• At the opening of the DigitalES Summit, the First Vice President has advanced a new digital agenda, with a 2026 horizon, which will integrate new programs

• The sustainability of the telecommunications sector in Spain, its strategic value, Europe’s technological autonomy, the metaverse and young talent were the main topics of discussion on the first day of the DigitalES congress.

• The first day of the DigitalES Summit was attended by executives from Ciena, Deloitte, IBM, Islalink, Juniper Networks, Orange Spain, OVHcloud, Telefónica, TOTEM Spain and Vantage Towers, among other technology companies.

Madrid, July 6, 2022 – The First Vice President and Minister of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation, Nadia Calviño, has highlighted the “exponential increase” in public investment in digitalization that has taken place in Spain in the last two years. Specifically, he said, investment has increased ninefold in this period. During the inauguration of the DigitalES Summit 2022 congress, Calviño has advanced an update of the current digital agenda of Spain, with a horizon until 2026 and that will integrate new programs ‘watered’ by the European Next Generation funds such as the PERTE of semiconductors, the language or the ‘Retec’ project.