DIGITALEUROPE’s Summer Summit returns on 4 June to Brussels and online. Join us for top level discussions on a broad range of hot-button tech issues.

The 2025 summit will focus on:
– How to keep Europe’s edge in clean tech
– Seizing the opportunities of AI 
– Simplify, simplify, simplify – the 2025 digital policy agenda
– Adapting to uncertainty and maintaining alliances in turbulent times

Please note that due to venue capacity, in person places are by application only. Virtual is open to all and you will receive access information for the platform upon registering.

Speakers

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Keynote Speaker:
Wopke Hoesktra
Commissioner for Climate, Net Zero and Clean Growth
European Commission

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Dragos Tudorache
Member of Cabinet, Commissioner Sejourné, European Commission

Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl


Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl
Director General, DIGITALEUROPE

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Aura Salla
Member,
European Parliament

Further speakers to be announced shortly…

Confirmed speakers

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João Rui Ferreira
Secretary of State for Economy,
Portugal

Denis Redonnet

Denis Redonnet
Deputy Director General,
DG TRADE,
European Commission

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Ann Mettler
Vice-President, Europe, Breakthrough Energy

Luuk van Middelaar

Luuk van Middelaar 
Founder,
  Brussels Institute of Geopolitics

Kathrin Watson

Kathrin Watson
Head of Political Affairs and Government Relation,
Bosch

Agenda

Note: All session timings below are in Central European Summer Time (CEST)

12:30 – 13:30

Networking lunch

13:30 – 13:50

Opening Keynote conversation: The role of technology in Europe’s economic security

Margrethe Vestager, Executive Vice-President ‘Europe Fit for the Digital Age’, European Commission 

13:50 – 14:15

Presentation of DIGITALEUROPE’s new report

Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl, Director General DIGITALEUROPE

14:15 – 15:15

High-level panel: Europe’s Tech Landscape: Strengths, Weaknesses, and the Road Ahead

Moderated by: Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl, Director General DIGITALEUROPE

Denis Redonnet, Deputy Director General, DG TRADE, European Commission

Ann Mettler, Vice-President, Europe, Breakthrough Energy

Luuk van Middelaar, Founder, Brussels Institute of Geopolitics

Kathrin Watson, Head of Political Affairs and Government Relation, Bosch

15:15 – 15:40

Fireside Chat: Enhancing Europe’s Economic Security

João Rui Ferreira, Secretary of State for Economy, Portugal

Summer Summit 2024

Session Replays

2024 Speakers Included

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Margrethe Vestager
 
Executive Vice-President ‘Europe Fit for the Digital Age’
European Commission
 

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Ann Mettler
Vice-President, Europe
Breakthrough Energy

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João Rui Ferreira
Secretary of State for Economy

Portugal

Venue

The in person element of the event will take place at the Sofitel Brussels Europe. In person places are strictly limited and by application only, so please only arrange travel to the event once you have confirmation from the event team following your application. 

The event will be live streamed, and details of how to join the online platform will be sent in the week prior to the event to those registered for virtual participation.

If you are interested in knowing how you can get involved in the #DESummerSummit, or for any information, please contact

Kivanç Akil, Associate Director for Events & Executive Coordination

+32 473 36 17 54 / events@digitaleurope.org

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