Consolidated programme 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

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YOU^thDIG

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