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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

To watch the recorded video please click this icon at the consolidated programme or at the session pages. To go to the transcript please use this icon .

Get impressions why EuroDIG is more than just a conference

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	YOU^thDIG – Youth Dialogue on Internet Governance YOU^thDIG programme

26 May 2026

Time (CEST UTC+2)	26 May 2026
starting from 08:00	Registration for onsite participants all day
	Alcide De Gasperi	LORD JENKINS	SICCO MANSHOLT
09:00 - 09:45	Pre 1 (by EURid): 20 Years of .eu: Together Shaping Europe Online (45')	Pre 4 (by IGF Youth Track): From Deepfakes to “Nudification”: Evolving threats of Generative AI to Information Integrity and Human Rights. (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	Lunch break – buffet will be provided (90')
14:00 - 14:30	Welcome speeches (30') Thibaut Kleiner, Director for Future Networks in DG Connect, European Commission \| Peter Janssen, General Manager EURid \| Sandra Hoferichter, Secretary General \| and Thomas Schneider, President, EuroDIG Support Association \| \|
14:30 - 15:15	Opening Plenary (45') Democracy: Stifled or Revived by Digital Disruption of the Public Sphere? (#8), #15, #27, #28, #29, #37, #42, #43, #56 \|
15:15 - 15:45	Coffee (30')
15:45 - 16:00	Introduction to EVP speech and Q&A
16:00 - 16:30	Keynote Henna Virkkunen, Executive Vice-President European Commission \| \|
16:30 - 17:15	Intergenerational Dialogue – YOU^thDIG Messages (45') \|
17:15 - 17:30	Wrap up (15') Isabelle Lois, Vice-Chair of UN CSTD, OFCOM Switzerland \| \|
17:30 - 18:30	Cocktail reception hosted by EURid

27 May 2026

Time (CEST UTC+2)	27 May 2026
starting from 08:00	Registration for onsite participants all day
	Alcide De Gasperi		LORD JENKINS		SICCO MANSHOLT
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: EUDI Wallet and EU Business Wallet as Tools for Enhancing the European Digital Single Market (60') (#14) \|		Workshop 2: Information Quality and Integrity – European Approaches (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: Technologies and Technical Measures to Address Online Harms (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	Lunch break – buffet will be provided (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: Internet Standards and Frontier Technologies: Lessons from the Past, Tasks for Today, Choices for the Future (60') #17, #46, #47 \|		Workshop 6: Youth Online Safety – Are Social Media Age Bans a Solution? (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’ Accountability 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: Q-Day Countdown: No More Privacy? (60') #9, #48, (#49) \|
17:15 - 17:30		Messages (15') \|

17:30 - 18:00		Wrap up (30') \|

18:00 - 19:30	Foyer - Cocktail to promote Universal Acceptance for a Multilingual Internet co-hosted by UNESCO, ICANN and EuroDIG // Join also the EuroDIG Extra on 18 May 2026, 14:30 – 15:30 CEST (UTC +2)

