{"id":1195,"date":"2020-11-18T14:52:32","date_gmt":"2020-11-18T14:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/?page_id=1195"},"modified":"2026-02-26T14:03:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T13:03:50","slug":"agenda","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/agenda\/","title":{"rendered":"Agenda"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1195\" class=\"elementor elementor-1195\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-57f443de elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"57f443de\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" id=\"Speakers\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-642981c\" data-id=\"642981c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af13402 elementor-widget__width-auto animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"af13402\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;bounce&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Agenda<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f93a5f elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"3f93a5f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Masters-of-Digital-2021-Website-agenda-1.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-file-download\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Download PDF agenda<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7fd4b377 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7fd4b377\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Note: This is a provisional agenda and timings are subject to change.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">All session timings below are in CET.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42f0e38 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"42f0e38\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d60477 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4d60477\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;bounceInLeft&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">25 February<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fd281d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6fd281d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7fff22a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7fff22a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-156dae6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"156dae6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">12:30-13:00<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d577711 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d577711\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b29f5f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b29f5f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Registration &amp; Networking Coffee<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d39261a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d39261a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Registration, Platform and Venue Open<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dcfa9fb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"dcfa9fb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-91f5ae3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"91f5ae3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc8f5b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cc8f5b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">13:00-13:15<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c2cec0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5c2cec0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d068088 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d068088\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Welcome remarks<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3dc907d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3dc907d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c4a73d elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"0c4a73d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-0c4a73d\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Cecilia-Bonefeld-Dahl-removebg-preview.png\" alt=\"Cecilia-Bonefeld-Dahl-removebg-preview\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-0c4a73d\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/cecilia-removebg-preview.png\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tCecilia Bonefeld-Dahl, Director General, DIGITALEUROPE\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lead\">Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl is Director-General of DIGITALEUROPE, the leading digital technology industry association representing over 35,000 digital companies in Europe.<\/p><p>She is a member of the Stakeholder Cybersecurity Certification Group of ENISA (the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity) and of NATO\u2019s high-level Advisory Group for Emerging and Disruptive Technologies, as well as a board member of the European Commission\u2019s Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition and the European Parliament-led European Internet Forum.<\/p><p>Formerly, Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl was a member of the European Commission\u2019s High Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence, and of the High-level Strategy Group on Industrial Technologies in charge of identifying Key Enabling Technologies.<\/p><p>She was an Executive Board Member of the Royal Danish Export Council and Chair of the Export Grant Committee under the Danish Foreign Ministry. She also served as Executive Board member in DIGITALEUROPE, and as a member of the association\u2019s high level Digital Advisory Council.<\/p><p>Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl has served as Board Member of the Danish Chamber of Commerce and was President of the Board of the Danish ICT association (ITB), where she led the development of policy positions on issues such as business digitalisation, ICT security, disruptive business models, telecoms and education.<\/p><p>Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl has more than 25 years of experience in the ICT industry. She previously held international positions at IBM and Oracle as well as with SMEs, building businesses across Europe and China and founding the cloud provider GlobeIT. She has deep insights into the digitalisation of business and society and the data-driven economy, and is regularly invited to deliver keynote speeches on these issues at high-level events across the world.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5cae1e6 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5cae1e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl<\/strong><br \/>Director General, DIGITALEUROPE<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17bee2c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"17bee2c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35261e1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"35261e1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f32902 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1f32902\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">13:15-13:20<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0622e9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a0622e9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a46d94 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1a46d94\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Opening message<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9cb58e5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9cb58e5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d0a30a elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"6d0a30a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-6d0a30a\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Mykhailo-Fedorov.png\" alt=\"Mykhailo Fedorov\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-6d0a30a\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/cecilia-removebg-preview.png\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tMykhailo Fedorov, Minister of Defence, Ukraine\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">Mykhailo Fedorov was born in 1991 in Vasylivka, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine.<\/span><\/p><p><span lang=\"EN-US\">In 2014, he graduated from Zaporizhzhia National University, Faculty of Sociology and Management, obtaining a full higher education. He also completed the Higher Political School, the Educational School for NATO Representatives in Ukraine, and the Digital Transformation Strategy program at Yale School of Management.<\/span><\/p><p><span lang=\"EN-US\">2015\u20132019: Founder and Chief Executive Officer of SMMSTUDIO.<\/span><\/p><p><span lang=\"EN-US\">In 2018, he was Director of Operations at the SUPERHUMANS project.<\/span><\/p><p><span lang=\"EN-US\">Since May 2019, he has served as a non-staff adviser to the President of Ukraine on digital affairs.<\/span><\/p><p><span lang=\"EN-US\">In 2019, he was elected a Member of Parliament of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (9th convocation).<\/span><\/p><p><span lang=\"EN-US\">On 29 August 2019, he was appointed Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine \u2014 Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine.<\/span><\/p><p><span lang=\"EN-US\">On 21 March 2023, he was appointed Vice Prime Minister for Innovation, Education, Science, and Technology Development \u2014 Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine.<\/span><\/p><p><span lang=\"EN-US\">From 17 July 2025 to 13 January 2026, he served as First Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine \u2014 Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine.<\/span><\/p><p><span lang=\"EN-US\">On 14 January 2026, upon the nomination of the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, he was appointed Minister of Defence of Ukraine.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27f9488 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"27f9488\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Mykhailo Fedorov<br \/><\/strong>Minister of Defence, Ukraine<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05c9635 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"05c9635\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fcf2171 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fcf2171\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-478ce35 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"478ce35\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">13:20-13:25<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2eb982b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2eb982b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77276fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"77276fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Opening keynote<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34f48de e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"34f48de\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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alt=\"Major-General-Sean-Clancy_13-07-2021-15_25_31-copy-removebg-preview.png\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-151de03\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/cecilia-removebg-preview.png\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tGeneral\u202fSe\u00e1n Clancy, Chair, European Military Committee \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Lt Gen Se\u00e1n Clancy has 37 years\u2019 service in the Irish Defence Forces. He is the first Airman in the Irish State to serve as Chief of Staff, having previously served as Deputy Chief of Staff (Support) and General Officer Commanding Irish Air Corps and Director of Military Aviation. Lt Gen Clancy joined the Irish Defence Forces in 1984 as a cadet and commenced his flight training in 1986. He has flown both fixed and rotary wing aircraft and has accumulated nearly 5,000 flight hours. He is a qualified type and instrument-rating examiner, a qualified flight simulator instructor and he last held type, instrument and NVG ratings on the AW139. Lt Gen Clancy has been a driver of change and a champion for innovation within the Defence Forces. He played a central role in the development of the Ireland\u2019s first Emergency Aeromedical Service established in 2012. He has been a strong advocate for Leadership and was the co-author of the Defence Forces Leadership Doctrine published in 2016. He also led the team who developed the current vision and values-based strategy for the Defence Forces post the publication of the White Paper on Defence. Lt Gen Clancy served in appointments including Squadron Commander, Wing Commander, Senior Staff Officer Operations, Senior Staff Officer Personnel, Chief of Air Staff Support in Air Corps Headquarters, Director of Strategic Planning Branch and Deputy Chief of Staff (Support) in Defence Forces Headquarters. Prior to promotion to Deputy Chief of Staff (Support) he served as General Officer Commanding, Irish Air Corps and Director of Military Aviation. Lt Gen Clancy has spent a considerable period of his career as a Search and Rescue pilot and was the Commander of the crew who received the Marine Medal for Meritorious Service in 2002. Lt Gen Clancy has served for a year with the European Union Force in Bosnia as the Military Advisor to the Force Commander and spent two years as air advisor to the permanent element of SHIRBRIG, the UN standby Brigade. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from Trinity College, Dublin and a Masters in Military Leadership and Defence Studies from the National University of Ireland, Maynooth. He is a graduate of the Defence Forces Command and Staff College where he was the recipient of the Lt Gen Tadgh O\u2019Neill Award. In 2017 he completed a Diploma in Advanced Management Performance with Smurfit Business School.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7febb44 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7febb44\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW103649123 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW103649123 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">General\u202fSe\u00e1n Clancy<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW103649123 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW103649123 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW103649123 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW103649123 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">Chair, European Military Committee<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW103649123 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:180,&quot;335559739&quot;:180}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-962b3ac e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"962b3ac\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4abc66b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4abc66b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d719181 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d719181\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">13:25-14:05<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f930b6c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f930b6c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7286beb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7286beb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Europe's AI future: simplify or die?<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8b557a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e8b557a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming the decisive technology of Europe\u2019s economic future, not only for productivity and innovation, but for the resilience of the infrastructure and industries that underpin modern society. From energy systems and transport corridors to healthcare, manufacturing and digital networks, the question is whether Europe will shape the AI transformation on its own terms.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:180,&quot;335559739&quot;:180}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">DIGITALEUROPE\u2019s\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.digitaleurope.org\/european-ai-and-tech-declaration-page\/\">AI &amp; Tech Declaration<\/a><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, now signed by\u00a0more\u00a0than 70\u00a0CEOs ready to invest and scale in Europe, reflects a growing consensus: competitiveness will depend on Europe\u2019s ability to move from fragmented pilots to coordinated deployment at scale. That requires cross-border investment, modern procurement models and a serious commitment to dual-use technologies that strengthen both industrial leadership and strategic readiness.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:180,&quot;335559739&quot;:180}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Yet Europe cannot lead through investment alone. Speed and simplicity will be equally decisive. The Commission\u2019s Apply AI Strategy and the recent AI omnibus proposal offer a pivotal opportunity to streamline the AI Act framework, reduce compliance\u00a0overload\u00a0and enable rapid uptake of trustworthy AI across the single market.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:180,&quot;335559739&quot;:180}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This session explores how Europe can combine oversight with\u00a0agility, and\u00a0turn AI ambition into industrial execution.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:180,&quot;335559739&quot;:180}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-91fe328 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"91fe328\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23e17a8 elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"23e17a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-23e17a8\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Jeff_Campbell_Thumbnail3-removebg-preview-e1739287610430.png\" alt=\"Jeff_Campbell_Thumbnail3-removebg-preview-e1739287610430\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-23e17a8\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/cecilia-removebg-preview.png\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tJeff Campbell, SVP &amp; Chief Government Strategy Officer, Cisco\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As Chief Government Strategy Officer, Jeff Campbell leads Cisco\u2019s government relations worldwide. He manages a team that spans six continents and is charged with advancing issues that support Cisco\u2019s robust corporate and technology policy agenda. This includes conferring with world leaders, important legislators, critical regulators, and industry stakeholders to shape public policies that foster innovation and emerging digital technologies, promote broadband adoption, and protect global competitiveness.<\/p><p>Since joining Cisco in 2001, Jeff\u2019s deep expertise and background in telecommunication and internet regulation, intellectual property law, energy regulation, and international trade have helped advance the company\u2019s many priorities. During his tenure, he has successfully advocated for policies that enable the future of wireless technologies and 5G, improve the digitization of education and rural communities, dedicate billions of dollars to expand broadband infrastructure across America, and reduce barriers to digital trade, among others.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de4a1b9 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"de4a1b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Jeff Campbell<\/strong><br \/>SVP &amp; Chief Government Strategy Officer, Cisco<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19e15c1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"19e15c1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c09c0e elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"9c09c0e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-9c09c0e\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Valerian-Giesz.png\" alt=\"Val\u00e9rian Giesz\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-9c09c0e\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/cecilia-removebg-preview.png\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tVal\u00e9rian Giesz, Co-Founder &amp; COO of Quandela\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Valerian Giesz is Co-Founder and CEO of Quandela. He holds PhD in solid-state technologies and quantum optics from the Universit\u00e9 Paris-Saclay and a engineering degree from the Institut d\u2019Optique. He participated to the development of efficient source of indistinguishable photons in the group of Prof. Pascale Senellart at the Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (C2N). His work was rewarded with two thesis prizes: the EDOM thesis prize of the University of Paris-Sud and the Dim-NanoK thesis prize in the valorization category. Prior to founding Quandela, he trained in entrepreneurship via the HEC Challenge + course.\u00a0 In 2019, he participated in the foundation of the French Tech Paris-Saclay start-up community labelled by the Mission French Tech, which he co-chair up to 2022.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9bd3cb elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e9bd3cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Val\u00e9rian Giesz<br \/><\/strong>Co-Founder &amp; COO, Quandela<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-396388c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"396388c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-941dfa4 elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"941dfa4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-941dfa4\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Eva-Maydell-MEP-.png\" alt=\"Eva Maydell MEP\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-941dfa4\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/cecilia-removebg-preview.png\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tMEP Eva Maydell, EPP, Bulgaria, Member of the ITRE Committee and EPP Group Lead on the Artificial Intelligence Act\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Eva Maydell is a Member of the European Parliament and sits within the largest EU political group, the European People\u2019s Party. Recently re-elected for a third term, she is a member of the Parliament\u2019s Industry Committee, Economic Affairs Committee, and Deputy Spokesperson for her political group on industry related matters.\u00a0<\/p><p>Maydell was one of the lead negotiators on the EU\u2019s Chips Act and Artificial Intelligence Act. Her policy priorities include innovation and the use of new technologies to support European competitiveness and fostering cooperation among global likeminded partners in the tech and democracy space. She is also Vice President of the European Parliament\u2019s delegation for relations with the United States.\u00a0<\/p><p>Maydell is a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, a Board Member for the World Economic Forum\u2019s Digital Europe program, and a member of the WEF Global Future Council of Europe. She is also the co-founder of the Council on the Future, partnered with the Munich Security Conference.\u00a0<\/p><p>Maydell has been awarded the European Parliament&#8217;s MEP of the Year Award twice. She has been included in FT&#8217;s own &#8216;New Europe 100&#8242; ranking of CEE&#8217;s emerging change-makers and European Forbes&#8217; 30 Under 30 list. Maydell has also been featured in POLITICO\u2019s 40 most influential MEPs, \u201cPOLITICO 28\u201d the list of people who shape Europe, and POLITICO\u2019s 2018 Women who shape Brussels.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1318346 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1318346\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>MEP Eva Maydell<br \/><\/b>EPP, Bulgaria, Member of the ITRE Committee and EPP Group Lead on the Artificial Intelligence Act<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-156616a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"156616a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-343d7a4 elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"343d7a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-343d7a4\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Pieter-Haeck.png\" alt=\"Pieter Haeck\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-343d7a4\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/cecilia-removebg-preview.png\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tPieter Haeck, Senior Technology Reporter, POLITICO Europe\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Pieter Haeck is a Senior Technology Reporter at POLITICO Europe.<\/p><p>He focuses on\u00a0artificial intelligence\u00a0and other emerging technologies, such as advanced chips and quantum technology. At POLITICO, he covers the geopolitics surrounding technology, which remains a central focus point.<\/p><p>Previously, Pieter worked at the Belgian business newspaper De Tijd, covering technology, and was part of an exchange program at the Dutch financial daily Het Financieele Dagblad.<\/p><p>Pieter studied at KU Leuven and holds a master\u2019s in international politics and public economy. He was awarded the Citi Journalistic Excellence Award in 2018.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2cae2be elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2cae2be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><em>Moderated by: <\/em>Pieter Haeck<br \/><\/strong>Senior Technology Reporter, POLITICO Europe<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1de930a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1de930a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dfbcc63 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"dfbcc63\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c219820 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c219820\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">14:05-14:35<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed9105e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ed9105e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db736de elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"db736de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Building a digital powerhouse: European AI &amp; Tech Declaration<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a1c31a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8a1c31a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Europe\u2019s digital future will not be secured through \u2018strategies,\u2019 but through the ability to invest, deploy and scale critical technologies on\u00a0its\u00a0soil. At a time when AI is becoming the engine of industrial transformation and a pillar of resilience in an increasingly contested world, Europe must move faster from ambition to execution.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:180,&quot;335559739&quot;:180}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The European <span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a style=\"color: #333399;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.digitaleurope.org\/european-ai-and-tech-declaration-page\/\">AI &amp; Tech Declaration<\/a><\/span>, launched by DIGITALEUROPE and now backed by a growing coalition of\u00a0over 70\u00a0CEOs, is a signal of readiness: European industry stands prepared to invest in artificial intelligence, digital infrastructure and the dual-use innovations that will define the next decade of competitiveness and security.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:180,&quot;335559739&quot;:180}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This session brings together\u00a0EU\u00a0senior business leaders and policymakers to mark a turning point, from fragmented initiatives to coordinated action.\u00a0This session\u00a0will focus on what Europe needs to unlock large-scale deployment: investment frameworks that match global competitors, procurement models that create demand at home and a regulatory environment that enables innovation rather than slowing it down.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:180,&quot;335559739&quot;:180}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">More than a statement of intent, the Declaration is a call for Europe to build the conditions for global digital champions, and to turn technological leadership into economic strength and strategic autonomy.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5452840 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5452840\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a5ec30 elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"1a5ec30\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-1a5ec30\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Jean-Charles-Ellermann-Kingombe.png\" alt=\"Jean Charles Ellermann-Kingombe\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-1a5ec30\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tJean Charles Ellermann-Kingombe, Assistant Secretary General for Cyber and Digital Transformation, NATO\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Jean Charles Ellermann-Kingombe is Assistant Secretary General for Cyber and Digital Transformation. In this capacity, he is the Secretary General\u2019s primary advisor on maintaining NATO\u2019s innovative edge, and on all issues relating to technological challenges, cyber defence and hybrid threats and their far-reaching implications for Alliance security.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f1938a elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9f1938a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Jean Charles Ellermann-Kingombe<br \/><\/b><b> <\/b>Assistant Secretary General for Cyber and Digital Transformation, NATO<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ab53cd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7ab53cd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef89af7 elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"ef89af7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-ef89af7\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Pasi-Toivanen.png\" alt=\"Pasi Toivanen\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-ef89af7\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tPasi Toivanen, SVP, Strategic Government &amp; Industry Initiatives, Geopolitical &amp; Government Relations, Nokia\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Pasi Toivanen is the Senior Vice President (SVP) Strategic Government &amp; Industry Initiatives at Nokia, based in Finland. In this capacity, he leads Nokia\u2019s engagement with major government bodies and industrial consortiums, acting as a primary bridge between public sector initiatives and technological innovation. His current primary focus is orchestrating Nokia\u2019s and its ecosystem\u2019s strategic approach to the EU\u2019s AI Gigafactory initiative, spearheading multi-billion-euro collaborations to build world-class sites for AI-driven innovation in Europe.