January 22, 2023, Brussels Allied for Startups hosted its second edition of the DTx Startup Congress in Brussels, which brought together startups, ecosystem builders and policy makers to exchange views on the current state of digital health in Europe and beyond. We enjoyed interesting panel discussions featuring: Tomislav Sokol, Member of the European Parliament Fulvia …
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November 17, 2022
Startup Policy Track at Slush 2022
November 17th 2022, Helsinki We partnered up with our friends at Danish Entrepreneurs to host the Startup Policy Track, a key platform to bring startups and policy makers together, among whom was Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth. Allied for Startups joined the panel on Fostering the New Green Era …
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October 28, 2022
Annual Summit 2022
October 26-28 2022, Brussels Allied for Startups hosted its 8th edition of the Annual Summit. Representatives from over 23 startup associations across the globe gathered in Brussels to connect, exchange ideas, and vote on our 2023 policy priorities. During the 3-days event, we enjoyed interesting panel discussions featuring policy makers, including: Helen Köpman: Acting Head …
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July 12, 2022
Digital Health Voices in Policy: The Spanish Fitness Check Webinar
July 12, 2022 Allied for Startups DTx hosted a Webinar on Digital Health Voices in Policy. This event marked the launch of the Spanish Fitness Check, a deep-dive into the Spanish digital health ecosystem. Leading entrepreneurs came together to discuss the future of digital health innovation in Spain, sharing startup regulatory needs to foster better …
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May 22, 2022
LIBE Delegation Visit
22 May, 2022, San Francisco, USA Allied for Startups hosted a delegation of LIBE Committee MEPs*, staff and American and European startup founders, entrepreneurs, investors and affiliates for a joint discussion of emerging issues around technology, transatlantic trade, innovation, entrepreneurship and other issues. *LIBE Committee MEPs Andreas Schwab Alex Saliba Andrea Caroppo Dita Charanzova Alexandra …
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December 8, 2021
The DTx Startup Congress
December 8, 2021, Brussels Leading entrepreneurs, policy makers and key health stakeholders came together to discuss the opportunities and challenges for healthtech innovation at our DTx Congress. This featured the launch of the HealthTech Charter, a best practice repository of the most empowering policies and measures for digital health innovations to succeed. High level speakers …
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December 2, 2021
Slush Startup Policy Track
December 2, 2021, Helsinki We were proud to co-host the Startup Policy Track at Slush, alongside Startup Foundation, France Digitale, Danish Entrepreneurs, and the Frontrunners Alliance. We brought together leading entrepreneurs, ecosystem builders, policy makers & academics to discuss how we can build rules that are proportionate for startups but also allow them to scale …
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October 13, 2021
AFS Annual Summit 2021
October 13, 2021, Brussels Allied for Startups held its 6th Annual Summit virtually. Despite the new format, we were amazed to see the level of engagement from our Members and how startup communities come together under one voice to support innovation and entrepreneurship. Members voted on our three key priorities for 2022, elected a new …
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December 9, 2020
Webinar: Digital health innovation & startups during COVID-19 and beyond
December 9, 2020, Brussels Allied for Startups and MEP Brando Benifei co-hosted a webinar to discuss the opportunities and challenges the digital health sector is facing during Covid-19. Participants reiterated that COVID-19 has accelerated the digital transformation of healthcare but also highlighted the challenges that must be addressed. High level speakers included: Ceri Thompson, DG …
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October 27, 2020
Making the Digital Services Act for Startups #DSA4Startups
October 27, 2020, Brussels AFS hosted the Brussels edition of our #DSA4startups roadshow, where we presented our economic impact assessment study: The impact of the Digital Services Act on business users alongside our partner Oxera. High level speakers included: Alexandra Geese, Member of the European Parliament Werner Stengg, Cabinet Member to Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager, European Commission