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 __NOTOC__
-{{Register for EuroDIG 2026}}
 ===<big>EuroDIG 2026: European Voices for the Future of the Internet</big> – Celebrating 20 Years of .eu and the Beginning of a New Internet Governance Era===
 '''26-27 May 2026, Brussels'''
-''As of 9 May 2026. (Kindly note: all titles are working titles.)''
+'''To watch the recorded video please click this icon''' [[image:Icons_live_20px.png]] '''at the consolidated programme or at the session pages. To go to the transcript please use this icon [[image:Icon_transcript_20px.png]].
+[https://www.flickr.com/photos/195980030@N06/albums/ '''Get impressions why EuroDIG is more than just a conference''']
 You can download the '''list of proposals for 2026''' ''(updated, as of 30 January 2026)'' as [https://www.eurodig.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/EuroDIG-2026_List-of-proposals-20260202_for-publication_update.pdf '''PDF'''] or [https://www.eurodig.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/EuroDIG-2026_List-of-proposals-20260202_for-publication_update.xlsx '''XLSX'''].
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 | class="time-width" | 09:00 - 09:45
 | id="pre01_26" class="c-c-o preevent-width_3" | [[20 Years of .eu: Together Shaping Europe Online – Pre 01 2026 | '''Pre 1''' ''(by EURid)'': 20 Years of .eu: Together Shaping Europe Online]] (45')<br />
+[[image:Icons_live_20px.png | Video recording | link=https://youtu.be/zDQmTlioXuQ]]
 | id="pre04_26" class="c-c-o preevent-width_3" rowspan="2" | [[From Deepfakes to “Nudification”: Evolving threats of Generative AI to Information Integrity and Human Rights – Pre 04 2026 | '''Pre 4''' ''(by IGF Youth Track)'': From Deepfakes to “Nudification”: Evolving threats of Generative AI to Information Integrity and Human Rights.]] (60')<br />
+[[image:Icons_live_20px.png | Video recording | link=https://youtu.be/dxazW6giiMo]]
 | id="pre06_26" class="break_26_opt no-border preevent-width_3 " | &nbsp;
 |-
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 | class="time-width" rowspan="3" | 10:00 - 11:00
 | id="pre02_26" class="c-c-o preevent-width_3" rowspan="3" | [[Europe’s Digital Backbone: Strategic Supply Chains for the Future of the Internet – Pre 02 2026 | '''Pre 2''' ''(by EURid)'': Europe’s Digital Backbone: Strategic Supply Chains for the Future of the Internet]] (60')<br />
+[[image:Icons_live_20px.png | Video recording | link=https://youtu.be/VXsYEpN7DBw]]
 |class="preevent-width_3 break_26" | change (15')
 | id="pre07_26" class="break_26_opt no-border preevent-width_3" rowspan="2" | &nbsp;
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 | class="time-width" rowspan="2" | 11:30 - 12:30
 | id="pre03_26" class="c-c-o preevent-width_3" rowspan="2" | [[Keynote – Quantum and Europe’s Long Term Competitiveness – Pre 03 2026 | '''Pre 3''' ''(by EURid)'': Keynote – Quantum and Europe’s Long Term Competitiveness]] (60')<br />
+[[image:Icons_live_20px.png | Video recording | link=https://youtu.be/E5VExe4g5_0]]
 | class="break_25 preevent-width_3" rowspan="2"| &nbsp;
 |-
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 | 14:00 - 14:30
 | id="welcome_26" class="e-d-m preevent-width_3" | [[Welcome speeches 2026 | '''Welcome speeches''']] (30')
-*Thibaut Kleiner, Director for Future Networks in DG Connect, European Commission
+*Thibaut Kleiner, Director for Future Networks in DG Connect, European Commission | [[image:Icon_transcript_20px.png | Transcript | link=Welcome speeches 2026#Kleiner]]
-*Peter Janssen, General Manger EURid
+*Peter Janssen, General Manager EURid | [[image:Icon_transcript_20px.png | Transcript | link=Welcome speeches 2026#Janssen]]
-*Sandra Hoferichter, Secretary General and Thomas Schneider, President, EuroDIG Support Association
+*Sandra Hoferichter, Secretary General | [[image:Icon_transcript_20px.png | Transcript | link=Welcome speeches 2026#Hoferichter]] and Thomas Schneider, President, EuroDIG Support Association | [[image:Icon_transcript_20px.png | Transcript | link=Welcome speeches 2026#Schneider]]