<\/p><p>Pasi brings a unique perspective to his current mandate, operating on the belief that ecosystem collaboration is the primary driver of AI competitiveness. His approach leverages years of experience scaling partnerships where technology meets business to ensure AI initiatives deliver security and long-term growth.<\/p><p>A recognized thought leader in driving ecosystem-led growth, Pasi previously served as the Head of Network Infrastructure (NI) Strategic Partnerships. He executed partner strategies working closely with technology providers, system integrators, and industrial partners. Pasi has been driving force behind Cloud RAN (now AI RAN) where success is hinged not on technology alone, but on creating an open ecosystem for innovation to flourish through strategic alliances. This partner-first, trust-based method underpins his approach to aligning cross-border government and industry consortiums.<\/p><p>Pasi\u2019s career reflects a truly global perspective. Having joined Nokia in 1998, he has held various senior roles across program, portfolio, and partner divisions. Beyond Nokia, he held senior leadership roles at Juniper Networks and Ericsson, where he served as Global Head of IP Solutions and Global Head of Service Delivery. He has worked extensively across several countries, including China, Germany, and the United Kingdom.<\/p><p>In his spare time, Pasi has a passion for motorcycling and good wine, though he is careful not to pursue these interests simultaneously.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dcebae4 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dcebae4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Pasi Toivanen<br \/><\/strong>SVP, Strategic Government &amp; Industry Initiatives, Geopolitical &amp; Government Relations, Nokia<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5680a8d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5680a8d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c3ddac9 elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"c3ddac9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-c3ddac9\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/roberto-viola.png\" alt=\"roberto viola\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-c3ddac9\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tRoberto Viola, Director General, DG CNECT, European Commission\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"text-align-justify\">Roberto Viola is Director General of DG CONNECT (Directorate General of Communication, Networks, Content and Technology) at the European Commission.<\/p><p class=\"text-align-justify\">He was the Deputy Director-General of DG CONNECT, European Commission from 2012 to 2015.<\/p><p class=\"text-align-justify\">Roberto Viola served as Chairman of the\u00a0European Radio Spectrum Policy group (RSPG) from 2012 to 2013, as Deputy Chairman in 2011 and Chairman in 2010. He was a member of the BEREC Board (Body of European Telecom Regulators), and Chairman of the European Regulatory Group (ERG) in 2007.<\/p><p class=\"text-align-justify\">He held the position of Secretary General in charge of managing\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.agcom.it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">AGCOM<\/a>, from 2005 to 2012. Prior to this, he served as Director of Regulation Department and Technical Director in AGCOM from 1999 to 2004.<\/p><p class=\"text-align-justify\">From 1985-1999 he served in various positions including as\u00a0Head of Telecommunication and Broadcasting Satellite Services at the European Space Agency (ESA).<\/p><p class=\"text-align-justify\">Roberto Viola holds a Doctorate in Electronic Engineering and a Masters in Business Administration (MBA).<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dfbf820 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dfbf820\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW220141914 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"First Paragraph\"><b>Roberto Viola<br \/><\/b><\/span>Director General, DG CNECT, European Commission<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14dc1f8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"14dc1f8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-378b234 elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"378b234\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-378b234\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Andre-Rogaczewski.png\" alt=\"Andr\u00e9 Rogaczewski\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-378b234\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tAndr\u00e9 Rogaczewski, CEO, Netcompany\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Andr\u00e9 Rogaczewski is co-founder of Netcompany in 2000 and CEO. He is a Danish citizen and born in 1968. Andr\u00e9 is chairman of DI Digital (Danish ICT and Electronics Federation), and a member of the Danish Government Digitisation Council (Digitaliseringsr\u00e5det). He is a board member of Aalborg University (AAU) and holds a M.Sc. Computer Science from AAU.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8851b1 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a8851b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Andr\u00e9 Rogaczewski<br \/><\/strong>CEO, Netcompany<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe128c5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fe128c5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef9723f elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"ef9723f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-ef9723f\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Peter-Weckesser.png\" alt=\"Peter Weckesser\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-ef9723f\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tPeter Weckesser, Chief Digital Officer, Schneider Electric and President, DIGITALEUROPE\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Peter\u00a0Weckesser\u00a0is the\u00a0Chief Digital Officer of Schneider Electric and a member of the Executive Committee since June 2020, when he joined the company.<\/p><p>Prior to working at Schneider, Peter\u00a0served as the Digital Transformation Officer of Airbus\u2019\u00a0Defence\u00a0&amp; Space division\u00a0since 2017. Before joining Airbus, Peter\u00a0had extensive experience as a Senior Executive at Siemens, most recently as the Chief Operating Officer of Siemens\u2019 Product Lifecycle\u00a0Management, leading the IoT and Digital Enterprise business and activities.\u00a0He also held other executive-level positions with Siemens such as the CEO of Industry Services and CEO of Value Services.\u00a0<\/p><p>Peter\u2019s career\u00a0began at Siemens\u00a0where he worked in various roles in product management and development, including Director of Business Development in\u00a0the United States.\u00a0He holds a degree in physics as well as a\u00a0PhD\u00a0in Computer Science\u00a0from the University of Karlsruhe, Germany. He currently resides\u00a0in Germany.\u00a0<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca7d249 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ca7d249\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><em>Moderated by: <\/em><\/strong><strong>Peter<\/strong><b> Weckesser<br \/><\/b>Chief Digital Officer, Schneider Electric and President,<br \/>DIGITALEUROPE<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb5016e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"bb5016e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ae8045 elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"5ae8045\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-5ae8045\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Minna-Helle-1.png\" alt=\"Minna Helle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-5ae8045\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/cecilia-removebg-preview.png\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tMinna Helle, CEO, Technology Industries of Finland (TIF)\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Minna Helle has been the CEO of Technology Industries of Finland (TIF) since November 2024. Technology Industries of Finland represents Finland\u2019s largest industrial sector, with its industries accounting for slightly over half of the country\u2019s exports.\u00a0<\/p><p>Ms. Helle has been working at TIF since 2018 and has previously held multiple key responsibilities within the organization, including labor markets, skills development, innovation policy, as well as SME and entrepreneurship affairs.\u00a0<\/p><p>Helle has had a long and distinguished career in Finnish societal affairs, lobbying, and high-stakes negotiations. She graduated as a lawyer in 1997 and began her career at the Union of Journalists in Finland and Akava (Confederation of Unions for Professional and Managerial Staff). She later held leadership positions in several labor market organizations before becoming Finland\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s first female National Conciliator. In recognition of her pioneering work in communication, she was awarded the Communicator of the Year prize in 2017.\u00a0<\/p><p>Helle serves on the boards of Orgalim (Europe\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Technology Industries), Ceemet (European Tech &amp; Industry Employers), and the pension insurance company Elo.\u00a0<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee9c4f5 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ee9c4f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Minna Helle<\/strong><br \/>CEO, Technology Industries of Finland (TIF)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd17ad4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"bd17ad4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea34fc9 elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"ea34fc9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-ea34fc9\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Cecilia-Bonefeld-Dahl-removebg-preview.png\" alt=\"Cecilia-Bonefeld-Dahl-removebg-preview\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-ea34fc9\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/cecilia-removebg-preview.png\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tCecilia Bonefeld-Dahl, Director General, DIGITALEUROPE\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lead\">Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl is Director-General of DIGITALEUROPE, the leading digital technology industry association representing over 35,000 digital companies in Europe.<\/p><p>She is a member of the Stakeholder Cybersecurity Certification Group of ENISA (the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity) and of NATO\u2019s high-level Advisory Group for Emerging and Disruptive Technologies, as well as a board member of the European Commission\u2019s Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition and the European Parliament-led European Internet Forum.<\/p><p>Formerly, Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl was a member of the European Commission\u2019s High Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence, and of the High-level Strategy Group on Industrial Technologies in charge of identifying Key Enabling Technologies.<\/p><p>She was an Executive Board Member of the Royal Danish Export Council and Chair of the Export Grant Committee under the Danish Foreign Ministry. She also served as Executive Board member in DIGITALEUROPE, and as a member of the association\u2019s high level Digital Advisory Council.<\/p><p>Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl has served as Board Member of the Danish Chamber of Commerce and was President of the Board of the Danish ICT association (ITB), where she led the development of policy positions on issues such as business digitalisation, ICT security, disruptive business models, telecoms and education.<\/p><p>Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl has more than 25 years of experience in the ICT industry. She previously held international positions at IBM and Oracle as well as with SMEs, building businesses across Europe and China and founding the cloud provider GlobeIT. She has deep insights into the digitalisation of business and society and the data-driven economy, and is regularly invited to deliver keynote speeches on these issues at high-level events across the world.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e64f9c elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8e64f9c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><em>Moderated by:<\/em> Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl<\/strong><br \/>Director General, DIGITALEUROPE<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-01e1fa8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"01e1fa8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54bdf6d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"54bdf6d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eaa88ff elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"eaa88ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">14:35-14:50<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6199de6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6199de6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b2d6da4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b2d6da4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Keynote speech\n<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1845105 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1845105\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Europe\u2019s competitiveness in the coming decade will\u00a0also\u00a0rest on\u00a0the strength of the economic systems that underpin\u00a0its\u00a0industrial capacity. As global fragmentation accelerates and digital infrastructure becomes increasingly strategic, questions of payments and financial resilience are moving closer to the heart of Europe\u2019s digital agenda.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In this keynote address, Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis will reflect on Europe\u2019s efforts to modernise its economic foundations, including the role of the digital euro in a rapidly evolving financial and geopolitical landscape.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-879470a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"879470a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-555746c elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"555746c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-555746c\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Valdis-Dombrovkis-1.png\" alt=\"Valdis Dombrovkis (1)\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-555746c\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/cecilia-removebg-preview.png\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tValdis Dombrovskis, Commissioner for Economy and Productivity, Implementation and Simplification\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Valdis Dombrovskis<\/strong> is a\u00a0Latvian\u00a0politician\u00a0serving as\u00a0European Commissioner for Economy and Productivity, and Commissioner for Implementation and Simplification. He previously served as\u00a0Executive Vice President of the European Commission for An Economy that Works for People\u00a0(2019-2024),\u00a0European Commissioner for Trade\u00a0(2020-2024).\u00a0European Commissioner for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union\u00a0(2016-2020) and\u00a0Prime Minister of Latvia\u00a0from 2009 to 2014.<\/p><p>Dombrovskis served as Minister for Finance of Latvia from 2002 to 2004. He then served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the New Era Party from 2004 to 2009. He became the Prime Minister of Latvia in 2009, serving until his resignation in 2014. He was Vice-President of the European Commission for the Euro and Social Dialogue from 2014 to 2019. Following the resignation of Lord Jonathan Hill, Dombrovskis served as European Commissioner for Financial Stability, Financial Services and the Capital Markets Union from 2016 to 2020. Following the resignation of Phil Hogan, it was announced that he would take over the portfolio for Trade.<!-- notionvc: 8afb8eb5-496c-479e-adf3-063e53a76b4c --><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b2c1b3 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4b2c1b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Valdis Dombrovskis<br \/><\/strong>Commissioner for Economy and Productivity, Implementation and Simplification<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c56094e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c56094e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2eea023 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2eea023\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6de201f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6de201f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">14:50-15:40<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70817c6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"70817c6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-febce00 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"febce00\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">World of disorder: boosting Europe's digital capacities<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6cdda64 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6cdda64\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Europe\u2019s competitiveness is being tested as never before. Geopolitical fragmentation, intensifying global tariffs and subsidies, and the relentless pace of technological change are reshaping the rules of economic power. In this new world of disorder, digital capacity is the foundation of Europe\u2019s ability to act, compete and protect its way of life.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:180,&quot;335559739&quot;:180}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The question\u00a0is\u00a0blunt: can\u00a0Europe\u00a0turn its digital ambitions into\u00a0real industrial\u00a0strength, or will it remain dependent on technologies, supply chains and platforms\u00a0built\u00a0elsewhere?<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:180,&quot;335559739&quot;:180}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This high-level discussion explores what it will take to\u00a0move from\u00a0strategic\u00a0vision into concrete results.\u00a0It focuses on the practical levers of competitiveness,\u00a0scaling critical technologies, mobilising investment, cutting regulatory friction and deepening the\u00a0single\u00a0market,\u00a0and on the choices that could unlock Europe\u2019s next phase of growth.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:180,&quot;335559739&quot;:180}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Drawing on the emerging consensus around Europe\u2019s competitiveness agenda \u2013 including Mario Draghi\u2019s call for bold industrial renewal \u2013 speakers will examine how digital technologies can become a true catalyst for European productivity,\u00a0resilience\u00a0and global influence.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:180,&quot;335559739&quot;:180}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In an era defined by strategic competition, Europe\u2019s digital future will not be declared. It will be built through investment,\u00a0capability\u00a0and the courage to simplify and scale.<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-903f76a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"903f76a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e5ddde6 elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"e5ddde6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-e5ddde6\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Raimonds-Cudars.png\" alt=\"Raimonds \u010cudars\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-e5ddde6\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/cecilia-removebg-preview.png\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tRaimonds \u010cudars, Minister for Smart Administration and Regional Development, Latvia\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Since June 2025, Raimonds \u010cudars has been serving as Latvia\u2019s Minister of Smart Administration and Regional Development, where he is responsible for driving digital transformation, advancing e-governance, coordinating regional development, and overseeing environmental protection. His mandate includes introducing a one-stop approach for the delivery of state and municipal services, as well as ensuring the adoption of modern, efficient information and communication technologies across the public sector.<\/p><p>His key priorities are to expand secure, user-friendly, and globally competitive digital solutions nationwide, while strengthening Latvia\u2019s artificial intelligence ecosystem to support business, education, and public administration. He also places particular emphasis on promoting digital literacy, so that all citizens can fully benefit from technological progress.<\/p><p>Raimonds \u010cudars was elected to the 14th Saeima, where he chaired the Parliamentary Inquiry Commission. As a lawyer and politician, he has built a broad career in both national and municipal administration. Previously, he held the position of Minister of Climate and Energy (2022\u20132023) and was Chairman of the Salaspils District Council from 2009 to 2022.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f990c1 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3f990c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Raimonds \u010cudars<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Minister for Smart Administration and Regional Development, Latvia<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-422cb2e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"422cb2e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0147b5 elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"e0147b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-e0147b5\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Mauro-Macchi.png\" alt=\"Mauro Macchi\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-e0147b5\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/cecilia-removebg-preview.png\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tMauro Macchi, CEO for Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA), Accenture\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mauro Macchi is Accenture\u2019s CEO for Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA), and a member of Accenture\u2019s Global Executive Leadership Team, which he joined in September 2021. He is also the Chairman of Accenture Italy since September 1, 2023. Prior to his current CEO EMEA role, he was the Market Unit Lead of the ICEG region, which includes Italy, Central Europe and Greece, and CEO of Accenture Italy, since September 1, 2021. During this period, Macchi has played a central role in the ICEG region\u2019s double-digit growth, which has excelled in implementing reinvention programs for leading companies in the public and private sectors. Along his nearly 30-year career at Accenture, he has gained in-depth knowledge of major international markets, leading several Merger &amp; Acquisition and Sales &amp; Distribution projects, mainly for the banking sector. He has also held cross-industry management responsibility roles at the European level. Previously, Macchi was Head of Financial Services for Europe and ICEG, responsible for the delivery and quality of services provided by Accenture to all banking and insurance clients in the region, and Senior Managing Director of Accenture Strategy for Banking globally, responsible for improving the competitive advantages of major companies within the industry. He has been a member of the Board of Directors of Fondazione Italiana Accenture for the past nine years. He holds a bachelor\u2019s degree in economics and a master\u2019s degree in business administration from the University of California Irvine Graduate School of Management.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e52eb9 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8e52eb9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Mauro Macchi<\/strong><br \/>CEO for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), Accenture<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc56f04 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fc56f04\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b39f17c elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"b39f17c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-b39f17c\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Victor-Negrescu.png\" alt=\"Victor Negrescu\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-b39f17c\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/cecilia-removebg-preview.png\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tMEP Victor Negrescu (S&amp;D, Romania), Vice-President of the European Parliament and Rapporteur for the 2025 Union Budget in the BUDG Committee \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Victor Negrescu is Vice-President of the European Parliament, currently serving his third term as a Member of the European Parliament. He is member of the Committees on Budgets, Public Health and Legal Affairs, as well as of the European Parliament Delegations for relations with the United States, Australia and New Zealand. As Vice-President, he oversees transparency, the fight against corruption, relations with the Republic of Moldova, the Panel for the Future of Science and Technology (STOA), and relations with the social partners.<\/p><p>Since first being elected in 2014, he has held several key roles, including Quaestor of the European Parliament, Vice-Chair of the Committee on Culture and Education, and the European Parliament\u2019s chief negotiator for the 2025 EU budget. He co-chairs the first Intergroup dedicated to education and skills, which he initiated. He has promoted major initiatives such as allocating 10% of the National Recovery and Resilience Plans to education, the \u201cShaping Digital Education Policy\u201d report, and measures to support young people and digital skills.<\/p><p>He is the MEP with the highest number of pilot projects, having secured over EUR 100 million for education, digitalisation, health and culture, including programmes for rural schools. He was named \u201cMEP of the Year\u201d for the Digital Agenda and launched the \u201cRomanian Digital Day\u201d event in Brussels.<\/p><p>In Romania, he served as Minister for European Affairs, coordinating preparations for the Presidency of the Council of the EU, and as Vice-Rector of the National University of Political Studies and Public Administration. Holding a PhD in International Relations and with experience across academia, the public sector and the private sector, Victor Negrescu is recognised as an active promoter of Romania\u2019s modernisation and of its relationship with the European Union.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40f1dfc elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"40f1dfc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>MEP Victor Negrescu<\/b><br \/><span class=\"TextRun SCXW2081275 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW2081275 BCX0\">(S&amp;D, Romania), Vice-President of the European Parliament and <br \/>Rapporteur for the 2025 Union Budget in the BUDG Committee<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a792f65 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a792f65\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c9c109 elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"9c9c109\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-9c9c109\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/pakosta-1.png\" alt=\"pakosta-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-9c9c109\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/cecilia-removebg-preview.png\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tLiisa-Ly Pakosta, Minister of Digital, Estonia\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Liisa-Ly Pakosta was born on 3 September 1969 in Tallinn. She is in a non-marital partnership and a mother of five. Pakosta joined the Eesti 200 political party in 2023. She has previously been a member of the Pro Patria and Res Publica Union political party (2000\u20132015).<\/p><p>Liisa-Ly Pakosta graduated from the University of Tartu in 1993 with a degree in history and from Tallinn University in 2021 with a master\u2019s degree in law. She has started her doctoral studies in law at the University of Tartu in 2022.<\/p><p>In 2023 L.-L. Pakosta was awarded the Commander Cross of the Swedish Royal Order of the Polar Star.<\/p><p>Member of the Supervisory Board of the Estonian Open Air Museum in 2013\u20132015, Member of the Supervisory Board of the Estonian Anti-Doping and Sports Ethics Foundation since 2019.<br \/>Her hobbies are crafting, culture, working out, and pets.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78eeaa8 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"78eeaa8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Liisa-Ly Pakosta<br \/><\/b>Minister of Justice and Digital Affairs, Estonia<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-327371b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"327371b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4bd2cd7 elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"4bd2cd7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-4bd2cd7\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Mirjam-Storim.png\" alt=\"Mirjam Storim\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-4bd2cd7\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tMirjam Storim Head of Strategy &amp; Technology Relations, Siemens\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lead\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mirjam Storim is Head of Strategy &amp; Technology Relations at Siemens Foundational Technologies since February 2025.<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In this function she is responsible for the strategy of foundational technologies at Siemens; further on, driving the company\u2019s activities in standardization and technical regulation as well as collaborating with universities, research institutions and startups and engaging with research &amp; innovation policy makers.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mirjam is holding mandates in several associations and institutes, such as being the chairwomen of the Executive Board Working Group Digital and Innovation Policy of ZVEI and the chairwoman of the Board of Trustees of the Fraunhofer Institute for Innovation and Systems Research.