Building the bridge between digital SMEs and policymakers

The European DIGITAL SME Alliance’s summit, which took place on Monday (14 November) in Brussels, aimed to bring together smaller technology companies to connect them with each other and EU lawmakers.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the digitalisation of SMEs in the EU has sped up in recent years. However, this does not come without challenges, and big tech companies still seem to rule the technology sector.

The European DIGITAL SME Alliance is the largest network of ICT (Information and Communications Technology) small and medium enterprises in Europe, representing more than 45,000 enterprises.

The Digital SME Summit focused on such topics as innovation, artificial intelligence, competition, skills, and sustainability, as well as connecting the smaller tech companies so they can offer solutions to dominant big tech companies’ technologies.

The event, which took place in Brussels, also aimed to connect SMEs with EU lawmakers working on relevant files that are often conceived, keeping the largest tech companies in mind.