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 |
| [[EuroDIG 2026 – FocalPoints#Grit_Marti_Lange_Bio|Grit Marti Lange | Netzforma* e. V., Youth IGF Germany | ||
| 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
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.
Grit Marti Lange
Grit Marti Lange is a master's student at Humboldt University of Berlin, where her research focuses on platform governance, digital security, and digital violence as threats to democratic participation. She holds a certificate in the Ethics of AI from TU Berlin and has gained practical experience in international digital policy through her work with the GIZ. As a board member of Netzforma* e.V., a Berlin-based association for feminist digital politics, and an active member of Youth IGF Germany, she advocates for human rights-based approaches to Internet Governance.
Matthias C. Kettemann
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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.