Podcast appearances and mentions of robert madelin

This week on the Beyond the Byline podcast, we are wrapping up 2022 with a discussion on how this year has shaped the European Union, with Alberto Alemanno, Professor of Law at HEC Paris, and Robert Madelin, Senior Strategist at FIPRA International.With a war, runaway inflation and the energy crisis, topped off with a corruption scandal in the heart of the European Union itself, we ask: What impact did the Russian invasion of Ukraine have on the EU? What is happening with inflation? What can we learn from Qatargate?

Robert Madelin, a former Director General of DG SANGO & the EU Commission's Consumer Health Division

Robert Madelin is the Chairman and Chief Strategist at FIPRA International Ltd. Robert is a rare politician with hands-on experience guiding pan-European policy for IT and healthcare. From 2004-2016 he was the Director General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (CONNECT) and Director General for Health and Consumer Policy (SANCO). Robert Madelin was also a negotiator for both EU and UK international trade and investment, and served in the Cabinet of European Commission Vice-President Leon Brittan. His 2016 book, “Opportunity Now: Europe's mission to innovate” outlines how the EU can better manage innovation, which is of particular interest given Europe’s immediate need to find solutions to solving the current lockdowns for Covid-19. In this podcast we discuss practical solutions for addressing Europe’s need for technical leadership, as well as how the EU can adapt to meet the structural challenges exposed by the response to the pandemic. We also discuss several ongoing regulatory reviews related to pharmaceutical incentives including those targeting orphan drugs and medicinal products.

In Episode 3 of our podcast, Citizen Lobbyist, we continue our journey of demystifying the concept of lobbying as a legitimate democratic practice. Our hosts Fiorella Lavorgna and Alberto Alemanno discuss with Robert Madelin, one of the most influential figures in Brussels, the role of lobbying in policy-making. Is lobbying a distortion of the democratic process? Why does lobbying scare people? If lobbying is legitimate, what happens when it goes too far? Tune in as we reveal the answers to these questions and explore the role of lobbying during this unprecedented COVID-19 crisis.

Robert Madelin, international chairman of Fipra and former Director General at the European Commission, talks to Paul Adamson in our occasional series 'What has the UK ever done for the EU?'

Robert Madelin, international chairman of Fipra and former Director General at the European Commission, talks to Paul Adamson in our occasional series 'What has the UK ever done for the EU?'

Creating effective education and awareness programs is a fundamental aspect of an effective security strategy. In this episode, we talk about the importance of integrating behavioural economics and psychology into the creation of effective education and awareness programs, and the strategy behind them. A conversation with Robert Madelin, former Director General of Health and Consumer Policy at the European Commission Robert Madelin brings a distinguished career and experience to the conversation in Episode 4 of Re-Thinking the Human Factor. Robert has been focused throughout his career on policy generation, awareness and education, and as part of that, designing policy so the odds are stacked in favour of those who comply with that policy.  Why behavioural economics and psychology is relevant to education and awareness programs Join Bruce and Robert in this episode as they each draw from a well of extensive experience to converse around: Fast and slow thinking and how each influences how we behave in society The importance of integrating behavioural economics and psychology and choice-architecture when it comes to the design of EFFECTIVE education and awareness strategies and programs The “uncomfortable truth” that people do not respond rationally when given data and how recognizing that truth is key to guiding policy creation and choice architecture efforts How cultural differences in the cybersecurity space have more to do with digital literacy, age, principles and values rather than one’s passport, or “passport culture”, as Robert refers to it The role of culture or the context within people live their lives, and how that may have an effect upon: the policy itself how you raise awareness within institutions or even nation-states, as in Robert’s experience The importance of international cooperation in efforts to raise awareness and influence behaviour "It's the human factor that makes us vulnerable." RESOURCES AND SUBJECTS MENTIONED: World Economic Forum: GLOBAL RISKS REPORT DG CONNECT (Communication Networks, Content, and Technology) EU Health and Food Safety (SANCO) FOR FURTHER RESEARCH: Daniel Kahneman Thinking, Fast and Slow (by Daniel Kahneman) Behavioural Economics and Psychology Choice Architecture ABOUT ROBERT MADELIN Chairman, Fipra International // Director General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (CONNECT) // Director-General for Health and Consumer Policy (SANCO) // A negotiator in international trade and investment, first for the UK, and then for the EU // Served in the Cabinet of European Commission Vice-President Leon Brittan. CONNECT WITH ROBERT: LinkedIn    Please subscribe to the podcast in iTunes, and if you enjoyed this interview, please share with your friends and colleagues and leave a 5 star rating and review.   Thanks for listening.   Bruce & The Re-thinking the Human Factor Podcast Team

