Ortelio was one of the two SMEs attending a workshop on “Software: the Key Digital Technology”organised by NESSI and the European Commission in Brussels on 24th of June 2019. The workshop discussed the importance of software technologies for the digitization of Europe, its economy and society, and arrived at recommendations as to which software strategy and policy measures should be developed in order to foster Europe’s competitiveness in industries relying on software. The main focus of the workshop was Horizon Europe, but the Digital Europe Programme is also in scope.