This month we’re sitting down with Ashley Durkin-Rixey for a debrief on the Epic v. Apple trial. We’ll also be talking competition and standard-essential patents (SEPs) as a refresh for our upcoming Mini-AppCon #2. That’s right, AppCon is coming to a Zoom near you once again.

In this episode, we’re sitting down with Birgit Morlion, Policy Officer in the eHealth and Ageing unit of the European Commission, to talk about the digital transformation of healthcare in the European Union and the role mobile solutions play. We’ll cover all the on-going initiatives from the creation of a European Health Data Space to standards for wellness and health mobile apps. We’ll also talk about the newly proposed European Commission Digital Green Certificate aiming to facilitate safe and free movement inside the EU during the COVID-19 pandemic, how it will work in practice and what will be the role of mHealth apps in the process.

This month we’re sitting down with Betsy Furler of member company For All Abilities for a conversation around accessibility access. We’ll be discussing the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), specifically Sections 503 and 508, and how accessibility access empowers people with disabilities and helps create a diverse and complete workplace. And of course, we’re going to hit tech history and run though some DC headlines.

In this episode, we’re going back in time to look at the origins of the app economy and analyse how the two largest app stores evolved, innovated, and interacted with each other over time. We’re also being joined by friend of the pod Mike Sax, app developer and founder of the App Association, to discuss the evolution of the app economy and how online marketplaces can empower the developers of today. We’ll also talk about the inventor of the modern computer in Tech History Month and cover the latest headlines in Brussels.

This month we’re bringing in our public policy team for a solid AppCon’21 prep session on all things telehealth and pandemic response. We’ll be chatting with senior director for public policy Graham Dufault and public policy coordinator Madeline Zick for the latest on the WEAR IT Act, the future of telemedicine, and the latest from our Connected Health Initiative.

In this episode, we are sitting down with Aurélien Portuese, director of antitrust and innovation policy at ITIF to discuss competition in the digital age. We’ll discuss the new European regulation - the Digital Markets Act - which targets large gatekeeping digital platforms, and how its impact could be felt by all companies in the ecosystem. We’ll also cover Women’s History Month and the latest headlines in Brussels.

This month we’re celebrating Black History Month! We’ll be discussing our efforts to celebrate Black history and entrepreneurship this month and throughout the year, as well as the additional initiatives of industry and association friends of the ACT | The App Association. We’ll also be talking through our new spin on AppCon’21 and what to expect moving forward.

In this episode, we are discussing standard-essential patents – otherwise abbreviated as SEPs – and how rules and regulations around those patents impact our members’ businesses. We’re diving into some of the most recent and relevant policy developments going on in the SEP space with our EU SEP-spert, Alexander Prenter. We’ll cover the outcome of the European Commission’s Expert Group on SEPs, a recent referral of an SEP licensing dispute to the European Court of Justice, and the UK Supreme Court’s landmark decision on the Unwired Planet vs. Huawei Case.

This month we’re talking all things new in DC, on and off the Hill, in 2021 with senior director of public policy, Graham Dufault, to talk through the priorities of the new Congress and Biden Administration. We’ll also be discussing the cabinet nomination process and what to expect moving forward. But, before we get into that, we’re going to hit tech history and run though some DC headlines.

The start of a new year is always an exciting moment to look at what’s ahead. In this first episode for 2021, we’re discussing upcoming tech policy in the EU with our founder and chairperson, Mike Sax. We’re focusing on big tech and competition, online illegal content, common chargers as well as data governance and data flows in Europe. But first, we're reviewing tech history on today’s telecoms technologies current dependence on infrastructure of the past, as well as Brussels Bytes with all the latest headlines.