Europe’s digital infrastructure is at a turning point, shaped by pressures to accelerate innovation, strengthen strategic autonomy, and preserve fair and open markets. How can Europe design and govern its digital infrastructure in ways that balance public purpose, market openness, and long-term innovation?
This roundtable will bring together leading figures from academia and industry to debate how Europe can align industrial policy with competition principles while navigating challenges in connectivity investment, cloud dependence, and data governance. The discussion will offer a forward-looking assessment of the choices facing Europe as it seeks to build resilient, interoperable, and innovation-driven digital foundations for the next decade.
The debate will also examine the tensions and complementarities between emerging industrial policy initiatives and the competition framework that has historically safeguarded market contestability and consumer welfare.
Through perspectives from industry leaders and academic experts, the session will explore how Europe can address investment constraints, dependence on non-European technology providers, and the governance of shared digital systems, while avoiding market foreclosure and ensuring that digital transformation remains inclusive, interoperable, and strategically sustainable.
This conversation will equip the audience with a clearer understanding of the policy trade-offs shaping Europe’s digital future.
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