In recent years, the debate about automation and employment has taken a new turn. What has re-ignited the debate is the realisation that the process of ‘combinatorial innovation’ in digital technology—the combination of massive increases in processing power, big data analytics, sensor technology, digital mapping and machine learning—has opened up the possibility that large numbers of non-repetitive jobs which require some cognitive skills may become amenable to automation in the foreseeable future. This kind of work—classically defined as ‘white collar’ jobs in the UK (‘middle-class’ in the US)—represents a significant proportion of current industrial and commercial employment, and significant displacement of it by technology would be a major development for societies. Estimates of the potential disruption vary, but the best-known study (by Frey and Osborne) estimates that fully 47 per cent of the 702 job categories identified by the US Bureau of Labor could now be vulnerable. At this stage, there is no way of determining whether the sceptics or the predictions are correct. This uncertainty, however, should not be the end of the discussion, but the beginning. The possibility that a significant proportion of middle-class work could be mechanised at the pace we have seen in other areas affected by digital technology is an eventuality that needs to be taken seriously, even if the probability of it happening is lower than evangelists believe. The existence of a stable middle class is a prerequisite for a viable democracy, and the prospect of it being destabilised is therefore of great interest to our Technology and Democracy project. To discuss it we have brought together four speakers, each of whom brings a different perspective to the issue. Robert Madelin is Senior Adviser for Innovation in the European Commission Daniel Susskind is a Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford and co-author of The Future of the Professions (OUP) Willy Brown is Emeritus Professor of Industrial Relations, University of Cambridge and former Master of Darwin College Gerard de Vries is Emeritus Professor of the Philosophy of Science at the University of Amsterdam and a former member of the Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy, the think tank of the Dutch government for long-term policy issues This talk is part of the Technology and Democracy Events series.

In recent years, the debate about automation and employment has taken a new turn. What has re-ignited the debate is the realisation that the process of ‘combinatorial innovation’ in digital technology—the combination of massive increases in processing power, big data analytics, sensor technology, digital mapping and machine learning—has opened up the possibility that large numbers of non-repetitive jobs which require some cognitive skills may become amenable to automation in the foreseeable future. This kind of work—classically defined as ‘white collar’ jobs in the UK (‘middle-class’ in the US)—represents a significant proportion of current industrial and commercial employment, and significant displacement of it by technology would be a major development for societies. Estimates of the potential disruption vary, but the best-known study (by Frey and Osborne) estimates that fully 47 per cent of the 702 job categories identified by the US Bureau of Labor could now be vulnerable. At this stage, there is no way of determining whether the sceptics or the predictions are correct. This uncertainty, however, should not be the end of the discussion, but the beginning. The possibility that a significant proportion of middle-class work could be mechanised at the pace we have seen in other areas affected by digital technology is an eventuality that needs to be taken seriously, even if the probability of it happening is lower than evangelists believe. The existence of a stable middle class is a prerequisite for a viable democracy, and the prospect of it being destabilised is therefore of great interest to our Technology and Democracy project. To discuss it we have brought together four speakers, each of whom brings a different perspective to the issue. Robert Madelin is Senior Adviser for Innovation in the European Commission Daniel Susskind is a Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford and co-author of The Future of the Professions (OUP) Willy Brown is Emeritus Professor of Industrial Relations, University of Cambridge and former Master of Darwin College Gerard de Vries is Emeritus Professor of the Philosophy of Science at the University of Amsterdam and a former member of the Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy, the think tank of the Dutch government for long-term policy issues This talk is part of the Technology and Democracy Events series.

