EuroDIG 2026 – FocalPoints

Session	Session title/working title	FocalPoint(s)	FocalPoint(s) Affiliation
Main Topic 1	WSIS+20 Review Outcomes and the Path to Implementation	Xianhong Hu, Programme Specialist	Secretariat of Information for All Programme (IFAP), Communication and Information Sector of UNESCO
Main Topic 2	European Approaches to Digital Sovereignty	Charalampos Kyritsis	Digital World Summit Greece (IGF GREECE)
Main Topic 3	Trustworthy AI in Public Services: Transparency, Accountability, and Crisis-Resilient Communication	Grigor Nersisyan	Center for Public Finance and Personal Data Protection Monitoring, Education NGO, Armenia
Main Topic 4	Platforms Engagement to Strengthen the Digital Public Sphere	Evangelia Vasalou	Division for cooperation on freedom of expression - Democratic Institutions and Freedoms Department, Council of Europe
		Francesco Vecchi	Civic AI Coordinator - Eumans, YOUthDIG 2024
Workshop 1	Tools for Enhancing the European Digital Single Market	Hans Seeuws, Business Operations Manager	EURid
		Nathan Meurrens	EURid
		Regina Filipová Fuchsová, Industry Relations Manager	EURid
Workshop 2	EU AI Act – Information Quality and Integrity. Creating Resilient Citizens	Manon Carrere	Center for Law and Digital Technologies, University of Leiden
Workshop 3	DNS / Technical Measures to Address Online Harms (Do’s and Dont’s)	André Melancia	Technical community, Portugal
		Philip Struyf, Program Manager in Abuse Prevention	EURid
Workshop 4	Advancing Gender Equality in the Digital Public Sphere: Tackling Online Violence and AI-Discrimination	Oona Kurppa, Chairperson	Generation Equality Youth Group Finland
		Grit Marti Lange	Netzforma* e. V.
Workshop 5	The Role of High and Frontier Technologies and Standards Setting for the Future of the Internet	Matthias C. Kettemann	University of Innsbruck, Department of Legal Theory and Future of Law
Workshop 6	Youth Online Safety – Social Media Age Bans	Torsten Krause	Digital Opportunities Foundation
Workshop 7	Implementing WSIS+20: Multistakeholder Perspectives and Ambitions of National and Regional Initiatives	Concettina Cassa	Agency for Digital Italy (AgID), IGF Italy
Workshop 8	Quantum Cryptography	Frederic Taes	EURALO

Biographical Information

Matthias C. Kettemann

(c)Birgit-Pichler

Matthias C. Kettemann is Professor of Innovation, Theory and Philosophy of Law and head of the Department for Theory and Future of Law at the University of Innsbruck, Austria. He leads research programmes at the Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, Berlin, the Leibniz Institute for Media Research | Hans-Bredow-Institut, Hamburg and the Sustainable Computing Lab at the Vienna University of Economics and Business. An expert in digital governance he publishes and advises on the power of rules and the rules of power in online spaces and has been engaged as an expert by international organizations, governments, foundations and companies. He is convener of the IGF Austria.

Evangelia Vasalou

Evangelia Vasalou holds a PhD in law from Paris-Panthéon-Assas University and currently serves as a Project Officer in the Division for Cooperation on Freedom of Expression at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg. Her areas of expertise include international and European human rights law, media freedom, disinformation, the safety of journalists, and access to information. She has extensive experience in project management and in coordinating international conferences, contributing also as an expert to academic forums. Previously, she served as Secretary to the Council of Europe’s Committee of Experts on the Integrity of Online Information.