In December 2019, the European Commission presented the European Green Deal with the ambition of making Europe the first climate-neutral continent by 2050, boosting the economy, improving people's health and quality of life, caring for nature, and leaving no one behind.

Digitalisation will be at the core of this ambitious program and fibre is key to align the digital and sustainability agendas. As the most sustainable telecommunication infrastructure technology, full-fibre is a prerequisite to achieving the European Green Deal and making the European Union’s economy more sustainable.

The need to work collectively towards a more sustainable society has become a strategic objective of policy makers and the vast majority of private organisations alike. With this context in mind, the sustainability Working Group of the FTTH Council Europe has been created with two key objectives:

  • Promote full fibre as the most sustainable access network technology and enabler of multiple applications which can contribute to reducing the carbon footprint of our activities. Remote working and learning being the most obvious examples.
  • Support all stakeholders of the Fibre to the Home value chain in their efforts to make their respective activities more carbon neutral.

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Digital Council Africa's 2022 Conext Conference

Event: Panel session "Global Conversations: Trends from around the world"
Speaker: Vincent Garnier – Director General
Date and time: 29 September 2022, 9:30 SAST
Location: Cape Town International Convention Centre, South Africa
Organiser: Digital Council Africa


The exponential rate at which technology is developing, mutating, and adapting is so fast that we have to apply certain effort to keep pace with technological change and how it will affect our business and lives. While the future is becoming more difficult to predict with each passing year, an accelerating pace of technological change can be expected. To date, technology has literally changed every aspect of the way any business operates and never before in history has that change occurred so fast.

During this panel session, our Director General Vincent Garnier joined other prominent representatives from our sister Councils in an expert conversation around the state of fibre optic in the different regions of the globe.

Conext 2022 aimed to keep participants informed of the sector advancements as we explore the world of Digital Infrastructure as well as its impact on the industry and the opportunities it holds for the continent.

The 2022 edition once again brought together like minded individuals from all over the world over a 2 day period with expert speakers sharing local and international expertise on various topics pertaining to digital infrastructure deployment.

The FTTH Council Europe has been a proud partner of the 2022 edition, which confirmed speakers from the United States, Europe, Middle East and Asia Pacific.

 

 

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