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Conference on the results of NIP at the BMVI
Funding for hydrogen and fuel cell technology will be extended until 2026
International projects with participation from the city of Hamburg
aconium at this year´s project family meeting in Hamburg of the Senate Office in Hamburg
Good work in digital transformation – Federal Ministry of Labour presents White Paper
On 29 November 2016 the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (BMAS) took stock of the dialogue process “Arbeit 4.0”, which was initiated by Federal Minister Andrea Nahles in April 2015.
Initiative D21 publishes Digital Index 2016 and special study Schule Digital
On 15.11.16, the D21 initiative published its annual assessment of the degree of digitalization in society, the D21 Digital Index 2016, at the Digital Society Congress. The index has been compiled since 2013 in collaboration with Kantar TNS (formerly TNS Infratest) via telephone surveys of German households and calculated using the four dimensions of access, use, competence and openness. The underlying questionnaire is adapted annually with partners from science, politics and business. In 2016, the study will focus in particular on digital skills.
National IT Summit in Saarbrücken
Under the motto “Learning and acting in the digital world”, Federal Economics Minister Sigmar Gabriel is welcoming around 1,100 high-ranking representatives from politics, business, trade unions, science and various social groups to the 10th National IT Summit of the Federal Government in Saarbrücken today.
Teaching and learning in the digital world – Conference on the Digital Education Pact
On 8 November 2016, the Digital Education Pact initiative presented recommendations for action to support the process of digitalization in schools and educational institutions in Berlin. The education alliance, which was launched by Microsoft in 2015, is supported by industry associations such as eco and the Didacta Association, the German Informatics Society, the D21 initiative and the Alliance for Education.
The winners of the European Broadband Award 2016
On November 14, Günther H. Oettinger, EU Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society, presented the European Broadband Award 2016 to five projects in various categories such as financing models, cost reduction, competitiveness and service quality.
European Broadband Awards 2016: The Finalists in the Category “Openness and competition”
In each of the 5 categories, the jury selected 3 finalists. During the next weeks we will present you the finalists in each category.
The DigiNetz Act comes into force today
On Wednesday, November 9, 2016, the Act to Facilitate the Expansion of Digital High-Speed Networks (DigiNetz Act) was published in the 52nd edition of the Federal Law Gazette. It came into force today. This concludes the legislative process after almost 2.5 years. The...
European Broadband Awards 2016: The Finalists in category 3 “Socio-economic impact and affordability”
In each of the 5 categories, the jury selected 3 finalists. During the next weeks we will present you the finalists in each category.
aconium GmbH opens branch office in Wiesbaden
The short line for innovative development projects in the region: Hesse can now also benefit from the expertise of aconium GmbH, as the Wiesbaden site was opened on November 3, 2016.
European Broadband Awards: The finalists in the cost reduction and co-investment category
The jury has selected three finalists in each of the five categories. We will be presenting the finalists in the various categories over the next week.