Join us at the NGI Forum
Join us at the Next Generation Internet Forum, June 19-20 in Brussels. There is a great line-up with speakers from NGI Zero projects such as Mastodon, SCION and Rosenpass. Michiel Leenaars, our director of strategy, will take part in the panel discussion 'Forging European Digital Sovereignty through an Open Internet Stack'. And there are more interesting panels with internet visionaries like Marleen Stikker, Denis Jaromil Roio and Robin Berjon. We're looking forward to the NGI Forum and we hope to see you there. The event is free as in free beer. (See note).
Since 2018 the Next Generation Internet initiative of the European Commission has been building on a free, resilient, open, decentralized and secure internet for all. Over the years, many people and organisations have contributed to this mission and many of them will be coming to the NGI Forum. Bringing together the builders of free and open source technologies and policy makers striving for a fair digital society.
Impact stories
This year's theme is 'Building an open internet stack for European digital sovereignity' and there's a solid program addressing different aspects. On Day 1 the Impact stories showcase NGI projects who are providing the building blocks for the Next Generation Internet. Three categories are highlighted: Mastodon will be speaking about Social Media; Cryptpad about collaboration tools and Rosenpass and about security and cryptography.
Panel discussions and key notes
The program features some interesting panel discussions, starting with the theme 'Digital Commons tools for building Digital Sovereignty'. Denis Jaromil Roio (founder of Dyne.org), Pascal Steichen (chair of the European Cybersecurity Competence Centre), Marleen Stikker (founder of Waag Futurelab) will be talking about software supply chain security, alternatives to centralised platforms and identity management.
In the afternoon there'll be keynotes from the European Commission. The specific speakers aren't yet announced yet but they'll appear in the program soon.
Note on registration
The NGI Forum is organized by the NGI Outreach Office. The event is free of charge but you do need to register. Note that when you register you need to provide quite some information. The reason is that the event takes place in a building of the European Commission which has strict security measures for physical access. That's why you need to bring an official ID. If you provide the information upon registration, your badge will be ready when you arrive. If you opt not to provide it, you'll need to register your badge upon arrival which may lead to significant waiting times.