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">After studying humanities and social sciences in Freiburg, Ioannina (Greece) and Munich and obtaining her doctorate, Mirjam initially worked as a strategy consultant at Mercer Management Consulting and as deputy managing director of the Eberhard von Kuenheim Foundation of BMW AG. After that, Mirjam served in several leadership functions at BMW Group, including the company\u2019s trade policy positioning, strategic resource allocation and value creation as well as innovation strategy and scientific cooperation. She moved to Siemens in 2024, taking on the leadership role of Siemens Research &amp; Innovation Ecosystems.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b11764a elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b11764a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW220141914 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"First Paragraph\"><b>Mirjam Storim<br \/><\/b><\/span>Head of Strategy &amp; Technology Relations, Siemens\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05a09f3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"05a09f3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a24a2e elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"2a24a2e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-2a24a2e\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/afsin-removebg-preview.png\" alt=\"afsin-removebg-preview\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-2a24a2e\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/cecilia-removebg-preview.png\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tAf\u015fin Yurdakul, Event Master of Ceremonies\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Af\u015fin Yurdakul is an award-winning journalist, news anchor, and moderator with over 15 years of professional experience. She has hosted prime-time daily news programs, reported on global affairs, and served as chief foreign editor at a leading private news network in T\u00fcrkiye. Af\u015fin has written about T\u00fcrkiye and the Middle East for a range of publications, including\u00a0<i>The New York Times<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0<i>TIME<\/i>. She has moderated high-level international panel discussions for organizations such as the United Nations, the World Bank, and the World Economic Forum in Davos. Af\u015fin was a Stigler Fellow at the University of Chicago and a Nieman Journalism Fellow at Harvard University. She holds an M.S. from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b110735 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b110735\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><em>Moderated by: <\/em>Af\u015fin Yurdakul<br \/><\/strong>Event Master of Ceremonies<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d6bc5f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8d6bc5f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca4cecf e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ca4cecf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d289844 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d289844\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aefea96 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"aefea96\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">15:40-16:20<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f95fb70 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f95fb70\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2100c8e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2100c8e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Networking coffee break<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b6c1fb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4b6c1fb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f79e1bd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f79e1bd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7949486 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7949486\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">16:20-16:35<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6cf0b62 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6cf0b62\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27bc036 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"27bc036\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A spotlight on Europe's digital champions<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f44aa06 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f44aa06\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bccdc46 elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"bccdc46\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-bccdc46\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Robert-Jozic.png\" alt=\"Robert Jozic\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-bccdc46\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tRobert Jozic, Vice President Digital Strategy, Schwarz Group\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lead\">Robert Jozic leads the digital strategy as well as eco-system and new digital business model sections of the Schwarz Group<\/p><p>In addition Robert is the Managing Director of Schwarz Media, the international retail media business of the Schwarz Group (Lidl &amp; Kaufland) since 2021.<\/p><p>He is a permanent member in the supervisory board of the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) and Councile of AI experts both since 2017.<\/p><p>He started his career at an international strategy consultancy in 2001 and founded his own enterprise in 2005 for analytics and insights in the FMCG and retail industry.<\/p><p>He studied Computer Science and Business Administration.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d91fbc elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6d91fbc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Robert Jozic<br \/><\/strong>Vice President Digital Strategy, Schwarz Group<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a151f22 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a151f22\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28a3ae5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"28a3ae5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83e93a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"83e93a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">16:35-16:45<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-612e781 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"612e781\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7609317 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7609317\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Keynote speech\n<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8606759 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8606759\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In this keynote speech, Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen joins Masters of Digital at a pivotal moment for Europe\u2019s digital agenda. As the EU seeks to strengthen its technological sovereignty whilst remaining innovative and globally connected, the margin for error is narrowing.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:180,&quot;335559739&quot;:180}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The discussion will reflect on what it means for Europe to build real capability: scaling trusted technologies, mobilising investment and ensuring that\u00a0regulation\u00a0supports innovation rather than\u00a0holding it\u00a0back.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:180,&quot;335559739&quot;:180}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">With competitiveness, security and simplification rising to the top of Europe\u2019s priorities, this conversation marks a moment to take stock of what Europe must get right, and how fast it must move.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:180,&quot;335559739&quot;:180}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d13b0e7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d13b0e7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b69ab0b elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"b69ab0b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-b69ab0b\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Henna_resized-removebg-preview.png\" alt=\"Henna_resized-removebg-preview\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-b69ab0b\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tHenna Virkkunen, Executive Vice-President for Technological Sovereignty, Security, and Democracy\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy, Ms Henna Virkkunen is tasked with combatting the increasingly complex security threats facing the EU, whilst at the same time strengthening our external borders and our internal security. This goes hand in hand with her responsibility to ensure our freedoms, justice and democracy are strengthened too.<\/p><p>Furthermore, she is responsible for the Digital and Frontier Technologies portfolio. This entails leading Europe\u2019s efforts in shaping a competitive, resilient and inclusive digital future and maintaining or attaining leadership in strategic digital technologies.<\/p><p>Prior to joining the European Commission Ms Virkkunen served as a Member of the European Parliament for over ten years. As a Member of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy her work focused on digitalisation and frontier technologies.<\/p><p>Ms Virkkunen has held various ministerial positions in Finland, namely Minister of Transport and Local Government (2014), Minister of Public Administration and Local Government (2011-2014) as well as Minister of Education (2008-2011).<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-444d4a3 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"444d4a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Henna Virkkunen<\/strong><br \/>Executive Vice-President for Technological Sovereignty, Security, and Democracy<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e269d6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e269d6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee61650 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ee61650\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f6ca15 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3f6ca15\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">16:45-17:30<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1565878 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1565878\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68004c8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"68004c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Europe's rising tech stars: Future Unicorn Award panel and ceremony<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e2f863 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6e2f863\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Europe\u2019s competitiveness will be measured by the innovators it enables to scale. Europe must ensure that its most promising digital companies can grow into global champions, building the next generation of platforms, AI solutions and dual-use technologies that strengthen both prosperity and resilience.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:180,&quot;335559739&quot;:180}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Future Unicorn Award celebrates Europe\u2019s rising tech powerhouses: ambitious startups and scaleups pushing the boundaries of innovation in critical domains. These companies\u00a0shape\u00a0Europe\u2019s digital future from the ground up, creating jobs, attracting\u00a0investment\u00a0and proving that Europe can compete at the frontier.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:180,&quot;335559739&quot;:180}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This session brings together political leaders,\u00a0investors\u00a0and entrepreneurs to spotlight the conditions that Europe\u2019s next unicorns need to\u00a0scale and\u00a0thrive:\u00a0access to capital, a single market that truly works, smarter procurement that rewards innovation and a regulatory environment that supports growth rather than fragmentation.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:180,&quot;335559739&quot;:180}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">At a time when global competition for talent and technology is fierce, Europe must back its builders. The Future Unicorn Award is a statement of confidence that Europe\u2019s next digital champions are already\u00a0emerging, and that the continent is ready to help them scale.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:180,&quot;335559739&quot;:180}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa8aab1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"aa8aab1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-80c08a5 elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"80c08a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-80c08a5\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Henna_resized-removebg-preview.png\" alt=\"Henna_resized-removebg-preview\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-80c08a5\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tHenna Virkkunen, Executive Vice-President for Technological Sovereignty, Security, and Democracy\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy, Ms Henna Virkkunen is tasked with combatting the increasingly complex security threats facing the EU, whilst at the same time strengthening our external borders and our internal security. This goes hand in hand with her responsibility to ensure our freedoms, justice and democracy are strengthened too.<\/p><p>Furthermore, she is responsible for the Digital and Frontier Technologies portfolio. This entails leading Europe\u2019s efforts in shaping a competitive, resilient and inclusive digital future and maintaining or attaining leadership in strategic digital technologies.<\/p><p>Prior to joining the European Commission Ms Virkkunen served as a Member of the European Parliament for over ten years. As a Member of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy her work focused on digitalisation and frontier technologies.<\/p><p>Ms Virkkunen has held various ministerial positions in Finland, namely Minister of Transport and Local Government (2014), Minister of Public Administration and Local Government (2011-2014) as well as Minister of Education (2008-2011).<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d71396 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9d71396\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Henna Virkkunen<\/strong><br \/>Executive Vice-President for Technological Sovereignty, Security, and Democracy<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5800b1e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5800b1e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-317dec1 elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"317dec1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-317dec1\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Merete-Clausen-1.png\" alt=\"Merete Clausen (1)\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-317dec1\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tMerete Clausen, Deputy Chief Executive, European Investment Fund (EIF)\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Merete Clausen was appointed EIF Deputy Chief Executive as of 16 January 2025. With a distinguished career spanning over three decades, Merete Clausen has held key leadership positions within the European Commission, contributing significantly to EU investment and economic policy, and legal affairs.<\/p><p>From 2022 onwards, she served as Director for Investment at the Directorate General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship, and SMEs (DG GROW), overseeing strategic investment initiatives.<\/p><p>Prior to this, Merete Clausen played a pivotal role in economic and financial policymaking, holding various Head of Unit positions in DG ECFIN, where she managed initiatives focusing on financing for innovation, competitiveness, and collaboration with international financial institutions. Earlier in her career, she was a member of the European Commission&#8217;s Legal Service, specialising in budgetary, taxation, and customs matters.<\/p><p>Before joining the European Commission, Merete Clausen built a strong legal foundation as a lawyer-linguist at the European Court of Justice and practiced EU and competition law in a leading law firm in Denmark.<\/p><p>She began her legal career as an assistant attorney-at-law at Kammeradvokaten, the Legal Adviser to the Danish Government. She has a Master\u2019s Degree in Law from the University of Aarhus.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41628e5 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"41628e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Merete Clausen<br \/><\/strong>Deputy Chief Executive, European Investment Fund (EIF)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b220053 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b220053\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-343315e elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"343315e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-343315e\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Tom-Wehmeier.png\" alt=\"Tom Wehmeier\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-343315e\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tTom Wehmeier, Partner, Head of Intelligence, Atomico\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef4f66d elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ef4f66d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Tom Wehmeier<br \/><\/b>Partner, Head of Intelligence, Atomico<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3cf8a98 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3cf8a98\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07e22f2 elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"07e22f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-07e22f2\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Valerian-Giesz.png\" alt=\"Val\u00e9rian Giesz\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-07e22f2\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tVal\u00e9rian Giesz, Co-Founder &amp; COO of Quandela\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Valerian Giesz is Co-Founder and CEO of Quandela. He holds PhD in solid-state technologies and quantum optics from the Universit\u00e9 Paris-Saclay and a engineering degree from the Institut d\u2019Optique. He participated to the development of efficient source of indistinguishable photons in the group of Prof. Pascale Senellart at the Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (C2N). His work was rewarded with two thesis prizes: the EDOM thesis prize of the University of Paris-Sud and the Dim-NanoK thesis prize in the valorization category. Prior to founding Quandela, he trained in entrepreneurship via the HEC Challenge + course.\u00a0 In 2019, he participated in the foundation of the French Tech Paris-Saclay start-up community labelled by the Mission French Tech, which he co-chair up to 2022.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83b6f66 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"83b6f66\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Val\u00e9rian Giesz<br \/><\/strong>Co-Founder &amp; COO of Quandela<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f2646d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1f2646d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43fff7a elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"43fff7a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-43fff7a\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/peter-lodahl-ws.png\" alt=\"peter lodahl ws\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-43fff7a\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tPeter Lodahl, CQO, Sparrow Quantum\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Peter Lodahl (PL) is professor in quantum physics and technology at the Niels Bohr Institute. He is the Director of the Danish National Research Foundation Center of Excellence Hybrid Quantum Networks (Hy-Q) and the Novo Nordisk Foundation center for Solid State Quantum Simulators. He is also the Founder and Chief Quantum Officer of the start-up company Sparrow Quantum that commercializes deterministic photon-emitter interfaces and today employs &gt;50 FTEs and has successfully launched several unique quantum chip products and full plug-and-play photon source solutions. PL received a PhD in quantum physics in 2000 from University of Copenhagen and subsequently held postdoc positions at Caltech and University of Twente. He was the first to demonstrate that light emission can be fully controlled by the use of intricate photonic nanostructures. This fundamental principle ultimately enables a full deterministic quantum interface between light and matter, which PL subsequently has exploited after founding his own research group in Denmark in 2005. His group develops fundamentally new quantum hardware for the emergent field of quantum-information science such as: deterministic single-photon sources, spin-photon interfaces, and photonic quantum gates. The application areas include photonic quantum computers, quantum repeaters, and quantum key distribution towards the ultimate vision of a quantum internet.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>PL is the recipient of the ERC consolidator grant (2010), ERC advanced grant (2015), ERC Synergy grant (2025), the EliteForsk Award (2016), Queen Margrethe II\u2019s Research Award (2022), and the Into Innovation Award (2025). He has published &gt;170 publications in leading scientific journals, given &gt;200 invited colloquia and conference talks, holds &gt;10 patents on photonic quantum technology, and has founded the quantum-tech start-up company Sparrow Quantum. PL has educated &gt;35 Ph.D. students and &gt;40 postdocs and many of them today hold highly influential positons in industry and academia. He is an elected member of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters (2016) and Optica Fellow (2021).<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c9f35fd elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c9f35fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Peter Lohdal<\/strong><br \/>CQO, Sparrow Quantum<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Ilkka-Varjos-CTO-Canatu.png\" alt=\"Ilkka Varjos, CTO, Canatu\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-78b1837\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tIlkka Varjos, CTO, Canatu\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" 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Canatu<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4e8813 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e4e8813\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce20ee8 elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"ce20ee8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-ce20ee8\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Cecilia-Bonefeld-Dahl-removebg-preview.png\" alt=\"Cecilia-Bonefeld-Dahl-removebg-preview\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-ce20ee8\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/cecilia-removebg-preview.png\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tCecilia Bonefeld-Dahl, Director General, DIGITALEUROPE\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lead\">Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl is Director-General of DIGITALEUROPE, the leading digital technology industry association representing over 35,000 digital companies in Europe.<\/p><p>She is a member of the Stakeholder Cybersecurity Certification Group of ENISA (the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity) and of NATO\u2019s high-level Advisory Group for Emerging and Disruptive Technologies, as well as a board member of the European Commission\u2019s Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition and the European Parliament-led European Internet Forum.<\/p><p>Formerly, Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl was a member of the European Commission\u2019s High Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence, and of the High-level Strategy Group on Industrial Technologies in charge of identifying Key Enabling Technologies.<\/p><p>She was an Executive Board Member of the Royal Danish Export Council and Chair of the Export Grant Committee under the Danish Foreign Ministry. She also served as Executive Board member in DIGITALEUROPE, and as a member of the association\u2019s high level Digital Advisory Council.<\/p><p>Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl has served as Board Member of the Danish Chamber of Commerce and was President of the Board of the Danish ICT association (ITB), where she led the development of policy positions on issues such as business digitalisation, ICT security, disruptive business models, telecoms and education.<\/p><p>Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl has more than 25 years of experience in the ICT industry. She previously held international positions at IBM and Oracle as well as with SMEs, building businesses across Europe and China and founding the cloud provider GlobeIT. She has deep insights into the digitalisation of business and society and the data-driven economy, and is regularly invited to deliver keynote speeches on these issues at high-level events across the world.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61810e9 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"61810e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em><strong>Moderated by:<\/strong> <\/em><strong>Cecilia 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animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tCecilia Bonefeld-Dahl, Director General, DIGITALEUROPE\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lead\">Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl is Director-General of DIGITALEUROPE, the leading digital technology industry association representing over 35,000 digital companies in Europe.<\/p><p>She is a member of the Board of Directors of Gaia-X, of the European Commission\u2019s Industrial Forum, and of the B20 Digital Transformation Taskforce. She is also a member of the Stakeholder Cybersecurity Certification Group of ENISA (the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity) and of NATO\u2019s high-level Advisory Group for Emerging and Disruptive Technologies, as well as a board member of the European Commission\u2019s Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition and the European Parliament-led European Internet Forum, and a member of the supervisory board of EIT Digital.<\/p><p>Formerly, Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl was a member of the European Commission\u2019s High Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence, and of the High-level Strategy Group on Industrial Technologies in charge of identifying Key Enabling Technologies.<\/p><p>She was an Executive Board Member of the Royal Danish Export Council and Chair of the Export Grant Committee under the Danish Foreign Ministry. She also served as Executive Board member in DIGITALEUROPE, and as a member of the association\u2019s high level Digital Advisory Council.<\/p><p>Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl has served as Board Member of the Danish Chamber of Commerce and was President of the Board of the Danish ICT association (ITB), where she led the development of policy positions on issues such as business digitalisation, ICT security, disruptive business models, telecoms and education.<\/p><p>Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl has more than 25 years of experience in the ICT industry. She previously held international positions at IBM and Oracle as well as with SMEs, building businesses across Europe and China and founding the cloud provider GlobeIT. She has deep insights into the digitalisation of business and society and the data-driven economy, and is regularly invited to deliver keynote speeches on these issues at high-level events across the world.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14ef2487 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"14ef2487\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl<\/strong><br \/>Director General, DIGITALEUROPE<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf92b7d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cf92b7d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7505ac06 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7505ac06\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c94aab1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c94aab1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">09:20-09:40<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6df2f8c2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6df2f8c2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4bb0a7fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4bb0a7fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">From ambition to execution: financing Europe's digital backbone<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59a209f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"59a209f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The next wave of European digital transformation will be built on capital: patient, strategic investment that can turn emerging technologies into real\u00a0infrastructure, deployment\u00a0and industrial\u00a0strength.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:180,&quot;335559739&quot;:180}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Nadia Calvi\u00f1o, President of the European Investment Bank (EIB), joins Masters of Digital as Europe confronts the widening gap between ambition and execution. From AI factories and secure cloud and edge capacity to cyber resilience, next-generation connectivity, dual-use innovation, the challenge is no longer vision but financing models fit for scale.<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">The EIB is increasingly becoming central to that shift: crowding in private investment, backing strategic industries and shaping new European investment vehicles capable of operating at the speed and scale\u00a0\u00a0the moment demands.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:180,&quot;335559739&quot;:180}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This conversation will explore what it takes to fund the digital backbone of the next decade, and how Europe can build an investment pipeline worthy of its technological aspirations.