Panel: Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs)

Panel: Technology and Financial Stability

Panel: Opportunities and Risks of AI in Financial Services

Coffee Break and Networking

Panel: Crypto Regulation

Panel: Digital Transformation of the Automotive Industry

Panel: Applications and regulation of industrial data

Panel: Shared Learnings between Industry and Government

Panel: How Governments can Support the Tech Sector

Panel: Emerging Technologies and Innovation

Coffee Break and Networking

Panel: Challenges of Misinformation in the Digital Age

Panel: Regaining Trust in Government and Technology

Panel: Shared Learnings between Government and Technology

Keynote Addresses

Panel 1: Grasping the Opportunities and Threats of AI and Digital Transformation

• What should governments be focusing on now, from the next Working Programme of the European Commission to other jurisdictions?
• How should tech regulation and implementation balance the risks and opportunities of AI adoption and digital transformation
• Fostering innovation and adoption: which industry sectors face the greatest opportunities and challenges?
• Ensuring a human-centred and equitable approach to AI adoption
• Addressing the intellectual property rights issues around generative AI

Panel 2: Internet Governance: Protecting Societies and Consumer Rights:

• Safeguarding net neutrality, user well-being and internet freedom
• Fairness: regulating dark patterns and personalised pricing
• Tackling the societal threat of disinformation and establishing ethical boundaries in the era of deepfakes
• Virtual worlds: avoiding past mistakes while envisioning an integrated and immersive future

Coffee Break and Networking

Panel 3: Driving Digital Transformation and Innovation

• Harnessing critical and emerging technologies responsibly
• Industry perspectives on regulatory needs for innovation
• Comparing macroeconomic approaches to promoting competitiveness, investment and innovation across jurisdictions

Panel 4: Making Tech Legislation Work in Practice

• What are the challenges in implementing the new wave of tech legislation: the AI Act, DSA and DMA?
• Regional harmonisation: how is implementation and enforcement going to happen in the same way across Europe?
• Lessons from the experience of GDPR: how can we avoid overstretching DPAs

Lunch & Networking

Panel 5: Rising up to the Challenge: Competition vs. Competitiveness

• Antitrust: global and industry perspectives on competition policy – what can different jurisdictions learn from each other’s approaches to anticompetitive behaviour?
• Pro-growth: How can regulatory and macroeconomic policies boost competitiveness and address market concentration?
• What is the role of investment in “levelling up” the global tech landscape, and how can this be achieved?
• What’s the role of “big tech” in enabling other players to thrive?

Panel 6: Data Governance and Privacy in the Digital Era

• Impact of new regulations on Data Protection Authorities
• What next for the European Data Spaces?
• Regulating access to data and addressing the challenges of AdTech

Coffee Break and Networking

Panel 7: Where Sectors Meet: Technology-Specific vs Vertical Regulations

• Cross-sector insights into digital transformation and the role of the technology industry
• Implementation: how new technology-specific regulations impact industries differently
• Leveraging regulatory frameworks across sectors: lessons from healthcare, financial services, and high-risk industries
• Promoting collaboration and innovation while ensuring compliance in regulated environments

Panel 8: International Alignment on Technology Regulation

• In a multipolar world, where can we build global benchmarks and international regulatory alignment?
• Learning from different jurisdictions and regional alliances (BRICS; Transatlantic; ASEAN and more)
• Balancing trade rules with privacy protection
• Ensuring technology neutrality in trade agreements
• Fostering competition in a multipolar world: challenges and opportunities