EuroDIG 2025 – FocalPoints

Session	Session title/working title	FocalPoint(s)	FocalPoint(s) Affiliation
Main Topic 1	Why the UN WSIS+20 Review is important and how the national and regional IGFs can help stakeholders engage in the review process. (working title)
Main Topic 2	Neurotechnology and privacy: Navigating human rights and regulatory challenges in the age of neural data (working title)
Main Topic 3	Europe at the Crossroads: Digital and Cyber Strategy 2030 (NIS 2) (working title)	Karen Mulberry	IEEE Standards Association (SA)
Main Topic 4	Transatlantic rift on Freedom of Expression (working title)	Cristina Herrera Garcia	Adapt
Main Topic 5	AI and Sustainable Development: Balancing Regulation and Innovation (working title)	Benedetta Veneruso	Deloitte Italy
Workshop 1	AI & non-discrimination in digital spaces from prevention to redress (working title)	Menno Ettema	Concil of Europe, Hate Crime and Artificial Intelligence Unit
Workshop 2	The interplay between digital sovereignty and development (working title)	Yannic Plumpe	TUM Think Tank
Workshop 3	Quantum Computing: Global challenges and security opportunities (working title)
Workshop 4	How can the national and regional IGFs contribute to the implementation of the UN Global Digital Compact. (working title)
Workshop 5	Digital inequalities in multicultural societies (working title)	Edan Ring	Israel Internet Association (ISOC-IL)
Workshop 6	Perception of Artificial Intelligence tools in business operations (working title)	Monika Stachon	NASK – National Research Institute
Workshop 7	Generative AI and Freedom of Expression: mutual reinforcement or forced exclusion? (working title)	Giulia Lucchese	Freedom of Expression and CDMSI, Directorate for Democracy, Council of Europe
Workshop 8	How AI impacts IT security: New threats and defenses (working title)	Piotr Słowiński	NASK – National Research Institute
Workshop 9	The Green Transition: Critical Materials and the European Supply Chain (working title)	Claire Patzig	Hasso-Plattner Institut
Workshop 10	The Age Verification Dilemma: Balancing child protection and digital access rights (working title)	David Frautschy	Internet Society
Workshop 11	The Brussels Effect – digital governance and global cooperation (working title)
Flash 1	Non-consensual dissemination of intimate images	Giorgi Jokhadze	Cybercrime Division, Council of Europe
Flash 2	Electronic evidences of war crimes	Oksana Prykhodko	iNGO European Media Platform
Flash 3	Youth Perspective on Internet Governance (working title)	Rui Gomes	Youth Department, Council of Europe
Flash 4	Privacy by default in online payments (working title)	Eleftherios Chelioudakis	Homo Digitalis
Flash 5	Fostering Innovation for Justice: Showcasing the Digital Future of Justice Hackathon (working title)	Biljana Nikolic	Council of Europe
Flash 6	AI + Health Care (working title)	Amali De Silva-Mitchell	IGF Dynamic Coalition on Data Driven Health Technologies
Flash 7	TBD
Flash 8	Digital literacy for senior citizens (working title)	Patrick Penninckx