Digital Sovereignty or Loss of Control?

02.07.2025 | 13:30 - 16:00 h

IHK Nürnberg für Mittelfranken | Hauptmarkt 25/27, 90403 Nürnberg

Language: German

Part of "A Day of Digital Sovereignty": Clouds, communities, and open technologies – how we can reclaim digital autonomy.

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This session is part of a full-day program with two additional sessions in the morning and afternoon:

From 10:00: "Open by Default? Why It’s Time to Set the Course" – Foundations, values, and key impulses for digital sovereignty
From 16:00: "Europe’s Moment" – on European AI strategies and international perspectives

This session focuses on the practical implementation of digital sovereignty – navigating between cloud dependencies, technological resilience, and the power of strong open source communities. Why should you attend? Because this is where proven strategies and real-world solutions are shared, showing how digital independence can truly be achieved. You’ll gain insights into current projects, learn how to build sovereign IT architectures – and connect with people already driving this transformation. Whether you're in government, business, or civil society: if you take digital responsibility seriously, you’ll find valuable impulses, knowledge, and concrete opportunities to get involved.

Agenda:

13:30–14:00 Jan Pilarzeck & Maximilian Hänsel: "Compass in the Cloud – Maintaining Agency Despite Dependency"
14:00–14:30 Janou Feikens: "Community Building for Open Source Governance"
14:30–15:00 Torsten Hallmann: "Resilience and Sovereignty Through Open Software"
15:00–15:30 Bianca Sammer & Petra Oelfke: "open.bydata – The Current State"

15:30–16:00 Q&A

Register now and get involved – be part of the movement for an open digital future!

Recommended for: For decision-makers in government & business, IT leaders, the open source community, digital strategists – and all who want to actively shape digital sovereignty.

Also suitable for:

Teenagers Students