Thanks to the many of you who attended our Christmas Reception on December 10.
Special thanks to our sponsor, ETNO.
We look forward to welcoming you all back in 2016 with new and exciting YPDP activities. Feel free to email us suggestions for events you want to help organise.
Happy holidays,
Team YPDP
In this first YPDP guest blog, we meet Pauline Gounaud, the policy adviser for the S&D group in ITRE. She has, over recent years, been involved in the lengthy Telecom Single Market trialogues, as well as the Digital Single Market strategy. (The views expressed are entirely her own and do not engage the S&D group).
What first got you into the digital sector – purpose or coincidence?
A real coincidence. Initially, I wanted to work on environmental issues and during my first traineeship in Brussels I was working on sustainability and climate change. However when looking for a position in the European Parliament, there was no opening in the ENVI committee, but there was a position in ITRE… So I took the position. When I started with ITRE I was the youngest so I was naturally allocated the responsibility of digital issues. I didn’t even have a smartphone at that point. Now I consider myself lucky, because I really enjoy it – the joys of coincidences!
The Young Professionals in Digital Policy undertook study trip to Mons, the European Capital of Culture 2015, on 20th November.
A brave group of young tech policy enthusiasts boarded the first Eurostar morning train on the morning of September 18th. Our goal: To unlock the secrets of London’s vibrant tech startup scene in one day packed with surprising and thought-provoking encounters.
Our group consisted of 20 young professionals working in digital policy for the European Parliament, Commission, Permanent Representations, and a few from private sector and civil society.
Thanks to the 70 participants who joined our 3-Years Anniversary & Summer Party on July 2nd.
Special thanks to our host, cabinetDN, and our sponsors from ICANN and Allegro Group.
We wish everybody a lovely summer break! We will return with more events in September.
Team YPDP
