Cisco Systems Inc.

Cisco

Cisco designs, manufactures and sells Internet protocol (IP), based Internet products and services related to communications and information technology industries.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Andi Cristea (Member of the European Parliament) and

25 Nov 2025 · Recent developments in EU-US trade policy

Meeting with Adrián Vázquez Lázara (Member of the European Parliament)

18 Nov 2025 · EU legislation affecting technology

Meeting with Chiara Galiffa (Cabinet of Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič) and Rud Pedersen Public Affairs Brussels

6 Nov 2025 · Transatlantic relationship, regulatory simplification and trade policy

Response to Circular Economy Act

2 Nov 2025

Meeting with Gerasimos Sofianatos (Head of Unit Communications Networks, Content and Technology)

16 Oct 2025 · DNA, the upper 6 GHz band in Europe

Meeting with Thibaut Kleiner (Director Communications Networks, Content and Technology)

30 Sept 2025 · CAIDA and Internet Governance

Meeting with Egelyn Braun (Cabinet of Commissioner Michael McGrath), Fiona Knab-Lunny (Cabinet of Commissioner Michael McGrath)

30 Sept 2025 · Exchange of views on the simplification of GDPR and CSDDD

Meeting with Antti Timonen (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen), Benjamin Boegel (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen)

30 Sept 2025 · Exchange of views on Cisco's activities and the Commission's priorities in digital

Response to Digital Networks Act

11 Jul 2025

Meeting with Thomas Skordas (Deputy Director-General Communications Networks, Content and Technology) and

10 Jul 2025 · Cisco’s engagement in AI and datacentre infrastructure and the relating EU digital policy initiatives

Meeting with Matthias Jorgensen (Acting Director Trade)

10 Jul 2025 · EU-US trade relations

Meeting with Zaneta Vegnere (Cabinet of Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis)

10 Jul 2025 · Digital Omnibus

Meeting with Manuel Mateo Goyet (Acting Head of Unit Communications Networks, Content and Technology) and

26 Jun 2025 · Business Software Alliance and its members consultation on the EU’s upcoming Cloud and AI Development Act.

Response to Cloud and AI Development Act

24 Jun 2025

Meeting with Jörgen Warborn (Member of the European Parliament)

19 Jun 2025 · Digital legislations

Meeting with Arthur Corbin (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné), Laia Pinos Mataro (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné) and

12 Jun 2025 · Challenges and opportunities in Europe’s Water Sector

Meeting with Marc Lemaitre (Director-General Research and Innovation) and

25 Apr 2025 · Second meeting of the European Startup and Scaleup Forum. Discussion on the draft building blocks of the EU Startup and Scaleup Strategy structured along the identified obstacles and possible solutions.

Meeting with Peter Stuckmann (Head of Unit Communications Networks, Content and Technology)

23 Apr 2025 · Exchange of views on the upcoming Digital Networks Act (DNA) and the Cloud and AI development Act (CADA)

Meeting with Maroš Šefčovič (Commissioner) and

8 Apr 2025 · State of play on US-EU trade relations

Meeting with Luis Planas Herrera (Cabinet of Commissioner Jessika Roswall)

17 Feb 2025 · Introductory meeting

Meeting with Miguel Gonzalez-Sancho (Head of Unit Communications Networks, Content and Technology) and

28 Jan 2025 · Role of WiFi technology in advanced connectivity

Meeting with Dan Jørgensen (Commissioner) and

23 Jan 2025 · Discussion on the enabling role of digital technologies to double down on energy efficiency targets.

Meeting with Valdis Dombrovskis (Commissioner)

22 Jan 2025 · Digitalisation of EU’s economy.

Meeting with Henna Virkkunen (Executive Vice-President) and

22 Jan 2025 · EU tech agenda

Meeting with Maroš Šefčovič (Commissioner) and

22 Jan 2025 · Trade EU/US

Meeting with Stefan Olsson (Deputy Director-General Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion)

10 Jan 2025 · Exchanges on ‘Union of Skills’ and potential future pledges by Cisco in the area of skills

Meeting with Ivars Ijabs (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and

13 Dec 2024 · European defence industry programme (EDIP)

Meeting with Tsvetelina Penkova (Member of the European Parliament)

21 Oct 2024 · Future priorities

Meeting with Kosma Złotowski (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur for opinion)

25 Sept 2024 · Adapting non-contractual civil liability rules to artificial intelligence

Meeting with Jens Geier (Member of the European Parliament)

25 Sept 2024 · EU Digital and Connectivity Policy

Meeting with Aura Salla (Member of the European Parliament) and AMADEUS IT GROUP S.A.

