Please note that this event is in-person only, with the exception of CEPS Members who may request a link to follow virtually.
Over the past months, the need to secure Europe’s digital sovereignty and strategic autonomy has transformed from a ‘nice to have’ to a ‘must have’ – an imperative for political leaders, businesses and citizens. The need to reduce Europe’s dependencies on non-European countries and companies, already evident during the Covid-19 pandemic, has now taken a different twist as EU leaders discover vulnerabilities throughout the digital domain, from semiconductors to satellites, cloud and AI. Calls for building a ‘EuroStack’ have proliferated in academia, think tanks, businesses and now politics, at the EU and national level.
A resolution on the EuroStack was recently adopted by the European Parliament’s ITRE Committee, with similar calls featuring in the political agendas of large Member States such as Germany, France and Spain. Bertelsmann Stiftung and CEPS, after jointly drafting a comprehensive report on the topic with Stiftung Mercator and UCL (Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose), are convening this important event that will be opened by European Commission Executive Vice President Henna Virkkunen. The event will bring together a critical mass of key stakeholders to prepare implementation, as well as a European Network that will seek to orchestrate all stakeholder voices that advocate swift action for EU competitiveness and security.
The event will be followed by a networking reception.