-| class="preevent-width_3 break_25" colspan="2" rowspan="3" | &nbsp;
+[[image:Icons_live_20px.png | Video recording | link=https://youtu.be/ftyoQkXLm00]] | [[image:Icon_transcript_20px.png | Transcript | link=Welcome speeches 2026#Transcript]]
+| class="preevent-width_3 break_25" colspan="2" rowspan="2" | &nbsp;
 |-
-| class="time-width" | 14:30 - 15:00
+| class="time-width" | 14:30 - 15:15
-| id="key01_26" class="e-d-m preevent-width_3" | [[Keynote 01 2026 | '''Keynote''']]
-*Henna Virkkunen, Executive Vice-President European Commission
-|-
-| class="time-width" | 15:00 - 15:45
 | id="opening-plenary_26" class="e-d-m preevent-width_3" | [[Democracy: Stifled or Revived by Digital Disruption of the Public Sphere? – Opening Plenary 2026 | '''Opening Plenary''' (45') <br />'''Democracy: Stifled or Revived by Digital Disruption of the Public Sphere?''']] <br />(#8), #15, #27, #28, #29, #37, #42, #43, #56
+[[image:Icons_live_20px.png | Video recording | link=https://youtu.be/oixm_YAxH0I]] | [[image:Icon_transcript_20px.png | Transcript | link=Democracy: Stifled or Revived by Digital Disruption of the Public Sphere? – Opening Plenary 2026#Transcript]]
 |-
-| 15:45 - 16:15
+| class="time-width" | 15:15 - 15:45
 | class="preevent-width_3 break_25" colspan="3" | Coffee (30')
 |-
-| 16:15 - 16:45
+| class="time-width" | 15:45 - 16:00
-| id="key02_26" class="e-d-m preevent-width_3" | [[Keynote 02 2026 | '''Keynotes''']] (2 x 15')
+| id="surprise_26" class="e-d-m preevent-width_3" | Introduction to EVP speech and Q&A
-| class="preevent-width_3 break_25" colspan="2" rowspan="2" | &nbsp;
+| class="preevent-width_3 break_25" colspan="2" rowspan="4" | &nbsp;
+|-
+| class="time-width" | 16:00 - 16:30
+| id="key01_26" class="e-d-m preevent-width_3" | [[Keynote 01 2026 | '''Keynote''']]
+*Henna Virkkunen, Executive Vice-President European Commission | [[image:Icon_transcript_20px.png | Transcript | link=Keynote 01 2026#Virkkunen]]
+[[image:Icons_live_20px.png | Video recording | link=https://youtu.be/8TFLvJ7c2ps]] | [[image:Icon_transcript_20px.png | Transcript | link=Keynote 01 2026#Transcript]]
+|-
+| 16:30 - 17:15
+| id="intgen01_2026" class="e-d-m preevent-width_3" | [[Intergenerational dialogue – YOUthDIG Messages 2026 | '''Intergenerational Dialogue – YOU<sup>th</sup>DIG Messages''']] (45')
+[[image:Icons_live_20px.png | Video recording | link=https://youtu.be/-c3H-075Tac]] | [[image:Icon_transcript_20px.png | Transcript | link=Intergenerational dialogue – YOUthDIG Messages 2026#Transcript]]
 |-
-| 16:45 - 17:30
+| 17:15 - 17:30
-| id="intgen01_2026" class="e-d-m preevent-width_3" | [[Intergenerational dialogue – YOUthDIG Messages 2026 | '''Intergenerational Dialogue – YouthDIG Messages''']] (45')
+| id="wrap-up-day01_2026" class="e-d-m preevent-width_3" | [[Wrap up 2026 day 1 | '''Wrap up''']] (15')
+*Isabelle Lois, Vice-Chair of UN CSTD, OFCOM Switzerland | [[image:Icon_transcript_20px.png | Transcript | link=Wrap up 2026 day 1#Lois]]
+[[image:Icons_live_20px.png | Video recording | link=https://youtu.be/jmObQvmPjUw]] | [[image:Icon_transcript_20px.png | Transcript | link=Wrap up 2026 day 1#Transcript]]
 |-
 | class="time-width" | 17:30 - 18:30
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 |-
-| id="mt01-input_26" class="event-width-26 e-d-m no-border" rowspan="2" | [[MT 01 2026 | '''Main Topic 1: WSIS+20 Review Outcomes and the Path to Implementation''']]<br />''Keynote/input'' (30')
+| id="mt01-input_26" class="event-width-26 e-d-m no-border" rowspan="2" | [[WSIS+20 Review Outcomes and the Path to Implementation – MT 01 2026 | '''Main Topic 1: WSIS+20 Review Outcomes and the Path to Implementation''']]<br />''Keynote/input'' (30')
 |-
 | class="track02_26-first event-width-26_track-border no-border" rowspan="4" |
