The technology organization VDE is a valuable and independent technology think tank. With its experts, position papers, impulses, expert opinions and recommendations, it contributes to the objectification of political and social debates. With the VDE Policy brief, the combined expertise of the VDE is brought into the political opinion-forming process. By presenting complex issues from the organization's national and international sphere of activity in a comprehensible way, the first step is taken towards entering into an in-depth dialog.
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Newest editions of the VDE Policy Brief
VDE Policy Brief 2/2025
Date of publication: 2025-7-14
Editor: VDE
Date of publication: 2025-7-14
Editor: VDE
Main Topics of the VDE Policy Brief 2/2025:
- System stability: Preventing blackouts in the future
- Sustainable thermal energy transition: Finally making full use of renewable electricity
- Lack of young talent: Electrical engineering degree program needs reform
- Europe's future: It's the youth, stupid!
VDE Policy Brief 1/2025
Date of publication: 2025-3-25
Editor: VDE
Date of publication: 2025-3-25
Editor: VDE
Main Topics of the VDE Policy Brief 1/2025:
- Technology organization VDE: Independent expertise. Always responsive
- Standardization at VDE: Key to technological sovereignty
- Power supply: Keeping the system stable at all times
- Electricity from renewables: Quality ensures the energy transition
- Biomedical engineering: Enabling better healthcare
- A shift in energy policy: Profitability is achievable!
- Microelectronics: Facilitating technological sovereignty
- Information technology: Driving the digital society
VDE Policy Brief 4/2024
Date of publication: 2024-12-30
Editor: VDE
Date of publication: 2024-12-30
Editor: VDE
Main Topics of the VDE Policy Brief 4/2024:
- A shift in energy policy: Increasing utilization of power grids
- Security of supply: Securing the peak value permanently
- Inexhaustible energy from nuclear fusion? Further research is required
- Innovative computer technology: Faster market maturity
- Secure networking of medical technology: Digitalizing the operating theater
- 70 years of ITG: We are building the future
VDE Policy Brief 3/2024
Date of publication: 2024-10-01
Editor: VDE
Date of publication: 2024-10-01
Editor: VDE
Main Topics of the VDE Policy Brief 3/2024:
- Hydrogen: VDE drives forward topic of the future
- European Future Technology Summit 2024: We. Network. Europe. Young. Technology.
- Future technologies: VDE inspires young talent
- Secure routers: Use the interface for other sectors
- Electromobility: Clarify the key issues now
VDE Policy Brief 2/2024
Date of publication: 2024-06-25
Editor: VDE
Date of publication: 2024-06-25
Editor: VDE
Main Topics of the VDE Policy Brief 2/2024:
- Resilient automotive location Germany: Maintaining competitiveness
- AI Act: Flesh out the law and strengthen Europe
- Balcony power plants: VDE provides safety
- Decentralized electricity market: Maintaining an overview
- SMART standards: Booster for Germany’s companies
VDE Policy Brief 1/2024
Date of publication: 2024-03-19
Editor: VDE
Date of publication: 2024-03-19
Editor: VDE
Main Topics of the VDE Policy Brief 1/2024:
- Power and communication networks: Strenthening resilience
- EU Battery Regulation: VDE is the first point of contact
- System Stability Roadmap: How the energy transition will succeed
- Europe’s strategic energy sovereignity: Focus on hydrogen
- Harmonized European standards: EU Commission under pressure to act
VDE Policy Brief 4/2023
Date of publication: 2023-12-12
Editor: VDE
Date of publication: 2023-12-12
Editor: VDE
Main Topics of the VDE Policy Brief 4/2023:
- Satellite infrastructure: Essential for resilient communication
- Seal of approval: Promoting AI made in Germany
- Energy system: Promoting flexibility now
- Grids: Advancing automation and digitalization now
- VDE MikroSystemTechnik Congress – Microelectronics: Promoting future technology
- E-mobility conference: VDE enables unique exchange on the mobility transition
VDE Policy Brief 3/2023
Date of publication: 2023-09-19
Editor: VDE
Date of publication: 2023-09-19
Editor: VDE
Main Topics of the VDE Policy Brief 3/2023:
- Technological sovereignty: Developing trustworthy microchips
- Cyber security: EU revolutionizes the rules of the game
- AI-supported deepfakes: Invisible enemy with destructive potential for democracies
- Europe needs a future: And a future needs the youth
- Photovoltaic expansion and balcony solar systems: VDE guarantees safety
- Electrical and information technology: Sparking enthusiasm among young people
VDE Policy Brief 2/2023
Date of publication: 2023-07-10
Editor: VDE
Date of publication: 2023-07-10
Editor: VDE
Main Topics of the VDE Policy Brief 2/2023:
- ChatGPT & Co.: Facts, fiction, next steps
- Growth in rail transport: Driving AI-based systems forward
- AI on the test bench: Lighthouse project in Frankfurt
- Electrical and information technology: Germany needs more students – now!