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:180,&quot;335559739&quot;:180}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e65f1f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e65f1f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3520cfff elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"3520cfff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-3520cfff\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Calvino_new-removebg-preview.png\" alt=\"Calvino_new-removebg-preview\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-3520cfff\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tNadia Calvi\u00f1o, President, European Investment Bank Group\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Nadia Calvi\u00f1o is the President of the European Investment Bank Group since January 1st, 2024. She served as First Vice President of Spain and Minister for Economy and Digitalization (2018-2023), and as Chair of the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) of the IMF (2022-2023). Before joining the Spanish government, Mrs. Calvi\u00f1o had a 12-year tenure at the European Commission as Deputy Director General for Competition, Deputy Director General for Financial Services, and Director General for the EU Budget. She holds degrees in Economics (1991) and Law (2001).<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2062d027 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2062d027\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Nadia Calvi\u00f1o<\/strong><br \/>President, European Investment Bank Group<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37cee9f6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"37cee9f6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-596937d5 elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"596937d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-596937d5\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Cecilia-Bonefeld-Dahl-removebg-preview.png\" alt=\"Cecilia-Bonefeld-Dahl-removebg-preview.png\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-596937d5\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tCecilia Bonefeld-Dahl, Director General, DIGITALEUROPE\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lead\">Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl is Director-General of DIGITALEUROPE, the leading digital technology industry association representing over 35,000 digital companies in Europe.<\/p><p>She is a member of the Stakeholder Cybersecurity Certification Group of ENISA (the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity) and of NATO\u2019s high-level Advisory Group for Emerging and Disruptive Technologies, as well as a board member of the European Commission\u2019s Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition and the European Parliament-led European Internet Forum.<\/p><p>Formerly, Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl was a member of the European Commission\u2019s High Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence, and of the High-level Strategy Group on Industrial Technologies in charge of identifying Key Enabling Technologies.<\/p><p>She was an Executive Board Member of the Royal Danish Export Council and Chair of the Export Grant Committee under the Danish Foreign Ministry. She also served as Executive Board member in DIGITALEUROPE, and as a member of the association\u2019s high level Digital Advisory Council.<\/p><p>Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl has served as Board Member of the Danish Chamber of Commerce and was President of the Board of the Danish ICT association (ITB), where she led the development of policy positions on issues such as business digitalisation, ICT security, disruptive business models, telecoms and education.<\/p><p>Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl has more than 25 years of experience in the ICT industry. She previously held international positions at IBM and Oracle as well as with SMEs, building businesses across Europe and China and founding the cloud provider GlobeIT. She has deep insights into the digitalisation of business and society and the data-driven economy, and is regularly invited to deliver keynote speeches on these issues at high-level events across the world.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4fb5f14a elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4fb5f14a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em><strong>Moderated by:<\/strong> <\/em><strong>Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl<\/strong><br \/>Director General, DIGITALEUROPE<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1d38dc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d1d38dc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-091bb7f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"091bb7f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f31ff2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4f31ff2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">09:40-10:00<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e58cf94 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e58cf94\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2d7741 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a2d7741\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Breaking the code: empowering women with the digital skills of tomorrow<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8494382 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8494382\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">At a time when skills, resilience and innovation are becoming strategic assets, expanding who gets to build and govern the digital world is essential.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:180,&quot;335559739&quot;:180}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This session spotlights <span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.digitaleurope.org\/policies\/digital-skills\/\">ELEVATE<\/a><\/span>, DIGITALEUROPE\u2019s pan-European network connecting women leaders across the public and private sectors who are driving Europe\u2019s digital transformation. It also marks the launch of a new programme designed to translate leadership into practical capability, drawing directly on experience from trainers already active in Ukraine.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:180,&quot;335559739&quot;:180}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The initiative will support women in developing high-impact skills in two critical areas: becoming drone pilots and delivering tactical medicine to citizens, capabilities that sit at the intersection of technology,\u00a0preparedness\u00a0and societal resilience.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:180,&quot;335559739&quot;:180}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In an era where digital tools increasingly serve both civilian and security needs, Europe\u2019s talent pipeline must be broader,\u00a0stronger\u00a0and more inclusive. This conversation is about unlocking leadership, building real-world skills, and ensuring that Europe is powered by the full spectrum of its people.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:180,&quot;335559739&quot;:180}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fe4b2d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6fe4b2d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eed50ea elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"eed50ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-eed50ea\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ionan-resized.png\" alt=\"ionan resized\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-eed50ea\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tValeriya Ionan, Advisor to the Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Advisor to the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine on a voluntary, non-executive basis, Ex Wartime Deputy Minister, MDT Ukraine 2019-2025\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"><span class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Valeriya Ionan was previously the Deputy Minister at the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine. She is a key woman leader in Ukraine\u2019s GovTech evolution. She joined the newly established Ministry in 2019 at age 28; at that time, she was the youngest Deputy Minister in the Ukrainian Government, aligning with the mission of the MDT to transform Ukraine into the most convenient digital country in the world. Since then, Ukraine has undergone a substantial digital transformation, introducing the world\u2019s first fully digital passport, a number of efficient digital reforms, including the development of Diia ecosystem that has achieved global respect. Ukraine has been called \u201cEuropean Digital Transformation Tiger\u201d for its innovative approach and commitment to becoming the world\u2019s most user-friendly digital state, even during a full-scale Russian invasion.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"><span class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Valeriya has been instrumental in developing the Diia Ecosystem, which includes 6 projects, including 2 under her direct leadership \u2013 Diia.Education and Diia.Business, which significantly impact digital literacy and entrepreneurship across Ukraine. In the Ministry of Digital Transformation, she oversees the national program on the development of digital literacy and Diia.Education, supporting the development of SMEs &amp; entrepreneurship with Diia.Business, and coordinating regional digital transformation in Ukraine.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"><span class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Valeriya leads European integration and international relations efforts within the Ministry, coordinating the digital section of Ukraine\u2019s EU candidate status. Valeriya is also actively engaged in digital diplomacy and is one of the big promoters of the Ukrainian Digital and Innovation brand. In 2023, Valeriya also became responsible for the direction of innovations. She also coordinates the national Future Perfect language program to promote the learning of English among Ukrainian citizens.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"><span class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Valeriya also oversees the CDTO Campus, preparing future digital leaders for public service and is advancing the Ukrainian Global Innovation Vision and Strategy 2030 (WinWin).<\/span><\/p><p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"><span class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Before joining the Government, Valeriya was an entrepreneur. She holds two bachelor\u2019s degrees in Management and Spanish Translation and several certificates from the Edinburgh Business School Eastern Europe MBA program.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4bff77 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a4bff77\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW220141914 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"First Paragraph\">Valeriya <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW220141914 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"First Paragraph\">Ionan<br \/><\/span><\/strong>Advisor to the Minister of Defense of Ukraine<br \/>Advisor to the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine on a voluntary, <br \/>non-executive basis, <br \/>Ex Wartime Deputy Minister,<br \/>MDT Ukraine 2019-2025<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17190bd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"17190bd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff62908 elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"ff62908\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-ff62908\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/pakosta-1.png\" alt=\"pakosta-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-ff62908\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/cecilia-removebg-preview.png\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tLiisa-Ly Pakosta, Minister of Digital, Estonia\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Liisa-Ly Pakosta was born on 3 September 1969 in Tallinn. She is in a non-marital partnership and a mother of five. Pakosta joined the Eesti 200 political party in 2023. She has previously been a member of the Pro Patria and Res Publica Union political party (2000\u20132015).<\/p><p>Liisa-Ly Pakosta graduated from the University of Tartu in 1993 with a degree in history and from Tallinn University in 2021 with a master\u2019s degree in law. She has started her doctoral studies in law at the University of Tartu in 2022.<\/p><p>In 2023 L.-L. Pakosta was awarded the Commander Cross of the Swedish Royal Order of the Polar Star.<\/p><p>Member of the Supervisory Board of the Estonian Open Air Museum in 2013\u20132015, Member of the Supervisory Board of the Estonian Anti-Doping and Sports Ethics Foundation since 2019.<br \/>Her hobbies are crafting, culture, working out, and pets.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1c8a9f elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f1c8a9f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Liisa-Ly Pakosta<br \/><\/b>Minister of Justice and Digital Affairs, Estonia<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d2c286 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0d2c286\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4512986 elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"4512986\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-4512986\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/prof-dr-kristina-sinemus.png\" alt=\"prof dr kristina sinemus\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-4512986\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/cecilia-removebg-preview.png\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tProf. Dr. Kristina Sinemus, Minister for Digitalisation and Innovation, Hessen\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dr. Kristina Sinemus is a professor of public affairs and political communication at Quadriga University Berlin. In January 2019, she was appointed as the first Hessian Minister for Digital Strategy and Development in MP Bouffier\u2019s cabinet, established the ministry, and has since headed Germany\u2019s first ministry of its kind. In MP Boris Rhein\u2019s cabinet, she has continued to serve as Minister for Digitalization and Innovation since 2024, making her Germany\u2019s longest-serving digital minister.<\/p><p>Since 2000, Dr. Sinemus has been vice president of the \u201cHesse-Wisconsin Association,\u201d where she is responsible for economic relations. Since 2020, she has headed the \u201cHesse Wisconsin\u201d friendship association. Since 2004, she has been a member of the plenary assembly of the Darmstadt Rhine-Main-Neckar Chamber of Industry and Commerce and chair of the location marketing committee. From 2009, Sinemus was vice president of the Darmstadt Chamber of Industry and Commerce, and in 2014 she was elected one of the first Chamber of Industry and Commerce presidents in Germany. She is also on the board of the German Chamber of Industry and Commerce, a member of the advisory board of the Frankfurt Rhine-Main Marketing Initiative, a member of the board of trustees of ENTEGA AG, and a member of the DGPuK.<\/p><p>She is also a member of the ZDF Television Advisory Board, a supervisory board member of the AI Quality and Testing Hub, a deputy member of the administrative board of Helaba, a supervisory board member of FIZ (Frankfurt Innovation Center), and chair of the board of House of Digital Information.<\/p><p>Since 1998, she has also been managing partner of genius science and dialogue GmbH. Since 1993, Dr. Sinemus has worked as a freelance strategy consultant at the interface of communication and science\/technology for clients such as Hoechst AG, Verband der deutschen \u00d6lm\u00fchlen e.V., BMBF, Wella AG, the European Union, Zoetis Tiergesundheit, and WWF.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a273892 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a273892\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Prof. Dr. Kristina Sinemus<br \/><\/strong>Minister for Digitalisation and Innovation, Hessen<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-641b5d6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"641b5d6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a96b440 elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"a96b440\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-a96b440\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Despina-Spanou.png\" alt=\"Despina Spanou\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-a96b440\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/cecilia-removebg-preview.png\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tDespina Spanou, Deputy Director-General, DG CNECT, European Commission\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Since November 2025, Despina Spanou is the Deputy Director General in charge of the Directorate for Cybersecurity and Trust in the Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG CONNECT) of the European Commission.<br \/><br \/>She was previously the Head of the Cabinet of the Vice-President of the European Commission, Margaritis Schinas (2019-2024). In this capacity she coordinated the Vice-President\u2019s work on security, migration and asylum, health, skills, education, culture and sports. She also coordinated the Vice-President\u2019s EU Security Union work, ranging from counterterrorism, organised crime and cybersecurity to hybrid threats. <br \/><br \/>Prior to that, she was Director for Digital Society, Trust and Cybersecurity at the Director-General of the Directorate-General for Communications Network, Content and Technology (DG CONNECT) of the European Commission. Ms. Spanou was responsible for the European Union\u2019s cybersecurity policy and law, served as a member of the management board of ENISA, and of the Steering Board of the Computer Emergency Response Team for the EU Institutions (CERT-EU). <br \/><br \/>She is a founding member of the Women4Cyber initiative and advocate for the need for more cybersecurity experts in Europe. She also teaches EU Cybersecurity policy at Harvard Kennedy School.<\/p><p>In her 22 years in the European Commission, Ms Spanou has held a number of senior management positions in the areas of Health and Consumer Policy and served as Deputy Head of Cabinet for Commissioners Kyprianou and Vassiliou.<br \/><br \/>Before joining the European Commission, she practised EU competition and trade law with a US law firm for a number of years.<br \/><br \/>Despina Spanou is a member of the Athens Bar Association and holds a Ph.D. in European law from the University of Cambridge.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-733b841 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"733b841\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Despina Spanou<br \/><\/strong>Deputy Director-General, DG CNECT, European Commission<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc6b352 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"bc6b352\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-205609a elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"205609a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-205609a\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Karianne-Tung.png\" alt=\"Karianne Tung\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-205609a\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tKarianne Tung, Minister of Digitalisation and Public Governance, Norway\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Karianne Oldernes Tung is a Norwegian Labour Party (Ap) politician from Stadsbygd in Tr\u00f8ndelag. On 16 October 2023, she took over as Minister of Digitalisation and Public Governance in Jonas Gahr St\u00f8re\u2019s Government.<\/p><p>From 2013 to 2017, she was a member of the Storting for the Labour Party in S\u00f8r-Tr\u00f8ndelag. During this period, she was a member of the Standing Committee on Health and Care Services until June 2015, after which she served on the Standing Committee on Transport and Communications.<\/p><p>Prior to her appointment as Minister, she was CEO of the interest organisation Trondheim Tech Port.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab204f6 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ab204f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Karianne Tung<\/strong><br \/>Minister of Digitalisation and Public Governance, Norway<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a59fdf9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a59fdf9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cebd2a6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cebd2a6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c3d2565 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c3d2565\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">10:00-10:05<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ab8047 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3ab8047\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-197fe2a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"197fe2a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Transition to breakouts<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4bb895d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4bb895d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5091504 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5091504\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba88654 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ba88654\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">10:05\u201310:45<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b277ac6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b277ac6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-563f724 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"563f724\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Securing the foundations of Europe's digital economy: connectivity and infrastructure<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b2cf65 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9b2cf65\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Europe\u2019s digital economy runs on invisible foundations: the networks, cloud capacity and edge infrastructure that carry data, power\u00a0AI\u00a0and connect industries in real time. As demand accelerates \u2013 from advanced manufacturing to critical public services \u2013 communications infrastructure is strategic terrain.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:180,&quot;335559739&quot;:180}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This session explores how Europe can strengthen the digital backbone that underpins innovation, competitiveness and security. Next-generation connectivity, trusted cloud and edge solutions, and resilient infrastructure are essential not only for economic growth, but for Europe\u2019s ability to withstand disruption in an increasingly contested world.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:180,&quot;335559739&quot;:180}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The challenge is twofold: safeguarding critical systems against rising threats, whilst ensuring that regulation and investment frameworks support rapid deployment rather than fragmentation. Building a future-proof digital foundation will require smarter coordination between policymakers and industry, clearer signals for long-term investment and an approach to interoperability that keeps Europe secure.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:180,&quot;335559739&quot;:180}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A competitive Europe will be built on infrastructure that is resilient,\u00a0trusted\u00a0and ready for the next decades.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5cbd586 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5cbd586\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff47eb1 elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"ff47eb1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-ff47eb1\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/pilar-del-castillo-vera.png\" alt=\"pilar del castillo vera\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-ff47eb1\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tMEP Pilar del Castillo Vera, EPP, Spain, Member of the ITRE Committee\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Pilar del Castillo is an MEP for Spain\u2019s Partido Popular party in the European People\u2019s Party group. She is currently a member of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. She was elected into the European Parliament for the first time in 2004 and reelected in 2024. From 2019 to 2024, MEP Castillo has actively participated in several EU policy files, including the European Electronic Communications Code; the Telecoms Single Market Regulation; the Regulation on the Body of European Regulators in Electronic Communications (BEREC) and the report on Cloud Computing Strategy for Europe. She is also chair of the European Internet Foundation, vice-president of European Energy Forum (EEF) and member of the Transatlantic Policy Network (TPN). Before entering the European Parliament, she was the minister of education, culture and sport in the second government of Jos\u00e9 Maria Aznar in 2000 to 2004. In 1986, Castillo became assistant professor in constitutional law at Universidad Nacional de Educaci\u00f3n a Distancia, and professor in political science and administration in 1994. She graduated in law in 1974 from Complutense University of Madrid (1983) and she holds a PhD from the same University.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31e5b8d elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"31e5b8d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>MEP Pilar del Castillo Vera<br \/><\/b>EPP, Spain, Member of the ITRE Committee<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9df4baa e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9df4baa\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b49915d elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"b49915d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-b49915d\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Peter-Stuckmann-1.png\" alt=\"Peter Stuckmann (1)\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-b49915d\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tPeter Stuckmann, Head of Unit, Electronic Communications Policy, Implementation and Enforcement, European Commission\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Peter is Head of Unit in DG CONNECT, where he is overseeing the EU telecoms policy and legal framework.<\/p><p>Before taking up the current position in 2023, he has been Deputy Director for Future Networks and Interim Executive Director setting up and running the 6G Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking.<\/p><p>Previously he was Head of Sector Spectrum Policy, penholder of the 2012 Roaming Regulation and the EU R&amp;D programme manager for 4G mobile communications standards.<\/p><p>Before joining the European Commission in 2004 he has occupied several engineering and management positions in industry, academia and start-ups. He holds engineering and doctoral degrees from RWTH Aachen University, Germany.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5887c83 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5887c83\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Peter Stuckmann<br \/><\/b>Head of Unit,\u00a0<br \/>Electronic Communications Policy,<br \/>Implementation and Enforcement, <br \/>European Commission\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38a30d1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"38a30d1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da42681 elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"da42681\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-da42681\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Audrey-Ferrazzini.png\" alt=\"Audrey Ferrazzini\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-da42681\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tAudrey Scozzaro Ferrazzini, Vice-President Government Affairs, Qualcomm\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Audrey is Vice-President Government Affairs at Qualcomm. Her main activities focus on Technology, Innovation, Competition and Geopolitics in Europe. She oversees strategic public policy files and advocacy efforts at the European Commission, the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union. Audrey is the Global lead for the Digital Markets Act and its worldwide influence. She is former Vice-Chair of the Amcham EU Intellectual Property Rights Committee and is the Chairwoman of the European Internet Forum earlier this year.<\/p><p>Audrey joined Qualcomm in 2014 after having worked in the public and private sectors for over 12 years and returned to Qualcomm in mid-2020 after leading the European Commission team at Google. Initially working for the French government\u2019s European Affairs Service, advising the Prime Minister\u2019s office, the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Culture and Communication, Audrey led the Government Affairs team of BlackBerry in Brussels for 5 years. She holds postgraduate degrees in European and International Law from La Sorbonne, and in International Relations from the University of Pantheon-Assas, Paris. She also completed the Executive Management Acceleration Program of INSEAD.<\/p><p>Audrey is based out of Brussels, and had previously lived in Toronto, Paris, Fort-de-France, Abidjan, and Djibouti. Audrey has a ten-year-old daughter and enjoys spending time with her English bulldogs, her Pomanese and her cat. She is a big fan of photography, martial arts and Pilates.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c342f24 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c342f24\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Audrey Scozzaro Ferrazzini<br \/><\/b>Vice-President Government Affairs, <br \/>Qualcomm<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e59dba0 e-con-full elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e59dba0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85cb346 elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"85cb346\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-85cb346\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1460x616-removebg-preview-e1739285033236.png\" alt=\"1460x616-removebg-preview-e1739285033236.png\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-85cb346\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tDariusz Standerski, Secretary of State, Ministry of Digital Affairs in Poland\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Doctor of economics, lawyer. Lecturer at the Faculty of Economic Sciences at the University of Warsaw. In 2015-2023 lead economist and member of the Management Board of the Kalecki Foundation. In 2019-2023, Director of Legislation at the Left Parliamentary Club. Author of more than 200 projects acts of law, including economic and social affairs. Co-author of the programme \u201cDigital State. Strategy for Poland\u201d, which includes the state of digital technologies in Poland, the European Union and the international arena, as well as specific tasks and objectives facing Poland in the digital area. Member of the Pozna\u0144 branch of the Polish Economic Society. Member of the National Board of the New Left party.