Consolidated programme 2026

Register for EuroDIG 2026!

EuroDIG 2026: European Voices for the Future of the Internet – Celebrating 20 Years of .eu and the Beginning of a New Internet Governance Era

26-27 May 2026, Brussels

As of 16 April 2026. (Kindly note: all titles are working titles.)

You can download the list of proposals for 2026 (updated, as of 30 January 2026) as PDF or XLSX.

YOU^thDIG

Date	Sessions
23 – 25 May	YOUthDIG – Youth Dialogue on Internet Governance

26 May 2026

Time (CEST UTC+2)	26 May 2026
starting from 08:00	Registration for onsite participants all day
	Main Auditorium	Room A	Room B
09:00 - 09:45	Pre 1 (by EURid): 20 Years of .eu: Together Shaping Europe Online (45')	Pre 4: IGF Youth Track (60')
09:45 - 10:00	change (15')
10:00 - 11:00	Pre 2 (by EURid): Europe’s Digital Backbone: Strategic Supply Chains for the Future of the Internet (60')	change (15')
		Pre 5 (by Council of Europe): Legal Professionals Navigating E-learning and AI (60') #54, #55
11:00 - 11:30	Coffee Break (30')
		change (15')
11:30 - 12:30	Pre 3 (by EURid): Keynote – Quantum and Europe’s Long Term Competitiveness (60')
12:30 - 14:00	Break (90')
14:00 - 14:30	Welcome speeches (30')
14:30 - 15:00	Keynote Henna Virkkunen, Executive Vice-President European Commission
15:00 - 15:45	Opening Plenary (60') Safeguarding European Democracy and its Digital Public Sphere (#8), #15, #27, #28, #29, #37, #42, #43, #56
15:45 - 16:15	Coffee (30')
16:15 - 16:45	Keynotes (2 x 15')
16:45 - 17:30	Intergenerational Dialogue – YouthDIG Messages (45')

27 May 2026

Time (CEST UTC+2)	27 May 2026
starting from 08:00	Registration for onsite participants all day
	Main Auditorium			Room A			Room B
09:00 - 09:30
		Main Topic 1: WSIS+20 Review Outcomes and the Path to Implementation Keynote/input (30')
09:30 - 10:15		Moderated discussion (45') #23, #25a, #30, (#33), #53			Workshop 1: Tools for Enhancing the European Digital Single Market (60') (#14)			Workshop 2: EU AI Act – Information Quality and Integrity. Creating Resilient Citizens (60') #27, #41
10:15 - 10:30		Messages (15')
10:30 - 11:00	Coffee Break (30')
11:00 - 11:30
		Main Topic 2: European Approaches to Digital Sovereignty Keynote/input (30')
11:30 - 12:15		Moderated discussion (45') (#8), #11, #12, #18, #25b, #26, #37, #40, #61			Workshop 3: DNS / Technical Measures to Address Online Harms (Do’s and Dont’s) (60') #24, #44			Workshop 4: Advancing Gender Equality in the Digital Public Sphere: Tackling Online Violence and AI-Discrimination (60') #29, #35, #36, #57
12:15 - 12:30		Messages (15')
12:30 - 14:00	Break (90')
								13:00 - 13:45 CEST Regional Consultation: Freedom Online Coalition at 15 Years: Multistakeholderism in Practice (45')
14:00 - 14:30
		Main Topic 3: Trustworthy AI in Public Services: Transparency, Accountability, and Crisis-Resilient Communication Keynote/input (30')
14:30 - 15:15		Moderated discussion (45') #5, #7, (#12, #15), #28, #34, #41, #42, (#48), #55, #58, #61, #63			Workshop 5: The Role of High and Frontier Technologies and Standards Setting for the Future of the Internet (60') #17, #46, #47			Workshop 6: Youth Online Safety – Social Media Age Bans (60') #13, (#14), #16, #20, #23, #32, #33, #38, #52, #60
15:15 - 15:30		Messages (15')
15:30 - 16:00	Coffee Break (30')
16:00 - 16:30
		Main Topic 4: Platforms Engagement to Strengthen the Digital Public Sphere Keynote/input (30')
16:30 - 17:15		Moderated discussion (45') #6, (#8), #12, #13, #20, #25c, #29, #32, (#33), #35, #36, #38, #39, #41, #56, #59			Workshop 7: Implementing WSIS+20 Review Outcomes through Collaboration amongst European National and Regional Initiatives (60')			Workshop 8: Quantum Cryptography (60') #9, #48, (#49)
17:15 - 17:30		Messages (15')
17:30 - 18:00		Wrap up (30')
19:00	Social event (tbd)