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Europe’s ability to compete globally increasingly depends on how effectively it can develop, scale and deploy advanced technologies that drive productivity and long term growth. As competition intensifies in high technology sectors, EU policymakers and stakeholders are examining how Europe can convert strong research capabilities into commercially viable innovation, while ensuring that emerging technologies contribute to economic resilience and societal value.

Two key technology domains sit at the centre of Europe’s bid to strengthen its industrial competitiveness and strategic autonomy: advanced connectivity and quantum technologies. European firms and standards bodies have played a decisive role in shaping global mobile standards from 3G to 5G, underpinning the digital economy. At the same time, quantum technologies are emerging as a critical next frontier, where Europe combines strong scientific excellence with a dynamic startup ecosystem, but continues to face challenges in scaling companies to a global level.

Quantum technologies provide a timely and high-profile context for this discussion. As they mature, questions around intellectual property, standardisation and licensing are becoming increasingly relevant. Early decisions on how interoperability, access to technology and fair licensing are handled may influence collaboration, competition and investment incentives. Experiences from more established, standards-based sectors, such as advanced connectivity, offer lessons that may inform the development of future quantum markets.

Join this Euractiv Conference to discuss Europe’s approach to competitiveness in emerging technologies, and the role that standards, policy and licensing frameworks can play in shaping innovation and market development. Using quantum technologies as a timely case study, the event will also highlight the findings of the new standards study. Questions to be addressed include:

· What role do standards play in supporting Europe’s competitiveness and emerging technologies such as quantum?

· What are the main barriers to scaling and commercialising quantum technologies in Europe?

· How can policy and market frameworks encourage innovation while ensuring interoperability, fair access and competition?

· What role could standardisation and licensing practices play in accelerating adoption and interoperability in quantum technologies?

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