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.
Keynote Speaker:
Wopke Hoesktra
Commissioner for Climate, Net Zero and Clean Growth
European Commission
Dragos Tudorache
Member of Cabinet, Commissioner Sejourné, European Commission
Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl
Director General, DIGITALEUROPE
Aura Salla
Member,
European Parliament
Further speakers to be announced shortly…
João Rui Ferreira
Secretary of State for Economy,
Portugal
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
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
Margrethe Vestager
Executive Vice-President ‘Europe Fit for the Digital Age’
European Commission
Ann Mettler
Vice-President, Europe
Breakthrough Energy
João Rui Ferreira
Secretary of State for Economy
Portugal
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
Denis Redonnet, Deputy Director General, DG TRADE, European Commission 
Luuk van Middelaar, Founder, Brussels Institute of Geopolitics 
Margrethe Vestager, Executive Vice-President 'Europe Fit for the Digital Age', European Commission 
