovation across AI, Cloud, Edge, IoT, and beyond.
Participants can:
Share research and case studies via the Call for Presentations
Exchange best practices to boost reproducibility and innovation
Forge collaborations across academia, industry, and sectors
Cross-disciplinary engagement can increase project impact by up to 40%, highlighting the value of networking and knowledge exchange.
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🌐 Rethinking defence procurement in the Age of AI
Technology is advancing at extraordinary speed but defence procurement frameworks are not always keeping pace.
“We need to be much more agile in the way that we're adopting the technology but also in the way that we're providing the frameworks for how that technology can be deployed”
At REAIM 2026, our CEO Tanya Suarez stressed that agility in adopting AI must be matched by robust ethical safeguards. Responsible systems demand clear mission objectives, defined decision rights, explainability and traceability from day one, alongside continuous testing across their lifecycle.
Speed matters but not at the expense of human oversight or accountability.
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