Recent meetings
| Date | Commissioner / Cabinet | Topic | File |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Nov 2025 | Despina Spanou Deputy Director-General | European Business Wallets and Digital Omnibus | — |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Olivia Gippner Cabinet member | The intersection of digitalization and climate policy in the European Union, data centers, AI, and sustainability efforts. | SRC |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Despina Spanou Deputy Director-General | European Business Wallets and Digital Omnibus | SRC |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Miguel Jose Garcia Jones Cabinet member | The intersection of digitalization and climate policy in the European Union, data centers, AI, and sustainability efforts. | SRC |
| 13 Nov 2025 | Olivia Gippner Cabinet member | The intersection of digitalization and climate policy in the European Union, data centers, AI, and sustainability efforts. | — |
| 12 Nov 2025 | Estelle Goeger Cabinet member | Digital Industry issues | — |
| 12 Nov 2025 | Kilian Gross Head of Unit | Exchange of views on AI Act standardisation | SRC |
| 12 Nov 2025 | Kilian Gross Head of Unit | Exchange of views on AI Act standardisation | — |
| 12 Nov 2025 | Estelle Goeger Cabinet member | Digital Industry issues | SRC |
| 30 Jun 2025 | Emmanuelle Du Chalard Head of Unit | Latest developments in copyright policy | SRC |
| 30 Jun 2025 | Emmanuelle Du Chalard Head of Unit | Latest developments in copyright policy | — |
| 26 Jun 2025 | Matthias Jorgensen Acting Director | Exchange about EU – US trade relations | — |
| 26 Jun 2025 | Matthias Jorgensen Acting Director | Exchange about EU – US trade relations | SRC |
| 15 Apr 2025 | Maria Zafra Saura Cabinet member | Data protection, e-privacy, simplification | SRC |
| 15 Apr 2025 | Maria Zafra Saura Cabinet member | Data protection, e-privacy, simplification | — |
| 11 Apr 2025 | Thomas Schmitz Cabinet member | Copyright levies reform | SRC |
| 11 Apr 2025 | Thomas Schmitz Cabinet member | Copyright levies reform | — |
| 08 Apr 2025 | Silke Dalton Cabinet member | Existing and upcoming legislation in the Telecom sector | — |
| 08 Apr 2025 | Silke Dalton Cabinet member | Existing and upcoming legislation in the Telecom sector | SRC |
| 19 Mar 2025 | Marco Giorello Head of Unit | Code of Conduct on Online Advertising – Workshop 4 | — |
| 19 Mar 2025 | Marco Giorello Head of Unit | Code of Conduct on Online Advertising – Workshop 4 | SRC |
| 13 Mar 2025 | Marco Giorello Head of Unit | Code of Conduct on Online Advertising – Workshop 3 | — |
| 13 Mar 2025 | Marco Giorello Head of Unit | Code of Conduct on Online Advertising – Workshop 3 | SRC |
| 06 Mar 2025 | Marco Giorello Head of Unit | Code of Conduct on Online Advertising – Workshop 2 | — |
| 06 Mar 2025 | Marco Giorello Head of Unit | Code of Conduct on Online Advertising – Workshop 2 | SRC |
Mission & Goals
Bitkom is Germany’s digital association. Founded 1999 in Berlin, we represent more than 2,200 companies of the digital economy. Our membership spans more than 1,000 SMEs, including half of the 40 DAX companies over 500 startups and virtually all global players. Our members offer software, telecommunications and internet services, produce hardware and consumer electronics, operate in the digital media sector or are in other ways affiliated with the digital economy. A strong European digital policy and a fully integrated digital single market are at the heart of Bitkom’s concerns, as well as establishing Germany as a key driver of digital change in Europe and globally. Bitkom advocates for the digitization of the economy, society, and public administration.
EU Legislative Interests
AI Act, Apply AI Strategy, AI Liability Directive, Business Wallet, Audiovisual Media Services Directive, Cloud & AI Development Act, Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, CSAM, Cyber Resilience Act, Data Act, Data Governance Act, Data Union Strategy, Digital Decade Principles, Digital Driving License,Digital Fairness, Digital Markets Act, Digital Networks Act, Digital Services Act, Digital Omnibus, eIDAS, Evaluation of Regulation 1025/2012 on European standardisation, EUCS, European Chips Act, European Health Data Space, European Media Freedom Act, FIDA, GDPR Enforcement Regulation, Green Claims, International Digital Strategy, Mobility Data Space, New Legislative Framework, NIS2 Directive, Open Finance, Product Liability Directive, PSD3, Quantum Strategy / Quantum Act, Revision of the Public Procurement Directive, Right to Repair, Savings and Investments Union, Standardisation Strategy, Single Market Strategy, TTC, Virtual Worlds, Water Resilience Strategy, 28. Regime
Communication Activities
Position papers & press releases (https://www.bitkom.org/EN/Press-Media/index-EN.html) Landing Page on the Digital Omnibus (https://www.bitkom.org/EN/EU-European-policy/Digital-Omnibus-2025)
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
DIGITALEUROPE (www.digitaleurope.org) BDI (www.bdi.eu)
Organisation Members
https://www.bitkom.org/Bitkom/Mitgliedschaft/Mitgliederliste/