Consolidated programme 2026

Register for EuroDIG 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

As of 12 May 2026.

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	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 Manger EURid Sandra Hoferichter, Secretary General and Thomas Schneider, President, EuroDIG Support Association
14:30 - 15:00	Keynote Henna Virkkunen, Executive Vice-President European Commission
15:00 - 15:45	Opening Plenary (45') Democracy: Stifled or Revived by Digital Disruption of the Public Sphere? (#8), #15, #27, #28, #29, #37, #42, #43, #56
15:45 - 16:15	Coffee (30')
16:15 - 16:45	Keynotes (2 x 15')
16:45 - 17:30	Intergenerational Dialogue – YouthDIG Messages (45')
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: EU AI Act – Information Quality and Integrity. Creating Resilient Citizens (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)