In recent years, the debate about automation and employment has taken a new turn. What has re-ignited the debate is the realisation that the process of ‘combinatorial innovation’ in digital technology—the combination of massive increases in processing power, big data analytics, sensor technology, digital mapping and machine learning—has opened up the possibility that large numbers of non-repetitive jobs which require some cognitive skills may become amenable to automation in the foreseeable future. This kind of work—classically defined as ‘white collar’ jobs in the UK (‘middle-class’ in the US)—represents a significant proportion of current industrial and commercial employment, and significant displacement of it by technology would be a major development for societies. Estimates of the potential disruption vary, but the best-known study (by Frey and Osborne) estimates that fully 47 per cent of the 702 job categories identified by the US Bureau of Labor could now be vulnerable. At this stage, there is no way of determining whether the sceptics or the predictions are correct. This uncertainty, however, should not be the end of the discussion, but the beginning. The possibility that a significant proportion of middle-class work could be mechanised at the pace we have seen in other areas affected by digital technology is an eventuality that needs to be taken seriously, even if the probability of it happening is lower than evangelists believe. The existence of a stable middle class is a prerequisite for a viable democracy, and the prospect of it being destabilised is therefore of great interest to our Technology and Democracy project. To discuss it we have brought together four speakers, each of whom brings a different perspective to the issue. Robert Madelin is Senior Adviser for Innovation in the European Commission Daniel Susskind is a Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford and co-author of The Future of the Professions (OUP) Willy Brown is Emeritus Professor of Industrial Relations, University of Cambridge and former Master of Darwin College Gerard de Vries is Emeritus Professor of the Philosophy of Science at the University of Amsterdam and a former member of the Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy, the think tank of the Dutch government for long-term policy issues This talk is part of the Technology and Democracy Events series.

In recent years, the debate about automation and employment has taken a new turn. What has re-ignited the debate is the realisation that the process of ‘combinatorial innovation’ in digital technology—the combination of massive increases in processing power, big data analytics, sensor technology, digital mapping and machine learning—has opened up the possibility that large numbers of non-repetitive jobs which require some cognitive skills may become amenable to automation in the foreseeable future. This kind of work—classically defined as ‘white collar’ jobs in the UK (‘middle-class’ in the US)—represents a significant proportion of current industrial and commercial employment, and significant displacement of it by technology would be a major development for societies. Estimates of the potential disruption vary, but the best-known study (by Frey and Osborne) estimates that fully 47 per cent of the 702 job categories identified by the US Bureau of Labor could now be vulnerable. At this stage, there is no way of determining whether the sceptics or the predictions are correct. This uncertainty, however, should not be the end of the discussion, but the beginning. The possibility that a significant proportion of middle-class work could be mechanised at the pace we have seen in other areas affected by digital technology is an eventuality that needs to be taken seriously, even if the probability of it happening is lower than evangelists believe. The existence of a stable middle class is a prerequisite for a viable democracy, and the prospect of it being destabilised is therefore of great interest to our Technology and Democracy project. To discuss it we have brought together four speakers, each of whom brings a different perspective to the issue. Robert Madelin is Senior Adviser for Innovation in the European Commission Daniel Susskind is a Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford and co-author of The Future of the Professions (OUP) Willy Brown is Emeritus Professor of Industrial Relations, University of Cambridge and former Master of Darwin College Gerard de Vries is Emeritus Professor of the Philosophy of Science at the University of Amsterdam and a former member of the Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy, the think tank of the Dutch government for long-term policy issues This talk is part of the Technology and Democracy Events series.