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52a2b26 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"52a2b26\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Dariusz <\/strong><strong>Standerski<\/strong><br \/>Secretary of State, <br \/>Ministry of Digital Affairs in Poland<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60f9bdc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"60f9bdc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d377821 elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"d377821\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-d377821\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Jaume-Sanpera.png\" alt=\"Jaume Sanpera\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-d377821\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tJaume Sanpera, CEO and Co-Founder, Sateliot\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Jaume Sanpera, Sateliot\u2019s CEO, is a seasoned executive with nearly 30 years of experience in the telecommunications industry. A prominent figure in Spanish technological entrepreneurship, he has founded multiple successful companies, including Eurona, the first telecom satellite operator in Europe listed on the stock market in 2010, and Ambientum, a leader in Spain\u2019s environmental sector. His ventures have gained a wide international presence, solidifying his reputation as an expert in telecommunications.<\/p><p>Jaume\u2019s achievements have earned him recognition in the media and forums, where he shares insights on innovation and leadership, further establishing his influence in the industry.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b832632 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b832632\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Jaume Sanpera<\/strong><br \/>CEO and Co-Founder, Sateliot<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55d5c84 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"55d5c84\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b6df09 elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"8b6df09\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-8b6df09\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/alberto-removebg-preview.png\" alt=\"alberto-removebg-preview\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-8b6df09\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tAlberto di Felice, Policy and Legal Counsel, DIGITALEUROPE\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Alberto Di Felice is Policy and Legal Counsel at DIGITALEUROPE.<\/p><p>He works across policy teams to forecast and analyse new legislation. He has a particular focus on priority files, and is in charge of ensuring quality across all of the association\u2019s policy deliverables and thought leadership. In addition, he supports the projects team to strengthen synergies between policy and projects workstreams. Alberto also acts as DIGITALEUROPE\u2019s data protection and antitrust compliance officer.<\/p><p>Prior to this position, Alberto headed the association\u2019s work on cybersecurity, AI, data policy and privacy, telecoms, and consumer policy. Alberto joined DIGITALEUROPE in February 2018, having previously spent seven years at Qualcomm, a world leader in mobile technologies. His work there cut across EU technology policy areas such as privacy, telecoms regulation and the impact of digital on innovation and business models, including verticals such as connected cars and mobile health.<\/p><p>Alberto is a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP\/E). He holds degrees in law and European studies from the universities of Teramo and Trento in Italy as well as a masters in diplomacy from the Institute for International Political Studies in Milan.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2ea9b1 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a2ea9b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b><em>Moderated by: <\/em>Alberto di Felice<br \/><\/b>Policy and Legal Counsel, DIGITALEUROPE<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d5db70 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6d5db70\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8f5ba3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c8f5ba3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Can Europe's health policy keep pace with the AI wave?<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca9f212 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ca9f212\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">AI is moving rapidly from the margins of healthcare into its core, improving efficiency in overstretched systems, enabling earlier diagnoses, powering new generations of medical devices and personalised therapies, and giving clinicians real-time insights that were unimaginable a decade ago.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:180,&quot;335559739&quot;:180,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">It is also becoming a major engine of innovation and investment in Europe, attracting over \u20ac2.5 billion in startup venture capital in the past five years. Yet despite this momentum, adoption remains uneven. Fragmented rules, slow pathways to deployment and regulatory uncertainty risk holding back solutions that could strengthen both patient outcomes and Europe\u2019s health-industrial base.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:180,&quot;335559739&quot;:180,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This discussion brings together policymakers, regulators and industry leaders to explore where AI is most promising, what conditions innovators need to scale and how regulators can enable trustworthy progress across the full healthcare and drug development lifecycle.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:180,&quot;335559739&quot;:180,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">From the Apply AI Strategy and the digital omnibus package,\u00a0to the European Health Data Space, the Biotech Act and the Commission\u2019s recent efforts to streamline the implementation of the Medical Devices Regulation, the EU has a unique opportunity to make AI an integral part of health systems.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:180,&quot;335559739&quot;:180,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-877ca84 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"877ca84\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8de8c02 elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"8de8c02\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-8de8c02\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Peter-Arlett.png\" alt=\"Peter Arlett\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-8de8c02\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tDr Peter Arlett, Head, Data Analytics and Methods Task Force, European Medicines Agency\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Peter Arlett is Head of the Data Analytics and Methods Taskforce at the European Medicines Agency. In this role he leads on operations and transformation on clinical evidence at the EMA including clinical trials, real world evidence, safety reporting and data science including AI. He is Chair of the EMA Data Board, Co-Chair of the HMA-EMA Network Data Steering Group, Co-chair of the EMA AI Coordination Group, Co-chair of the Vaccine Monitoring Platform Steering Group, and Member of the ACT EU Steering Group. Prior to taking up this role in 2020, he held leadership roles within the EMA in the areas of pharmacovigilance, epidemiology, and risk management.<br \/>Prior to starting at EMA in 2008, Peter worked on new legislation and international collaboration for the European Commission, was the UK delegate to the European Committee for Human Medicinal Products, and was an assessor and manager at the UK\u2019s MHRA. He has a medical degree from University College London, and began his career as a hospital physician in Oxford and London.<br \/>In addition to his role at EMA, Peter is Honorary Professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He is also a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicines of London.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ced7e0a elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ced7e0a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Dr Peter Arlett<br \/><\/strong>Head, Data Analytics and Methods Task Force, European Medicines Agency<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ba161e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5ba161e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-300eec1 elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"300eec1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-300eec1\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/annick-faes-600-removebg-preview.png\" alt=\"annick-faes-600-removebg-preview\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-300eec1\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tAnnick Faes, VP IT and CIO Medical Devices EMEA J&amp;J Medtech\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47ce745 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"47ce745\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Annick Faes<br \/><\/strong>VP IT and CIO Medical Devices EMEA, Johnson &amp; Johnson<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e192d6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1e192d6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b2561d elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"7b2561d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-7b2561d\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Bartek-Madej.png\" alt=\"Bartek Madej\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-7b2561d\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tBartek Madej, Health International and Europe IT, BMS\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Bartek Madej serves as Head of Digital Health International and Europe IT at Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS), a global biopharmaceutical company committed to discovering, developing, and delivering innovative medicines that help patients prevail over serious diseases. In this role, he leads transformational change by advancing digital health technologies to enhance patient experience and outcomes, while shaping a future\u2011ready healthcare ecosystem powered by data, digital, and AI. His work is deeply aligned with BMS\u2019s mission to expand access, elevate quality of care, and enable more personalized patient journeys. Prior to joining BMS, Bartek held senior leadership roles in Digital and Innovation within leading life sciences organizations in Switzerland.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96ddcf9 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"96ddcf9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Bartek Madej<br \/><\/strong>Head, Digital Health International and Europe IT, BMS<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62a1698 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"62a1698\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c9a33ec elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"c9a33ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-c9a33ec\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/marsella-removebg-preview.png\" alt=\"marsella-removebg-preview\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-c9a33ec\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tMarco Marsella, Acting Deputy Director General for Health and Director for \u201cDigital, EU4Health and Health Systems Modernisation\u201d at the European Commission\u2019s Directorate General for Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE)\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mr Marsella oversees the implementation of the European Health Data Space Regulation, the implementation of the Health Technology Assessment Regulation, DG SANTE\u2019s work on health system modernisation as well as the EU4Health Programme. Prior to his current position, Mr Marsella held various roles within the European Commission, including Head of Unit for \u201ceHealth, Well-Being, Ageing\u201d and Head of Unit for \u201cLearning, Multilingualism, Accessibility\u201d at the European Commission\u2019s Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG CONNECT).<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-666cd59 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"666cd59\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Marco Marsella<\/strong><br \/>Acting Deputy Director General for Health and Director for \u201cDigital, EU4Health and Health Systems Modernisation\u201d at the European Commission\u2019s Directorate General for Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e04209 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5e04209\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e315a6 elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"5e315a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-5e315a6\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ray-removebg-preview.png\" alt=\"ray-removebg-preview\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-5e315a6\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tRay Pinto, Senior Director for Vertical Strategy and Business Development, DIGITALEUROPE\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lead\">Ray Pinto is currently the\u00a0<span class=\"ui-provider a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z ab ac ae af ag ah ai aj ak\" dir=\"ltr\">Senior Director for Vertical Strategy and Business Development<\/span>\u00a0for DIGITALEUROPE.\u00a0<\/p><p>Ray brings to DIGITALEUROPE over 25 years of government affairs and communications experience in Brussels and across the EU. Ray is responsible for the digital transformation strategy working closely with our members and key stakeholders to advance important work on areas impacting vertical industries such as data, cybersecurity, data protection, international trade, AI and emerging technologies, and skills development. He leads a team that plays a central role in growing the membership to include important European verticals including defence, healthcare and the public sector, financial services, manufacturing, and transport.<\/p><p>Previously, he worked at Microsoft responsible for coordinating policy efforts towards governments across the EU on socio-economic issues and strategies to build stronger relations.<\/p><p>Ray holds citizenship with both Canada and France and is a graduate of McGill University in Political Science.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ed1a8d elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4ed1a8d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b><em>Moderated by: <\/em>Ray Pinto<br \/><\/b>Senior Director for Vertical Strategy and Business Development, DIGITALEUROPE<b><br \/><\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b9508a3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b9508a3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99c6849 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"99c6849\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b25f87 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7b25f87\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">10:45-11:05<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d09cbf e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8d09cbf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ebf3605 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ebf3605\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Coffee break<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-81f6427 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"81f6427\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af1c72a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"af1c72a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eff66b8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"eff66b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">11:05-11:45<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ace56f4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ace56f4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39bb313 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"39bb313\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">From compliance to capability: Europe's cyber resilience challenge<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26500f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"26500f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In an era of hybrid conflict, cybersecurity has become a core pillar of Europe\u2019s societal and economic resilience. Russia\u2019s war against Ukraine has shown how cyberattacks, infrastructure disruption and information operations can destabilise countries with alarming speed, often far from the physical frontline.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:180,&quot;335559739&quot;:180}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Europe\u2019s challenge is to move beyond a model centred on compliance and towards one built on real capability: preparedness, coordination and trust across borders. Resilience is not built on paperwork. It is built on readiness.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:180,&quot;335559739&quot;:180}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The upcoming revision of the Cybersecurity Act, alongside the implementation of the EU\u2019s wider cyber framework and the digital omnibus simplification agenda,\u00a0marks a critical inflection point. Done right, it can reduce fragmentation across the single market, ease unnecessary burdens on companies and align security with competitiveness.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:180,&quot;335559739&quot;:180}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This session brings together EU and international policymakers and industry leaders to define what a future-ready European cybersecurity architecture must deliver, from effective public\u2013private cooperation in times of crisis, to the investments needed in skills, infrastructure and response capacity.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:180,&quot;335559739&quot;:180}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad3ca83 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ad3ca83\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-725680e elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"725680e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-725680e\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/jeffrey_appeldorn-removebg-preview.png\" alt=\"jeffrey_appeldorn-removebg-preview\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-725680e\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/cecilia-removebg-preview.png\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tJeffrey Apeldoorn, VP Missions ESA\/EU, ICEYE\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Jeffrey Apeldoorn is the VP Missions ESA\/EU at ICEYE and is responsible for ICEYE&#8217;s Missions sales for ESA\/EU.<br \/><br \/>Previously, Jeffrey was ICEYE\u2019s Head of Government Solutions for Europe leading the Solutions sales across EMEA. Before joining ICEYE, Jeffrey held various leadership roles in space companies in Europe and the USA, working with ESA and NASA. Notably he worked for over 10 years for OHB in Europe and at Astrobotic in the USA.<br \/><br \/>Jeffrey is a board member of the European Association of Remote Sensing Companies (EARSC) and is the ICEYE representative on ESA\u2019s New Space Advisory Board.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35decee elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"35decee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Jeffrey Apeldoorn<br \/><\/strong>VP Missions ESA\/EU, ICEYE<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec9a799 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ec9a799\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-196c1a3 elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"196c1a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-196c1a3\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Jean-Charles-Ellermann-Kingombe.png\" alt=\"Jean Charles Ellermann-Kingombe\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-196c1a3\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tJean Charles Ellermann-Kingombe, Assistant Secretary General for Cyber and Digital Transformation, NATO\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Jean Charles Ellermann-Kingombe is Assistant Secretary General for Cyber and Digital Transformation. In this capacity, he is the Secretary General\u2019s primary advisor on maintaining NATO\u2019s innovative edge, and on all issues relating to technological challenges, cyber defence and hybrid threats and their far-reaching implications for Alliance security.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f9df71 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9f9df71\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Jean Charles Ellermann-Kingombe<br \/><\/b><b> <\/b>Assistant Secretary General for Cyber and Digital Transformation, NATO<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d15e42 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0d15e42\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63cbff5 elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"63cbff5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-63cbff5\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Juhan-Lepassaar.png\" alt=\"Juhan Lepassaar\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-63cbff5\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tJuhan Lepassaar, Executive Director, ENISA\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mr. Juhan Lepassaar is the Executive Director of the EU Agency for Cybersecurity.<\/p><p>Mr Juhan Lepassaar took up his functions as the Executive Director of ENISA on 16 October 2019. He has more than 20 years of experience in working with and within the European Union. Prior to joining ENISA in 2019, he worked for six years in the European Commission, including as Head of Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip responsible for the Digital Single Market. In this capacity, he also led and coordinated the preparations and negotiations of the Cybersecurity Act.<\/p><p>Mr Lepassaar started his career in the EU affairs with the Estonian Government Office, leading for five years the national EU coordination system as the Director for EU affairs and EU adviser of the Prime Minister.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fec3432 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fec3432\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Juhan Lepassaar<br \/><\/strong>Executive Director, ENISA<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b039e4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5b039e4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-705b054 elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"705b054\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-705b054\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Nanna-Louise-Linde-2.png\" alt=\"Nanna-Louise Linde (2)\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-705b054\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tNanna-Louise Linde, Vice President of European Government Affairs, Microsoft\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lead\">Nanna\u2013Louise Wildfang Linde is Microsoft\u2019s Vice President of European Government Affairs with responsibility for Microsoft\u2019s government affairs and public policy work across Europe since September2022. Nanna\u2013Louise leads a team of government affairs professionals tasked with strengthening Microsoft\u2019s external relations with the EU institutions and governments across Europe and ensuring the company is a constructive partner in supporting policy makers in Europe achieve their goals and adapt smart legislation.<\/p><p>A competition lawyer by training, Nanna\u2013Louise brings with her almost two decades of experience at Microsoft. Most recently, she has been leading Microsoft\u2019s Corporate External &amp; Legal Affairs team in 32 countries in Central and Eastern Europe, responsible for legal matters and relations with governments and other authorities. Prior to that, she was leading Government Affairs for Microsoft in Western Europe. Nanna\u2013Louise and her teams have helped Microsoft build important partnerships with governments in Europe and position Microsoft as a trusted partner in the region, ranging from digitally preserving Greece\u2019s cultural heritage as part of Microsoft\u2019s AI for Cultural Heritage initiative to spearheading our efforts to support the Ukrainian Government, including through partnerships to strengthen cybersecurity and resilience.<\/p><p>Nanna\u2013Louise is known to be a modern leader who empowers her team and facilitates cross country and cross group collaboration with a transparent and authentic approach.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eeabf04 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eeabf04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Nanna-Louise Linde<br \/><\/strong>Vice President of European Government Affairs, Microsoft<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d61bc02 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d61bc02\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e15481e elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"e15481e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-e15481e\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Despina-Spanou.png\" alt=\"Despina Spanou\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-e15481e\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/cecilia-removebg-preview.png\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tDespina Spanou, Deputy Director-General, DG CNECT, European Commission\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Since November 2025, Despina Spanou is the Deputy Director General in charge of the Directorate for Cybersecurity and Trust in the Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG CONNECT) of the European Commission.<br \/><br \/>She was previously the Head of the Cabinet of the Vice-President of the European Commission, Margaritis Schinas (2019-2024). In this capacity she coordinated the Vice-President\u2019s work on security, migration and asylum, health, skills, education, culture and sports. She also coordinated the Vice-President\u2019s EU Security Union work, ranging from counterterrorism, organised crime and cybersecurity to hybrid threats. <br \/><br \/>Prior to that, she was Director for Digital Society, Trust and Cybersecurity at the Director-General of the Directorate-General for Communications Network, Content and Technology (DG CONNECT) of the European Commission. Ms. Spanou was responsible for the European Union\u2019s cybersecurity policy and law, served as a member of the management board of ENISA, and of the Steering Board of the Computer Emergency Response Team for the EU Institutions (CERT-EU). <br \/><br \/>She is a founding member of the Women4Cyber initiative and advocate for the need for more cybersecurity experts in Europe. She also teaches EU Cybersecurity policy at Harvard Kennedy School.<\/p><p>In her 22 years in the European Commission, Ms Spanou has held a number of senior management positions in the areas of Health and Consumer Policy and served as Deputy Head of Cabinet for Commissioners Kyprianou and Vassiliou.<br \/><br \/>Before joining the European Commission, she practised EU competition and trade law with a US law firm for a number of years.<br \/><br \/>Despina Spanou is a member of the Athens Bar Association and holds a Ph.D. in European law from the University of Cambridge.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf4d768 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cf4d768\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Despina Spanou<br \/><\/strong>Deputy Director-General, <br \/>DG CNECT, European Commission<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f80caa e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4f80caa\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac8d478 elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"ac8d478\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-ac8d478\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Karianne-Tung.png\" alt=\"Karianne Tung\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-ac8d478\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tKarianne Tung, Minister of Digitalisation and Public Governance, Norway\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Karianne Oldernes Tung is a Norwegian Labour Party (Ap) politician from Stadsbygd in Tr\u00f8ndelag. On 16 October 2023, she took over as Minister of Digitalisation and Public Governance in Jonas Gahr St\u00f8re\u2019s Government.<\/p><p>From 2013 to 2017, she was a member of the Storting for the Labour Party in S\u00f8r-Tr\u00f8ndelag. During this period, she was a member of the Standing Committee on Health and Care Services until June 2015, after which she served on the Standing Committee on Transport and Communications.<\/p><p>Prior to her appointment as Minister, she was CEO of the interest organisation Trondheim Tech Port.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4f5782 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f4f5782\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Karianne Tung<\/strong><br \/>Minister of Digitalisation and Public Governance, Norway<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-88b127a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"88b127a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5849564 elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"5849564\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-5849564\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/izabela-albrycht-1.png\" alt=\"izabela albrycht (1)\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-5849564\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tIzabela Albrycht, Director of the Cybersecurity Centre and FORT Krak\u00f3w DIANA Accelerator Poland, Site Lead at AGH University of Krak\u00f3w, the Rector\u2019s Proxy for NATO DIANA\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Izabela is a policy advisor with long-standing professional relations within the cyber and technology community. She brings many years of experience serving in expert groups of Polish and international public institutions as well as business organisations, including the Council for Digitization at the Ministry of Digital Affairs (2016\u20132025), the Security and Defence Council under the National Development Council (2021\u20132025), DIGITAL EUROPE (2020\u20132022), and the Global Future Council on Cybersecurity at the World Economic Forum (2019\u20132022).