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 | id="mt01-discussion_26" class="event-width-26 e-d-m no-border" | ''Moderated discussion'' (45')<br />#23, #25a, #30, (#33), #53
 | id="ws01_26" class="event-width-26_track" rowspan="2" | [[EUDI Wallet and EU Business Wallet as Tools for Enhancing the European Digital Single Market – WS 01 2026 | '''Workshop 1:''' EUDI Wallet and EU Business Wallet as Tools for Enhancing the European Digital Single Market]] (60')<br />(#14)
-| id="ws02_26" class="event-width-26_track" rowspan="2" | [[WS 02 2026 | '''Workshop 2:''' EU AI Act – Information Quality and Integrity. Creating Resilient Citizens]] (60')<br />#27, #41
+[[image:Icons_live_20px.png | Video recording | link=https://youtu.be/JZbRvqpH9V0]] | [[image:Icon_transcript_20px.png | Transcript | link=EUDI Wallet and EU Business Wallet as Tools for Enhancing the European Digital Single Market – WS 01 2026#Transcript]]
+| id="ws02_26" class="event-width-26_track" rowspan="2" | [[Information Quality and Integrity – European Approaches – WS 02 2026 | '''Workshop 2:''' Information Quality and Integrity – European Approaches]] (60')<br />#27, #41
+[[image:Icons_live_20px.png | Video recording | link=https://youtu.be/2TvuJlpE9C0]] | [[image:Icon_transcript_20px.png | Transcript | link=Information Quality and Integrity – European Approaches – WS 02 2026#Transcript]]
 |-
 | class="time-width" rowspan="2" | 10:15 - 10:30
 | id="mt01-messages_25" class="event-width-26 e-d-m no-border" | ''Messages'' (15')
+[[image:Icons_live_20px.png | Video recording | link=https://youtu.be/8pmr8rBmVpQ]] | [[image:Icon_transcript_20px.png | Transcript | link=WSIS+20 Review Outcomes and the Path to Implementation – MT 01 2026#Transcript]]
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 |-
-| id="mt02-input_26" class="event-width-26 e-d-m no-border" rowspan="2" | [[MT 02 2026 | '''Main Topic 2: European Approaches to Digital Sovereignty''']] <br />''Keynote/input'' (30')
+| id="mt02-input_26" class="event-width-26 e-d-m no-border" rowspan="2" | [[European Approaches to Digital Sovereignty – MT 02 2026 | '''Main Topic 2: European Approaches to Digital Sovereignty''']] <br />''Keynote/input'' (30')
 |-
 | class="track02_26-first event-width-26_track-border no-border" rowspan="4" |
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 | id="mt02-discussion_26" class="event-width-26 e-d-m no-border" | ''Moderated discussion'' (45')<br />(#8), #11, #12, #18, #25b, #26, #37, #40, #61<br />
 | id="ws03_26" class="event-width-26_track" rowspan="2" | [[Technologies and Technical Measures to Address Online Harms – WS 03 2026 | '''Workshop 3:''' Technologies and Technical Measures to Address Online Harms]] (60')<br />#24, #44
+[[image:Icons_live_20px.png | Video recording | link=https://youtu.be/A2fM4gVPifA]] | [[image:Icon_transcript_20px.png | Transcript | link=Technologies and Technical Measures to Address Online Harms – WS 03 2026#Transcript]]
 | id="ws04_26" class="event-width-26_track" rowspan="2" | [[Advancing Gender Equality in the Digital Public Sphere: Tackling Online Violence and AI-Discrimination – WS 04 2026 | '''Workshop 4:''' Advancing Gender Equality in the Digital Public Sphere: Tackling Online Violence and AI-Discrimination]] (60')<br />#29, #35, #36, #57
+[[image:Icons_live_20px.png | Video recording | link=https://youtu.be/r-PjBnZymgY]] | [[image:Icon_transcript_20px.png | Transcript | link=Advancing Gender Equality in the Digital Public Sphere: Tackling Online Violence and AI-Discrimination – WS 04 2026#Transcript]]
 |-
 | class="time-width" rowspan="2" | 12:15 - 12:30
 | id="mt02-messages_26" class="event-width-26 e-d-m no-border" | ''Messages'' (15')
+[[image:Icons_live_20px.png | Video recording | link=https://youtu.be/CGA9c2U4Vag]] | [[image:Icon_transcript_20px.png | Transcript | link=European Approaches to Digital Sovereignty – MT 02 2026#Transcript]]
 |-
 | class="track01_26-second event-width-26_track no-border" |
