RAID 2026 agenda

REGISTER

The agenda is subject to change at the organiser’s and speakers’ discretion

14:00-14:15

Keynote Address

14:15-15:05

Panel 1: SETTING THE SCENE – The global technology landscape in flux

  • How are geopolitical uncertainty, supply-chain resilience and security concerns shaping technology policy priorities and investment decisions globally and in Europe?
  • What does digital sovereignty mean in practice for Europe when digital ecosystems, R&D, capital and talent remain deeply interconnected across borders?
  • How should Europe calibrate its technology, competition and industrial policies to strengthen resilience and competitiveness while preserving openness and international cooperation?

15:05-15:55

Panel 2: GLOBAL ALIGNMENT – Europe’s role in a multipolar digital economy

  • How can Europe engage constructively with diverse digital governance models while advancing its own regulatory priorities on data, AI and digital infrastructure?
  • Where do differences in technology policy risk creating long-term fragmentation - and where can pragmatic alignment be achieved through standards, adequacy and regulatory cooperation?
  • Can Europe use its regulatory and market influence to promote interoperability, adequacy and mutual recognition in global tech governance, rather than reinforcing fragmentation?

15:55-16:20

Refreshments & Networking

16:20-17:10

Panel 3: GROWTH & SIMPLIFICATION – AI and Digital Omnibuses and beyond

  • What does the EU economy need from its digital regulatory framework to
    scale globally, and how are the current simplification reforms responding to that need?
  • What are the AI Act, Digital Omnibus and GDPR/ePrivacy simplification efforts delivering in terms of reducing fragmentation, overlaps and improving predictability for operators across the EU?
  • Beyond the Omnibuses, what further work is needed — and is the Digital Fairness Check the right framework to address remaining barriers to simplification?
  • How can cross-sector industries benefit from greater regulatory coherence across AI, data and digital services?
  • From the perspective of companies deploying the same product across 27 Member States, what does effective simplification look like in practice?

17:10-18:00

Panel 4: INFRASTRUCTURE & CAPACITY – Building Europe’s digital backbone: digital networks, cloud and AI development, data centres and energy

  • How can policies such as the Digital Networks Act and the Cloud & AI Development Act accelerate deployment of connectivity, cloud and AI capacity — from foundational infrastructure to large-scale industrial use?
  • How can energy policy, sustainability goals and permitting frameworks be aligned to enable timely delivery of data centres critical for AI, platforms and the real economy?
  • How can Europe ensure safe, scalable deployment of cloud and AI — including through privacy-by-design and secure cross-border data handling — in regulated sectors such as healthcare, mobility and finance?

18:00-18:45

Cocktail

Join us for an informal cocktail reception

18:45-21:00

VIP Dinner (invitation only)

16:20-18:00

Workshop: Healthcare Sector

08:30-09:30

Registration, coffee & networking

09:30-10:20

Panel 5: EU–US – Navigating regulatory differences in the digital economy

  • How can the EU and US manage regulatory differences in AI and digital policy while maintaining open markets and interoperable digital ecosystems?
  • Where do DSA, DMA, US state rules, and sector-specific frameworks create friction in practice for platforms and industrial users?
  • How can cooperation on standards, safety and innovation support trusted, secure and efficient cross-border data flows?

10:20-11:10

Panel 6: TRUSTED AI – Policy, innovation and implementation

  • How can policymakers and industry create the conditions for trustworthy AI that is innovative, secure, and worthy of public confidence?
  • How can the AI Act and the wider EU digital regulatory framework provide legal certainty while enabling innovation, investment, and the responsible deployment of AI across sectors
  • What practical steps are needed from policymakers, regulators and industry to ensure effective implementation of the AI Act and consistent application across use cases and sectors?
  • How can interoperability, international cooperation, and converging regulatory approaches support trusted AI and strengthen public confidence in global digital markets?

11:10-11:40

Refreshments & Networking

11:40-12:00

VIP Interview: THE FUTURE OF AI

  • Is the AI bubble bursting, and what does the shift from hype to adoption mean for policy and industry internationally?
  • How can policy support sustainable AI adoption across regions and industries?
  • How can regulatory and investment conditions, including privacy and cross-border data considerations, support sustainable AI ecosystems?

12:00-12:50

Panel 7: THE PLATFORM ECONOMY – Innovation, Growth, Accountability and Rights

  • How should we assess the platform economy’s impact on economic opportunity, innovation and fundamental rights alongside systemic risks and harms?
  • How have DSA obligations and platform investments in transparency, safety and content governance shaped user experience, democratic discourse and economic activity, and how does this interact with GDPR frameworks in practice?
  • How do platforms enable EU SMEs, creators and startups to scale cross-border, and how should simplification initiatives such as the Omnibuses and Digital Fairness Check take this into account in practice?
  • What governance models — including codes of conduct, multi-stakeholder initiatives and regulatory sandboxes — can best combine accountability, legal certainty and innovation at scale?

12:50-14:00

Lunch & Networking

14:00-14:30
VIP Keynote Address

VIP Keynote Address

Henna Virkkunen

Henna Virkkunen, Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy, European Commission

14:15-15:05

Panel 8: FS – Finance as digital infrastructure: open finance, payments and the data economy

  • How can financial regulators and data protection authorities work together to improve mutual understanding and effective oversight for banks, fintechs and crypto firms operating across jurisdictions?
  • How can open finance and FIDA enable competition, innovation and secure
    data-sharing across European financial services?
  • How should digital wallets, crypto-assets and the digital euro fit into trusted, cross-border payments systems — and what does this mean for data governance and supervision?

15:05-15:30

Refreshments & Networking

15:30-16:30

Panel 9: COMPLIANCE – Risk, responsibility and liability in AI and digital systems

  • How can liability frameworks support responsible AI use in healthcare, financial services, and mobility?
  • How do new EU frameworks, including the Cyber Resilience Act, reshape security, risk and accountability across digital products and systems — and how can companies implement them at scale?
  • How can regulators clarify responsibilities in complex, cross-border systems, including safety-critical uses?

16:30-17:30

CONSUMERS & DATA – Interoperability, data flows and user protection

  • How should platform data governance evolve to support interoperability, innovation and competition while maintaining high standards of privacy, security and user protection?
  • How can cross-border data flows and regulatory cooperation be made more predictable for platforms operating across multiple jurisdictions?
  • What mechanisms can improve consistency of supervision and enforcement for global platforms without fragmenting digital services?
  • How are concerns around addictive design, protection of minors and platform responsibility shaping the next phase of digital regulation?
  • Are EU-US data adequacy agreements at risk, and what’s the fallback for businesses?

9:30-11:10

Workshop: Platform Compliance

13:45-15:25

Workshop: Mobility Sector

15:50-17:30

Workshop: Financial Services Sector

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