<\/p><p>In 2020\u20132022, she represented Poland in the NATO Advisory Group on Emerging and Disruptive Technologies, where she co-created the concept of NATO\u2019s DARPA, later named DIANA (Defence Accelerator for the North Atlantic). In recognition of her role in the Group and her efforts to strengthen Poland\u2019s international position, she was awarded the Bene Merito Badge of Honor by the Minister of Foreign Affairs. In 2025, she received the Silver Cross of Merit from President Andrzej Duda for her work in cybersecurity and national defence.<\/p><p>In 2017, she was listed among the 100 Eastern Europe\u2019s Emerging Technology Stars by the Financial Times &amp; New Europe 100. She was ranked among the \u201c50 Leading European Women in Cybersecurity\u201d by SC Media (2019). In 2019, she co-initiated Women4Cyber within the European Cyber Security Organisation (ECSO). In 2025, she was honoured by CEFCYS \u2013 Cercle des Femmes de la CyberS\u00e9curit\u00e9, with the support of the Cyber Command of the Ministry of the Interior (COMCYBER-MI), in the category \u201cWomen in Cybersecurity in Defense and Security \u2013 WORLD.\u201d<\/p><p>She is as a member of the Supervisory Board of Asseco Data Systems S.A. and ComCERT S.A., as well as an active member of Cyber LEGION, national cybersecurity programme led by the Cyberspace Defence Component Command (DKWOC) of the Polish Ministry of National Defence. Previously, she served as Chair of the Kosciuszko Institute (2010\u20132021), one of Poland\u2019s leading think tanks, where she co-founded the European Cybersecurity Forum \u2013 CYBERSEC, a major cybersecurity conference in Central and Eastern Europe. <br \/>She is a political scientist, a graduate of the Jagiellonian University in Krak\u00f3w, and the author of numerous reports, publications, and analyses on EU policy, international relations, cybersecurity, and dual-use technologies, including studies commissioned by the European Commission.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6a4106 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e6a4106\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><em>Moderated by: <\/em><\/strong><strong>Izabela Albrycht<br \/><\/strong>Director of the Cybersecurity Centre and FORT Krak\u00f3w DIANA Accelerator Poland<br \/>Site Lead at AGH University of Krak\u00f3w, the Rector\u2019s Proxy for NATO DIANA<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-08da1a9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"08da1a9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d430fb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3d430fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">AI, grids and data: building Europe's next energy system<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b33bf90 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b33bf90\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Europe\u2019s clean-energy transition is entering a decisive phase. Electrification is accelerating, power grids are under strain and digital infrastructure &#8211; from AI systems to data centres, is becoming integral to how the energy system operates.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:180,&quot;335559739&quot;:180}\"><br \/><br \/><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">AI and real-time data are reshaping the energy value chain: enabling smarter demand management, more resilient grids and faster integration of renewables. The transition is no longer just industrial, it is digital.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:180,&quot;335559739&quot;:180}\">\u00a0<br \/><br \/><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">As EU action intensifies on grids, energy efficiency and AI-enabled energy management, momentum is building for closer collaboration between industry and policymakers. The challenge is deployment: mobilising investment, accelerating infrastructure build-out and creating regulatory conditions that reward innovation at scale.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:180,&quot;335559739&quot;:180}\">\u00a0<br \/><br \/><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This session explores where Europe can move fastest, from AI applications that stabilize grids to the role of\u00a0 data-centres in a secure, efficient energy system, and how coordinated investment and industrial coordination can unlock cross-border scale.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:180,&quot;335559739&quot;:180}\"><br \/><br \/><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Electrification will drive Europe\u2019s climate pathway. Digital infrastructure will determine whether it delivers.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:180,&quot;335559739&quot;:180}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a47121a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a47121a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-00dd2e7 elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"00dd2e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-00dd2e7\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/niamh-gallagher-AWS-1.png\" alt=\"niamh gallagher AWS (1)\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-00dd2e7\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tNiamh Gallagher, Country Lead, AWS Ireland and EMEA Director, Infrastructure Public Policy\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Niamh is EMEA Director for Infrastructure Public Policy at Amazon Web Services (AWS); the cloud computing division of Amazon.com, where she leads a team of infrastructure, energy and sustainability policy specialists focused on delivery across our 11 EMEA data centre regions.\u00a0 Niamh also acts as Country Lead for AWS in Ireland.\u00a0 Niamh joined Amazon in 2018, as Head of Public Policy for Ireland.\u00a0 Prior to that she worked in a number of roles in politics and policy including as co-founder and Director of Women for Election, an organisation she founded; CEO of Drinkaware, and Research and Policy Analyst at the Children\u2019s Rights Alliance in Dublin. Niamh started her working life as a researcher at Fianna Fail, an Irish political party, before moving to London as researcher for Demos, a leading UK think tank, where she co-authored a series of influential reports.<\/p><p>Niamh holds a BA in European Studies from Trinity College Dublin, a Masters Degree in Politics from the London School of Economics and an Executive MBA from the UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business.\u00a0 She was a Governor of the Rotunda Maternity Hospital 2019-2024; and Board Member at Women for Election 2014-2014.\u00a0<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0973455 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0973455\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Niamh Gallagher<br \/><\/strong>Country Lead, AWS Ireland and EMEA Director, Infrastructure Public Policy<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-00764ae e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"00764ae\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-829f325 elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"829f325\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-829f325\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Karel-Havlicek.png\" alt=\"Karel Havl\u00ed\u010dek\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-829f325\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tKarel Havl\u00ed\u010dek, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade, Czech Republic\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Karel Havl\u00ed\u010dek has served as the First Deputy Prime Minister of the Czech Republic and the Minister of Industry and Trade since December 2025. He is also the Chairman of the Government Council for Research, Development and Innovation and the First Vice-Chair of the ANO political movement.<\/p><p>In the previous parliamentary term, he served as the movement\u2019s Shadow Prime Minister and as a Deputy Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies. Earlier, he was the Minister of Industry and Trade (2019\u20132021) and concurrently the Minister of Transport (2020\u20132021).<\/p><p>He graduated from the Czech Technical University in Prague and from the Prague International Business School affiliated with the Manchester Metropolitan University. He completed his doctoral studies at the University of Economics in Prague, where he was appointed Associate Professor at the Faculty of Finance and Accounting.<\/p><p>Between 2013 and 2019, he served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Association of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and Crafts of the Czech Republic, where he drew upon his experience as CEO and co-owner of the SINDAT Group.<\/p><p>In terms of his academic engagement, he is affiliated with the University of Finance and Administration, where he led the Faculty of Economic Studies and established the Economics and Management study programme. He has written several publications and academic articles about small and medium-sized enterprises.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7b95b8 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c7b95b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Karel Havl\u00ed\u010dek<br \/><\/strong>Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade, Czech Republic<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8dba459 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8dba459\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-afbcd9e elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"afbcd9e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-afbcd9e\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Renate-Nikolay-.png\" alt=\"Renate Nikolay\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-afbcd9e\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tRenate Nikolay, Deputy Director-General for Communication Networks, Content and Technology, DG CONNECT\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Renate Nikolay is Deputy Director-General in the European Commission\u2019s Directorate-General for Communication Networks, Content and Technology (DG CONNECT). In that role, she oversees the enforcement of the digital rulebook for platforms (Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act), the policies on digital connectivity, data, media and audiovisual as well as international and interinstitutional relations.<\/p><p>Between 2014 and 2022, she was Head of Cabinet of V\u0115ra Jourov\u00e1 in her roles as Commissioner for Justice and Consumers and as Vice-President for Values and Transparency.<\/p><p>Prior to that Renate Nikolay was Head of Unit in DG JUST and served as member in the Cabinets of Cathy Ashton and Peter Mandelson.<\/p><p>Renate Nikolay started her career in the European Commission in 2003 in DG Trade after having worked as a diplomat at the German Permanent Representation to the EU in Brussels and at the Federal Economics Ministry in Berlin.<\/p><p>Renate Nikolay has a law degree from the Free University of Berlin (Erstes und Zweites Staatsexamen) and a Master of Laws as Fulbright Scholar from Washington, DC. She also participated in an Erasmus exchange with Grenoble\/France.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59a43e4 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"59a43e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Renate Nikolay<br \/><\/strong>Deputy Director-General for Communication Networks, Content and Technology, DG CONNECT<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07df5f1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"07df5f1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb5c94b elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"eb5c94b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-eb5c94b\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/tobback_mep-removebg-preview.png\" alt=\"tobback_mep-removebg-preview\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-eb5c94b\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tMEP Bruno Tobback, S&amp;D, Belgium, Member of the ITRE Committee\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Bruno Tobback is a Belgian politician and member of the European Parliament for Vooruit. He is a member of the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament. He began his career as a lawyer after obtaining a Master of Law and a Master of Social and Economic Law. His political career started as a provincial councilor. Since then, he has held important positions at both the Flemish and federal levels, such as parliamentary group leader in the Flemish Parliament, federal minister of Environment and Pensions and president of the social Democratic Party in Flanders (Vooruit). Currently, he is also a member of the city council of his hometown, Leuven.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e6f1ce elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9e6f1ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW113690369 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW113690369 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"First Paragraph\">MEP Bruno Tobback<br><\/span><\/span><\/strong>S&amp;D, Belgium, <br>Member of the ITRE Committee<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb2e5be e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"bb2e5be\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07701a3 elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"07701a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-07701a3\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Peter-Weckesser.png\" alt=\"Peter Weckesser\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-07701a3\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tPeter Weckesser, Chief Digital Officer, Schneider Electric and President, DIGITALEUROPE\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Peter\u00a0Weckesser\u00a0is the\u00a0Chief Digital Officer of Schneider Electric and a member of the Executive Committee since June 2020, when he joined the company.<\/p><p>Prior to working at Schneider, Peter\u00a0served as the Digital Transformation Officer of Airbus\u2019\u00a0Defence\u00a0&amp; Space division\u00a0since 2017. Before joining Airbus, Peter\u00a0had extensive experience as a Senior Executive at Siemens, most recently as the Chief Operating Officer of Siemens\u2019 Product Lifecycle\u00a0Management, leading the IoT and Digital Enterprise business and activities.\u00a0He also held other executive-level positions with Siemens such as the CEO of Industry Services and CEO of Value Services.\u00a0<\/p><p>Peter\u2019s career\u00a0began at Siemens\u00a0where he worked in various roles in product management and development, including Director of Business Development in\u00a0the United States.\u00a0He holds a degree in physics as well as a\u00a0PhD\u00a0in Computer Science\u00a0from the University of Karlsruhe, Germany. He currently resides\u00a0in Germany.\u00a0<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48d3380 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"48d3380\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Peter Weckesser<br \/><\/b>Chief Digital Officer, Schneider Electric and President, DIGITALEUROPE<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff42c79 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ff42c79\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1a1e0e elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"f1a1e0e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-f1a1e0e\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/afsin-removebg-preview.png\" alt=\"afsin-removebg-preview\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-f1a1e0e\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tAf\u015fin Yurdakul, Event Master of Ceremonies\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Af\u015fin Yurdakul is an award-winning journalist, news anchor, and moderator with over 15 years of professional experience. She has hosted prime-time daily news programs, reported on global affairs, and served as chief foreign editor at a leading private news network in T\u00fcrkiye. Af\u015fin has written about T\u00fcrkiye and the Middle East for a range of publications, including\u00a0<i>The New York Times<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0<i>TIME<\/i>. She has moderated high-level international panel discussions for organizations such as the United Nations, the World Bank, and the World Economic Forum in Davos. Af\u015fin was a Stigler Fellow at the University of Chicago and a Nieman Journalism Fellow at Harvard University. She holds an M.S. from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65ed315 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"65ed315\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b><em>Moderated by<\/em>: Af\u015fin Yurdakul<br \/><\/b>Event Master of Ceremonies<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bdaeede e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"bdaeede\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a223b21 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a223b21\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-396927c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"396927c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">11:45-13:10<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-efa8cac e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"efa8cac\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c44f6b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c44f6b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Lunch<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90fd893 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"90fd893\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-175f886 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"175f886\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a6a801 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8a6a801\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">13:10-13:30<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6a2de7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a6a2de7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e810818 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e810818\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Keynote conversation: The energy\u2013digital nexus<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-265d5ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"265d5ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Europe\u2019s shift to a net-zero economy is inseparable from its digital transformation. Energy systems are becoming smarter, decentralised and\u00a0data driven, whilst digital technologies are becoming more energy dependent and infrastructure heavy.\u00a0For European industry, the twin transition is no longer a concept, it is the operating reality.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:180,&quot;335559739&quot;:180,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This keynote conversation explores the deepening interplay between energy policy and digital innovation, and how technology can help deliver a more efficient,\u00a0resilient\u00a0and competitive economy\u00a0in Europe. From AI-enabled grid management and smarter industrial processes to connectivity and data tools that optimise consumption, digital solutions are increasingly central to meeting Europe\u2019s climate ambitions whilst strengthening its industrial base.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:180,&quot;335559739&quot;:180}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Speakers will reflect on the practical choices needed to\u00a0turn\u00a0\u00a0the\u00a0Green Deal Industrial Plan\u00a0into\u00a0deployment across sectors:\u00a0investing in smart infrastructure, accelerating digital energy\u00a0applications\u00a0and aligning climate ambition with Europe\u2019s digital strategy.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:180,&quot;335559739&quot;:180}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The discussion will also\u00a0address\u00a0how Europe can mitigate high energy costs,\u00a0strengthen\u00a0security of\u00a0supply\u00a0and unlock innovation across the value chain.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:180,&quot;335559739&quot;:180}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The next energy system will not be built with electrons alone but\u00a0on\u00a0data, intelligence and infrastructure working together.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:180,&quot;335559739&quot;:180}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e29e18 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0e29e18\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a49634 elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"8a49634\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-8a49634\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/jorgensen-removebg-preview.png\" alt=\"jorgensen-removebg-preview\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-8a49634\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tDan J\u00f8rgensen, Commissioner for Energy and Housing\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"text-align-justify\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Dan J\u00f8rgensen is the European Commissioner for energy and housing. He previously served in the Danish government as minister for development cooperation, minister for global climate policy, and minister for climate, energy, and utilities. He was for nearly a decade a member of the Danish parliament (Folketing), where he served as vice-chairman of the parliamentary group of the Social Democratic Party and as vice-chairman of the Danish delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly. He was also a member of the European Parliament in the S&amp;D Group.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"text-align-justify\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">J\u00f8rgensen holds a master\u2019s degree in political science from Aarhus University. He pursued an academic career and lectured at several universities including the University of Copenhagen, Seattle University, Sciences Po, the Danish Institute for Study Abroad, and Aarhus University. He was also an adjunct professor at Aalborg University.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3cfef3 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f3cfef3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW99111163 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW99111163 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"First Paragraph\" data-ccp-parastyle-defn=\"{&quot;ObjectId&quot;:&quot;276295ed-5df2-5456-988c-5fdbab071054|1&quot;,&quot;ClassId&quot;:1073872969,&quot;Properties&quot;:[201342446,&quot;1&quot;,201342447,&quot;5&quot;,201342448,&quot;1&quot;,201342449,&quot;1&quot;,469777841,&quot;Aptos&quot;,469777842,&quot;Arial&quot;,469777843,&quot;Aptos&quot;,469777844,&quot;Aptos&quot;,201341986,&quot;1&quot;,469769226,&quot;Aptos,Arial&quot;,268442635,&quot;24&quot;,335559739,&quot;180&quot;,335559738,&quot;180&quot;,469775450,&quot;First Paragraph&quot;,201340122,&quot;2&quot;,134234082,&quot;true&quot;,134233614,&quot;true&quot;,469778129,&quot;FirstParagraph&quot;,335572020,&quot;1&quot;,469775498,&quot;Body Text&quot;,469778324,&quot;Body Text&quot;]}\"><strong>Dan J\u00f8rgensen<\/strong><br \/>Commissioner for Energy and Housing<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4c6433 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e4c6433\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c74693 elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"8c74693\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-8c74693\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Alexandros-Paterakis-1.png\" alt=\"Alexandros Paterakis (1)\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-8c74693\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tAlexandros Paterakis, Deputy CEO, Executive Board Member of Digital &amp; Advanced Services, PPC Group\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">Alexandros Paterakis holds a degree in Computer Engineering and Mathematics from the University of La Verne.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">He started his career as a Network Engineer and subsequently held positions of responsibility as a senior IT consultant, such as Head of the Consulting Services at MicroAge, Management Consultant at Arthur Andersen (current Accenture) in the UK, and later in Greece.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">In 2003 he served as IT Director at Tellas Telecommunications and in 2008 he joined Vodafone where he held the position of CIO.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">He was then recruited by Etihad Etisalat (Mobily), at Saudi Arabia, where he served as President of Infotech Mobility India Pvt Ltd before retiring in 2016 as CIO, where he was actively involved in the promotion of transformation in information and communication technologies (ICT).<\/p><p class=\"p1\">Since 2016 he has provided consulting services focusing on digital strategy. Since 2018 he has held the position of CIO at AXIATA Celcom, a telecommunications provider in Malaysia.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9463b3f elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9463b3f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Alexandros Paterakis<br \/><\/strong>Deputy CEO, Executive Board Member of Digital &amp; Advanced Services, PPC Group<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7982d56 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7982d56\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-184e7c9 elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"184e7c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-184e7c9\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Peter-Weckesser.png\" alt=\"Peter Weckesser\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-184e7c9\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tPeter Weckesser, Chief Digital Officer, Schneider Electric and President, DIGITALEUROPE\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Peter\u00a0Weckesser\u00a0is the\u00a0Chief Digital Officer of Schneider Electric and a member of the Executive Committee since June 2020, when he joined the company.<\/p><p>Prior to working at Schneider, Peter\u00a0served as the Digital Transformation Officer of Airbus\u2019\u00a0Defence\u00a0&amp; Space division\u00a0since 2017. Before joining Airbus, Peter\u00a0had extensive experience as a Senior Executive at Siemens, most recently as the Chief Operating Officer of Siemens\u2019 Product Lifecycle\u00a0Management, leading the IoT and Digital Enterprise business and activities.\u00a0He also held other executive-level positions with Siemens such as the CEO of Industry Services and CEO of Value Services.\u00a0<\/p><p>Peter\u2019s career\u00a0began at Siemens\u00a0where he worked in various roles in product management and development, including Director of Business Development in\u00a0the United States.\u00a0He holds a degree in physics as well as a\u00a0PhD\u00a0in Computer Science\u00a0from the University of Karlsruhe, Germany. He currently resides\u00a0in Germany.\u00a0<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c9e7f4a elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c9e7f4a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><em>Moderated by: <\/em><\/strong><strong>Peter<\/strong><b> Weckesser<br \/><\/b>Chief Digital Officer, Schneider Electric and President, DIGITALEUROPE<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f16157a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f16157a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e617986 elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"e617986\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-e617986\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/sabine-erlinghagen.png\" alt=\"sabine erlinghagen\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-e617986\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tSabine Erlinghagen, CEO, Grid Software, Siemens \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Sabine Erlinghagen is the CEO of Siemens\u2019 global grid software. As a passionate advocate for the energy transition, she is widely recognized as a trailblazer in grid digitalization, deeply committed to creating positive economic and environmental impact. Sabine pursues the transformative vision for autonomous grids to accelerate the energy transition \u2013 addressing the challenge of integrating millions of Distributed Energy Resources and the urgency to scale grid capacity with speed and flexibility. Prior to her role in Siemensshe held various management positions in the energy sector and in software businesses. She holds a PhD from ETH Zurich (Switzerland).\u00a0<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e188df8 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e188df8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><em>Moderated by:<\/em> Sabine Erlinghagen<br \/><\/strong>CEO, Grid Software, Siemens<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d6e679 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7d6e679\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c70619b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5c70619b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-127e32bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"127e32bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">13:30-13:45<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-225f9fb7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"225f9fb7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f6cd037 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5f6cd037\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Keynote \u2014 Ukraine's digital frontline: Europe's wake-up call<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5abc8f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5abc8f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ukraine has shown, under the most extreme conditions imaginable, that digital resilience is a matter of national survival.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:180,&quot;335559739&quot;:180}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">From\u00a0maintaining\u00a0government services under attack to defending critical infrastructure against relentless cyber operations,\u00a0the country has\u00a0operated\u00a0on the digital frontline of modern warfare.