Europe’s competitiveness in emerging technologies – What is the role of standards, markets and quantum innovation?
About this episode
The episode discusses Europe's competitiveness in emerging technologies, focusing on standards, markets, and quantum innovation.
Europe’s ability to compete globally increasingly depends on how effectively it can develop, scale and deploy advanced technologies that drive productivity and long term growth. As competition intensifies in high technology sectors, EU policymakers and stakeholders are examining how Europe can convert strong research capabilities into commercially viable innovation, while ensuring that emerging technologies contribute to economic resilience and societal value. Two key technology domains sit at the centre of Europe’s bid to strengthen its industrial competitiveness and strategic autonomy: advanced connectivity and quantum technologies. European firms and standards bodies have played a decisive role in shaping global mobile standards from 3G to 5G, underpinning the digital economy. At the same time, quantum technologies are emerging as a critical next frontier, where Europe combines strong scientific excellence with a dynamic startup ecosystem, but continues to face challenges in scaling companies to a global level. Quantum technologies provide a timely and high-profile context for this discussion. As they mature, questions around intellectual property, standardisation and…
Topics covered
- Europe's competitiveness
- emerging technologies
- standards
- quantum innovation
- economic resilience
- industrial competitiveness
Keywords
- competitiveness
- emerging technologies
- quantum technologies
- standards
- EU policymakers
- innovation
- economic resilience
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: EU, European firms, standards bodies, Euractiv
Places: Europe, digital economy, quantum technologies, advanced connectivity
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