20 Sept 2024 · EU Digital Policy

Meeting with Heidi Hautala (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and

18 Apr 2024 · Multi-stakeholder discussion on CSDDD

Meeting with Helmut Scholz (Member of the European Parliament) and

18 Apr 2024 · CSDDD

Meeting with Markus Schulte (Cabinet of Commissioner Iliana Ivanova)

19 Mar 2024 · - EU Research and Innovation Policy - Digital Education

Meeting with Mohammed Chahim (Member of the European Parliament)

2 Nov 2023 · E-waste (company visit)

Meeting with Daniel Braun (Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová), Werner Stengg (Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová), Wojtek Talko (Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová)

25 Oct 2023 · Artificial intelligence technologies

Meeting with Marion Walsmann (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and 4iP Council EU AISBL

22 Sept 2023 · Standard Essential Patents

Meeting with Eleonora Ocello (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton), Maurits-Jan Prinz (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton)

4 Jul 2023 · DMA, AI, telecom policy

Meeting with Michele Piergiovanni (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager)

27 Jun 2023 · Competition policy, foreign subsidy regulation, standard essential patents.

Meeting with Pascal Arimont (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and

11 Apr 2023 · Revision of the Product Liability Directive

Meeting with Maximilian Strotmann (Cabinet of Commissioner Johannes Hahn)

8 Mar 2023 · Interoperability policy, data and cyber security, technology developments

Meeting with Margaritis Schinas (Vice-President) and

2 Mar 2023 · Cybersecurity skills training

Meeting with Veronica Gaffey (Director-General Informatics)

2 Mar 2023 · Courtesy Visit of Chuck Robbins (CEO of CISCO) and Jeff Sharritts (Worldwide Sales)

Meeting with Paul Tang (Member of the European Parliament) and

26 Feb 2023 · Participant at EIF-GSMA Roundtable discussion: "‘Connecting Europe to its 2030 Digital Decade Targets’"

Meeting with Karlo Ressler (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur for opinion)

21 Feb 2023 · Chips Act

Meeting with Deša Srsen (Cabinet of Vice-President Dubravka Šuica), Marion Finke (Cabinet of Vice-President Dubravka Šuica)

15 Feb 2023 · Discussion on harnessing talents in Europe's regions Communication

Meeting with Alina-Stefania Ujupan (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager), Werner Stengg (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager)

14 Feb 2023 · Digital skills

Meeting with Joost Korte (Director-General Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion)

14 Feb 2023 · Cisco NetAcademy lead in Europe Armand Leblois and Deputy representative, Chris Gow on Skills

Meeting with Michael Hager (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)

1 Dec 2022 · Digital Economy

Meeting with Chris Uregian (Cabinet of Vice-President Margaritis Schinas), Despina Spanou (Cabinet of Vice-President Margaritis Schinas)

1 Dec 2022 · - the transatlantic relationship - the EU security/cybersecurity agenda - skills - support to Ukraine

Meeting with Alejandro Cainzos (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager), Stina Soewarta (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager)

30 Nov 2022 · Transatlantic relationship, semiconductor supply chain, broadband roll-out, wireless spectrum, cybersecurity, skills and support for Ukraine.

Meeting with Andrus Ansip (Member of the European Parliament)

30 Nov 2022 · Geopolitical topics

Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner) and

6 Sept 2022 · meeting with the Green Digital Coalition - Main topic : state of play on sustainable digitalization

Meeting with Michele Piergiovanni (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager)

11 Jul 2022 · issues within Comp portfolio.

Meeting with Pilar Del Castillo Vera (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and

6 Jul 2022 · Data Act

Meeting with Anouk Faber (Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit), Christoph Nerlich (Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit)

1 Jul 2022 · Meeting on skills.

Meeting with Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner) and

25 May 2022 · Upskilling and reskilling, digitalization and the future of work.

Meeting with Margaritis Schinas (Vice-President) and

24 May 2022 · -Support for Ukraine - How to ensure a secure and high performance infrastructure & data ecosystem - Skills

Meeting with Stephen Quest (Director-General Joint Research Centre)

26 Nov 2020 · Exchange of views on current and future cooperation

Meeting with Filomena Chirico (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton) and

16 Nov 2020 · DSA

Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner)

1 Jul 2020 · connectivity and AI

Meeting with Lucrezia Busa (Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders)

22 Jan 2020 · Presentation of the company's activities and organisation of the conference of 18 February

Meeting with Phil Hogan (Commissioner) and

21 Jan 2020 · Trade Issues

Meeting with Ioannis Latoudis (Cabinet of Commissioner Corina Crețu)

18 Jun 2019 · Digitisation/MMF

Meeting with Markus Schulte (Cabinet of Vice-President Günther Oettinger)

17 Jun 2019 · MFF

Meeting with Juhan Lepassaar (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip), Vivian Loonela (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip)

7 May 2019 · Cibersecurity

Meeting with Julian King (Commissioner)

7 May 2019 · Cyber security

Meeting with Andrus Ansip (Vice-President) and

7 May 2019 · DSM, cybersecurity

Meeting with Julian Siegl (Cabinet of Commissioner Julian King)

7 May 2019 · cyber security

Meeting with Vivian Loonela (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip)

15 Mar 2019 · 5G security

Meeting with Enric Mitjana (Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel)

18 Jan 2019 · MFF

Meeting with Alina-Stefania Ujupan (Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel), Enric Mitjana (Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel)