\u00a0Technology has become both shield and lifeline: enabling continuity,\u00a0coordination\u00a0and resistance even in the face of sustained hybrid warfare.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:180,&quot;335559739&quot;:180}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In this keynote, Valeriya\u00a0Ionan, Advisor to the First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine, reflects on the lessons Europe cannot afford to ignore. As digital systems underpin energy networks, communications,\u00a0logistics\u00a0and democratic stability, the line between civilian infrastructure and strategic vulnerability is disappearing.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:180,&quot;335559739&quot;:180}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ukraine\u2019s\u00a0experience is defined by\u00a0speed,\u00a0innovation\u00a0and\u00a0real-time\u00a0resilience. This keynote is a wake-up call for Europe: digital capability is no longer optional, it is a core pillar of security,\u00a0sovereignty\u00a0and long-term strength.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:180,&quot;335559739&quot;:180}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fb388b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6fb388b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61f5736 elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"61f5736\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-61f5736\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ionan-resized.png\" alt=\"ionan resized\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-61f5736\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tValeriya Ionan, Advisor to the Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Advisor to the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine on a voluntary, non-executive basis, Ex Wartime Deputy Minister, MDT Ukraine 2019-2025\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"><span class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Valeriya Ionan was previously the Deputy Minister at the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine. She is a key woman leader in Ukraine\u2019s GovTech evolution. She joined the newly established Ministry in 2019 at age 28; at that time, she was the youngest Deputy Minister in the Ukrainian Government, aligning with the mission of the MDT to transform Ukraine into the most convenient digital country in the world. Since then, Ukraine has undergone a substantial digital transformation, introducing the world\u2019s first fully digital passport, a number of efficient digital reforms, including the development of Diia ecosystem that has achieved global respect. Ukraine has been called \u201cEuropean Digital Transformation Tiger\u201d for its innovative approach and commitment to becoming the world\u2019s most user-friendly digital state, even during a full-scale Russian invasion.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"><span class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Valeriya has been instrumental in developing the Diia Ecosystem, which includes 6 projects, including 2 under her direct leadership \u2013 Diia.Education and Diia.Business, which significantly impact digital literacy and entrepreneurship across Ukraine. In the Ministry of Digital Transformation, she oversees the national program on the development of digital literacy and Diia.Education, supporting the development of SMEs &amp; entrepreneurship with Diia.Business, and coordinating regional digital transformation in Ukraine.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"><span class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Valeriya leads European integration and international relations efforts within the Ministry, coordinating the digital section of Ukraine\u2019s EU candidate status. Valeriya is also actively engaged in digital diplomacy and is one of the big promoters of the Ukrainian Digital and Innovation brand. In 2023, Valeriya also became responsible for the direction of innovations. She also coordinates the national Future Perfect language program to promote the learning of English among Ukrainian citizens.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"><span class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Valeriya also oversees the CDTO Campus, preparing future digital leaders for public service and is advancing the Ukrainian Global Innovation Vision and Strategy 2030 (WinWin).<\/span><\/p><p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"><span class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Before joining the Government, Valeriya was an entrepreneur. She holds two bachelor\u2019s degrees in Management and Spanish Translation and several certificates from the Edinburgh Business School Eastern Europe MBA program.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb8a496 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bb8a496\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW220141914 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"First Paragraph\">Valeriya <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW220141914 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"First Paragraph\">Ionan<br \/><\/span><\/strong>Advisor to the Minister of Defense of Ukraine<br \/>Advisor to the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine on a voluntary, <br \/>non-executive basis, <br \/>Ex Wartime Deputy Minister,<br \/>MDT Ukraine 2019-2025<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-757b580 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"757b580\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b76b8c4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b76b8c4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b26531 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4b26531\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">13:45-14:25<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-857170f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"857170f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d4827a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1d4827a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Digital and defence: Europe's game changer<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-321699a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"321699a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Cyberattacks on energy networks, disruptions to communications and interference with\u00a0logistics\u00a0and supply chains are testing Europe\u2019s critical infrastructure in real time.\u00a0As digital technologies become central to how societies function and defend themselves,\u00a0resilience has moved to the front line of European security.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:180,&quot;335559739&quot;:180}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This high-level session brings together military,\u00a0government\u00a0and industry leaders to examine how digital innovation and dual-use technologies can strengthen Europe\u2019s preparedness whilst reinforcing its competitiveness. The focus is\u00a0on deployment,\u00a0not on\u00a0doctrine:\u00a0how to move emerging technologies into operational use and build stronger links between civilian and defence domains.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:180,&quot;335559739&quot;:180}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Drawing on lessons from recent conflicts and disruptions, the discussion will explore what is holding trusted digital capabilities\u00a0back\u00a0\u2013 from procurement and investment gaps to fragmented\u00a0national\u00a0approaches\u00a0\u2013 and what must change to\u00a0close\u00a0Europe\u2019s\u00a0vulnerabilities.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:180,&quot;335559739&quot;:180}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Europe\u2019s next advantage will come from technologies that serve both prosperity and protection. The challenge is to scale them with speed,\u00a0trust\u00a0and coordination.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:180,&quot;335559739&quot;:180}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bcddfe e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2bcddfe\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5835c97 elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"5835c97\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-5835c97\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Henrik-Bliddal.png\" alt=\"Henrik Bliddal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-5835c97\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tHenrik Bliddal, Head of National Security and Defense, Geopolitical &amp; Government Relations, Nokia\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><span class=\"markjqwna9qij\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Henrik<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"markannuy3bqi\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">Bliddal<\/span>\u00a0is Head of National Security and Defense, Geopolitical and Government Relations, Nokia since February 2026. Previously, he held roles at the NATO Parliamentary Assembly: Deputy Secretary General of the \u00a0from 2020 and 2025, Director of the Science and Technology Committee (2011-2019) and Research Assistant (2010-2011).<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div>Since 2020, he has been a mentor for the Women in International Security (WIIS) Brussels program.\u00a0Mr.\u00a0<span class=\"markannuy3bqi\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">Bliddal<\/span>\u00a0is the author of the monograph\u00a0Reforming Military Command Arrangements: The Case of the Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force\u00a0(Strategic Studies Institute, US Army War College, 2011) and co-editor of the book\u00a0Classics of International Relations: Essays in Criticism and Appreciation\u00a0(Routledge, 2013, with Casper Sylvest and Peter Wilson).<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div>He graduated with an MSc in Political Science from the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, in January 2010.\u00a0Mr\u00a0<span class=\"markannuy3bqi\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">Bliddal<\/span>\u00a0is a Danish and German citizen.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4472146 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4472146\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Henrik Bliddal<br \/><\/strong>Head of National Security and Defense, Geopolitical &amp; Government Relations, Nokia<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc0d147 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fc0d147\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ec8215 elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"8ec8215\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-8ec8215\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Major-General-Sean-Clancy_13-07-2021-15_25_31-copy-removebg-preview.png\" alt=\"Major-General-Sean-Clancy_13-07-2021-15_25_31-copy-removebg-preview.png\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-8ec8215\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tGeneral\u202fSe\u00e1n Clancy, Chair, European Military Committee \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Lt Gen Se\u00e1n Clancy has 37 years\u2019 service in the Irish Defence Forces. He is the first Airman in the Irish State to serve as Chief of Staff, having previously served as Deputy Chief of Staff (Support) and General Officer Commanding Irish Air Corps and Director of Military Aviation. Lt Gen Clancy joined the Irish Defence Forces in 1984 as a cadet and commenced his flight training in 1986. He has flown both fixed and rotary wing aircraft and has accumulated nearly 5,000 flight hours. He is a qualified type and instrument-rating examiner, a qualified flight simulator instructor and he last held type, instrument and NVG ratings on the AW139. Lt Gen Clancy has been a driver of change and a champion for innovation within the Defence Forces. He played a central role in the development of the Ireland\u2019s first Emergency Aeromedical Service established in 2012. He has been a strong advocate for Leadership and was the co-author of the Defence Forces Leadership Doctrine published in 2016. He also led the team who developed the current vision and values-based strategy for the Defence Forces post the publication of the White Paper on Defence. Lt Gen Clancy served in appointments including Squadron Commander, Wing Commander, Senior Staff Officer Operations, Senior Staff Officer Personnel, Chief of Air Staff Support in Air Corps Headquarters, Director of Strategic Planning Branch and Deputy Chief of Staff (Support) in Defence Forces Headquarters. Prior to promotion to Deputy Chief of Staff (Support) he served as General Officer Commanding, Irish Air Corps and Director of Military Aviation. Lt Gen Clancy has spent a considerable period of his career as a Search and Rescue pilot and was the Commander of the crew who received the Marine Medal for Meritorious Service in 2002. Lt Gen Clancy has served for a year with the European Union Force in Bosnia as the Military Advisor to the Force Commander and spent two years as air advisor to the permanent element of SHIRBRIG, the UN standby Brigade. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from Trinity College, Dublin and a Masters in Military Leadership and Defence Studies from the National University of Ireland, Maynooth. He is a graduate of the Defence Forces Command and Staff College where he was the recipient of the Lt Gen Tadgh O\u2019Neill Award. In 2017 he completed a Diploma in Advanced Management Performance with Smurfit Business School.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba08279 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ba08279\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW20507675 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW20507675 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">Gen<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW20507675 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">eral <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW20507675 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">Se\u00e1n Clancy<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW20507675 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW20507675 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW20507675 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW20507675 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">Chair, European Military Committee<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW20507675 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:180,&quot;335559739&quot;:180}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9747db3 e-con-full elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9747db3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b5b0ad8 elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"b5b0ad8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-b5b0ad8\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ionan-resized.png\" alt=\"ionan resized\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-b5b0ad8\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tValeriya Ionan, Advisor to the Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Advisor to the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine on a voluntary, non-executive basis, Ex Wartime Deputy Minister, MDT Ukraine 2019-2025\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"><span class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Valeriya Ionan was previously the Deputy Minister at the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine. She is a key woman leader in Ukraine\u2019s GovTech evolution. She joined the newly established Ministry in 2019 at age 28; at that time, she was the youngest Deputy Minister in the Ukrainian Government, aligning with the mission of the MDT to transform Ukraine into the most convenient digital country in the world. Since then, Ukraine has undergone a substantial digital transformation, introducing the world\u2019s first fully digital passport, a number of efficient digital reforms, including the development of Diia ecosystem that has achieved global respect. Ukraine has been called \u201cEuropean Digital Transformation Tiger\u201d for its innovative approach and commitment to becoming the world\u2019s most user-friendly digital state, even during a full-scale Russian invasion.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"><span class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Valeriya has been instrumental in developing the Diia Ecosystem, which includes 6 projects, including 2 under her direct leadership \u2013 Diia.Education and Diia.Business, which significantly impact digital literacy and entrepreneurship across Ukraine. In the Ministry of Digital Transformation, she oversees the national program on the development of digital literacy and Diia.Education, supporting the development of SMEs &amp; entrepreneurship with Diia.Business, and coordinating regional digital transformation in Ukraine.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"><span class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Valeriya leads European integration and international relations efforts within the Ministry, coordinating the digital section of Ukraine\u2019s EU candidate status. Valeriya is also actively engaged in digital diplomacy and is one of the big promoters of the Ukrainian Digital and Innovation brand. In 2023, Valeriya also became responsible for the direction of innovations. She also coordinates the national Future Perfect language program to promote the learning of English among Ukrainian citizens.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"><span class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Valeriya also oversees the CDTO Campus, preparing future digital leaders for public service and is advancing the Ukrainian Global Innovation Vision and Strategy 2030 (WinWin).<\/span><\/p><p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"><span class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Before joining the Government, Valeriya was an entrepreneur. She holds two bachelor\u2019s degrees in Management and Spanish Translation and several certificates from the Edinburgh Business School Eastern Europe MBA program.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b9318f elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9b9318f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW220141914 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"First Paragraph\">Valeriya <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW220141914 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"First Paragraph\">Ionan<br \/><\/span><\/strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW240310557 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240310557 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">Advisor to the Minister of\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW240310557 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">Defense<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240310557 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">\u00a0of Ukraine,\u00a0<br \/><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW240310557 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240310557 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">Advisor to the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine on a voluntary,<br \/><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW240310557 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240310557 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\"> non-executive basis, <br \/>Ex Wartime Deputy Minister,<br \/>MDT Ukraine 2019-2025<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0637911 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0637911\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3778f87 elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"3778f87\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-3778f87\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/gen_vetter-removebg-preview.png\" alt=\"gen_vetter-removebg-preview\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-3778f87\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tLtGen Michael Vetter, Director-General for Innovation and Cyber and Chief Information Officer, Federal Ministry of Defence in Berlin\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">Lieutenant General Michael Vetter is the Director General for Cyber\/IT and Chief Information Officer in the German Ministry of Defence in Berlin since April 2019.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">Lieutenant General Vetter joined the Luftwaffe as an officer cadet in 1982 and served as a Supply Officer and Squadron Commander in a Tactical Reconnaissance Wing.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">At staff level he served in various functions such as Assistant Chief of Staff Support in the Luftwaffe Air Transport Command and Branch Chief in the Luftwaffe Support Command. At MoD level he served as Assistant Branch Chief in the Air Staff, as Branch Chief Logistics Plans and Policy at the Joint Staff and as Assistant Chief of Staff for Support at the Joint Staff.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">From 2003 until 2005 he was the Military Assistant to the Chief of the Air Staff.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">Lieutenant General Vetter commanded Luftwaffe Maintenance Regiment 2 in Diepholz from 2005 until 2007<\/p><p class=\"p1\">and became the Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff Bundeswehr Logistics Centre in 2009. From May 2013 until December 2013 he served as the Deputy Chief of Staff for Support in ISAF Regional Command North, Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">From 2012 until 2017 he commanded the Bundeswehr Logistics Centre located in Wilhelmshaven.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">In 2017 he became the first Vice Chief Bundeswehr Cyber and Information Domain Service (CIDS) and the Chief of Staff CIDS Headquarters.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">Lieutenant General Vetter holds a Master\u2019s Degree in Economics from the Bundeswehr University Munich.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">He attended the German General Staff Officers Course at the Federal Armed Forces Command and General<\/p><p class=\"p1\">Staff Academy in Hamburg. He is a member of the Royal College of Defence Studies in London and a graduate from the Defence Resources Management Institute\/United States Navy Postgraduate School in Monterey\/California.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">Lieutenant General Vetter is married to Yasmin. They have six children.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d2d928 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7d2d928\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW134948762 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><strong><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SpellingErrorHighlight SCXW134948762 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\">LtGen<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW134948762 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\"><strong> Michael Vetter<\/strong><br \/>Director-General for Innovation and Cyber and Chief Information Officer,<br \/>Federal Ministry of Defence in Berlin<br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7d75b3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a7d75b3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f56a261 elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"f56a261\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-f56a261\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Viktoriia-Yaremchuk-CEO-Farsight-Vision-1.png\" alt=\"Viktoriia Yaremchuk CEO, Farsight Vision (1)\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-f56a261\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tViktoriia Yaremchuk, CEO, Co-Founder, Farsight Vision\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33be8c3 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"33be8c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Viktoriia Yaremchuk<br \/><\/strong>CEO, Co-Founder, Farsight Vision<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16db69a9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"16db69a9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-379ad6c7 elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"379ad6c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-379ad6c7\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Cecilia-Bonefeld-Dahl-removebg-preview.png\" alt=\"Cecilia-Bonefeld-Dahl-removebg-preview.png\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-379ad6c7\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tCecilia Bonefeld-Dahl, Director General, DIGITALEUROPE\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lead\">Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl is Director-General of DIGITALEUROPE, the leading digital technology industry association representing over 35,000 digital companies in Europe.<\/p><p>She is a member of the Stakeholder Cybersecurity Certification Group of ENISA (the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity) and of NATO\u2019s high-level Advisory Group for Emerging and Disruptive Technologies, as well as a board member of the European Commission\u2019s Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition and the European Parliament-led European Internet Forum.<\/p><p>Formerly, Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl was a member of the European Commission\u2019s High Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence, and of the High-level Strategy Group on Industrial Technologies in charge of identifying Key Enabling Technologies.<\/p><p>She was an Executive Board Member of the Royal Danish Export Council and Chair of the Export Grant Committee under the Danish Foreign Ministry. She also served as Executive Board member in DIGITALEUROPE, and as a member of the association\u2019s high level Digital Advisory Council.<\/p><p>Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl has served as Board Member of the Danish Chamber of Commerce and was President of the Board of the Danish ICT association (ITB), where she led the development of policy positions on issues such as business digitalisation, ICT security, disruptive business models, telecoms and education.<\/p><p>Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl has more than 25 years of experience in the ICT industry. She previously held international positions at IBM and Oracle as well as with SMEs, building businesses across Europe and China and founding the cloud provider GlobeIT. She has deep insights into the digitalisation of business and society and the data-driven economy, and is regularly invited to deliver keynote speeches on these issues at high-level events across the world.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4cd706ef elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4cd706ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em><strong>Moderated by:<\/strong> <\/em><strong>Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl<\/strong><br \/>Director General, DIGITALEUROPE<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-00e3092 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"00e3092\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-825d1d9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"825d1d9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f45fbb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5f45fbb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">14:25-14:40<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2f61ef e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a2f61ef\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d0b4d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7d0b4d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Coffee break<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-486fd3f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"486fd3f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7b1216 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f7b1216\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a1794a3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a1794a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">14:40-14:50<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ca8429 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1ca8429\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f666a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8f666a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Keynote speech - Europe can invent: can it invest too?<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb94dd5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cb94dd5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Europe does not lack innovation. It lacks the capital to scale it.\u00a0The gap between invention and industrial deployment remains\u00a0one of the continent\u2019s most persistent vulnerabilities,\u00a0at a time\u00a0when global\u00a0competitors mobilise capital at unprecedented speed.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:180,&quot;335559739&quot;:180}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In this keynote, Commissioner Maria Lu\u00eds Albuquerque, addresses a central question for Europe\u2019s digital future:\u00a0how to build investment pathways that can move faster, go bigger and back strategic technologies at scale\u00a0?<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:180,&quot;335559739&quot;:180}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">From AI deployment and secure digital infrastructure to dual-use innovation and next-generation industrial capacity, the\u00a0next\u00a0\u00a0decade will require financing models\u00a0matching\u00a0Europe\u2019s\u00a0ambitions.\u00a0Strengthening Europe\u2019s capital markets, unlocking private\u00a0investment\u00a0and\u00a0enabling\u00a0long-term risk-taking will be essential to turning technological ambition into economic strength.