What happened in Silicon Valley?
A delegation of 15 Members of the European Parliament* went on a tour of Silicon Valley (18-21/07/16) organised by the EIF and EU40 under the title 'ICT Innovation & Entrepreneurship: the Road to the Valley'. EIF presents daily video blogs from the visit featuring MEPs, company representatives and their exchange on the entrepreneurship in the US and Europe.
DAY 1
The first day included visits and meetings with Neumann Society, Ericsson, Intel, Cisco, eBay, Apple and Sky Ventures.
Click here to watch - Day 1 Daily Vlog
The second day included visits and meetings at Stanford University (Hosts: Dr. Burton Lee), AT&T Foundry, Facebook, SAP Labs and Samsung.
Click here to watch - Day 2 Daily Vlog
DAY 3
The third day included visits and meetings at Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Symantec, Nokia and Deutsche Telekom T-Labs.
Click here to watch - Day 3 Daily Vlog
DAY 4
The fourth (and last) day included visits and meetings at the German Accelerator, Yelp, Orange Fab, Uber, EIT Digital and Allied for Startups.
Click here to watch - Day 4 Daily Vlog
Extras
- In this video MEPs share the key learning points they are bringing back to Europe.
- Please click here to watch the 360° video made during the EIF-EU40 visit to the Silicon Valley. For the best viewing experience please use Chrome browser or your phone.
Participants
*Lambert van Nistelrooij (NL) - head of delegation
Michal Boni (PL)
Franc Bogovic (SI)
Krzysztof Hetman (PL)
Cătălin-Sorin Ivan (RO)
Ivana Maletic (HR)
Miroslav Mikolášik (SK)
Sorin Moisa (RO)
Cora van Nieuwenhuizen (NL)
Andrey Novakov (BG)
Jan Olbrycht (PL)
Ivan Štefanec (SK)
Ana-Claudia Tapardel (RO)
Tomáš Zdechovský (CZ)
Neena Gill (UK) - on 21/07/16
