Digital Tech Summit 2023
20 November 2023
This year’s Digital Tech Summit formed the framework for a unique conversation space. With over 4,000 participants, 100 professional presentations from 8 stages, and 80 companies, startups, and organizations in the exhibition area, universities, companies, and legislators gathered to discuss the development and use of AI.
Climate change: We need to act now, and we need help from digital technology
28 March 2023
A recent report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is full of distressing reading. Digital development must speed up, and researchers can play a leading role in the development of digital solutions to counteract climate change.
DIREC Annual Report 2022
27 February 2023
In DIREC, we have accelerated with new projects and activities in 2022 to ensure that Denmark is at the forefront of digital research and innovation.
Welcome to the new minister for digitalisation, Marie Bjerre
15 December 2022
Denmark has formed an ambitious government framework listing a large number of proposals for reforms that must meet the major societal challenges we are facing. We wish the 23 new ministers all the best in their new jobs and we are delighted to have a minister for digitalisation, as there will plenty to deal with during the next four years with a world in great change.
Merry Christmas from DIREC
22 December 2022
Christmas is coming after an extraordinary and eventful year. The digital agenda is busy and, in DIREC we have been fully engaged with placing Denmark at the forefront of digital research and innovation. We would like to thank you for a great year with many fruitful collaborations and projects.
High school teachers with a passion for information technology must scale up young people’s digital skills
24 November 2022
Universities will upskill Danish high school teachers with the latest IT knowledge and inspiration for teaching. Dedicated teachers are important inspiration for young people when choosing their course of study.
Can AI help a health system under pressure?
16 November 2022
In Denmark we have a shortage of medical specialists and nurses. In 2025, according to the Danish Nurses’ Organization, there will be a shortage of at least 6,000 nurses, and the lack of medical specialists is also a huge problem for a hospital sector under a historically high pressure.
Digital Tech Summit: An important meeting place for universities and industry
1 November 2022
This autumn’s last big tech event has completed with great success. Thank you for two exciting days at the Digital Tech Summit 2022 in Bella Center Copenhagen.
DIREC only supports researchers who collaborate across universities
27 October 2022
Denmark’s talented researchers must become better at collaborating across universities and industry. Only then do we stand a chance against the big foreign knowledge institutions.
How do we become better at using artificial intelligence in healthcare?
17 October 2022
There is an increasing demand in Denmark for new and more advanced healthcare services. In the coming years, there will be more elderly people with treatment needs and a decreasing youth population to take care of the elderly.
