9:00 Registration of participants and speakers
9:00 – 10:00 Welcome coffee
10:30 Welcome remarks
10:40 Institutional greetings
11:00 Opening Session
Topics: discussion with representatives of the Governments of Italy, France and Germany to explore their strategies for a Europe at the forefront of technological innovation. The objective of the panel is to share the new policies needed to make Europe more digital, more competitive, more secure and able to keep pace with frontier AI. In essence, what is needed to create an AI Continent: less over-regulation and new European policies to relaunch industrial and digital development.
Topics: making better use of European capabilities to become an AI Continent; the next two years will be decisive for Europe to establish a leadership position in frontier AI, also through cooperation with trusted non-EU partners; new regulations, new incentives, how to unlock private investment to overcome structural barriers to AI development in Europe, and how to build the artificial intelligence market.
Topics: European Cloud, AI and Cybersecurity, High Performance Computing (HPC), Data Centers, AI Factories, AI Giga Factories, Digital Euro, international tensions and hybrid warfare.
Topics: Digital Networks Act; boosting investment in telecommunications; building intelligent telecommunications networks; transitioning from Telcos to TechCos; rethinking the strategic role of tower companies; further developing, in a complementary manner, terrestrial, satellite and submarine cable connectivity, while ensuring communications security.
13:30-14:30 Lunch
ROOM 1
ROOM 2
8:30-9:30 Registration of participants and speakers
9:00-10:00 Welcome coffee
10:00 Opening Session
Topics: a paradigm shift in education and training, talent, skills, the labour market, university use cases and corporate patents.
Topics: IO App and IT Wallet, SEND, CIE ID, Age Verification for social media.
Topics: energy security, energy transition, reducing energy costs through AI and digital technologies, autonomy in critical raw materials and rare earth elements, supply chain security, industrial resilience.
Topics: projects and infrastructures already implemented and those to be developed in the near future, university use cases and corporate patents.
Topics: agentic AI, media, intellectual property, content protection, deepfakes, the creator economy, video and audio streaming platforms, employment.
Topics: Cybersecurity and Post-Quantum Cryptography: comparing the most advanced cryptographic techniques in preparation for Q-Day.
13:30-14:30 Lunch
15:00 – SPECIAL SESSION
Space: domain and strategic infrastructure — From the Space economy to the Space society
Topics: Italy, Europe and the United States as key players in the return to the Moon; strategies for autonomous European access to Space; the EU Space Act; the Space Economy and New Space Economy; Space Defence and Defence from Space.
ROOM 1
ROOM 2
8:30-9:30 Registration of participants and speakers
9:00-10:00 Welcome coffee
10:00 Opening Session
Topics: use cases demonstrating how to address real-world healthcare challenges, electronic health records, AI for diagnosis and prevention, telemedicine and personalised medicine, data interoperability to reduce waiting lists, and the European Health Data Space Regulation – EHDS.
Topics: startups, scaleups, venture capital and new regulations designed to support European and international investors in technological innovation, following the example of the United States and Silicon Valley, as well as improvements to the “EU INC – 28th Tax Regime” proposal.
Topics: European common defence, Italy’s digital and cyber defence strategy, ai for cybersecurity, cyber defence, national security and cybersecurity, drones and dual-use technologies, innovative procurement.
Strategies for Italy and for a digital europe in the election programmes of the leaders of Italy’s main political parties.
Topics: making better use of European capabilities to become an AI Continent; the next two years will be decisive for Europe to establish a leadership position in frontier AI, also through cooperation with trusted non-EU partners; new regulations, new incentives, how to unlock private investment to overcome structural barriers to AI development in Europe, and how to build the artificial intelligence market.
Presentation of the 10 actions for a Europe Driving Innovation, resulting from the contributions of the leading speakers throughout the event. These actions will form the basis of the Manifesto for a Europe Driving Innovation.
The Manifesto for a Europe Driving Innovation by Digital Innovation Forum 2026 will serve as a valuable tool for shaping the policies of the European Commission, the European Parliament and EU Member States.