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559738&quot;:180,&quot;335559739&quot;:180}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-813a2a3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"813a2a3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7dad66 elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"e7dad66\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-e7dad66\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Albuquerque.png\" alt=\"Albuquerque\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-e7dad66\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tMaris Lu\u00eds Albuquerque, Commissioner for Financial Services and the Savings and Investments Union, European Commission\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Maria Lu\u00eds Albuquerque is the European Commissioner for Financial Services and the Savings and Investments Union at the European Commission. With extensive experience in finance and public policy, she previously served as Portugal&#8217;s Minister of Finance, where she oversaw the country&#8217;s fiscal policies, financial sector, and economic development cooperation. Prior to this, she also served as Portugal&#8217;s Deputy Minister for Treasury, where she was responsible for the privatisation process of major state-owned enterprises. She also held various key positions in the public sector, including Head of Issuing and Markets at the Portuguese Treasury and Debt Management Agency. Beyond her government roles, Maria Lu\u00eds has held senior positions in the private financial sector, including serving on the Supervisory Board and Audit, Risk, and Nomination Committees of Morgan Stanley Europe Holding and as a Non-Executive Director at Arrow Global Group Plc. She was also a member of the European Commission&#8217;s High-Level Forum on Capital Markets Union, focusing on improving retail investor participation. Maria Lu\u00eds holds a BA in Economics from the Universidade Lus\u00edada de Lisboa and a Master\u2019s degree in Monetary and Financial Economics from the Universidade de Lisboa.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed65bf1 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ed65bf1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Maria Lu\u00eds Albuquerque<\/strong><br \/>Commissioner for Financial Services and the Savings and Investments Union<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8d0653 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b8d0653\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32296ee e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"32296ee\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58f285b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"58f285b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">14:50-15:10<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cabff43 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cabff43\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ce9a07 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2ce9a07\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Partner keynote<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47fa0be e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"47fa0be\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55e8bbb elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"55e8bbb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-55e8bbb\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Claudia-herben-1.png\" alt=\"Claudia herben\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-55e8bbb\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tClaudia Herben, Vice President and Global Head of Technology, MedTech Surgery and MedTech Digital Surgery, Johnson &amp; Johnson\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Claudia Herben has been a key figure at Johnson &amp; Johnson since September 2003, currently serving as Vice President and Global Head for Strategy and Operations for Johnson &amp; Johnson Technology. With a robust career trajectory, Claudia has held multiple vice president roles, including overseeing Strategic Solutions for Medical Devices in EMEA, where responsibilities involved enhancing commercial capabilities and advancing growth plans. Earlier roles include Vice President of IT for Medical Devices in EMEA and Vice President of Infrastructure Services and Global End-User Services, focusing on operational excellence and customer service. Prior to Johnson &amp; Johnson, Claudia was a Senior Manager at Deloitte in ICT Advisory and a System Engineer at EDS Belgium, contributing to significant projects related to information security and financial systems. Claudia&#8217;s career began as a System Analyst at Groep Boerenbond Belgium.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f212fcd elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f212fcd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW111903364 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW111903364 BCX0\"><strong>Claudia Herben<\/strong><br \/>Vice President and Global Head of <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW111903364 BCX0\">Technology<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW111903364 BCX0\">,<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW111903364 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW111903364 BCX0\">Med<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW111903364 BCX0\">Tech<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW111903364 BCX0\"> Surgery and MedTech Digital Surgery,<br \/>Johnson &amp;\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW111903364 BCX0\">Johnson<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW111903364 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1156e51 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1156e51\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c9e083 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6c9e083\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf8ac78 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bf8ac78\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">15:10-15:40<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee751c7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ee751c7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5303f00 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5303f00\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Keynote conversation - Strengthening Strategic Partnerships: EU-UK digital collaboration<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e4e01a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6e4e01a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The EU\u2013UK partnership is entering a new phase. As technology shapes competitiveness and security, cooperation is increasingly influenced by debates on industrial policy, the green transition and the realities of the UK &#8211; EU reset.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both sides share priorities in AI, cybersecurity, and critical infrastructure resilience. At the same time, discussions around, \u201cMade in Europe\u201d proposals and defence funding frameworks illustrate the importance of defining the UK\u2019s role as a close partner.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This fireside chat will explore how the EU and UK can build on the existing frameworks to deepen collaboration on these critical issues.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-517598d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"517598d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62a6ccb elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"62a6ccb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-62a6ccb\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Peter-Kyle-240x240-2.png\" alt=\"Peter Kyle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-62a6ccb\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tPeter Kyle, UK State secretary for Business and Trade\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Peter Kyle was appointed Secretary of State for Business and Trade and President of the Board of Trade on 5 September 2025. He was previously Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology from 5 July 2024 to 5 September 2025.<\/p><p>He was elected as the MP for Hove and Portslade in July 2024.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bcfe0d1 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bcfe0d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Peter Kyle<\/strong><br \/>UK State secretary for Business and Trade<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b0812b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5b0812b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b01df9e elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"b01df9e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-b01df9e\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Cecilia-Bonefeld-Dahl-removebg-preview.png\" alt=\"Cecilia-Bonefeld-Dahl-removebg-preview.png\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-b01df9e\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tCecilia Bonefeld-Dahl, Director General, DIGITALEUROPE\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lead\">Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl is Director-General of DIGITALEUROPE, the leading digital technology industry association representing over 35,000 digital companies in Europe.<\/p><p>She is a member of the Stakeholder Cybersecurity Certification Group of ENISA (the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity) and of NATO\u2019s high-level Advisory Group for Emerging and Disruptive Technologies, as well as a board member of the European Commission\u2019s Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition and the European Parliament-led European Internet Forum.<\/p><p>Formerly, Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl was a member of the European Commission\u2019s High Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence, and of the High-level Strategy Group on Industrial Technologies in charge of identifying Key Enabling Technologies.<\/p><p>She was an Executive Board Member of the Royal Danish Export Council and Chair of the Export Grant Committee under the Danish Foreign Ministry. She also served as Executive Board member in DIGITALEUROPE, and as a member of the association\u2019s high level Digital Advisory Council.<\/p><p>Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl has served as Board Member of the Danish Chamber of Commerce and was President of the Board of the Danish ICT association (ITB), where she led the development of policy positions on issues such as business digitalisation, ICT security, disruptive business models, telecoms and education.<\/p><p>Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl has more than 25 years of experience in the ICT industry. She previously held international positions at IBM and Oracle as well as with SMEs, building businesses across Europe and China and founding the cloud provider GlobeIT. She has deep insights into the digitalisation of business and society and the data-driven economy, and is regularly invited to deliver keynote speeches on these issues at high-level events across the world.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-060c3dd elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"060c3dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><em>Moderated by: <\/em><\/strong><strong>Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl<\/strong><br \/>Director General, DIGITALEUROPE<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a9eea7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7a9eea7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34b7c37 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"34b7c37\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea98bc6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ea98bc6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">15:40-16:00<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7ed2be e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a7ed2be\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41098cf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"41098cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Partner keynote conversation - Investing in Europe's digital growth through transatlantic partnership<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba84b8b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ba84b8b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">In this partner keynote conversation, Hendrik Bourgeois, Senior Vice President for Public Policy and Government Affairs at Mastercard, reflects on the role global companies can play as constructive partners in Europe\u2019s digital transformation. The discussion will focus on how transatlantic engagement can help strengthen European innovation ecosystems, support the growth of homegrown\u00a0companies\u00a0and contribute to a more competitive and integrated single market.\u00a0The conversation will also highlight the importance of collaboration ahead of key political moments, including the upcoming Irish Presidency, and how industry can help bridge transatlantic relations at a time of renewed friction.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e941355 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e941355\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ddada29 elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"ddada29\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-ddada29\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/hendrik-bourgeois.png\" alt=\"hendrik bourgeois\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-ddada29\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tHendrik Bourgeois, SVP Government Affairs, Mastercard \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">Hendrik Bourgeois is Senior Vice President, Government Affairs for Mastercard.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">With more than two decades of experience at the intersection of business, law and policy, Hendrik represents Mastercard with European governments, EU institutions, and public stakeholders on a wide variety of issues, promoting Mastercard&#8217;s growth and investment strategy in Europe.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1311d93 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1311d93\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW25407099 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW25407099 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Body Text\"><strong>Hendrik Bourgeois<\/strong><br \/>SVP Government Affairs, Mastercard<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW25407099 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7dc495e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7dc495e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf22af2 elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"cf22af2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-cf22af2\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Dan-Hermansen.png\" alt=\"Dan Hermansen\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-cf22af2\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tDan Hermansen, CEO, MyDefence\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dan D. S. Hermansen is a visionary CEO and technological innovator with extensive experience in defence and security technologies. Driven by a mission to save lives, Hermansen co-founded MyDefence in 2013 to develop advanced electronic warfare solutions initially aimed at neutralizing roadside bombs (IEDs). As battlefield threats evolved, MyDefence swiftly adapted its technology, becoming a global leader in pioneering anti-drone defence systems.<\/p><p>Hermansen began his career in 1998 as an officer in the Royal Danish Air Force, acquiring extensive operational and leadership expertise. In 2005, he finalized his master\u2019s degree in wireless electrical engineering and joined the private sector, holding key positions at RTX A\/S, where he honed his skills in RF design, project management, and strategic customer relations.<\/p><p>Starting up MyDefence in 2013 as Chief Operating Officer, Hermansen significantly advanced the company&#8217;s technological and research capabilities. Since becoming CEO in 2019, Hermansen has positioned MyDefence at the forefront of global anti\u0002drone and electronic warfare innovation, providing sophisticated solutions that protect military and security personnel, as well as critical infrastructure worldwide.<\/p><p>Hermansen&#8217;s dedication extends beyond technological innovation into international security efforts, particularly through active support of Ukraine. He has worked directly with Ukrainian forces, supplying critical anti-drone technologies, and collaborated with Danish government and Ukrainian partners to strengthen Ukraine&#8217;s defence capabilities. His ultimate objective remains promoting stability and peace in Europe.<\/p><p>Additionally, Hermansen has contributed his expertise as an advisor and committee member to international organizations, including the DECT Forum and ESMIG, driving advancements in wireless communication technologies. Since 2023 he has also been a board member at Danish Industry Association, Defence and Security.<\/p><p>Combining military acumen, technological innovation, and strategic leadership, Dan Hermansen is a prominent figure in the global defence industry, deeply committed to protecting lives and fostering international security.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d7c9f4f elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d7c9f4f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Dan Hermansen<br \/><\/strong>CEO, MyDefence<strong><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-794e7c0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"794e7c0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29fbcb4 elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"29fbcb4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-29fbcb4\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Cecilia-Bonefeld-Dahl-removebg-preview.png\" alt=\"Cecilia-Bonefeld-Dahl-removebg-preview.png\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-29fbcb4\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tCecilia Bonefeld-Dahl, Director General, DIGITALEUROPE\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lead\">Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl is Director-General of DIGITALEUROPE, the leading digital technology industry association representing over 35,000 digital companies in Europe.<\/p><p>She is a member of the Stakeholder Cybersecurity Certification Group of ENISA (the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity) and of NATO\u2019s high-level Advisory Group for Emerging and Disruptive Technologies, as well as a board member of the European Commission\u2019s Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition and the European Parliament-led European Internet Forum.<\/p><p>Formerly, Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl was a member of the European Commission\u2019s High Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence, and of the High-level Strategy Group on Industrial Technologies in charge of identifying Key Enabling Technologies.<\/p><p>She was an Executive Board Member of the Royal Danish Export Council and Chair of the Export Grant Committee under the Danish Foreign Ministry. She also served as Executive Board member in DIGITALEUROPE, and as a member of the association\u2019s high level Digital Advisory Council.<\/p><p>Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl has served as Board Member of the Danish Chamber of Commerce and was President of the Board of the Danish ICT association (ITB), where she led the development of policy positions on issues such as business digitalisation, ICT security, disruptive business models, telecoms and education.<\/p><p>Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl has more than 25 years of experience in the ICT industry. She previously held international positions at IBM and Oracle as well as with SMEs, building businesses across Europe and China and founding the cloud provider GlobeIT. She has deep insights into the digitalisation of business and society and the data-driven economy, and is regularly invited to deliver keynote speeches on these issues at high-level events across the world.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3142ccf elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3142ccf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><em>Moderated by: <\/em><\/strong><strong>Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl<\/strong><br \/>Director General, DIGITALEUROPE<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba9c3b3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ba9c3b3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2878882 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2878882\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f254c66 e-con-full elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f254c66\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6cb8434 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6cb8434\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">16:00-16:05<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-abba225 e-con-full elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"abba225\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae1ae9d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ae1ae9d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">An industry perspective: Ireland's vision for a more competitive digital Europe\n<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d465407 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d465407\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e097b2 elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"0e097b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-0e097b2\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Cecilia-Bonefeld-Dahl-removebg-preview.png\" alt=\"Cecilia-Bonefeld-Dahl-removebg-preview\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-0e097b2\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/cecilia-removebg-preview.png\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tCecilia Bonefeld-Dahl, Director General, DIGITALEUROPE\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"lead\">Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl is Director-General of DIGITALEUROPE, the leading digital technology industry association representing over 35,000 digital companies in Europe.<\/p><p>She is a member of the Stakeholder Cybersecurity Certification Group of ENISA (the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity) and of NATO\u2019s high-level Advisory Group for Emerging and Disruptive Technologies, as well as a board member of the European Commission\u2019s Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition and the European Parliament-led European Internet Forum.<\/p><p>Formerly, Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl was a member of the European Commission\u2019s High Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence, and of the High-level Strategy Group on Industrial Technologies in charge of identifying Key Enabling Technologies.<\/p><p>She was an Executive Board Member of the Royal Danish Export Council and Chair of the Export Grant Committee under the Danish Foreign Ministry. She also served as Executive Board member in DIGITALEUROPE, and as a member of the association\u2019s high level Digital Advisory Council.<\/p><p>Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl has served as Board Member of the Danish Chamber of Commerce and was President of the Board of the Danish ICT association (ITB), where she led the development of policy positions on issues such as business digitalisation, ICT security, disruptive business models, telecoms and education.<\/p><p>Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl has more than 25 years of experience in the ICT industry. She previously held international positions at IBM and Oracle as well as with SMEs, building businesses across Europe and China and founding the cloud provider GlobeIT. She has deep insights into the digitalisation of business and society and the data-driven economy, and is regularly invited to deliver keynote speeches on these issues at high-level events across the world.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee95fc6 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ee95fc6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><em>Moderated by:<\/em> Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl<\/strong><br \/>Director General, DIGITALEUROPE<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bbfb42a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"bbfb42a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e0d340 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6e0d340\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eba0129 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"eba0129\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">16:00 - 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She also served as Executive Board member in DIGITALEUROPE, and as a member of the association\u2019s high level Digital Advisory Council.<\/p><p>Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl has served as Board Member of the Danish Chamber of Commerce and was President of the Board of the Danish ICT association (ITB), where she led the development of policy positions on issues such as business digitalisation, ICT security, disruptive business models, telecoms and education.<\/p><p>Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl has more than 25 years of experience in the ICT industry. She previously held international positions at IBM and Oracle as well as with SMEs, building businesses across Europe and China and founding the cloud provider GlobeIT. She has deep insights into the digitalisation of business and society and the data-driven economy, and is regularly invited to deliver keynote speeches on these issues at high-level events across the world.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc32d72 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dc32d72\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl<\/strong><br \/>Director General, DIGITALEUROPE<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04d7543 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"04d7543\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4885aaf elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"4885aaf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-4885aaf\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Una-Fitzpatrick-3.png\" alt=\"Una Fitzpatrick (3)\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-4885aaf\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tUna Fitzpatrick, Director, Technology Ireland\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Una Fitzpatrick is a Dublin City University STEM graduate with a master\u2019s in management from Smurfit Business School. She has spent the last 20 years working in the knowledge economy, specifically the last ten years being spent with Technology Ireland. Una was appointed Director of Technology Ireland in June 2018. <br \/><br \/>Technology Ireland, a trade association within Ibec, is the largest and most influential tech sector representative group in Ireland. Una served as an executive board member of Digital Europe from 2020-2024, she is currently vice chair of the Digital Europe Cloud working group and is on the Board of Directors of FIT Ltd (Fastrack into Technology).<br \/><br \/>Una sits on the advisory board of the UCD Centre for Digital Policy and is a member of several Government working groups and forums such as the National Counter Disinformation Strategy working group. <br \/><br \/>Una has extensive lobbying experience both at National and European levels.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-552fcc9 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"552fcc9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"PZPZlf ssJ7i B5dxMb\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\" data-attrid=\"title\"><strong>Una Fitzpatrick<br \/><\/strong>Director, Technology Ireland<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5553894 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5553894\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c22e9f4 elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"c22e9f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-c22e9f4\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"https:\/\/mastersofdigital.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Peter-Weckesser.png\" alt=\"Peter Weckesser\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-c22e9f4\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\tPeter Weckesser, Chief Digital Officer, Schneider Electric and President, DIGITALEUROPE\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Peter\u00a0Weckesser\u00a0is the\u00a0Chief Digital Officer of Schneider Electric and a member of the Executive Committee since June 2020, when he joined the company.<\/p><p>Prior to working at Schneider, Peter\u00a0served as the Digital Transformation Officer of Airbus\u2019\u00a0Defence\u00a0&amp; Space division\u00a0since 2017. Before joining Airbus, Peter\u00a0had extensive experience as a Senior Executive at Siemens, most recently as the Chief Operating Officer of Siemens\u2019 Product Lifecycle\u00a0Management, leading the IoT and Digital Enterprise business and activities.\u00a0He also held other executive-level positions with Siemens such as the CEO of Industry Services and CEO of Value Services.\u00a0<\/p><p>Peter\u2019s career\u00a0began at Siemens\u00a0where he worked in various roles in product management and development, including Director of Business Development in\u00a0the United States.\u00a0He holds a degree in physics as well as a\u00a0PhD\u00a0in Computer Science\u00a0from the University of Karlsruhe, Germany. He currently resides\u00a0in Germany.\u00a0<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1533a3 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d1533a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Peter<\/strong><b> Weckesser<br \/><\/b>Chief Digital Officer, Schneider Electric and President, DIGITALEUROPE<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eeffe18 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"eeffe18\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Agenda Download PDF agenda Note: This is a provisional agenda and timings are subject to change. All session timings below are in CET. 25 February 12:30-13:00 Registration &amp; Networking Coffee Registration, Platform and Venue Open 13:00-13:15 Welcome remarks Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl, Director General, DIGITALEUROPE &times; Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl is Director-General of DIGITALEUROPE, the leading digital technology industry [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8737,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1195","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Agenda - Masters of Digital 2026 - Hybrid Event - DIGITALEUROPE<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Agenda &amp; Key Speakers for Masters of Digital \u2013 DIGITALEUROPE\u2019s flagship annual event. 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