European Digital Tech Watch — Osservatori Digital Innovation, Politecnico di Milano
Research

European Digital Tech Watch conducts independent research and advisory activities

We provide business leaders and policymakers with evidence-based intelligence to navigate the European digital transition, strengthening industrial competitiveness and strategic resilience across key technology value chains.

Cross-industry data. Dedicated working groups. One unified impact.

1,700+ companies take part in our activities every year

Tech full-stack

We analyse European industrial value chains across a two-dimensional framework: vertically, from physical and cloud infrastructure to applied algorithms; and horizontally, across three critical enablers that span the entire ecosystem: resilience, regulations and governance, and digital skills.

This framework defines the research scope that we investigate on the ground through our collaborative methodology and dedicated Working Groups.

Working groups: a collaborative research model

A Working Group is a pre-competitive platform where leading enterprises and experts join forces to decode emerging digital trends, address common challenges, and shape Europe’s technological agenda.

Joining means taking an active role throughout a structured, year-round cycle designed to transform empirical market evidence into actionable digital policy and enterprise strategy.

Organizations can choose to participate in one or multiple Working Groups.

From businesses, toward Europe

For the 2026 research cycle, four dedicated Working Groups are active across key strategic priorities. While each group operates as a specialized vertical community, our unique research methodology ensures every domain is systematically analysed through our cross-cutting full-stack framework, guaranteeing coherent, authoritative reports and actionable policy benchmarks.

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Active research groups
Data, AI & Digital Infrastructure

Examines the full technological pipeline powering modern industry, connecting physical and cloud infrastructure with corporate data management and scalable AI applications across European businesses.

Cyber Resilience & Digital Compliance

Focuses on securing digital value chains against emerging threats, aligning enterprise resilience strategies with evolving European regulations and technical compliance requirements.

EU Tech Sovereignty

Analyses the competitiveness and resilience of European tech ecosystems, tracking supply-chain dependencies to strengthen industrial capacity and technological leadership in critical sectors.

AI Skills and Workforce Evolution

Addresses the human dimension of digital innovation, identifying talent gaps, upskilling imperatives, and organisational shifts required to sustain widespread AI integration across Europe.

EU-Aligned: anticipating collective priorities

Our research roadmap closely reflects European Commission priorities, anchoring its objectives within the Digital Compass 2030 targets and drawing strategic direction from pivotal frameworks like the Draghi Report on European competitiveness.

This institutional alignment does more than steer our ongoing analysis: it serves as the catalyst for expanding our platform. As technological disruptions and regulatory shifts reshape the European landscape, new Working Groups are dynamically activated to address emerging challenges that demand collective industry focus and unified private-public action.

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