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On 12 November, the NGI Commons Initiative is organising the Digital Commons Policy Summit 2026 in Brussels. Building on the previous year’s edition, this year’s summit will focus on ‘Digital commons and the Open Internet Stack for a competitive Europe’. The summit’s goal is to advance and discuss strategies to achieve European digital sovereignty and to ensure that Digital Commons have a role in the new European Open Internet Stack.
The gathering will bring together policymakers, regulators, funders and practitioners to discuss tech sovereignty and open source.
As part of the NGI Commons consortium, Open Future will lead session 2, which will be moderated by Paul Keller (Director of Policy) and titled ‘The Digital Commons Strategic Agenda’. Confirmed speakers include Henri Verdier (Director, Fondation INRIA) and Jan Penfrat (EDRi, Senior Policy Advisor).
Our Director of Research, Zuzanna Warso, will also speak at the summit to discuss the Tech Sovereignty Package and the Digital Commons.
08:30 Arrival and registration.
09:00 Welcome and introduction, opening remarks and keynote.
09:35 Session 1: ‘Sovereignty Package and the Digital Commons’, moderated by Dr Monique Calisti.
10:45 Coffee Break.
11:15 Session 2: ‘The Digital Commons Strategic Agenda’, moderated by Paul Keller.
12:30 Lunch break and networking.
13:30 Session 3: ‘DC-EDIC and The Commoners, moderated by Dr Valerian Guillier.
14:45 Session 4: ‘The Open Internet Stack Landscape and Context’, moderated by Dr Monique Calisti.
16:00 Coffee Break.
16:30 Session 5: ‘The Commoners & Funding: Securing the Future’, moderated by Nicholas Gates.
17:45 Closing remarks, wrap-up, and EC statement.