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 | id="mt03-discussion_26" class="event-width-26 e-d-m no-border" | ''Moderated discussion'' (45')<br />#5, #7, (#12, #15), #28, #34, #41, #42, (#48), #55, #58, #61, #63
 | id="ws05_26" class="event-width-26_track" rowspan="2" | [[Internet Standards and Frontier Technologies: Lessons from the Past, Tasks for Today, Choices for the Future – WS 05 2026 | '''Workshop 5:''' Internet Standards and Frontier Technologies: Lessons from the Past, Tasks for Today, Choices for the Future]] (60')<br />#17, #46, #47
+[[image:Icons_live_20px.png | Video recording | link=https://youtu.be/k0MkmiLo0F4]] | [[image:Icon_transcript_20px.png | Transcript | link=Internet Standards and Frontier Technologies: Lessons from the Past, Tasks for Today, Choices for the Future – WS 05 2026#Transcript]]
 | id="ws06_26" class="event-width-26_track" rowspan="2" | [[Youth Online Safety – Are Social Media Age Bans a Solution? – WS 06 2026 | '''Workshop 6:''' Youth Online Safety – Are Social Media Age Bans a Solution?]] (60')<br />#13, (#14), #16, #20, #23, #32, #33, #38, #52, #60
+[[image:Icons_live_20px.png | Video recording | link=https://youtu.be/-YczLolNnpc]] | [[image:Icon_transcript_20px.png | Transcript | link=Youth Online Safety – Are Social Media Age Bans a Solution? – WS 06 2026#Transcript]]
 |-
 | class="time-width" rowspan="2" | 15:15 - 15:30
 | id="mt03-messages_25" class="event-width-26 e-d-m no-border" | ''Messages'' (15')
+[[image:Icons_live_20px.png | Video recording | link=https://youtu.be/CixUYxeRI6Y]] | [[image:Icon_transcript_20px.png | Transcript | link=Trustworthy AI in Public Services: Transparency, Accountability, and Crisis-Resilient Communication – MT 03 2026#Transcript]]
 |-
 | class="track01_26-second event-width-26_track no-border" |
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 | id="mt04-discussion_26" class="event-width-26 e-d-m no-border" | ''Moderated discussion'' (45')<br />#6, (#8), #12, #13, #20, #25c, #29, #32, (#33), #35, #36, #38, #39, #41, #56, #59<br />
 | id="ws07_26" class="event-width-26_track" rowspan="2" | [[Implementing WSIS+20 Review Outcomes through Collaboration amongst European National and Regional Initiatives – WS 07 2026 | '''Workshop 7:''' Implementing WSIS+20 Review Outcomes through Collaboration amongst European National and Regional Initiatives]] (60')<br />
-| id="ws08_26" class="event-width-26_track" rowspan="2" | [[WS 08 2026 | '''Workshop 8:''' Quantum Cryptography]] (60')<br />#9, #48, (#49)
+[[image:Icons_live_20px.png | Video recording | link=https://youtu.be/97C1ElDvaec]] | [[image:Icon_transcript_20px.png | Transcript | link=Implementing WSIS+20 Review Outcomes through Collaboration amongst European National and Regional Initiatives – WS 07 2026#Transcript]]
+| id="ws08_26" class="event-width-26_track" rowspan="2" | [[Q-Day Countdown: No More Privacy? – WS 08 2026 | '''Workshop 8:''' Q-Day Countdown: No More Privacy?]] (60')<br />#9, #48, (#49)
+[[image:Icons_live_20px.png | Video recording | link=https://youtu.be/-Sr1Oman7fc]] | [[image:Icon_transcript_20px.png | Transcript | link=Q-Day Countdown: No More Privacy? – WS 08 2026#Transcript]]
 |-
 | class="time-width" rowspan="2" | 17:15 - 17:30
 | id="mt04-messages_26" class="event-width-26 e-d-m no-border" | ''Messages'' (15')
+[[image:Icons_live_20px.png | Video recording | link=https://youtu.be/s_OLleJAhes]] | [[image:Icon_transcript_20px.png | Transcript | link=Platforms’ Accountability to Strengthen the Digital Public Sphere – MT 04 2026#Transcript]]
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 | id="wrap-up_26" class="event-width-26_track e-d-m  no-border" | [[Wrap up 2026 | '''Wrap up''']] (30')
+[[image:Icons_live_20px.png | Video recording | link=https://youtu.be/chQC9PnIIM4]] | [[image:Icon_transcript_20px.png | Transcript | link=Wrap up 2026#Transcript]]<br />
 | class="event-width-25_track-border e-d-m no-border" |
 | class="event-width-25_track break_25" colspan="6" | &nbsp;

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