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Beyond Skills: How Digital Talent EU Days Connected People, Industry and Opportunity

Digital Talent EU Days brough policymakers, industry leaders, educators, researchers and community organisations to Trinity Business School in Dublin...

Digital Talent EU Days

Over two days at the Digital Talent EU Days, one question kept coming up in different forms; how does Europe build, attract and keep the advanced...

From 3 Million job ads to 500K roles: How we measure europe’s digital skills demand

One of the most common questions about the 2026 Advanced Digital Skills Dashboard is simple: Where does the data come from? The answer is not...

Digital Skills EU Days 2026, Aligning projects, academies and policy

At the Digital Skills EU Days in Bussels, the European digital skills community moved from celebration to concrete collaboration...

Celebrating Europe’s digital talent and the launch of new Digital Skills Academies

The Digital Skills EU Days 2026 brought the European digital skills community together in Brussels for a milestone moment: the European Digital Skills...

Europe has a skills gap, now it has the data to close it

Developed by HeadAI as part of the LEADSx2030 initiative, the ADS Demand Dashboard is the public interface of the LEADSx2030 analytical framework, a...

Why digital skills are Europe’s real competitive advantage

From highly centralised AI hubs to mass upskilling programmes and company-led training, European countries are experimenting with different ways to...

ADS State-of-Play report

At the 20×30 Advanced Digital Skills Summit, hosted on the 13th of November, Brendan Rowan presented the ADS State-of-Play report...

20×30 Advanced Digital Skills Summit

The modern workforce is evolving faster than traditional education can keep up with. Every day, industries demand new skills, and yet, university...

Data-driven talent pipelines in industry

The modern workforce is evolving faster than traditional education can keep up with. Every day, industries demand new skills, and yet, university...

New ADS Demand Dashboard redefines how Europe understands and builds the digital future

LEADSx2030, a €2 million initiative funded by the European Union, with a consortium of 6 partners and to be delivered during the period of 48 months...

LEADSx2030 Consortium Meeting in Dublin

8th of September 2025, we hosted a full-day consortium meeting at Trinity Business School in Dublin, bringing together leading organisations in...

Insights from the Info Day call for DIGITAL SKILLS ACADEMY 

The EU is launching digital academies in Quantum, AI, Virtual Worlds & Chips to bridge skills gaps and prepare for the future of work and innovation...

Collaboration, innovation & skills: Building Europe’s Digital Workforce by 2030

LEADSx2030 and the DIGITAL Programme co-organised a two-day event in Luxembourg to shape the future of Advanced Digital Skills across Europe...

Paving the way for a digital future: Highlights from ICODSIP

LEADSx2030, a €2 million initiative funded by the European Union, with a consortium of 6 partners and to be delivered during the period of 48 months...

LEADSx2030 launches to secure advanced digital skills for global competitiveness

LEADSx2030, a €2 million initiative funded by the European Union, with a consortium of 6 partners and to be delivered during the period of 48 months...

From 3M job ads to 500K roles: How we measure europe's digital skills demand

16/10/2026

One of the most common questions about the 2026 Advanced Digital Skills Dashboard is simple: Where does the data come from? The answer is not surveys, estimates, or private company databases. The dashboard is built using publicly available data from across Europe, including job advertisements, research papers […]

New ADS Demand Dashboard redefines how Europe understands and builds the digital future

13/11/2025

The ADS Data Model dashboard developed by Headai under the LEADSx2030 initiative. This milestone introduces a practical and interactive tool designed to deepen Europe’s understanding of its evolving advanced digital skills landscape and support evidence-based policy and training decisions. […]

LEADSx2030 Consortium Meeting in Dublin

10/09/2025

8th of September 2025, we hosted a full-day consortium meeting at Trinity Business School in Dublin, bringing together leading organisations in digital innovation. Combining strategic planning, technical discussions and collaborative sessions.

The meeting provided an opportunity to review the project’s progress, plan […]

The Future of Advanced Digital Skills: Highlights from the AI Academies Event

04/06/2025

On June 4th, 2025, the Digital AI Academies BDVA Matchmaking Event brought together experts, professionals, and policymakers to discuss the future of digital skills and the development of artificial intelligence (AI) in Europe. Coordinated by the Big Data Value Association (BDVA) and supported by the DIGITAL EUROPE programme […]

Key insights from TRUSTFOOD & DEDEP workshop

28/03/2025

On the 28th of March, 2025 we attended the joint TRUSTFOOD & DEDEP.eu workshop, bringing together industry experts and key stakeholders to discuss two vital pillars of EU project success: effective communication and SME engagement.  […]

Collaboration, innovation & skills: Building Europe’s Digital Workforce by 2030

24/03/2025

The LEADSx2030 project and the DIGITAL Programme co-organised a significant two-day event in Luxembourg, focusing on shaping the future of Advanced Digital Skills (ADS) across Europe. This meeting, held on 17th and 18th March 2025, brought together leaders, policymakers, and  […]

Paving the way for a digital future: Highlights from ICODSIP

18/11/2024

On November 14th and 15th, the Escuela Politécnica Superior and Universidad de Acalá hosted the 1st International Conference on Digital Skills and IT Professionalism (ICODSIP) in Spain, co-organised by Council of European Professional  […]

LEADSx2030 launches to secure advanced digital skills for global competitiveness

03/10/2024

LEADSx2030, a €2 million initiative funded by the European Union, with a consortium of 6 partners and to be delivered during the period of 48 months. Designed to address the growing demands for Advanced Digital Skills […]