interface - tech analysis and policy ideas for Europe e.V.

EU Legislative Interests

Our think tank works on 5 tech fields: Cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence, Semiconductors, Plaftorm Governance and Digital Data Rights & Surveillance Oversight. In this respect, our think tank also has an interest in telecommunications regulation, e-skills, data protection, the prevention of fake news, competition law, semi-conductor supply chains, AI & AI governance, the data economy, etc. Over the past year, our team has either monitored or commented on some EU policies/regulations, such as: - Directive 2022/2555, also known as NIS2 - Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) - Cybersecurity Act (CSA) - EU Cyber Solidarity Act - Council conclusions on ENISA - Proposal to prevent and combat child sexual abuse online - Digital Services Act - Digital Fairness Act - AI Continent Action Plan - EU Artificial Intelligence Act - European Chips Act Revision - European Economic Security Strategy - European Green Deal - Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive - Competitiveness compass - fourth Simplification Omnibus package

Communication Activities

As previously mentioned, we are a think tank that offers research on technology policy. We carry out research on tech issues and communicate our findings to decisiomakers and the wider public through: -The publications of studies, reports and data briefs - The setting up of online workshops and events - The sending of email campaigns to keep our readers updated about our research - The occasional attendance to events discussing tech policy in Brussels, Berlin and other parts of Europe. All of our events and publications are publicly available here: interface-eu.org

Interests Represented

Does not represent commercial interests

Member Of

In here we are submitting a list of groups/fora that our staff either coordinate or are member of. Due to Data Protection concerns, we currently do not offer staff names for this listing. But we will be happy to give this information, should it be required by register authorities. On a similar note, we are currently working to further hone our data collection practices so that we manage to offer more insight and granularity for the register, should it become available. - Transatlantic Cyber Forum https://www.interface-eu.org/focus-area/transatlantic-cyber-forum - EU CyberNet https://www.eucybernet.eu/

Organisation Members

To offer the most up-to-date information about these details, we are offering some relevant websites: Here is a listing of interface's staff: https://www.interface-eu.org/people He is a description of interface's mission and activites: https://www.interface-eu.org/about-us Here is a description of interface's financials: https://www.interface-eu.org/financial-transparency Here is more information about our funders: https://www.interface-eu.org/engage

Additional Information

As required by the EU transparency register, here we are only reporting contributions above 10 % of the total budget (revenue based, in accordance with our audited end of the year balance sheet). For a more detailed financial transparency reporting, including information on what program each funder contributed to, and our upcoming statement of finances during the year 2024, you can visit: https://www.interface-eu.org/financial-transparency Additionally, here is more information about our funders: https://www.interface-eu.org/engage