- Energy transition: Digital or not at all
- New life for old car batteries: Tapping into potential
VDE Policy Brief 1/2023
Date of publication: 2023-03-28
Editor: VDE
Date of publication: 2023-03-28
Editor: VDE
Main Topics of the VDE Policy Brief 1/2023:
- Smart meters: The Bundestag must act – now
- Power supply in the new era: Strengthening resilience
- VDE study “The future of energy”: Shaping 100% renewables
- Standardization: A geopolitical instrument
- Hydrogen: Using electrolysis flexibly
- INVENT a CHIP: Already inspiring tens of thousands of young people
VDE Policy Brief 4/2022
Date of publication: 2022-12-20
Editor: VDE
Date of publication: 2022-12-20
Editor: VDE
Main Topics of the VDE Policy Brief 4/2022:
- System sustainability roadmap: Upgrading the grid for renewables
- Balcony solar plants: Using innovative energy sources safely
- Artificial intelligence: Germany strives to play a pioneering role
- Hydrogen in rail transport: Driving forward options with precision
- Fast internet: Bringing fiber to the surface
- 50 years of EUREL: Continuing the success story
VDE Policy Brief 3/2022
Date of publication: 2022-10-04
Editor: VDE
Date of publication: 2022-10-04
Editor: VDE
Main Topics of the VDE Policy Brief 3/2022:
- All-electric society: Alternative to the fossil age
- Medical devices: EU regulation threatens supply
- Fuel cells for trucks: Reducing costs through standardization
- Direct electric heaters: No alternative to gas heating
- European chip law: Addressing the shortage of skilled workers
- Human-machine interaction: Setting the framework now
VDE Policy Brief 2/2022
Date of publication: 2022-07-18
Editor: VDE
Date of publication: 2022-07-18
Editor: VDE
Main Topics of the VDE Policy Brief 2/2022:
- Energy system 2030: Addressing three priorities for action now
- Sustainable thermal energy transition: Act now!
- Healthcare system: Systematically building digital competence
- Made in Germany: How can we demonstrate quality in the digital world?
- VDE Renewables: Germany’s service provider for renewables
- Electricity accidents: VDE stands for consumer protection
VDE Policy Brief 1/2022
Date of publication: 2022-04-05
Editor: VDE
Date of publication: 2022-04-05
Editor: VDE
Main Topics of the VDE Policy Brief 1/2022:
- Energy strategy: Act now!
- Lessons from Putin’s war in Ukraine: Strengthening resilience
- Commercial vehicles: Push for low-CO2 drivetrains
- Digital product passport: Uniform requirements with norms and standards
- Technology expertise throughout Germany: Volunteer work shapes VDE e.V.
- Electrotechnical studies: Inspiring young people
VDE Policy Brief 3/2021
Date of publication: 2022-01-11
Editor: VDE
Date of publication: 2022-01-11
Editor: VDE
Main Topics of the VDE Policy Brief 3/2021:
- Mobile communications standard 6G: Initiate a new start-up era
- Microelectronics: Preserve Europe’s technology sovereignty
- Rising demand for electricity: Master the energy transition with AI
- For people: Preserve sovereignty in biomedical technology
- Shortage of skilled workers: Finally attract women to electrical engineering!
- Looking ahead: What will the Earth look like in 2250 - and what needs to be done?
VDE Policy Brief 2/2021
Date of publication: 2021-06-15
Editor: VDE
Date of publication: 2021-06-15
Editor: VDE
Main Topics of the VDE Policy Brief 2/2021:
- Climate goal zero emissions: How politicians and the automotive industry will achieve this goal
- Looking ahead to 2030: Drive technologies and energy concepts
- Pretend people, bots and disinformation: Enabling trustworthy dialog on the web
- AI quality testing: Seizing oppotunities for Germany
- Climate-neutral power transmission without SF6: Enabeling transition periods
VDE Policy Brief 1/2021
Date of publication: 2021-05-03
Editor: VDE
Date of publication: 2021-05-03
Editor: VDE
Main Topics of the VDE Policy Brief 1/2021:
- Microchips
- Technological sovereignty
- Cyberattacks
- Climate-neutral rail transport
- AI ethics
- Harmonized standards