In recent years, the debate about automation and employment has taken a new turn. What has re-ignited the debate is the realisation that the process of ‘combinatorial innovation’ in digital technology—the combination of massive increases in processing power, big data analytics, sensor technology, digital mapping and machine learning—has opened up the possibility that large numbers of non-repetitive jobs which require some cognitive skills may become amenable to automation in the foreseeable future. This kind of work—classically defined as ‘white collar’ jobs in the UK (‘middle-class’ in the US)—represents a significant proportion of current industrial and commercial employment, and significant displacement of it by technology would be a major development for societies. Estimates of the potential disruption vary, but the best-known study (by Frey and Osborne) estimates that fully 47 per cent of the 702 job categories identified by the US Bureau of Labor could now be vulnerable. At this stage, there is no way of determining whether the sceptics or the predictions are correct. This uncertainty, however, should not be the end of the discussion, but the beginning. The possibility that a significant proportion of middle-class work could be mechanised at the pace we have seen in other areas affected by digital technology is an eventuality that needs to be taken seriously, even if the probability of it happening is lower than evangelists believe. The existence of a stable middle class is a prerequisite for a viable democracy, and the prospect of it being destabilised is therefore of great interest to our Technology and Democracy project. To discuss it we have brought together four speakers, each of whom brings a different perspective to the issue. Robert Madelin is Senior Adviser for Innovation in the European Commission Daniel Susskind is a Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford and co-author of The Future of the Professions (OUP) Willy Brown is Emeritus Professor of Industrial Relations, University of Cambridge and former Master of Darwin College Gerard de Vries is Emeritus Professor of the Philosophy of Science at the University of Amsterdam and a former member of the Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy, the think tank of the Dutch government for long-term policy issues This talk is part of the Technology and Democracy Events series.

In recent years, the debate about automation and employment has taken a new turn. What has re-ignited the debate is the realisation that the process of ‘combinatorial innovation’ in digital technology—the combination of massive increases in processing power, big data analytics, sensor technology, digital mapping and machine learning—has opened up the possibility that large numbers of non-repetitive jobs which require some cognitive skills may become amenable to automation in the foreseeable future. This kind of work—classically defined as ‘white collar’ jobs in the UK (‘middle-class’ in the US)—represents a significant proportion of current industrial and commercial employment, and significant displacement of it by technology would be a major development for societies. Estimates of the potential disruption vary, but the best-known study (by Frey and Osborne) estimates that fully 47 per cent of the 702 job categories identified by the US Bureau of Labor could now be vulnerable. At this stage, there is no way of determining whether the sceptics or the predictions are correct. This uncertainty, however, should not be the end of the discussion, but the beginning. The possibility that a significant proportion of middle-class work could be mechanised at the pace we have seen in other areas affected by digital technology is an eventuality that needs to be taken seriously, even if the probability of it happening is lower than evangelists believe. The existence of a stable middle class is a prerequisite for a viable democracy, and the prospect of it being destabilised is therefore of great interest to our Technology and Democracy project. To discuss it we have brought together four speakers, each of whom brings a different perspective to the issue. Robert Madelin is Senior Adviser for Innovation in the European Commission Daniel Susskind is a Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford and co-author of The Future of the Professions (OUP) Willy Brown is Emeritus Professor of Industrial Relations, University of Cambridge and former Master of Darwin College Gerard de Vries is Emeritus Professor of the Philosophy of Science at the University of Amsterdam and a former member of the Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy, the think tank of the Dutch government for long-term policy issues This talk is part of the Technology and Democracy Events series.

Robert Madelin, senior innovation adviser at the European Commission, talks to Paul Adamson about the role of innovation in building a more competitive Europe

Robert Madelin, senior innovation adviser at the European Commission, talks to Paul Adamson about the role of innovation in building a more competitive Europe

Robert Madelin (EU Director-­General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology) talks about information and communications technology for cultural heritage and collaborations between institutions.

Robert Madelin (EU Director-­General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology) talks about information and communications technology for cultural heritage and collaborations between institutions.