18 Oct 2018 · MFF

Meeting with Themis Christophidou (Director-General Education, Youth, Sport and Culture)

12 Oct 2018 · Meeting with Ms Yoo, Senior Vice President

Meeting with Renate Nikolay (Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová)

27 Jun 2018 · GDPR, Privacy Shield

Meeting with Julie Ruff (Cabinet of Commissioner Julian King)

27 Jun 2018 · Cybersecurity

Meeting with Laure Chapuis-Kombos (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip)

5 Apr 2018 · e-privacy regulation/follow-up

Meeting with Jyrki Katainen (Vice-President)

8 Mar 2018 · Trade and technology development

Meeting with Mariya Gabriel (Commissioner)

8 Mar 2018 · Cybersecurity

Meeting with Andrus Ansip (Vice-President) and

8 Mar 2018 · Free flow of data, EU-US Privacy Shield, Artificial Intelligence

Meeting with Carlos Moedas (Commissioner) and

8 Mar 2018 · Europe digitization and support to the start-up ecosystem

Meeting with Stephen Quest (Director-General Taxation and Customs Union) and

7 Mar 2018 · Meeting to discuss digital taxation

Meeting with Pierre Moscovici (Commissioner) and

7 Mar 2018 · Meeting to discuss digital taxation (also with representatives from Deezer and Volumental)

Meeting with Jean-Philippe Gammel (Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics)

1 Mar 2018 · Digital skills

Meeting with Gertrud Ingestad (Director-General Informatics)

13 Oct 2017 · handshake

Meeting with Friedrich-Nikolaus von Peter (Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc) and

12 Jul 2017 · Standard essential patents

Meeting with Renate Nikolay (Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová)

10 May 2017 · Privacy, Human rights, Transatlantic relationship

Meeting with Andrus Ansip (Vice-President) and

2 Mar 2017 · Telecoms code, spectrum, data flows

Meeting with Margrethe Vestager (Commissioner)

2 Mar 2017 · Digital Single Market

Meeting with Věra Jourová (Commissioner) and

2 Mar 2017 · Gender equality, Privacy Shiled, GDPR

Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)

2 Mar 2017 · MFF

Meeting with Christian Burgsmueller (Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström), Maria Asenius (Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström)

9 Feb 2017 · Transatlantic relations

Meeting with Christian Burgsmueller (Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström), Maria Asenius (Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström)

9 Feb 2017 · transatlantic trade relations

Meeting with Rodrigo Ballester (Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics) and

7 Nov 2016 · ICT in education

Meeting with Gertrud Ingestad (Director-General Informatics)

24 Oct 2016 · IT Governance, Digital Workplace, Mobile strategy, Analytics and Big Data, Security

Meeting with Gertrud Ingestad (Director-General Informatics)

14 Sept 2016 · Cisco update, ICT Conference

Meeting with Kamila Kloc (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip)

7 Jul 2016 · Telco review, net neutrality, e-privacy

Meeting with Adrienn Kiraly (Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics), Rodrigo Ballester (Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics), Szabolcs Horvath (Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics)

15 Jun 2016 · Digital Skills, Radicalisation

Meeting with Gertrud Ingestad (Director-General Informatics)

19 Apr 2016 · Presentation of Cisco services, innovations and management of human resources

Meeting with Rodrigo Ballester (Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics)

18 Mar 2016 · ICT skills

Meeting with Markus Schulte (Digital Economy)

2 Mar 2016 · Telco policies

Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)

20 Jan 2016 · DSM

Meeting with Andrus Ansip (Vice-President)

20 Jan 2016 · DSM, investments in Europe, AVMS directive, copyright, platforms, TDM, big data, safe harbour

Meeting with Ann Mettler (Director-General Inspire, Debate, Engage and Accelerate Action)

20 Jan 2016 · Digital Single Market

Meeting with Maximilian Strotmann (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip)

18 Jan 2016 · ICT standardisation

Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)

7 Oct 2015 · DSM

Meeting with Julie Fionda (Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen)

10 Jul 2015 · Skills

Meeting with Maximilian Strotmann (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip)

17 Jun 2015 · data, standards

Meeting with Stephen Quest (Director-General Informatics)

24 Apr 2015 · Strategic Review Meeting

Meeting with Kamila Kloc (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip)

21 Apr 2015 · Net neutrality

Meeting with Markus Schulte (Digital Economy), Michael Hager (Digital Economy)

17 Apr 2015 · Internet of Everything / digital transformation

Meeting with Sandra Kramer (Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker)

27 Feb 2015 · General developments in digitalisation

Meeting with Mariana Hristcheva (Cabinet of Vice-President Kristalina Georgieva) and Österreichischer Sparkassenverband

27 Feb 2015 · CISCO: general developments in digitalisation

Meeting with Michael Hager (Digital Economy)

25 Feb 2015 · Digital Single Market

Meeting with Rodrigo Ballester (Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics) and Schuman Associates

28 Jan 2015 · ET 2020 Framework

Meeting with Stephen Quest (Director-General Informatics)

21 Jan 2015 · Strategic Review Meeting